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Current: Mortal Kombat 11 Gameplay Reveal, Pre-Order And Beta Details
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Mortal Kombat 11 Gameplay Reveal, Pre-Order And Beta Details
Simon Sayers / January 17, 2019
Following the reveal of Mortal Kombat 11 with its first trailer, new details have arrived from a live stream taking place on January 17. This includes the first gameplay trailer, which you can watch below.
In terms of gameplay, players can expect a more personalized experience compared to Mortal Kombat X. The new game will feature what’s called a Custom Character Variation System. This will allow you to create your own customized version of the current character.
There’s also a ton of new fatalities, some of which have been revealed today. We’ll add the videos shortly!
Mortal Kombat 11 Story
Some story details are being revealed today, and we know the action will pick up after the events of Mortal Kombat 9. Check out everything that is known so far in the story trailer.
Mortal Kombat 11 Fatalities
Some of the fatalities were shown off in a new trailer, and they pack quite a punch. Check them out.
Mortal Kombat 11 Pre-Order
Pre-orders start on December 7. There are two editions. The standard edition costs £54.99, while the Premium Edition will set you back £79.99 and include the Kombat Pack. In terms of pre-order incentives, you’ll also get Shao Khan as a playable character.
Mortal Kombat 11 Beta
There’s also going to be a beta available on March 28, and players can gain exclusive access if they pre-order the game on PS4 or Xbox One. The beta release date has been confirmed for March, ahead of the full release on April 23, 2019.
The teaser trailer reveals a battle between Dark Raiden and Scorpion, though there’s a new unnamed character yet to be revealed. The action plays against a backdrop of a song by rapper 21 Savage and Warner Bros confirms that there will be an original soundtrack.
Stay tuned for more details!
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Research Shows Most Publishers Don’t Have a Plan to Address Distributed Content
New research from Publishing Executive suggests publishers are concerned about distributed content but may be at risk by taking a wait-and-see approach.
By Denis Wilson
Today Publishing Executive released a research report on how publishers are managing the challenges of distributed content (content hosted and consumed partially or in full on external platforms, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Google AMP, or Medium). The report is based on a survey of Publishing Executive’s audience of senior-level executives in the media and publishing industry on how they’re sizing up and managing the threats and opportunities associated with distributed content. (Download The Distributed Content Conundrum: Special Report on the Opportunities & Threats of Distributed Content for Publishers here.)
What stood out the most when reviewing the results of the survey was that while most publishers are concerned about the impact distributed content is having on their businesses, few publishers have a plan in place to do anything about it. 63% of publishers indicate they are concerned about distributed content, but only 27% of publishers have a plan to address distributed content – and only 8% say they have a thorough plan in place. Further, only 22% of publishers feel they are very aware of the impact that distributed content is having on their businesses.
So while the publishers surveyed largely acknowledge that distributed content presents big benefits and that social is increasingly where new audiences will discover their content, it’s clear many are taking a wait-and-see approach. And this presents a risk for publishers. If the history of the web has shown us anything, it’s that the early movers get the upper hand and publishers have been left in the wake many times in the past.
Digital-first publishers like Buzzfeed, Mic , and Ozy have made social platforms and online discoverability a central component of their publishing models, not an afterthought. These publishers are winning the battle for attention with younger generations and legacy publishers may regret not giving distributed content the high-level attention it deserves.
B2B Be Behind
The B2B market is at an even greater risk because they’re response to the realities of the social world we live in has been even more sluggish. Despite the fact that most B2B publishers (66%) consider audience development an important objective for distributed content, they’re not taking it all that seriously: according to the survey, most are only considering a distributed content plan and none have a thorough plan. On open-ended response to the survey might sum up the attitude for some B2B’ers, “In the B2B world, social media is not a big factor in getting content out. We see it more as a B2C model.”
While the survey does bear out that B2B publishers rely much less heavily on social referral traffic than consumer publishers -- 70% of B2B publishers had 15% or less of their traffic derived from social platforms, while 69% of consumer publishers derived more than 15% of their traffic from social platforms -- B2B media is under increasing pressure to develop an audience that includes the next generation of decision makers and buyers. Social media presents an opportunity to reach that younger cohort.
And just like consumer publishers, B2B media are facing a crop of upstarts in their markets. For every Northstar there is a Skift. For every ALM there’s a Breaking Media They might not have the market entrenchment or diversity of revenue streams, but they “get” the web precisely because they are younger and they often move faster.
A Wake Up Call on Social Media
One thing I want to clarify is that the term “distributed content” shouldn’t obfuscate what we’re really talking about here, which is essentially social media (Google AMP being the outlier.)
You know about social media, right? The thing that is everybody’s job and nobody’s job at the same time?
For too long companies of all stripes have relegated social media to the lowest rung on the later. “Just give it to the intern.” At publishing organizations, social media was often tossed of to the editors as just one more task on the list.
I’m a firm believer -- and I think this study backs it up -- that social platforms need to be evaluated at a higher level to determine the strategic threats and opportunities. And then publishers need to look at ways to optimize and scale these efforts through processes and technology.
To be sure, distributed content presents very significant resource drain. That’s exactly why it requires strategic attention.
The Distributed Content Conundrum report offers an overview of some of the strategies and tactics peers in the industry are doing and that others would be wise to consider. Publishers would be wise to devote a cross-functional team with a clear captain to steer distributed content strategy, drive decision making with analytics, and investigate technology that can support distributed content workflow and associated audience development and revenue objectives.
Perhaps you can start by asking the question, “Who is in charge of our distributed content/social media strategy?” If the answer is a laundry list of stakeholders, you probably have no strategy to speak of.
Download The Distributed Content Conundrum: Special Report on the Opportunities & Threats of Distributed Content for Publishers here.
Related story: FUSE Media Forum to Investigate the Risks & Rewards of Distributed Content
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Denis Wilson was previously content director for Target Marketing, Publishing Executive, and Book Business, as well as the FUSE Media and BRAND United summits. In this role, he analyzed and reported on the fundamental changes affecting the media and marketing industries and aimed to serve content-driven businesses with practical and strategic insight. As a writer, Denis’ work has been published by Fast Company, Rolling Stone, Fortune, and The New York Times.
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Fire crews fight Topsham restaurant blaze
Wednesday, September 11th, 2019 8:59am
Images: Exmouth Fire Station, Facebook
Marcello says it won't be trading for "sometime"
6 fire engines from across Exeter and East Devon have been tackling a blaze at an Italian restaurant on Fore Street, Topsham this morning (Wednesday 11th September).
They received multiple 999 calls at around 2am reporting the fire, involving a flat roof.
Crews from across Exeter and Exmouth were sent to the scene, with back up from stations in Mid and East Devon.
The incident was scaled back just before 6.30am when a pump was being used to remove 18 inches of water from the basement of the 3 storey property.
Fire control gave final details of the incident at around 7am, saying 90% of the building was damaged by fire and smoke.
In a post on Facebook, the restaurant said: "We come with very sad news. Marcello has had a fire last night and unfortunately won’t be able to carry on trading for sometimes now. We would like to thanks everyone who supported us for the past 11 years and will keep you updated."
Crews from Exmouth thanked the nearby Globe on Facebook for the coffee and bacon sandwiches after what they described as "a long night"
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About this journey The average travel time between Bruges and Paris is 3h02 minutes. The quickest route is 2h26 minutes. The first train leaving Bruges is at 04:51, the last at 21:00. There is an average of 23 trains a day between Bruges and Paris, leaving approximately every 29 minutes.
Departure station : Brugge (Stationsplein 4 8000 Brugge)
Arrival station : Paris nord (112, rue de Maubeuge 75010 Paris)
Your travel by train from Bruges to Paris
The journey by train from Bruges to Paris takes about 2 hours and 30 minutes. There is a connection at the Brussels Midi station. The Thalys high speed train operates on part of the route between Bruges to Paris.
Gare de Bruges is a train station located in Bruges, the largest city of the West Flanders. It is one of the most important train stations in Bruges. Gare de Bruges is well connected to public transportations and is easily accessible. Paris Gare du Nord is located in Paris 10th arrondissement. It is an important transport hub in the French capital.
For a single return trip from Bruges to Paris, a point to point ticket is the best value for money and the cheapest train ticket. Best prices are available when buying the train ticket well in advance. For extensive train travel, a rail pass including France and Belgium is a better choice.
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October 3, 2017 / Balmurli Natrajan
How is vigilante culture produced and durably installed in society?
The recent Supreme Court directive to the center and states to take measures to curb cow vigilantism is most welcome. It needs to be extended to include vigilantes who kill and threaten intellectuals too – artists, writers, journalists, scholars, teachers, activists like Dhabholkar, Pansare, Kalburgi and the latest to fall, Gauri Lankesh – all who dared to question official myths and fake news.
Yet, even if curbs were put in place, the problem would remain so long as we do not address the underlying issue of vigilante culture, the ground that sustains vigilantes. Vigilante culture is crafted over long periods, and involves a much larger number of people than vigilantes. It took many decades for a Godse to emerge to kill a Gandhi. The soil and the air had to be prepared for a particular vision of India that motivated Godse’s vigilantism.
Long before the heinous acts of cow vigilantes, the seeds are sown for them to come into being, the soil is nourished for them to grow, a garden of hate is landscaped to welcome the harvest, and a propaganda machine is in place to justify their actions. All these acts are now in the veins of social life, something that law cannot easily curb, let alone ban.
How is vigilante culture produced and durably installed in society? Culture is to social life, what oxygen is to biological life. It animates us all, becomes our guide to human action by imbuing with meaning all the things, people, actions, time, space, ideas and relations in our lives. People act, at least partly, due to the meaningfulness that such acts have for them. Where are these meanings? They are embodied in signs or symbols – public representations – that we all learn to recognize and which motivate our actions.
Humans are social learners par excellence. Rather than being programmed with knowledge, we gain most of our knowledge from observing others and frequently imitating them. Cow vigilantes socially learn how to act within vigilante culture. They learn to recognize signs in the public domain that help them think about who they are, what they are worth, what is worth living and dying for. And what is worth killing for.
The signs of vigilante culture are produced and sustained by its authors, its ideologues. For example, when campaign speeches during elections raise a specter of a ‘gulabi kranti’ (‘a pink revolution’) – it creates in the public domain images of a despicable meat-industry, specifically beef industry. This in turn produces a ‘community of listeners,’ who relate to the message. Over time through social learning they become a ‘community of believers,’ learning from each other to collectively recognize the signs, and be moved in a similar manner by it.
‘Gulabi kranti’ as a sign of vigilante culture, emits a signal to its community of believers. It establishes and identify ‘enemies’ (those who are related to a beef economy), sets objectives and ‘goals’ (that this industry and its participants are to be brought to an end), articulates values (right/wrong, good/bad, true/false, possible/impossible, and beautiful/ugly), and motivates and mobilizes mass action including vigilantism.
Social media is now an integral part of creating such a vigilante culture and communities of believers. Thus, speeches, stereotypes, rumors, scapegoating, fake news, rantings and dubious facts – all get transformed into pithy messages that circulate at dizzying speed through networks created for their transmission across a very wide population. More signs get created in this medium than any other. Thus we now have other signs reproduced powerfully for vigilante culture, signs such as ‘deshdrohi’ (anti-nationalist), ‘virodhi Hindu’ (anti-Hindu), ‘vaampanthi’ or ‘commie’ (leftist) and ‘faaminist’ (‘feminist’).
Here, the transmission of vigilante culture acquires new force with the humble act of forwarding messages. The forwarding of a message without bothering to think about its implications, is surely a sign of the level of indifference to hatred or truth in society. Forwarding hate and fake messages is the life-breath of vigilante culture.
One culmination of this ongoing process is the production of what anthropologist Scott Atran has called ‘devoted actors’ – individuals who act to defend a ‘sacred value’ in ways that are ‘regardless of calculable costs and consequences.’ Vigilantes are such devoted actors emerging from a community of believers sustained by a vigilante culture put in place by sign-producing actors many of who are in positions of authority, power and high status. Indeed, the aura around a sign is a function of the authority of its author. When people in power and high status produce a sign for vigilante culture, it gives devoted actors the needed courage to act.
In another era, eerily displaying similarities to where we are today, Nazis and Fascists showed what happens when vigilantism and vigilante culture become the state itself. Political philosopher Norman Geras notes how the Holocaust was ensured by the slow yet sure installation of a society and culture of mutual indifference, a ‘bystander culture.’ Children kept playing in the streets, families ate their dinners quietly even as neighbors were led away by the SS, and shots of people being fired mixed easily with church bells. The anti-Nazi philosopher, Karl Jaspers indicted the entire German people as bearers of ‘political guilt’ and ‘moral guilt’ for being bystanders in this tragedy.
The recent vitriol on social media justifying the Lankesh assassination, shows that we may have gone beyond being a ‘bystander culture.’ We witnessed active participants in the vigilante culture baying for blood, and justifying the indefensible crimes by vigilantes. Simultaneously, the authors and ideologues of vigilante culture’s sign-system simply sit and watch (on television) and on the twitter world by following purveyors of hate.
Verily, dehumanization precedes vigilantism. Long before Jews, communists and socialists, people with disabilities, gays and lesbians, and the ‘racially’ impure were being rounded up for concentration camps, plain murders, or the gas chambers, there was chatter in public spaces that stereotyped and dehumanized them. Long before vigilantes kill, vigilante culture names its victims and seeks to dehumanize them.
Issuing curbs on vigilantes without addressing the social production of a vigilante culture that enables vigilantes, is like building a wall ‘on a dung heap’ – to tweak a phrase made famous by Ambedkar while resigning from his position as law minister in the cabinet. We need to build another wall, a wall that combats vigilante culture by producing an alternative repertoire of signs that challenge those created by vigilante culture.
Signs always exist in contestation with other signs. Culture is thus about a struggle over meanings. The vigils held against vigilantes perform this task when people continue to speak out against vigilante culture, and contribute to making other signs that tell other tales. Signs that show how a ‘true nationalism’ refuses to kill, hate, exclude and dominate millions of fellow citizens, how the ‘truly faithful’ refuse the killing in their names by vigilantes, how the ‘real India’ seeks to address various injustices of caste, class, patriarchy, heterosexism, communalism, ecological degradation, and many others in our midst. Most importantly, that dissent and free-thinkers are at the heart of a democracy, so that we can all walk in a land where the mind is without fear (or hatred) and the head is held high (without putting down others).
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Written by:Balmurli Natrajan
Balmurli Natrajan teaches anthropology in the USA and India. He works on caste, culture, community, and issues of development in central India.
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Investigation gives details into charges against woman, doctor over Botox treatment
The Shasta County District Attorney's Office alleges Tancreto performed the injections for nearly two years between January 2013 and December 2015.
Investigation gives details into charges against woman, doctor over Botox treatment The Shasta County District Attorney's Office alleges Tancreto performed the injections for nearly two years between January 2013 and December 2015. Check out this story on redding.com: https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/01/24/investigation-gives-details-into-charges-against-woman-doctor-botox-silicone-redding-tancreto-pyle/2661605002/
Mike Chapman, Redding Record Searchlight Published 10:17 a.m. PT Jan. 24, 2019 | Updated 4:11 p.m. PT April 26, 2019
Left to right: Susan Ann Tancreto and Dr. Larry Pyle (Photo: Shasta County Jail)
Three women who thought they were getting Botox and other cosmetic treatments from an experienced nurse told investigators that in some cases the injections left their faces deformed and caused numerous facial lumps.
A registered nurse in Redding who saw one of the patients after she received the treatments said the woman had "multiple nodules poking out all over her face," according to an investigative report on file with the criminal complaint in Shasta County Superior Court.
The Shasta County District Attorney's Office alleges Susan Ann Tancreto performed the injections for nearly three years between January 2013 and December 2015.
Dr. Daniel Lensink, a Redding plastic surgeon and ophthalmology specialistwho had nothing to do with the treatments, told an investigator he was appalled after seeing the woman on a medical visit, according to the report.
"Dr. Lensink explained that (the woman) had a hideous amount of deformity to her face," the report says.
Susan Ann Tancreto (Photo: Shasta County Sheriff's Office)
The 13-page account by investigator Jennifer Alvarado of the state Department of Consumer Affairs forms the basis of eight felony charges against Tancreto alleging she practiced medicine without a license and distributed controlled substances.
Alvarado said her investigation started at the end of April 2018 after a complaint against Tancreto was filed with the state Board of Registered Nursing. The charges against Tancreto followed a search warrant that was served at her home on Sept. 5 when her cell phone also was seized. That day, Tancreto said she never told anyone or led anybody to believe she was a nurse.
Dr. Larry Richard Pyle of Redding is a co-defendant in the case who's charged with aiding or abetting in the unlicensed practice of medicine.
Tancreto, 60, was arrested last week and has pleaded not guilty to the charges, which are mayhem, battery with serious bodily injury, the unlicensed practice of medicine, selling/transporting a controlled substance and dissuading a witness.
Dr. Larry Pyle (Photo: Shasta County Sheriff's Office)
Pyle was in court Tuesday when his arraignment was continued from last week. Pyle didn't enter a plea and his attorney, John Kucera, indicated he could ask the judge next month to dismiss the charges against Pyle or amend the criminal complaint against him.
Eleven women were interviewed in Alvarado's report and not all of them reported serious side effects. In another case, a woman said she was shocked when a Food and Drug Administration special agent investigating her treatment informed her that Tancreto was not a registered nurse. The woman had said Tancreto told her she was a registered nurse, the report says.
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The complaint against Tancreto alleges she practiced medicine without a certificate between December 2016 and the beginning of April 2017.
Dr. Larry Richard Pyle, right, stands with his attorney, John Kucero, on Tuesday in Shasta County Superior Court. (Photo: David Benda)
The woman said she went to Tancreto five times and wasn't told what was in the injections. A biopsy done later by a plastic surgeon showed the substance was silicone, which the FDA bans for filling wrinkles.
When the woman's "lumps, bruising and other abnormalities" didn't go away, she went to an oral surgeon for help. She was referred to Redding plastic surgeon Dr. Max Malotky who said in the report she would have ongoing problems. The woman told investigators she's since had to have three salivary glands removed.
Malotky told the Record Searchlight on Thursday that he's seen more than 10 patients who received injections from Tancreto.
"We're all trying to figure out what was injected," he said.
Facial fillers not approved by the FDA could break down and come out of the skin and cause infections. A filler may not cause a person any issues or could lead to problems several years later, Malotky said.
"The body walls it off and makes scar tissue — revs up the body's immune response," Malotky said.
He said anyone who's worried about a filler injected into their face should get checked by a licensed professional.
"We have a number of well-trained providers here in Redding," he said.
As a word of warning, Malotky said the products for wrinkles cost a lot of money and if a person is being offered a deal, there's a good chance the substance is counterfeit or was purchased illegally.
"If you see it for half-price, it's probably too good to be true," he said.
Alvarado's report cites other health issues among the women interviewed in her report. One said the injections caused "flaring" near the inner part of her eye so that she "looked like a dragon."
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The special agent said he also interviewed Rhonda Culp, owner of Bellissima Salon and Day Spa where Tancreto is alleged to have performed some of the treatments. Culp said she rented space to Tancreto where she was supposed to be applying permanent makeup. When Culp said she heard "unfavorable information" about Trancreto, she asked the woman to move out of the office on Old Eureka Way.
No charges have been filed against the salon.
Shasta County prosecutor Anand “Lucky” Jesrani has said Tancreto also gave injections to people at her home and clients' homes. Alvarado said several of the women she interviewed also said Tancreto had organized "Botox Parties."
The charges against Tancreto are based on the experiences of three women but more people have contacted the district attorney's office about Tancreto since the charges were announced last week.
It's perfectly legal for doctors to inject Botox and let registered nurses and physician assistants do the treatments under their supervision, but it's against the law when unlicensed people perform the services, according to the district attorney's office.
Tancreto is accused of buying prescription Botox from Pyle and injecting it and other fillers into her customers, the DA's office said. Pyle didn't examine the customers to determine if they were suitable for the treatments, the office said.
One of the victims said she asked for and received a list of fillers that Tancreto used on her and a nurse who looked at it later said most of those products were no longer available and could only be obtained on the black market.
The controlled substances charge against Tancreto stems from state and federal investigations that concluded Tancreto furnished Norco, Valium and Tramadol to others between January 2016 and September 2018.
Tancreto and Pyle each have been released from custody on their own recognizance.
Record Searchlight reporter David Benda contributed to this report.
MORE COVERAGE OF THE ILLEGAL BOTOX CASE:
Shasta County woman accused of posing as nurse, doctor arrested in illegal Botox probe
Redding woman, doctor make first court appearance in illegal Botox case
Shasta County DA's Office says more people have come forward in illegal Botox case
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Boomerang Australia
Online Gaming YouTube Show Planet 1UP To Air On Cartoon Network Australia From Early 2019
November 13, 2018 by RegularCapital
Planet 1UP, a daily online gaming, pranks, challenges and review show on YouTube is coming to Cartoon Network and Boomerang in Australia. Planet 1UP is part of Turner Australia’s and Marquee Studios’ (a digital production and talent studio) – Mega Awesome Wow YouTube original content brand. A weekly “supercut” version of the YouTube show will premiere in early 2019. The episodes will feature the show’s host Nate Bramley and co-hosts such as cosplayer – Laura Gilbert.
According to Turner Australia’s general manager (owners and operators of Cartoon Network Australia) – Robi Stanton, YouTube is an important way for people to find new video content, it’s also a step towards “total consumption”, which means enjoying a brand across different forms of entertainment, whether its watching a full episode on YouTube, on the TV or playing a game, in statement, she said:
“There’s no denying that YouTube is an important way for people to discover new video content – and we need to maintain a presence on it to maximise our reach outside of the TV ecosystem. It’s also a great way for us to engage with our audience and fans. We talk about ‘total consumption’ a lot at Turner. What that means is that if you love a show like We Bare Bears, you perhaps saw a clip on YouTube. You’ll watch full episodes on the Cartoon Network channel or through our Watch and Play app, play a game, buy branded products and so on. A really hardcore fan might even share fan art on social media and visit a Cartoon Network theme park.”
The addition to Planet 1UP to Cartoon Network’s and Boomerang’s schedule will help the YouTube channel’s viewership, meanwhile, Cartoon Network and Boomerang gets an extra show in return. Robi Stanton also mentions that CN have been working with local YouTubers such as Wengie (voice of Bliss in the Australian variant of The Powerpuff Girls), Georgia Productions and CKN Toys. With the use of Mega Awesome Wow channels, Turner can create local content for Australian children and offer advertisers new opportunities on digital platforms.
The show’s host – Nate Bramley has been with the show ever since its first episode, he explains how he got involved in the YouTube show and talks about the show’s exciting future on television:
“I was a high school science teacher who was also obsessed with gaming. I had a friend working on a social project that I volunteered to help with. I came across the opportunity to host Planet 1UP and the rest, as they say, is history. We have been exclusively working on YouTube, Twitch and other mediums and we’re now excited to bring it to TV.”
Robi Stanton, CN Australia’s general manager further explains CN’s reasoning for bringing Planet 1UP to the television channel, she also explains that YouTube enables CN to share local content and CN wants to create content based on popular entertainment topics kids are currently talking about, she also explains that CN has always been at the forefront of digital entertainment:
“Planet 1UP is devoted to all things fun and funny. We already know that kids love the hosts Nate and Laura. Now an even wider group can laugh along with them on Cartoon Network. Planet 1UP has evolved to be more than gaming. We’ve created hilarious and memorable content, following online trends and working with influencers. Our aim is to create content that reflects what kids are talking about in the playground. YouTube, along with other social media platforms, allows us to add local flavour to our content. In terms of launch dates, Cartoon Network Australia has had a presence on YouTube since 2012 and we’ve racked up almost half-a-billion views. Planet 1UP has been gathering pace since its official launch in early 2018 and video views continue to grow. Our channels across all social media have developed significantly since we launched them and we will continue to test new ideas, refine, develop, respond to trends and listen to what our fans want. Cartoon Network is known for its many digital firsts. For example, it was the first kids network to launch a website and stream cartoons on the web. It also regularly experiments with new technologies like VR, AR and audio recognition.”
Turner Australia has conducted some research about the effectiveness of ad likeability, brand recall and purchase intent across different media platforms including TV and websites (including short-video websites). Purchase intent by kids aged between 4 to 14 years old increased when an advert was shown on TV only, compared to YouTube only, but purchasing intent increased when ads are shown on both TV and on YouTube.
https://mediaweek.com.au/planet-1up-moves-from-youtube-to-cartoon-network/
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Turner Australia Conducts New Generations 2018 Children’s Survey
July 26, 2018 July 26, 2018 by RegularCapital
Today (26th July), Turner Australia (owners and operators of Cartoon Network and Boomerang in Australia) has released its findings from this year’s New Generations 2018 report in Melbourne and Sydney, the survey was conducted to find out what forms of entertainment children aged between 4 and 14 enjoy and also by what method and medium they consume content and also to find out how they get info on the latest products. The New Generations survey offers an insight into the lives of Australian children, including their values, aspirations, media habits, consumption, pocket money, opinions, preferences and parental influence, the survey is now in its 13th edition and over 20,000 child-and-parent pairs have been interviewed since the survey’s first edition.
According to the survey, TV remains to be the most popular entertainment medium for kids (in terms of monthly usage), despite recent growth in short-form video platforms. On average, kids watch more than two and a half hours of television and movies across all devices and platforms during a usual day, and then spend around 75 minutes on short-form video platforms. Also according to the report, cartoons remains to be favourite type of TV content watched by kids, followed by movies and live-action kids shows.
Since the last survey in 2016, penetration of newer technology has increased in households with kids, the amount of homes with streaming devices has increased by 124%, smartwatches increased by 69% and VR devices increased by 60%. Almost all households surveyed now have a smartphone, child access to computing devices remains higher for tablets and computers.
Short-form video viewing was the most common online activity for kids on websites and apps, with 73% of children surveyed. Although, there’s a high consumption rate for online media, the usage of individual video channels on YouTube remain to be more split up. Dan TDM, Ryan’s Toys Reviews, Minecraft, Jake Paul and Hobby Kids TV were all listed among the top five YouTube channels. Online games overtook homework in this year’s survey of online activities. Minecraft remains to be the top game for boys and girls, but Fortnite was the second most popular game for boys.
As part of the research, Turner has developed AdLab, to find out the effectiveness of advertising aimed at kids, this includes metrics such as ad likeability, brand recall, and purchase intent, this applies to television advertising and advertising on online platforms. According to the research, TV ads outperformed YouTube ads for key ad metrics when comparing the same creative, with results showing 43% higher spontaneous awareness, 21% higher brand recall, 7% higher ad likeability and a 13% change in purchase intent. On websites, ad formats such as OTP (Over the Page) ads, pre-roll videos and game takeover ad units were more effective, achieving double the recall of standard digital ads. Research also showed that ads appearing within content for the same brand had a higher recall (+35%) and purchase intent (+25%).
From The Turner Asia-Pacific Press Release: Turner Commissions Large-Scale Study Of Australian Kids’ Viewing Behaviour: ‘New Generations’ report reveals favourite influencer channels, most popular platforms and device usage; social media trends and ad effectiveness
Turner Australia has unveiled the findings of its latest New Generations report at events in Melbourne and Sydney this week, lifting the lid on what makes our youngsters tick. The report looks at a variety of aspects facing children aged 4-14 including screen time, content preferences and how they find out about the latest products.
“Understanding the minds of the next generation of content consumers is never an easy task. The kids we spoke to are true digital natives who play by very different rules to us and this report has really thrown up some interesting data,” said David Webb, Turner’s Senior Director of Data & Insights for Asia Pacific.
What Are Our Kids Watching?
Despite the rise of short-form video platforms, TV remains the largest medium in terms of monthly usage for kids, according to Turner’s New Generations report.
On average, kids are consuming more than two and a half hours of television and movies across all devices and platforms on a typical day, and spend a further 75 minutes on short-form video platforms. Cartoons remain the favourite type of TV content watched by kids, followed by movies and live-action kids shows.
“Never before have children had so many content and platform choices – but TV is still the major player for youngsters, and it’s also clear that they still love animation,” added Mr Webb.
Penetration of newer technology has increased amongst households with kids, with streaming devices (+124%), smartwatches (+69%) and VR devices (+60%) having all seen large uplifts in ownership since the last survey in 2016. And while almost all households surveyed now have a smartphone, child access to computing devices remains higher for tablets and computers.
What Are Our Kids Doing Online?
Short-form video viewing was the most common online activity for kids on websites and apps (73%).
Despite high platform consumption, usage of individual on-line video channels remains highly fragmentated, and of the myriad of YouTube channels available, Dan TDM, Ryan’s Toys Reviews, Minecraft, Jake Paul and Hobby Kids TV were listed as the top five.
Online games overtook school/homework in this year’s survey in terms of key online activities. Minecraft remained the top favourite game for both boys and girls, although recent sensation, Fortnite, was the second-highest favourite title for boys.
Social media usage remains much lower for kids, especially those aged 12 and under, with only a quarter (27%) using any platform in the last month. Instagram has overtaken Facebook for the first time in the New Generations history, with nearly half of the kids using Instagram of which 87% have their own account.
Turner AdLab
As part of the research Turner also developed AdLab, in order to determine the effectiveness of advertising to kids. The study researched key effectiveness metrics such as ad likeability, brand recall and purchase intent within TV, short-form video platforms and website environments.
The research revealed that TV ads outperformed YouTube ads for key ad metrics when comparing the same creative, with results showing 43% higher spontaneous awareness, 21% higher brand recall, 7% higher ad likeability and a 13% change in purchase intent.
“What we saw was that purchase intent increased when an ad was shown on TV only, compared to YouTube only, but further increased when seen on both TV and You Tube. This information could provide brands with better information to plan their campaigns.” said Mr Webb.
In the website test, premium digital formats such as OTP (Over the Page) ads, pre-roll videos and game takeover ad units were more impactful, achieving double the recall of standard digital ads.
Content environments also played a key role in driving effectiveness with ads performing better on all key metrics when kids liked the surrounding content. The research also showed that ads appearing within content for the same brand achieved higher recall (+35%) and purchase intent (+25%).
Turner Australia is the company behind brands such as Cartoon Network and Boomerang, and YouTube platform Mega Awesome Wow.
About Turner’s New Generations Report 2018
New Generations is Turner’s pioneering kids’ survey to better understand Australian kids’ lifestyle – their values, aspirations, media habits, consumption, pocket money, opinions, preferences and parental influence. Celebrating its 13th edition in Australia, the long-established and respected research has interviewed over 20,000 child-and-parent pairs since its inception.
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Cartoon Network Australia And Boomerang Australia September 2018 Highlights
July 3, 2018 July 15, 2018 by RegularCapital
Cartoon Network Australia And Boomerang Australia September 2018 Highlights: From The Official Turner Asia-Pacific/Catapult Public Relations Press Release
Cartoon Network Australia September 2018 Highlights
Brand New Special
Airs Saturday 29th September at 5.30am.
This September brings an epic season finale with a 1-hour special of Ben 10.
The stakes are super high as Vilgax warns Ben that the Omnitrix is now a gateway through to where an evil alien empire will invade Earth. Ben and Vilgax must team up to go inside the dangerous Omnitrix and stop this new threat. Ben must trust his instincts and his skills to overcome the voices inside his head if he is to defeat the giant adversary.
Catch the global premiere on Cartoon Network this September.
Brand New Episodes
New episodes air weekends at 10.35am from Saturday 22nd September.
The loveable Gumball has a knack for getting into trouble but this month, it’s Darwin who has ended up in detention. While there, he becomes the target of the notorious Bomb Kid who is determined to make Darwin’s life a misery. However, things seem to backfire when Darwin comes up with a plan of attack with the help of his trusted friend Gumball.
This month we also learn a few family secrets when the gang discover that their dad has been dressing up as a woman to make friends. Intrigued by the information, they make it their mission to find out more.
Catch all the fun with these brand new episodes this September.
New episodes air weekends at 11am from Saturday 22nd September.
Princess Unikitty lives in her perfect kingdom with her little brother Puppycorn. Their lives are as blissful as can be until of course they’re not… As ruler of the kingdom, Unikitty makes it her mission to keep everyone and everything perfect but sometimes even Unikitty, the most positive one of all, struggles and that’s when the fireworks explode!
In these brand new episodes we get to go behind the scenes of the opening night of the prestigious Unikingdom Film Festival. Everyone’s excited to see what the friends made, particularly Richard, who considers himself the ultimate film expert and can’t wait to blow everyone else’s films out of the water with his own. But after playing the critic, will Richard’s film be a masterpiece or a flop? Find out this September on Cartoon Network.
Craig of the Creek
New episodes air from Friday 7th September, airs Fridays at 5pm.
Craig of the Creek follows the precocious Craig as he leads his best friends, J.P. and Kelsey, on their adventures at their neighborhood creek, transforming everyday afternoons into thrilling expeditions through their vivid imaginations.
This month it is up to Craig and his friends to catch the monster that has been wreaking havoc in his grandad’s garden and also solve the mystery of the missing book. Their adventures continue as they travel to find honeysuckle in the creek only to discover a whole new world beyond the trees.
Airs Friday 7th September at 8pm.
Steven Universe is always trying to save the day with the help of the Crystal Gems but what happens when the Crystal Gems are the ones that need the help? After some shocking revelations about their former leader, Rose Quartz, the group is divided and it is up to Steven to bring the group back together.
Although Steven is not the strongest or the smartest, he will need to muster up all of his belly button power and insight to save the day and keep the guardians of the galaxy together once and for all. Catch all the magic and wonder in this brand new story arc this September.
Game: Ben 10 Alien Experience
Available on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play from Wednesday 1st August.
Ben 10 Alien Experience jumps straight into the action as an alien whose mission it is to defeat the villains in an exciting augmented reality shooter game. The game now includes 10 Omni-enhanced aliens, 40 levels with more variety of minions and bosses. You can also take and download your own Alien selfie!
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Boomerang Australia September 2018 Highlights
Dream Squad Takeover: School Holiday Marathon
Airs daily at 9am from Monday 24th September
These holidays, it’s time to celebrate the greatest girls of Boomerang! Catch the epic Boomerang Dream Squad channel takeover including marathons of your favorite shows such as LEGO Friends, Barbie Dreamtopia, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, The Powerpuff Girls and more!
Watch the greatest female superheroes of all time celebrate girl power, create friendships that last a lifetime and take down dastardly supervillains around the world!
Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures
Airs weekdays at 5.25pm, from Friday 7th September.
Barbie and her fun-loving sisters, Chelsea, Stacie and Skipper take you on their wild adventures in a new animated comedy series. From their Dreamhouse in Malibu to escapades around the globe, they navigate life’s ups and downs with plenty of laughs, musical numbers, and just enough sparkle and fantasy that will have every girl believing that anything is possible. Catch the sparkly new episodes this September on Boomerang.
Oggy and the Cockroaches
Airs weekends at 5.15pm from Saturday 8th September
Lazy cat Oggy enjoys living a simple life with eating and watching TV among his favourite hobbies. He would be the happiest cat if only his unwanted roommates would just leave him alone but these tiny cockroaches, Joey, Marky and Dee Dee, are determined to make Oggy’s life as difficult as possible. If they are not raiding Oggy’s fridge they are making a huge mess with hilarious consequences. It’s fast, it’s crazy and it’s hilarious… it’s Oggy and the Cockroaches!
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Frozen food & grocery retailer Iceland is trialling an online shopping service some eight years after scrapping the offer as it looks to broaden its scope amid growing competition, it has been announced today.
Customers placing orders over £25 before 10pm will be able to receive products using free delivery the following day as the move is trialled in the North West, North East, London and the South West, though the retailer aims to roll-out the service nationwide in the coming months.
Shoppers are able to register for the service online and chose from a range of products if their local store is already participating in the trial, while stores which are yet to introduce the service allow shoppers to register interest when the service is extended to their area.
“We are delighted with the positive initial response to the local trials of our online service,” said Iceland Director of Delivered Sales John Mackie, who added that supportive investment will help drive growth.
“This is exceeding our expectations for the number and size of orders we have received, and for the proportion of new customers to Iceland that the service is attracting.
“It is absolutely critical to us that the launch of online shopping should have no adverse impact on availability or service for our existing customers in store, and I am pleased that all our targets are being met.
“The launch of our new Iceland Driver Academy Programme at our Centre of Excellence in Deeside will help to ensure that all our home delivery drivers are ambassadors for the service on our customers‘ doorsteps.”
Iceland‘s new Centre of Excellence at its head office in Deeside was created following a £25,000 investment in the online offering and employees including drivers, store managers and “in-store pickers” will benefit from training at the centre.
Alongside this, the supermarket chain has secured a five-year deal with Mercedes-Benz Road Range which will see its entire 1,300 vehicle strong home delivery fleet replaced with Merecedes-Benz Sprinter vans, while a further 300 new vans will be delivered later this year.
Online grocery sales continue to surge in the increasingly digital supermarket space and in March, grocer Morrisons announced that it was in talks with online grocer Ocado to use its technology to launch its long-awaited online grocery channel.
It is hoped that Iceland‘s latest move will reposition the grocer after years out of action in the e-commerce realm, said Iceland Chairman and CEO Malcolm Walker.
“Iceland was the first UK food retailer to launch a nationwide online shopping service as long ago as 1999, but maintaining it was not a priority when I was faced with the challenge of turning around a near bankrupt company on my return to the business in 2005,” Walker said.
“Now the time is right to re-launch the service, building on our well-established and smoothly running home delivery infrastructure with an easy-to-use website that sets new standards for customer friendliness.
“I am grateful to John Mackie and his team, and to our e-commerce partners at Portaltech Reply, for getting our new service up and running so efficiently in just seven months, and look forward to its roll-out across the UK in the months ahead.”
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Let The Old Farmer’s Almanac Guide You Through a Year of Great Recipes for All Seasons, in Field to Fork: A Collection of Classic Recipes
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine—Farmers and gardeners have valued The Old Farmer’s Almanac for its advice on growing, preserving, and preparing food since its founding in 1792. In the new book, Field to Fork: A Collection of Classic Recipes (ISBN: 978‐1‐4162‐4664‐0; $19.95), the Almanac’s editors have compiled over 120 of their best recipes that use fresh produce at its peak of flavor to create tried‐and‐true Almanac favorites.
“Freshness continues to be important to us all, and in these pages, you’ll find some of our best recipes for bringing great taste and good health to the home table,” says Almanac Food Editor, Sarah Perreault. “These recipes vary by the seasonal nature of the garden produce at hand. Spring Recipes feature delightful spring edibles that are popping up and encouraging our efforts, such as crunchy radishes, tender lettuce leaves, bright green peas, and snappy asparagus. Summer Recipes take advantage of the abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables ready for harvest during these months, while Fall Recipes feature late‐summer vegetables and cool‐weather crops like pumpkins and apples. Winter Recipes run the gamut from simple comfort food to elaborate dishes for entertaining and rely on all that you have preserved from the growing season.”
Features of the book include:
Delicious recipes—from breakfasts to desserts and all the meals in between—using
sustainable, seasonal produce
Helpful hints and proven tips culled from more than 225 years of Old Farmer’s Almanac
Fascinating facts and folklore from The Old Farmer’s Almanac archives
More than 75 full‐color photographs and line illustrations
Field to Fork: A Collection of Classic Recipes is a 7″ x 9″, 192‐page, softcover book that will be published in September, 2018, and will retail for $19.95. It will be available in bookstores and specialty shops nationwide and through Sellers Publishing’s Web site, sellerspublishing.com.
The Old Farmer’s Almanac originates from Yankee Publishing, Inc. publishers of Yankee Magazine in Dublin, New Hampshire. The Almanac’s editors also produce the Garden Guide, digital monthly magazine EXTRA!, The Old Farmer’s Almanac for Kids, calendars, and cookbooks such as Readers’ Best Recipes and the Stories Behind Them. Daily Almanac wit and wisdom is available through Almanac.com, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and the Amazon Echo and Google Home voice assistants.
Sellers Publishing, Inc. is an award‐winning publisher of books, calendars, greeting cards and journals. The company was cited for four consecutive years by Publishers Weekly for being among the fastest growing independent publishers in the country. It is located in South Portland, Maine and can be contacted at 800‐625‐3386 or by visiting their Web site at www.sellerspublishing.com.
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Workplace Policy Institute Looks at Tech-Induced Displacement of Employees, Co-Founds Emma Coalition
Littler Mendelson’s Workplace Policy Institute and Prime Policy Group have released recommendations about the incoming “TIDE” from automation. They have also formed the Emma Coalition and plan another workforce roundtable.
Automation is transforming economies and societies, so U.S. businesses must manage the change and make sure that their employees are able to adapt. A new report looks at the workforce management issues and makes recommendations on how employers, educators, the government, and others can respond to the challenges and opportunities posed by robotics and artificial intelligence. The report, “The Future Is Now: Workforce Opportunities and the Coming TIDE,” was produced this summer by Littler Mendelson P.C.‘s (Littler) Workplace Policy Institute with Prime Policy Group, a Washington, D.C.-based organization (see free download below).
Littler is the world’s largest labor and employment law firm representing employers.
The “TIDE” in the report title refers to “technology-induced displacement of employees,” but the study notes that people should not just be concerned about automation taking jobs. The report’s authors have presented their findings at a series of technology events nationwide.
Discussion and study
“The report emanated from a roundtable that Littler hosted in November 2017 that brought together 40 experts in science, business, human resources, and the law,” said Garry G. Mathiason, shareholder at Littler and co-author of the report. “We asked the roundtable participants to describe the future workforce and workplace and what effects were likely from technology.”
“The central lesson that came out of that program is that there would be significant displacement, but also that more jobs will very likely be created than taken away,” he said. “The critical challenge facing the U.S. and industry worldwide is a gap between the current skills of people displaced and those required for the new work opportunities created by technology.”
“We had extensive discussion regarding whether the net effect of automation was the creation or destruction of jobs,” Mathiason told Robotics Business Review. “The consensus we came to was twofold: First, that at least during the next 10 to 20 years, the historical pattern would continue with technology overall creating more jobs, not less, and second, a major initiative is needed to train and prepare people for the new jobs created, especially workers likely to be displaced.”
Emma Coalition to educate workforce stakeholders
Littler and Prime Policy Group have formed the Emma Coalition, a non-partisan group dedicated to informing employers and policymakers about the issues and potential solutions around TIDE. The Emma Coalition is being led by Michael J. Lotito, co-chair of Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute.
The coalition’s long-term goal is to organize a nationwide effort and partnership among small, midsize, and large American businesses and the organizations that represent them — including representatives of organized labor, non-profits, and research and academic institutions, as well as those of elected officials — to prepare the workforce for the coming TIDE through education, training, and engagement with policymakers.
The Emma Coalition is inviting to join its efforts a wide range of organizations that understand the challenges of automation, embrace the coalition’s vision and mission, and are prepared to invest in its objectives for the betterment of their organizations, the American worker, and the country.
“There’s a tremendous need for leadership, urgency, and a bipartisan approach to dealing with the rising TIDE.”
—Garry G. Mathiason, shareholder at Littler and co-author of workforce report
“There’s a tremendous need for leadership, urgency, and a bipartisan approach to dealing with the rising TIDE,” Mathiason declared. “While technology continues to create more jobs than are lost, this time, the speed of change is dramatically faster. During most of the Industrial Revolution, we had years to prepare the workforce for change. Now, change is occurring in two to three years, and sometimes within months.”
He noted that robotics and AI are augmenting human capabilities and replacing people in some roles, requiring swift adaptation and a need for continuing education. Automation is also being driven by demand in response to labor shortages for both skilled and unskilled jobs.
Cobots plus jobs
According to the Workplace Policy Institute and Prime Policy Group report, the current shift in how work is being done because of automation is as significant as the agricultural, industrial, and digital revolutions that preceded it.
Low-wage, repetitive jobs, such as in food processing, could be improved with robotics, the report noted. In addition, not only can exoskeletons help people with limited mobility, but they can also make it easier to move heavy or bulky items.
As good as collaborative robots and AI are, there are many tasks that humans are still better at performing, such as subtle forms of object recognition and unscripted manipulation, explained Mathiason.
“The paradox is that you can often get better results when robot capabilities assist humans than with either alone,” he said. “Productivity can often be improved by robots performing more repetitive functions of a job, while the human worker is able to spend more time providing insight, creativity, and social skills.”
“Humans benefit from tens of thousands of years of evolution, such that robotics and AI have yet been able to fully duplicate the marvels of the human hand,” Mathiason continued. “Humans have inherent learning capabilities that enable them to adjust and often acquire new skills beyond what can economically be currently provided, even by advanced machine learning.”
Even lawyers could benefit from AI, notes Littler’s Garry G. Mathiason.
For instance, even attorneys could benefit from automation, Mathiason acknowledged.
“AI will change what we do as lawyers — we’ll use our time better,” he said. “It will make the work more cerebral. As many of the formulaic legal processes associated with standard pleadings, discovery, and basic research get increasingly and better performed by technology, lawyers will be able to spend more time focusing on issue identification, creative problem solving, anticipating, and adjusting to the emotional and social forces associated with the case, as well as applying human intuition. Nonetheless, the power and importance of AI should not be underestimated.”
“Currently, one of AI’s great support functions involves predictive analytics,” according to Mathiason. “Vast amounts of data can be quickly analyzed for patterns and then associated with outcomes. The entire history of U.S. Supreme Court decisions has been reviewed, and the identified voting patterns provide nearly an 80% accurate prediction of future court decisions. This is slightly higher than the best human predictions by attorneys routinely practicing before the Supreme Court.”
The Workplace Policy Institute’s takeaway is that robots and many forms of AI will improve productivity, enhance human performance, and create new jobs, many of which did not previously exist.
To take advantage of this new era, workers must be willing to engage in lifelong learning, according to Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute. There must be opportunities for people to obtain retraining, especially regarding skills needed to master the jobs likely to be created by technology.
“What we see from our client base is the tremendous need for employers to be more involved in helping their current workforces prepare for future needs,” Mathiason said. “Currently, only 25% of employers provide such training opportunities within their organizations. This should go up as employers increasingly recognize the benefits of meeting future skill needs, largely from their existing workforce.”
“Additionally, the social responsibilities of being a 21st century employer encourage a lifelong learning partnership with their employees,” he said.
“There’s an assumption that future jobs will require extraordinary technological skills, a Ph.D., or years of advanced study,” Mathiason disclosed. “While such jobs do and will exist, many of the needed skills can be learned while working through training or programs fully or partially supported or provided by private employers.”
He cited as an example an entry-level software development certificate that Microsoft designed for people with no prior experience in computer programming.
“It consists of 12 bite-size courses that are eight to 16 hours each, followed by a final capstone project. Working eight to 10 hours a week, the program can be completed in less than six months — it’s designed for workers who have a full-time job while they are in the program,” Mathiason said. “And that’s just one example. GreatSchools.org recently published a list of 42 high-paying jobs that do not require a college degree, ranging from carpenter to dental hygienist to Web developer.”
With great demand at the top and bottom ends of the job scale, as well as people working past traditional retirement age, there’s a place for robots to be used in combination with humans, he said.
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“This explains the growth in the collaborative robot industry,” observed Mathiason. “I recently visited Rethink Robotics, producers of Baxter and Sawyer, two of the most popular cobots. Surprisingly, many of the new orders are coming from companies using cobots to meet a current labor shortage.”
Currently, 150,000 industrial cobots are expected to be in use by 2020 and over 700,000 by 2025.
“The needed training to work with industrial cobots is usually quickly learned. Rethink has a ‘train a trainer’ program on how to work with its robots. It can directly provide employees with such training in as little as a day,” Mathiason said. “You still need to figure out what you could do together, and there’s more coming.”
Workforce agility as a competitive advantage
“While it is encouraging that more college and university students in the U.S. are becoming STEM graduates, the demand for these people far exceeds the supply,” Mathiason noted. “American companies have the advantage of being able to recruit worldwide.”
“The immediate need to fill the existing workforce can also be satisfied by community colleges, online training, and organizations such as the ARM Institute,” he said. “There has been tremendous growth in online platforms and companies like Upwork, which match technology projects with people worldwide who have the exact experience needed.”
“In the longer term, we need to encourage more people to go into robotics, AI, and advanced automation,” Mathiason added. “It is encouraging to see the exponential growth of high school robotics clubs and tournaments such as the VEX Robotics Competition correlating with student interest in STEM courses and careers. However, we should not overlook the importance and need for vocational training.”
“There needs to be a better correlation between corporate needs and filling the demand with worker retraining programs; online learning; targeted university, college, and community college courses; and other resources,” he said.
TIDE and the importance of improving worker retraining
In other countries, the Workplace Policy Institute report notes, governments have taken the lead in preparing their workforces for the TIDE. Ideally, the same would be true in the U.S., because the government’s wide perspective and access to funding makes it best-positioned to help lead worker-retraining initiatives with academia and industry, stated the report.
But in the absence of strong government action, the report concludes, the task of improving worker retraining will fall to America’s employers.
“This choice has already been made by China and several other countries around the world,” said Mathiason. “If the U.S. wants to maintain its leadership role and national security, it must expand development of education around automation and robotics.”
Emma recruiting and a Workplace Policy Institute sequel session
Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute is planning to hold another roundtable on the future workforce on Nov. 12 in San Francisco, Mathiason shared.
“We’ll focus on what has transpired over the past year, where we have made progress, and if there have been changes in the ways we use technology and prepare for the TIDE,” he said.
Tremendous opportunity
A rising tide of technologically induced displacement of employment can lift enterprises, but only if they address the change immediately and collectively, said the Workplace Policy Institute and Prime Policy Group report.
“I’ve often predicted that the No. 1 initiative for human resources departments in the coming decade will be meeting this skills transition requirement,” Mathiason said. “Many of our best businesses would greatly prefer to transition people to new positions within their organizations as opposed to layoffs.”
The key is employer-provided and sponsored retraining and lifelong learning programs for the current workforce, the report concluded. Meanwhile, the future also requires the improvement of K-12 educational programs to embrace and promote learning about robotics and AI, and other forms of advanced technology, leading to STEM careers.
“Today, there is low unemployment and a growing shortage of skilled workers,” Mathiason said. “This requires an investment in the developable skills of the current workforce.”
“For example, Accenture eliminated 17,000 back-office jobs through automation, without laying off a single person,” he noted. “The combination of robotics, AI, automation and human talent, creativity, and learning is not only an optimal goal; it is also a business and national necessity.”
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Families of Rockdale Temple (FoRT) is one of Rockdale’s most fresh and exciting programs. FoRT is a growing community of Jewish families with children aged six and under and their older siblings. The group is spearheaded by Stephanie De Falco, Alexis Nordrum, and Rabbi Meredith Kahan, along with a committee of dedicated parents and grandparents of young children. Together, FoRT’s leadership puts on monthly programming designed to engage and educate kids and parents alike, including Havdalah PJ parties with adults-only beer tastings, Spaghetti in the Sukkah, Challah Shabbat, and FoRT on the Farm.
“We all want to get together and be together, and to enjoy Jewish activities and watch our children enjoy them, too—that’s the spirit of the group,” says FoRT co-Chair Stephanie De Falco. FoRT events teach children what it means to be Jewish, and a key piece of that is seeing themselves and their parents as part of the friendly and caring community that FoRT has become. “We want to make sure everyone leaves having gotten something out of it. When an event is created with the intention of making a program fun and meaningful for kids, it’s also fun and meaningful for the parents.”
FoRT programs weave a fine balance of family togetherness, kid playtime, and adult camaraderie. Most months, families celebrate Shabbat with musical, interactive services and enjoy a meal together. Afterward, kids play together while adults socialize and build community. Stephanie says “it’s quality time together after a busy week that, if it weren’t for FoRT, we wouldn’t have had.” FoRT Shabbat alternates between Friday evenings, Saturday mornings, and Saturday early evenings with Havdalah.
FoRT co-Chair Alexis Nordrum was pregnant with her first child when the group got its start. “It was perfect for me to get to know other parents of young kids in a city where I had no family. I wanted my kids to understand the meaning of a Jewish community.” Alexis, like others in the group, describes FoRT as a community that is overwhelmingly laidback and nonjudgmental, encouraging families to come and go as their schedules allow. The short, kid-friendly services make it easier for busy families to go to temple and feel engaged by programming that doesn’t treat either the children or their parents as an afterthought. Now a veteran FoRT member and expecting her second child, Alexis believes FoRT was—and will continue to be—instrumental in her young family’s Jewish life.
FoRT was formed at the onset of Rockdale’s participation in a URJ Community of Practice centered on Creating Connected Communities of Families with Young Children. Together with URJ leadership, experts, and our cohort, Rabbi Kahan, Stephanie, and Alexis learned how to best reach, welcome, engage, and connect young families here at Rockdale. FoRT is financially supported by a generous grant from the Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati.
You can stay up to date with FoRT via facebook.com/groups/RockdaleFoRT, or email rockdalefort@gmail.com or Rabbi Kahan at mkahan@rockdaletemple.org for more information.
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Long term incentive plans are a popular mechanism to both attract and, more importantly, retain senior level personnel. Such was the case in Styles v Alberta Investment Management Corporation, 2015 ABQB 621, where a senior employee received compensation in the form of a long term incentive plan (LTIP). He received between $110k-$130k each year over three years of service that was contributed to his “unvested” portion of an investment fund. The employee was then terminated prior to the dates on which the LTIP would vest under the program. The employee was terminated for unstated reasons, however there was no argument by the employer that the termination was for cause. The employee claimed for the entirety of his LTIP that had been earned but not vested up to his termination. The employee's arguments were largely based on the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision, Bhasin v. Hrynew, which explicitly recognized a requirement for good faith in contractual dealings between the parties. The Court in Styles held that the employer had made certain promises that included a high level of performance-based compensation in order to obtain key personnel and those promises were an inducement to the employee to accept employment; the LTIP grants were compensation and motivation for performing “good work”. As a result, the employer was required to perform honestly, fairly, reasonably and with appropriate regard to the contractual interests of the employee when terminating the contract; although the employer had the right to terminate the employee, it could not do so in a way that undermines the legitimacy of the contractual interests of the employee, i.e.: the employee’s long term expected compensation. The employee was entitled to compensation for LTIP that was calculated by examining both the potential returns and further contributions he could have made to the plan and negative economic impacts that could have affected the underlying investment fund. Some points to take away are:
Regardless of whether a long term incentive plan says it doesn’t vest until some future time, an employee could have a legitimate claim to be paid for what he or she would have received, but for the employer’s termination of the employment contract;
Courts may examine the potential returns, future investments and economic impacts in determining appropriate compensation if the long term incentive plan is tied to fund investments;
An inducement to attract and retain senior employees and personnel could be an argument against an employer that attempts to deny unvested employee compensation at termination;
Long term incentive plans that reflect performance based compensation regimes could support an employee’s claim for payment of unvested compensation at termination; and,
The application of Bhasin v. Hrynew continues to unfold, not surprisingly to indicate that an employer cannot escape what would have been contractual obligations by terminating an employee prior to those obligations arising.
We would be pleased to discuss the effect and potential employee entitlement of LTIPs and the Styles case further with you.
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Marni at H&M Launch Party in Los Angeles
February 21st, 2012 All · Celebrities · Events
Tags: Bryan Ferry, Consuelo Castiglioni, Freida Pinto, Jessica Chastain, Milla Jovovich, Winona Ryder, drew barrymore, felicity jones, lloyd wright, los feliz, margareta van den bosch, sofia coppola, sowden house
Last week when I was in Paris for the Dior shoot, another amazing event took place in my favourite city Los Angeles. Drew Barrymore, Winona Ryder and Milla Jovovich were among the guests who attended a party to celebrate the launch of Marni at H&M.
Held in a beautiful Hollywood residence, the evening was hosted by Marni’s Founder and Creative Director, Consuelo Castiglioni, the Director of the Marni at H&M campaign, Sofia Coppola and Margareta van den Bosch, H&M´s Creative Advisor.
The setting, the 1926 Sowden House in Los Feliz, designed by Lloyd Wright, couldn’t have been more magical. The Mayan architecture, tropical palm trees, kilim rugs and cushions were the perfect backdrop for Marni’s signature, playful and tribal aesthetic. The guests were eager to see the collection, which was beautifully displayed in the house’s walk-in closet.
Sofia Coppola, who shot a campaign film for the collection in Marrakech, Morocco, was also at the event, wearing a gold brocade top from Marni at H&M. Many guests at the party were dressed in Marni at H&M included Jessica Chastain and Drew Barrymore. It is a great way to see the collection on real people. For the detailed post on the looks, please click here.
Consuelo Castiglioni, R Jones and Sofia Coppola
Mel Gibson and Consuelo Castiglioni
“It has been an inspiring night, surrounded by a perfect setting and a great crowd. LA encapsulated the dream! It is not long before Marni at H&M is in the stores, and I am happy to share these magic moments with everybody.”
– Consuelo Castiglioni
Another highlight of the night: Bryan Ferry‘s performance. Remember his show in January at the IWC Top Gun gala event?!
LoL, Sandra
Photos: Courtesy of H&M
At the IWC Top Gun Gala Event
January 20th, 2012 All · Celebrities · Events
Tags: Adriana Lima, Bryan Ferry, Ewan McGregor, Paulo Coelho, boris becker, cate blanchett, georges kern, herbert knaup, iwc schaffhausen, jean reno, lily becker, luis figo, moritz bleibtreu, ronan keating, rosamunde pike, thomas heinze, tim jeffries, zinédine zidane
IWC Schaffhausen‘s gala event under the motto “TOP GUN” was the absolute culmination of this year’s SIHH (Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie).What a night!
“Our aim this evening was to create an emotional experience for our guests, based on the story of our Pilot’s Watches: a story that started in 1936 with the Special Pilot’s Watch and has been part of IWC Schaffhausen’s DNA ever since,” said IWC CEO Georges Kern.
Many A-list Hollywood celebrities followed his invitation to celebrate the launch of the brand’s new Pilot’s Watch collection.
In the presence of celebrities like Cate Blanchett, Jean Reno, Ewan McGregor, Ronan Keating, sporting legends Boris Becker, Luís Figo and Zinédine Zidane, German actors Herbert Knaup, Thomas Heintze and Moritz Bleibtreu as well as top model Adriana Lima, I enjoyed an unforgettable gala evening in a stunningly decorated Palexpo Exhibition Hall rounded off with a performance from the legendary Bryan Ferry. And not only actor Ewan McGregor was entranced by Adriana Lima’s stunning long legs… (see photo below).
From left to right: Ronan Keating, Herbert Knaup, Ewan McGregor, Sebastian Koch, Marc Forster, Thomas Heinze, Adriana Lima, the evening’s host IWC CEO Georges Kern, Boris Becker and Moritz Bleibtreu (Photos: Photopress/Getty Images).
My look: Sequined dress with feathers by Matthew Williamson, oversized clutch by Miu Miu, python sandals by Gucci and earrings by Louis Vuitton.
Actor Ewan McGregor with me
Two Brazilians getting along very well…
Supermodel Adriana Lima and author Paulo Coelho
Adriana Lima with me (Photo: Maren Krass)
Jean Reno and Rosamunde Pike
Jean Reno with me
Bryan Ferry on stage
Lily Becker
German Actor Moritz Bleibtreu with me
Dancing all night… here with Italian blogger Filippo Fiora (Photo: Filippo Fiora)
If you are interested to see the photos from IWC’s SIHH 2011 gala event “A Night in Portofino”, click here for the previous post.
Photos: © Sandra Bauknecht
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A Martínez | Take Two® | January 16, 2018
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Many families in Montecito are looking for temporary housing and ways to continue with their lives after mudslides filled with boulders and debris killed at least 20 residents and destroyed or damaged more than 400 homes.
For kids, part of the process of returning to everyday life means going back to school. Tuesday more than 400 students at the Montecito Union Elementary returned to classes at remote locations outside of the evacuation zone.
Tuesday and Wednesday the kids and their teachers will be divided between the Santa Barbara Zoo and MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration and Innovation.
While the students are at the zoo and the MOXI, work will be done to prepare Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) to become an alternative campus for the elementary students, adding temporary bathrooms and reconfiguring classrooms.
Thursday, classes will move to SBCC, and Santa Barbara Unified's McKinley Elementary across the street from the college. Superintendent of Montecito Union, Anthony Ranii said they expect to be at this alternative campus for a couple of weeks at least.
There's a lot to do with gas to make that safe, with our drinking water. I think electricity is mostly online but there are still impassable roads and some really unsafe situations. So as much as we want to get back to Montecito Union School, of course, we want to do that safely.
A handful of Montecito students students stranded by the 101 freeway closure are also temporarily attending classes at Summerland Elementary in the Carpinteria School District, until the freeway is reopened.
Ranii, said that the Montecito Union had shut down earlier due to air quality concerns during the Thomas Fire. Students only attended two days of classes before the school had to close again because of the mudslide evacuations.
With all the disruptions, Ranii said it could be helpful for students to finally return to the structure of the classroom.
It might sound strange but I think it's reassuring to return to division and reading and social studies because it's something that students know how to do, they know what to expect, and that routine can be healing.
The school will have counselors and support staff, in addition to teachers, to help students process the recent natural disasters.
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Legislation Would Delay Polk Center Closure
Legislation will soon be introduced in the Senate that would place a moratorium on the closure of the Polk and White Haven State Centers, according to Senator Scott Hutchinson, a co-sponsor and strong supporter of the measure.
“The Department of Human Services (DHS) is seemingly unmoved by the heartfelt appeals from the families of the residents who will be uprooted by the closure of these centers,” Senator Hutchinson said. “This move by DHS will be disruptive beyond description for those who have known no other home. That means it is incumbent on the Legislature to take action to protect these vulnerable individuals.”
The legislation will delay the closure of Polk and White Haven as a way to give the state and families time to develop a stable safety net for the residents.
“I continue to believe that the very best solution would be a total reversal of decision to close the facility and perhaps even an expansion of the services provided by the Polk Center,” Senator Hutchinson said. “But at the very least this moratorium will provide additional time to take steps to protect the well-being of its residents.”
Contact: Justin Leventry (717) 787-9684 jleventry@pasen.gov
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Galiano Community School Gardens
School Garden Work Party
Saturday, May 12 from 1-3pm
Hey Everyone! We will be working on weeding and cleanup of our school garden and would so appreciate your help! Treats and coffee will be provided. Come and be a part of looking after this beautiful and fruitful space for the kids. Sonia Baker will be giving useful tips on pruning fruit trees.
Garden was started in 1992 – as a combination of one woman in particular, Janice Oakley, first school garden coordinator and started the food program. She’s an avid gardener and created a beautiful space, beds are shaped in curves and circles rather than rows. She would take kids that needed a break from the classroom and take them to the garden. As the food program developed, the garden became a part of the food program as well.
The next coordinator was Colleen Doghty, who took a more curriculum-based approach to the garden, more science education approach. They have Tasty Tuesdays, so every other week, (it’s hard to coordinate with teachers’ schedule, can feel like you’re in their way. “It’s a fine balance of doing a good thing and not getting in the way of busy people.” They would do science and then harvest and take food into the kitchen.
The greenhouse was built a while back, and it’s part of the food program. It’s part of the school garden and it’s also a public community space. There’s a greenhouse group. It’s an amazing resource but very very under-used.
Garden is about a quarter-acre including the greenhouse, and they also have fruit trees (5 apple and 1 pear) and the garden, with a good deer fence.
Composting set-up at the school, paid for through a grant. They have two black bins – and they have a three-part built structure – one part has manure – one has compost resting – and the last fresh compost. And just adding a Green Cone digester. The thing with the digester though – teaching kids to separate their compost. The actual labour of building the compost structure was our former-coordinator’s husband – built by volunteer.
Galiano School Garden – Former Coordinator Janna Feldman hired in the middle of last summer. Janna was a parent volunteer, older daughter went to SIMS. Younger daughter at Galiano. She volunteered in class and helped in garden weekly work-party on Tuesdays. A lot of time as a coordinator with the kids in the classroom.
Jana held tasty Tuesdays in 2017-18, she’s a gardener and a cook, and she takes kids into garden and look at everything, they talk about colours and yumminess and how things grow, an dthey observe yummy things. They made bruschetta from basil, garlic, and greens, etc.
There are three classes at Galiano School, and she takes two kids from each class for each Tasty Tuesday. So every kid gets a chance at least once or twice per year. She also tries to make a snack for the entire school with these kids and serve it at the end of the time together. That gets them excited for the next time, because they want to be the ones who cook for everyone.
It’s adjacent to the playground, so there are some kids who spend time in the garden over recess. There’s kale overwintering – the greenhouse has carrots overwintering to snack on. Sprouting broccoli that’s over-wintering.
"I often use the garden for other lessons with my mutiaged students. For example, a math mapping and measurement unit and also planting garlic in the fall and using jewlers loops to enhance the students scientific sketches. Just the other day, we picked a couple of herbs to chop up then add to some egg tarts we baked in class," says Kim Kucille. Teachers also use the garden to send kids out who need a break from the classroom.
The Food Program maintains the Community School Garden: Food program coordinators and community volunteers work with the school kids, teaching them about gardening, ecology and how to grow food. We also involve the kids in tastings, sometimes cooking on the picnic table what they have just picked. The Food Program also works with the school on a number of projects, such as Applefest and the Fruit tree project.
The community library is there, too nearby. Volunteers come help with the garden. We’ve tried work parties with Colleen – and Jana was the only one who’s there.
One of her mandates is to get more people involved. The other groups aren’t directly involved, but there’s Yellow-House Art Centre, and she’s been talking about collaboration on a project in the school garden – to tie art and gardening together – maybe redo an old scarecrow. To host workshops or seed-starting party in the greenhouse are other plans. There’s a separate coordinator for the greenhouse –
Plan for future is to get more community involved. Number one goal.
They have these students from UBC food science who come and volunteer with the food program, and this year, they helped in the garden. Six women who had never held a shovel, and I was almost in tears because they were discovering themselves.
The teachers are already overwhelmed, the last thing that they need is one more thing. I don’t know if you should depend on the teachers for the garden. You need some dedicated volunteers to get it started.
They have a permaculture specialist on Galiano, so she hopes to do winter workshops.
She thinks it would be neat to connect with other people involved in school gardens – a Facebook group.
Here's a link to an update from the new School Garden Coordinator, Brahmi Benner: http://www.galianoclub.org/2018/04/school-garden-update-by-brahmi-benner/
Brahmi's School Garden coordinator wages are paid through a grant right now.
It’s a mixed thing, we’ve been experiencing quite a bit of theft. We have an amazing grapevine with pink grapes. But somebody came and snipped down. They definitely need signage.
They have a summer camp program run out of the activity centre at the school. This year, there’s a Tasty Tuesday event during the summer as well, and so can grow things for summer camp. Canning – tomato sauce in august, for example. Food program is about teaching sustainability and food security and to pass that onto the kids.
Applefest, Nettlfest, and other harvest meals. Also occasional community work-parties. More to come...
It’s slightly frustrating because the school year doesn’t coincide with the garden year. She’s been thinking about how to create more of a winter garden. What I can grow that’s accessible to the kids when they’re to school.
There are so many possibilities – what are your reasons for having the garden, to involve kids in growing food. For me, for kids to keep it fun.
Galiano School Website (k-8); Principal D'arcy Deacon can be reached at (250) 539-2261 and ddeacon@sd64.org
Galiano PAC - Megan McKay at rockmeg@telus.net or 250-539-5131
Galiano Community Food Program (website;and facebook); School Garden Coordinator is Brahmi Benner - brahmsim@gmail.com
Food Program Coordinators, Janice and Alison, at 250-539-2175, galianofoodprograms@gmail.com
Janice Oakley- Started the school garden
Colleen Doghty - Previous garden coordinator to Janna
Janna Feldman was the previous school garden coordinator, janna.f393@gmail.com
The Galiano Greenhouse project contact is Barry New at 539-2364 or galianofoodprograms@gmail.com
Links: BEE HIVE PROJECT update, May, 2018:
https://www.gulfislandsdriftwood.com/community/galiano-hive-creates-educational-buzz/
GARDEN UPDATE, April 2018: http://www.galianoclub.org/2018/04/school-garden-update-by-brahmi-benner/
Other sometimes involved groups: The Galiano Conservancy, The Galiano Garden Club.
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Swimming With Sharks: Fascination & Conservation
Lorin R. Robinson | Jul 1, 2014 | First Published: May 1, 2014
“Friedman admits that, at first, he was fearful of sharks. But he was also fascinated by their physiology and history.”
Twenty-year-old Josh Friedman spends a lot of time underwater “playing” with sharks. It’s his belief that sharks are badly in need of better public relations to improve their image and active advocacy for their conservation.
A female scalloped hammerhead glides along a reef off Isla del Coco, Costa Rica. The unusual shape of their heads is thought to enhance vision and heighten their electroreception sense.
All Photos © Josh Friedman
Look, for example, at any list of the “World’s Most Dangerous Animals” and you’ll find sharks—particularly the great white—in the top 10. One list places sharks fourth out of 10. Incidentally, humans are listed as sixth on that list. Every year only about 100 shark attacks are reported worldwide. Seventeen fatalities were recorded in 2011, out of 118 reported attacks. Almost all shark experts believe the danger presented by sharks is greatly exaggerated. Even filmmaker Peter Benchley, creator of the Jaws phenomenon, attempted to dispel the myth of sharks being man-eating monsters in the years before his death.
“I am not a big fan of ‘Shark Week,’” Friedman says. “Most of these programs reinforce misconceptions of sharks I try to dispel. They are portrayed as ravenous, indiscriminate predators—dangerous man-eaters. Some more informational programs that explain shark behavior have scientific merit, but that’s not what attracts most viewers. In its most popular programs, for example, Discovery Channel uses glorified footage of predatory behavior and shark ‘feeding frenzies’ to attract viewers. It is a huge hindrance to shark conservation efforts.” Friedman notes that the French film Oceans (2010) shows humans swimming comfortably with sharks.
A 30-foot whale shark cruises along a reef off Darwin Island in the Galapagos. They are the largest species of shark currently living and are filter feeders, relying on a diet mainly consisting of plankton.
The belly of a male grey reef shark in French Polynesia. A remora is attached next to the anal fin, hitching a ride and feeding on scraps of food dropped by the shark.
Into The Water
Friedman, who grew up in the beach town of Santa Monica, California, became a certified open water diver at age 12. Advanced open water and rescue diver certifications followed shortly thereafter. Friedman also has his semi-closed and closed-circuit rebreather certifications. “The rebreather,” Friedman said, “is a dream come true for underwater photographers. No bubbles and longer dive times make for spectacular underwater encounters and experiences.”
He began underwater photography at age 12 with a Canon PowerShot and plastic underwater case. As his interest and skill grew, he upgraded equipment. Today his work is done with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II, primarily with a 17-40mm lens. His case is a Subal CD5MII. For lighting, he uses two Sea & Sea YS-250 strobes.
“Initially, I wasn’t extremely passionate about photography,” Friedman said. “It was more just a way to show friends what I did during diving trips since very few people my age engaged in the sport. However, as I began to share my photos, people seemed very interested to learn more about the ocean and what it was like to experience the underwater world. And, as I learned more about global threats to our marine ecosystems, I embraced photography as a tool to advocate for conservation.”
A group of whitetip reef sharks hunting at night, searching for sleeping prey off Costa Rica’s Isla del Coco. The whitetips take advantage of the presence of night divers, going after prey illuminated by divers’ lights.
A female grey reef shark patrolling a reef off the island of Apataki in the Tuamotu Archipelago. Sharks are largely solitary hunters, which is why they are commonly observed alone.
Friedman admits that, at first, he was fearful of sharks. But he was also fascinated by their physiology and history. “I have never had any close calls while diving. When I have dived with some sort of food to attract sharks, I have either been in a cage—as I was with great whites—or diving with professional safety divers experienced in diving with tiger and bull sharks. Sharks, in my experience, are always more interested in chum than the divers. Close calls usually happen when food is involved, but safety precautions are not taken. Divers can also get careless by getting too close to the food that is drawing them in.”
Friedman said that being in a cage studying great whites is one of the most awesome experiences he’s had. “Sensing the sheer power and gracefulness of the animals is truly a singular experience. Unfortunately, photography is hampered a bit; there is only a small window for photography and your mobility is restricted.
“I have never seen sharks attack cages in a frenzy. The metal cages mess with their electroreceptors so, the very few times they nudged the cage, they were likely confused. In no way were they trying to attack the cage or divers in it. My initial fear turned into awe and admiration for these magnificent creatures. As a result, shark conservation has become a very personal issue for me.”
A great white shark with noticeable scarring swimming through the waters of Isla Guadalupe, about 140 miles off the western coast of Mexico’s Baja. Scarring on female sharks is thought to be a result of mating, while on males it may be due to displays of aggression against other sharks.
Friedman cited the large-scale slaughter of sharks for their fins. He says he has committed himself to advocate for preservation of shark populations and to expose unsustainable and destructive methods of fishing. “Diving has provided me with close personal encounters with sharks of many species. Through these experiences, I have come to understand much about the behavior and true nature of these animals. These interactions have encouraged my advocacy for these amazing creatures, and underwater photography enables me to use my images to support their conservation,” Friedman said.
A female scalloped hammerhead swims along the reef of Wolf Island with other hammerheads in the Galapagos. Schools of female hammerheads are often observed when they are ready to mate, with the strongest females in the middle and weaker ones on the outside of the school.
Where It’s Taken Him
His shark diving expeditions have taken him thus far to Fiji, French Polynesia, the Galapagos, Costa Rica, the Bahamas, and Mexico. Friedman is enrolled at Bowdoin College, majoring in Environmental Studies, Earth and Oceanographic Science.
He has also worked as an aquarist intern at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium. His busy academic schedule and diving trips somewhat limit his advocacy activities, but he recently had an article published in Alert Diver magazine that was also posted by a marine conservation nonprofit organization: www.healthebay.org/blogs-news/protecting-sharks-through-photography.
“My site (http://joshfriedman photography.com) is nowherenear where I want it to be right now. I’m in the process of adding a section about shark conservation with photos, information, facts, and links to nonprofits engaged in meaningful projects to help protect sharks.” Friedman also donates 10 percent of the money he receives from sales of nature photos offered on his site to nonprofits engaged in shark conservation programs.
Photo of Josh Friedman photographing a 30-foot whale shark.
“The long term for me is unclear, but my dream is to pursue a career connected with marine conservation. Ultimately, photography will remain an important part of my advocacy and has evolved into my greatest passion,” he said.
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Response to ‘No Reserved Seats’
May 22, 2018 | Opinion | 0
Vanuatu Daily Post – I gotta say I’m disappointed. While I do not align myself at all with the Vanuatu National Council of Women, I do respect women coming together, and think that it’s pretty sad that out of the 100 + women leaders (including women municipal councilors) who attended the 15th conference of the Vanuatu National Council of Women, ONLY ONE VOICE was projected across the front page. Seriously – was the only voice of value that of Minister Napuat? Couldn’t we find anyone else, perhaps a woman leader, who was present at this women’s conference, to speak on behalf of women and genuinely represent women?
Contrary to what Minister Napuat says, this is exactly why we need reserved seats. Even when women are PRESENT, the dominant voice continues to OVERPOWER. We MUST ACTIVELY claim spaces to ENSURE WOMEN’S VISIBILITY because if we don’t infiltrate these spaces, men will continue to dominate, no matter how well-meaning they may be. The power dynamics, social structures and gender stereotypes are so deeply engrained in our society and psyche, it is difficult to dismantle. The front page of yesterday’s newspaper is evidence enough that we still have a LONG WAY to go.
With all due respect, I don’t think it’s helpful to say that women can fill in half the seats in parliament if ‘we prove ourselves as leaders’ and if ‘women united and had one voice’, especially when you look at the disunity in the existing (all male) government. In fact, look at Vanuatu’s history of motion of no confidence. Actually, even better, just check out today’s front page about the Leader of Opposition calling for the Deputy Prime Minister not to enter the parliament house. Men have disunity between them too and yet women are held to a higher standard if there is disunity between them. It’s exhausting constantly trying to ‘prove’ ourselves in the face of hypocrisy.
That’s why I’m all for reserved seats – to eliminate these expectations of women to perform gender roles (ie, be quiet and nice and get along and don’t confront or challenge status quo as that’s not what ‘good women’ do).#NoGatTaem to explain that a nation thrives if there is gender equality. If we all just did our homework, look at the research and facts, we will see the most progressive countries are inclusive of women and other groups and the representation of ALL is imperative for the sustainable development of a country.
As a society we need to do better. The media – please share balanced views and encourage diverse journalism, the government – please provide space for women to talk and let them talk, don’t tell them what to do, and women – please claim your space strategically and organize in solidarity. Together we are stronger. Yours in power.
This was written by Yasmine Bjornum on her personal Facebook page and then re-printed in the Vanuatu Daily Post
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ZUN and Touhou status update
Topic: ZUN and Touhou status update (Read 299528 times)
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Probably won't respond 'til this mess is sorted o…
This thread can be used for any status update about ZUN and Touhou that's noteworthy enough to warrant translation, but not important enough to need its own thread.
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* Name order is family name first, given name second. Unless noted, all names are pseudonyms. *
Hakurei Kannushi and family
ZUN: Sole member of Shanghai Alice Gengakudan (Shanghai Alice Fantasy Ensemble, English name: Team Shanghai Alice). Former employee at Taito. Making Touhou full-time since 2007, being a full-time daddy since 2014. @korindo
ki-san: ZUN's wife and former co-worker. Game programmer. Loves frogs. Also loves drinking.
Doujin game-making friends
Unabara Iruka: Leader and designer of the doujin game developer Twilight Frontier (Tasofro for short), developer of Touhou fighting games. The pseudonym means "Ocean Dolphin". @unabara
Akiyama Uni: a.k.a. U2, composer at Twilight Frontier. Wrote "Broken Moon" and many other songs from the fighting games. @u2aki
D.N.A.: Leader of the doujin game developer D.N.A. Softwares (Touhou Unreal Mahjong). @dnasoftwares
Ruw: Member of D.N.A. Softwares. Helps ZUN and Tasofro with business and legal matters. Can drink as much as ZUN.
tbn: Doujin game designer who often helps ZUN manage booths at conventions. @tbn
Heppoko: One half of the doujin game circle Eikyuu Loop (TWilight refrAIN, TWilight INSanity, etc) until 2013, he is making games entirely on his own now. Works in the game industry by day. @heppoko
Game industry connections
Tanzawa Yūichi (real name): ZUN's former co-worker, now a game designer at Square Enix. Main member of the PoriPori Club web broadcast. @TANTAN_U1
Kimura Yoshirō (real name): Legendary game designer known for creating cult titles such as Chulip and Little King Story. Main member of PoriPori Club. @yoshiro_kimura
Print work-related
Okonogi Tetsurō (real name): Editor of several Touhou print works at the publisher Ichijinsha until his resignation in July 2014. Hosts ZUN's monthly web broadcast "Radio Begins from the Second Pub" (Nikenme Radio). Has cameo appearances in the When They Cry franchise. @okonyogi
Azuma Aya: Touhou fan artist, and artist of Touhou Ibarakasen ~ Wild and Horned Hermit (published by Ichijinsha). @a_to_z
Harukawa Moe: Artist of Touhou Suzunaan ~ Forbidden Scrollery (published by Kadokawa). Still in college.
Original first update:
With very little warning, ZUN declared on Twitter he was going to Taiwan, and he has already arrived in Taipei a few hours ago.
You can even catch a live broadcast from his hotel (it's 11:47 PM in Taiwan at this moment):
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv126520307
Possible related events include a Taiwan anime con TCA 2013, and the Taiwanese edition of PMiSS and SoPM, to be released today. But who knows what he's cooking now!?
« Last Edit: November 11, 2014, 02:12:27 pm by cuc »
Touhou Fantasy News: twitter
Re: ZUN's 2013 Taiwan trip
Man, when it was first announced that ZUN was getting married I was worried he'd be so busy with the wife he'd have to slow things down.
Boy was I wrong.
Well, they were already living together for a while by the time of the announcement.
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Ohhh, okay.
Huh, I didn't mention that ZUN attended Taiwan's Fancy Frontier 19 in 2012, and that was actually the first time he ever went abroad, his honeymoon trip being the second time. This time he's probably there to attend Fancy Frontier 21, starting today.
Re: ZUN's 2013 Taiwan trip, and other tweets
The game designer and composer Kenji Eno has passed away. ZUN expressed his grief on twitter (pardon my horrible translation):
He is a person who believed in the responsibility to express auteurship through games, no matter what happens. You can say he is one of my goals. I've never thought he could die, and am slightly shaken. Rest in peace...
And the theme of today's Nikenme Radio broadcast will be "in memory of Kenji Eno".
« Last Edit: February 22, 2013, 03:23:30 am by cuc »
wailofthebanshee
Go away for a bit.
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Where does ZUN get the money to travel all over the world all of the time, like this? Surely touhou can't be that profitable.
N-Forza
Information Superhighway Robbery
I said it was a steal, but not for whom
This is only his second/third trip overseas, and Taiwan isn't that far away from Japan.
Buy Touhou things and other stuff from Japan!
Wait warmly > Watch warmly
For the first Taiwan trip, ZUN went as a guest, and was not paying out of his own pocket. I haven't checked who paid for him this year.
On an unrelated note, he's also not alone in Taiwan this year. Other people, including U2 Akiyama (the fighting game composer) accompanied him.
Regarding the honeymoon trip... that was what saving up money is for, right?
Feb 22, 2013 Nikenme Radio
The Nikenme Radio broadcast of Feb 22 turned out to be quite interesting. For now, I only have the time and ability to translate the most important part. This is again, based on posts in the Touhou Gensou forum, collected by Tateito1.
- ZUN put Reimu into Magic Pengel for testing purposes. The data stayed into the final version. That was the period when he had ceased making Touhou games.
(He would revive Touhou by making EoSD, while working on Graffiti Kingdom, the sequel to Magic Pengel.)
- Reimu's skill name 夢想封印 "Fantasy Seal" originated in Magic Pengel. It was composed using the game's key word system.
(Apparently the name is composed like this: "dream" 夢 + "thought" 想 + "seal" 封印, and the key word "seal" means the attack can immobilize the target.)
- Q: How to defeat Reimu in Magic Pengel? A: We don't know, either. She's like Mew this way.
- He temporarily stopped at a milestone for Touhou first, and quit his job at Taito later. The Touhou popularity boom caused by the video site Nico Nico Douga happened even later.
(ZUN decided to stop making Touhou games for a while after completing PoFV in 2005. See the Gensou Denshou lecture.)
- He drinks the most when writing music. When one song is done, he would also become drunk. On the other hand, he doesn't drink when drawing.
- He drinks beer when in good health, and drinks small amount of strong liquor when unwell.
« Last Edit: February 25, 2013, 02:11:46 pm by cuc »
Re: ZUN and Touhou status updates, 2013 version
Quote from: cuc on February 25, 2013, 01:25:44 pm
On the other hand, he doesn't drink when drawing.
I believed you up to here.
maybe he should drink while drawing
Thanks to tryourbreast, here's a video of fighting and defeating Reimu in Magic Pengel (since you've probably all seen the video about Reimu in Graffiti Kingdom). Fantasy Seal got used near the end. Now you know where the visual effects of Fantasy Seal come from!
Very soon, a new live broadcast will start.
This is a special broadcast for the 2nd "NicoNico Super Conference" event, to be held in April 27-28. On that event, ZUN will again be selling the beer he brewed himself in his booth, just like last year.
He'll definitely talk about his microbrewery a lot in today's broadcast, but I have no idea whether he'll talk about anything else. The other two people are the founder of 2ch and operator of NicoNico Douga.
EDIT: I think we are now being shown ZUN's microbrewery, huh?
« Last Edit: March 08, 2013, 02:32:38 pm by cuc »
Melonbooks seems to be the first site to reveal the Forbidden Scrollery Vol 1 cover. (Their exclusive?) preorder bonus is a cover wrap made with Japanese paper. Link (WARNING: the page contains NSFW images; if you don't see Forbidden Scrollery, do a text search.)
During yesterday's live broadcast for the 2nd NicoNico Super Conference event (to be held on April 27-28), ZUN spent much of the time talking about the beer he brewed, and we are shown footages of the brewery. He sold his own beer during the 1st Super Conference, and will do it again this year.
This time the beer is called "Super Red the Nightless Castle". 500 yen a cup of 250 ml, 800 cups each day. (Source)
On April 27, a "Super Condensed Version" of Reitaisai will accompany ZUN at NicoNico Super Conference. (Not new info, but I didn't know about it.)
ZUN also said something about the new game (presumably Touhou 14): the demo will be released on Reitaisai 10 (May 26), and the full game on Comiket 84 (August 12). (Source)
Other things ZUN said: "I make games each year because I love games. But also, because this makes people buy me drinks." (Source)
I went to sleep last night, and didn't see much of the broadcast, so most of the above comes from the Japanese internet. Strangely, the only source I can find about the new game is one fan's twitter; everyone else just retweeted him, and no other places seem to have discussions about it. Nonetheless, I don't see any reason he could have lied about it - he was tweeting well-written summaries of the broadcast all the way, and it should be impossible to lie about something a thousand people on the internet were watching.
EDIT: um, suspicion cleared?
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Quote from: cuc on March 09, 2013, 10:40:37 am
Y-Y-Yay
I assume you mean "about a new game, because using "the" sounds like he's talking about 13.5
If the former is true, then let's hope it's Touhou 14!
The new game by ZUN has been confirmed in an earlier Nikenme Radio broadcast. And as a rule, the Tasofro games announcements are made by them, not ZUN.
In other topics:
Something hasn't been mentioned here: ki-san (a name that has always been in game credits since IN) is ZUN's wife, a fact known since last April.
I'm now very certain ZUN has been self-employed since he quit Taito in 2007. His "day job" is manga writer. This is because he recently has had a series of tweets that leave no doubt: 1) he can do his "work" at any time and place; 2) the "work" is writing Touhou manga.
One day, he still hadn't gone to sleep at 13 PM, and the "work" was not done yet; he would get up at 6 PM to attend a meeting, where he should discuss his manga, but instead talked more about anime. The other day he was working in some public place, he tweeted if he's doing his work "outside", it's usually in a pub.
« Last Edit: March 12, 2013, 10:43:08 am by cuc »
Tengukami
Breaking news. Any season.
I said, with a posed look.
Nickname: Amaterasu
Gender: Androgyne
This might be Front Page Headlines material ...
The game part, not his functional alcoholism.
"Human history and growth are both linked closely to strife. Without conflict, humanity would have no impetus for growth. When humans are satisfied with their present condition, they may as well give up on life."
Youtube video of the broadcast: Part 1 Part 2
Via Hachimaki
BTW, while Comiket 84 lasts from August 10 to 12, the game release date should be August 12, because that's the day scheduled for Touhou and other games.
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Wait, seriously!?
That's awesome! I've been longing for Touhou 14 for over one year. Makes me quite excited to see how the new demo will turn out. (Assuming this "new game" he mentioned is in fact th14).
It also makes me glad to know this year won't be Touhou less.
Sweetness and love~ ♥
Quote from: cuc on March 09, 2013, 12:24:15 pm
ZUN also said something about the new game (presumably Touhou 14)
Wait, since you used "the" originally, does that mean ZUN has been hinting on Touhou 14 even before this?
Manga writer, huh? Wonder if he's working on anything else besides WaHH and FS. Though if it's just WaHH and FS, good for him. Nice to see Touhou as an official career in that case (instead of the side-hobby of his that it used to be).
Raikaria
Behold my secwet weapon!
The Seiga Mobile!
He can't be saying 13.5's release date is C84, because then he wouldn't mention releasing a demo for said game.
Hopefully it's 14, hopefully.
http://www.malevole.com/mv/misc/tribute/
I don't even remember who put the above in my sig. [Wasn't me] Nor do I understand why I keep it here anymore.
Those two facts sum me up pretty well.
>Touhou 14
He first tweeted he started working on a new game last year, and said he'll release it this year during a Nikenme Radio broadcast one month ago. When ZUN says he's making a game, it means the game is not developed by anyone else.
>manga writer
Sorry if I was not clear enough: the only manga ZUN writes are Touhou manga.
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That cat!
Nyaaa...
Nickname: Nindel
Quote from: Tengukami on March 09, 2013, 02:23:05 pm
Yes, I think it's pretty big news, although there's sadly very little else to talk about other than release dates (but maybe that qualifies it enough?).
I'd buy him so many drinks if I did meet him, haha
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I don't think it should go to Front Page Headlines neither. It's too soon, and there's barely any discussion material for that yet.
It's better to just wait for Zun actually announcing it on his blog, as usual.
It would be worth editing the thread title to reflect important information, however. There's a lot of good news here, thanks a bunch cuc.
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Re: ZUN and Touhou status updates: Touhou 14 this summer
Maybe you can sticky this topic so you can bump it anytime?
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Nickname: Sonic
Well, ZUN announces his games about 20 days before Reitaisai.. let's just wait
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Deskless Workers Often Overlooked in Training and Development
kathleen.gurchiek@shrm.org
By Kathy Gurchiek May 23, 2017
This is the second in a five-part series of articles about training and developing employees. This story examines the challenges for employers in developing deskless workers such as retail workers, warehouse staff, truck drivers and home-health care staff.
Remember Lucy and Ethel frantically stuffing chocolates down their uniforms and into their mouths and hats, unable to keep up with a conveyor belt of bon bons they were supposed to wrap?
They were "deskless workers," people that Google has estimated today make up 80 percent of the global workforce—3 billion people. And if the two chums had had some training, they might have kept up with the production cycle instead of being fired.
Deskless workers pose a training and development challenge for employers. Even today, retail workers, warehouse staff, truck drivers and others typically are not issued a laptop or corporate e-mail address. Some, such as home health care employees, may not report to a bricks-and-mortar facility. Deskless employees who work night shifts might have to miss a day's work or come in on their day off if an employer requires daytime training.
"The deskless workers have been left behind," said Carol Leaman, CEO of Axonify, which is based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and provides corporate e-learning platforms.
When deskless workers don't have access to information about company procedures, scheduling, and policies, they can feel disconnected from their organization's leadership, resulting in turnover, according to Axonify.
Supporting these workers, Leaman wrote in a January 2017 column for Training Industry Magazine, "requires a complete rethink around how training is delivered" because traditional approaches such as classroom sessions, manuals, posters, and learning management systems don't address their needs.
[SHRM members-only toolkit: Developing Employees]
Deliver Content in Short Bursts
Learning is more meaningful when it is available "at the point of need," SHRM Online reported May 15.
"When you take somebody out of their work context and put them in a classroom [with] an instructor in front of them ... you've taken them completely out of the context" of addressing a challenge they want or need to learn how to handle, said Heide Abelli, vice president of leadership and business skills at Skillsoft, in that SHRM article. Skillsoft is an e-learning provider with U.S. headquarters in Nashua, N.H. Abelli also serves as an adjunct professor at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.
Enter microlearning— a way of teaching and delivering content 24/7 in small, specific bursts by interacting with workers in a variety of ways, such as on mobile devices. Interactivity may involve playing a short game or answering a few questions.
Microlearning is "the most effective way to convey information and have it stick," said Leaman, whose organization offers such solutions. "It's also very appropriate for those types of [deskless] jobs."
Measuring what the employee learned also is important, she added, and can be gauged with real-time dashboards for managers.
Millennials' preferences are having an impact on the way organizations train employees as well.
"Today's workers—many of whom are now tech-savvy Millennials—demand access to critical business information within a moment's notice, whether they are in the office or not," pointed out GP Bullhound, a London-based advisory firm that provides advice on mergers and acquisitions and private placements, in its 2016 technology research report. And many of these workers, it added, carry mobile devices.
They expect to get the training through their mobile devices, Leaman noted, adding "That's just the way they live."
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SOUL INSPIRATION
How Project ALS is Tapping It Back for a Cure
Eighteen years ago, MEREDITH and VALERIE ESTESS founded Project ALS in honor of their sister Jenifer’s diagnosis of the brain disease. Now Meredith and DEBBIE WILPON, co-chairwoman of Project ALS's Board of Directors, talk about the cause close to their heart and the ride at SOUL that is bringing their community together...
Tell us about Project ALS.
Meredith Estess: We [Valerie Estess and myself] founded Project ALS in 1998 when our best friend and sister Jenifer Estess was diagnosed with ALS, a brain disease also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, which attacks brain cells called motor neurons. As motor neurons die, a person progressively loses the ability to walk, speak, swallow and breathe. ALS affects adults of all ages, from teens to seniors, and is usually fatal within 2-5 years of diagnosis. At Project ALS, we are devoted to funding aggressive, collaborative ALS research toward the first effective treatments for ALS and related diseases.
Debbie, what drew you to Project ALS?
Debbie Wilpon: I joined the board of Project ALS 15 years ago and became co-chairman of the Board of Directors. What drew me to Project ALS was meeting Jenifer Estess after she had been diagnosed. I was so taken aback at what ALS does to a person and a family. Although the disease is not in my family, I took on the challenge to end this disease by putting my heart and soul into a cure. Over the years, having met so many families dealing with ALS, I am constantly inspired to work harder and do more.
Why did you decide to host a charity ride at SOUL?
Meredith Estess: So many of our supporters are huge SoulCycle riders, including Debbie – plus, SOUL Senior Master Instructor Stacey Griffith is also a board member at Project ALS. On top of that, SoulCycle Instructor Madison Cohen, whose father was diagnosed with ALS last year, inspires us every day. We knew hosting a charity ride at SOUL just fit. It is on Thursday, August 18th at 5:45 PM at The Barn.
Debbie Wilpon: Personally, SoulCycle is a huge part of my life. The people, the community, the SOUL, the inspiration, Stacey Griffith, cycling — it all adds up to motivation. The many friends and acquaintances that I have made from SOUL have filled my world, and I know it can have that effect on others.
Do you see a connection between SOUL and what you hope to achieve with Project ALS?
Meredith Estess: There is an incredible connection in our mutual goal of keeping our brains and bodies healthy. And for both SOUL and Project ALS, family is at the heart of it all.
Debbie Wilpon: Every time I sit on a bike I say to myself that I am riding for Jenifer and those afflicted who cannot ride. Many of us take for granted that we can do whatever we want. I think of Jenifer wishing to just be able to hold a cup of coffee. I believe within the SoulCycle community we can work together to raise awareness and money to eradicate this disease.
What do you hope the riders in the charity ride take away from class?
Meredith Estess: People with ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases lose the ability to move their bodies freely. It’s really important to understand that we are so lucky to be able to strengthen ourselves and it’s our responsibility to fund crucial research to stop neurodegenerative disease and restore this ability to those with ALS and related diseases.
Besides tapping it back on August 18th, how else can the SOUL community get involved with Project ALS and finding a cure?
Meredith Estess: The scary fact is that 1 in 25 of us will be diagnosed with a neurodegenerative disease by 2025 – so we need to stop these fatal brain diseases now. Go to our website, projectals.org, to learn more about ALS and related diseases, and help us raise awareness and crucial research funds.
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Trails, Rails and Highways
How Trade Transformed the Art of
Spanish New Mexico.
Guest Curator | Robin Farwell Gavin
This new exhibition explores the impact of historic trails (Native American trails, the Camino Real, the Santa Fe Trail, the Railroad, and Rt. 66) on the traditional arts through the importation of prints and paintings, new materials, and new styles, from the colonial period through the early 20th century.
A gallery of contemporary works illustrates how today’s artists, who are flooded with information and tools from cyber trails, navigate the difficult ground between tradition and innovation to create unique artistic expressions.
Trade & Trails
Long term exhibition
Trade Items from all parts of the Spanish world found their way to the far northern frontier of New Spain, now New Mexico. These items were essential to the development of the arts in New Mexico, whether as material for the artists to work with or as inspiration for their creativity.
The exhibition Trade & Trails discusses and illustrates some of the numerous objects that traveled these trails to the far northern frontier, as well as objects that were traded from the Native communities around the Spanish settlements. From the Manila Galleons, the Camino Real, and the Santa Fe Trail, Spanish settlers were well-supplied with ideas for their artistic output from items such as prints, sculptures and paintings, and textiles. Tools and materials with which to create their art included items as diverse as hacksaws, sheet tin, fine woven fabrics, and iron. Trade with Native American communities clearly shows cross-cultural influences, as in the religious paintings on hides tanned by Plains Indians and used as canvas by Pueblo Indians painting for the Franciscan friars.
Outside and adjacent to the museum building are the visible ruts of the Santa Fe Trail (with labels provided by the National Park Service) that help to illustrate the arduous journey traveled by intrepid settlers, merchants and entrepreneurs throughout the colonial period and into the 20th century.
The Beltrán-Kropp Collection of Peruvian Colonial Art
Selections from the Beltrán-Kropp Collection of
Peruvian Colonial Art
Highlighted in this gallery are Spanish colonial objects from the remarkable collection of Pedro Beltrán and Miriam Kropp Beltrán, donated to the Society in 2012, through the hard work and foresight of Francis Haas Musselman. Among the objects on long-term exhibition are an impressive reverse-painted glass frame and painting of the Madonna and Child from the Cajamarca region of Peru, several extraordinary works of intricate silver filigree, and a rare and beautiful 18th century marquetry jewelry box.
Please click on the link below for more information regarding each of the items in the Beltrán- Kropp Collection.
The Beltrán-Kropp Art Collection from Peru Online Exhibition
The Delgado Room
Based on the will and estate inventory of trader and merchant Don Manuel Delgado (d. 1815), this room is filled with objects from around the world that found their way up the Camino Real to New Mexico. Chinese porcelains, Spanish and Mexican talavera, silver from Puebla, and painted wooden chests from Michoacán, were all pieces that could be found side by side with New Mexican-made colcha embroideries, trasteros, bancos and santos in the homes of nuevomexicanos.
Youth Gallery
Mentored by adult artists, the artists of the Youth Market carry on the traditional art forms into the future. These remarkable youth create silver jewelry, colorful textiles, tin frames, bultos, retablos and more. Also featured is the video, Nine Hispanic Artists, that shows contemporary artists demonstrating the creation of each of the traditional art forms found in Spanish Market.
Youth Artist Poster Award Recipient The First to Greet the Stranger, the Animals Around the Manger 2015 by Nicolas Sosaya Halford (age 13) 2015 Spanish Market Youth Artist Poster Award Recipient
GenNext: Future So Bright REBOOT
May 4, 2018 - March 29, 2019
Jana Gottshalk, Curator
GenNext: Future So Bright examines the future of New Mexico’s traditional arts, including artists who work with traditional materials or are inspired by historical techniques. Each artist is rooted in tradition, but has introduced their own unique element, exploring new materials such as street signs, stencil work, or new themes such as politics or indigenous imagery. Each artist brings a new and interesting perspective on colonial art; creating new and exciting art works that echo tradition and predict a bright future for the arts in New Mexico.
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Time Travelers: and the Saints go Marching on
November 11, 2017 - April 20, 2018
Time Travelers: And the Saints go Marching on explores the enduring imagery of Christian Saints as subject matter for New Mexico's artists. The exhibition takes a closer look at how the portrayal of a Saint can change throughout time, and how many aspects remain the same.
By juxtaposing historical and contemporary pieces of identical subject matter, we can better understand the aspirations of the past, and the natural progression and evolution of art produced in New Mexico. Saints are the ultimate time travelers as they exist both in the past and present.
In the Spirit of Frida
May 6, 2017 - October 29,2017
Diego on My Mind by Spanish Market Artist, Arthur Lopez
“Innovation within Tradition” is a juried category at the annual Traditional Spanish Market, held every summer on Santa Fe’s plaza. Artists juried into this category were invited to submit works “In the Spirit of Frida.” The artists whose works are represented here clearly draw upon their strong foundation in the traditional arts of New Mexico, but their creative impulse has led them to experiment with new materials, subject matter and design. Luis Tapia, who participated in Spanish Market in the mid 1970s, was one of the first nuevomexicano artists to challenge the boundaries between traditional and contemporary art and to take his work in the direction of political, social and religious commentary. The works in this gallery beautifully illustrate the fluidity between tradition and innovation, as well as being a remarkable tribute to Frida as an icon and an artist.
De Colores by Spanish Market Artist, Jean Anaya Moya
Behind the Curtain by Spanish Market Artist, Teresa May Duran
Frida: The Seasons of Her Life by Spanish Market Artist, Ruben Gallegos
En Honor de Frida Kahlo en el dia cinco del mes del Mayo de 1998 by Spanish Market Artist, Luis Tapia
That Which Does Not Kill Me by Spanish Market Artist, Nic Otero
La Reina de Coyoacán Azteca by Spanish Market Artist, Charlie Sanchez
Reflejo y Reflexión Front View by Spanish Market Artist, Cleo Romero
Reflejo y Reflexión Back View by Spanish Market Artist, Cleo Romero
Untitled by Spanish Market Artist, Jacobo de la Serna
Untitled by Spanish Market Artist, Mel Rivera
Mirror, Mirror: Photographs of Frida Kahlo
Penelope Hunter-Siebel, Guest Curator
On loan from Throckmorton Fine Art, New York
The exhibition “Mirror, Mirror… Photographs of Frida Kahlo” traces the artist’s life in more than 50 images by outstanding photographers including Lola and Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Imogen Cunningham, Carl Van Vechten, and Nickolas Muray. Visitors will follow Frida from a self-possessed adolescent to a passionate wife and lover, an independent artist, fashion icon and object of cult-like reverence.
Kahlo learned the power of the medium as a teenager assisting her father, a well known photographer, in the dark room. She used the camera in the hands of photojournalists, friends and lovers, to record her passion for her husband, the great muralist Diego Rivera, to her agonizing physical decline. In the process she defined the image that would be the principle subject of her own art.
The photography exhibition originated at Throckmorton Fine Art, New York. For the Santa Fe venue the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art has added a selection of large scale photographs by William Frej conveying the ambiance of the Casa Azul, the Kahlo family home and now the Frida Kahlo Museum in Mexico City, and a group of works created in homage to Frida by innovative artists from Santa Fe’s Spanish Market.
“Frida Kahlo, known for her paintings, was no stranger to the camera. She was one of the most photographed women of her generation, emanating her sensuality, personal fashion and unique beauty….” The Washington Post
Love Letters to Frida
The Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project (MPPP) is pleased to announce our 2017 summer fundraiser, Nacha Mendez performs: Love Letter to Frida.
Accompanied by cellist Chase Morrison and violinists Sitara Schauer and Carla Kountoupes, Nacha Mendez will perform a music and spoken word homage to Frida Kahlo. Fifteen letters were commissioned from around the world after Nacha embarked on a creative journey to discover why the singer Chavela Vargas would burn all the letters Frida Kahlo had sent to her. What volatile emotion drives someone to sever ties, get rid of any evidence of a relationship, and yet still call it love?
To purchase tickets and learn more click Love Letters to Frida
From New Spain to New Art: Recent Acquisitions
November 11, 2016 - April 3, 2017
Saint Joseph, Bulto, Artist Uknown, Mexico, 18th Century, Wood, fabric, gesso, gold leaf, paint, glass, hair
Gift of Barbara and Gary Ames 2015.057
This exhibition highlights exciting and important new additions to the collections of the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art. Principal among these are 14 award-winning pieces from Spanish Market 2016, purchased with the help of several generous donors. These works include the Best of Show—a stunning crucifix by Joseph Ascensión López inspired by a colonial work; the Curator’s Award winner— Cruising Heaven, by Gustavo Victor Goler, a contemporary twist on the Holy Family; the Utilitarian and Collaboration award-winning piece—a sewing box (almohadilla) of delicately carved wood with complementary colcha-embroidered pin cushion and decoration, by Federico Prudencio and Annette Gutiérrez-Turk; and first-place prize winning pieces in ceramics, precious metals, textiles, colcha, and tinwork. The works illustrate a great diversity in art forms and media as well as the skill and creativity of individual artists working in materials as diverse as delicate silver filigree and large-scale furnishings.
An image of La Dolorosa (Our Lady of Sorrows) stands out among the six remarkable colonial paintings, four from New Spain and two from Alto Peru, on view. Signed by the celebrated 18th century Mexican painter Miguel Cabrera, the painting of Our Lady is an expertly executed oil on copper panel that shows off the artist’s masterly handling of paint and brush. Painter to the archbishop, Cabrera (1695-1768) was responsible for many of the altar screens in the churches of Mexico City, and was one of the elite group of five painters selected by the Archbishop to examine the tilma of (recently canonized) Saint Juan Diego on which appeared the miraculous image of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Another outstanding painting executed in a more regional style depicts several scenes from the life of Samson, known for his great strength and his heroic battles against the Philistines. A scene of the Poisoning of St. Benedict appears to be the work of a 17th century taller (workshop), possibly that of José Juárez, a member of the influential colonial Rodríguez-Juárez family of artists. St. Benedict’s face is beautifully and expressively rendered, revealing the sorrow and disappointment brought about by his betrayal. These and other paintings are complemented by a beautiful 18th century estofado (gilded and painted) sculpture of St. Joseph, an ornately decorated stamped leather chest created by Frank Erpelding-Chacón and René Zamora and a delicate straw appliqué cross by Krissa López.
Other contemporary artists included in the exhibition are Alfred Blea, Monica Sosaya Halford, Cruz López, Onofre Lucero, Nicolás Madrid, Rachael Roybal-Montoya, Nicolás Otero, Felipe Rivera, Cleo Romero, Arlene Cisneros Sena, Lisa Trujillo, and Nina Arroyo Wood.
The Museum of Spanish Colonial Art was established in 2002 by the Spanish Colonial Arts Society to showcase its collections of over 3500 colonial and contemporary works. The focus of its collection is the traditional art of Hispanic New Mexico, Spain and other Spanish colonies from the colonial period up until today. The Society and the Museum help to preserve, promote, and educate the public about the colonial art of New Mexico and beyond and its related cultures and living traditions.
Chimayo: A Pilgrimage through Two Centuries
Chimayó: A Pilgrimage through Two Centuries Through April 2017
A small village in northern New Mexico, not even large enough to have been incorporated, draws some 300,000 visitors a year, 30,000 of those during Semana Santa. These visitors are headed to the single-most visited pilgrimage site in America—the Santuario de Nuestro Señor de Esquipulas, better known as the Santuario de Chimayó. The Santuario was constructed in 1816, built and adorned with care by some of the most skilled carpinteros and santeros in the region. For two centuries, art and faith have endured, changed, and blossomed in the community of Chimayó. While the Santuario sustained the spiritual growth of Chimayó, weaving sustained its economic growth. Home to the famous Chimayó blanket, the story of the evolution of this particular textile is one of the impact of the industrial age on the farms, homes, and ranches of rural villages. Beginning with homemade wooden looms and handspun and dyed wools that were used to create blankets, jerga (yardage) and sayal (sackcloth) for utilitarian purposes, the weavers of Chimayó and their vendors transformed their weaving tradition into a formidable cottage industry that supported much of the population through the years of the great depression. Today Chimayó is home to some of the most celebrated tapestry weavers in the country. They and their neighbors continue to build upon the textile tradition begun by their antepasados. Photo by Norman Mauskopf
Blue on Blue: Indigo and Cobalt in New Spain
A ‘SUMMER OF COLOR’ EXHIBITION
Through February 28, 2016
Blue on Blue explores the use and importance of blue dyes and pigments in colonial life in New Mexico and New Spain. From images of the Virgin Mary to household blankets, ceramics and friar’s habits, blue was an integral part of the colonial world. The desire for blue-and-white ceramics led to nearly 300 years of production for the workshops of New Spain that joined cobalt blue with a mayólica glaze to imitate Chinese porcelains. Indigo was widely used by weavers and was the prominent color in most colonial Hispanic textiles, and was traded to the Navajo for use in their weavings. The pervasive popularity of blue over the centuries is reflected in a diverse array of stunning pieces.
Blue on Blue: INDIGO AND COBALT IN NEW SPAIN Online Exhibition
A World of Art
Although geographically remote, colonial and 19th century New Mexican artists did not work in a vacuum. Statues and paintings from Mexico and South America, silver from Bolivia, hair combs from Spain, reliquaries from New Spain—all of these items were brought to New Mexico by Spanish settlers and used as models and inspiration for the artists of New Mexico. This gallery shows the connections to be found among art forms throughout the Spanish colonial world and that continue today.
Members’ Opening Reception, Friday, November 6, 5-7pm.
Public opening Saturday, November 7
Lecture by Glynn Gomez, 2pm, by Museum admission "Glynn Gomez and the Quest for Starry Night"
Since 1969, artist Glynn Gomez has painstakingly assembled a magical Christmas Nativity pageant with wood carvings in the Córdova style. Using birds, rabbits, bears, oxen, and donkeys as narrators, the Nativity unfolds and the story of Christmas comes alive heralded by angels. Artists whose work is represented in the exhibition include Lawrence Baca, Gloria López Córdova, Raphael López Córdova, Sammy Córdova, Cordelia López, Orlinda López, Ricardo T. López, Eurgencio López, Floyd Lucero, Sandra López Martínez, Christina Mouller, Ben Ortega, Sabinita López Ortiz, James Sánchez, Tom L. Sena, and Raymond Valdez. Mr. Gomez has generously agreed to loan his creation to the Museum for us all to enjoy over the holiday season. Through February 28, 2016.
Tradición, Devoción y Vida
Tradición, Devoción y Vida: 80 Years of Black and White Photography in New Mexico and Mexico
Featuring black and white photographs from the collection of Anne and William Frej
This exhibition, largely drawn from the holdings of local collectors William and Anne Frej, highlights the works of some of the greatest modernist and twentieth century photographers to have worked in New Mexico and Mexico. It includes modernists such as Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Lola Bravo, Manuel Carrillo, Ansel Adams, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, John Collier, Laura Gilpin, Marianna Yampolsky and Myron Wood. In addition to these, highly important and more contemporary photographers such as David Michael Kennedy, Norman Mauskopf, Miguel Gandert, Sebastião Salgado, Graciela Iturbide, Humberto Suaste, Alicia Ahumada, Antonio Turok and Nancy Hunter Warren are also included.
For more information please contact David Setford, Director, Spanish Colonial Arts Society, dsetford@spanishcolonial.org
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MLS Cup: Contrasting midfields and the importance of strict refereeing
by Paul Gardner , Dec 1, 2014
By Paul Gardner
I'm thinking that a Galaxy-Revs MLS final is the best matchup we could have expected from the four semifinalists. In truth, there was little to choose between three of them -- Red Bulls, Seattle and Revs. All three are hectic teams, somewhat short of brain-power, but with plenty of over-charged midfielders. A combination that can make for exciting games -- not least because such teams are rarely, if ever, capable of controlling a game and keeping it under their control.
The play of such teams is predominantly impulsive, and inevitably erratic. There is little consistency. Spells -- short -- of good, maybe brilliant, play nestle amid much longer periods of plain dullness. Awful mistakes are made, leads are allowed to slip away -- such teams always make their own life difficult.
To enjoy the occasional brilliance of Thierry Henry for the Red Bulls, one had to endure the relentless ordinariness of Dax McCarty and Eric Alexander and the empty physicality of Tim Cahill.
It’s true to say that the Red Bulls scraped their way through to the Eastern Conference final -- nothing is ever easy for the hectic teams. But the Red Bulls did get a lot of help from the goalscoring form of Bradley Wright-Phillips. Time and again it was his goals -- usually they were workmanlike rather than outstanding -- that kept the Red Bulls alive. And then, when his presence was most urgently needed, he was suspended. More accurately, he got himself suspended for a brainless foul. A totally self-inflicted hammer blow for the Bulls.
In all probability a fatal one. Because there was really nothing to choose between the Bulls and the Revs. The Bulls, for sure, lacked any sort of influential or inspirational play from midfield. But the Revs were no better. Their rising star in that area was Lee Nguyen, of whom much was expected. But little appeared. He, like every other midfielder on both teams, was a subsidiary presence, certainly useful in providing energy and grit, but of little value in pulling a team together, in producing a coherent game.
As was to be expected, both teams applied themselves with unrestrained feverishness, everyone left his heart (or is it shirt? I’m not sure) on the field. But all that frantic energy had to be translated into something up front. The Bulls were without their supreme translator, BWP. The Revs got enough out of theirs, Charlie Davies, to make the difference. And maybe the simple fact of playing that final game at home gave the Revs the slightest of edges.
Things were a bit different out West. Compare the East and the West coaches, for a start. All four are Americans, all of them with a college background. But the college experience of Mike Petke and Jay Heaps was exclusively on the playing field, whereas Bruce Arena and Sigi Schmid had both progressed to being highly successful college coaches before moving to the pros. Evidently, though college soccer has enormous difficulties producing outstanding players (and none of these guys, not Arena nor Schmid nor Petke nor Heaps, could claim that honor), it can give us top level coaches. Something that is worth more thought.
The Sounders have had success in the Open Cup in their short life, but they’ve yet to win MLS Cup. That means failure. So Sigi Schmid -- lucky, of course, to retain his job -- has, over the past two years recast the Sounders. From a team that seemed to want a skillful approach to the game -- the presence of the Colombian Fredy Montero, as talented a forward as has ever played in MLS, indicated that -- to a more industrial quality squad. Montero was replaced by Obafemi Martins, who got his goals by smash-and-grab methods -- a very effective player, for sure, but a far cry from Montero.
The departure of Montero emphasized a changed Sounders. Alvaro Fernandez and Mauro Rosales, two skilled Latin American midfielders, were tried and let go. The Sounders midfield took on a more combative air, became an area more suited to the physical exertions of Brad Evans and Osvaldo Alonso. Andy Rose, Shalrie Joseph, and Adam Moffat fit right in there, too.
Clint Dempsey arrived, but surely he wasn’t expected to organize midfield? With his aggressive forward running and his urgent search for goalscoring chances, he is surely more of a forward than a midfielder.
So the Sounders reached the Western final in much the same array as the Bulls and the Revs. A bustling, all-action, non-stop team without much of a midfield. That mode of play had worked well for them. Sadly for the Sounders, they ran into the one team -- Bruce Arena’s Galaxy -- among the semifinalists that did understand the importance of a midfield that could play skillful soccer, could impose a style, and could therefore inspire some confidence that it knew how to deal with the rapidly changing fortunes of the playoffs.
And the key to that Galaxy midfield is, of course, Landon Donovan. A complete player, an experienced player, a superb player, with the ability to impose calm and rationality where rampant chaos is far too likely to reign.
True, Donovan was not at his best in the games against Seattle, but he still looked like someone very different from any other player involved. Always dangerous, always applying intelligence to his play, always someone who needed to be watched. A lurking reliable menace.
So that is what awaits us next Sunday. A contrast of midfields, in which Donovan looms as the deciding factor. Jay Heaps and the Revs will have thought about that. With their thoughts no doubt focusing on using the abrasive Jermaine Jones as their anti-Donovan weapon.
And so we arrive at an inescapable fact of playoff life. The importance of refereeing. Last year, Sporting Kansas City was greatly helped on their way to victory by referee Hilario Grajeda’s unpardonable refusal to eject Aurelien Collin. We have already seen that same desperation to keep 22 players on the field in the current playoffs, with referee Kevin Stott’s ludicrous leniency to Seattle’s Zach Scott in the first Galaxy-Sounders game.
Mark Geiger will be the referee on Sunday. He was, at one time, unquestionably the best of the American referees ... until PRO boss Peter Walton started his campaign to have MLS referees call fewer fouls. That stupidity has had its effect on Geiger. One must hope that it will have no effect on the final.
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3 comments about "MLS Cup: Contrasting midfields and the importance of strict refereeing ".
Jack Patton, December 1, 2014 at 7:31 p.m.
The players can't help themselves. All those years of club, high school, ODP and college coaches wanting big strong fast players who could "kick" the ball realllllly far. Skills???? don't need no stinking skills just hit it and hope. Just thinking of how many times I hear coaches whine,,, I need bigger players, tougher players, never once having the idea of "I need to teach the things necessary assist kids in their future development"
Lou vulovich, December 2, 2014 at 6:33 a.m.
I watched both games and I have come to the conclusion that it is not the lack of skill that MLS players poses or the quality of MLS coaching that is a problem. It is the MLS refereeing that dictates the type of soccer which is played in the MLS and ultimately that decision is up to the league. Paul what good would 5 Xavi's do you with the type of refereeing currently displayed no coach in his right mind would try to put out a more technical or skillful team as they each know they would have no chance of playing that style and winning with current MLS referees.
There are plenty of skillful players in the league and I bet most coaches would like to play a more attractive skillful game, including Arena and Schmid but how can you play that style when there is a foul committed every 5 second but the whistle is blown every 5 minutes.
It is what the MLS want obviously and NHL brand of MLS. So don't blame the players or coaches.
The REFEREE dictates the style of game and that is the responsibility of the MLS.
Ginger Peeler, December 3, 2014 at 9:23 a.m.
Ric, I don't think PG was selling Schmidt or Arena short on their time played on the field while in college. He noted that both of them "progressed" from college players to college coaches...and becoming very good coaches, at that (before continuing their careers as pro coaches). He was only noting that Petke and Heap went directly from playing in college to playing in the pros before becoming pro coaches. Thanks for the insight on Schmidt...it's always nice to learn about our players' and coaches' backgrounds and what helped make them who and what are today.
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INTERIOR OF THE CAFE "GREENKI" #2
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«Greenki» - a network of family cafes. There have been already opened 2 of them: in Rafieva Street and Haruna Street.
We faced a complex task: to come up with the concept, name, design a catchy image for the whole network of cafes.
Defining the format of cafes, we have been guided by the fact that the two cafes are situated in pretty new residential areas, far from the city center. This circumstance has determined the target audience. Young families with children - often young mums- compose the majority of visitors during the day and weekends, and in the evening - it is young people who are looking for a stylish place to enjoy delicious food and spend time with friends, without dealing with the need to go for it to the city center.
Since the associations which were supposed to be called by the interior of the cafe have been defined as "young, spring, joyful", then as a basic color palette has been chosen green-white colour of natural wood.
Both cafes are arranged the same. A common dining room of the café is functionally divided into two parts - "Big Greenki» and «Little Greenki». In Little Greenki people with small kids will feel themselves comfortable. For kids there is a children’s room with entertainment and a small maze, and also it’s provided the possibility of holding children's parties. For those users who would like to have a meal quietly tucked away from the bustle of children's games - Big Greenki. Between these two areas there is no distinguished boundaries. They are relatively separated only by the island bar. There is the third universal area, which can be separated from the total room sliding partition and, if necessary, used for banquets and celebrations.
There are no fabricated elements of furniture and equipment. Most of the furniture and decor are made to order according to our drafts. In a different arrangement, all of the major pieces of furniture designed specifically for these cafes will be used in all places of the network.
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Global Outrage over Honduran Union Leader’s Murder
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The international human rights community is condemning the murder on Saturday of Jorge Alberto Acosta, executive member of the Workers’ Union of the Tela Railroad Company (SITRATERCO) and president of the union’s Savings and Credit Cooperative section. Acosta’s murder comes just three weeks after the kidnapping and torture of Jaime Rodríguez, former president of the… [READ MORE]
A First of Its Kind: Kyrgyz Migrant Workers’ Union
Jeffrey C. Wheeler
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Since the start of 2019, more than 2,000 migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan have joined together to protect their rights abroad through the new Migrant Workers’ Union. On October 17, more than 100 union delegates came together in the town of Isfana, Kyrgyzstan, for the union’s founding congress. The congress marks a crucial step as the… [READ MORE]
Bangladesh Garment Employers Retailate Against Workers
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Tens of thousands of Bangladesh garment workers waged weeks-long strikes in December and January to protest low wages and unequal pay increases—and now workers say factory employers are using the walkouts to further repress their efforts to form unions and collectively bargain better wages and working conditions. More than 11,000 garment workers have lost their… [READ MORE]
Report: Uzbek Teachers Clean Highways, Sweep Streets
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Although the government of Uzbekistan has made progress on ending child and adult forced labor in the cotton fields after more than a decade of international pressure, a new report finds that forced labor remains rampant in other arenas of Uzbek life, affecting public-sector workers in particular. This practice undermines the quality of public services… [READ MORE]
Thai Worker Rights Advocate Wins Human Rights Award
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Worker rights advocate Apantree Charoensak, vice chair of the Thai Labor Solidarity Committee, Women’s Division, was honored this week for her work protecting and promoting human rights by Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Charoensak led the successful 2017 struggle for collective bargaining rights for collective bargaining rights for fast food workers at one of Thailand’s… [READ MORE]
Video: Ending Gender Violence at Work with Collective Action
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Seeking a job to support her family but lacking opportunity in her native Bangladesh, Shahida became a domestic worker far from her home. Beyond duties in her employer’s home, she was forced to work at the houses of several of his relatives, giving her little time to sleep. Shahida was provided stale leftovers for her… [READ MORE]
#VoteToGive: Amalgamated Bank Picks Solidarity Center
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The U.S.-based Amalgamated Bank has selected the Solidarity Center as one of its featured nonprofits in an online contest. The organization that receives the most votes will receive up to $5,000 and be recognized as a prominent social justice organization making change for workers. (Please click here to vote for the Solidarity Center.) The campaign… [READ MORE]
Fewer Workers Forced to Prepare Uzbek Cotton Fields
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For the first time in years, large numbers of public-sector employees were not forced to carry out spring fieldwork in Uzbekistan’s cotton fields, although instances of child labor and forced labor were documented, according to a new report by the Uzbek-German Forum (UGF). Despite progress, “No Need for Forced Labor when Farmers are Empowered to… [READ MORE]
Migrant Workers in Thailand Arrested for Volunteering
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Two female migrant workers from Myanmar were arrested in Thailand, fined and await deportation for volunteering their time to teach children of migrant workers at a Buddhist monastery, an action the Thailand-based Human Rights and Development Foundation (HRDF) is calling “illegitimate and unjustified.” The two women, who hold valid passports, visas and work permits, volunteered… [READ MORE]
Worker Rights Attacks Part of Human Rights Crackdown
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Human rights activists around the world celebrated the recent release from prison of two union leaders in Kazakhstan who were convicted of bogus criminal charges after participating in a peaceful workers’ protest against the forced closure of the country’s main independent union group, the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Kazakhstan (CITUK/KNPRK). Yet the convictions… [READ MORE]
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This Filipino-Japanese Actress Is Starring in the New Sadako Film
We got a one-on-one interview with the horror flick's female lead.
Japan’s most famous horror icon, Sadako, comes back to the big screen with a new movie called Sadako. The film is set in today’s world where digital culture, such as social media and video streaming sites, has taken over people’s lives.
The film is based on a novel entitled Tide by Koji Suzuki. This author also wrote the original stories of the other Sadako films where Sadako appears in modern society and her mother’s unknown past is revealed.
Elaiza Ikeda, who has a fear of horror movies, stars with Japan’s horror icon, Sadako.
The plot of the new Sadako movie revolves around Mayu, a psychological counselor. Strange things started happening around her after she was assigned to a young girl who is under police protection. Meanwhile, her younger brother Kazuma, a YouTuber who’ll do anything for views, sneaks into a burned down housing complex, where five people died, and starts a series of misadventures.
Filipino-Japanese actress Elaiza Ikeda succeeds Nanako Matsushima and Satomi Ishihara as the lead actress of this horror flick, taking on the lead role, Mayu, while Kazuma is played by Hiroya Shimizu. Director Hideo Nakata takes over this spine-chilling film 14 years after the release of the first Sadako film, The Ring.
Here, Ikeda shares with us her experience of preparing for the role, notable off-cam moments, and some instances during filming when she felt her heart rate spike.
A still from the film Sadako.
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Q: How did you feel when you first read the script?
Elaiza: To be honest, I was so scared... it took me a while before I read the script. But as I continued reading, I learned more about Sadako’s upbringing, her strong will to live, and her relationship with her family. I realized that the film isn’t just another horror story. It will actually catch the feelings of the viewers. That’s when I decided that I wanted to be a part of this film.
Q: What kind of preparations did you go through to fit in the character of Mayu?
Elaiza: I am very faint-hearted. I was really worried about seeing Sadako right in front of me and not being able to move out of fear. But Mayu is a brave girl who faced every challenge that came her way, that’s why I had to put myself in a stronger mental state. I dug deeper into Mayu’s tough character and reflected on how she thought about her brother as they grew up. In a dialogue, Mayu talks about her love for Kazuma and I thought about those lines quite a lot.
The story apparently went through many changes throughout the filming.
“The first script I received had been battered by many stages of revision.”
Q: Did you have any difficulty in doing the film?
Elaiza: I’m easily startled by sudden sounds, so I took advantage of that sensitivity during shooting. Those times when I didn’t know what was going to happen, I really felt the nerves all over my body growing hyperactive. I used that to show the most natural reactions as much as possible.
Q: How did you find the atmosphere of the set?
Elaiza: The staff members were all friendly. Everyone was relaxed during the lighter scenes, although there was still tension in not knowing what to expect. During serious scenes, however, even the staff would hold their breath so we could focus on our acting since they are not easy to retake. They all had high morale.
Q: Was there a difference as compared to other projects you’ve taken?
Elaiza: There was one time when I crouched down to the ground and just cried my heart out, and the staff comforted me by leaving me alone. I was so sure I looked creepier than Sadako in that scene (laughs).
A still from the film “Sadako”
“Just being on set gives you creeps.”
Q: How was your relationship with Hiroya Shimizu who plays your little brother?
Elaiza: At first, we were both really shy. As I tried to be conscious of how important Kazuma’s role is in Mayu’s life, Hiroya and I got a lot closer too. It was also a great coincidence that Hiroya has a similar build with that of my younger brother’s in real life. So, I kind of saw him as my real brother. Whenever he called me his sister, I felt the need to help him get stronger naturally.
Q: Somehow you do look alike, don’t you think?
Elaiza: Like both of us having inexpressive eyes? (Laughs)
Q: Not really! Playing Kazuma means he actually had to go to scary places, like when he goes to a burned down building to take videos of paranormal activity, right?
Elaiza: Aside from acting, Hiroya also had to shoot scenes as a video content creator. And I think it was really difficult. But those scenes actually made it easier for me to empathize. I was like, “What does my brother think he’s doing?!” His scenes made me realize that Mayu was saved a lot of times by Kazuma. Am I praising him too much? (Laughs)
Q: Shooting with Sadako is also a first for you, how was it?
Elaiza: Since we use very minimal special effects, the set was really frightening. Just being there gives you the creeps. I think it’s a testament to how great Director Nakata is with creating the appropriate atmosphere. I felt like my heart was in my mouth when Sadako grasped my arm during takes. It was overwhelming.
Q: Are you really that afraid of horror movies?
Elaiza: I really am! I watched The Ring at home when I was young, and I was so terrified I covered the TV with a blanket (laughs). But I used to play horror games with my brothers. No, actually my older brother would play. Then my younger brother and I would watch him under the covers, so we could hide underneath when it gets too much.
Q: During the film, there was a scene where you were watching a horror video alone, can’t you also do that in real life?
Elaiza: I also have a younger brother, and if something happens to him, I don’t think I can just sit around. I think l can watch. But I don’t think I can do it alone. I’ll probably ask my older brother to watch with me. This is mainly why I really respect Mayu for her courage.
Q: During shooting, I’ve heard that you saw Sadako even in your dreams?
Elaiza: It was like I couldn’t switch Mayu off in me. Even after the director yells “cut,” I was stuck with this feeling of urgency of having to save my brother. My eyes were wide open the whole time during shooting, I may have looked like I was going crazy (laughs). But that’s just how engrossing the script and the set was. Looking back, I was really lucky to have been able to work with such a team.
Director Nakata guides actors to the smallest details.
“Director Nakata tells us what to do with so much passion that we try not to lose to his energy.”
Q: In the movie, your eyes would get 1.5 times bigger than the normal size. They were so big I literally wondered if human eyes could grow that huge!
Elaiza: They do get surprisingly huge! (laughs) When I felt like there was something behind me, my eyes would just shoot open. Because, c’mon! Sadako was right behind me, you know? If you’re taking a shower and then you suddenly find Sadako right behind you, your eyes are definitely going to get 1.5 times bigger!
Q: That is true. Even when the shooting is over, did you still feel like that for quite some time?
Elaiza: Oh no, everything was brighter when it was over. Like, “Welcome back to the peaceful life!” (laughs). But with a sense of fulfillment, of course. It was strange. It was like everything was a lie, a bad dream that just ended.
Q: Your performance was realistic and horror film-worthy, that I think you will be given more opportunities in the same genre. If an offer comes for Sadako 2, are you going to accept it?
Elaiza: Oh, no! But I do love the creative energy in that set. When doing “surprised” scenes, expressions have to be instantaneous, which is not an easy task. So to be able to deliver such reaction so naturally, in that environment, I just feel so lucky to be an actor. And I do hope to have a similar experience again. If I’m gonna do one more round of it, maybe I should train my eyes to get bigger! But please, let me take a break for a while (laughs).
Horror creeps up on video streaming sites, which have become a part of our daily lives in this generation. “(Since streaming sites is one of the themes) We hope to reach out to the younger viewers. They might find smartphones scary after watching (laughs).”
Sadako has started showing in TOHO Cinemas Umeda and other TOHO Cinema branches around Japan since May 24.
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Celebrate LGBTI+ Pride in Shepparton with Out in the Open
Dean Arcuri — November 1, 2019
Volunteers at Out in the Open Carnival Day. Photo Dean Arcuri
Shepparton’s festival celebrating community diversity and LGBTQI+ pride, Out in the Open, kicked off yesterday with three inclusive events. Now in its eighth year, Out in the Open was created to address inequalities faced by the local LGBTQI+ communities and build a more inclusive Greater Shepparton.
This year, the festival has grown from a weekend of events to eleven days of inclusive, diverse programming—something organiser Damien Stevens-Todd is very excited about.
“We are eleven days long this year with almost 30 events. Who would have thought that eight years ago, we would have grown this little baby into something so big,” Stevens-Todd told the Star Observer.
“I think for a regional and rural town like Shepparton, and for regional and rural people who often don’t have access to the array of events, a program like this is very exciting. It has something for everyone, from families and our multicultural communities, and that’s a significant thing to have as part of the calendar.”
Out in the Open started on Thursday with a Rainbow Storytime with Frock Hudson in the local library, a forum for LGBTQI+ health sector training, and a multi-faith feast for everyone to enjoy. While there is plenty of partying this weekend, it is exciting to see a different focus for how we celebrate and come together.
Frock Hudson at Rainbow Storytime and United We Feast. Photo: Out in the Open Festival Shepparton/Facebook.
“This year we are particularly proud of our family friendly events which really have something for everyone,” Stevens-Todd told us.
“We have events for our multicultural communities as well as the Laramie Project, a production by our local arts group, towards the end of the festival which looks at the death of Mathew Sheppard.
“Of course, it’s not all hard-hitting drama, with fun events like our Carnival Day this Sunday in the Queens Gardens, and our Glitz Party on Saturday night with drag queens. We are proud that we have created something for everyone.”
Over the remaining ten days events include meals and gatherings; the Book Launch of About a Girl by Rebekah Roberston; Transmansplaining, an original one man show based on the life of Ben MacEllen; and even a concert by The Rainbow Band & Shep Brass and Wind.
“Cramming 30 events into eleven days is a huge task and we could have easily stretched this over three or four weeks. Perhaps in the future we will be able to, it certainly looks that way with the number of stakeholders and community groups and people stepping forward and creating events,” Stevens-Todd said.
Celebrating with pride at Out in the Open 2015. Photo Dean Arcuri.
“Creating something for our regional community is really important but so too is creating something for our supporters and allies,” he added. “Whether it’s at a forum on how to be more inclusive in their health care service, or a family friendly event there is something for everyone.
“We’ve always said this festival is for everybody, and if you are questioning as a hetero person or someone who is not LGBTI and wondering if this festival is for you, the answer is yes. We want a safe space where our allies and communities can mingle together safely, have a good time and break down barriers together while shifting hearts and minds along the way. By all coming together. we send a really strong message that we are all for supporting and affirming diversity.
Out in the Open runs from 31 October–10 November in Shepparton, Victoria. Visit www.outintheopen.org.au for further details, including the full program.
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With names like red raspberry slime, witches‚ butter and stinky squid, what’s not to love about mushrooms? Summer thunderstorms mark the peak season for Colorado’s fungi, with mushrooms of every conceivable shape, color and size sprouting under trees and on rotting logs, or hiding in clumps of grass and under pine cones and fallen leaves. While peak-baggers and mountain bikers may curse the onslaught of the rainy season, Yampa Valley’s mushroom enthusiasts eagerly begin to scour the shady spruce forests around Rabbit Ears pass for delicious edibles. The mountains and valleys around Steamboat Springs offer a wide variety of ideal mushroom habitats, says Rob Reinsvold, president of the Colorado Mycological Society, a statewide group that organizes mushroom- related events, including expert-led field excursions known as forays. Thanks to the diversity of habitats, the area boasts an astounding number of species. An early season foray last year, held during a relatively dry period, yielded about 50 different varieties of fungi. Colorado can’t compare to hot spots like Michigan or the Pacific Northwest in terms of pure fungal abundance, Rob says. Due to the state’s radical up-and-down topograpy, many habitats aren compressed into short horizontal distances. Much of the action is up high, around Rabbit Ears Pass, for example, where prized edibles like boletes and chanterelles thrive in cool, moist sub-alpine forests. Even the sun-dappled aspen glades on the drier slopes can harbor fungal treasures, and sharp-eyed mycophiles hunt for tasty and elusive springtime morels in the cottonwood groves along the region’s rivers, lakes and streams. If the summer rains arrive on schedule, it’s hard to take a step in the woods without seeing at least a feof the distinctive buttons. But where do they come from? Why do they appear so suddenly and profusely, only to vanish again a fedays or even just hours later? Since the caps often appear shortly after a thunderstorm, the ancient Greeks thought they sprouted where Zeus’ lightning bolts hit the ground. In the Middle Ages, the circular patterns formed by some mushroom species were called “fairy rings,” thought to be the work of magical elves. Today we knothat fungi are about as down-to-earth as you can get. Together with bacteria, they are responsible for processing much of the earth’s organic waste. “They’re the recyclers of the natural world,” says Marilyn Shaof the Colorado Mycological Society. “They clear the forest of dead wood. Without them, we’d be up to our eyeballs in dead branches.” Fungi are neither plants nor animals. Though rooted in place, they lack the chlorophyll that enables plants to convert sunlight to food. Instead, like animals, they depend on organic material for nutrition. The caps and buttons visible above the ground are the fruiting bodies sprouting from the mycelium, a web of underground fibers that is sometimes visible as a cottony white mass on rotting stumps. Under just the right combination of moisture and temperature, the caps pop up, quickly groto full size and subsequently release their spores to begin the cycle anew. Some fungi evolved as an integral part of forest ecosystems by forming symbiotic relationships with plants. Without them, the forest landscape as we knoit today wouldn’t exist. The mycelium of these so-called mycorhizzal species intertwines with the root tips of trees and shrubs, sheathing them. In some cases, they even penetrate the cell walls of the roots, enabling an exchange of nutrients. The fungi increase the absorptive capability of the root system many-fold, passing minerals along to the plant and receiving sugars and carbohydrates in return. In some cases, fungal partners with anti-bacterial properties help shield plants from pathogens – penicillin, after all, is a fungal mold. To some folks, mushrooms are the equivalent of slugs – slimy, low-life, good-for nothing squishables. To others, like Steamboat resident Bill Emerson, nothing is quite so delectable as a slice of fresh forest fungus, sautéed in olive oil. Bill says he concentrates on a fetypes of easily recognizable edible species, particularly king boletes and chanterelles. Sighting the unmistakable smooth chestnut- brown caps of the king bolete will set any mushroom hunter’s heart aflutter. Also known as ceps, or porcini, they are among the most popular and widely collected edibles not only around the Yampa Valley, but across the Rockies and in the forests of Europe as well. “The best areas around here seem to be up high,” Bill says, recalling a backpack trip in the Flat Tops last summer when he sagreat clumps growing along the trail.Can you imagine passing 50 or 100 as as dinner plates, with no way to harvest them, he says ruefully. “It was killing me!” Another fairly common and deliciously edible species growing in this area is the orange chanterelle, a forest dweller carrying the fragrance of spiced apricot. “People were bringing in bags of chanterelles from around Rabbit Ears last summer,” Bill says. Finding and identifying mushrooms requires patience and persistence. The best way to learn is in the field with an experienced companion – especially if you plan to eat your find. Starting out with the help of a knowledgeable and conscientious expert also helps foster a collecting ethic that emphasizes conservation of natural resources and habitat. Collectors have the responsibility to knothe regulations governing the harvest of forest products on public lands. Collecting mushrooms in Rocky Mountain Park, for example, is not allowed. Of the hundreds of species in Colorado, only a feare desirable as edibles while another handful are deadly poisonous. Mushroom poisoning is serious business. Several people get ill from mushroom poisoning in the United States each year. On average, there have been 1.5 mushroom-caused deaths annually in the past 100 years, according to Marilyn, the mushroom contact person for the Rocky Mountain Poison Center. “Keep one of every kind that you eat, unwashed, uncut and uncooked, in a brown paper bag in the refrigerator,” Marilyn advises. A well-preserved specimen helps in identifying toxic species. With a knowledgeable partner and a couple of good field guidebooks, even beginners soon learn to fill their baskets with edible forest morsels.
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Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) will improve its efficiency with completion of a major Information Communication Technology project connecting its 13 branches throughout the country with fiber optic cable.
The project will connect TPA with Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL) fiber optic cable through a system called Multiprotocal Label Switching Virtual Private Network (MPLS VPN).
Through this system TPA is set to increase its efficiency, reduce paperwork and improve port services.
According to TPA Acting Director for ICT, Mr Killian Chale, communication between one port and another will now use CISCO extension that is less expensive and efficient.
TTCL’s Chief Technical Officer, Mr Senzige Kisenge noted that the project will assist TPA to improve quality of services and increase in trade.
Dar es Salaam port is the Tanzania principal port with a rated capacity of 4.1 million (dwt) dry cargo and 6.0 million (dwt) bulk liquid cargo.
The port handles about 95% of the Tanzania international trade and serves the landlocked countries of Malawi, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda.
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Lessons for Europe from the UK Blackouts
by Tim Leaman | Oct 25, 2019 | White Papers
Batteries and DSR on 9th August 2
Interconnectors’ Response 3
The Future of Interconnectors 3
Need for Back-up 5
Providing Resilience – Types 7
Providing Resilience – Quantities 8
Grid Stability Services 9
Disincentivisation of Storage 10
Grid Capacity 11
Conclusions 12
Actions 12
Footnote: Enhancing European Industry and Exports 13
Appendix 1: Energy Supply and Demand 14
Appendix 2: Carbon Capture, Use and Storage 17
Appendix 3: Salt Basins and Other Geologies for CAES 18
Appendix 4 HM Treasury Discincentivisation of Storage 21
Appendix 5 Regulatory Definition of Storage 25
Appendix 6: Scale of the Problem – TINA 30
For questions, contact Mark Howitt, +44 7910 020 686, mhowitt@storelectric.com
As is well known, on Friday 9th August the electricity supplies from one wind farm (Hornsea One, 750MW) and one gas-fired power station (Little Barford, Cambridgeshire, 680MW) failed almost simultaneously at 16:54. The total capacity loss was ~1,430MW at the beginning of the evening peak. While National Grid’s power was restored by 18:00, disruption continued throughout the evening on the transport networks.
These black-outs have long been predicted by some in the electricity industry as being direct consequences of the inadequate investment in storage – and especially large-scale long-duration storage – to provide cost-effective and adequate back-up to intermittent (and non-inertial) renewable generation. The same voices predict that such black-outs will become increasingly frequent and severe. And while focusing naturally on the UK, this analysis has broad lessons for other EU countries.
This report also looks at some of the main reasons why the grid has not adapted to its de-carbonisation in ways that would prevent such occurrences in future, from which policy and regulatory conclusions can be drawn.
Batteries and DSR on 9th August
I have read and heard a number of presentations and analyses by battery promoters projecting that batteries were the heroes of the day, providing hundreds of megawatts within 5ms – 2 seconds, if only they hadn’t been overwhelmed by subsequent trips. But that 5ms – 2 seconds delay is what caused the subsequent trips, which shows that batteries contributed to the problem more than they did to the solution on that day. The solution would have been inertia – and Storelectric’s CAES is inertial storage that also offers Synchronous Condenser capabilities 24/7 at the rated power.
In greater detail, despite the proclaimed benefits of batteries and Demand Side Response (DSR), they failed to provide the required resilience on 9th August. This is for a number of reasons, probably including:
Inadequate scale: typical battery and DSR installations are (even when aggregated) of the order of 1-20MW while the system need was 1.43GW;
Inadequate duration: the outage was longer than the duration of most battery and DSR services;
Battery state of charge: National Grid’s plans appear to assume that batteries are always kept fully charged, whereas in reality they are all cycling in charge-state according to their contracts and commercial optimisation;
Battery and DSR activation times: even if perfectly available, the fact that batteries and DSR (and gas reciprocating engine plants) need to be activated actively imposes delays in response of a few seconds, during which delays the system fails, whereas inertial systems are an always-on response;
DSR response times: DSR resources need to be polled, signal availability, and then receive and respond to an activation signal, which increases their response times still further.
Lesson for other EU countries: many EU countries are relying on DSR as part of their response; this reliance needs to be re-considered in this light. There is a real and excellent role of DSR, namely to minimise the cost of supporting short-duration spikes (upwards or downwards) in supply and/or demand, but it is suitable neither for longer-duration support nor instantaneous response.
Second lesson for other EU countries: What is really needed on the system for short-term response is real inertia, such as can be supplied by large-scale long-duration storage especially if it also operates in synchronous condenser mode.
Interconnectors’ Response
The industry has been declaring for many years that interconnectors would provide back-up to renewable generation. However the actual interconnector response was a fraction of the 1.43GW needed:
(16:54 is in Settlement Period 33; 18:00 is the end of Settlement Period 36.)
Interconnectors can only provide back-up power if:
They have suitable contracts or arrangements with foreign generations, AND
They have sufficient un-contracted capacity to carry the additional energy.
This therefore constitutes proof that interconnectors cannot be relied upon even under existing trading relationships and ignoring future Brexit-related disruptions to those relationships.
The Future of Interconnectors
The above sections focus on the immediate responses both required and (not) provided. This section considers the other end of the scale of response: longer duration sustained back-up power.
All National Grid’s Future Energy Scenarios 2019 (FES 2019) rely on increasing amounts of interconnection to provide for actual demand and supply margin (see next section).
We have studied the energy transition plans of 6 countries in detail (UK, DE, FR, IT, ES, NL – who account for 75% of EU GDP – please forgive the number of abbreviations!) and are aware in general terms of the plans of most of our other neighbouring countries. As can be seen from the map, during “times of system stress” (i.e. high demand and/or low renewable generation) the UK, NL, BE, EI and AT already rely on electricity imports through interconnectors. By 2030 these will be joined by DE, PL, SE and the Baltic states. By 2040 Spain and Italy will join them. France and Finland will have enough for their own needs due to nuclear, and Portugal due to hydro – but no surplus to export. Only Norway, Switzerland and Iceland will have electricity to export – and a 1GW interconnector to Iceland is expected to cost more than £5bn.
Given that these “times of system stress” are largely concurrent (e.g. after sunset on a windless winter evening), this means that there will not be enough spare electricity for all the countries that rely on the imports, yielding rolling black-outs and brown-outs (euphemism: enforced DSR) in all of them. And in terms of prioritising who gets the trickle of exportable electricity, a no-deal Brexit means that for the first time ever, our neighbours can tell us “I don’t care how much you’re offering to pay – our consumers are more important to us than are yours”.
So the only way for each of these importing countries to keep the lights on, and especially for the UK to do so, is large amounts of large-scale long-duration storage.
Lesson for other EU countries: The same issue that today is challenging the UK will also challenge all other countries that do not plan to have at least enough baseload + dispatchable energy for their own needs. If the country were to enter into contracts that ring-fence suitable large-scale long-duration storage resources in another country for its use (e.g. Germany contracting with Norwegian pumped hydro) and that ring-fence interconnector capacity to import it, then such capacity can be included in the calculation; if either of these elements (contracted storage, and interconnector surplus capacity) are missing, then it cannot.
Second lesson for other EU countries: Similarly, interconnectors are only useful for back-up inasmuch as there is (a) sufficient spare energy at the other end at the appropriate time, and (b) sufficient spare un-contracted capacity to carry it. The latter must be paid for, otherwise commercial considerations will maximise their utilisation and minimise unused capacity, thereby jeopardising back-up capability.
Need for Back-up
FES 2019 makes evident that this is the first year in which the United Kingdom does not have sufficient domestic baseload and dispatchable generation for its actual peak demand, without even considering the supply margin which exists to cope with energy shocks like the outages of 9/8/19. Most countries calculate that a suitable supply margin is 15% of peak demand, i.e. ~9GW using peak demand of 60GW; though 10% is considered manageable without excessive numbers of outages.
Looking to the future, under every scenario, interconnectors are used for both peak demand and supply margin for the indefinite future – and under all scenarios, forecast interconnector capacities are inadequate even for that. See Appendix 1 for further details.
Given the outages of 9th August, this means that current plans are guaranteeing black-outs in large parts of the country. And looking at the future energy scenarios, these guaranteed black-outs are planned to become increasingly frequent and severe.
Lesson for other EU countries: Most other EU countries’ energy transition plans rely equally on imports of electricity during times of system stress, as described above. This needs to be analysed and addressed for each country; we have analysed those of UK, DE, ES, FR (previous PPE only), IT and NL.
Currently Britain is in the single market, regulated by the European Court of Justice. This ensures that if we pay enough, our neighbours have to sell us the electricity, and to do so tariff free. According to FES 2017, “our analysis currently assumes tariff free access to EU markets under all scenarios.” This is the rosiest possible scenario, which is therefore a very rash assumption – and the more so as the government has consistently said that we will leave both the single market and the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice. Worse, this means that all our neighbours would then be free to tell us that they prioritise their consumers at any price.
Lesson for other EU countries: Most EU countries have similar issues of unavailability of energy to import, though they do not have the contract-enforcement issue of a no-deal Brexit.
Providing Resilience – Types
Given that the UK cannot rely on interconnectors, we need to provide resilience domestically.
Supply can be divided into the following categories:
Baseload: always-on, e.g. coal, nuclear, some hydro;
Dispatchable: variable according to demand, e.g. gas power stations and peaker plants, biomass, remaining hydro;
Large-scale long-duration storage, e.g. pumped hydro, Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES);
Smaller-scale short-duration flexibility, e.g. grid-connected batteries, Demand Side Response (DSR);
Interconnectors.
Interconnectors cannot provide reliable back-up services, as we have seen. Their proper role is therefore to moderate prices and price fluctuations in the normal operation of the grid.
Given that times of system stress usually last for many hours, and that typical durations of batteries (20-16 minutes) and DSR (15-30 minutes) are much briefer, they cannot provide such back-up services either. Their small scale implies the same. Their proper role is to provide cost-effective short-term flexibility response.
Large-scale long-duration storage needs to be at least 4 hours’ duration (as recognised by Capacity Market de-rating rules) in order to provide such back-up services. Therefore these, together with baseload and dispatchable generation, can provide the resilience the country needs.
Future volumes of baseload and dispatchable electricity currently rely on widespread roll-out of Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) technology. We would discount these assumptions for a number of reasons, including:
Too expensive per installation – even America can’t afford to build one;
Too expensive nation-wide – CO2 pipelines would have to be constructed across the country, at ~£1m/km plus lead times for planning and construction;
Too inefficient generation – imposes a ~30% efficiency penalty on the power station;
Too inefficient capture – all projects consider only 80% capture of the emissions to even stand a chance of future commercial viability, which leaves the other 20% uncaptured, for which grand assumptions must be made about widespread implementation of the even-less-certain and less-commercial BECCS (bio-energy CCS) despite the fact that the world has insufficient farmland to sacrifice to biomass generation at such a scale;
Uninsurable – not even the European Union will insure against the risks of leakage from CO2 stores, which endure for millions of years until the tectonic plates are subducted;
Usage is only postponement of emissions, not sequestration of them, so only CCS can be counted;
Too uncertain – current plans aspire to develop commercially viable technologies within a decade, with the build programme then subject to the normal delays (finance, planning and other permitting, design, construction not only in power stations but also of CCS infrastructure including pipelines across the country); our need is much more urgent than that.
Lesson for other EU countries: The above analysis applies equally to other EU countries. For more information, see Appendix 2.
Providing Resilience – Quantities
The power rating (MW) of resilience that the country requires is simple to calculate:
baseload + dispatchable + long-duration storage ≥ demand + supply margin
Therefore the power rating (MW) of large-scale long-duration storage required is
long-duration storage ≥ demand + supply margin – baseload – dispatchable
The energy capacity (MWh) of such storage is also easy to calculate, though there are two methods. Essentially the resilience needs to accommodate the longest period for which generation is likely to be negligible, which the French and German energy transition plans have identified as a 2-week weather pattern called (in German) the kalte dunkel Flaute (cold dark doldrums) which over-lie most of the continent for up to a fortnight mid-winter (i.e. during the annual peak demand period), about every couple of years; if the durations are reduced to days, and geography to a few countries, then these patterns are frequent. All the terms in the two equations below refer to the total energy over the fortnight.
The simple one applies where demand never dips below the sum of baseload and dispatchable:
long-duration storage ≥ demand – baseload – dispatchable
The more complex one allows for baseload and dispatchable generation to top up storage capacity, though this stored energy can only be accounted for at the round-trip efficiency rating of storage:
long-duration storage ≥ demand – baseload – dispatchable – stored generation
where stored generation is:
Total generation (baseload + dispatchable) that exceeds demand at any time during the period in question, multiplied by round-trip efficiency of storage
Note that the UK exports to Ireland during peak demand times. If this is to continue, such exports need to be added to domestic demand in all the calculations above.
The location of the storage is also important. Pumped hydro (both current and potential) is mostly in remote parts of Scotland and Wales, remote from both supply and demand. Given that the outages of 9th August occurred in the east of England, these would hardly have helped – especially given the lack of excess capacity on the grid (see Grid Capacity, below).
CAES can currently be implemented in most of the country’s salt basins – see Appendix 3 for British and EU salt basins. These are well distributed, and well located for both supply (areas designated for wind farms are shown on the map) and demand (selected cities are shown). There is also consideration of other geologies in Appendix 3. Therefore CAES provides the best potential for back-up.
A final consideration is cost: depending on location, CAES costs less than one-third of the cost of a new pumped hydro installation, without the need for such extensive extensions to the grid. And while doubling the size or duration of batteries increase their capital costs by roughly 75-85%, doubling the size of CAES increases cost by 50% and duration increases it by 30%.
Lesson for other EU countries: The above analysis applies equally to other EU countries, for which salt basins are also mapped in Appendix 3.
Grid Stability Services
National Grid have recognised enormous issues with the loss of inertial generation. Inertia enables the system to ride through any sudden changes in voltage, frequency etc., giving time for other assets to respond and so avoiding disruption. They are trying to address many of them through their Stability Pathfinder project. This is a huge advance on previous attempts to address the issues one at a time through individual contracts for each of the dozens of consequences of loss of inertia, e.g.:
Enhanced frequency response;
Reactive power;
Increasing use of balancing and ancillary services (see projections from Aurora below).
The inadequacy of this response and inevitability of consequent black-outs has been predicted consistently for a number of years by some parties.
How much better to address the cause of the problem, which the Pathfinder may succeed in doing, by providing contracts that enable inertial systems (especially inertial storage, like pumped hydro and CAES) to be built.
Lesson for other EU countries: Every single country has the same issues of loss of inertia due to de-carbonisation. Some may have sufficient hydro / pumped hydro (e.g. Norway, Switzerland) and/or nuclear (e.g. Finland, France) to accommodate such decarbonisation without substantial measures to address inertia and consequential services, but all the rest need to address it directly.
Disincentivisation of Storage
Therefore large amounts of large-scale long-duration storage is needed to:
Prevent black-outs such as occurred on 9th August;
Provide on-going resilience to the grid;
Balance increasing amounts of renewable generation;
Provide grid stabilisation services;
Reduce the cost, difficulty and lead time of de-carbonisation.
Despite this enormous need for storage, it is disincentivised in many ways, many of which are detailed in Appendix 4 HM Treasury Disincentivisation of Storage, and Appendix 5 Regulatory Definition of Storage.
In a positive recent development, National Grid’s FES 2019 recognises the need for large amounts of large-scale long-duration storage, but still not to the extent of the government’s own 2015 Technology Innovation Needs Analysis (TINA) which identified that, to balance variable (as opposed to baseload) demand alone the country needed 27.4GW of new storage with an average duration of 5 hours, by 2030. See Appendix 6 for further information.
Lesson for other EU countries: Different countries have different disincentives for storage, but major such disincentives exist in all the countries we have yet analysed. The wrongful regulatory definition of storage is Europe-wide, together with its malign consequences. Lack of recognition and remuneration of inertia is continent-wide. Cap-and-floor regimes greatly reduce arbitrage revenues and signals, distorting markets and reducing storage profitability. Each country needs to look at its own regimes and level its own regulatory / contractual playing-field.
Grid Capacity
Ever since privatisation, governments have tasked Ofgem with maximising grid utilisation and minimising construction of grid assets ahead of need in the name of avoiding “gold-plating” the grid and thereby minimising its costs to consumers. However the asset-sweating strategy regarding the electricity grid is greatly impeding investment and decarbonisation.
If 10,000 EVs were projected for each of Warwick and Leamington Spa, and in fact 15,000 were to be bought in Warwick and 5,000 in Leamington, the grid would be totally disrupted and unable to cope: our forecasts are too inaccurate (numbers of EVs in 2018 are over 40 times the forecast 10 years before, if I remember correctly), so we must build excess capacity because of the lead time to construct grid reinforcements.
As the ENA (Electricity Networks Association) will tell you, there is a case study in Southern Australia where investment was deferred as being too expensive; when the need became critical just a couple of years later, it cost three times as much to undertake the work as an emergency programme – so even if a small proportion of the built-ahead-of-need assets prove unneeded, the overall programme cost is greatly decreased by building ahead of need.
The time and cost to build and install new grid connections is so great that many useful and excellent projects are not proposed: it is not only the direct costs, but the indirect costs of tying up money and resources for extended periods.
There is a regulatory and governmental obsession that National Grid “gold-plated” the system, but in fact almost every asset built then has proved useful even if that use has come a few years later than the original forecast.
If we had only built to proven need, the National Grid would never have been built.
The short-sighted focus on meeting 2030 targets is failing to put in the investment and incentives required to develop, test and roll out the technologies required to meet our 2040 and 2050 targets.
The outages of 9th August may provide another perspective: did grid constraints reduce the ability of other plants to provide electricity in the required quantities, to the required locations? Since grid capacity is targeted at 97% utilisation during peak times, and many parts of the grid are loaded above this, a lack of headroom is suggested. Did it have the capacity to deliver 0.7-0.8GW electricity to each of these locations, from where such surplus generation (or importation) was available?
Instead, the government and all regulators and departments should determine their 2050 objectives, together with alternatives, and undertake / incentivise all investments into plant, networks and technologies accordingly. They should structure all contracts and regulations to deliver this. Otherwise the costs of the energy transition will become unacceptably high to the entire country, and be passed onto either government as subsidies or consumers as charges – or both.
The conclusions to which we are driven by the events of 9th August, and by their analysis in the context of future plans for the energy system, do not just affect the UK but also most other EU countries. They include:
Interconnectors cannot provide the resilience needed by the grid;
Nor can batteries and DSR;
It would be both unsafe and premature to rely on CCUS generation;
An extensive roll-out of large-scale long-duration storage is needed, which would also provide the inertial power that in turn provides the requisite grid stabilisation services;
CAES can provide large-scale long-duration storage much closer to both supply and demand, in a better-distributed manner, and much more cheaply than pumped hydro;
There are numerous disincentives for large-scale long-duration storage which need rectifying, most notably the regulatory definition of storage which should be as storage (based on the definition of interconnectors) rather than as generation;
The grid also needs to be extended ahead of need, to minimise cost and disruption.
Plan to enable the any grid to operate independently of any other country (potentially including some interconnector demand from neighbouring countries that will continue to be supported, e.g. Ireland supported by the UK), providing its own generation and balancing services;
Define storage as storage, in primary legislation;
Incentivise the construction of many large-scale long-duration storage projects, sufficient to balance the grid domestically;
Contract with such storage to provide storage services, rather than an ever-increasing stack of salami-sliced services;
Pay for inertia itself, in preference to the many consequences of not having it;
Change policy to build grid capacity ahead of need, based on plans and forecasts, to reduce construction costs and enable development of energy-transition assets.
Footnote: Enhancing European Industry and Exports
As a footnote, doing this could create a European large-scale long-duration storage industry that would enhance the country’s economy and exports, leading the world: it already has a number of companies that are in such leadership positions if only the regulatory and contractual playing-field were levelled and they were able to build first-of-a-kind commercial plants.
Appendix 1: Energy Supply and Demand
Energy supply and demand in the Community Renewables and Two Degrees scenarios of National Grid’s Future Energy Scenarios 2019. These are the only two scenarios compliant with the Climate Change Act, and since the enactment of the Net Zero targets, have become conservative scenarios.
The above graphs are all FES 2019 figures, with the bars re-sequenced to show baseload at the bottom, then dispatchable, then interconnectors, and finally (in decreasing sequence of reliability) intermittent generation. These are listed by de-rated nominal capacity: as discussed elsewhere, duration of storage is not reflected in these figures. Storage should be represented by 2 bars, short-duration (<2 hours) and long duration, in order to get a good understanding of the energy system.
These graphs can be summarised as:
This looks like a serious risk: the country is depending on imports for actual demand, without even taking into account either supply margin (10-15% to be added to demand) or the lack of duration of most of the storage concerned.
However, when de-rating factors are applied to the generation mix, it looks absolutely impossible:
Actual demand, excluding both the above factors, exceeds the country’s capacity both to generate and to import. Even assuming that imports are available, which is highly unlikely during times of system stress.
Appendix 2: Carbon Capture, Use and Storage
CCS remains unaffordably expensive, much more so than nuclear: £27bn p.a. plus capital costs for 8MW abated coal fired power stations, without allowing for the inefficiencies introduced into the power generation process, according to aspirational figures from DECC’s website which they removed when cancelling the two CCS power station projects in 2015. The introduced inefficiencies increase coal burn by around a quarter, raising its levelised cost of energy to well above that of other generation technologies.
Moreover, the In June 2017 the Americans cancelled the Kemper coal gasification and CCS project when its capital cost for a 582MW plant exceeded $7.5bn, i.e. $12.9bn/GW. If the Americans can’t get it up and running despite paying considerably more than Hinkley Point (which is £20bn for 3.2GW, i.e. £6.25bn/GW or $8.4bn/GW), then what hope do we have of doing so?
Usage is at a very early stage of development, with some promising lines of development – however these are all at very early (mostly theoretical and laboratory) stages. And most of them result in the re-emission of the CO2 later on. The UK parliament has released a briefing on this. Therefore usage does not carry promise of major CO2 emissions reduction in the near future, so the principal target for national emissions reduction must remain CCS.
Appendix 3: Salt Basins and Other Geologies for CAES
Locations of Salt Basins and Wind Farm Designated Areas in the UK
Salt basins are shown in yellow and pink. Areas designated for wind farms are shown as blue ovals.
The Lancashire salt basin (circled, near Fleetwood above Liverpool and WNW of Blackburn) has capacity for ~20GWh onshore.
Stafford and Worcester basins may not be sufficiently deep or thick.
Offshore salt basins are not shown, and are much more extensive.
Locations of Salt Basins in Europe and North Africa
There are salt basins in most EU countries; particularly well-endowed countries are Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Spain; Austria, Italy and Slovakia also have substantial deposits.
Other Geologies
Salt basins are only one of the geologies that are potentially usable for CAES: others include aquifers (both sweet and saline, too deep for drinking water) and depleted hydrocarbon wells (both oil and gas), collectively known as “porous rock” geologies. These other geologies each have a series of challenges before they are usable, and Storelectric has ideas as to how to overcome those challenges, but it needs work, time and investment. Salt caverns are the easy, well-known geology for CAES.
Porous rock geologies, when developed, will be more suitable for longer-duration storage. But they will never displace salt cavern storage as they address different parts of the market: caverns are better for fast-in fast-out, 4-12 hours’ duration; porous rocks for baseload and longer durations.
Appendix 4 HM Treasury Discincentivisation of Storage
Input to HM Treasury Select Committee Review June 2016
Her Majesty’s Treasury has many ways in which it is impeding decarbonisation. This document focuses on the electricity system, because that is the scope of Storelectric’s work. Storelectric is seeking to build innovative large-scale long-duration storage on the UK electricity system, and to build up a UK-based industry to address a multi-trillion dollar market with world-leading technology, but has been stalled for 6 years in doing so largely by Treasury disincentives. These split into two main categories: finance, and energy.
The government defines storage as consumption plus generation, meaning that all charges relating to both are applied to it, thereby triple charging storage for (for example) grid access and climate levies. Generally people talk about double charging (for import and for export of electricity), but the electricity purchased by storage already has those charges applied; therefore it is triple charging.
Energy storage generates no new electricity. It just moves electricity in time very similarly to interconnectors moving it in space: from when it’s not wanted to when it is, while interconnectors move it from where it’s not wanted to where it is. Therefore storage should be defined as storage, a grid service, based on the definition of interconnectors.
Treasury effects of this include that storage does not qualify for EIS or other investment incentives, thereby penalising it by redirecting funds that would otherwise be willing to invest. They are largely redirected into industries that don’t help decarbonisation or the future of the country, whereas storage does.
The regulatory and contractual system for electricity is also exceedingly short-sighted, and has already resulted in higher electricity costs than neighbouring countries, together with the grid’s assets aging greatly, and the need for any new strategic investment to be incentivised by a market-distorting special financial instrument. It would be relatively simple to construct a system that incentivises major capital investment, clean energy and the introduction of new technologies without costing a penny more in overall system costs. Please see the associated document “A 21st Century Electricity System”.
Treasury’s incentives for entrepreneurship and investment are all regardless of technology risk. Therefore, following good principles of financial management, because benefits are unrelated to whether or not financiers and investors take on technology risk, they don’t. This means that private sector funding (especially at larger scales) is not available for innovative industries, businesses and technologies. This means that we can finance a chain of restaurants or shops, but not innovative industry that can help UK PLC to grow.
Human beings define technology risk as any risk that is of a technical nature. But financiers define it as anything that hasn’t been done before. This means that if I were to propose a cotton shirt with a plastic collar, they would define it as technical risk. But humans know that there’s no technical risk involved (tens of thousands of sweatshops can make them), but that it’s a commercial risk as nobody would buy them. Financiers’ definitions need changing, because their entire philosophy and strategy are based on it and on risk aversion.
This risk aversion itself needs to be addressed by Treasury incentives. This is not an argument for additional money, but a change in the award definitions to incentive investment in prototypes and first-of-a-kind commercial products/plants. It would be worth considering allowing some mitigation of a first-of-a-kind plant’s costs as a tax break, given that follow-on plants will almost always be more reliable and efficient. It applies to EIS investments, tax breaks for financial funds including pension schemes, R&D tax credits, etc.
A consequence of this aversion to technical risk, and the lack of incentivisation to take it on, is the de-stabilisation of the entire financial system. There are trillions of funds in any currency seeking “safe” investments. Nothing is considered safer than property – except a diversified portfolio of it, so everyone rushed into a sub-prime mortgage investment bubble. When that burst, they all sought the next safest investment and piled into SE Asia, creating another bubble that burst 2-3 years later. It keeps looking for safe investment after safe investment, de-stabilising each by the massive in-flow of too much money seeking too few assets in the category. If some of this money were redirected into innovative industries, not only would those industries be funded and lead national and world growth, but also the other industries would be re-stabilised by the re-balancing of risk and reward.
It would greatly help if funds were given a credit on condition that at least 5% of the fund is invested with significant and auditable technical risk. This means that 95% is still invested “safely”, while 5% (which is a big sum when applied to trillions) goes into new technologies and their commercialisation, with the possibility of much higher returns. By all means, ensure that this money (to qualify) is invested in the UK.
We have had innumerable expressions of interest to finance follow-on plants, but not one to finance our first. For decades, British industry as a whole has been great at invention, but terrible at commercialisation – exactly for this reason. A decade and a half ago the US Secretary of State for Defense stated that one-third of all their new technologies are invented in Britain. They have to go to America to be commercialised, because there is no significant money available for doing so in Britain, for this reason. Given the trillions of pounds washing around our financial systems, this begs the question as to how (when the country was much poorer) we financed the Industrial Revolution.
Government’s Clean Growth Strategy
The government’s Clean Growth Strategy is very short-sighted and is leading the country into huge additional costs for that reason. For example,
Investment in many interim solutions such as fracking and encouragement of a second dash-for-gas is helpful in achieving our 2030 goals of reducing emissions, but every one of these new assets would be stranded by 2040 or 2050 because the need then is to eliminate emissions.
This is leading to a pious faith in magical solutions such as biomass energy with carbon capture use and storage (CCUS). There is insufficient land on the planet for that amount of biomass. And CCUS is so expensive (without considering the 30% “hit” on power station efficiency) that even in America every single project has been killed before construction: if they can’t afford it, what hope have we? Finally, nobody has solved the insurance question: CO2 is heavier than air, so if any North Sea storage were breached (e.g. by earthquake), the resultant burp of CO2 would hover on the water asphyxiating anyone in ships above. This risk remains until the tectonic plate is subducted. All 6 North Sea countries decided that this was too great a risk for any country to bear, so asked the EU to do so. The EU looked into it carefully and said that they couldn’t. The Peterhead and White Rose CCS projects were cancelled a fortnight later: coincidence?
Incrementalism in (for example) adding hydrogen to gas grids will result in multiple conversion programmes like the transition from town gas to natural gas in the 1970s as the combustion characteristics of the gas will be different as the hydrogen percentage increases; what’s needed is a leap to 100% hydrogen in one part of the country (with a single conversion project), gradually to be rolled out elsewhere. That is merely one example.
The asset-sweating strategy regarding the electricity grid is greatly impeding investment and decarbonisation.
The UK has immense innovative capacity in all fields, including in technologies that lead to decarbonisation. If we overcome the many disincentives in HM Treasury and elsewhere to their development, commercialisation and adoption, the opportunity to develop world-beating businesses, technologies, products and services, and to keep those businesses based in Britain.
This would have the additional benefit of regional re-balancing: most of the industries considered “low risk” by the financial services sector are in the South East; most technical innovation is done and wishes to be developed elsewhere in Britain.
In conclusion, to support the UK economy as a whole and decarbonisation in particular,
Reduce incentives where there is no technical risk, using this freed-up money to increase incentives for first-of-a-kind plants and products, and their commercialisation;
Incentivise financial funds to invest at least 5% in technically risky ventures;
Ensure that strategies, regulations, concepts and incentives are geared towards 2050 targets rather than any intermediate stages;
Invest in infrastructure according to forecast rather than need, to enable the transition and minimise the cost and timescale of building the infrastructure;
Re-define energy storage as storage, a grid service, regardless as to whether or not other branches of government do so.
Appendix 5 Regulatory Definition of Storage
What Is Storage?
Storage stores electricity. It does not generate new electricity (except for traditional CAES, see next paragraph): it only re-sells the electricity (minus losses) that it purchased. It is therefore not generation. It moves electricity in time, much as interconnectors move it in location.
Traditional CAES alone is a mix of generation and storage, because it burns fuel to re-heat the air. It can be treated partly as storage and partly as generation, in proportion to the percentage of the output energy that derives from the fuel. Adiabatic CAES does not have this issue: it is pure storage.
Triple Charging
There is a general mis-perception that storage is double-charged for grid access charges: paying for consumption and again for generation. It does, but also the electricity purchased has also already paid charges, so storage is actually triple-charged.
Interconnectors do not pay for grid access, though the electricity they carry has already had grid access charges paid. This is correct: they are merely an extension of the grid, providing grid services. The same is true of storage: it merely provides grid services and therefore should not be charged for grid access.
How the Decision Was Made
Naturally the incumbent generators want to keep it this way, to keep the playing-field tilted sharply in their favour. Storage companies want “zero charging” (i.e. reduce to charging only for the purchased electricity) on the grounds that storage doesn’t generate. So Ofgem decided to split the difference and define storage as generation.
They stated that this was a partial solution, adopted because it didn’t need primary legislation; when the opportunity for primary legislation would occur, then they would seek to create a true definition of storage. However now they are proposing to
define storage in primary legislation, which defeats the purpose of the interim solution and prevents a correct definition.
They now say that they wish to define it as storage because they can base the definition on existing regulatory categories. But that would be the case equally if they based the definition of storage on that of interconnectors – and with fewer modifications needed.
I am told that the industry is happy with the current proposal. Given that the industry is dominated by incumbent generators, that does not surprise me. However the need for change was also identified by the National Infrastructure Commission.
Problems with Defining Storage as Generation
There are many problems with defining storage as generation, which can be summarised as:
Grid Code Requirements
Grid Operator Constraints
Grid Connection Costs
Sundry Regulations
1. Charging
As cited at the beginning of this document, storage is triple-charged for grid access; the proposal is to move it to double-charged. This keeps the playing-field tilted in favour of generation and interconnectors, which are both single-charged – generation as generation and interconnectors within the price of electricity purchased. This therefore subsidises generation at the cost of the bill-payer. It provides even more subsidies to foreign generation and of the UK bill-payer, as grid connection charges for generation are lower on the continent than in the UK and the UK does not charge differential fees (i.e. the difference). It is the bill-payer who loses out most because it disadvantages the most cost-effective means of balancing the grid.
2. Grid Code Requirements
The grid code for generation is loaded with requirements that are suitable for generation (e.g. 15% over-generation capability) but unsuitable for storage. This is right and proper owing to the nature of the generation asset being regulated – but therefore not right or proper for storage. The code for interconnectors does not have most of these, and therefore is much more suitable for storage.
Ofgem says that the grid code is determined by the industry, and therefore the grid code consequences of the regulatory mis-definition of storage are not their responsibility. But this overlooks that (a) the grid code is built on the regulatory definitions and reflects them, and (b) those with the greatest input into grid code matters are the large incumbent generators who have sufficient resources and who also have little interest in storage in comparison with their interest in generation.
3. Grid Operator Constraints
Both transmission and distribution operators are banned from owning generation, with a derogation of up to 6MW for DNOs. Yet both see huge potential benefits from storage, in balancing the grid, in providing stabilisation services, and in alleviating constraints and deferring capital investment. Both would invest in storage if permitted. And both would wish to support storage with NIC / NIA funding, which they are not permitted to do while storage is defined as generation.
Defining storage as storage would enable this. But it would also give the flexibility of allowing, disallowing and/or constraining such ownership and/or operation, as regulations (rather than primary legislation) can be used to do so – if storage is defined as storage rather than as generation.
And the ability to invest NIA / NIC funds in storage and in the issues relating to it (e.g. developing a standard system for calculating its effects on grid capacity, such as alleviating congestion like the Leighton Buzzard and Orkney plants) would greatly assist the network to adjust to a zero-carbon future.
4. Grid Connection Costs
Currently the effects of a proposed plant on grid loads is to calculate its operation as consumption, and again to calculate it as generation. This maximises the cost and lead time of grid connections, thereby making storage much more expensive and severely constraining the locations in which it can cost-effectively be built.
Storage mostly acts counter-cyclically, alleviating rather than creating grid congestion. It is on this basis that the batteries in Leighton Buzzard, Orkney and Eigha were proposed. Therefore grid connection requirements should be calculated based on storage being storage, not on it being generation and/or consumption. Doing so would reduce connection costs and lead times, consequently increasing its roll-out and reducing consumer costs.
Likewise, operational grid access charges would need their own computation to encourage storage to alleviate grid challenges, and thereby speed roll-out and reduce consumers’ bills.
Creating such models would be ideal subjects for NIA / NIC projects. There may be a conclusion whereby different constraints in operating modes of storage would incur different connection construction costs and ongoing charges.
5. Contractual
National Grid is unable to enter into a contract for “storage services” which cuts across many current and proposed contract types, because storage is not legally defined as such. This means that storage has to bid for a huge revenue stack of separate services, every 2 years or less, with many adverse consequences, including:
The TSO / DSO has huge administrative and grid control burdens as they can’t just ask the storage to respond to a situation – they have to select from a vast menu of situations and responses before triggering each one individually.
We are eligible for a stack of 12 contracts, with another 4-6 being mooted at present. This means that we have to administer 12-18 contracts concurrently, ensuring correct compliance, invoicing and contract management for each, adding enormously to our administrative costs which we would have to reflect in our prices, which ultimately will cost the consumer a lot.
Each of these revenue streams needs to be re-bid every 6-24 months, with consequent administrative burden on both us and the TSO / DSO, again adding to consumer costs.
Each of these bids has a chance of failing to win a contract, meaning that –
We have to price in the possibility of failure, having to operate for a period without a contract or having to fill that “slot” with a lesser-paying contract;
We also have to price in the additional administrative costs of having to bid for more contracts than we win;
Our financing costs will be higher owing to the commercial risk;
And all these costs will ultimately be passed on to the consumer.
With a regulatory definition of storage as storage, the TSO / DSO would be able to let contracts for “storage services”, maybe split into primary and secondary to reflect different storage types and characteristics – PHES and CAES as primary and batteries / DSR as secondary, with flow batteries maybe being able to choose.
6. HM Treasury
The Treasury offers certain incentives for investment, such as the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), which explicitly list generation as ineligible. The Treasury uses the regulatory definition of storage (currently generation plus consumption) as its own definition. Therefore defining storage as generation will greatly reduce investment into storage, and increase the returns that investors require for doing so, and thereby increase the cost of de-carbonising the grid.
7. Sundry Regulations
Other regulations, such as planning regulations, also base some of their rules on whether or not a plant is or will be generation. Mis-defining storage as generation would continue to ensure that storage is judged by characteristics that it does not possess, often to its (and thus the grid’s and consequently the consumer’s) disadvantage.
Define storage, in primary legislation, as storage.
Base the definition on that of interconnectors.
The grid code would therefore be modified, based on interconnectors rather than trying to fit a round storage peg into a square generation hole.
Enable contracts for “storage services” to be let by the TSO and DSOs.
Appendix 6: Scale of the Problem – TINA
Another analysis of the problem, the Technology Innovation Needs Analysis by the Low Carbon Innovation Co-ordinating Group (LCICG), which is the biggest inter-departmental group in the British Government’s civil service, identifies that Britain requires 27.4GW of storage (in the range of 7.2 to 59.2GW), with a capacity of
128GWh (31 to 286GWh). This is 5 hours’ storage at rated capacity, coinciding with the duration of the winter evening peak: almost no grid-connected battery in the world has more than 2 hours’ storage because it is not cost-effective.
This analysis only looks at supporting the country’s currently forecast variable demand, assuming that baseload demand will continue to be supplied by nuclear and gas plants. Therefore if nuclear is to fail to materialise in sufficient volume (which looks increasingly likely), and we cannot increase the gas generation lest we exceed our treaty obligations on emissions, this storage requirement must be increased greatly to accommodate baseload generation.
Even taking the 27.4GW figure at face value and looking at cost-effective developments only, we can expect it to be made up of (additional to what was in place at the publication of the report) 2-3GW (2-3GWh) demand side response, 2-3GW (2-3GWh) batteries, 8-12GW interconnectors and 2GW (20GWh) total of all existing pumped hydro planning applications. This totals 12-18GW (24-26GWh), leaving an unmet need for 7.4-13.4GW (102-104GWh) which Storelectric can supply more cheaply than gas-fired peaking plants.
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David Lee in Russia for World Cup: Cristiano Ronaldo proving to be an irresistible force of nature
Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal (left) and Hakim Ziyach of Morocco in action during the FIFA World Cup 2018 group B preliminary round football match between Portugal and Morocco in Moscow, Russia, on June 20, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
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MOSCOW - The Spanish can have their tiki taka, the Brazilians may fuss over Neymar, and Argentina still place Lionel Messi on a pedestal.
But there is no doubt about the real deal at this World Cup, as Cristiano Ronaldo seems to be on a one-man mission to drag Portugal to World Cup glory.
With a total of five league titles in England and Spain combined, five Champions League medals and five Ballon d'Or trophies plus the European Championship - he has won the lot.
The World Cup represents the final frontier and the 33-year-old is mounting a superhuman effort in a bid to complete his collection.
On a day when Portugal were outplayed by the effervescent Moroccans, they still left the Luzhniki Stadium with maximum points and are now in a healthy position to progress from Group B.
All thanks to their captain and record scorer.
Leading by example, Ronaldo - who had six of Portugal's eight shots - opened the scoring in the fourth minute, when he stooped to head in Joao Moutinho's cross off Bernardo Silva's short corner, and grabbed his second man-of-the-match award. Last Friday, he notched a hat-trick in the 3-3 draw against Spain in Sochi.
His younger team-mates were hyped up before the tournament but Silva, Joao Mario and Goncalo Guedes have all showed they lack experience to make the right decisions at international level.
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This over-reliance on Ronaldo is unsustainable, former England captain Stuart Pearce told The Straits Times.
He added: "Playing like they have tonight, Portugal will not go beyond the semi-finals.
"They do have Ronaldo, who is scoring at the moment, but what happens when his goals stop coming? He will probably have to score in every game if Portugal are to win their first World Cup."
Such comments only serve to fuel Ronaldo's desire. He was booed throughout by Moroccan fans but the cool and cheeky grin never left his face.
Portugal are clearly an imperfect team but in the forward they have the ideal match-winner on the big stage - Ronaldo scored in the Champions League finals in 2008 (Manchester United), 2014 and 2017 (Real Madrid).
He was well below his best last night - even ballooning one clear chance in the second half - but his influence is clear.
He was shouting instructions, cajoling team-mates, and even defending set pieces.
With the panic they caused down the flanks and the chances they created, this was a game Morocco could have won with more clinical finishing. Yet a second 1-0 loss means they are the first team eliminated from the Cup.
Better teams and tougher tests await Portugal. Their defence and midfield need to improve drastically. But reflecting their skipper's single-mindedness, they nonetheless found a way to win.
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Impired drivers nabbed in Saugeen Shores
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Published on: October 24, 2019 | Last Updated: October 24, 2019 1:49 PM EDT
Saugeen Shores Police Service charged a 46-year-old Port Elgin man, and a 63-year-old Southampton man, with various impaired charges following two incidents Oct. 23.
In the first, at 3:52 p.m., police were tipped to an apparently intoxicated man who left a Southampton bar and drove to a local motel, where police found him and smelled alcohol.
He failed roadside breath tests and two subsequent tests at the station, and was charged with operating a vehicle while impaired. His driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days, and his vehicle was Impounded for seven days.
He was released with a court date.
At 9:10 p.m. police saw a driver commit a series of Highway Traffic Act violations in the Wellington and River St. area of Port Elgin.
After a vehicle stop revealed the driver’s licence was suspended, and he was arrested and searched, turning up a quantity of suspected crystal methamphetamine found.
At the station, police said the man “performed poorly” on a Standard Field Sobriety Test and a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) determined his ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired by drugs.
The man was charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of an opioid, operation while impaired by drugs, driving without a licence, and ignoring a stop sign.
A 90-day licence suspension was issued, and the vehicle he was driving was impounded for seven days.
He was released on a promise appear and an undertaking.
Pigs perish in $1.5 million Kincardine area barn fire Municipal Innovation Council gets draft approval from host Saugeen Shores
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by Mary McCaslin & Eleanor DiMarino-Linnen - 2000
In this chapter, we present a selective review of articles related to motivational themes published in American Psychologist (AP) from its inception in 1946 to the present decade. Our goal is to better understand educational conceptions of student motivation in classrooms by studying related conceptions in society in general and psychology in particular throughout the decades.
Purchase Motivation and Learning in School: Societal Contexts, Psychological Constructs, and Educational Practices
Cite This Article as: Teachers College Record Volume 102 Number 8, 2000, p. 84-151
Mary McCaslin
MARY MCCASLIN is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Arizona.
Eleanor DiMarino-Linnen
Marple-Newtown School District
ELEANOR DIMARINO-LINNEN, a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist, is consultant to the Marple-Newtown School District of Pennsylvania.
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The iOS Report: The Refinements Keep on Coming
Two days before the promised release date, Apple on Wednesday released the iOS 4.3 update for the iPad, and recent models of the iPhone and iPod touch. Missing in action is the Verizon Wireless version, which already has the included Personal Hotspot feature, which lets your iPhone serve as a Wi-Fi hub for cellular data. Supposedly the Verizon update will arrive later.
This early OS update gift was no doubt pushed to existing Apple customers now to lessen the load on their iTunes servers when the iPad 2 goes on sale Friday. In the past, Apple has attempted to do too much too soon, thus resulting in severely overloaded servers. I recall the year when Apple introduced a major MobileMe update, a new iOS revision, and an upgraded iPhone — all on the same day. Phones couldn’t be activated, software downloads were dreadfully slow, and the MobileMe rollout was one big mess. In fact, an Apple executive involved with Apple’s online service left the company shortly thereafter, and there were apologies all around.
Insofar as iOS 4.3 is concerned, the most important, or at least the most promoted feature, is the expansion of AirPlay to allow you to stream videos and other content via some third-party apps, to your Apple TV. There is, of course, a corresponding update for the second-generation Apple TV that’s required to support this feature.
The iTunes Home Sharing feature lets you play content to your iOS 4.3 device from either a Mac or PC with iTunes 10.2 or later installed.
If these two features don’t light your fire, you’ll still probably want to play with them a while to see how well they do and if they really enhance your digital lifestyle. I suppose AirPlay appears to make a new Apple TV more indispensable, since that gadget’s corresponding update brings you support for 5:1 Dolby sound from Netflix, plus the ability to access a number of online sporting events. These improvements make it quite clear that Apple is planning on adding more services over time, as licenses with content providers are signed.
With reports that the Chrome browser on Android OS devices — which uses the same Apple WebKit rendering core as Safari — is faster, Apple embedded their new Nitro JavaScript engine. It holds out the promise of twice the performance as the previous version. Yes, it does seem somewhat snappier on casual testing, but I gather it’ll require some deep benchmarking with different sites and test scripts to see whether Apple’s claims are true. Of course, if the reviewers don’t use the same testing scheme as Apple, results are apt to vary considerably. Macworld, however, is reporting “dramatic” improvements when using the Sunspider JavaScript test. So far as I’m concerned, Safari was pretty good as it was for a mobile browser.
One improvement that caught my eye was the addition of support for 720p output for HD movies and other content, although you’ll need one of the new $39 Apple connectors (or a third-party equivalent) to make the HDMI hookup to your flat panel TV. Now this is one of the most interesting developments of all, because it basically means that iPhones, iPod touches and iPads can now perform many of the functions of an Apple TV, which basically means you may not need to buy one. Indeed, if you get an iPad 2, the output resolution increases to 1080p, which is better than the present Apple TV offers, although Apple still doesn’t offer content at that resolution. But give it time.
The lesser features include support for Ping, plus a setting that allows an SMS alert prompt to be repeated for a given number of times. Too bad Apple’s left the mediocre Push Notification feature untouched. You’re still stuck with a single modal prompt, which, when replaced by a second prompt, can’t be recalled. This is something the Android OS does better, but I suppose there’s always hope for improvements in iOS 5. In passing, there’s a rumor that there will be an iOS 5 preview some time in April, along with the launch of a new version of MobileMe. Of course, Apple doesn’t comment on rumors.
As far as the Personal Hotspot feature is concerned, it naturally requires an extra data plan with your wireless carrier. If you’re already getting soaked on data plans, though, maybe you’ll decide that using a standard Wi-Fi router, or seeking a free hotspot at a local store, would be a more cost-effective solution. Even McDonalds has them in many cities.
There are a handful of other features, including the usual undefined “bug fixes” that are part and parcel of this release. The baseband firmware, which impacts the hardware that communicates with the cellular network, was also updated. Time will tell whether that means improved connection quality.
I did install the 4.3 update as shortly after I learned that it was available, along with the corresponding update for the Apple TV. As usual, the installation process for both was seamless and without incident. Compare that to the situation that users of Android OS devices continue to confront, which is to hope and pray that the carrier or manufacturer with deign to offer them the latest and greatest software revision. That, alas, is never guaranteed.
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This article was posted on Thursday, March 10th, 2011 at 12:00 AM and is filed under News and tagged with: AirPlay, Android, Android OS, Apple Tv, cellular network, Flat Panel Tv, Google, Hd, Hdmi, iOS 4.3, iPads, Iphone, Ipod, Ipod Touch, Itunes, JavaScript, Mcdonalds, MobileMe, Netflix, Ping, Safari, Verizon Wireless, Wi Fi, Wi-Fi router, Wireless Carrier.
3 Responses to “The iOS Report: The Refinements Keep on Coming”
SonOfA says:
Hmmm, I didn’t get the 4.3 update.. maybe because I have the Verizon iPhone?
@SonOfA, Exactly what i said in the first paragraph. 🙂
@Gene Steinberg, Lol, totally missed that Gene!
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CES 2012 in Pictures: Part 2
By Shawn Knight on January 18, 2012
As a follow-up to last week's CES special feature and coverage, here are more of the products we observed and played with, along with photos taken during our journey to the event. As you've surely noticed, mobile tech consumed the event with seemingly every major company unveiling smartphones, tablets or ultrabooks. Nonetheless, we managed to lay hands on plenty of awesome PC hardware from the likes of Samsung, Silverstone, MSI, Razer, Roccat, Toshiba, Gigabyte and more...
Meant to render desktop-replacements obsolete, Razer announced its new Blade gaming laptop back in August. Besides its trim profile and powerful innards, the system offers a unique interface reminiscent of Art Lebedev's Optimus keyboard. In place of a standard number pad, the Blade features 10 customizable keys and a glass LCD touchpad, the latter of which is also available on the Star Wars Old Republic edition keyboard.
Along with displaying in-game stats, you can surf the net or watch YouTube on the touchpad while a game occupies your main screen. Also, the 10 keys are fully programmable and change functions between contexts. Sadly, the palm rest by the touchpad was very (very) hot, and the mouse buttons were small, spoiling the whole experience. While it's thinner than most desktop replacements, the Blade is still pretty hefty.
Developed by Sixense, Razer's new Hydra gaming controller uses magnetic tracking to determine the position of two batons. The device boasts high precision controls with six degrees of freedom and a resolution of 1mm along the X, Y, and Z axes, as well as one degree in roll, pitch, and yaw. This is combined with a low latency, 120Hz refresh rate.
Valve supported Sixense in creating DLC for several games including Portal 2, which we tried. Usually, it takes time for your body to learn the minutia of using a new interface. Not so with the Hydra. Within seconds, I was naturally moving about with the left baton and looking around with the right one. And, with such a highly accurate device, I wasn't making unintentional gestures or having trouble with inconsistencies. The controller has been available for about six months now and is available for $110.
MSI is jumping on the Intel Thunderbolt bandwagon with a new product called GUS II. GUS II is an external graphics card enclosure designed to house a single card with a power draw no higher than 150 watts, ideally targeted at notebook gamers. The device operates over the Thunderbolt interface on one end with a PCIe X16 slot for cards inside the enclosure. Hardware-wise, the GUS II is ready to go but MSI admitted there were still some issues to work out on the software/driver side. MSI expects GUS II to retail between $100 and $150.
We looked at some interesting motherboards from MSI as well. The Big Bang XPower II, MSI’s new flagship Extended ATX board, will be launching in a few weeks featuring 4-way AMD Crossfire and Nvidia SLI support, Intel’s X79 chipset and supporting up to 128GB of system memory. The board includes a 22 phase PWM design with hybrid digital power and currently holds the record for the fastest base clock at 168MHz. Enthusiasts can expect to pay just south of $500 for MSI’s latest board in the near future.
Also on display were a couple of Z77-based offerings, the GD65 and GD80. Both boards feature PCIe Gen 3 support, ClickBIOS II, OC Genie II and THX TruStudio Pro. We liked that these boards don’t feature any legacy PCI slots. Additionally, MSI had to remove the OC Genie button due to layout issues. We were told that the Z77 series will feature less power phases, resulting in 22 watts less than previous offerings.
After seeing 50% growth over the past year according to the company, NZXT has big plans for 2012, hoping to launch 25 new products. Redesigned cases, new chassis fans, Seasonic-manufactured power supplies, laptop coolers and peripherals are all in the pipeline.
NZXT's full tower Switch chassis was on display with MadCatz peripherals. The futuristic enclosure touts one-touch pop out fan filters, LED lighting on the rear I/O panel and plastic-covered LED decorations. Without major modification, the beefy tower can accommodate a 360mm long, 65mm deep radiator with a push-pull fan design. That's six fans on the top of the case with room for six more spread throughout.
Refreshed Phantom cases were also on display with new color schemes suggested by fans on Reddit. You will soon find the Phantom in white/blue, black/white, and black/orange.
NZXT's booth was brimming with fan controllers and I/O panels. Two Sentry MIX fan controllers, already available at $29.99, kept the Switch cool. The Mnpctech Switch mod also had the Aperture G and Aperture Mesh I/O panels, which read anything under the sun -- except SDXC, they're working on that. The Apertures will hit shelves in about a month for $19.99 and $24.99, respectively.
Samsung hit the show floor with a host of new products, including a hybrid tablet-phone, sleek ultrabooks and a sexy all-in-one. Our first impression of the Galaxy Note hybrid phone/tablet: it's suffering from an identity crisis. Its massive 5.3-inch screen is clumsy in the hand, awkward against your ear and yet it doesn't offer enough of a real estate boost over handsets like the Galaxy Nexus to justify those drawbacks.
We also got a chance to check out the redesigned 13" and 15" Series 9 ultraportables. In a word, they're beautiful. Samsung is putting a huge emphasis on its 400-nit, 1600x900 displays which look awesome, especially framed by the elegant case design. The Series 9 was much sturdier than some of the other thin-and-light machines we handled on the showfloor, with virtually no flex in the chassis.
We also took a minute to admire Samsung's first venture into the world of all-in-ones. The Series 9 AIO desktop carries a quad-core Core i7, 8GB of RAM, Radeon HD 6730M graphics with 1GB of video memory, a TV tuner, a Blu-ray drive and an HDMI input in case you want to hook up your game console. The system also packs a vivid 400-nit, 27-inch 1080p display that supports 3D visuals and features 2D-3D conversion.
Emperor was on site with its signature scorpion-shaped chairs, including the MWElab Emperor 1510 chair, which offers Bose surround sound and three 24-inch display mounts for $6,200 -- a fee that ought to include a waiter who supplies drinks for chair's integrated cup holder.
8GB modules are the trend at Crucial, which has refreshed its Sport, Tactical and Elite memory lines. The first is priced at $90 per 8GB module with standard timings and nifty new heatspreaders for the superficial mainstream crowd. The Tactical sticks are $110 per 8GB, with CAS8 timings and an XMP profile. Finally, the Elite series are $130 per 8GB, run at 1866MHz/CAS9 and feature a built-in temperature monitor.
Crucial is also developing some new SSD offerings, such as its 2.5-inch Adrenaline hybrid cache drive, which brings affordable SSD-like speeds to your existing HDD by methods similar to Intel's Smart Response Technology. The company says it's also considering an ExpressCard version for laptop users. Finally, Crucial plants to adopt a 7mm z-depth standard for its M4 drives over the next year to fit ultrabooks.
We stumbled upon what was perhaps the most interesting chassis we saw at the show at SilverStone’s booth. Their new Mini-ITX FT03-Mini is nearly identical externally to the original FT03 except that it supports a smaller form factor and the optical drive is mounted vertically which looks a bit odd on the silver version. The SilverStone rep described it as the SG05 turned vertically which we can totally relate to.
Much like the original, the system can be taken apart in a matter of seconds by removing the top panel first then popping off the front and back covers and finally the remaining side (one side isn’t removable). Users can install a graphics card up to 9.5-inches in length and there’s a single 140mm Penetrator intake fan on the bottom of the chassis that’s responsible for cooling the entire system.
A SFX power supply (not included) is required due to the small form factor. SilverStone has a new 80 Plus Gold 450 watt PSU in the works, although it isn’t expected until the second half of 2012. The PSU features shorter cables and a smallish (by today’s standards) 80mm fan. If you can’t wait until summer, SilverStone’s current SFX solution is available now, although only with an 80 Plus Bronze certification. Look for the FT03-Mini to launch in March at $130.
The PS07 is SilverStone’s answer to the Antec P180. The case includes two 120mm intake fans behind a swing-out front bezel that admittedly felt a bit cheap due to its plastic construction. Aside from this, however, we liked everything about the PS07. Included in the floor of the chassis is an adjustable CPU cooler support bracket designed to remove some of the stress that a heavy cooler can put on your motherboard. Other quality features include a hidden section to route unused cables from a non-modular power supply and accommodations for up to five 3.5-inch hard drives. The PS07 is available right now for $79.
SilverStone’s flagship 1350 watt Zeus power supply includes an 80 Plus Silver certification is built with server guys in mind. The unit includes a switch that allows the user to select either a single rail configuration or a split six rail design. Either way, there’s 105A available on the +12V line and the PSU features a full modular design. Users can additionally fine-tune voltages by inserting a small screwdriver into one of three holes on the back of the unit and twisting accordingly. SilverStone plans to launch the Zeus 1350 in a few months for around $400.
Sony didn't have much for us to tinker with. Its prototype ultrabook and hybrid tablets were locked in a glass display and neither was functional. However, we did check out the Intelligent Peak LED TV technology, which is already available on XBR televisions. With full array backlighting, these TVs can tune the lighting of individual pixels, dimming black ones and shining through the bright ones for an impressive image.
Toshiba had another waterproof tablet on display, similar to the Fujitsu Arrows that we saw at CES Unveiled. Like the Arrows, Toshiba's H2O-proof tablet is safe up to a meter under water for half an hour. Unique from Fujitsu's slate, Toshiba demonstrated a proof-of-concept wireless power technology. With an antenna roughly the size of the tablet itself, Toshiba powered the device through about two inches of glass and water.
We also had a chance to look at the Toshiba Portégé Z835 as well as the company's 14-inch ultrabook design. Both were extremely lightweight, with attractive brushed aluminum exteriors. Unfortunately, their looks are deceiving. This slim form factor comes with a huge amount of flex on the screen and keyboard, giving the whole chassis a very cheap feel. We hope this problem is addressed as manufacturers refine their designs.
Roccat, one of several companies included in our 12 mouse round-up in 2010, kicked things off by showing us their Kone+. The follow-up to the original Kone includes a 6000 DPI sensor and up to 20 grams of adjustable weights. There’s a 1000Hz polling rate, Teflon coated pads and support for up to 500 macro actions.
Unique features of the Kone+ include the EasyShift+ button that allows you to assign two functions to each button, like using the Shift key on a keyboard. This results in a total of 22 programmable mouse functions. Hardcore gamers will appreciate the voice actor prompts that can be set as timers for things like health and ammo respawns.
Roccat showed us the Isku gaming keyboard to compliment the Kone+. The Isku checks in at $89.99 and includes a large wrist rest and cable routing channels into the underside of the board, although personally I’ve never found a use for these. The individual keys have a good tactical feel when pressed despite not being mechanical. Features unique to the Isku include three customizable keys just below the keyboard that are intended to be used with your thumb. Macros can be recorded on-the-fly while in a game with a voice actor prompting the player when a macro is being recorded.
The Kave 5.1 Headset will retail at $190 featuring four 40mm drivers built into the headset. The Kave has vibration feedback capabilities, a mic muted LED indicator and a 10-step headband adjustment strap. The headset felt comfortable while wearing with a strong a sturdy feel in the hand. One thing we noted was that the ear muffs didn’t lay flat against your chest when the headset was pulled off the head and worn around the neck. An in-line control box provides adjustment of each sound channel as well as a mute button and volume dial.
Roccat said that products should start popping up soon on Amazon, Newegg, TigerDirect and Best Buy with the full line-up online by February. Sites like ncix.com that are already selling products in North America are not authorized and are getting their supplies from grey market Asian channels. Regardless, Roccat is still supporting these consumers should they need technical support.
Gigabyte displayed a plethora of graphics cards and motherboards, including a few motherboard engineering samples for Intel's next-generation platform due out in a few months. Samples spanned all budgets, including the GA-B75M-D3H, GA-Z77X-UD3H, GA-Z77X-UD5H, G1.Sniper 3, and G1.Sniper M3. Also shown were a few of the already-released X79-based "Ultra Durable" boards: the GA-X79-UD3 and GA-X79-UD5.
Gigabyte also introduced a new Radeon HD 7970 graphics card that comes factory overclocked at 1GHz and connects via PCIe 3.0. It's chilled using Gigabyte's Windforce cooling system which supposedly triples airflow and lowers the card's temperature up to 33% over the stock configuration. This is accomplished by tweaking the cooling assembly to reduce turbulence between the fans. The card is currently available for around $600.
The highlight of our time with OCZ was their next-generation Everest 2 NAND flash controller platform. Set for release next June, the SATA 6Gb/s interface boasts preliminary numbers of 550MB/s read and 500MB/s write with up to 90,000 4K random write IOPS.
OCZ demoed the Everest 2 for us using IOmeter, CrystalDiskMark and AS SSD. In each case, the drive outperformed the products it was going up against, such as Patriot’s Pyro and Corsair’s Force 3. Products based on this controller will support capacities up to 2TB in a 2.5-inch form factor, although we will have to wait until June 2012 to get our hands on one.
OCZ had multiple other products on hand like the Z-Drive R5 and the “Lightfoot” portable SSD with Thunderbolt Technology that resembles the Enyo USB 3.0 portable SSD released a few years ago, but the majority of other offerings were enterprise solutions that were outside the scope of what we typically cover.
As for power supplies, the Fatal1ty 1000 watt unit was the only new model on display. After abandoning their DRAM line a year ago and obviously slowing back on power supply production, it’s clear that OCZ has their sights focused solely on making solid state drives in 2012.
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Mexican National Team soccer match at Soldier Field sells out
May 7, 2010 By paulmbanks 1 Comment
Chicago’s Soldier Field has sold out for the international soccer match featuring the World Cup-bound Mexican national team and the African nation of Senegal, scheduled for this upcoming Monday, May 10 (9 p.m. ET), organizers announced today. The second consecutive sell-out in “El Tri’s” May tour matches prior to traveling to South Africa, over 60,000 fans are expected to attend the game in the Windy City.
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Fire tie TFC, another disappointing 2-2 performance
September 29, 2009 By paulmbanks 6 Comments
By Alex Simon
It was an ugly performance by both teams’ backlines Saturday night. However, a late inexcusable mistake by a Fire substitute let the visiting TFC (Toronto FC) side off the hook. Thus, the Fire played to a 2-2 tie against Toronto.
While Chicago’s playmaker Cuauhtémoc Blanco was sidelined with a strained hamstring, TFC’s star player, DeRo (Dwayne De Rosario), made his presence felt from the get-go. In the 6th minute, DeRo scored off a defensive blunder by C.J. Brown and Wilman Conde.
“We’re gift wrapping goals. It’s like Christmas time. If they beat us with a good goal, fair enough, but quit giving away easy goals and putting ourselves behind the eight-ball. That’s the bottom line,” said Fire goalkeeper Jon Busch after the match.
DeRo was able to pick apart the shaky Fire defense once again, this time coming in the first minute of the second half. The Fire D failed to get back on a TFC counterattack as DeRo sent a beautiful cross in the box, scored by unmarked ex-Fire forward Chad Barrett.
Fortunately for the Fire, as bad as their defense was, Toronto’s Nick Garcia was worse. The Fire’s first goal came on a TFC own goal in the 14th minute, when Garcia chested the ball into his own net. Then in the 78th minute, Garcia was caught ball watching and left Brian McBride wide open for the easy header from a Justin Mapp cross, equalizing the game at 2-2. (Garcia’s lackadaisicalness on McBride’s goal was frighteningly similar to an Eddy Curry box out).
The Fire had several scoring opportunities late in the game. None would be as good as the one the Fire had in the last play of the game. With the game level 2-2 in the 93rd, Fire forward Patrick Nyarko beat his defender and passed to a running teammate. Unfortunately, that teammate was late sub, Calen Carr. With the goalie nowhere to be found, Carr just needed a simple tap in from a foot away from goal to be the hero. Carr hit the ball wide of the goal, leaving 16,890 Fire faithful dejected with how the game ended.
Chicago vs Toronto Highlights 9/26/09
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly against TFC
Justin Mapp:
He was tremendous. This was the best I have seen Mapp play since the Soldier Field days. IF Mapp can play at a similar level in the remaining games of the regular season, he can expect major minutes in the playoffs.
Brian McBride:
Back in August, team doctors thought McBride would be out for the season after having shoulder surgery. “Superman” is back and most importantly, healthy. I asked McBride how the shoulder felt after last week’s game against Columbus, saying the shoulder was a non-issue. He proved that against Toronto, giving TFC fits all night.
Injuries:
With only three games remaining in the season, now is not the time to be dealing with injuries with the playoffs coming up. Rolfe was a late scratch but the Fire said it was just precautionary. Ward and Woolard are still out, but players I think we can do without. Although Banner played well at left back, a healthy Segares is a major step up. The same goes for Thorrington. Not only is Thorrington a good player, but also provides toughness and grit that this team is lacking without him. With Soumare gone, Thorrington would be a huge help to Conde and C.J. With that said, if Blanco is not ready to go come playoff time, it does not matter how the other Fire injuries play out. Blanco is without question our best and most valuable player, and without him, there will be NO deep playoff run.
The D:
The Calen Carr rant and why the f#$% Hamlet put him in the game to begin with is ridiculous, but I think and pray that the Calen Carr era is over. (Carr’s miss was equivalent to a kicker missing an extra point to win the game) Carr won’t matter in the playoffs, but the defense will, and they really need to figure their s— out.
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French mariners fear watery grave for 17th century pension perks
Friday, 29 Nov 2019
9:31 PM MYT
By Caroline Pailliez
A tugboat is seen at the commercial harbour of La Rochelle, France, November 27, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
LA ROCHELLE, France (Reuters) - Tugboat captain Jean-Yves Lagarde should be only 10 years from retiring thanks to special benefits for mariners that date back to the 17th century. But President Emmanuel Macron's ambition to simplify France's Byzantine pension system may scuttle his plan.
The weather-beaten 45-year-old spent a decade traversing the world's oceans on cargo ships, encountering pirates in Asia and working in stifling temperatures below deck before returning to the port town of La Rochelle to do battle with Atlantic storms.
A career toiling in punishing conditions merits the early retirement accorded to mariners, Lagarde said. Angry he could lose the perk, Lagarde will join a nationwide strike on Dec. 5 called by public sector unions to force Macron to back down.
"After all, we have a pension plan that has stood the test of time for four centuries," Lagarde said, steering his tug towards a choppy sea.
The showdown against unions will set the tone for the second half of Macron's mandate, with more reforms including an overhaul of unemployment benefits lined up, and comes as discontent swirls in hospitals, the police force and in schools.
Sailors are covered by France's earliest pension regime, drawn up in 1673 during the rule of Louis XIV to look after seamen disabled at sea.
They are entitled to retire on a full pension aged 52.5 - nearly a decade earlier than the typical worker - if they have worked for 37.5 years.
It is one of a dozen 'special regimes' with different retirement ages and benefits that cover among others rail workers, dancers at the Paris Opera and comedians. In all, the pension system comprises more than 40 different plans.
Macron says the system is unfair. He wants a single, points-based system under which for each euro contributed, every pensioner has equal rights.
NATIONWIDE STRIKE
It will not be easy. Nearly one in every two people oppose Macron's pension reform, an Elabe survey showed this month.
As the government finalises the draft bill, transport unions are plotting to bring major disruption to France's rail network, ports and airports on Dec. 5th and perhaps beyond. Teachers, emergency room doctors and truck drivers are joining in.
After last-ditch talks this week, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe promised unions there would be no brutal transition from the old to new regime. But the government would hold its course, he said. [nL8N287492]
The last time a French president squared off against unions over special pension regimes it ended badly. In 1995, strikes paralysed Paris and prime minister Alain Juppe pulled the reforms in a stinging defeat from which he failed to recover.
After Greece and Italy, France is the third biggest spender on pensions among developed nations, spending 14% of national output on pensions, OECD data shows. In comparison, Germany spends 10%, the United States 7% and Britain 6%.
Mariners are particularly burdensome: the state largely covers company contributions, in some cases fully, financing 78% of total contributions in a sector with 39,000 active workers and nearly three times as many retirees.
Furthermore, a sailor who spends part of his career on the sea before taking a land-based maritime job can still earn full benefits - a cherished idiosyncrasy at odds with Macron's ambition.
"No-one argues that a mariner's job is tough. The question is how do we gauge how tough?," said an adviser to Macron's pension reform tsar Jean-Paul Delevoye.
As the wind whipped across the Bay of Biscay, Lagarde argued his benefits were costly but deserved.
"At forty-five," he said, "I'm at the age where I am starting to feel a weariness that's down to my work."
(Reporting by Caroline Pailliez; Writing by Richard Lough; Editing by Mike Collett-White)
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Lane Head, Millhouses, Wray, Tatham, Lancaster
Characterful GRADE II listed home set amongst PRIVATE GARDENS and LAND extending to 10.26 ACRES. Substantial GARAGING, PARKING and WORKSHOP. SPACIOUS living accommodation with DOUBLE BEDROOMS and 4 EN-SUITE bathrooms. Boasting CHARACTER features with EXPOSED BEAMS and OPEN FIRES.
Nestled between the Lake District National Park and the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Lane Head is in a highly accessible location with access to the M6 and rail networks being close by.
Sitting in an idyllic and private position the property is set amongst 1.22 acres (0.4ha) of lawned and mature gardens but extends to 10.26 acres (4.1ha) and is ideal for those with Equestrian and hobby Farming interests, offering excellent scope and potential. The property would be available with or without the Agricultural land to meet the needs of purchasers.
Entry is via the large open entrance hall with feature panelling to the walls and a galleried staircase leading to the first floor and a cloakroom area off. The spacious formal lounge, set around a feature wood burning stove inset in a stone fireplace, overlooks the front and side gardens.
The farmhouse section boasts an original bar area with stone flagged flooring and window seating overlooking the front garden. Double doors open to a snug sitting room set around an open fire with feature exposed beams which create a cosy atmosphere. There is a rear hallway which has a second staircase leading to the first floor with access to the office. Being a good sized room, the office overlooks the rear garden and is set around a feature stone fireplace.
The kitchen can be found at the back of the property, enjoying views over the rear garden. The kitchen provides a range of wall and base mounted units, Range cooker, dishwasher, sink and drainer unit and leads to a spacious dining room with mezzanine area. There is excellent scope to reconfigure these areas to create an impressive kitchen/dining space.
A utility room is situated at the rear and has access to the patio; this room provides a range of units offering excellent storage with plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer.
The first floor provides six double bedrooms and a single bedroom and can be accessed from either of the staircases leading from the ground floor. Accommodation within the original farmhouse is set around a landing area and provides two double bedrooms, a single bedroom and a family bathroom comprising of shower cubicle, corner bath, WC and wash hand basin with an airing cupboard with storage, finished with tiled flooring with the benefit of under-floor heating.
There is also a spacious attic which is insulated and boarded complete with window which offers excellent scope for conversion subject to Planning Consent should purchasers wish to explore this.
There is an excellent stone under slate garage building with workshop to one side. This provides space for seven cars with additional parking to the front which is an excellent asset to the property and is ideally suited to an avid car collector. Situated at the front is a further lawned garden area bordered by a dry stone wall with mature shrubs.
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‘Doom Patrol': Meet the Most Dysfunctional Superhero Team in DC Universe Series Trailer (Video)
Sorry Cyborg, but these guys ain’t the Justice League
Tim Baysinger | February 8, 2019 @ 9:01 AM Last Updated: February 8, 2019 @ 9:02 AM
The Doom Patrol have a few issues to work out.
After releasing a teaser in December, DC Universe unveiled the first look of the “Doom Patrol” squad in action. You can watch the video above, which also shows a brief glimpse of Alan Tudyk’s Mr. Nobody.
The series premieres on the DC Comics-branded streaming service Friday, Feb. 15.
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Starring Matt Bomer, Brendan Fraser, April Bowlby, Diane Guerrero, Joivan Wade and Timothy Dalton, “Doom Patrol” is based on the super team of heroes whose powers have caused them alienation and trauma, created in 1963 by Arnold Drake, Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani.
The team has appeared in nearly a dozen different incarnations since then, including a celebrated 1989-1993 run written by Grant Morrison. The DC Universe series features original Doom Patrol characters Larry Trainor/Negative Man (Bomer), Cliff Steele/Robotman (Fraser), Elasti-Woman (Bowlby) and The Chief (Dalton), joined by Crazy Jane (Guerrero) from Morrison’s run, and Victor Stone/Cyborg (Wade).
Here is the logline for the DC Universe series: Each member of the Doom Patrol suffered a horrible accident that gave them superhuman abilities, but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found their purpose through The Chief, coming together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence. Following the mysterious disappearance of The Chief these reluctant heroes will find themselves in a place they never expected to be, called to action by none other than Cyborg, who comes to them with a mission hard to refuse. Part support group, part Super Hero team, the Doom Patrol is a band of superpowered freaks who fight for a world that wants nothing to do with them.
Also Read: 'Doom Patrol': 'The First Purge' Star Joivan Wade Cast as Cyborg
The series is executive produced by showrunner Jeremy Carver, along with Greg Berlanti, Geoff Johns and Sarah Schechter.
“Doom Patrol” joins several other scripted series coming to the new DC Universe platform in 2019, including “Stargirl,” “Swamp Thing,” a revival of the Cartoon Network series “Young Justice,” the live-action Lois Lane-Lex Luthor series “Metropolis,” and an animated Harley Quinn series.
Every DC Comics Movie Ranked From Worst to Best, Including 'Joker'
The DC Comics universe hasn't flooded the big screen quite the way Marvel ones have, but the DC brand has been hitting the big screen longer in the modern era. We ranked all those modern flicks, from "Superman: The Movie" to this year's "Shazam" and "Joker"
35. "Jonah Hex" (2010)
Despite the efforts of Josh Brolin and Michael Fassbender, this is one of the worst comic book movies of the modern era.
34. "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" (1987)
Christopher Reeve is by far the best Superman. But "Superman IV" is a bomb in every sense -- partly because of its heavy-handedness about bombs. Nuclear bombs. The film finds Superman trying to eliminate the world's nuclear threat, but his best intentions run afoul of a silly, badly dated villain named Nuclear Man.
33. "Supergirl" (1984)
We had a female-superhero movie in 1984, and it was pure cheese. But hey, at least they tried. The best thing I can say about it is there are worse things in life than this movie.
32. "Suicide Squad" (2016)
Less a movie than it is a fever dream of unrelated sequences and montages that somehow end up using more than two hours of your time. Totally incomprehensible experience.
And, no, the extended cut doesn't do anything that warrants improving its standing.
31. "Steel" (1997)
Best known as "the one Shaq was in back when he tried acting," "Steel" is pretty bad. But the fun kind of bad.
30. "Justice League"
Warner Bros has continued to innovate in how to make bad DCEU movies, with "Justice League" managing to be terrible in a totally different way from "Batman v Superman" and "Suicide Squad."
29. "Man of Steel" (2013)
Could have been worse, I guess. But it's still morally gross and has a plot that doesn't make sense. That it's very pretty to look at doesn't override those things nearly enough to make it watchable.
28. "Joker" (2019)
This is not a good characterization of the Joker as a human being, and aside from that it's just a soulless, meaningless experience.
27. "Catwoman" (2004)
Thoroughly horrible, but somehow amusing even so. Sad that it's seemingly been swept into the litter box of history.
26. "Batman & Robin" (1997)
Rightly hated, but it's tremendously entertaining here and there. Uma Thurman and Arnold Schwarzeneggar are going so far over the top I can't help but admire them.
25. "Superman III" (1983)
Featured a brilliant corporate rip-off -- one later referenced in "Office Space" -- but the attempt to funny things up with the addition of Richard Pryor didn't gel. There was also a weird bit about a weather satellite creating bad weather, which isn't what weather satellites do. Seeing Clark Kent fight Superman was pretty cool, though.
24. "Green Lantern" (2011)
Overreliance on cartoony visual effects during a period when big blockbusters were moving away from that aesthetic meant this was a movie nobody liked. Not that it was especially horrible. It just looked like a dumb cartoon and is hard to watch.
23. "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012)
Probably wasn't intended to be a grim and gritty Shumacher Batmovie, but that is indeed what it is. This is Nolan going full Hollywood, smashing plot points into place by sheer force of will rather than because they make sense. An extremely theatrical Tom Hardy as Bane is amusing front to back, and a nuke with a countdown clock on it will never get old.
22. "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" (2016)
A total mess that hates Superman and turns Batman into a total maniac. None of those things are good. Ben Affleck can't save the thing, but he's excellent nonetheless and gives it a huge bump it probably doesn't deserve.
21. "Watchmen" (2009)
I have no particular affection for the revered "Watchmen" comic the way a lot of other nerds do, so my distaste for this adaptation isn't personal. It just doesn't add up to nearly as much as it thinks it does.
20. "Batman" (1989)
Fondly remembered mostly because it was the first Batmovie in a couple decades. It isn't actually very good, though. The reveal that a younger version of the Joker killed Bruce Wayne's parents is as hamfistedly dumb as it gets in a "Batman" movie.
19. "V for Vendetta" (2006)
Felt nothing watching this. I tried, OK. It's impeccably made, though, and very watchable.
18. "The Losers" (2010)
Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Zoe Saldana. How was this movie not amazing?
17. "Batman v Superman Ultimate Edition" (2016)
Giving this its own slot because it fundamentally changes the narrative of the movie and the character of Superman in the DC Extended Universe. This version is still not great (especially at three freaking hours), but it's a monumental improvement over the theatrical version.
16. "Red 2" (2013)
Did you even know these were comic book movies? Whatever, it's a great cast in a serviceable action movie and everybody's having a good time. Hard to remember, but fun.
15. "Red" (2010)
Better than its sequel, but they're basically the same.
14. "Batman Forever" (1995)
Hits just the right tone for what Joel Shumacher was trying to do with the two films he directed. Tommy Lee Jones, as Two Face, is doing stuff in this movie that is hard to believe even today, given his perpetual sour face in nearly every other movie he's been in.
13. "Superman Returns" (2006)
Actually a pretty decent attempt by Bryan Singer to do a Christopher Reeve "Superman" movie in the present day, but Brandon Routh couldn't pull off the charisma it takes to be the Man of Steel. It was his first movie, so that's not surprising. But it's a shame, because Routh has gotten much better in the years since.
12. "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" (1993)
Remember that time they released a "Batman" cartoon theatrically? It gets lost amongst all the live-action ones, but "Mask of the Phantasm" is better than most of them.
11. "The Dark Knight" (2008)
Should be way shorter, but Heath Ledger's Joker is far and away the best villain in any of these movies. Ledger elevates what would otherwise be just another self-indulgent Christopher Nolan exercise into an endlessly watchable picture.
10. "The LEGO Batman Movie" (2017)
Funny, sweet and self-deprecating -- exactly what we needed in the wake of the disaster that was "Batman v Superman."
9. "Superman II" (1980)
Made kids everywhere cry as they watched Superman give up his powers for a normal life with Lois Lane (Margot Kidder). There are different edits of this movie, and we frankly can't keep them straight. But the sight of a powerless Clark getting beat up in a diner made Superman as sympathetic as he's ever been.
8. "Wonder Woman" (2017)
Has the standard origin movie problem of "too much story, not enough time." And the standard DC Extended Universe problem of "We gotta have a nonsensical CGI battle at the end." But despite those caveats it's an enormous delight, and a big step forward for the DCEU.
7. "Batman Returns" (1992)
One of the best of the franchise because it's really just a political thriller. The Penguin emerges from the sewer and runs for mayor of Gotham! It's great stuff, especially as we continue to watch the rise of Trump in our world.
6. "Shazam" (2019)
It’s just so much fun! It’s a blast to watch, and is just a really nice celebration of the good parts of humanity. “Shazam” is a movie that simply feels good to watch.
5. "Constantine" (2005)
A happy balance of serious and ridiculous, manages to find exactly the right tone for this weird religious fantasy and a cast led by Keanu Reeves. They all seem to get it.
4. "Aquaman" (2018)
It's not often that we get a comic book movie that is: full on ridiculous; loves how ridiculous it is; and is made with skill by a legitimately great filmmaker. James Wan's "Aquaman" is all of that, and it's just a wonderful experience.
3. "Superman: The Movie" (1978)
This is the gold standard of Superman movies, and was the best superhero movie bar none for many, many years. John Williams' score soars, and so does the believable and compelling romance between Superman and Lois Lane. The film convincingly blended camp (in the form of Gene Hackman's wonderful Lex Luthor), an epic origin story that actually felt epic, and funny lines. The scene in which Supes and Lois fly together is one of the most beautiful metaphors for new love ever captured on film.
2. "Batman: The Movie" (1966)
Has a timelessness that none of the other films do, and it's just a delight from beginning to end thanks to Adam West's winking Batman and the coalition of villains who can't stop cackling maniacally. Watching it again recently, I found it functions almost perfectly as a parody of the super-serious Christopher Nolan Batfilms, which is incredible.
1. "Batman Begins" (2005)
The most complete film, on its own, in the entire live-action franchise. It's just, like, a regular movie... except it's about Batman. It has actual characters and everything, and Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne even has emotions. It's weird.
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Caucasians as Flock-Guardians
The Caucasian of today is no longer well-suited to the isolated life of the flockguardian -- for too many generations, this breed has been bred as a service dog to man, and the ties that bind the Caucasian to man are now much stronger than those that tie him to his flock. Our experiences with placing Caucasians on an isolated flock indicate that the Caucasian is far too "needy" to exist with only limited human interaction -- they "pine" and tend to leave their flocks to seek out human attention. If, however, the Caucasian is a family pet that also assumes flockguardian duties, they tend to do well, as long as they are of a lower ADR (Active Defense Reaction) rating. As was Ray Koppinger's (Hampshire College, Amherst, Mass., --early studies of flockguardians) experience with the higher ADR dogs left unsupervised on a flock, they are too man-aggressive, and unfortunate situations may arise from this.
Having said that, we have successfully rescued three abandoned Caucasians, (two of which were high ADR), socialized and rehabilitated them, and transitioned them to a life of sheep guardian on our farm. However, in each of these cases, the dog had not been part of a family for years and therefore, the dog was in a state of emotional starvation. This made it easier for the dog to accept the companionship of sheep in lieu of a real family. (We had tried to place the dogs, but with no success -- these unsocialized dogs were a handful, and the prospective homes were simply unprepared to deal with it.) In each of these cases, the dogs were introduced to the sheep very slowly, over a period of months of near proximity, before the dogs were ever allowed to mingle with the sheep, and then, careful supervision was implemented until the dogs could be trusted alone with the sheep. The Flockguardian Rehabilitation Procedure we designed and used on all three dogs is in our book. Click here for more information on our book.
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The Great Wall Is a Great Wall
The first American feature film shot in China amounts to rather more than an album of holiday snaps, thanks to the unfamiliarity of the resort and the universality of the situation. A Chinese-American computer executive (Peter Wang) takes his family to visit relatives in Peking. Both branches of the family are enormously curious about each other, so there is plenty of experimenting with language, lipstick, electric blankets, music and squat toilets. Ideological differences are kept at arm's length, and the concept of privacy which is debated would have been as incomprehensible in Imperial China as it is to the Red Chinese. There's no Chinese word for it. Comparative economics don't get much of a look in either, beyond the statistic that a bottle of Coke costs half a day's wages. West confronts East only at the ping-pong table, and the star of the film is Peking itself, still an elegant city of shady courtyards, tree-lined avenues and ancient pagodas, despite Godzilla-type redevelopers.
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Peter Wang, Shirley Sun
Wang Xiao
Li Qinqin
Xiu Jian
Sharon Iwai
Shen Guanglan
Kelvin Han Yee
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The hype is totally justified in this lofty Asian hotel, where perfect rooms come with the best views in town.
Making a splash even before it had opened, the Shangri-La continues to impress with its breathless list of highest this, that and the other – notably highest swimming pool in western Europe, highest champagne bar in western Europe, and of course its setting in the highest building in western Europe. It’s this height and attendant views that are the big draw, but the Shangri-La goes the extra mile with everything, and has one magical effect that no other London hotel can achieve.
There are the rooms for a start – spacious, comfortable, and decorated with understated Asian-inspired motifs including delicate silk chinoiserie wall panels and Asian art. Then there’s what is actually in them: Nespresso machines; fresh milk and fresh fruit; a well-stocked minibar and tea tray; a teeny-tiny TV in the bathroom mirror; Japanese Washlet toilets with warm seats; drench showers and bathtubs (many with views; ask for one when you book); cotton yukata kimonos, and Acqua di Parma toiletries. And, natch, a copy of Time Out alongside such salubrious titles as CNT and luxury London mag In London.
But of course what dominates these superbly appointed rooms are the views, and Renzo Piano’s design of the building ensures that each one, with its floor to ceiling windows and glass corners, ensures they’re as expansive as possible; from ours, using the binoculars provided in each room, you could see virtually the whole of north London. By day its sheer size beggars belief, by night the clusters of twinkling lights are mesmerising enough to make leaving your room very difficult.
When you do venture out, it should be no further than to Ting bar on floor 35, and restaurant, or gym, pool and GŎNG bar on floor 52 – all of them, as you’d expect are luxurious, tranquil, high-end and pitch perfect. At the plush and romantic Ting, Gareth Bowen’s perfectly judged market menu at £65 for four courses (£110 with wine pairings) is unforgettable, especially if you manage to eat it at a window table. At the GŎNG Bar, champagnes run from a glass at £20 to a bottle of Cristal Brut 2005 at £2,500, but more fun are the Circle of Life cocktails; 18 drinks devised to reflect our journey through life. Next to it, the infinity pool becomes part of the bar after 8pm and offers amazing views of the city. By day or night, the pool experience is magical, and it’s from here that I fell in love with the Shangri-La… not least because, gazing out of this beautiful, serene space at the messy, sprawling, chaotic place I’ve chosen to make my home, it makes me fall in love with London all over again. And that’s really special.
Time Out tip: Don’t leave the hotel unless you have to; but if you do have to, the Royal Oak is a proper old-school Victorian London boozer that offers a great close-up experience of the city and fine ales.
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Posted: Thursday November 17 2016
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Amazing rooms, incredible view, luxurious, powerful, the perfect stay if you really want to experience London at it's best! We stayed in a room with a breathtaking view over two sides of the city and enjoyed drinks in the bar. The staff us super friendly. Not the cheapest place in the world but you get why once you're there. They do have better prices in low season! x
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I won't bore you with the details, but the hotel looks great, both inside and out. The outside is a well preserved facade, the interior a tasteful and understated modern look. The rooms are modern, without feeling overdone. The hotel has been sound proofed very well, and buses passing by could barely be heard. We slept well.
Near Shangri-La Hotel at The Shard, London
Afternoon Tea at Ting, Shangri-La At The Shard
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Rhys Chatham http://www.rhyschatham.net/ Outdoor Spell
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[Northern Spy; 2011]
By Richard Elliott https://www.tinymixtapes.com//writer/richard+elliott 2011-04-14T01:01:00-04:00
Styles: jazz, drone, post-miminalism, avant-garde, improv
Others: Don Cherry, Jon Hassell, Phill Niblock, Tony Conrad
Rhys Chatham is probably still best known for the guitar-based work that has made up a large part of his career as composer and bandleader. His Guitar Trio dates back to the punk era, but it still forms the basis for many of the performances Chatham puts on with musicians around the world. Similarly, his “guitar orchestra” pieces, comprising 100 or even 400 guitarists playing epic concerts, have kept the composer in the headlines in recent years. But Chatham claims to have grown tired of making guitar music and has often spoken in interviews and essays about his preference for the trumpet, which he took up in the early 1980s and began composing pieces for in the following decade.
Chatham recently described his playing style as “Don Cherry meets Jon Hassell meets Bill Dixon,” which seems apt. In his playing, one can detect Cherry’s freedom, Hassell’s effects and minimalism, and Dixon’s dark, sustained tones. The first trumpet recordings Chatham released (on Ninja Tune in the late 1990s) used heavy distortion to make the trumpet sound like guitar feedback and mixed this sound with electronic beats, but he now seems less interested in working with such beats or in pursuing his previously stated desire to make the trumpet sound like Tony Iommi’s guitar playing. There is a move away from distortion, with greater emphasis placed on the dynamic range of the instrument untreated.
That said, once a layerer always a layerer it seems, and on Outdoor Spell, the trumpet is explored for its textural, suggestive qualities as much as for its direct, melodic communication. Chatham is a participatory composer, one who would rather be involved in collaborating with musicians in the creative process than working alone with a score, and these pieces sound less composed, less conceptualized even, than his famous guitar works. I’ve no idea whether the album’s title is supposed to refer to a short period of time or to a magical process, but I’m tempted to go with the latter, as Chatham’s music has long been one of alchemy. The channeling of hundreds of guitars’ worth of base metal into sonic gold is nothing if not alchemical. The arsenal is smaller here, the materials less prone to magic. Yet something still happens: sound unfolds, reality is remade, transformation takes place.
What spells are these? What do they call into being? Should we read the album as a journey in which a change comes over the travelers who participate, musician and listener alike? Maybe we can hear these four pieces as progressions from simplicity to complexity. The opening, “simple” title track uses just Chatham’s voice and trumpet and deploys a drone for much of its seven and a half minutes. Chatham and Jon Hassell were both students of the singer Pandit Pran Nath in the 1970s, and the influence of Hindustani classical singing can be detected in this piece. There is an incantory power here, as voice and horn move together and apart, and perception drifts between illusion and insight.
At 18 minutes, “Crossing The Sword Bridge Of The Abyss” (title!) is the longest piece here. It’s a confusing one, comprising several layers of sound. One level has Chatham communicating via spurts of frantic trumpet, another finds him engaged in long, drawn-out tones, shifting slowly from one register to another. Most disconcertingly, the sonic palimpsest is further populated by a kind of anti-playing, or failed playing, in which the trumpeter’s breath is heard alongside un-noted trumpet farts. At one point, these noises coalesce into something that resembles the rhythmic squelch of an analog synth and gives the piece a techno vibe that places it not so far from Chatham’s Ninja Tune output. As far as our “journey” goes, it suggests an inability to get over the abyss.
Still, as in any good sword and sorcery epic, we make it over, after all, only to find “Corn Maiden’s Rite” taking us further into the wilds. Sonically, this is ritual as fantasized in mondo films, Beatriz Rojas’s cajon providing a beat like muffled jungle drums and Chatham’s trumpet shrieking in ecstatic devotion. As a collaboration, it’s more effective, to my ears, than “The Magician,” the final, longish track on which Chatham’s trumpet is joined by the electric guitar of French free improviser Jean-Marc Montera and the frenetic drum work of New York-based Kevin Shea (who plays with Talibam!, Mostly Others Do the Killing, and Peter Evans Quartet, among other lineups).
“The Magician” initially sounds like a free improvisation, Chatham’s “composed by” credit analogous, perhaps, to Ornette Coleman’s on Free Jazz. In places, “The Magician” echoes the dynamics of Free Jazz (which, of course, prominently featured Don Cherry, one of Chatham’s trumpet influences), though it’s closer to contemporary, narrative-less free improv than Coleman’s double-quartet project (which, despite its undeniable brilliance, now sounds strangely conventional in its narrative thrust, as if the shape of that jazz has come and gone, the question of “tomorrow” answered). But the presence of multiple trumpet sounds on “The Magician” attest to a different type of composition, one in which improvised recordings are layered to make a new text.
Chatham has certainly carved out a new space for himself on this recording, one that allows him to answer the question posed on last year’s The Bern Project: “Is There Life After Guitar Trio?” Apparently there is, and it involves trumpet improv.
01. Outdoor Spell
02. Crossing The Sword Bridge Of The Abyss
03. Corn Maiden’s Rite
04. The Magician
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Vivian Arias focuses her practice on representing institutional lenders, including national banks, special servicers, and investment banks, in creditors’ rights litigation, insolvency, loan restructurings, and workouts. She also represents corporate and individual parties in contract and commercial disputes in arbitration and litigation in state and federal courts.
Honored as a Recommended Attorney in The Legal 500 US 2018 by Legalease
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Obtained dismissal of tort and contract claims against individual and corporate defendants in federal and state court actions
Obtained a temporary restraining order from the Supreme Court of the State of New York in connection with the representation of the plaintiff in a partnership dispute
Represented a national lender in the restructuring of a multi-million dollar loan secured by a Lower Manhattan commercial property through a special servicer, including subordinate notes, a mezzanine loan, and an intercreditor agreement
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Our favourite things
From Atlanta to Arrival, Stranger Things to Sausage Party, and Luminato to Lawren Harris: 2016 offered a wide-ranging and often excitedly weird 12 months of culture. The Globe’s Arts team reflects on their favourite moments in and out of the zeitgeist
Globe Arts staff
Published December 16, 2016 Updated November 12, 2017
ALEX BOZIKOVIC
Sharon Jones of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Steven Dewall
Oakdale Community Centre
I saw a lot of Toronto this year while working on a new guidebook, and few buildings surprised me like this one. Designed in the 1990s by Vancouver masters Patkau Architects with Toronto's Ralph Giannone, the building is a modest community centre and pool between unfancy suburban high-rises. Cheaply built, it's unmistakably a work of art, rich in forms, textures and ideas. Splashing with my kids and drying out on the sinuous concrete benches, I found an unexpected gift.
In/Future
The festival of art and music brought Toronto's modernist Ontario Place gloriously back to life, mashing up art and landscape, past and present. Max Dean's Still, which repurposed the kitschy figures and props of the site's log ride, was funny, poignant and eerie in the same moment.
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings at the Montreal Jazz Festival
On a hot August night, the soul singer connected with a big festival crowd, sending soulful vibes out into Place des Festivals and visibly growing stronger as the night went on. As she talked openly about her battle with cancer – and it was a battle; Jones was a fighter in every cell of her being – she seemed vulnerable and yet unstoppable. The end, three months later, came much too soon.
"Chile before Chile" at the Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art
In a year when Canada stumbled (slowly) toward reconciliation with its aboriginal peoples, I was fascinated to find that Chile, a country of 17 million, has not one but two museums in its capital devoted to its pre-Columbian cultures. This ambitious and tightly curated museum brings together works from across the country and beyond in a grand colonial pile; an underground expansion by architect Smiljan Radic placed grand Mapuche grave markers in a wash of sunlight from above, retaining the gravity of their original purpose while adding a peculiar dignity.
Ellsworth Kelly at SFMOMA
The media preview for a new building is inevitably hectic, and my visit to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in April was no exception: I toured 170,000 square feet of new gallery space in a day and a half. Yet, for a few minutes, I had a room of Ellsworth Kellys entirely to myself, and the work of the artist – a painter whose output sometimes busts out into three dimensions – was full of revelations about colour, proportion, space and experience, things I couldn't have begun to understand without being there.
Saltwater Moon
Joseph Howarth
Dido and Aeneas by Opera Atelier, with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, at the Elgin Theatre
One goes to Opera Atelier to have everything extravagant – director Marshall Pynkoski and choreographer Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg's gusto and fervid, imaginative Baroque operas. The music, the song, the dancing, the rococo ornamentation. This Dido and Aeneas was different, a pared-down version that was a 90-minute stunner and Wallis Giunta's coiled, stricken Dido could rend you asunder. Her climactic rendition of Purcell's gorgeous "When I am laid in earth," Dido's Lament, was a hypnotic, soul-searing end and it stayed with you for endless days. Performance of the year, by a mile.
Salt-Water Moon at Factory Theatre
The true reimagining of a much-loved Canadian classic is no easy task. Ravi Jain's charged, lean production of David French's great play was that – an eye-opener and deeply moving on two levels. First, the guts of the love story in the play itself were illuminated and, second, the powerful simplicity of the production, all bare stage and candles, was transporting. This was Salt-Water Moon denuded of Newfoundland sentimentality and adolescent aching. Mayko Nguyen as Mary Snow and Kawa Ada as her old sweetheart Jacob Mercer were lively, companionable and understated players as if they, like the audience, were wide-eyed at discovering the story for the first time. This version of the play was the familiar made instantly magical.
The Waking Comes Late by Steven Heighton
Heighton's collection of poems, which deservedly won a Governor General's Award, was at first a perplexing read. The poems are by turns angry, elegiac or simply intoxicated with wordplay and the intricacy of assonance. But they are richly rewarding on repeated reading. The unity of the collection is anchored in the author's age – the writer reflecting on struggles to overcome setbacks and coming to terms with the endless failings in human nature. It's a mature poet's work, its heft a growing feeling of assurance that's intimated in the loose, confident translations he includes of works by other poets.
Kevin Quain at Graffiti's in Kensington Market, Toronto
For some years, Kevin Quain, our most reclusive and one of our greatest songwriters, has been deprived of a regular showcase, since the Cameron House ceased his weekly Sunday night performances with his loose band the Mad Bastards. A chance to see him perform, with the spotlight solely on his gorgeously crafted, melancholy songs, is rare. Each chance is, however, a sterling reminder of his enormous skill in observing the urban bohemian life – songs of regret, loneliness and wry acknowledgment that, sometimes, hard-luck stories are the best. His work used to be called "garage jazz cabaret" but, these days, the elusive Quain's songs seem to emerge after long, long steeping in pensive contemplation of all our ordinary flaws and foibles.
A Little Too Cozy by Against the Grain Theatre Company, at the CBC Broadcasting Centre in Toronto
The energetic, innovative young opera company Against the Grain did it again. A Little Too Cozy was a fabulously ingenious rejigging of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, set as a reality TV show, and performed in a TV studio to boot. The version drew out the core of the opera and still made it strikingly contemporary, with Twitter hashtags and audience social media engagement encouraged. Yet nothing about Mozart's work was trivialized in Joel Ivany and Topher Mokrzewski's version. The verve of the performers was joyous, with Cairan Ryan especially good as the icky TV host "Don L. Fonzo" and Caitlin Wood's Despina was a scene-stealer. A risk-taking production that soared to victory.
ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN
Author Madeleine Thien.
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Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson's joyous yet heartbreaking one-hour music video was the show-stopper at his Musée d'art contemporain retrospective in Montreal. People practically camped out in the big gallery where nine immersive video screens relayed a rambling transcendent performance from many rooms of a shabby-genteel mansion. The only problem with this piece was that it had to end.
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
Thien's multigenerational novel traces the interwoven fates of several Chinese musicians whose work and aspirations are crushed by the continuing official needs of the Communist revolution. Historical events are no mere backdrop, but a driving force within this haunting account of the need to escape the traumas of the past without allowing them to be forgotten.
Pierre Lassonde Pavilion, Quebec City
The latest addition to the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec brings a luminous modernity to a suite of diverse buildings that include a Beaux-Arts temple of art and a converted prison. The new pavilion's airy presence and the museum's sensitive installation of works from Quebec and beyond make this new OMA/Provencher Roy showplace on Quebec City's Grand Allée a must-see.
Cult Following by Little Scream
Laurel Sprengelmeyer's expansive second album as Little Scream finds the common threads between religious devotion and what happens when we fall in love, without ever mentioning a higher power directly. This transplanted Montrealer's songs are tragicomic and cinematic, and her sense of musical form and drama can surprise even on the umpteenth hearing. A stunningly ambitious and satisfying disc.
Ventriloquists Convention
This play, which ran at Montreal's Festival TransAmériques last spring, had the clammy intrusive feel of a Christopher Guest mockumentary, with most of the humour cut out and lots of personal horror put in. Playwright Dennis Cooper's improv-based script and Gisèle Vienne's fearless direction helped make this Puppentheater Halle show an unforgettable masterclass in the art of blurring the line between fictional narrative and personal catharsis.
Barry Hertz
FX’s ‘Atlanta’
With his FX series Atlanta, Donald Glover has created something wholly original and thrilling – a vision of a world barely glimpsed in mainstream media, and one torqued to Glover's uniquely surrealistic sensibilities. (The show's many charms include a world where Justin Bieber is black, and rappers drive invisible sports cars.) If that weren't enough, Glover has crafted Atlanta's best episodes not around his own character – a perpetually broke hip-hop promoter – but wonderful supporting players, such as Zazie Beetz, and the brilliantly deadpan Brian Tyree Henry.
The Hamilton Mixtape
Last year, I was bemoaning the fact that I'd likely never be able to watch Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway juggernaut in person. Now, I'm twisting over the fact that no one (barring some sort of miraculous charity performance?) will be able to walk into a theatre and watch such diverse talents as Ja Rule, Queen Latifah, Riz Ahmed and K'naan perform their remixed versions of Hamilton's show-stoppers. But at least Miranda's mixtape, which collects those performances, is an excellent consolation prize.
Although it was lost amid coverage of Donald Trump's electoral victory, the Nov. 14 issue of New York Magazine contained one of the year's most remarkable pieces of journalism: an excerpt from David France's How to Survive a Plague. After rushing through it, I turned to the mammoth work itself, which expertly traces the AIDS epidemic that would come to sweep New York City, with France on its front-lines as 100,000 people died of the disease. Heartbreaking, astounding, and a call to action even today, the book is the must-read of the year.
"That scene" from Sausage Party
If you have seen, and survived, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's cinematic equivalent to lunatics running the asylum, then you already know which scene I'm talking about. If you have not yet witnessed it, then lock the doors, shut the blinds, and gird yourself for the most delightfully delirious seven minutes of your year.
I walked into this musical with a healthy dose of city-slicker cynicism: Could I really sit through a musical pivoting around the kindness of the Gander, Nfld., townspeople who sheltered stranded airline passengers in the aftermath of 9/11? It turns out: hell yes, and pass the screech.
SIMON HOUPT
Amy Adams in ‘Arrival’.
Bonkers, loopy, impressively filthy fun. Born as a Web series of shorts in 2013, the six-episode first season, which streams on CraveTV, brings us the everyday problems of farm hicks Wayne (series co-creator Jared Keeso), his sister Katy (Michelle Mylett), and best friend Daryl (Nathan Dales). The rapid-fire dialogue is hilarious and gross, and you won't catch near half it on the first go round. But sure as God's got sandals, this deserves to be a big hit.
When did CBC comedy get so grown-up – and so inspired? This summertime series (which you can stream on the CBC app) aired at 9 p.m. on Fridays, which is a little stunning, considering its adult language and material. Four twentysomething friends roam the streets of Toronto after midnight, struggling with love and career and whether to blow up the moon. Inspired, offbeat, and a surreal, delirious delight.
Montreal director Denis Villeneuve's best English-language work so far is a luminous, cerebral meditation on language and the primal, primary role of narrative in our lives. (It could be called Stories We Tell.) An alien visitation thriller that's only glancingly about aliens, it will leave you emotionally racked and yet never more alive.
It's hard for audiences to go wrong when they submit to the deep pleasures of whatever musical thrills the Stratford Festival whips up each summer with director Donna Feore, but this year's A Chorus Line – the first authorized reimagining of the show since its off-Broadway debut in 1975 – was exhilarating, from the opening number to the chorus-line high kick finale of 26 dancers stretched across a suddenly glittering stage: unique and heartbreaking individuals transforming themselves into one singular sensation.
Toronto's annual dusk-to-dawn art bacchanal known as Nuit Blanche is a thrill, but sometimes its pleasures are best encountered free of the madding crowds, when some pieces stick around a few extra days. And so, one evening in early October, I stumbled upon Floria Sigismondi's trippy installation in the pool at Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square, a dreamlike 7-1/2-minute film (with a spectral Boards of Canada soundtrack) that, projected against a horizontal wall of water, seemed to take on three dimensions. It took days to shake fully free of its trance.
MARSHA LEDERMAN
Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip at their final concert in Kingston.
David Bastedo
The Tragically Hip, Vancouver
Some in the Vancouver audience were already in tears when Gord Downie walked onstage in his shiny suit. It was the second date of the Tragically Hip's Man Machine Poem Tour and while the band wasn't calling it their final tour, that's how it felt, given the news of Downie's brain cancer. The whole night was electric, but Grace, Too was especially rich – fabulously, yes. Notebook in hand, I wept with the crowd, too.
Betroffenheit
A slowly snaking mess of cables opens this stunning hybrid of theatre and dance, co-created by choreographer Crystal Pite and playwright Jonathon Young, who stars as a man lost and nearly consumed by grief. Dark, gorgeous and sublimely imaginative, the work is based on an unimaginable, real-life tragedy – the death of Young's daughter and her two cousins in a fire. Here the greatest grief is channelled into great art – devastating and powerful.
Onegin, Arts Club Theatre Company
"An insult! Leads to a challenge! Leads to a duel!" I can still hear this chant in my head, months after seeing Amiel Gladstone and Veda Hille's spectacular original musical, adapted from the Pushkin poem and Tchaikovsky opera. The show featured an outstanding ensemble cast (including real-life partners Meg Roe and Alessandro Juliani), an onstage band, a thrust stage bordered by stacks of books, and costumes to die for.
Why aren't more people talking about this fantastic FX series? Pamela Adlon, who co-created the show with Louis C.K., stars as Sam Fox, a single mother of three daughters. A Hollywood actor, voice-over artist and former child star, Sam is a stressed-out, sexy, multitasking mom who teaches life lessons at the dinner table and – in possibly the season's best scene – a department store fitting room. Strong and flawed, she is the friend we all want, the mother we might all want to be.
Rebecca Hall is fantastic as Christine Chubbuck, the 29-year-old American news reporter who killed herself during a live TV broadcast in 1974. Under Antonio Campos's direction, Hall plays the tragic eponymous character as a serious, ambitious journalist who is too socially awkward (and principled) to pull off the human interest fluff pieces that are demanded of her. As Christine slowly comes undone, you know what's coming – but can't take your eyes off the screen.
MARK MEDLEY
Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’.
If a group of TV executives had subjected me to weeks of focus groups, hired a detective to conduct extensive research into my childhood, and placed probes on my skull to monitor my dreams at night, they still wouldn't have come up with a show so perfectly me. Yes, this Netflix series, a frightening and affecting coming-of-age story about three geeks searching for a missing friend, and a strange girl with otherworldly abilities, sometimes seems like someone's lost home movies from the eighties – Dungeons & Dragons! Walkie-talkies! BMX bikes! – but it's also a beautifully crafted treatise on the childhood bonds that build our lives. There's a part of me that wishes it wasn't coming back for a second season, but I'll be binge-watching it along with everyone else.
This podcast, which looks at the intersection of technology, culture, current events and, above all, the Internet, premiered in late 2014 but I only began listening to it at the start of the year. I'm slowly listening to all the old episodes, because I don't want to miss a thing: Hosts PJ Vogt and Alex Goldman are producing some of the best journalism, on any platform and in any medium, you'll find today. If you're new to the series and don't know where to start, I suggest Boy in Photo (about a viral photograph), Stolen Valor (an investigation of military imposters), and Zardulu (a look at rats in New York).
American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson
After giving up on both Glee and American Horror Story after their respective first seasons, I thought I was done with Ryan Murphy. But his new anthology series, each season of which will dramatize a flash point in American legal history, was among the most arresting (groan) things on TV this year. The show is anchored by career-making performances by Sarah Paulson, Courtney B. Vance, and above all, Sterling K. Brown.
Good Advice by Basia Bulat
This Montreal-based singer-songwriter has been a personal fave since her debut, Oh My Darling, in 2007. Her fourth LP, written in heartbreak and recorded down in Louisville, Ky., didn't resonate with me as immediately as her previous albums; instead, its 10 songs burrowed themselves deeper into my brain as the year stretched on. It's a testament to her skill and progression as a songwriter, which grows with each effort.
Ali Wong: Baby Cobra
Thanks to Netflix, I'm watching way more stand-up comedy than I ever have before. Nothing else I watched this year approached the heights of Baby Cobra, which is Wong's first special, hard as it is to believe. Wong, who's also an actress and screenwriter, delivers a blistering, side-splitting, extremely vulgar and incredibly smart set that dives into all the old standbys – sex, money, gender, ethnicity – but makes them her own.
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Pop star Beyoncé performing in Toronto
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The Idea of North: The Paintings of Lawren Harris, Art Gallery of Ontario
An astonishing exhibition curated, yes, by Steve Martin, but also Andrew Hunter – who augmented and expanded it brilliantly for Toronto. It allowed me to marvel at Harris's metaphysical landscapes anew, and fully understand the problematic nature of his (and the Group of Seven's) desire to paint an idealized, human-free Canada. The show doubled as a history of the demolished Toronto district, The Ward – Anique Jordan's photos, imagining the black people and places unpainted by Harris in the area, were particularly memorable.
The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
I was just a teenager when the O.J. Simpson trial took place – and, while I remembered the media frenzy, I had hardly any understanding of what a complicated intersection of race and sexual politics it comprised until watching this FX miniseries. Entertaining but not exploitative, it featured performances that were a mix of the truly brilliant and enjoyable off-kilter. The chemistry between Sarah Paulson and Sterling K. Brown as prosecutors Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden was the sexiest thing I've seen on TV in a long time.
This is the kind of smart sci-fi film I hadn't realized I'd been missing. Director Denis Villeneuve's slow-burn alien-encounter drama catapulted him back to the top of my list of favourite filmmakers – with Amy Adams's understated performance and that twist ending making me weep more than I have at a movie since, well, maybe Villeneuve's 2009 film, Polytechnique.
Lemonade by Beyoncé
If Americans are just going to vote celebrities in as presidents from now on, the Democrats should run Beyoncé in 2020. This year, she channelled anger not into destructive or hateful politics, but into great art – and then brought it to red staters at the Super Bowl and the Country Music Association Awards. Personal, political, Lemonade was a true album with a satisfying, hopeful emotional arc – and not one skippable track.
The Tragically Hip, Kingston
The Hip performed one last song, as part of a third encore, for the final time. "No dress rehearsal – this is our life," Gord Downie sang in Kingston. I sang along with strangers at a bar in Toronto. I looked at my phone and saw this Ahead By a Century lyric tweeted from coast to coast. What an extraordinary, exceptional event in this vast land afraid to know itself – a third of us singing along together.
Inside the Hearn Generating Station for Luminato.
Fred Lum / The Globe and Mail
The 2016 edition of Luminato was launched in June by a group of BASE jumpers throwing themselves off the smokestack of the decommissioned Hearn Generating Station in Toronto's port lands but it was the interior of the abandoned industrial space that really proved breathtaking. Whether illuminated by a giant disco ball or filled with the sounds of electronic music, the Hearn emerged as a weird and wonderful cathedral of concrete, rust and grime.
Sophie La Rosière
Who is Sophie La Rosière anyway? At the Art Gallery of York University in September, a reconstruction of her studio revealed an early-20th-century French painter of golden flowers and baroque vulvae hidden away beneath coats of black paint as though the mysterious artist wanted to erase her own talent. More intriguing still was the realization that this compelling anti-autobiography is entirely invented; La Rosière is a fictional character created by contemporary artist Iris Haussler.
12 Angry Men, Soulpepper
On stage in Toronto in January, Soulpepper's production of 12 Angry Men proved that the classic courtroom drama still has the power to shock and amaze – especially if you watch it from the perspective of a gobsmacked 12-year-old who is comparing the gripping live theatre experience with an old movie he once watched.
Marni Jackson's reading at the Kingston Writers Festival
An invitation to read their fiction to the accompaniment of improvised jazz would be a daunting assignment for most writers, but at the Kingston Writers Festival in October, Marni Jackson showed the literati how it should be done. She effortlessly matched the music with a hilarious riff on celebrity – a picnic with Leonard Cohen, Taylor Swift and Karl Ove Knausgaard – plucked from her first novel, Don't I Know You.
Francis Alys, AGO
To create his 20-minute film Reel/Unreel, the Belgian-Mexican artist Francis Alys shot boys unspooling film reels through the streets of Kabul the same way they might roll their hoops. The piece, a life- and art-affirming retort to the Taliban's attempt to destroy the Afghan film archive, is spectacularly projected onto a large screen in a vast room at the Art Gallery of Ontario through March, 2017.
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Cuba Gooding Jr. in ‘American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson’.
Lawren Harris's Mountain Forms sells for a record $11.21-million
"One quick crack of the hammer, and one giant leap for the Canadian art market," said the auctioneer, when the circa 1926 landscape obliterated the previous record price for a Canadian painting sold at auction. A packed house applauded. With the sale of Mountain Forms, Canadiana had reached an unforeseen peak.
Based on a True Story: A Memoir by Norm Macdonald
It is ironic that the Canadian comedian Norm Macdonald was let go from Saturday Night Live for saying something that many believed to be true – that O.J. Simpson was a murderer – and that his critical-hit "memoir" is a big, fat, lovely lie. Based on a True Story is a fantastical yarn that is ambitious in form, gonzo in imagination and hallucinogenic in its facts. Note to self: Macdonald can write.
One early evening in April, a minimalist pianist was unveiled in the atrium of the Art Gallery of Ontario. Montreal's Jean-Michel Blais, an unknown at the time, played pop melodies and presented his classically trained form. As he performed, sketch artists rubbed paper with charcoal and one woman – mouth open, hand to chest – was in awe of the unpretentious musician's art. At the gallery, this was a painting in sublime sound and motion.
Saturday Night Live's Black Jeopardy skit
When playing Jeopardy!, contestants are reminded to phrase their answers in the form of a question. With that in mind, what comedy sketch best addressed class and race in America in 2016? The actor Tom Hanks played blue-collar Doug, whose disempowerment and suspicion of authority were shared by his black competitors. Racial lines were blurred as a sort of unity was suggested. I'll take sneakily sophisticated satire for $500, please.
Corin Raymond's merchandise moment
I'm at the bar at Toronto's Cameron House, sitting next to the Canadian balladeer Corin Raymond, when an artisan arrives to deliver a prototype of the cherry-wood beer steins that would be sold to raise funds for Raymond's latest album Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams. The troubadour has a Christmas-morning grin as he clutches and hugs the stein as if it were the Holy Grail. And maybe it is. In a world where things are easily disposed, Raymond's devotedness to song and other things built to last is priceless.
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Basel Fasnacht 2018 - The Wednesday Cortege
The Globe Trotter Basel, Basel Fasnacht Carnival, Switzerland
Basel Fasnacht, the biggest carnival in Switzerland, starts on the Monday after Ash Wednesday and lasts three days. This year it took place during 19th - 21st February and like every year it attracted hundreds of thousands of people from far and near.
Basel Fasnacht
If you have been following my blog, you would have read the other articles on Fasnacht 2018. Morgenstreich is the official start of the Fasnacht and begins at 4 am on Monday followed by a big procession called the Cortege during the afternoon. The first day ends with drummers, flutists and 'Gugge' music bands taking to the streets in the evening.
There is no official procession on Tuesday; however, in the afternoon the children’s Fasnacht takes place followed by Gugge concerts in the inner-city in the evening.
The fun continues on Wednesday when there is another big procession (similar to Monday Cortege) in the afternoon. This time around, the groups may opt to begin the procession from a different venue than the one they started from during the Monday Cortege. Other than that the Wednesday procession is more or less similar to the Monday procession. But surely still a lot of fun.
This is followed by bigger Cliques taking to the streets in the night. And 72 hours after it begins, the Fasnacht ends at 4 am on Thursday morning. The carnival lasting 3 whole days is a wonderful way to experience the local traditions and culture.
Some photographs (below) from the Cortege on Wednesday for you to enjoy!
I like the colourful costumes. Looks like a lot of fun.
The Globe Trotter 13 March 2018 at 21:06
Yes, it was a lot of fun - the carnival is spread over three days with parades and street music concerts.
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News Breaking News Bakersfield Crash Bear Mountain Boulevard Tuesday, August 27
Bakersfield Crash Bear Mountain Boulevard Tuesday, August 27
By STEPHEN CANTILLO
Posted: August 29, 2019 07:29 PM EDT
Driver of Toyota crosses into oncoming traffic hitting PT Cruiser
BAKERSFIELD, CA, (August 27, 2019) - A devastating head-on car accident in Bakersfield took place on Bear Mountain Boulevard (Highway 223) Tuesday morning, August 27th, leaving two fatally injured and two hospitalized, according to reports.
BAKERSFIELD: 2 Dead, 2 Injured in Blue Mountain Boulevard Collision
California Highway Patrol officials confirmed the collision to have occurred at 5:30 a.m. roughly near Edison Road involving a Chrysler PT Cruiser and a Toyota Corolla.
Authorities have determined that the driver of the Corolla, only being identified as a Hispanic male, had been traveling westbound when for unknown reasons the motorist swerved into eastbound lanes directly into the path of the oncoming PT Cruiser.
The aftermath of the crash tragically left an unidentified woman riding as a passenger in the PT Cruiser with fatal injuries. She was sadly pronounced at the scene.
Meanwhile, the driver and second passenger in the PT Cruiser were seriously injured. Both victims who also remain unidentified were rushed to a hospital for immediate care.
Officials were also sad to confirm that the driver and sole occupant in the Toyota had died of their injuries.
No further details have been made available at this time as the investigation is ongoing.
BAKERSFIELD FATAL BEAR MOUNTAIN BOULEVARD HEAD-ON CRASH INVESTIGATION
“Determining liability for these cases can vary from case to case. Often times, these accidents occur due to excessive speeds or distracted driving. Poor road or highway conditions, potential street light malfunctions, and dangerous intersections with poor signage can often be contributing factors as well," said Candice Bond, Managing Partner at Bond Sanchez-Gordon. "These incidents can very difficult to identify the at-fault party. These collisions are very dangerous due to the fact that vehicles tend to be traveling at higher speeds and velocity. While safety features such as seat belts, airbags, and automatic brake locking systems can mitigate damages, serious injuries can still result from these types of impacts."
Pending the investigation, the family members of the female victim in the PT Cruiser as well as, the two injured victims in the PT Cruiser, may be entitled to wrongful death and personal injury claims respectively.
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According to Bond, a Bakersfield wrongful death and personal injury lawyer, also commented on what families and injured victims may experience following a tragic accident.
"Following a devastating wrongful death or catastrophic injury collision, it is vital to get in contact with a wrongful death or personal injury attorney so that you and your family’s rights may be protected," added Bond. "While no amount of money can replace a lost loved one or a life-changing injury, a wrongful death claim or personal injury claim can help victims and families manage their financial worries after an unexpected injury or death of a loved one."
If you or a family member have been involved in this incident or a situation similar to this article and would like to speak to our national legal analyst Candice Bond free of charge, please use the contact information found on this page
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Hindu stone temple to be built in Abu Dhabi by 2020
Place of worship will be located in Abu Mureikhah, off the Dubai-Abu Dhabi highway
Abu Dhabi's first Hindu temple will be inspired by temples like the Akshardham shrine in New Delhi. Hemant Chawla / India Today Group / Getty
The first traditional Hindu stone temple in the Middle East will be built by 2020 and hand carved by Indian artisans.
The first temple in Abu Dhabi will be built at Abu Mureikha, off the Dubai-Abu Dhabi highway, said a spokesman from the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha that will design, construct and manage the temple.
“The stones will be carved by temple artisans in India and assembled in the UAE. The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha is both honoured and humbled to have been invited and entrusted to design, construct and manage the Temple by the rulers of the UAE and the Government of India,” he said.
The temple in the UAE would be unique, he said and among the 1,200 temples managed by BAPS in India, UK, USA, Canada, Australia and Africa.
It would include a visitors’ centre, prayer halls, exhibitions, learning areas, sports area for children, thematic gardens, water features, a food court, a books and gift shop.
The temple will be open to people of all religions and will be part of the UAE’s aim to foster tolerance and peaceful coexistence.
“It will facilitate the traditional practice of the Hindu faith and serve the over 3.3 million Indians residing in and the millions of international tourists annually visiting the UAE through interfaith dialogue, pluralism and universal human values. It will also nurture the children of today and future generations towards a brighter future,” the spokesman said.
The best known temples run by the Trust or Sanstha are the two sprawling Akshardham temples in India, in Gandhinagar and New Delhi, and a third being built in Robbinsville, New Jersey.
The Abu Dhabi temple will likely resemble the architecturally intricate temple in India’s capital New Delhi and the under construction temple in New Jersey, according to people with knowledge of the project.
Akshardham means ‘divine abode of god.’
The Abu Dhabi temple will be much smaller than the New Delhi monument, and likely on the lines of the temple in Jersey where the marble carvings are against a sandstone building backdrop.
Some of the main striking features of the existing temples are a water body surrounded by a green open space with the pillars, arches and small domes looking over the site.
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Narvik – Theatre Royal, York
The Reviews Hub - Yorkshire & North East 24/02/2017
Writer Lizzie Nunnery
Director: Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder
Composers: Vidar Norheim and Martin Heslop
It is significant that playwright Lizzie Nunnery is described as “a singer-songwriter”, Narvik is billed as “a new play with songs” and Box of Tricks, the company that commissioned it and is touring it, call themselves “the new play makers”. The play and production are very much a construct made up of all the elements of theatre, including, most notably, live music and song as integral to the drama.
Narvik is a memory play. In modern-day Liverpool 90-years- old Jim Callaghan falls and loses consciousness. Memories come back to him, first in fragments, then in a rather more coherent narrative, though one that proceeds in isolated scenes and leaves the audience to do the work of linking them.
Why should it be that Jim’s agonised thoughts are of a young woman whom he met only four times? Before the war, as a trawlerman, he sails to Norway, meets Else, a young schoolteacher, and starts a romance. If there is war, she tells him, they will not meet again – and there is war. For much of the play it seems that she will be simply a memory of carefree youth pre-war, but the closing stages reunite them in circumstances of guilt and tragedy.
The other relationship that is foregrounded in the drama is with Kenny, Jim’s shipmate and fellow radio operator when Jim returns to Norway on the infamous and heroic North Atlantic convoys. Kenny questions Jim’s courage and manhood; he tries to protect him from himself; his cynicism is a counter-balance to Jim’s innocence; once, unexpectedly, he kisses Jim on the lips. Lucas Smith cleverly brings out the ambiguity of the character beneath an open upfront exterior.
Nina Yndis’ luminous performance as Else makes us regret her disappearance for all the central part of the play and it’s good to find her dancing and carousing with Jim as a celebrating Russian. The weight of the production is carried by Joe Shipman as Jim. Never showy or over-dramatic, he brings out the poetry and the intensity of testing monologues while creating a character whose ordinariness is powerful in itself.
However, it’s the effect of the ensemble that gives Narvik its impact. Katie Scott’s set is all pipes, tubes and ladders, evocative of below decks and an ideal place for musician/singers Vidar Norheim, Maz O’Connor and Joe Hirons to perch, hide and reappear. They watch the action and heighten the intensity with one of Norheim and Martin Heslop’s folky songs or underscore the emotion with wordless song or the sounds of mandolin, guitar, keyboards and percussion, mostly improvised (i.e. tapping or banging the set).
Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder’s great success is to integrate all these elements into a seamless whole. There is a bleak episode late on when narration, music and mime fuse perfectly to chilling effect. It is difficult to say what future Narvik has as an independent play and how much the text and this compelling production have grown together and belong together.
Reviewed on 23 February 2017 then touring nationally | Image: Alex Mead
Alex Mead Box of Tricks Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder Joe Shipman Katie Scott Lizzie Nunnery Lucas Smith Martin Heslop Narvik Nina Yndis Norway Theatre Royal Vidar Norheim York yorkshire
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Critter Swaps | Summer 2010 Out Here Magazine
Livestock market fairs offer more than buying and selling animals; they also offer the opportunity to teach new owners about proper care and feeding.
Unique market fairs feature livestock rather than veggies
By Carol Davis
Photography by Brian Hawkins
If a regularly scheduled farmer's market was a great place for buying and selling fresh produce, then why wouldn't the same notion work for livestock, wondered Wendy Pimentel, of Seabrook, NH.
Pimentel talked over the idea with Cheryl Emerson, a team member at the newly-opened Tractor Supply store in Milford, NH, about organizing a "Chickenstock" — an event where chicken lovers flock to swap birds and tips — in the store's parking lot.
They coordinated the first chicken swap with Tractor Supply's grand opening in summer 2008. "People came from Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts," Pimentel says. "It was awesome."
The Milford Tractor Supply agreed to host the swap monthly, and helped to nurture its growth.
"There weren't that many vendors at first, but (organizers) advertised it (online) and we posted a bulletin on our front store window when the next one would be," says Ben Thompson, the Tractor Supply store's assistant manager. "It grew right from there."
Selling chickens was the original plan, but it grew to include other livestock, such as other poultry, goats, sheep, pigs, and the occasional horse.
In time, vendors who sold such products as homemade soap, honey, and used livestock equipment were invited to participate to help create more of a market fair atmosphere that now draws large crowds, Pimentel says.
Other retailers and feed stores around the region recognized the unique critter swap's value and requested to regularly host an event, as well.
Now, two livestock swaps are held in the state each weekend from early spring until the end of November, except for July and August when heat stress is most dangerous to poultry.
"We try to spread them out so people all around the state can experience it, too," Pimentel says.
Pimentel continues to advertise the swaps online and sends out a newsletter each month detailing swap schedules. She also sells Flemish giant rabbits, which are rare in her region, and laying hens at the swaps.
"There is no fee to set up and everybody is welcome to come," she says.
Pimentel and others use the swaps as an opportunity to teach new animal owners about proper care and feeding.
"We, as sellers, have to make sure that people understand that you can't take a baby chicken, throw it in the car, and take it home. You have to keep them warm and have certain supplies for them," she says.
"Some of us have fliers we've printed up to tell you what supplies you need, how many birds will fit into a certain coop, mites, blood testing, and we give them ideas, such as what breeds don't match with other breeds," she says.
Tractor Supply assists novice animal owners at its swap by arranging displays of the supplies a new owner needs to take an animal home and successfully raise it.
In the growing crowds at each swap, Pimentel notices the occasional familiar face of a previous customer.
"They start out with laying hens and then look for something different," she says, "like chickens that lay different-colored eggs or interesting breed mixes."
Carol Davis is editor of Out Here.
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Amplifying Jewish Student Voices
[am-pluh-fahy]
verb : to make larger, greater, or stronger; enlarge; extend.
Every student comes to campus with a unique inner voice shaped by their life experiences, families and traditions framed by their Jewish values.
UF Hillel's pioneering approach guides each student to amplify their voice through, inspiration and activation. tradition
UF Hillel envisions a world made better because of the impact of dynamic Jewish leaders.
UF Hillel is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that inspires future leaders to positively impact the world through a Jewish lens by connecting them with Israel, travel experiences, spirituality, doing good, career advancement opportunities, and entrepreneurial endeavors.
Rabbi Jonah Zinn is the proud Executive Director of University of Florida Hillel. Prior to assuming this role in 2019, Rabbi Jonah was the Associate Rabbi at Congregation Shaare Emeth, the largest reform synagogue in St. Louis. During his tenure he served the diverse needs of members of all ages, with a particular focus on youth, young adult, and early childhood engagement. He came to Shaare Emeth from New York City where he received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in 2014. Before entering rabbinical school, Jonah served as Assistant Director of Hillel at the University of Virginia from 2005-2009, during which time he was honored as a Richard M. Joel Exemplar of Excellence. Originally from Worcester, Massachusetts, Jonah has a B.A. from The George Washington University. He is married to UF alumna, Jamie Silverstein Zinn, who took him to his first game in the Swamp shortly after they met. Jonah and Jamie are the proud parents of Jacob and Talia.
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Jamie (Silverstein) Zinn is thrilled to help advance UF Hillel's mission as Director of Development. A 2008 UF alumna, Jamie credits UF Hillel as the spark that ignited her passion for creating joyful Jewish community and pursuing a career in the non-profit sector. Following graduation, Jamie served as the Bronfman Fellow at Hillel International in Washington, DC working alongside then president Wayne L. Firestone. She went on to serve as Director of Engagement for Hillel at The George Washington University before moving to NYC where she spent over five years at Repair the World. Prior to returning to UF in 2019, Jamie served as the Associate Director of Development at Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University in St. Louis, where she partnered with physician scientists and grateful patients to advance cancer research through philanthropy.
An alumna of Florida Blue Key, Jamie held leadership roles in student government, Dance Marathon, and Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority, where she served as chapter president and currently volunteers as their chapter advisor. She has been involved for over a decade with Sharsheret, specifically working to raise awareness about ovarian cancer, and has held numerous leadership roles in local Jewish organizations. Jamie is married to Rabbi Jonah Zinn with whom she shares their most important role of all--proud parents to Jacob and Talia.
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Marya Slade is a native Midwesterner from Athens, Ohio. She spent 11 summers as a camper and a staff member at URJ Goldman Union Camp Institute (GUCI), which she considers the inspiration for her work as a Jewish professional. After receiving her B.A. in Political Science from Knox College in Galesburg, IL, Marya served for five years as the Teen Educator at Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church, VA, the largest Reform congregation in Virginia.
Marya is thrilled to join the UF Hillel team as the Director of Jewish Student Life, and is eager to meet with students. After many cold falls and winters, Marya is excited to be able to spend so much time outdoors in sunny Gainesville. Call, text, or email Marya to meet for a walk and talk or coffee and conversation.
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Iara Dircie is a UF graduate from Miami, Florida. She received her Bachelors in Political Science and Business Management and is pursuing her Masters in International Business. Iara is very passionate about Israel and is excited to join the UF Hillel family as the IACT Israel Engagement Coordinator.
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Originally from New York City, Rebecca Gurvets is the Springboard Innovation Fellow. Graduating from Goucher College with a degree in psychology (go gophers!), she loves finding and creating community filled with compassion, dialogue, and respect. Rebecca is excited to take her enthusiasm to the University of Florida where she will be her loud and goofy self, water bottle always in hand.
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Beyond Flatland: User Interface Design for VR
Explorations in VR Design is a journey through the bleeding edge of VR design – from architecting a space and designing groundbreaking interactions to making users feel powerful.
Art takes its inspiration from real life, but it takes imagination (and sometimes breaking a few laws of physics) to create something truly human. With Ultraleap's Interaction Engine 1.0, VR developers now have access to unprecedented physical interfaces and interactions – including wearable interfaces, curved spaces, and complex object physics.
These tools unlock powerful interactions that will define the next generation of immersive computing, with applications from 3D art and design to engineering and big data. Here’s a look at Ultraleap’s design philosophy for VR user interfaces, and what it means for the future.
Escape from Flatland
In the novel Flatland, the life of a two-dimensional shape is disrupted when he encounters a creature from another dimension – a Sphere. The strange newcomer can drop in and out of reality at will. He sees flatland from an unprecedented vantage point. Adding a new dimension changes everything.
In much the same way, VR completely undermines the digital design philosophies that have been relentlessly flattened out over the past few decades. Early GUIs often relied heavily on skeuomorphic 3D elements, like buttons that appeared to compress when clicked. These faded away in favor of color state changes, reflecting a flat design aesthetic.
Many of those old skeuomorphs meant to represent three-dimensionality – the stark shadows, the compressible behaviors – are gaining new life in this new medium. For developers and designers just breaking into VR, the journey out of flatland will be disorienting but exciting.
Windows users in 1992 needed 3D effects on buttons to understand that they were meant to be pressed, just like buttons on other media like radios, televisions, and VCRs. In 2016, active and passive states in the OS are communicated entirely through color states – no more drop shadows. All major operating systems and the modern web are now built with a flat minimalist design language.
Skeuomorphic design is unlikely to be the answer for interfaces in VR, but the core physicality that serves as the basis for these systems may be a useful guide for early users of spatial computing. A person’s first reaction will be to reach out and touch the digital world. At least in the early phases of spatial interfaces, they should expect a physical interaction in return.
VR design will converge on natural visual and physical cues that communicate the structure and relationships between different UI elements. “A minimal design in VR will be different from a minimal web or industrial design. It will incorporate the minimum set of cues that fully communicates the key aspects of the environment.” A common visual and physical language will emerge, much as it did in the early days of the web, and ultimately fade into the background. We won’t even have to think about it.
The Evolution of Our User Interface Widgets
Our user interface tools have been continuously refined over the past several years based on relentless optimization and user testing. The previous iteration of this toolset, the UI Input Module, provided a simplified interface for physically interacting with World Space Canvases in Unity’s UI System. This made it possible for users to reach out and “touch” UI elements to interact with them.
The Interaction Engine 1.0 involved a major transition for our UI tools. Instead of being a standalone module, UI input is now handled within the Interaction Engine – opening up greater physical interactions and massive performance optimizations for mobile and all-in-one VR.
We’ve also introduced massively expanded support for curved spaces and interfaces, which reflect how human beings actually move in 3D space. Ultraleap's Graphic Renderer is a general-purpose tool that can curve and render an entire interface with a single draw call. These capabilities are all on display with our Button Builder example, which showcases our newly released graphical optimizations and physical UI elements, all within a curved space:
But what if you want a more fluid and flexible interface that can travel through the world with you? The Interaction Engine can handle that too – with wearable interfaces.
Wearable Interfaces
Ever wanted to be a cyborg? In some ways, everyone with a mobile phone already is part human, part machine. In the real world, our tools are increasingly becoming parts of ourselves. In VR, we can augment our digital selves with new capabilities.
A simple form of this interface can be seen in Blocks, which features a three-button menu that allows you to toggle between different shapes. It remains hidden unless your left palm is facing towards you:
In addition to traditional user interfaces, the Interaction Engine includes robust support for wearable user interfaces. One example lets you pluck an interface from your hand and throw it. This spawns a freestanding interface that could be used as an artist’s palette, engineer’s toolkit, or data scientist’s control panel:
At Ultraleap, we play with human expectations to create compelling user experiences that point towards a future where “the digital” is no longer abstract, but something we see and experience in the real world. These wearable interfaces and UI tools are just the latest step – and now they’re in your hands.
All design is a form of storytelling. To take your users out of flatland, you need the right narrative to drive their interactions and help them make sense of their new universe.
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Safe birth for Burundi refugees in Rwanda
Midwife Philomene Nyirahabiyaremye (left) attends to Evelyne Kamurera (centre) and Chantal Uwamahoro (right) and their newborns in the maternity ward at Mahama Refugee Camp. She assists at least three deliveries every day. © UNFPA Rwanda/David Ssekyanzi
MAHAMA CAMP, Rwanda – After violence broke out near her home in Burundi, Chantal Uwamahoro walked for days to reach safety at a Rwandan refugee camp. “I walked with difficulty because I was heavily pregnant, with my first born son on my back,” she said. “It took our group four days to reach the Gashora Reception Centre.”
The prospect of delivering her baby in unknown conditions, under desperate circumstances, terrified her. “I had expected the worst to happen,” said Ms. Uwamahoro, 25.
But instead, she found a fully operational maternity ward in Mahama Refugee Camp, where she was staying. “I delivered my baby normally,” she said, cuddling her day-old baby girl.
The crisis in Burundi has forced nearly 100,000 people to flee into neighbouring countries, according the latest data from the UN Refugee Agency. By 9 June, some 30,000 refugees had arrived in Rwanda, including 25,000 in Mahama Camp alone.
An antenatal care session at Mahama Refugee Camp in Rwanda. © UNFPA Rwanda/David Ssekyanzi
At least three women give birth at the camp’s maternity ward each day, said Philomene Nyirahabiyaremye, the midwife in charge. She and the other health staff work hard to ensure every woman receives the best care possible.
“I did not expect to give birth normally because I experienced complications during the long journey to the camp,” said Eveline Kamurera, 24, who walked for two days to reach Rwanda. Her baby boy was safely born on 21 May.
Reaching pregnant women and new mothers
Ms. Nyirahabiyaremye says women arrive at the camp with little. “Mothers come here with no baby kits. Fortunately we have dignity kits donated by UNFPA, which we give them,” she said, referring to kits containing essential hygiene supplies.
The maternity ward provides a full suite of services for pregnant women and new mothers, including antenatal care and post-natal care. Marie Vestine Nyirantagorama, the nurse in charge of antenatal care, says her unit cares for 60 women every day, a number that is expected to increase as more refugees arrive in the camp.
“As the number increases, we expect to get more nurses,” she said.
At the camp’s health centre, some 80 community health workers speak with pregnant refugees about proper nutrition and the availability of antenatal and post-natal care. They also urge women to deliver in the maternity ward, said Dennis Sezibera, a health education coordinator.
UNFPA is working with the American Refugee Committee (ARC) to provide training and support to the community health workers, Mr. Sezibera said.
UNFPA is also providing reproductive health commodities and services, including emergency reproductive health kits, to both ARC and Kirehe District Hospital. Health workers in the Kirehe hospital and Mahama Camp have been trained to use the emergency kits, which support life-saving care for women experiencing pregnancy complications.
A monitoring system has also been established to ensure data on these services is available and quality conforms to international standards.
In its assessment at Mahama Camp last week, UNFPA and ARC identified 454 pregnant women, 225 of whom had received antenatal care. Fifty-six women had delivered under the care of skilled birth attendants. More than 6,500 condoms have been distributed in the last three weeks.
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North-East Syria Flash Update #10 8-21 December 2019
To date, 75,438 people, including 18,860 women of reproductive age, remain displaced from Al-Hassakeh, Ar-Raqqa and Aleppo governorates. 117,132 people have returned to their areas of origin. A large number of this population has been displaced more than once.
UNFPA Response in Yemen Monthly Situation Report #11 – November 2019
Despite a difficult operating environment, since the beginning of 2019, 201 international and national humanitarian organisations continue to work across Yemen, responding to the most acute needs.
Regional Situation Report for Syria Crisis #87 November 2019
Access to health care continues to be an essential need for newly displaced individuals and for host communities, including pregnant women.
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'It's brilliant being around the city when the Six Nations is on, you can feel the buzz'
Devin Toner says the squad are really looking forward to playing in front of the Ireland supporters again.
By Ryan Bailey Wednesday 22 Feb 2017, 12:12 PM
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THE FIRST HOME game of the Championship, Saturday night under the lights at the Aviva Stadium and a rejuvenated French side providing the opposition; there is a real sense of anticipation building ahead of this one, and that’s just from within the camp itself.
It may already be the third week of the campaign but Six Nations fever will belatedly hit the capital this weekend and it’s a fixture which has all the ingredients to live up to the billing.
“You’re probably going to hear it from everyone but we love playing in the Aviva,” Devin Toner says.
“It’s going to be great to have the first home game and it’s brilliant being around the city when the Six Nations is on. You can feel the buzz and the atmosphere building all through the week.
“There’s a good mood in the camp, everyone knows what a big game it is and we’re all looking forward to getting back in the Aviva. It’s a huge home game for us and everyone knows it.”
After an opening weekend defeat to Scotland and then a bonus point win in Rome, Joe Schmidt’s side head into the third round of games in second place, two points behind England.
Ireland produced an emphatic response to that Scottish reversal at the Stadio Olimpico last time out, a win and performance which reignited the campaign and title tilt ahead of this weekend’s game.
Toner speaking at the team's base in Carton House yesterday. Source: Billy Stickland/INPHO
But Toner and the players are fully aware that this French side will provide an entirely different proposition to the one put forward by a limited Italian outfit.
“Everyone knows you can’t lost two games and win a Six Nations so I think we need to obviously get this game right,” the second row continued.
“They’re a whole different team to what they were a few years ago and obviously the new coaching set up has done brilliantly and the players have bought into it really well.
“You can see from the last two games they’ve been performing pretty well so it’s a huge test for us but I think everyone is aware of that.”
When asked about the threats Guy Noves’ Les Blues will bring to Dublin on Saturday, Toner added: “Organisation is the key there, they’re a well-drilled unit. They’ve a good set-piece, a good line out, a good maul and a huge pack. Obviously they’ve got lightning quick wingers so we’ll have it up against us.
“One of the things we try and work on is our fitness and try to tire them out. Obviously they’re a huge forwards pack and 145 kilo prop in [Uini] Atonio and if we can move them around the pitch and around the corner and use our fitness and one of the things we can use. It’s one of the things we can target.
“They got over us last year. They’ve got their organisation right, they’re a different team from the last two or three years. They’ve kind of evolved their offloading game as well and you saw it with that try against England. The hands from the forwards were really good. That’s one of the biggest strengths they’ve been working on.”
Toner says Ireland have a had a good week of training so far. Source: Harry Steacy/INPHO
France come into the game on the back of a narrow defeat to England at Twickenham and victory over Scotland in Paris and Toner admits home advantage could play a big part in deciding the outcome of a game between two sides who were separated by just a point 12 months ago.
“Everyone is dying to get back to the Aviva and hopefully we can put on a good show,” the Leinster man said.
“We move to the city centre to the Shelbourne on the Thursday and lads go on walks on Friday going around seeing everyone. You see all the French people coming in and on a Saturday morning we go for a walk through in Stephen’s Green so we can see everyone there.
“We have a nice little game we play and people tend to watch and cheer us on so we’re very much aware of the build-up and that the atmosphere is building. Obviously on the bus on the way in you can see everyone there as well.
“It does give you a big boost and we need to focus on this game as it’s a massive, massive challenge for us.”
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A gift isn't often handed to you on a silver platter, but the Google Ads training on Skillshop does just that.
For those who aren't yet familiar with it, AdWords is Google's online advertising program. Advertisers place their ads on Google's network so they appear for targeted search engine keywords within Google's search results and/or the search results of Google's partners. They may also appear on web content pages that accept Google ads. In most cases, advertisers don't pay anything unless and until their ad appears and someone clicks on it.
The Google AdWords program is the online advertising outlet of choice for millions of advertisers. It's been wildly successful, appealing to all types of businesses, from very small home operations to large Fortune 100 corporations. Managing a Google AdWords campaign involves:
Keyword selection to determine what search terms to target
AdWords campaign setup—grouping ads using various versions of keywords and ad text
Creating dedicated landing pages for those who click on AdWords ads—this step isn't necessary but it's much more effective than steering someone to the site's homepage
Writing one or more versions of ad text, the actual copy that displays in the AdWords listing
Managing the campaign budget, testing ad variations, and monitoring results
How Google AdWords Learning Center Can Help You
Search marketing or SEM is a subset of Internet marketing. Technically, it means both organic search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per-click advertising (PPC), but many in the industry still refer to paid search as SEM and organic search as SEO. Some internet marketing companies offer only SEO while others offer only PPC, and still others offer both because many potential clients want them to work together.
Having this knowledge and some experience provides the basis for an internet marketing services career, and these professionals are in high demand. You may be able to work from home, for an agency, or freelance your services through sites such as Guru, Upwork, and others.
Google's Adwords Certification provides free online training so you can learn the ins and outs of AdWords and pick up tips on what works and what doesn't. Other advertising programs, such as Microsoft's adExcellence, are based largely on the same concepts, so becoming certified in Google AdWords opens the door to successfully advertising with other platforms, too.
Google AdWords Certification is available in two levels:
Individual—perfect for the home business entrepreneur because you don't need assistants, partners, or employees
Company—requires two qualified individuals in the Google Advertising Professional program
Google AdWords Certification Requirements
Google outlines the steps required to earn a Google Advertising Professional designation as an individual:
Sign up for the program and be in good standing.
Agree to the program's terms and conditions.
Pass the Advertising Fundamentals exam and one advanced level exam.
Google has removed the requirement that you manage a minimum $1,000 ad-spend in the three months prior to being certified, but now you have to pass two exams instead of just one.
The AdWords Learning Center
Google Ads training on Skillshop provides you with access to detailed information on setting up and managing Google AdWords campaigns so you can learn the ins and outs of Google AdWords and pass the exams. Lessons are available as either text or multimedia. They're completely online and free of charge, so training costs nothing.
The exams are administered by third-party Google training partners, and these cost $50. In addition to the AdWords Fundamentals exam, one of the following three exams is also required:
The Search Advertising Advanced Exam covers intermediate to advanced best practices for managing AdWords campaigns.
The Display Advertising Exam covers intermediate to advanced best practices for advertising on YouTube and the Google Content Network.
The Reporting and Analysis Advanced Exam covers intermediate to advanced best practices for maximizing account performance using Google Analytics, Website Optimizer, the AdWords Report Center, and other analysis techniques.
What You Get With Google AdWords Certification
Becoming a certified Google Advertising Professional gives you credibility. Google allows you to display the Google Advertising Professional logo on your website. It's a great opportunity for a new career or home business in an already-thriving and still-growing field: pay-per-click advertising.
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Teen Drivers Die In Crashes. Old Folks Too. Who's Feared Most?
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Fatalities per mile driven by age, from FiveThirtyEight.com, DoT data analyzed by IIHS
Did you see the recent Hyundai ad that touts the safety of its new 2011 Sonata by playing on your fear of out-of-control teens behind the wheel?
It cites the statistic that 3 million young adults will get new drivers' licenses each year--over a clip of a young woman being launched into the air on a sort of bungee slingshot contraption. Which looks like a whole lot of fun, frankly.
The ad raised some eyebrows over at our favorite data-analysis site, FiveThirtyEight.com. The author notes that young drivers clearly have the highest fatality rate per mile driven. It's four times as high, in fact, as the rate for drivers 30 to 60. But there's more to it.
That death rate declines steadily to about age 25, and stays low until drivers reach age 70.
And then it soars steeply, to the point where drivers 80 to 84 are as dangerous as 18-year-olds. And it keeps rising from there; drivers 85 and above have the highest fatality rate of all, fully one-and-a-half times as high as the 16-year-olds.
We'd add a couple of caveats of our own: First, unlike teens, car accidents represent less than 1 percent of deaths in the affected age group. Cancer, heart disease, and so forth are much more deadly.
Second, the fatality rate is mostly due to greater susceptibility to injuries, rather than a higher propensity to get into accidents. Or so says the IIHS in analyzing fatality data from the Department of Transportation.
Still, many states now have graduated licensing for teenage drivers. No less a body than the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) recommended raising the age for a driver's license to 17 nationwide, though that idea seems unlikely to fly.
Yet in a majority of states, a driver's license is granted for life. Mandatory retesting starting at age 60 has been proposed numerous times, but mostly beaten back by an outraged roar from the drivers who would have to be retested.
Why the disparity? First, most of us remember our teen years and--if pressed--will probably admit to pushing the limits, driving unsafely, and otherwise doing hazardous things behind the wheel.
Second, and probably more important, older U.S. citizens--ably organized by the American Association of Retired People (AARP)--form a potent political constituency.
They vote. They give money. They write letters. And they often take offense at any perceived slight or generalization about the abilities and behaviors of their age group, whether or not it's supported by actual data.
That makes criticizing old people the proverbial "third rail" in the media.
The role of age in the recent Toyota sudden-acceleration recalls wasn't touched by any major media. In fact, despite a graph showing that the bulk of the incidents ending in fatalities were reported by drivers aged 61 to 80, it was never even raised that we saw.
We're not saying young drivers are blameless; far from it. We just think drivers over 60 deserve equal levels of scrutiny.
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Sika Limited has virtually halved its batch transfer time after installing a centralised and remotely monitored compressed air and nitrogen system from Atlas Copco. The system, which was installed, and is being serviced, by Atlas Copco subsidiary Compressor Engineering, is proving essential in the safe and efficient production procedures at the company’s manufacturing facility in Preston, UK. Furthermore, it has allowed full centralisation between adjacent plant installations and provided capacity for expansion.
Sika Limited is a part of the global Sika Group, specialising in the manufacture and supply of chemical based products serving construction and industrial markets. The company operates out of two manufacturing facilities and five sites including Ireland. The six –acre site in Preston, Lancashire is home to the production of Sika’s Liquid Applied Membrane products. Over the years, Sika has made significant investments in both plant and premises, of which the Atlas Copco system upgrade is the latest development.
Dry compressed air and a supply of nitrogen are essential components of the batch mixing production process. Both gases are also used to top off the bulk containers of chemicals prior to sealing them before they are shipped to customers. Airflow is required for valve actuation and to feed the on-site nitrogen generators. The end products have a moisture sensitivity and require nitrogen to assist moisture management while, conversely, ensuring the liquid components aren’t susceptible to combustion. The overall role of these utilities is to maintain product quality and to provide a safe production environment.
In Sika’s production processes the batch mixing procedure for large volumes of liquid materials is conducted under vacuum in vessels with capacities in excess of 5,000 litres. Batch transfer operations involve removing the vacuum under a nitrogen atmosphere in equally large volumes. The new utilities system, with increased capacity, allows more rapid generation and availability of the blanketing gas. This ultimately reduces batch transfer times and virtually halves the transfer cycle duration; thus, improving productivity and the energy efficiency of the system.
There is an important safety consideration too. Much of the material involved within the process presents a flammable and explosive potential. The ready availability of nitrogen offsets that risk. At the same time, and in combination with a dry air supply, it helps to extend the lifetime of valves and solenoids while protecting them from corrosion, thereby minimising repair downtime.
The equipment upgrade programme was initiated after a review of the performance of the site’s entire compressed air and nitrogen system with a view to improving productivity. Following this internal assessment, it was decided that the original installation lacked the capacity to meet peak production demand in the future, with upgrades to the existing equipment deemed to be impractical due to the unavailability of spare parts. The fact that two separate compressor systems were competing with each other to achieve the required demand was also judged to be inefficient from an energy management perspective.
Following a decision to look for a new provider, responsibility for maintaining the existing system was transferred to Compressor Engineering who conducted an extensive iiTrak peak performance and flow monitoring exercise to determine the best solution for Sika’s production needs. The audit revealed the logical course of action was to centralise the two plant supplies and to replace all of the existing units.
Although potential energy savings alone provided justification for a new equipment purchase, the primary objective was to re-establish system reliability, ensure adequate back up capacity and deliver a high level of service. Commenting on the necessity for upgrading the plant, Lisa Baines, Operations Manager explained: “It was clear from the beginning that the old system could not cope in terms of capacity, quality or reliability. We also had to pay due regard to the power loading aspect as a cost component.”
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On Friday 7th September, The Future Melting Pot was privileged to be invited to attend the 6th Birmingham Corporate Social Responsibility Summit, held at Aston Business School. The event was collaboratively organised by Dr Judy Scully of Aston Business School, Dr Nick Venning of Thrive and Joel Blake OBE of Cultiv8, and turned out a resounding success. It proved to be a fantastic opportunity for networking, the exchange of ideas and productive debate, assisted by the summit’s forward-thinking focus on the future of CSR in Birmingham and the wider West Midlands.
The summit began with an engaging opening address by the Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street, who cautioned attendees that while ‘lots is going right’ in the region, ‘mega challenges’ remain. The issues of youth unemployment, lack of qualifications and the low social mobility in the Black Country are all extremely pertinent to The Future Melting Pot’s work, and it was heartening to hear the Mayor highlight these concerns. Street went on to insist that ‘growth must be inclusive’, which he explained in terms of ‘linking cranes to communities’, with Birmingham’s big city-centre developments not necessarily meaning a great deal to the city’s hard-to-reach communities. However, it was in housing that Street conceded his Mayoralty had fallen somewhat short of its aims, although the foundation of the WMCA Homelessness Task Force demonstrates that the homelessness crisis is being recognised and tackled in the West Midlands.
While there were stimulating workshops run on Education and Social Isolation at the summit, The Future Melting Pot’s focus was on the Homelessness workshop, due to our ongoing youth homelessness project (more information here). The workshop was run by Jean Templeton, CEO of homelessness charity St Basils and Chair of the WMCA Homelessness Task Force. She stressed the ‘structural, systemic issues’ that cause homelessness, often ignored in favour of blaming individuals for the issues they face, while highlighting the extent of the rise in rough sleeping and homelessness in general since 2010 (the difference between these two categories is explained here). Templeton emphasised that rough sleeping is indeed just the ‘tip of the iceberg’ of the wider homelessness crisis, which the Homelessness Task Force aims to combat through ‘designing out homelessness in the West Midlands’: tackling the systemic problems, including the housing shortage, at the root of the crisis. It was made clear that this process of ‘designing out’ would need cooperation from businesses in the private sector, third sector organisations and the public sector.
After a fascinating afternoon of discussions, including from Haley Batt of TV studio Lime Pictures, who revealed how her company aims to make socially responsible programmes for Britain’s youth, Rosie Ginday of Miss Macaroon, a CIC which re-invests its profits into helping disadvantaged young people in Birmingham access employment and training programmes, the summit was rounded up by organisers Joel Blake and Nick Venning. Thanking all delegates for their contributions, their take-home message was bright and optimistic about the future of Corporate Social Responsibility in the West Midlands. Given the exciting discussions that were had and connections that were made at the summit, it would appear that their optimism was warranted.
This entry was posted in Projects on September 10, 2018 by The Future Melting Pot.
Exam Results: A Fair Playing Field?
It is now over a week since the release of this year’s GCSE results, and over two weeks since the country’s A Level students received their own grades earlier this month. These two Thursdays in August are monumental landmarks in the calendar for thousands of young people across the country. Speaking in a personal capacity, I am looking forward to next summer, as it will be the first when I will not have been awaiting the results of some form of academic exam since 2011, when I was 14. This gives an idea of the extent to which some young people’s summers are defined by exams, and despite the fact that the usual coterie of celebrities have trotted out predictable platitudes about their own relative success with less-than-stellar grades (Jeremy Clarkson, we’re looking at you…), exam results continue to matter. It is worth saying at this point, without the patronising and self-centred manner of those who tweet out the same message every August without fail, that those reading who may not have got the results they were hoping for should not despair- there are routes to a successful career and life that lie outside the traditional academic route that society, not least in the media’s frenzied coverage of results days, emphasises above all else.
This does not mean that the consequences of falling short at GCSE level are not significant for many young people, however. On results day itself, the activist group Education Not Exclusion carried out a poster campaign on the London Underground’s Northern Line, turning it into the ‘School to Prison Line’ (pictured). Demonstrating the link between being sent out of class and eventual exclusion, the poster noted that “Every day, 35 students (a full classroom) are permanently excluded from school. Only 1% of them will go on to get the five good GCSEs they need to succeed”, using figures from a study by the Institute for Public Policy Research. Calling for “a more compassionate education system with a supportive approach to behaviour and discipline”, Education Not Exclusion were certainly right to highlight the sad fact that being excluded from school is almost always highly detrimental to a student’s chances of attaining five good GCSEs, the minimum requirements for many jobs and college or university courses. Amidst the media clamour around results day, with news outlets noting results rose despite tougher exams, it is important to bear in mind those young people who are left behind by the educational system, and the personal and structural reasons behind this.
In relation to The Future Melting Pot’s work, it is notable that homeless young people are far more likely to be excluded from school than non-homeless young people. Trends such as these lend credence to the calls of groups such as Education Not Exclusion: if education is to be a vehicle for social mobility and for disadvantaged young people to improve their life chances, then everything must be done to help the most vulnerable young people stay in school and achieve while they are there.
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This entry was posted in Blog and tagged Education, Marginalisation on September 6, 2018 by The Future Melting Pot.
Youth Homelessness Project
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The start of September sees the launch of The Future Melting Pot’s latest research project on Youth Homelessness. After preliminary research throughout the summer, TFMP and its partners are ready to start what will surely be an innovative and vitally important project. Below is the project outline, but be sure to keep following our website and social media for all the updates as the project progresses,
The Future Melting Pot aims to increase opportunities for young people from marginalised communities. Evidence-based research is at the heart of what we do. We deploy a range of research methods to make sense of complex social challenges, and our research activities inform the way we carry out interventions. We will be leading this pilot project, to be implemented in partnership with the Youth Offer, Excell3 and sponsored by Business for Birmingham.
Project Synopsis
We believe we have identified a gap which could be filled with an innovative, evidence-led research project. From our initial literature review, we have observed that 14-16 year olds facing homelessness are often absent from statistics and research, which for various statutory and bureaucratic reasons tend to focus on those over the age of 16. This age group can thus be left out of conversations around youth homelessness. While this has been noted in the existing literature, our project however is innovative in its specific focus on 14-16 year olds; a group facing the crescendo of adolescence, GCSE exams and the prospect of leaving school, while vulnerable to exploitation as the growing issue of County Lines drug crime demonstrates. Sharon Brown of charity Youth Homelessness North East says: ‘quite often when we come into contact with young people at 16, it’s too late… prevention is about them not getting to that stage…we are now going to be working with 14 up to 25’. While many charities recognise the benefits of focusing on a younger age group, our research will break new ground in providing evidence to evaluate the effectiveness of this strategy.
We are particularly interested in the role of schools due to the massive potential we believe schools have to make a positive impact on the lives of homeless under-16s. A recent report evaluating the Positive Pathway model, developed by homelessness charity St Basils, recommended ‘a more concerted and coordinated effort to “bring schools on board” with homelessness prevention’, and our study will respond to this call. With a 2017 report by charity Shelter finding that teachers ‘reported feeling exhausted, frustrated and, at times, despondent’ about their struggle to help homeless young people, our research process will foreground the experiences of those personally involved in these issues. Through examining the experiences of both young homeless people and the staff of public and third sector homelessness organisations via interviews, focus groups and other non-traditional methods, we hope our pilot can provide a springboard for a more wide-ranging future project focused on developing preventative measures. We are excited to be part of the WMCA’s Homelessness Task Force’s mission to ‘design out homelessness’, through initiatives such as the Youth Offer, and we believe our project can add to this by creating mutually beneficial networks and communication between different key stakeholders and homeless young people themselves.
Timescale and Project Design
Our pilot project will be completed by the end of November. Through September and October, we will be carrying out our interviews and engaging with our research subjects, with the aim of collating the data we have gathered and completing the project write-up through November. We are hoping to focus on three or four schools, as well as engaging with homeless young people through other means including local community and faith groups, and online, via surveys and text-based and visual diaries. We will also be completing at least one key actor interview with employees from a range of organisations, including government bodies such as the Department for Work and Pensions, the City Council, charities such as St Basils, advocacy groups such as the Citizen’s Advice Bureau and teachers and pastoral leads from the schools.
This entry was posted in Projects on September 5, 2018 by The Future Melting Pot.
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NI Big Sock's Pamela Emerson wins Volunteer of the Year Award!
NI Big Sock's Pamela Emerson receiving her certificate from Nick Carter of the Marsh Christian Trust.
Dr Emerson has had a lifelong passion for stitching and as well as being a trained teacher has had a professional career in museums and research. Her ambition is to combine her love of crafts and academic research by offering informal craft skills workshops and lectures and talks on local social history. In May this year, Pamela Emerson was awarded the Heritage Crafts Association/Marsh Volunteer of the Year for her work with NI Big Sock and we couldn't be more pleased for her!
NI Big Sock is a community participation project supported by Voluntary Arts and #ArtsNI encouraging people to learn the skill of English paper piecing and contribute to the creation of a world record breaking patchwork Christmas stocking.
Pamela's dedication to the idea of establishing a creative project that showcases the skills, talent and enthusiasm of volunteers from Northern Ireland and beyond has earned her the Heritage Crafts Association/Marsh Volunteer of the Year Award!
Since the beginning of the project she has engaged over a thousand participants and developed a strong network of volunteers across 5 counties in Northern Ireland. Volunteers and participants have learnt new skills by utilising traditional methods, made new friends and become part of a vibrant and enthusiastic sewing community.
The goal of the project is to create a 52-metre-tall usable patchwork Christmas stocking. It will be filled with gifts for charity many of which will also be handmade. The project also aims to increase the engagement of local communities in creative activities and help Northern Ireland become a creative capital for Europe by 2030.
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Vonage Expands and Simplifies Multi-Channel Business Communications with New Nexmo APIs
HOLMDEL, N.J., Oct. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Vonage (NYSE: VG), a business cloud communications leader, today announced that Nexmo, the Vonage API Platform, has launched a next-generation messaging solution built around two new APIs -- the Messages API and Dispatch API. Currently in beta, the new APIs uniquely enable businesses to create a richer, more engaging customer experience through simple, reliable multi-channel messaging.
The Nexmo Messages API and Dispatch API enable brands to engage their customers via the channels they prefer. The Messages API provides businesses access to social chat applications, such as Facebook Messenger, Viber Service Messages and WhatsApp, or traditional channels such as MMS or SMS, all with a single API.
The Dispatch API enables businesses to then send important messages via a customized flow that supports automatic fallback to alternative channels to ensure delivery if the first message sent fails to reach the recipient within a specified timeframe. These new APIs help to elevate customer communications by meeting customers on the channels they find most engaging.
The prevalence of social media has provided businesses with even more options to engage with their customers in more personal, cost-effective and meaningful ways. Social chat apps offer not only text but also images, audio and video to provide the additional context and information that customers today expect.
"With the growth of chat apps, it's important for businesses to have the ability to support multiple channels for customer engagement," said Mark Winther, VP Telecom Consulting for IDC. "The Nexmo Messages and Dispatch APIs allow brands to respond to this need while ensuring effectiveness and reliability of delivery."
As the number of social chat apps increases, however, so do the technical requirements for developers when implementing a messaging solution. The Nexmo Messages API and Dispatch API enable businesses to keep pace with this dynamic landscape by abstracting, or hiding, the complexities of integrating multiple messaging channels, unifying similar functionality, and providing a uniform integration experience that is channel agnostic and easy to use. This unique approach provides a simpler, more reliable messaging product than what is available today, so companies can focus on engaging and winning customers instead of navigating the requirements of these social apps or the complexities of integrating multiple APIs.
"At Vonage, we understand how valuable, but also how challenging, it is for companies to seamlessly communicate with their customers, no matter what new messaging channels emerge," said Omar Javaid, Chief Product Officer for Vonage. "Together, the Messages API and Dispatch API empower companies with the agility and control required to quickly and easily integrate strategic new channels, and to ensure message delivery, every time. This frees companies to focus on what matters most - delivering engaging customer experiences to drive better business outcomes."
Global customers like Aramex, a leading international express, mail delivery and logistics services company, are already leveraging the Messages API to access channels like the WhatsApp Business solution to improve their customer experiences.
"We are continuously looking at new ways to revolutionize customer experience and improve our digital touchpoints. We have partnered with Nexmo as a solution provider for the WhatsApp Business solution to provide the opportunity for a highly integrated customer journey," said Mohammed Sleeq, Digital Transformation Director for Aramex. "This partnership will reduce the number of contact center interactions and will provide an on-demand and personalized customer interaction for new delivery instructions, location sharing, and last mile preferences. Mobility on demand will continue to be essential for achieving ultimate customer satisfaction and by introducing new channels via Nexmo's new APIs, we will improve the efficiency of our customer communications."
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The Messages API makes it easy to engage with customers via the channels they prefer, including major social chat apps, SMS and MMS. Functionality highlights include:
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Richards bows to England's King
Tottenham centre-back Dean Richards has backed the player threatening his White Hart Lane future to continue making impressive progress in an England shirt.
Although Ledley King looks set to be dropped for Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Wales, to allow for the returns of Sol Campbell and Rio Ferdinand, Richards believes his club-mate is in the best form of all England's defenders.
That comes as bad news for Richards, who admits he finds it difficult to envisage breaking back into the Spurs team even though he is now finally fully fit again.
"Ledley has been outstanding," said Richards, who cost Tottenham #8.1million in 2001 but has since fallen out of favour.
"In Euro 2004 a few people before the game against France in Lisbon were doubting him, but I didn't for a second, and I think he was England's best player that night. From then his confidence has grown and grown.
"Ledley is a quiet lad, a bit shy, but I think now he is starting to believe in himself and realise what a great player he is. I am delighted for him.
"I always send him a text before England games and have been so happy for him. He has been first class."
Richards, 30, who has endured groin, back, calf and even ear problems since his move to Tottenham from Southampton three years ago, has not played in the Premiership this season.
He was offered to Portsmouth in the summer in a bid to prise away Matthew Taylor in a cash-plus-player deal.
Under previous Tottenham managers George Graham, Glenn Hoddle and David Pleat, King largely played in midfield.
But Richards has encouraged him to press for recognition in his natural centre-back role.
Richards admits: "The only way I could get back in the side at the moment is through an injury, but if the chance comes that way you hopefully have to take it."
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The local heritage of the Var
Cabin in the Bandol vineyards
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‘Restanques’, cabins, ice houses, ‘apiés’, ‘cade’ ovens and whitewashed ovens all form part of what is known as local heritage. Fragile, modest and of the people, it characterises the history of our department.
The ice-houses
The Sainte-Baume Massif contains 21 ice-houses – the biggest concentration in the Mediterranean basin! The first ice-houses were built in around 1640.
They are large, stone constructions, two-thirds underground and covered in a tile cupola. They are between 8 and 10m in diameter and are 15m deep.
Close to the ice houses are large prairies, the basins, where the water from surrounding springs and streams was frozen into ice. This ice was then cut and processed in the ice-houses. After this operation, the ice-houses were closed airtight and were not re-opened until the end of April. The ice would be transported at night by carts, and was largely reserved for the towns of Toulon and Marseilles.
The ice trade declined suddenly around 1880 – 1900, when the railway network allowed for mass importation of ice from the Alps and the first artificial ice factories were built along the coast.
©Var Tourisme / Nico Gomez
The belfries
In Provence, we call ‘belfries’ the delicate wrought-iron structures crowning the village clock and supporting the bell that chimes the hour and warns of danger. At once the same and different, simple or finely chiselled, the belfries are remarkable works of art, with an exceptional form and elegance.
The Var is the department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region that contains the most belfries. From the Verdon to the Mediterranean, the belfries of the Var gloriously defy the wild Mistral winds, which carry the chimes of the bells over great distances, jealously protected by their metal cages.
Don’t forget to look up – you’ll be amazed!
The ‘restanques’
The ‘restanque’ from the Provençal word ‘restanco’, is a supporting dry-stone wall on the side of a hill to create a farming terrace.
The cultivation of the hillsides developed in Provence between the 18th and 19th centuries, and has permanently shaped the landscape. The terraces constitute an effective response to the constraints of the hilly terrain and heavy rain: the successive tiers break the streaming rainwater and encourage its absorption into the earth. Generally south or south-east facing, they reflect the sun and creates favourable micro-climates.
In the Var, the ‘restanques’ scale numerous slopes, covering almost the entire department. They can also be found both on the coast as well as further inland. They contain vines, olive trees, almond trees, cut flowers, and create picturesque, glorious landscapes of delicate and magical lines between civilisation and untamed nature.
©Var Tourisme / Pascale Fluchère
The ‘apiés’
To provide the beehives with a favourable micro-climate, Provençal beekeepers have built dry-stone walls with alcoves in which the hives are placed. The hives are generally made of chestnut wood or made from oak-tree bark. These dry stone walls are generally called ‘apiés’ or ‘bee walls’ (‘brusc’ in the Provençal language). The Var has around 100 (maybe more!), which you can explore on your rambles.
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Do children need to be enrolled in pre-school/pre-K programs in order to be competitive and successful in school?
29 May Do children need to be enrolled in pre-school/pre-K programs in order to be competitive and successful in school?
Posted at 22:24h in Parenting, Schools, UFI Blog by Sebo Marketing 0 Comments
While enrollment of children in pre-schools and kindergarten is for the most part optional, “early learning” advocates and the daycare lobbyists continue in their efforts to make preschool mandatory. These folks insist that pre-K programs promote “school readiness” and if you want your child to have the greatest opportunity for success in school– you must start them early! But are they right? While research is on-going, to date there is not much evidence to support an “early-childhood education” position.
There is one program that is often cited as a success story – the Carolina Abecedarian Project – where “at-risk” children were enrolled at age 6 months in a costly all-day, five-day-a-week, 12 months a year – four and a half year program. The benefit to the participants is still the subject of research and the cost of such a program renders it entirely unfeasible.
Darcy Olsen, researcher at Goldwater Institute, has noted that the huge expansion of early childhood education since 1965 did not yield improved outcome for elementary school students. Back in 1965, just five percent of three-year-olds and 14 percent of four-year olds were enrolled in pre-K programs. Today, those figures are 39 percent and 66 percent respectively. Yet according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) fourth-grade scores in reading, science and math have stagnated since the early 1970s and in fact, scores have fallen (even as the nation tripled spending in education). Interestingly, American fourth-graders outperform their peers in countries that do have universal pre-K programs (Italy, France, and Germany).
The existing research on the benefits of early childhood education show that there is only a short-term positive effect for “at-risk” students and there is “fade out” by grade three. Yet there are adverse effects for “mainstream” children.
There is no evidence to warrant the expense or the potential fallout of removing children prematurely from home to be part of a pre-school/ pre-K program.
As Darcy Olsen cautions:
“At heart is the question of in whose hands the responsibility for young children should rest. On that question, plans to entrench the state further into early education cannot be squared with a free society that cherishes the primacy of the family over the state.”
Below is a list of studies related to pre-school and pre-K programs:
Pre-kindergarten students are expelled from their programs at rates more than three times as high as those for students attending kindergarten through twelfth-grade classes. Drawing into focus the question: “How early should children be started in school?”Yale University Office of Public Affairs, “Pre-K Students Expelled at More Than Three Times the Rate of K-12 Students,” Yale Medical News (May 2005): 1-2.
On average, the earlier children enter preschool, the slower their pace of social development, while cognitive skills are stronger when children are first enrolled between the ages of two and three. Moderate exposure to preschool helps youngsters develop their cognitive abilities in pre-reading and math. But extended absence from their parents (more than six hours a day) also appears to heighten behavioral problems, such as a lack of cooperation, sharing and engagement in classroom tasks, most notably among kids from more affluent families. Loeb, Susanna, Margaret Bridges, Daphna Bassok, Bruce Fuller and Russell W. Rumbergerd. “How much is too much? The influence of preschool centers on children’s social and cognitive development.” Economics of Education Review 26, 1 (February 2007): 52-66. http://ideas.repec.org/p/nbr/nberwo/11812.html
During kindergarten, whatever advantages daycare or preschool children may enjoy in math and reading become statistically insignificant in tests with and without background controls. During the first grade, the daycare/ preschool children have significantly lower math scores. In both grades, these children scored significantly lower in the “approaches to learning” measure, which measured teacher perception of student attentiveness and persistence, a reversal of what was found in the cross-sectional test. Lisa N. Hickman, “Who Should Care for Our Children? The Effects of Home versus Center Care on Child Cognition and Social Adjustment,” Journal of Family Issues 27 (May 2006): 652-684.
Any positive effect from early-learning programs disappears by 3rd grade and you are left with aggression and other behavioral problems. Children in U.S. (lower grades) out do children in European Ed system which offers universal pre-K programs. Formal early education at best yields only short-term effects with at-risk students, effects of which “fade out” by grade three, and at worst yields adverse effects with mainstream children. Darcy Olsen and Jennifer Martin, “Assessing Proposals for Preschool and Kindergarten: Essential Information for Parents, Taxpayers, and Policymakers,” Policy Report No. 201, February 8, 2005, Goldwater Institute, Phoenix, Arizona.
Daycare/ preschool children exhibit poorer social skills throughout kindergarten. Such children have worse self-control, have worse interpersonal skills, and externalize problems more than their peers under parental care. The only social measure (internalizing problem behaviors) where these children outperformed their parental-care peers in the first model is now insignificant. Lisa N. Hickman, “Who Should Care for Our Children? The Effects of Home versus Center Care on Child Cognition and Social Adjustment,” Journal of Family Issues 27 (May 2006): 652-684.
An HHS study 5,000 of three and four years olds enrolled in the “Head Start” program showed that in language skills, literacy, math skills and school performance there was no improvement. Head Start Impact Study, Final Report,U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. January 2010. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hs/impact_study/reports/impact_study/hs_impact_study_final.pdf
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Jennifer Aniston thanks 'Friends' when accepting People's Icon Award
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Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Jennifer Aniston paid tribute to Friends and her former co-stars on the sitcom while accepting the People's Icon Award at the People's Choice Awards.
"If I have any claim to this word 'icon,' it's only because I was able to be on an iconic show with an iconic cast and an iconic haircut," Aniston said during the ceremony on Sunday.
"Friends was truly the gift of a lifetime and I would not be standing up here without that amazing show, without those amazing five other actors and with an audience who stuck with us for a decade and through streaming services now," she continued.
"It's paved the way for everything that I've had the chance to do since," the actress said.
Aniston is the second recipient of the People's Icon Award following Melissa McCarthy. Aniston is a seven-time People's Choice Awards winner with her Netflix movie Murder Mystery winning Comedy Movie of 2019.
Aniston joined Instagram in October and uploaded a selfie of herself having a Friends reunion with her former co-stars Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry.
The 50-year-old has returned to television in the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show which also stars Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carrell.
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Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson took to social media Sunday to thank well-wishers for their support in the days following his dad Rocky's death.
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Joaquin Phoenix calls Heath Ledger his favorite actor in SAG acceptance speech
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Prince and the NPG, 3rdEyeGirl, Janelle Monae, Doug E. Fresh Shine at Third Show at Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut
I happened to come across two concert tickets this week of Prince and the NPG at Madison Square Garden from 3 years ago to the date that we had to eat as Gi Dussault was very sick at the time and we couldn't make the gig. So, we were more than excited to be going to see Prince at his last show of a three night stand at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. And we were not disappointed.
Funny, of all the years I have seen Prince in concert, I have seen him in our home state only two times before. NYC, Montreal, Philly and New Jersey are the usual spots. My overall take on the Mohegan Sun Arena: classy, clean, and like so many say, "not a bad seat in the house". Despite driving in a steady 2 hour rainstorm, we arrived in plenty of time to relax before Janelle Monae's set.
JANELLE MONAE: What a standout performer. With a themed presentation, Janelle and her top-notch band sizzled with touches of funk, soul, new wave and calypso. And Janelle's nonstop energy and stellar voice and dance moves were in peak form. She obviously learned from the best: Prince, James Brown and Michael Jackson and leaves us well-assured that more great concert shows are in store from the younger generations. Prince surprised us by getting wheeled on a hand cart onstage to join Monae for a verse on the song, "Give Them What They Love". Love these crazy entrances from Prince like the Jones Beach on a boat or sliding down a fire pole on the 1999 tour.
The first few songs from Monae suffered from the sound mix drowning out the horns and keyboards. But once that was worked out , everything was splendid. Janelle paid homage to Northside Minneapolis with a sleazy, funkdafied version of her "Q.U.E.E.N". Finally, Monae wowed the crowd by jumping in the crowd and riding her handler's back through an enthralled crowd.
DOUG E. FRESH with DJ: No doubt, a great decision to feature one of the best showstoppers Doug E. Fresh for 40 minutes while Prince's stage set was arranged. The place went bananas as the DJ spun classic funk from Earth, Wind & Fire, Digital Underground, and Bell, Biv, Devoe with Doug E. Fresh emceeing and hyping up the crowd all the while graciously taking pictures with fans. This brought to mind when me and the Electric Man JD Silva and I would go see The Time at Tramps in NYC. In between the opening act like Sandra St. Victor, DJ Cool Marv would let loose a 30 minute funk mix that made sure there was no lull before MD and the fellas wrecked the stage. The longest Soul Train line was rolling in Connecticut just before Doug E. Fresh introduced Prince.
PRINCE & the NPG & 3RDEYEGIRL: Having seen Prince countless times since first catching the 1999 tour, I am always looking for new twists and turns to leave more great memories to his endless touring repertoire. The start of the final Prince show at Mohegan Sun got off on the good foot with "Big City" and "Superconductor". Maybe headscratchers to the casual fan but a more than welcome treat for us hardcore fans. Prince's energy and smile left no doubt he still gets a thrill when performing in his domain: The Stage.
Some ingredients Prince never leaves home without: a top-flight band with world-class musicians and powerhouse singers. Since these shows were not a part of a proper tour, I assume the band was not rehearsing 24/7 for weeks in advance. However, Prince and Da Band have drilled so much prior and have a vast catalog to pull from at the drop of Prince's arm. As Shelby J says, "the bag is always packed by the door and when Prince calls, we'll be ready".
The first 40 minutes featured Prince orchestrating like Peyton Manning calling out the plays and audibilizing at the line of scrimmage. So much funk to handle: "Mutiny/Ice Cream Castles" mashup and a reworked "Musicology".
The 11 piece NPG Hornz were featured prominently on these funk jams and throughout the concert. Imagine two walls of various horn instruments punctuating and highlighting Prince's catalog. And all the while the brothers are stepping and playing. Another huge highlight was "Nothing Compares 2 U" with Shelby J and Prince duetting. Tons of soul and a bit of humor mixed in.
Whether letting the 11 piece NPG Hornz blast a funky groove or downsizing and having 3rdEyeGirl tear the roof off the sucka, or showcasing his amazing singers: Shelby J, Liv Warfield and Elisa Dease, Prince was the generous and ultimate band leader. Liv Warfield helped Prince make "The Sweeter She Is" into a modern day R&B classic and Elisa Dease shined on "Take Me With U". Three beautiful and talented singers with their own unique styles.
A huge element to the show and one that was handled superbly was the keyboard work of Cassandra O'Neal. Even with a massive horn section, Cassandra's responsibilities are big as Prince's music has so many intricate keyboard sounds and if that goes awry, the show suffers. But Cassandra was the glue that held together all the show upfront.
Andrew Gouche was locked in solid and gave the NPG the veteran leadership that only a bass virtuoso can. Couldn't have been funkier and never overbearing and trying to steal the groove.
Damaris Lewis, famed Sports Illustrated swimsuit model and TV host, is Prince's muse and dancer onstage. Lewis starred when "U Got The Look" kicked in.
You could actually feel the audience's relief and excitement when Prince finally plugged in his guitar to shred on "Something In The Water". The party was ON and Prince acknowledged it by saying that the audience loved the rock and roll and he asked for his guitar to be turned up louder. It was my first time seeing 3rdEyeGirl live and I was thoroughly impressed. Hannah Ford (drums), Ida Nielsen (bass) and Donna Grantis (guitar) have gelled as a trio and added a new grittier flair to Prince's recent work. The new take on "Let's Go Crazy" satisfied even the fans who dug only Prince's work from Purple Rain.
Next up was the "Sampler Set" and something which I have been wishing for years that Prince drops from his concerts. Basically, Prince singing and talking over prerecorded snippets of his tunes in the dark and last night, his mic was even muffled during this segment. Yes, the crowd gets a rise from hearing a few seconds of "When Doves Cry" or "Nasty Girl". But with all the talent Prince and his bandmates have I feel this is a wasted opportunity to flesh out more LIVE songs. Thankfully, "Housequake" (one of my all-time favorite jams) was segued into a full-blown live edition.
Connecticut got their request in with an amazing "Purple Rain" performance. Prince pulls it off every time and a sacred moment on the six string. Back to the "old school" party vibe with "Cool/Don't Stop "Til U Get Enough" with freestyle assistance from Doug E. Fresh who may have to put some money in the curse jar for inciting the "Roof Is On Fire" chant. :-))
Houselights up and surprisingly, 75 % of the crowd stayed and Prince and 3rdEyeGirl rocked the joint with the instrumental "Plectrum Electrum". I learned never to head for the exit until the soundman leaves his station. Lesson noted when I caught the Purple Rain tour at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island and was treated to "Around The World In A Day" songs performed before the record was out.
Thanks to Prince, the NPG, 3rdEyeGirl, Janelle Monae, Doug E. Fresh, Esperanza Spaulding and the Mohegan Sun for the incredible night of musicianship, performance and great fun.
Suzy Six
Fantabulously Funky! Rock Royalty! Greatest Show On Earth!
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Really like your review and you seem to be a huge fan! That said, I went to Friday's show and it was my first Prince show ever, and I was sadly disappointed. I felt that at times, he relied a little too heavily on his band and backup singers...I wanted to hear him shine! He also didn't play any other instruments and didn't really pick up the guitar as much as I would have liked. I'm glad I went...but still left without being as blown away as I wanted. I'm really happy you liked Janelle Monae though! She's one of my FAVORITES and I wish I could've been at the Sunday show! It sounded way better! And thank you for mentioning the buzzkilling Sampler Set. I wouldn't have minded a medley so much if it wasn't in the dark, behind a DJ setup. Glad I found your site though! Sorry for the rambling!
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I was at the Sunday night show and also felt he gave a lack-luster performance. No real flair, pomp or circumstance shown in his t.v performances. This was my first Prince live concert so maybe I was expecting too much. I'm glad I got to see it though... I'm a die hard supporter.
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Green Sanctuary [1]
Introduction to the Green Sanctuary Program [2]
Green Sanctuary History and Acknowledgements [3]
Becoming an Accredited Green Sanctuary [4]
Stage 1: Team Building and Congregational Education [5]
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Stage 1 Reflection: On Team Building and Congregational Education [7]
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A world that is viable and just for humanity and for the whole of the web of life, including present and future generations.
The Green Sanctuary Program provides structure, leadership and support, in broad collaboration, for the UU faith community to engage in an ambitious Environmental Justice and Climate Justice movement that seeks to live fully our seventh principle and achieve our vision of a viable and just world for all.
Our High-Level Goals and Strategies Forming the Mission
Provide a structure for congregations to engage with environmental and climate issues and to move along the spectrum of awareness and action. Congregations join a website organizing community, createclimatejustice.net [25], as one way to learn, share and leverage our collective work.
Help connect UUs together working on the front lines of environmental and climate justice work, thus building movement capacity and collaboration for effective action.
Act with love and justice to heal the earth, our home.
Support frontline communities to protect people and the web of life.
Take courageous action to fight against environmental and climate injustices
Created in 1989, the Green Sanctuary (GS) program historically provided a path for congregational study, reflection, and action in response to environmental challenges, worshiping and acting - grounded in justice and Unitarian Universalist values. 254 (25% of UU congregations) achieved GS accreditation, plus 70 in process (list of Accredited GS Congregations). GS accreditation recognizes a congregation’s service and dedication. A part-time GS Program Manager (part of UUA's Multi-Cultural Growth and Witness Staff Group), and the GS Advisory Board formed in 2014, provide support and guidance.
A New Path
Given the increasingly urgent need for courageous action to fight climate change and the environmental and human injustices that it causes (climate justice), we now require a new level of congregational engagement. We envision Green Sanctuary congregations that are infused with a spirit and passion to join others in life- and planet-saving work. We recognize that our work must be intersectional, as described by the worldwide Sustainable Development Goals that start with the elimination of poverty, and for which climate action is an integral part.
Getting Started or Renewing
Connect to Green Sanctuary staff and volunteers at createclimatejustice.net [25], the online organizing community where congregations learn from other congregations, share successes and struggles, and leverage our collective work.
Steps in Becoming an Accredited Green Sanctuary [4]
Each congregation performs a self-assessment, writes a plan, and completes projects across: Environmental Justice / Climate Justice, Worship and Celebration, Religious Education, and Sustainable Living.
Congregations are also encouraged to join other UU initiatives, as well as inter-faith organizations. Createclimatejustice.net [26] is a primary vehicle for collaboration. Examples of UU organizations dedicated to environmental / climate justice are:
UU Ministry for Earth [27] is as primary partner (and the parent group) of Green Sanctuary.
UU Service Committee [28], UU College of Social Justice [29], UU United Nations Office [30], and UU Legislative Action networks [31] all do powerful work on climate justice in different ways.
UU Climate Action Teams [32] is a network of UU congregational leaders focused on climate organizing.
Environmental Justice Practitioners Network [33] (EJPN) is a community of practice for Unitarian Universalist environmental and climate justice leaders and community partners.
Video on Vimeo [34]
Introduction to the Green Sanctuary Program by Karen Brammer, Manager, UUA Green Sanctuary Program
Why environmental justice? theologically speaking
First environmental justice steps for white people
Our Place in the Web of Life: An Introduction To Environmental Justice [37]
Building the World We Dream About is a Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Tapestry of Faith curriculum designed to foster cross-cultural skill building and prepare participants to nurture a multiculturally competent and actively anti-racist congregation.
Building The World We Dream About: A Welcoming Congregation Curriculum on Race and Ethnicity [38]
Introduction to the Green Sanctuary Program
Part of Green Sanctuary [1]
Created in 1989, the Green Sanctuary program is a path for congregational study, reflection, and action in response to environmental challenges. It provides a structure for congregations to examine their current environmental impacts and move towards more sustainable practices grounded in Unitarian Universalism.
To date, 254 or 25% of Unitarian Universalist (UU) congregations have achieved Green Sanctuary accreditation, with another 70 in process. They support one another as they strive to embody environmentally just principles and improve the condition of our planet.
Each congregation performs a self-assessment, writes a plan, and completes several projects across four focus areas: Environmental Justice, Worship and Celebration, Religious Education, and Sustainable Living. The goal is to engage a two to three year process of bringing congregational culture into greater alignment with environmentally aware faith and practices. Green Sanctuary accreditation is a formal recognition of a congregation’s service and dedication to the Earth.
Becoming an Accredited Green Sanctuary [39]
Recognized Green Sanctuary Congregations
Goals of the Green Sanctuary Program
More than a study curriculum, Green Sanctuary is a way for congregations to educate themselves on environmental issues and take part in transformational activities designed with several goals in mind. The Green Sanctuary Program seeks to:
Deepen ties to UU faith and the seventh principle, bringing congregational culture into greater alignment with environmentally sustainable practices.
Empower congregations, families, and individuals to embrace and integrate effective stewardship of the Earth into their daily lives.
Grow the environmental movement among people of faith by inviting congregations to support Commit2Respond, a UU-affiliated coalition addressing climate injustice through activism.
Why Become a Green Sanctuary
Our world is faced with enormous, overwhelming environmental challenges. Green Sanctuary offers a way to amplify the efforts of UU congregations to develop and achieve a healthier, more sustainable future.
The GS accreditation process empowers congregations by:
Calling us to simply to do our part through small steps carried out consistently, with faith in our power to make a difference. Religious leaders from most of the world’s faith traditions claim that our environmental crises may be the greatest moral challenge facing humankind in the 21st century.
Considering the long-term impact of our individual and communal practices and behavior. Green Sanctuary congregations learn how their choices can damage or enhance our environment, weaving related moral, emotional and spiritual issues into worship. This creates space to care for and help one another in challenging times.
Identifying as a faith community with a historic and deep commitment to justice that respects the interdependent web of all existence. We understand that caring for the Earth and all of its inhabitants is a critical ingredient in building true justice.
Program Organization
In 2015, after recognizing the need to directly connect environmental sustainability with racial and economic justice, Green Sanctuary became part of the UUA’s Multicultural Growth and Witness staff group. Part-time staffing is supplemented with consultants and a large cadre of volunteers including an Advisory Group, Review Teams, and Coaches.
Green Sanctuary’s parent organization, UU Ministry for Earth, and participation in the Commit2Respond coalition provide environmental expertise and movement building capacity.
The Green Sanctuary program began as an outgrowth of the Seventh Principle Project, a UUA-affiliated environmental organization created in 1989. In 1991, the Seventh Principle Project published the first Green Sanctuary Handbook, introducing UU congregations to a process intended to integrate environmental consciousness into UU faith communities.
Since then, the program has undergone six revisions, ensuring it remains relevant in supporting congregational responses to environmental and environmental justice issues.
Program History and Acknowledgments [40]
Green Sanctuary History and Acknowledgements
In 1989, the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) created the Seventh Principle Project as an affiliated environmental organization. By 1991, they published the Green Sanctuary Handbook with the intent of integrating environmental consciousness and faith-based community, imagining a congregational life reflective of the seventh Principle of Unitarian Universalism, “Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.”
In 1999, Fred Small—an early promoter of the Green Sanctuary concept—proposed a comprehensive Green Sanctuary program as his Harvard Divinity School thesis. Modeled after the very effective Welcoming Congregation process, Green Sanctuary invited congregations to engage in a series of actions to address environmental issues, resulting in congregational recognition or “accreditation”.
After a presentation at the 1999 General Assembly, a group of enthusiastic activists took on the challenge of translating Fred Small’s proposal into a functional program. Seventh Principle Project member David Cockrell convened a task force to add new material to the manual, and craft a step-by-step congregational process. Green Sanctuary’s second edition was ready for distribution in the fall of 2000. Mr. Cockrell called for a number of “Founders” congregations to pilot the program, resulting in five congregations completing the program in 2002, followed by three more in 2003.
The pilot illustrated Green Sanctuary’s potential, but it required more flexibility to be truly accessible to congregations of varying sizes, capabilities, geographic locations, and organizational cultures.
Green Sanctuary’s third edition (2003) invited congregations to create their own activities and projects, encompassing all aspects of congregational life. By 2005, when the Seventh Principle Project became the Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth (UUMFE), there were thirty-one accredited Green Sanctuary congregations.
Unitarian Universalist (UU) congregations began to devote more attention to environmental issues around 2006, culminating in a two-year period of study and action on the issue of global warming. Delegates to the 2006 General Assembly campaigned for and voted overwhelmingly to adopt a Statement of Conscience on the Threat of Global Warming/Climate Change—arguably the clearest and strongest statement by a religious institution to date. This was a grassroots effort, closely tied to many congregations’ Green Sanctuary work.
At that same General Assembly, a record nineteen Green Sanctuary congregations were recognized, bringing the grand total to fifty. For the first time, certificates were presented in a public ceremony on the plenary stage, dramatically increasing the program’s visibility.
UUMFE published the manual’s fourth edition in the fall of 2007, while over 125 Unitarian Universalist congregations were formally enrolled in the Green Sanctuary program. The new version provided detailed information about managing the process, creating a comprehensive action plan, and renewing accreditation status.
By 2008, the Green Sanctuary program had become so successful that UUMFE staff had difficulty keeping up with demand. In July of that year, the UUMFE handed responsibility for the Green Sanctuary program to the UUA’s Stewardship and Development Office.
Supported by the resources of the larger organization, Green Sanctuary continues to thrive. In the summer of 2009, there were 98 accredited Green Sanctuary congregations and 116 in candidacy—representing over 20 percent of UUA congregations.
In 2012, Green Sanctuary underwent a series of reviews to assess the evolution of congregational environmental justice work, and the potential for coordination with UUA staff and related environmental justice organizations. At the same time, UUMFE launched an investigation of "The Theology and Ethics of Environmental Justice" with Meadville Lombard Theological School and Starr King School for the Ministry, sponsored by funding from the UU Funding Program. By now, there were 194 accredited Green Sanctuaries and three re-accredited.
The possibility for greater collaboration between UUA leadership and UU organizations focused on environmental and social justice occurred in 2013, when Green Sanctuary became part of the Multicultural Growth and Witness staff group. In the same year, a Green Sanctuary Manual revision incorporated environmental justice, experimenting with ways to encourage and support congregations in an intersectional approach to addressing environmental issues.
The 2009 Green Sanctuary manual was adapted from the UUMFE publication Green Sanctuary: Congregations Working Together To Restore Earth and Renew Spirit, Fourth Edition (October 2007) by Rev. Katherine Jesch, Director of Environmental Ministry. The Green Sanctuary Program was originally nurtured and managed by the UUMFE, and we are grateful for their shepherding of the program.
2013 edits were made in consultation with Pamela Sparr under the management of Rev. Karen Brammer, and the administrative support of Brent Jurgess. Input for the resulting web-based manual came from the Green Sanctuary Review Team, UU Ministry for Earth and the Theology and Ethics of Environmental Justice Task Force (supported by the Unitarian Universalist Funding Panel), UUA Multicultural Ministry staff member Jessica Halperin, past Executive Director of UU Legislative Ministries in CA, Lindi Gifford, and many others. With deep thanks.
Thanks to Rev. Robert F. Murphy for his contributions on the history of the Green Sanctuary Program and the Environmental Justice Movement.
Thanks to past and present Green Sanctuary Review Team members: Happy Bradford, Gene Burr, Cathy Cramer, Dotti Doyle, Bill Fischer, Stan Grant, Rev. Katherine Jesch, Peg MacMorris, Dave Segel, and Frank Silovsky for their commitment to the Green Sanctuary Program and their consistently helpful guidance, Michael Akillian and Suzi Novak.
Thanks to the many UU congregations whose stories, photos, and examples appeared throughout the previous paper manuals. And a special thanks to the congregations whose sample applications appeared in the indexes.
Thanks to Jesse Holm, UUA Congregational Stewardship Services Administrator, for her thoughtful review and comments.
Thanks to Robin Nelson, UUA Congregational Stewardship Services Program Manager, for her research on UU congregational participation in the Green Sanctuary Program, and her assistance with the publication of this guide.
A special thanks to Kathy Carter, Professional Freelance Editing, for her thoughtful and diligent reorganization, rewriting, and editing of this newest version of the Green Sanctuary Manual (2017).
Becoming an Accredited Green Sanctuary
Green Sanctuary (GS) is a unique opportunity for deep congregational growth and transformation through a commitment to make every aspect of congregational life as sustainable and environmentally responsible as possible. This comprehensive program educates congregations about their environmental impact as institutions and individuals. Action plans seek to increase building sustainability, improve congregational practices, and create relationships within the wider community.
Please join createclimatejustice.net [25] to step into the growing community of congregational leaders using Green Sanctuary to support environmental and climate justice work in their congregations.
Congregations seeking Green Sanctuary accreditation will educate themselves and create projects in four focus areas:
Environmental Justice acknowledges that marginalized communities are often hit first and hardest by environmental crisis. Congregations shift from providing charity to working in solidarity with communities most affected by climate change.
Worship and Celebration
As we work together towards a cleaner, more just and sustainable world, worship enables us to stay connected to each other and to celebrate the work we have accomplished.
Religious Education shapes more than minds. It shapes the attitudes and practices of children, families and the entire adult congregation while inspiring us to keep working toward our goal of sustainable practices.
Sustainable living requires us to treat the world more gently by using fewer resources and being mindful of the choices we make.
Congregations follow a customized, five-stage process towards accreditation:
Stage 1: Team Building and Congregational Education [41]
Stage 5: Gaining Green Sanctuary Accreditation [22]
What’s Involved
Approximate Time Frame / Description
Possible Costs
Learning Green Sanctuary program requirements, review of application process and available resources (including the GS website).
Participation in an introductory conference call.
1 -2 weeks
Stage 1: Team Building and Congregational Education
Team immersion.
Establishing a Green Team to manage the GS process.
Congregational education, getting congregational leaders on board.
Stage 2: Congregational Assessment
Assess congregational energy and water use, waste disposal, food choices, purchasing and other practices.
Collect data and present it to the congregation.
Professional energy audit
Purchasing “Our Place in the Web of Life” curriculum
Stage 3: Creating an Action Plan
Choosing and creating project plans in the four focus areas based on data from the assessments.
Creating a communications plan to inform the congregation about all GS work.
Will depend on frequency of Green Team meetings and congregational dynamics. Best to include input from the congregation.
Stage 4: Applying to be a GS Candidate
Preparing and submitting application.
Receive feedback, modify plan.
10 – 20 hours
Review team will offer feedback within two weeks.
$100 Application Fee
Stage 5: Gaining GS Accreditation
Carrying out the action plan
Applying for Accreditation status
Major transitions or congregational crises can lengthen this timeframe. It may also take time to develop partnerships in the community.
UUA Green Sanctuary Program - First Steps
Your congregation may express its desire to become a Green Sanctuary in a variety of ways. Usually, a small group of congregants immediately sees the connection between the program and the core values of Unitarian Universalism. They find out how the program works, and start organizing.
These first steps are very important. It’s true that Green Sanctuary work has the potential to be transformational, but success depends on everyone knowing about and supporting the process. Problems develop when a committed group of people gets too invested in the program, and gets too far ahead of everyone else.
The goals in this stage are:
Learning about the Green Sanctuary process and determining if it is a good fit for your congregation.
Establishing a team that will lead the work, inviting others to participate along the way.
Educating the entire congregation so everyone is aware of your faith community’s commitment.
This section details action steps [45], reflections [46], resources [47], and a checklist [48].
Introduction to Green Sanctuary: A PowerPoint for Congregational Use by Suzi Novak [49]
Download the presentation here. [49]
The Return of Earth/She: An Environmental Justice Poem by Christopher D. Sims
Stage 1 Action Steps: Building A Team and Educating the Congregation about Green Sanctuary
In this stage, you’ll (1) create a Green Sanctuary team and charter, and (2) educate and engage your congregation around the Green Sanctuary process.
Developing a Green Team and Charter
Sometimes the Green Sanctuary Team forms first, then educates the Board and the congregation; other times an exploratory group brings the program to the Board, and the Board charters a Green Team. The team’s formation should reflect how your congregation does its best work.
The team could be an Executive Team that coordinates the work of many sub-groups; a committee comprised of the chair of every other committee; or a team of two or three Board-approved people charged with coordinating congregational activities and the application process. The size of the Green Sanctuary team will depend on the process or governance that works best in your congregation.
The purpose of this team is to manage the entire process and ensure the required steps are completed. The Green Sanctuary team could be called a committee, ministry, or whatever term is customary in your congregation.
Roles: The entire congregation is responsible for completing the Green Sanctuary projects. The team leads the effort by conducting assessments (or charging committees with specific aspects of assessment), planning projects, providing resources and logistical support, communicating with other leaders and staff, and preparing required documentation. The team’s key role is to act as environmental cheerleaders, encouraging participation.
Selecting Team Members: It’s not enough for the Board to assume the team will consist solely of the people who suggested earning Green Sanctuary accreditation. Although most or all of them may want to participate, additional team members may be needed.
Varied Expertise: Identify a variety of talent and expertise from within the congregation to perform various tasks: communication, worship and celebration, sustainability expertise, social justice expertise, etc. When it’s time to design specific projects, seek input outside your team, and recruit additional expertise.
The Charter: Usually, the authority granted by the Board to the Green Sanctuary team comes in the form of a charter stating the team’s purpose and some rules of operation (for example: “...organizing and facilitating the Green Sanctuary process.”).
Educating the Congregation
Present to the Board: Typically, the initial organizers make a presentation to the congregation’s Board of Trustees (or other governing body) explaining what the Green Sanctuary program is, and its benefit to the congregation. If the board members agree the idea has merit, they authorize the group to start a Green Sanctuary program.
If your congregation is operates under Policy Governance, the direction for this work will come in partnership with the Executive staff team (Minister, Justice Minister, Religious Education [RE] Director, etc.). Find suggestions about this here.
Introduce Green Sanctuary to the Congregation
At this point, only a small number of people are aware the Green Sanctuary program’s started. However, the process cannot be successful or meaningful without the participation of the entire congregation.
Objectives: In the beginning, the team’s objectives are to raise awareness of the program, generate support and enthusiasm, and inspire commitment and active participation.
Generally, the congregation is asked to formally approve Green Sanctuary participation at a later stage. In some cases, the Board or congregation may call a congregational vote at the start of the process. If this happens, it is still the team’s first task to build awareness and support before asking for approval.
It can be particularly helpful if the team brainstorms with the congregation after sharing some of the information they have gathered.
Methods: Every congregation has their own style of engaging congregants in important issues or programs.
Worship: Many choose to introduce Green Sanctuary during a Sunday worship service, since that is the best opportunity to reach the majority of congregants. Ideas on how to introduce Green Sanctuary during worship are listed here.
Coffee hour: Staffing a Green Sanctuary table at coffee hour is another way to get the word out, and facilitate participation in assessments and action plan activities.
Communications: Throughout the process, make use of all effective communications: announcements, newsletters, the congregation’s website, committee presentations, and so on.
Stage 1 Reflection: On Team Building and Congregational Education
Joanna Macy, the eco-philosopher and author, reminds us, “The truth is that all aspects of the current crisis reflect the same mistake, setting ourselves apart and using others—other people, other species, and other resources—for our own gain. To heal any aspect of our separateness helps the others to heal as well. Just find what you love to work on and take joy in that.”
Building Motivation for Change
Recognize that this is hard: The Green Sanctuary program invites us to reexamine some of the basic premises and actions of our lives. If you’ve ever tried to change a longtime habit, you know how challenging that can be. Now imagine asking your entire congregation to change many habits, collectively and individually. That’s a tall order, but not an impossible one—as accredited congregations can tell you. An openness and desire to change is central to engagement in the Green Sanctuary program. The entire community needs to develop an understanding of the need for change and be willing to do whatever is required.
Clarify the connection to our Seventh Principle: For many of us, the motivation to change comes when we recognize that our old ways are morally or ethically unacceptable. Throughout the Green Sanctuary program, encourage discussion of how issues and projects relate to personal moral values and the seven Principles of Unitarian Universalism.
Connect with existing UU efforts:
Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth [51] (UUMFE)
Commit2Respond [52]
UU College of Social Justice [53] (UUCSJ)
UU Service Committee [54] (UUSC)
Tap local expertise and passion: As you plan and carry out your Green Sanctuary program, look for opportunities to engage people on a personal level. If there are environmental activists in your congregation, find out what causes they are passionate about and why. Ask them to share a presentation or newsletter article, including concrete examples of how human and nonhuman species are affected.
Make it personal: We are unlikely to change our habits unless we feel a strong, personal motivation to do so. Although facts and figures about environmental issues have their place, they are not always successful in stirring us to action. It’s when we see environmental damage for ourselves, or hear the stories of affected communities that we more deeply understand the concerns. Incorporate direct experience whenever possible. For example, if a local creek bed has become a dumping ground for trash, arrange a visit. Have someone take photos to share with the rest of the congregation. Find ideas for bringing direct experience of environmental issues to your congregation here.
Use a variety of educational resources: Direct experience can move us to action when intellectualizing fails. When direct experience is impractical, look for other ways to make the issues real. Reading and discussing an article about the cruelty of animal feedlots may motivate some to seek alternative meat sources, or give up meat altogether. Seeing a documentary about the impact of global warming on Native villages in Alaska might be the impetus to step up activism for greenhouse gas regulation. Find films and books on environmental issues here.
Gather and share information: No matter how motivated we are to solve a problem, determining the best course of action can be confusing. Educational programs about environmental issues can have a major impact, encouraging people to act on their new understanding and awareness. Forums and presentations by experts, book discussion groups, and collaborative research can help your congregation understand the problems and develop possible solutions. Articles, books, films, and websites translate scientific findings into clear, plain language. Find resources on environmental issues here.
Create a vision: To increase motivation, create a vision for your Green Sanctuary efforts. Help your congregation vividly imagine the results of the work you’re doing together. How will it feel when you’ve earned your accreditation? What will it be like to live as a Green Sanctuary? Try creating a “vision board” using pictures and words to portray the future you imagine. You might do this for the Green Sanctuary process as a whole, for each planned project, or both. Having a tangible reminder of your shared vision is especially helpful at the halfway point, when the initial enthusiasm has worn off and the end is not yet in sight. Get motivated with these testimonials from Green Sanctuary congregations!
Emphasize the Positive: Like everyone else, Unitarian Universalists are reluctant to sacrifice, and the environmental movement can demand that we give up some of the things we enjoy most. Reframing lifestyle changes in terms of what is gained can increase motivation. Changes in congregational activities and structures may seem insurmountable if you start with, “How much will it cost to make the change?” As you plan and promote Green Sanctuary activities, try to frame the discussion in a more positive way, for example: “How can we live our faith in a way that’s best for the Earth as well as our community?” The answer to this second question rests at the heart of the journey to becoming a Green Sanctuary.
Operating as a Team
Perseverance is necessary: In some congregations, enthusiasm about Green Sanctuary is high from the very beginning. In others, people may need more convincing. Don’t be too discouraged if the congregation seems skeptical or indifferent at first. If your team recognizes the challenge, acknowledges that you may meet resistance along the way, and consciously works to build motivation, your congregation will be more likely to successfully complete the program. Usually, enthusiasm and commitment build as people learn more about the program and see how environmental concerns relate to their faith.
It doesn’t have to be perfect: After gathering information, we are still challenged to find the right response. Environmental issues are complex; despite our wishes, there is no universal answer for the challenges we face. In almost every case, a response in one direction will result in some unintended impact in another direction. Scientists are still investigating many issues, and people may disagree about the correct course of action.
Take the plunge: As you go through the process, it’s tempting to postpone actions as you debate the issues. But allowing ourselves to become paralyzed with uncertainty will not save the planet! In fact, delaying action can drain enthusiasm and cause the entire process to lose momentum. Remember: although “you can’t do everything, you can do something.”
Be flexible: Once you have chosen a course of action, be committed, but flexible. If new information suggests a different course of action, or if a project seems ineffective, be willing to adjust your plans. The Green Sanctuary Review Team understands congregational life: they know things change, and mainly want to know how you handled and what you learned from those changes.
Set realistic goals and celebrate successes, especially if they can be expressed visually. Keep in mind that changes need to be relatively low in cost and high in convenience for most people to be willing to go along with them. A campaign encouraging people to become vegetarians overnight is likely to be unsuccessful. Inviting people to choose a vegetarian menu at one additional meal per week—if they can—is more feasible.
Even then, it would be unrealistic to expect total participation. The choices we make depend on personal values, experiences, family situations, health, and economic circumstances, among other factors. Show appreciation for those who adopt lifestyle changes, but be careful not to pressure, chastise, or embarrass those who do not.
Respect differences. Find opportunities for openness and collaboration. In the midst of your Green Sanctuary work, take time for discussion and reflection. It is easy for passionate people to get too far ahead of the congregation, creating resentment. Be generous with each other. Don’t expect complete agreement. Different individuals and groups—within and outside of your congregation—may view the natural world in different ways and use unfamiliar language to talk about it. For example, some individuals honor “the Creator” or “the Goddess,” while others are uneasy with these terms. Respect cultural and religious diversity while searching for common ground.
Support one another—in your team, in your congregation. Make sure you celebrate! Making individual lifestyle changes without the support of others can be nearly impossible. Most of us find change easier when we have the support of family, friends, community, and spiritual practice.
As leaders of this effort, you are encouraged to engage a sounding board outside the congregation. This could be the Green Sanctuary Manager, an accredited congregation, or your coach (if you have one).
Part of the Green Sanctuary process involves integrating environmental themes into your worship services, celebrations, lifespan religious education, and social justice programming. As you work on the other action plan projects, these programs become a source of support by fostering a sense of community and spirituality.
Support also comes through the strength of acting together. In the Green Sanctuary program, individual actions accumulate to create a larger impact than each person could by acting alone. Together you can see the difference, and together you can reinforce one another’s commitments.
Throughout the process, look for ways to support each other. For example, if shifting away from a materialistic lifestyle seems daunting to many in your congregation, you may want to initiate “simplicity circles”: small groups that provide reinforcement and affirmation for adopting a lifestyle that is healthier for the planet.
Stage 1 Resources: Team Building and Congregational Education
The UUA conducts monthly conference calls to review the Green Sanctuary program and answer questions. To participate in an upcoming call, contact uua_greensanctuary [at] uua [dot] org.
Trained volunteer coaches support congregational leadership. If you have decided to work towards Green Sanctuary accreditation and would like a coach, contact us at uua_greensanctuary [at] uua [dot] org.
Review the list of accredited congregations and consider contacting them to learn from their experience.
Review videos and other Green Sanctuary resources.
Stage 1: Checklist for Team Building and Congregational Education
This checklist is a helpful way to ensure you have completed the steps that build success in subsequent stages, and serves as a good reference for your candidacy application.
Use short phrases, bullets, and references to other documents (full sentences aren’t necessary).
Download the checklist (Word) [55]
Briefly state type of activity
HOW YOU CAN TRACK OR MEASURE IMPACT OF THIS STEP
Some of this may be numbers, but also stories about people’s energy, particular responses, etc.
DATE ACCOMPLISHED OR LAUNCHED
How does learning happen? Is it ongoing?
Build Team
Who? Sense of energy level...
Educate Leadership
Reports, Presentations, Worship, RE, Group Conversations...
Educate Congregation
Newsletter, Presentations, Worship, RE, Group Conversations...
Your first major Green Sanctuary activity will be a comprehensive environmental assessment: a snapshot of your congregation’s current positions on environmental programs and practices. You will review everything from building and grounds management, to worship elements and the content of your educational programs. You will also examine consumption patterns, spending habits, and social activities.
A summary of your environmental assessment is required to become a Green Sanctuary candidate, is valuable regardless. Acknowledging what the congregation does well provides a psychological boost. The assessment will also identify gaps, problem areas, and opportunities for improvement. With this information, you can develop a list of recommendations and opportunities that will strengthen operations and insure long-term sustainability. You will put your passion for justice to work by identifying opportunities to deepen your relationship with the Earth, and healing environmental damage to human and nonhuman communities.
The assessment helps to develop the substance of your Green Sanctuary action plan. As you carry out the plan, the assessment becomes a baseline that allows you to visibly measure your progress.
Your Green Sanctuary candidacy application will include a summary of the key findings of your environmental assessment. You are encouraged to keep the detailed findings as a permanent part of your files. Periodically updating the assessment can help you track changes and evaluate future actions.
This stage has two main goals, with an optional third:
Have your facilities undergo a professional energy audit [56].
Conduct a congregational assessment [57] where you gather information about your organization’s practices and programs.
Collect personal assessments [58] (optional) – survey individuals in your congregation to assess attitudes and habits related to environmental issues.
This section describes action steps [57], reflections [59], and available resources [60] for this stage.
Stage 2 Action Steps: Conducting a Congregational Assessment
This stage has two main goals:
To conduct a professional energy audit [13] of your facilities, and
To perform a congregational assessment, gathering information about your congregation’s practices and programs.
Your congregation may also choose to incorporate a personal assessment [12]: an optional survey of the individuals in your congregation to assess attitudes and habits related to environmental issues.
Conducting a Congregational Assessment
In the second component of the environmental assessment, your team reviews congregational programs and practices in each Green Sanctuary focus area: Worship and Celebration, Religious Education, Environmental Justice, and Sustainable Living.
Assigned team members will investigate which issues, practices, and policies need evaluation.
Methods for Gathering Data
Document review. This could include bylaws, board minutes, and/or policy directives. Newsletters and annual reports can provide basic information about congregational programs.
Interviews and reports. Contact staff members, committee chairs, and other leaders for details about programs and practices. (Suggested questions are provided later in this section.)
Direct observation. Take a walk around the building. Are lights usually turned off when not in use? Are people using the recycling bins?
Assign data-gathering tasks based on team members’ skills and perspectives. Someone methodical and analytical might prefer reviewing documents, while tact and communication skills are important when conducting interviews.
The actual assessment process will vary considerably across congregations. Some have well-documented procedures, neatly filed records, and a clear structure of committee responsibilities. Other teams may have to dig through records in storage boxes, or try to find the name of the committee member in charge of a relevant, but years-old project. If you encounter these challenges, find out as much as you can. When information is unavailable, look at it as an opportunity to start fresh by identifying new policies or practices.
“How far back should we look?” is a frequent question. If a practice has been in place for two or three years, it’s safe to say it’s ongoing. If a major event happened four or five years ago (moving to a new building, the arrival of a new minister with very different views on the environment), you might want to include an explanation in your assessment.
Suggested questions for congregational assessment (PDF, 5 pages) [61]
Stage 2 Action Steps: Conducting Personal Assessments
Personal assessments are individual surveys that ask about ongoing, environmentally friendly practices and habits. This is an optional step, but can be meaningful.
Learning which positive environmental actions congregants are already taking can provide reasons to celebrate, and give you hope for the future. Understanding congregants’ interests may suggest projects to include in your action plan. Just taking the survey often raises awareness, motivating respondents to take action. Having people retake the survey after completing your action plan can measure the impact of Green Sanctuary participation.
Most surveys focus on energy and water usage, recycling, food choices, and other elements of sustainability. Some also try to gauge respondents’ knowledge about environmental issues, involvement in environmental action, and interest or willingness to participate in specific activities.
Sample personal assessment (PDF, 3 pages) [62]
Whether you design your own survey, or adapt one from another source, following these guidelines can help increase participation:
Keep it simple. A complicated survey that takes too long to complete probably won’t get a good response.
Focus on the positive. Avoid making people feel guilty. Instead of asking about wasteful habits, ask whether people take specific steps to conserve resources.
Consider an online survey tool. Web-based services like SurveyMonkey, Zoomerang, SurveyGizmo, and PollDaddy let you collect data over the Internet. Most offer a free, basic version, as well as paid packages with additional features.
Stage 2 Action Steps: Professional Energy Audit
A professional energy audit is an important part of your environmental assessment, and the only element that requires technical expertise.
An energy audit is a professional examination of a building with respect to energy efficiency. Considerations include:
Efficiency of the heating / cooling (HVAC) and plumbing systems
Heat loss potential (insulation and windows)
Systems management (use of programmable thermostats)
Lighting fixtures (exit signs, light bulbs, motion sensors)
Appliance energy efficiency ratings
Based on this information, the auditor calculates current energy usage and recommends high, medium, or low priority improvements depending on estimated energy savings, required investment, and the speed of return on said investment. Auditors often provide information about potential rebates for said improvements.
Cost of the Audit
Unless your congregation is fortunate enough to have a willing volunteer with the expertise to conduct an audit, you will need to contract for it. Many states provide resources for low-cost, subsidized, or free audits. Some contractors that install heating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems conduct audits and arrange a payment plan using savings gained from implementing the recommendations. If your state has an Interfaith Power and Light [63] program, it may be able to provide an energy audit or recommend a contractor. Research all your options before making a decision.
Whether or not you qualify for a low-cost or free audit, the return on your investment usually makes the process worthwhile. The higher your current energy costs, the shorter the payback period once you implement the recommendations.
There are a few situations where an energy audit is impractical or unnecessary. If this is the case, include an explanation in your application.
Recent Audit. If you completed a professional energy audit within the last three years, you do not need to repeat the process at this time. Your application should Include the audit summary and recommendations, along with a brief report on steps taken towards implementation.
New Building. If your building is five years old or newer and designed with energy conservation in mind, an audit probably isn’t necessary. Documentation of your building design and a review of energy use for the last two years may be sufficient, unless you discover anomalies that concern you.
Low-Use Building. If you own your building but only use it once or twice a week, major capital investments are unlikely to be cost effective. Rather than paying for a complete audit, look for low-cost improvements that can save energy, such as switching to compact fluorescent bulbs or adding weather stripping.
Rented or Leased Space. If you rent or lease space, it may not be possible to conduct an independent energy audit. Contact the building’s owner to work out a solution. You might offer to find a low-cost resource, share the cost of the audit, or implement one or more recommendations at your own expense if the owner pays for the audit.
NOTE: If you don’t conduct an energy audit, or the audit shows that major changes are unnecessary, you can still include an energy conservation project in your action plan.
Stage 2 Reflection: On Congregational Assessments
Here are some things to consider as you move through your Congregational Assessment.
Courtesy with Staff and Contractors
Large congregations can have several staff members who need to be involved in the assessment process. Some may be entirely supportive of Green Sanctuary goals, while others may not see why you consider the project so important. A larger congregation may also engage contractors for janitorial or landscaping services. These employees may or may not be willing to spend time with you explaining how they go about their work.
Board commitment to the Green Sanctuary program will help reinforce requests for information from staff or contractors. However, these individuals have other responsibilities. Your timetable is not their top priority, and they may see your requests as an interference. Always express your respect and appreciation for their contribution. It’s important to maintain positive relationships, especially since you may need these individuals’ cooperation later on.
Developed by David Cooperrider in the mid-1980s, appreciative inquiry is a fundamental shift from the usual approach to implementing organizational improvements.
It starts with the premise that positive change springs from asking positive questions: When have we been at our best? What are we doing well right now? What do we want more of in the future? Reflecting on these questions can inspire organizations to new levels of excellence.
Assessing congregational practices can bring up many feelings on the part of the staff and the congregation, especially since most of us have been conditioned to focus on solving problems (“What went wrong? How can we fix it?”). Appreciative inquiry encourages us to build on our successes.
In conducting your assessment, look for opportunities to use this technique. In addition to researching congregational facts and figures, ask people to talk about successful programs and practices. For example: if you’re interviewing a congregant about a recent social action project, you might ask:
What was the high point of this experience?
As a community, how did we express our best selves during the course of this project?
What aspects of this experience might we want to emulate in future projects?
A focus on appreciative inquiry can infuse the congregation with positive energy that ripples beyond the Green Sanctuary process.
Stage 2 Resources: Congregational Assessment
Goal 1: Professional Energy Audit [13]
Goal 2: Congregational assessment [11]
Sample Green Sanctuary Candidacy Application (PDF, 21 pages, see 4-8) [64]
Appreciative Inquiry [65]
Goal 3: Personal Assessment [12]
Tools (optional)
Survey Monkey [66]
Zoomerang [67]
The Green Sanctuary Action Plan is the compilation of twelve or more projects that will guide your congregation’s completion of the accreditation requirements.
Guidelines for selecting projects (PDF, 12 pages) [68]
Number of Projects
At least 1
See environmental justice checklist
At least one longer-term/ongoing
At least one related to environmental justice
Two for different age groups within your congregation.
Can be multigenerational.
At least one related to environmental justice.
At least one related to climate change.
The ideal action plan is a series of actions that will move your congregational culture towards a deeper environmental awareness grounded in UU values, sustainability, and justice. It’s also a a road map to help you strategize and check the logistics of your program elements.
If you find that some elements are no longer appropriate, simply adjust the plan as needed.
If you make a significant revision and are not sure whether the plan still meets the program requirements, contact the Green Sanctuary Manager at uua_greensanctuary [at] uua [dot] org.
This section includes reflections [69] and available resources [70] for this stage.
Stage 3 Reflection: On Creating an Action Plan
Developing your action plan can be a rewarding activity. It provides focus and purpose, inspiring you to envision what your congregation can achieve by living Unitarian Universalist Principles in the pursuit of a better world. Take your time, and enjoy this opportunity to reflect on your goals.
Before deciding which projects to pursue, identify who will lead each one. If you cannot find at least one or two volunteers willing to coordinate a project, consider an alternative that generates more enthusiasm and/or is more feasible.
When your team is satisfied with your chosen projects, you’re ready to document your plan and prepare your formal application to become a Green Sanctuary candidate.
Stage 3 Resources: Creating an Action Plan
The UUA’s Multicultural Growth and Witness [71] (MGW) Staff Group: Building partnerships across cultural boundaries can be exhilarating and challenging. The UUA’s Multicultural Growth and Witness staff group equips Unitarian Universalist congregations and community leaders to minister effectively in our multicultural world. If your team is interested in building congregational capacity in this area, contact socialjustice [at] uua [dot] org.
UUA District and Regional Staff [72]
[72]: Get in touch with your GS coach or the GS office to find out if there is a UUA staff member doing social or environmental justice work aligned with your project.
UU College of Social Justice [53] (UUCSJ): UUCSJ organizes powerful experiences of learning and action for social justice. Some offerings may fulfill your environmental justice requirements. If you have questions, contact the Green Sanctuary office at uua_greensanctuary [at] uua [dot] org.
UU Service Committee [54] (UUSC): The UUSC advances human rights through grassroots collaboration. In 15 countries throughout the world, UUSC fosters social justice and works toward a world free from oppression. Your congregational environmental justice work could establish powerful partnerships through one of UUSC’s projects. If you have questions, contact the Green Sanctuary office at uua_greensanctuary [at] uua [dot] org.
UU Ministry for Earth [51] (UUMFE): UUMFE’s web site houses resources to plan and implement every aspect of your Green Sanctuary plan: worship, children’s religious education, action and advocacy, sustainability, and Earth Day activities. We highly recommend the UUMFE Environmental Justice Curriculum [37] "Our Place in the Web of Life" as an introduction to environmental justice, and a means to assess your congregation’s environmental impact. Curriculum cost depends on the size of your congregation.
UU Young Adult Climate Justice Network
[73]: Young adults are taking on some of the most radical direct action to resist climate change and frequently have a better understanding of how to do intersectional environmental justice work. To tap into current young adult activities or for advice about successful young adult outreach, get in touch with the Young Adult Network coordinator. This position supports a young adult network engaged in UU-principled climate activism.
Coalition of Unitarian Universalist State Action Networks [74]: CUUSAN, the Coalition of Unitarian Universalist State Action Networks, is a central meeting place for existing UU State Action Networks (SANs) and newly forming SANs. Some UU State Networks—like the UU Justice Ministry of California [75]—maintain environmental justice task forces. You can find other networks here.
Demonstrating Our Values through Eating
A Unitarian Universalist food education curriculum designed for adults, young adults, and mature youth.
Learn More [76]
Stage 4: Applying to be a Green Sanctuary Congregation
Once you have formed a Green Sanctuary team [41], engaged your congregation, completed the assessments [42], and developed an action plan [43] for your projects, you are ready to become a Green Sanctuary candidate.
Bringing your congregation to this stage illustrates your commitment to implementing your Green Sanctuary program, including support from key people. Both elements are critical to your success.
The application includes:
Congregational Information and Profile
This section of the website includes action steps [20] and reflections [21] on applying to be a Green Sanctuary candidate.
Stage 4 Action Steps: Applying to be a Green Sanctuary Congregation
The Green Sanctuary candidate application consists of three parts:
Congregation Information and Profile: basic information about your congregation.
Your Proposed Action Plan: a brief description of each project in your action plan.
Your Proposed Communications Plan: how you plan to engage your congregation and the wider community in your Green Sanctuary efforts.
Complete Instructions (PDF, 4 pages) [77]
Application Form (Word, 4 pages) [78]
If you cannot submit the form electronically, contact the Green Sanctuary Manager for alternate mailing instructions.
Questions? Contact the Green Sanctuary Manager at uua_greensanctuary [at] uua [dot] org.
Before submitting the completed application, some teams ask their congregation to vote to apply for candidacy. This is not required, but it can be a way of gauging a congregation’s commitment and solidifying support. There is some risk in asking the congregation to vote at this stage, since a negative vote or a very weak positive vote can reflect hesitancy about the program or resistance to making a strong commitment. Anticipate the likely outcome and strategize accordingly. (Note: a vote is required before applying for final accreditation, after completion of the action plan.)
If you choose to ask for a vote before applying for candidacy, it’s a good idea to use general wording in the motion. You may need to adjust your plans as you move through the program, so less restrictive language leaves your options open.
Each congregation is asked to pay a one-time application fee of $100. Instructions for submitting the fee are on the application form.
Stage 4 Reflection: On Applying to Become a Green Sanctuary Congregation
After you submit your application:
Submitted candidacy applications go to a Green Sanctuary Review Team. These review teams consist of volunteer congregational leaders who have completed the Green Sanctuary process.
After the review meeting, the program manager will contact you with feedback about your action plan.
Based on this feedback and any changing circumstances in your congregation, you may modify your action plan.
You are free to make changes to your plan at any point in the process. There is no need to submit ongoing revisions unless you have a question about meeting the program requirements.
Stage 5: Gaining Green Sanctuary Recognition
Carrying Out Your Action Plan
Allow one to three years to complete the projects in your action plan. It takes at least a year for everyone to get on board with the program. It may take a year to develop collaborative relationships and make positive change on an environmental justice issue. Another year can involve establishing changes in congregational practice, and individual congregants integrating the associated learnings and commitments.
As you carry out the plan, major changes in the life of the congregation like losing a minister or long-term leader or having to move to a different site for worship can derail the Green Sanctuary process. If this happens, contact the Green Sanctuary Manager or your coach for support.
When you have completed your action plan, a special celebration is in order! After that, you will prepare for accreditation.
Maintaining Energy and Motivation
Some may approach this work as another task, making it difficult to stay interested and engaged. Others may see it as an urgent mission to save the world, a view likely to be overwhelming. As you implement your action plan, try to balance both perspectives. Staying task-oriented keeps you organized and gives you milestones to celebrate; a sense of mission inspires you to stretch beyond your comfort level and reach for a higher goal.
One of the best ways to maintain energy and enthusiasm during your Green Sanctuary journey is to recognize that each completed project is a milestone. Celebrate your success!
Documenting and Reporting Progress
Once a year, candidates submit a brief report detailing recent accomplishments and general progress, requesting assistance as needed. This annual report will contain photographs and other documentation necessary for your accreditation application.
If a newsletter is part of your communications plan, consider using it as a basis for record-keeping. Add metrics or stories to explain where you began, detail your congregation’s actions, and note the program’s overall impact.
Specifically for the environmental justice work, a tracking tool is available as a shorthand way to record what you do over time. You will need to add more details to this tracking tool to create a complete enough picture for the review team, but it can provide a good scaffold.
Preparing to Apply
If you asked individuals to fill out a survey as part of your environmental assessment, consider repeating the survey after completing your action plan. Comparing the “before” and “after” responses will track changes in awareness, action, and long-term commitment. Summarize your work in a final report and present it to the congregation.
Applying for accreditation must go to a congregational vote. The wording of the motion or resolution can be as simple or as elaborate as you like. Ideally, it will express an explicit commitment to live by your Green Sanctuary values, including continuing to make environmentally appropriate choices in all actions and decisions. You might choose to craft a covenant for your vote, giving added weight to your commitment.
The application for Green Sanctuary accreditation [20] is available as a Microsoft Word file. Note that some sections are similar to the candidacy application.
Congregation Information
Congregation Profile
Congregational Vote: Provide documentation of your congregation’s vote, including a copy of the statement, resolution, or covenant.
Completion of Action Plan: Revise project descriptions to reflect actions taken, and update timelines as needed. Describe project outcomes. Be sure each project is clearly explained, since the accreditation review team may not be the same group that reviewed your candidacy application.
Accomplishment of Program Goals: The Green Sanctuary goals are listed on the application form. Write one to three paragraphs for each goal, noting the degree to which your congregation has achieved it.
Program Evaluation: Evaluate the effect of the Green Sanctuary program.
The program evaluation helps the UUA’s Stewardship and Development Office determine whether the Green Sanctuary program effectively meets the program goals. It can also suggest new directions for living out your commitments after you receive accreditation.
Answer the following questions in one to three paragraphs:
What has been Green Sanctuary’s most important benefit to your congregation?
What has been the most difficult or challenging aspect of the program?
Have you observed positive changes in your congregation’s culture? If so, what are they?
What are your intentions/aspirations for continuing to live out your Green Sanctuary commitments?
What role do you expect your congregation to take in the wider community, relative to environmental issues? How do you feel recognition as a Green Sanctuary affects your position in the community?
Submitting the Application
Email your completed application to uua_greensanctuary [at] uua [dot] org. If you need to send your application via postal mail, contact us for instructions.
Specific questions can be directed to the Green Sanctuary Manager.
Receiving Recognition
Once you submit your accreditation application, it will be forwarded to a Green Sanctuary Review Team. The Green Sanctuary Manager will communicate any requests for information, clarification, or requests for additional work.
After the review meeting, the Manager will draft a letter officially recognizing your congregation as a Green Sanctuary.
You will receive a certificate suitable for framing and display. You may also want to add the Green Sanctuary logo to your congregation’s website, and/or send a press release to local media outlets.
Congratulations! After months of planning, implementing, and documenting your projects, you have earned Green Sanctuary accreditation. This is a joyful achievement, so take the opportunity to celebrate and to show appreciation to everyone who participated.
Renewing the Green Sanctuary Accreditation
Congregations that have already earned Green Sanctuary accreditation can be recognized for continuing their work through the Green Sanctuary re-accreditation process. Most choose this route to help refocus and energize their green sanctuary team and congregation. The re-accreditation process may take as little as three months or as long as two years to complete, depending on each congregation’s unique situation.
The re-accreditation process has eight steps:
Assess your current Green Sanctuary program.
Look back on your activities since becoming accredited. How you have continued to meet each of the Green Sanctuary program goals? How has your congregation lived your Green Sanctuary commitment? Take a look at the relevant sections of the re- accreditation application and begin drafting your answers to these questions.
Create a re-accreditation action plan.
Based on what you found in your assessment, choose projects that build on your successes and/or fill gaps in your current program. Include a minimum of five projects: two in the area of sustainable living, and one each from the other three focus areas (worship and celebration, religious education, and environmental justice).
Action plan items may be new projects, or they may be past projects that have been significantly expanded. The environmental justice project should significantly deepen and expand already existing collaborative relationships or develop newer ones.
Apply for re-accreditation candidacy.
The application is available on the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) website. It includes sections for contact information, congregation profile, accomplishment of program goals, an evaluation of the effect that Green Sanctuary accreditation has had on your congregation, and your action plan. Submit your application (Word, 2 pages) [79] by email to uua_greensanctuary [at] uua [dot] org.
Receive feedback from a Green Sanctuary review team.
These teams meet via conference call to review applications. After the review meeting, if the application is in order, the program manager for Congregational Stewardship Services will draft a letter approving your application and providing feedback on your action plan.
Revise your action plan.
Based on the feedback you receive, as well as changing circumstances, make appropriate modifications to your action plan. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email the Green Sanctuary office at uua_greensanctuary [at] uua [dot] org.
Complete your action plan.
As you fulfill your plans, you may learn things that suggest your plan needs to shift and change. Feel free to be in touch with the Green Sanctuary Office uua_greensanctuary [at] uua [dot] org for feedback, but we fully expect your work will evolve as you go along.
Records are important.
For Re-Accreditation you will need to report progress: where your congregation was when you began your application to be candidates for Re-Accreditation, what you did, what you learned, and impacts of what you did. “Impacts” can be described in story about congregational, community and personal transformation and also with metrics. Feel free to use the Tracking Tool (Word, 9 pages [80]) for your environmental justice project. Celebrate your accomplishments along the way.
Apply for re-accreditation.
Update your application, revising the project descriptions to reflect the actions that were actually taken and the specific outcomes of each project. Submit your application by email to uua_greensanctuary [at] uua [dot] org. A Green Sanctuary review team will review your application (Word, 2 pages) [79]. After the review meeting, the program manager will send notification of the review team response.
Celebrate.
Hold a congregation-wide celebration for achieving re-accreditation as a Green Sanctuary.
Approximately 30% of Unitarian Universalist congregations are fully accredited Green Sanctuaries. This list reflects all known Accredited and Re-Accredited congregations, and those that have achieved Candidate status in the last five years (2012-2017).
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Map: Green Sanctuary Congregations
Map showing participating organizations.
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UU Community Church of Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA [81]
UU Fellowship of Charlotte County, Port Charlotte, FL [83]
UU Fellowship of Athens Inc., Athens, GA [85]
UU Society of Iowa City, Coralville, IA [87]
UU Society, Coralville, IA [88]
Murray UU Church, Attleboro, MA [89]
First Parish UU, Medfield, MA [91]
Berrien UU Fellowship, Saint Joseph, MI [93]
White Bear UU Church, Mahtomedi, MN [95]
UU Church of Charlotte, Charlotte, NC [97]
UU Congregation of The South Fork Inc., Bridgehampton, NY [99]
UU Congregation of The South Fork Inc., Bridgehampton, NY [100]
UU Church of Kent, Kent, OH [101]
UU Church of Athens and Sheshequin, Athens, PA [103]
Unitarian Church of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA [105]
UU Fellowship of Centre County, State College, PA [107]
Aiken UU Church, Aiken, SC [109]
Champlain Valley UU Society, Middlebury, VT [111]
Northlake UU Church, Kirkland, WA [113]
Fox Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Appleton, WI [115]
Bradford Community Church UU, Kenosha, WI [117]
UU Church of Boulder, Boulder, CO [119]
UU Fellowship of Boca Raton, Boca Raton, FL [121]
UU Church of the Palouse, Moscow, ID [123]
Community Unitarian Universalists in Brighton, Brighton, MI [125]
UU Congregation of Grand Traverse, Traverse City, MI [127]
UU Fellowship Hendersonville NC. Inc., Hendersonville, NC [129]
St. John's UU Church, Cincinnati, OH [131]
UU Fellowship of Wayne County Ohio, Wooster, OH [133]
San Gabriel UU Fellowship, Georgetown, TX [135]
High Plains Church UU, Colorado Springs, CO [137]
UU Congregation of the Quad Cities, Davenport, IA [139]
First Unitarian Church of Des Moines Iowa, Des Moines, IA [141]
First Unitarian Church of Des Moines, Des Moines, IA [142]
UU Church of Bloomington Normal, Bloomington, IL [143]
First Unitarian Society of Chicago, Chicago, IL [145]
First Parish in Bedford, Bedford, MA [147]
First Unitarian Society in Newton, Newton, MA [149]
First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton, Newton, MA [150]
UU Congregation of Rockville, Rockville, MD [151]
People's Church, Kalamazoo, MI [153]
UU Fellowship of Mankato, Mankato, MN [155]
Unitarian Coastal Fellowship, Morehead City, NC [157]
Hope Unitarian Church, Tulsa, OK [159]
Unitarian Church North, Mequon, WI [161]
Auburn UU Fellowship, Auburn, AL [163]
Pacific Unitarian Church, A UU Congregation, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA [165]
Pacific Unitarian Church, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA [166]
UU Church of Ventura, Ventura, CA [167]
First Unitarian Society of Denver, Denver, CO [169]
First Parish Brewster, Brewster, MA [171]
First Parish Brewster UU, Brewster, MA [172]
Melrose UU Church, Melrose, MA [173]
UU Church of Reading, Reading, MA [175]
First Parish Church UU of Stow & Acton, Stow, MA [177]
UU Church of Greater Lynn, Swampscott, MA [179]
UU Congregation of Greenville [181]
UU Congregation of Greenville, Greenville, NC [182]
The Unitarian Society A UU Congregation, East Brunswick, NJ [183]
UU Church of Canton, Canton, NY [185]
UU Congregation of Jamestown NY, Jamestown, NY [187]
First UU Society of Marietta, Marietta, OH [189]
UU Church of Lancaster PA, Lancaster, PA [191]
Westminster Unitarian Church, East Greenwich, RI [193]
UU Society: East, Manchester, CT [195]
All Souls UU Congregation of New London, New London, CT [197]
UU Metro Atlanta North Congregation, Roswell, GA [199]
UU Fellowship of Clinton, Clinton, IA [201]
First Parish UU of Arlington, Massachusetts, Arlington, MA [203]
UU Fellowship of Raleigh, Raleigh, NC [205]
Durham UU Fellowship, Durham, NH [207]
First Unitarian Universalist Society of Exeter, Exeter, NH [209]
Ginger Hill UU Congregation, Slippery Rock, PA [211]
UU Congregation of South County, Peace Dale, RI [213]
UU Church of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC [215]
First UU Church of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX [217]
First Unitarian Church of Lynchburg UU, Lynchburg, VA [219]
UU Fellowship of La Crosse, La Crosse, WI [221]
Monte Vista UU Congregation, Montclair, CA [223]
First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA [225]
UU Congregation of Danbury, Danbury, CT [227]
First Unitarian Church of Wilmington Del., Wilmington, DE [229]
UUs of Clearwater FL Inc., Clearwater, FL [231]
Unity Temple UU Congregation, Oak Park, IL [233]
Countryside Church UU, Palatine, IL [235]
UU Church of Lexington, Lexington, KY [237]
UU Church of Haverhill, Haverhill, MA [239]
The North Parish of North Andover, North Andover, MA [241]
The First Parish in Wayland, Wayland, MA [243]
First Parish in Wayland, Wayland, MA [244]
UU Society of Wellesley Hills, Wellesley Hills, MA [245]
Davies Memorial UU Church, Camp Springs, MD [247]
Davies UU Church, Camp Springs, MD [248]
Allen Ave UU Church, Portland, ME [249]
Birmingham Unitarian Church, Bloomfield Hills, MI [251]
UU Congregation of Flint, Flint, MI [253]
Keweenaw UU Fellowship, Houghton, MI [255]
Unitarian Church of Lincoln, Lincoln, NE [257]
UU Congregation in Milford, Milford, NH [259]
Miami Valley UU Fellowship, Dayton, OH [261]
UU Church of Akron, Fairlawn, OH [263]
UU Congregation, Blacksburg, VA [265]
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church UU, Charlottesville, VA [267]
Williamsburg UUs, Williamsburg, VA [269]
Open Circle UU Fellowship, Fond Du Lac, WI [271]
Anchorage UU Fellowship Inc, Anchorage, AK [273]
Anchorage UU Fellowship Inc., Anchorage, AK [274]
UU Church of the Desert, Rancho Mirage, CA [275]
UU Fellowship of Redwood City, Redwood City, CA [277]
UUs of Southern Delaware, Lewes, DE [279]
UU Fellowship of Newark Inc, Newark, DE [281]
Manatee UU Fellowship, Bradenton, FL [283]
UU Fellowship of St Augustine, Inc., St Augustine, FL [285]
Northwest UU Congregation, Sandy Springs, GA [287]
UU Fellowship of Dubuque IA, Dubuque, IA [289]
Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship, Carbondale, IL [291]
Hopedale Unitarian Parish, Hopedale, MA [293]
First Church Unitarian Littleton, Littleton, MA [295]
First UU Society of Middleboro, Middleboro, MA [297]
First Parish of Watertown, Watertown, MA [299]
Paint Branch UU Church, Adelphi, MD [301]
UU Congregation of Frederick, Frederick, MD [303]
UU Church of Brunswick, Brunswick, ME [305]
Universalist Unitarian Church of Waterville, Maine, Watervile, ME [307]
First Universalist Church of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN [309]
Outlaw's Bridge Universalist Church, Seven Springs, NC [311]
UU Fellowship of Winston Salem, Winston Salem, NC [313]
UU Fellowship of Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem, NC [314]
UU Congregation of Princeton, Princeton, NJ [315]
UU Congregation of Somerset Hills, Somerville, NJ [317]
UU Congregation of the Hudson Valley, Croton-on-hudson, NY [319]
First UU Society of Syracuse, Syracuse, NY [321]
May Memorial UU Society, Syracuse, NY [323]
West Shore UU Church, Cleveland, OH [325]
First Unitarian Church of Cleveland, Shaker Heights, OH [327]
First Unitarian Church, Toledo, OH [329]
First Unitarian Church of Toledo, Toledo, OH [330]
First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto, ON [331]
UU Congregation at Willamette Falls, Oregon City, OR [332]
West Hills UU Fellowship, Portland, OR [334]
The UU Congregation of York, York, PA [336]
Channing Memorial Church, Newport, RI [338]
Tennessee Valley UU Church, Knoxville, TN [340]
First Unitarian Church of Memphis, Memphis, TN [342]
UU Church of Midland, Midland, TX [344]
Unitarian Universalists of New Braunfels, New Braunfels, TX [346]
Evergreen UU Fellowship, Marysville, WA [348]
Olympia UU Congregation, Olympia, WA [350]
Prairie UU Society, Madison, WI [352]
UU Fellowship of Montgomery AL Inc., Montgomery, AL [354]
Valley UU Congregation, Chandler, AZ [356]
UU Congregation of Phoenix, Paradise Valley, AZ [358]
UU Fellowship of Santa Cruz County, Aptos, CA [360]
Sierra Foothills UUs, Auburn, CA [362]
The UU Church of Fresno, Fresno, CA [364]
UU Church of Fresno, Fresno, CA [365]
Starr King UU Church, Hayward, CA [366]
Neighborhood UU Church of Pasadena, Pasadena, CA [368]
First Universalist Church of Denver, Denver, CO [370]
Unitarian Society of Hartford, Hartford, CT [372]
All Souls Church Unitarian, Washington, DC [374]
Spirit of Life UU Church, Odessa, FL [376]
North Shore Unitarian Church, Deerfield, IL [378]
Unitarian Church of Hinsdale, Hinsdale, IL [380]
Unitarian Church of Barnstable, Barnstable, MA [382]
First Parish Church Unitarian-Universalist, Bridgewater, MA [384]
Brookfield UU Church, Brookfield, MA [386]
UU Society of Fairhaven, Fairhaven, MA [388]
First Parish in Framingham, Framingham, MA [390]
First Parish in Lexington, Lexington, MA [392]
First Parish in Needham UU, Needham, MA [394]
Cedar Lane UU Church, Bethesda, MD [396]
UU Church of Silver Spring, Silver Spring, MD [398]
The UU Society of Bangor, Bangor, ME [400]
First Unitarian Church, Omaha, NE [402]
South Church, Portsmouth, NH [404]
UU Fellowship of the Eastern Slopes, Tamworth, NH [406]
The UU Congregation at Montclair, Montclair, NJ [408]
UU Church at Washington Crossing, Titusville, NJ [410]
UU Congregation of Binghamton, Binghamton, NY [412]
UU Church of Canandaigua, Canandaigua, NY [414]
UU Congregation of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Springs, NY [416]
UU Fellowship of Corvallis, Corvallis, OR [418]
Unitarian Society of Germantown, Philadelphia, PA [420]
Kittitas Valley UU Congregation, Ellensburg, WA [422]
UU Community of the Mountains, Grass Valley, CA [424]
UU Church of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA [426]
UU Society of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA [428]
UU Congregation of Marin, San Rafael, CA [430]
The Unitarian Church in Westport, Westport, CT [432]
UU Church of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL [434]
UU Congregation Ormond Beach [436]
UU Congregation Ormond Beach, Inc., Ormond Beach, FL [437]
UU Fellowship of the Emerald Coast, Valparaiso, FL [438]
UU Fellowship of Vero Beach Inc., Vero Beach, FL [440]
Cedar Valley Unitarian Universalists, Cedar Falls, IA [442]
Boise UU Fellowship, Boise, ID [444]
Dupage UU Church, Naperville, IL [446]
UU Society of Amherst, Amherst, MA [448]
First Parish in Concord, Concord, MA [450]
First Parish Church UU, Duxbury, MA [452]
UU Fellowship of Falmouth, East Falmouth, MA [454]
Towson UU Church, Lutherville, MD [456]
First Universalist Church in Rockland, Rockland, ME [458]
Sanford UU Church, Sanford, ME [460]
First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN [462]
UU Congregation of the Swannanoa Valley, Black Mountain, NC [464]
Unitarian Universalist Church of Concord, Concord, NH [466]
Keene UU Church, Keene, NH [468]
Peterborough UU Church, Peterborough, NH [470]
UU Congregation at Shelter Rock, Manhasset, NY [472]
UU Society of Schenectady, Schenectady, NY [474]
Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church, Cincinnati, OH [476]
Oberlin UU Fellowship, Oberlin, OH [478]
The UU Church in Eugene, Eugene, OR [480]
Unitarian Church in Charleston, Charleston, SC [482]
UU Congregation of Fairfax, Oakton, VA [484]
Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, Bellingham, WA [486]
Quimper UU Fellowship, Port Townsend, WA [488]
University Unitarian Church, Seattle, WA [490]
First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI [492]
Mountain Vista UU Congregation, Tucson, AZ [494]
Tapestry A UU Congregation, Mission Viejo, CA [496]
Tapestry, a UU Congregation, Lake Forest, CA [497]
Mt. Diablo UU Church, Walnut Creek, CA [498]
UU Congregation of Greater Naples, Naples, FL [500]
UU Fellowship of Decatur, Decatur, IL [502]
UU Church of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN [504]
Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church, Louisville, KY [506]
First Parish in Hingham Old Ship Church, Hingham, MA [508]
First Parish Church UU, Northborough, MA [510]
Minnesota Valley UU Fellowship, Bloomington, MN [512]
All Souls UU Church, Kansas City, MO [514]
UU Congregation of Asheville, Asheville, NC [516]
UU Church of Greensboro, Jamestown, NC [518]
First UU Society of Albany, Albany, NY [520]
UU Fellowship at Stony Brook, East Setauket, NY [522]
The UU Fellowship of Clemson, Clemson, SC [524]
Mt Vernon Unitarian Church, Alexandria, VA [526]
UU Church of Arlington, Arlington, VA [528]
UU Church in Reston, Reston, VA [530]
Cedars UU Church, Bainbridge Island, WA [532]
Saltwater UU Church, Des Moines, WA [534]
UU Church of Davis, Davis, CA [536]
UU Fellowship of Visalia, Visalia, CA [538]
UU Church of Sarasota Inc., Sarasota, FL [540]
The UU Church, Rockford, IL [542]
UU Church of Bloomington Inc., Bloomington, IN [544]
UU Church of Bloomington, Ind., Bloomington, IN [545]
UUs of the Chester River, Chestertown, MD [546]
Hopedale UU Community, Oxford, OH [548]
Unitarian Universalist Church of Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN [550]
UU Church of Fort Myers Inc., Fort Myers, FL [552]
UU Church of Tallahassee, Tallahassee, FL [554]
UU Congregation of Columbus Indiana, Columbus, IN [556]
Arlington Street Church, Boston, MA [558]
All Souls UU Church, Braintree, MA [560]
River Road UU Congregation, Bethesda, MD [562]
UU Congregation of Monmouth County, Lincroft, NJ [564]
First Unitarian Church of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, OK [566]
First Church in Barre Universalist 1796, Barre, VT [568]
All Souls Church UU, West Brattleboro, VT [570]
All Souls Church, Inc., West Brattleboro, VT [571]
Olympia Brown UU Church, Racine, WI [572]
UU Fellowship of Gainesville, Gainesville, FL [574]
Unitarian Church of Evanston, Evanston, IL [576]
UU Church of Annapolis, Annapolis, MD [578]
UU Church of Belfast, Belfast, ME [580]
UU Church of Saco & Biddeford, Saco, ME [582]
UU Fellowship of Midland, Midland, MI [584]
UU Congregation of Duluth, Duluth, MN [586]
UU Fellowship of Franklin North Carolina, Franklin, NC [588]
UU Westside Congregation, Rio Rancho, NM [590]
The Community Church of New York UU, New York, NY [592]
UU Community Church of Washington County, Hillsboro, OR [594]
The UU Church of the Lehigh Valley, Bethlehem, PA [596]
Unitarian Church of Montreal, QC [598]
Unitarian Church of Montreal [599]
First UU Church of Austin, Austin, TX [600]
Bay Area UU Church, Houston, TX [602]
First Unitarian Society of Madison, Madison, WI [604]
Jefferson Unitarian Church, Golden, CO [606]
Beverly Unitarian Church, Chicago, IL [608]
UU Fellowship of Sussex County, Newton, NJ [610]
Bull Run UUs, Manassas, VA [612]
UU Church West, Brookfield, WI [614]
Granite Peak UU Congregation, Prescott, AZ [616]
Unitarian Universalist Church of Elgin, Elgin, IL [618]
First UU Congregation of Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI [620]
The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton Inc., Hamilton, ON [622]
Main Line Unitarian Church, Devon, PA [624]
Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston, Houston, TX [626]
The Unitarian Church of Montpelier, Montpelier, VT [628]
UU Church of Spokane, Spokane, WA [630]
Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, Morristown, NJ [632]
First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM [634]
Unitarian Fellowship of Sarnia & Port Huron, Sarnia, ON [636]
First Unitarian Church, Portland, OR [638]
UU Congregation of the Upper Valley, Norwich, VT [640]
UU Church of Little Rock, Little Rock, AR [642]
First Universalist Parish of Pasadena, DBA Throop Memorial, Pasadena, CA [644]
UU Church of Riverside, Riverside, CA [646]
Universalist Unitarian Church of Riverside, Riverside, CA [647]
First Unitarian Church of Orlando, Orlando, FL [648]
UU Fellowship of Topeka, Topeka, KS [650]
UU Congregation of Columbia, Columbia, MD [652]
Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council [654]
First UU Church of Houston, Houston, TX [656]
Woodinville UU Church, Woodinville, WA [658]
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[458] https://www.uua.org/environment/sanctuary/recognized/first-universalist-church-rockland-rockland-me
[459] https://www.uua.org/offices/organizations/first-universalist-church-rockland
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[461] https://www.uua.org/offices/organizations/sanford-uu-church
[462] https://www.uua.org/environment/sanctuary/recognized/first-unitarian-society-minneapolis-minneapolis-mn
[463] https://www.uua.org/offices/organizations/first-unitarian-society-minneapolis
[464] https://www.uua.org/environment/sanctuary/recognized/uu-congregation-swannanoa-valley-black-mountain-nc
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[466] https://www.uua.org/environment/sanctuary/recognized/unitarian-universalist-church-concord-concord-nh
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[471] https://www.uua.org/offices/organizations/peterborough-uu-church
[472] https://www.uua.org/environment/sanctuary/recognized/uu-congregation-shelter-rock-manhasset-ny
[473] https://www.uua.org/offices/organizations/uu-congregation-shelter-rock
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[584] https://www.uua.org/environment/sanctuary/recognized/uu-fellowship-midland-midland-mi
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[589] https://www.uua.org/offices/organizations/uu-fellowship-franklin-north-carolina
[590] https://www.uua.org/environment/sanctuary/recognized/uu-westside-congregation-rio-rancho-nm
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Reds' Unbeaten Run Extends To Eight With Hard-Fought Point
JABO Ibehre's first goal for Barnsley secured a point to extend the Reds' unbeaten run to eight matches against high-flying Preston.
Over 12,000 fans made the trip to Oakwell to see two of League One's in-form sides go head-to-head, but it was the visitors who struck first when Joe Garner grabbed his 20th of the season before half-time.
Debutant Cameron Stewart, a loan signing from Ipswich, could have levelled things up for Barnsley but the 23-year-old winger failed to convert Declan John's cross.
But Ibehre, another loanee, headed home Mason Holgate's pinpoint ball in with ten minutes remaining to earn the Reds a well-deserved point.
Despite the hard-fought draw, Lee Johnson's side slipped out of the top six following Peterborough's 1-0 victory over Chesterfield.
He said: "I'm disappointed not to get a win but when you're 1-0 down to a good side like Preston you're happy with a point.
"It's not ideal to slip out of the play-offs but you've got to stick in there. Don't forget where we've come from - if you're falling from second place then it's a disaster but we're still with a shout."
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Packaging Innovations Birmingham
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The return of the Big Plastics Debate!
UK, Ireland
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Europe, UK, Ireland, Eating, Drinking, Hospitality, Catering, Food, Drink Service, Primary Packaging, Active, Smart Packaging, Sustainable Packaging, Eco-Sensitive Packaging, Plastic, Recycling, Supply Chain Services, Shows, Associations, Media, Packaging Trade Associations
It's here...The return of The Big Plastics Debate, in association with OPRL and Food Service Packaging Association. The debate will comprise of four sessions, two on each afternoon, focusing on the key topics around the drive to reduce plastic waste.
Waste reduction and protecting our environment are becoming increasingly important issues for consumers, meaning brands, retailers and manufacturers need the most innovative eco-friendly solutions on the market.
Plastic, however, plays an important role in packaging and it is vital the industry comes together for a balanced debate to set in place plans that are realistic and work for all parties.
That’s where The Big Plastic Debate comes in, a group of sessions each afternoon that will bring all parts of the supply chain together to discuss the issue.
The Ecopack Challenge
Six companies with innovative sustainable packaging solutions battle it out for the crown of Ecopack Challenge Winner 2019 and a chance to work with M&S. Each company has 5 minutes to pitch their product to a panel of judges.
Kevin Vyse - M&S
Martin Kersh - Food Packaging Association
Paul Jenkins - Packhub
The Big Debate: ''This house believes plastic packaging will always be fundamental to our everyday lives''
Two teams (for/against) battle is out to persuade the audience of their view of plastic packaging.
Prof. David Bucknall - Heriot-Watt University
Barry Turner – BPF (British Plastics Federation)
Sian Sutherland – A Plastic Planet.
Designing packaging for a circular economy
What do packaging designers and technologist’s need to consider when designing packaging that will be as sustainable as possible.
Peter Maddox - WRAP
Stuart Foster - RECOUP
Clover Abbott - Unilever PLC, Pepsi, Lipton
Panel discussion: Recruiting consumers for a circular economy
How can we influence consumers to change their consumption and recycling habits, to help reduce plastic waste?
Carole Taylor - Chair, LARAC
Jos Harrison - Global Design Strategy Director, RB
Has the debate left you wanting more? Don't forget to visit the Plastic Free Aisle!
If you're still looking for more on plastic free alternatives after the debate, head over to the Plastic Free Aisle where A Plastic Planet will be showcasing exclusively in the Ecopack section. They will be displaying examples of the plastic-free materials - from fresh produce salad bags and fruit nets to tea bags and coffee capsules, meat and cheese packaging to condiments and dairy!
If you want to hear more about The Big Plastics Debate, click here.
If you'd like to attend any of the sessions, register here.
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Future of packaging on display at UK's largest industry event
Packaging professionals from household names through to independent brands will come together to discover the latest technologies and solutions when Label&Print, Ecopack, Empack, and Contract Pack & Fulfilment return to Birmingham’s NEC on 26 & 27 February. Together with their co-located show, Packaging Innovations, the events offer industry professionals the chance to experience cutting-edge products for the first-time.
Cutting-edge solutions on show at UK's largest packaging event
The latest packaging solutions and technologies will take centre stage at Packaging Innovations 2020 when it returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 26 & 27 February. The two-day event will welcome more than 300 industry leading suppliers to its show floor.
UK's largest packaging event to address the sustainability debate at 2020 show
Packaging Innovations returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 26 & 27 February 2020. Ahead of its return, Paul MacDonald, Global Brand Director of Easyfairs’ Packaging Portfolio, discusses what can be expected at the show.
UK's largest packaging show enjoys record breaking year
With world-renowned speakers, 300 industry-leading suppliers, and a record-breaking 6,922 visitors, Packaging Innovations, Empack and Label&Print had a triumphant return to Birmingham’s NEC. Sustainability was at the top of the agenda for both exhibitors and speakers, with experts from Coca-Cola, Marks & Spencer, Iceland, Innocent Drinks, Co-op and Greggs taking to the stage to address the issue and reflect on the progress made by brands over the last 12 months.
Innovation in the spotlight at UK’s largest packaging show
Packaging Innovations, Empack and Label&Print 2019 returns to Birmingham’s NEC later this month with its most innovative show to date. The show, which also includes Contract Pack, Ecopack and Industrial Pack, will showcase more product launches and innovation from across the industry than ever before as it welcomes over 300 suppliers.
Global brands set to join The Big Plastics Debate
Experts from some of the world’s biggest brands, including Marks & Spencer, Pepsi Lipton and Church & Dwight Co., together with British Plastics Federation, A Plastic Planet and WRAP, will come together under one roof at Packaging Innovations 2019 to tackle the industry’s most contentious issue – plastics in packaging. The Big Plastics Debate, which will be hosted on the dedicated Ecopack stage, will welcome an array of industry experts to discuss the future of plastics and reflect on the pledges made by brands over the last 12 months.
Industry forums set to inspire at UK's largest packaging event
Packaging Innovations, Empack and Label&Print 2019 will host six dedicated industry forums - drinks, food, pharma, beauty, e-commerce and retail – when the show returns to Birmingham’s NEC, alongside Contract Pack and Ecopack, on 27 & 28 February.
Label&Print 2019 welcomes the future of the print industry
Label&Print, which returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 27 & 28 February 2019, will offer visitors an exclusive look at the future of the industry, showcasing the very latest products, services and technologies available to the packaging community. From leading sellers and manufacturers of print and labelling equipment, through to designing, branding and finishing experts, it is the must attend event in any packaging professional’s calendar.
UK’s largest packaging show welcomes global brands to seminar programme
Coca-Cola, Marks & Spencer, Iceland and Innocent Drinks are just some of the major names taking to the stage as part of Packaging Innovations, Label&Print and Empack 2019’s exclusive seminar programme. The UK’s largest annual event for the whole packaging supply chain, which returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 27 & 28 February 2019, will host an impressive two-day CPD accredited conference programme across five stages and will also feature experts from Britvic, L’Occitane and WRAP.
Packaging Innovations 2019 announces partnership with Industrial Pack
Industrial Pack, the UK’s only dedicated show for industrial, transit and protective packaging, is set to make its debut alongside Packaging Innovations, Empack and Label&Print at Birmingham’s NEC on 27 & 28 February 2019.
Rodney Steel, Chief Executive of the BCMPA, explains why contract packing has become an integral part of the packaging industry
Packaging Innovations 2019 is set to welcome back Contract Pack for the twelfth-year at Birmingham’s NEC on 27 & 28 February 2019. Supported by the British Contract Manufacturers and Packers Association (BCMPA), the Contract Pack 2019 zone will host 20 BCMPA accredited exhibitors, offering an unrivaled opportunity for brand owners and manufacturers to meet potential outsourcing partners.
Empack returns to the NEC with the latest in packaging technology
The UK’s premier event for packaging technology, equipment and machinery, Empack 2019, is returning to Birmingham’s NEC on 27 & 28 February 2019. The two-day event will focus on the future of packaging technology, with suppliers showcasing the most advanced capabilities and newest innovations to the UK market. Hosted alongside Packaging Innovations, Label&Print, and, new for 2019, Industrial Pack, Empack offers visitors the unrivalled opportunity to discover the latest developments and solutions for upgrading machinery and improving capacity, reliability and efficiency.
Innovation Set to Take Centre Stage at UK’s Largest Packaging Show
Over 300 leading suppliers are already signed up for Packaging Innovations 2019, which returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 27 & 28 February 2019. Now in its 14th year, the UK’s largest annual event for the entire packaging supply chain boasts its largest ever exhibitor base, with more innovation and exclusive product launches than ever before.
The UK’s largest packaging event unveils plans for Packaging Innovations Birmingham 2019
James Drake-Brockman, Divisional Director of Easyfairs’ Packaging Portfolio, offers a first look at Packaging Innovations, Empack and Label&Print 2019 and discusses why it is a must-attend for all packaging professionals when it returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 27 & 28 February 2019.
Sustainability is the star at UK’s leading packaging event
Packaging professionals from all over the UK battled the adverse weather conditions to attend Packaging Innovations, Empack and Label&Print 2018, at Birmingham’s NEC. Attendees were treated to over 300 industry leading suppliers, a who’s who of major name speakers and the country’s most hotly anticipated plastics debate.
Coca-Cola, Asda, M&S, Iceland and more join UK's BIG Plastic Debates
Coca Cola, Co-Op, Asda, Marks & Spencer and Iceland will come together under one roof for the first time at Packaging Innovations 2018, to talk about the UK’s hottest topic – plastics in packaging. These leading brands will form a panel, as part of the show’s Big Plastics Debate, discussing the road ahead for packaging professionals and new approaches to plastic packaging.
Empack returns to Birmingham's NEC
The UK’s leading packaging technology event, Empack, will return to Birmingham’s NEC on 28 February and 1 March 2018. The two-day event will offer a unique opportunity for decision makers from major brands, converters and retailers to discover the latest technological advances in logistics and transit packaging, packaging machinery, robotics and automation. The show will also offer visitors the opportunity to get hands-on with a range of new products.
The future of packaging printing, labelling and converting showcased at Label&Print 2018
Label&Print, which returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 28th February & 1st March 2018, offers packaging industry professionals the opportunity to discover innovative finishes and techniques, learn about the latest trends and developments and find exciting new suppliers. The show, which is complimented by a programme of educational seminars, will also provide the perfect platform for visitors to get hands-on with a wide range of innovative new products.
Empack 2018 welcomes the latest packaging technology
The UK’s leading packaging technology event, Empack, will return to Birmingham’s NEC on the 28th February & 1st March 2018. The two-day event will offer a unique opportunity for decision makers from major brands, converters and retailers to discover the latest technological advances in logistics and transit packaging, packaging machinery, robotics and automation. The show will also offer visitors the opportunity to get hands-on with a range of new products, with many exhibitors choosing to launch their latest innovations live on the showfloor.
Major brands set to launch innovative new solutions at UK’s largest packaging show
Packaging Innovations returns to the NEC on 28 February-1 March 2018, and is set to be the most innovative show to date. With over 290 exhibitors already signed up, the UK’s largest annual event for the whole packaging supply chain will feature the latest industry trends and technology, with many product launches planned for the show.
The UK's largest packaging event unveils plans for 2018: Q&A session with James Drake-Brockman
James Drake-Brockman, Divisional Director of Packaging Innovations, Empack and Label&Print, the UK’s most renowned packaging shows, talks about plans for the event’s highly anticipated return to Birmingham’s NEC on 28 February & 1 March 2018.
The UK’s leading packaging event is hailed a huge success
Asda, Britvic, ALDI, Avon, Beiersdorf, Coty, GSK, Harrods and Jaguar Land Rover were just some of the major names attending this year’s Packaging Innovations, Empack and Label&Print.
The UK's leading packaging event is just around the corner
Packaging Innovations (inc. Ecopack and Contract Pack), Empack and Label&Print 2017 provides the perfect platform for buyers to stay ahead of the latest industry trends, issues and solutions, and the show returns to Birmingham next week!
UK’s leading packaging show is back with a bang
Packaging professionals will have plenty to see at Packaging Innovations (Inc. Ecopack and Contract Pack), Label&Print and Empack 2017, which returns to the Birmingham NEC next week on 1 & 2 March 2017.
Leading Innovators set to take centre stage at the UK’s leading packaging event
British Gas, Mintel, Cambridge University, Blippar and Knowledge Transfer Network are among the major names set to speak as part of Packaging Innovations 2017’s newest show feature, The Ideas Factory. This brand-new theatre will welcome an array of non-packaging based experts to share skills, experience, knowledge and the newest techniques from their sector, in order to see how they can be applied to the packaging sector.
Five shows under one roof at UK’s leading packaging event
Packaging Innovations (Inc. Ecopack and Contract Pack), Label&Print and Empack 2017 has increased the level of innovation on offer at this year’s show.
Latest Packaging Technology at Empack 2017
Empack 2017, the UK’s leading packaging technology event, takes place at Birmingham’s NEC, on 1 & 2 March 2017. The show will feature suppliers displaying the latest innovations in logistics, transit and industrial packaging, packaging machinery, robotics and automation.
Quality in the spotlight at UK's leading packaging show
Over 280 leading suppliers are already signed up for Packaging Innovations 2017, which returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 1 & 2 March 2017. Not only does the UK’s leading packaging event boast its largest exhibitor base to date, but it has also increased the level of innovation on offer, with more organisations launching new products and services than ever before.
Leading packaging show returns with more first time exhibitors
Packaging Innovations, Empack and Label&Print unveils plans for its march show. The UK’s leading packaging and print show will feature more content than ever before, a who’s who of international speakers and a showfloor packed with first time exhibitors.
Innovation took centre stage at UK's leading packaging show
Show organiser, Easyfairs, shortlisted ten exhibitors for their innovative packaging designs. and The Innovation Showcase revealed the winners at Birmingham’s NEC on 24 & 25 February, highlighting the very best within the packaging and print industry.
PPS Equipment takes the Ecopack crown
PPS East was crowned champion at this year's Dragon’s Den style Ecopack Challenge, which took place at Packaging Innovations 2016. The company beat off strong competition from Waddington Europe, Parkside and Scandolara Spa, winning the chance to develop its idea, the Re-Fresh Box, with Marks and Spencer.
Innovative show welcomes attendees into the new pack-age
Packaging Innovations, running alongside Label&Print and Empack, closed its doors on Thursday to two packed NEC halls, 160 product launches, and a series of new show features, whilst boasting the very best and brightest in packaging and print, on an international scale. The show, which took place on 24 & 25 February 2016, welcomed major names.
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Gone bush: the woman driving remote working rethink
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Jo Palmer, founder of Wagga Wagga-based remote recruitment start-up Pointer Remote. (Rachael Lenehan)
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Not long after Jo Palmer moved to Wagga Wagga in regional New South Wales, she received a call that sparked a big change.
And it wasn’t just for her, but hundreds of others across regional Australia.
“A remote job had fallen in my lap, and it was the envy of all my friends in town,” says Palmer, who was last night named AgriFuture’s Rural Woman Award national winner for 2019.
The trigger was when a Sydney-based friend put Palmer’s name forward to a company looking for a part-time sponsorship and event manager who could work remotely, an opportunity she leapt at to earn an income from home in Wagga while caring for her first baby.
Yet the chain of events also turned her mind to an opportunity.
“It seemed crazy that this job fell into my lap, but I had all these super clever girlfriends whose skills weren’t being utilised well,” says Palmer, who’d studied teaching, and worked and travelled overseas before returning to the town with her husband in 2013.
“Living rurally, there was not really an easy way to connect with a remote job except by trudging your way through interviews and then trying to negotiate doing it from home or part time. It meant many people I knew were working in jobs they were over-qualified for or not working at all, and I thought what a waste of skills.”
Palmer accepting the 2019 Agrifutures Rural Woman Award national title last night in Canberra. (AgriFutures)
This was the catalyst for the entrepreneur to build Pointer Remote Roles, an online platform that connects businesses with remote professionals.
Since launching in March 2017, around 100 candidates have been placed through Pointer – from a financial consultant based in The Marra in western NSW placed with a business seven hours drive away in Young, to three bookkeepers in rural South Australia and NSW working with a Melbourne-based bookkeeping business which no longer has an office because all staff work remotely. To date, most roles have been in financial and professional services, or creatives like web designers, copy writers, and social media and marketing managers.
"If they don’t need to be ‘on the tools’ – like a boiler maker or a hairdresser where they need to be physically present to do the job – then we can find a remote worker to do it,” says Palmer.
She says she knows many people who long to quit the city rat race, lured by regional Australia’s comparative ease of living and affordability, with the average home in NSW regional centres costing less than one third of their inner-city Sydney equivalent, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics.
But the fear of not finding suitable work is holding them back.
While regional job ad growth has outpaced capital cities in the past year, overall numbers are lower, according to the Internet Vacancy Index. There’s also a salary disparity, with the average inner-city Sydney worker earning 44 per cent more than their NSW regional city counterpart in 2016, according last month’s report by the Regional Institute of Australia.
But Palmer believes change is coming as more businesses embrace remote work and flexibility, enabled by technology, and she’s not afraid of challenging conversations with metro businesses who assume employees living rurally will come cheaper. She adds that savings ultimately come from not needing extra office space, having better staff retention and higher productivity, while putting in new systems also benefit inhouse people efficiency through more flexibility and accountability.
“I am firm with those businesses, telling them, ‘you will make savings, but you’re not making the savings on the salary. You pay employees what the job is worth, regardless of where they live’,” she says.
Palmer working from home at Wagga Wagga. (Rachael Lenehan)
Palmer says while her initial thesis of working with metro recruiters has panned out, she’s “excited” by a new unexpected trend involving small rural businesses who haven’t been able to get the people to grow.
Looking ahead, she hopes to contribute to an environment where employers stop talking about remote work as being unusual. She plans to use the $20,000 Westpac bursary won through the AgriFutures award to create an education portal within Pointer’s platform offering resources and training modules to help businesses and professionals better prepare to engage in remote employment.
“What I’d like to see is for businesses to say, we need these skills, let’s see who the best person is and that will decide whether they're inhouse or working remotely. I want it to be second nature,” she says.
“We’re already doing emails on the train – that's working remotely; you work from home when your kid is sick. We’re already doing it.
“Once everyone gets used to it, that mindset will drive it more.”
Westpac Agribusiness is the platinum sponsor of AgriFutures Rural Women’s Awards. Palmer was selected from among seven state-based finalists in the AgriFutures Rural Women’s Awards, including runner up Victorian beekeeper Claire Moore. Applications for the 2020 AgriFutures Rural Women's Awards are open until 31 October 2019.
Emma Foster is deputy editor of Westpac Wire. Prior to joining Westpac in 2013, she was a freelance writer, after spending almost 20 years in corporate affairs and investor relations, primarily in large financial services and consultancy firms, in Australia, UK and Europe. She is also an aspiring photographer.
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Is it illegal to block someone's driveway with steel girders?
The steel girders outside Geoff Martin's driveway in Cedar Street, Whelley
We've all suffered the annoyance of someone parking right outside your house ... but how would you react if someone dumped a haul of steel girders outside your driveway?
That's the conundrum faced by Geoff Martin after a row over the cost of a tiny strip of land outside his property with local businessman Mell Street escalated.
Related story: Clash as driveway blocked by girders on Wigan street
It follows a protracted disagreement over the price for a piece land directly outside Mr Martin's property but owned by Mr Mell.
The Cedar Street steel saga has sparked the imagination of readers, intrigued to know what the law says about Mr Mell's, erm, unusual approach to negotiations.
Put simply, Mr Mell is well within his rights to dump whatever he likes on the land because he owns it.
It matters not one jot that the girders block Mr Martin's driveway.
However, he could be committing an offence because, in theory at least, his actions could prevent an emergency services vehicle from entering the premises.
That being said, the current legislation doesn't exactly make clear whether the act of hypothetically causing a blockage is contrary to The Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006, which covers hindering people working for the fire brigade, police, NHS or other rapid response services but says it is an offence to prevent someone actually responding to an ongoing emergency incident.
The annoyance of someone parking outside your house or even on your driveway is much easier to solve.
While it may be frustrating if someone parks their car outside your house, they're perfectly entitled to do so if it is a public highway.
You have no special rights to claim that portion of the road. Sadly.
Equally, if someone were to park on your driveway you would, quite rightly, be mightily miffed, but would you have redress through the law.
The answer, perhaps surprisingly, is no ... and yes.
A person parking on your driveway is committing an act of trespass.
However, calling the police will not help because trespass is a civil, not a criminal matter.
The RAC say there is no criminal law against parking on someone else's driveway and the only legal remedy is to pursue a legal claim through the civil courts for nuisance behaviour .
If the vehicle has been left for a long time you may be able to ask the local council to remove it as an abandoned vehicle.
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MIT's Trump AI uses neural networks to generate accurate nonsense
By Michael Rundle
I’m what ISIS doesn’t need.
— DeepDrumpf (@DeepDrumpf) March 3, 2016
MIT has developed an artificially intelligent Donald Trump which it says can independently tweet more or less the same sort of nonsense as the real thing.
Developed by a researcher at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, the AI Trump is able to come up with "remarkably Trump-like statements" all without human intervention.
We need somebody that literally has a nuclear wealth, and the enemy tougher on with. And, in my opinion, the new China, believe me.
The bot was reportedly trained using "just a few hours" of Trump's victory speeches and debate transcripts, with that data then analysed and reconstructed into new phrases letter-by-letter.
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The creator, Bradley Hayes, said the bot -- named @DeepDrumpf after a recent skit on John Oliver's satirical HBO show 'Last Week Tonight' -- constructs its messages from scratch and is not merely stitching existing phrases together.
We will never be negotiate, look at the border with Yemen. Again I came out their deals — there we need people. Thank you very much.
The team explained: "For example, if the bot randomly begins its Tweet with the letter "M," it is somewhat likely to be followed by an "A," and then a "K," and so on until the bot types out Trump’s campaign slogan, "Make America Great Again." It then starts over for the next sentence and repeats the process until it reaches the 140-character limit."
The results are remarkably close to tweets the real Republican front-runner might come up with. "I’m what ISIS doesn’t need," reads one of the messages. In another the bot responded to the real Trump, "they're going to be paying right now, and like, absolutely. I’m really rich. Oh I want to support and have them".
Great manufacturing, bring back our jobs, bring back our manufacturing, because my file, you know, I don’t need anybody’s money. ...
The system uses similar neural networking techniques used in many other AI demonstrations, from serious tools to viral whimseys, and was inspired by a recent largely successful attempt to simulate Shakespeare. Trump, Hayes said, was easier: "Trump’s language tends to be more simplistic, so I figured that, as a modelling problem, he would be the most manageable candidate to study," he said.
The bot doesn't always make much sense -- a fact Hayes says is expected. "The algorithm essentially learns an underlying structure from all the data it gets, and then comes up with different combinations of the data that reflect the structure that it was taught," he explained. It's also something of an impossible task -- Trump himself has a unique grasp on logic, syntax and spelling which would be difficult to capture for any AI.
Hayes -- whose main research focuses on the complexities involving in neural modelling -- hopes to develop further models of other presidential candidates, and then force the resultant AIs to debate each other, endlessly, into the void.
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The science behind mixing a complex (and tasty) new cocktail
Mixologist Shea Campbell is on a mission to revamp old, classic drink recipes and give you something more exciting
Additional flavours were added to the classic whiskey sour
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When Shea Campbell started creating his own drinks, he naturally relied on classic recipes. However, his background, both in engineering (he has a Masters in subsea engineering with specific interest in chemical erosion and interaction in Arctic sub-zero temperatures) and as a chef (you can taste his food from January at Noma, Copenhagen), helped him to think differently about how the bar industry approaches mixology.
“I took time away from the kitchen and the bar to focus on researching the liquid format,” says Campbell. “I got frustrated with the lack of innovation within bartending. I wanted to remove these limitations to look at how the parameters within the drink can be manipulated.”
Campbell started to research the mechanics of flavour and taste: flavour being the combination of aroma and taste; and taste being the chemical reaction between the body and the medium. “Take a whisky sour, a combination of whisky (ABV), lemon (acid), sugar (sucrose) and bitters – one way of extrapolating the boundaries of this drink would be to twist it with additional flavours. This adds additional taste-receptor interactions, but primarily it adds a different and complex aroma.”
Campbell decided to look at how he could use taste-receptor analysis to create a more complex drink. “Unlike with a plate of food which has many textures, colours and combinations on the palette, a drink is a fleeting moment. It enters your mouth and, with minimal mastication, leaves. The time spent interacting with your receptors is shorter,” he says. So he set about working within this short time window to create a beverage experience that is more complex, and hopefully more interesting.
With the whisky sour, Campbell added taste complexity before playing with the thickness, viscosity and depth of the drink. “My hope is that through education and interaction we can change the language of how we speak about drinks,” he says. “Rather than teaching classic recipes, it would be better to explain the effects of ingredients, so that alternate items can be chopped and changed. What we do right now is like teaching someone how to spell words without first giving them the knowledge to understand the alphabet.”
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Tannin extracts
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Saccharides
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Wormwood extract.
Cinnamic acid and capsaicin.
Light carbonation
Glutamates
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Faded Genes
Author: Greg BlonderGreg Blonder
In 2088, our branch on the tree of life will come crashing down, ending a very modest (if critically acclaimed) run on planet earth. The culprit? Not global warming. Not atomic war. Not flesh-eating bacteria.
Not even too much television. The culprit is the integrated circuit - aided by the surprising power of exponential growth. We will be driven to extinction by a smarter and more adaptable species - the computer. And our only hope is to try and accelerate human evolution with the aid of genetic engineering.
Behind this revolution lies a simple story of exponential change. You hear about exponential curves all the time. Exponential inflation is out of control - running 15 percent, 25 percent, 100 percent a year! Exponential population growth is overwhelming the earth! Yet exponentials don't seem real - if population growth is out of control, why can I still get a seat on the bus? In fact, humans endure a more or less confined life, far removed from the hurried pace of exponentials. Forty-five Fahrenheit is cold, eighty-five Fahrenheit is warm. Five hundred calories a day, you starve; three thousand, you may grow as fat as a pig. Our lives advance between two narrow signposts, and our minds can't grasp even the vaguest concept of rapid but predictable change. So how do we know the computers are coming?
If we can't trust human intuition to provide an early warning, consider this simple example of continual change. Imagine that the price of automobiles drops exponentially. At US$200,000, a Rolls Royce is large, expensive, and unaffordable. You'd never even consider a Rolls as the family sedan. But say the Rolls drops in price by a factor of two each year.
After one year, it costs $100,000 - still out of price, out of mind. In the second year, at $50,000, the car stays parked in England. In the third year, at $25,000, you start comparison shopping: the Rolls versus the Taurus. In the fourth year, the kids take one with them to college. After 11 years, the Rolls costs less than $100. Now, instead of renting a car on vacation, you buy a Rolls at the airport and leave it with the redcap in lieu of a tip on your return. In 20 years, Rolls Royces cost less than a quarter; they are soon repurposed as ocean breakwaters and highway barriers.
Exponentials start slowly and remain disarmingly out of sight. Yet they build strength relentlessly until they grow too large to ignore. By then, whole industries have changed and whole cultures have fallen.
The cost and intelligence of computers follows an exponential curve, having improved by a factor of two every 30 months over the last century. That's a factor of 1 trillion every 100 years, and there is no sign the pace will slow appreciably for another century. Processors that once filled entire floors - directing the manufacture of automobile engines - now sit inside V-8s, adjusting valve timing. And by 2088, that box of silicon, wires, and plastic will place humans on the endangered species list.
Why 2088? Well, by 2088, the next factor of a trillion enables computers to match human beings in skills and intelligence. In some respects, they already have. The "operating system" for a person is his or her genetic code. DNA instructs each cell in a body how to grow, how to deal with infection, and how to wire neurons in the brain to think. The program is about 3 billion bits long. Sure, 3 billion bits sounds impressive, but the genetic code is small enough to fit comfortably on a CD-ROM. Like DOS, each new version consists of modules incorporating the baggage of previous generations - the history of evolution is written in our genes. But unlike DOS, even some minor code rewrites are worth the price of an upgrade. For example, out of the 3,000,000,000 odd bits of DNA, human beings and chimpanzees have 2,999,400,000 in common. It may be hard to believe, but you and Rush Limbaugh are just a few snips of the genetic shears apart.
Still, DNA without a brain is useless. No one is exactly sure how many neurons fill each cranium, but they're thought to number around 10 billion. And each neuron turns on and off about 1,000 times a second. If the brain were a computer, it would be rated at 10 trillion operations per second.
By 2088, enough code will exist to fill the silicon brain. Some of the code may start out as modules intended to help cameras in factories track parts along assembly lines. These modules will be recycled for the computer's eyes. Weather forecasting models will join with genetic programs, helping the computer to anticipate changes in its environment. Trading software from Wall Street will sharpen its negotiation skills. Some parts will write themselves, as the computer varies its genetic code and keeps only those changes it judges beneficial. Like our own DNA, the computer's genetic code will betray its heritage after millions of experiments.
The scary thing isn't that computers will match our intelligence by 2088; the scary thing is that this exponential curve keeps on going, and going, and going. By 2090, the computer will be twice as smart and twice as insightful as any human being. It will never lose a game of chess, never forget a face, never forget the lessons of history. By 2100, the gap will grow to the point at which homo sapiens, relatively speaking, might make a good pet. Then again, the computers of 2088 might not give us a second thought.
What's a poor human to do? We might fight back, smashing integrated-circuit fab lines, but society couldn't function without its silicon codependents.
No integrated circuits? Then no Swatch watches, no low-polluting cars, no credit cards. We need integrated circuits as much as they need us. If we had a little time, say another couple hundred million years, evolution might have time to kick in. After all, evolution propelled mammals out from under the feet of dinosaurs and into the canyons of Manhattan; perhaps Darwin's great insight could get us out of this mess as well.
Unfortunately, the benign pruning of human genes by evolution's hand is a bit too slow and undirected to play guardian angel. A hundred years isn't much time for evolution to work its magic. So mankind is fortunate that gene splicing arose at the same moment in history as the computer.
Today, gene splicing coaxes vats of bacteria into producing human insulin by the gallon. The first tentative steps in repairing human genetic disease have succeeded, "upgrading" a child's genetic code beyond the parents initial, but flawed, design. Eventually, DNA engineering will be commonplace. People will snip out genes to regrow nerves damaged in a car accident or modify others to control cholesterol.
Tampering with nature seems foolhardy, but there really isn't any choice. Humans are programming computers today that will someday take our place in nature - it would be foolhardy not to program our own genetic code in response.
So, next time you power down a computer at night, do so with pleasure. In 2088, the computers are shipped without an "off" switch.
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Illness of Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him)
Reason for Prophet Muhammed’s illness
Allah (Glory be to Him) said to Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him), {(O Prophet), you are destined to die and they too are destined to die. Then eventually all of you will dispute with one another before your Lord on the Day of Resurrection} [Surah Zumar: 30, 31].
Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) related, [related by Al-Bukhari].
Az-Zaraqany said, “One of Prophet Muhammed’s miracles is that he was not affected by it (the poisoned sheep) at that time, as they (the Jews) had said, ‘If he was a Prophet, he will not be affected by it (the poisoned sheep). And if he was only a king, we would be relieved of him.’ When he was not affected by it, they became sure he was a Prophet, as it was even said that the Jewish lady embraced Islam. But she left it 3 years later in order for Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) to be honored with martyrdom”
[Az-Zaraqany’s explanation of the Prophet’s biography (Al Muwahib Al-Laduniya bil Minah Al-Muhamadiyah)].
The first signs of Prophet Muhammed’s illness
Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) started to feel the effect of the poisoned sheep at Khayber. Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) said [related by Al-Bukhari].
The first signs of Prophet Muhammed’s illness appeared on 28 or 29 of the month of Safar, 11 A.H.
Abdullah ibn Masoud (may Allah be pleased with him) said,
[related by Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) asked permission to stay at Aisha’s room during his illness
When Prophet Muhammed’s illness became more severe, he asked his wives, They understood what he meant, so they gave him permission to stay wherever he wanted. As a result, he went to Aisha’s quarters, walking between Al-Fadl ibn Abbas and Ali ibn Abu Talib, with a bandage tied around his head, walking until he entered Aisha’s room. He stayed the last week of his life at her home.
Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) used to read the last two surahs of the Quran (Al-Mu'awwidhatan) and supplications which she had learnt from Prophet Muhammed. She used to blow on his hands and then wipe them over him, hoping for the blessings from his hands.
What does the fact that Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) kept asking his wives, indicate?
The severity of Prophet Muhammed’s illness
Five days before his death, Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) had a severe fever, which increased his pain and made him fall unconscious. Therefore, Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) said, [related by An-Nasa’i].
So they kept pouring the water over him until he said, <Enough, enough” [The Biography of the Prophet by Ibn Hesham].
After this, he felt better. Consequently, he entered the mosque, wrapped in a sheet covering his shoulders. His head was tied with an oily tape cloth. He sat on the pulpit. This was the last time he sat with the people. Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) praised and glorified Allah, and then he said, <‘Oh people, come to me.’ They went towards him. Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) continued, ‘Woe to the Jews and Christians; they made the graves of their Prophets mosques (where they worship)> [related by Al-Bukhari]. He also advised them, saying, [related by Al-Buhkari]. Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) felt that his time on earth was coming to an end.
Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) said, < No fatigue, nor disease, nor sorrow, nor sadness, nor hurt, nor distress befalls a Muslim, even if it were the prick he receives from a thorn, but that Allah expiates some of his sins for that> [related by Al-Bukhari].
When Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) was ill, he asked anyone who had rights they should take from him to take his right, saying, [related by At-Tabarani]. This was because Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) was very eager not to meet Allah having oppressed anyone.
Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) said,
[related by Al-Bukhari].
One man stood up and said, <‘Oh Prophet Muhammed, you owe me three dirhams.’ Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) said, “I do not deny your claim or swear that it is true. How did I take them from you?’ He said, ‘Do you remember when a poor person passed by you and you ordered me to give him some money on your behalf, saying, “Give him some money on my behalf, Oh Fadl”?’> [related by At-Tabarani
Then he gave advise to the people with regards to the Ansar in the last meeting he had, saying, This was the last meeting Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) had with the people.
Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) also told his Companions (during the meeting), <‘Allah asked a slave to choose between being given what he wants of luxuries of this world and what is with Allah, so the slave chose what is with Allah> [related by Al-Bukhari].
Abu Bakr understood what Prophet Muhammed meant, so he cried and said, “May we sacrifice our mothers and fathers for you!” We (the Companions) were amazed at what he said. The people said, “See this old man?! Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) told us about Allah asking a slave to choose between receiving the luxuries of this world and what is with Allah, and he replies, ‘May we sacrifice our fathers and mothers for you!’” But Prophet Muhammed was the slave that was given this choice. Abu Bakr explained to the Companions what Prophet Muhammed meant by what he had said.
Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) warned us about taking his grave as a mosque, prohibiting this. He (peace be upon him) stressed this point during his final illness. What does this indicate?
Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) presented himself for anyone to take retaliation from him, saying that if he owed any right to anyone, the person should take it from him at that time, in this worldly life. What is the message we learn from this?
Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) was eager to pay off any debt before dying, and he did not pray the funeral prayer over one who died leaving a debt behind him. What does this indicate?
How can we take Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) as an example to follow?
1) If you become ill, and the illness becomes severe, be patient and hope for Allah’s reward. Remember that Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) experienced the pain of two men.
2) If you have a fever, wash often, as Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) said, [related by Al-Bukhari].
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Guide | Everything to know about Besiktas clash
Wolves’ next stop on their European tour is Istanbul as Nuno Espirito Santo’s side take on Besiktas during matchday two of the Europa League group stages.
Almost one thousand supporters have bought tickets for the trip to Turkey this week, as Wolves look to get their first win of Group K at Vodafone Park during the 7.55pm (5.55pm UK time) kick-off on Thursday 3rd October.
Visiting Wolves supporters who have bought tickets to the Europa League clash with Besiktas are being reminded that they will need to collect their tickets from CVK Park Bosphorus Hotel Istanbul before kick-off. Supporters must show valid photo ID that bears the name of the ticket owner.
British nationals need a visa to enter Turkey. It’s recommended that fans apply for an e-Visa online through the official Republic of Turkey e-Visa website at least 48 hours before travel at http://www.evisa.gov.tr/en. In case of technical problems at the Turkish port of entry, carry a printed copy of your e-Visa or keep an electronic copy on a smartphone or other device to show at immigration.
Ticket collection
Tickets for the match must be collected from CVK Park Bosphorus Hotel Istanbul, Gumussuyu, İnonu Cd. No:8, 34437 Beyoglu/İstanbul, Turkey. Wolves ticket office staff will be in place at the collection point between 10am and 6pm on Thursday 3rd October. The hotel is short distance from Taksim Square and is also within walking distance of the stadium. A map of the collection point is included in the fan guide, found here.
Supporters will be required to show valid photo ID such as a passport or drivers’ licence when collecting tickets, and the ID must bear the name of the ticket owner. Tickets must be collected individually. Other ID or photocopies will not be accepted.
Matchday information
Voadafone Park is located slightly north-east of Istanbul city centre on the banks of the Bosporus next to Dolmabahce Palace, about a 15-minute walk from Taksim Square. Wolves supporters are advised to use Taksim Square as a fan zone area. There will be no formal fan zone set up, however there will be bars and restaurants that welcome Wolves supporters.
A police escort will accompany supporters walking from Taksim Square to the stadium at 5pm on the day of the game. Supporters are strongly advised to use this service. Wolves fans are advised to stay away from Besiktas fan areas and avoid displaying team colours.
Visiting supporters will be located in blocks 404, 405 and 406 in the North West area of the stadium, using entrances M1 to M5 to access this area. There is a long walkway down stairs to segregated outer area where eight turnstiles for visiting supporters are located.
Detailed away supporter information for the visit to Turkey, including the map of the ticket collection point, travelling to and around Istanbul, items prohibited at Vodafone Park, important contact details, as well as visa, currency and further travel advice, can be found here.
For any assistance regarding your support of Wolves, visit Wolves Help by clicking here.
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It’s not an uncommon scene: a group of young people in a youth centre passionate about their local community. Perhaps they are angry about the lack of funding for an outside shelter on the green. Maybe the local bus service has been cut beyond recognition leaving them confined to the village after 6pm. They want to campaign, to petition – inspired and ready to do whatever is needed to affect change.
But two weeks later when you try to talk to the same group about the importance of registering to vote eyes glaze. More than one person mutters ‘What’s the point?’ Where two weeks previous young people talking democracy was a given, now it feels like another world away.
Many young people struggle to make a connection between formal politics and every day life. Hardly surprising when the language of politics is peppered with complicated turns of phrase, and convoluted processes. Yet we know that young people are passionate about affecting change in their communities. So how do we encourage them to make the connection between that and what’s going on in parliament today? Here are our six top tips for starting those all important conversations:
Watch TV together. Have it on in the youth centre. Alright, probably not BBC Parliament in the first instance but instead a 24 hour news channel. Switch channels from time to time to give different opinions. Encourage informal conversation with young people about every day issues and the role of parliament in resolving these.
Run your youth programme in a democratic way. Make major decisions about your projects using democratic voting processes. Appoint young people as senior leaders. Ensure everyone has a place and a role in the life of the youth project. And reflect with young people on how this mirrors the way in which the country is run.
Encourage involvement in their local community. Find a focus and facilitate some social action. When the time is right be sure to point out how this links with local democratic structures and how these could be used to help improve the situation.
Make it real. Get in touch with your local MP and invite them in to make a personal connection with your young people. Encourage young people to prepare by finding out more about their MP online and/or to scribe questions to ask, so that they get the most they can from the opportunity.
Make ‘talking democracy’ a normal part of everyday life. Use situations as they arise to point out the effects of democracy that are all around us – decisions about when the buses run, and how much we pay to eat in at the fast food restaurant – all these things are determined by the local or national governments that we help elect.
Sign up for youth programmes such as our Democracy Ambassadors. So that young people are talking about democracy, at times and in places they feel comfortable, and in ways that make sense to them.
The Democracy Ambassadors programme is aimed at youth leaders working with 13-16 year olds in England, who wish to make ‘talking democracy’ a normal part of growing up. The programme equips young people with the knowledge and skills to share their learning about democracy with their peers. There is no cost to register as a Delivery Centre, a training programme and supporting resources are available as downloads, and there is a small contribution towards programme costs.
To find out more and to register, go to the Democracy Ambassadors page.
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We have made a video on YouTube about democracy aimed at secondary school pupils. It's called "Everything you need to know about democracy in under 3 minutes" and we called our channel Facts4Youth. We plan to do more fact files. Here is the link.
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Symbian Foundation releases web app toolkit
Anyone who can create a web page can write an app for Symbian, the foundation behind the open-source mobile OS has said
By David Meyer | April 30, 2010 -- 13:33 GMT (06:33 PDT) | Topic: Mobility
The Symbian Foundation has released a web application development toolkit for the open-source Symbian^3 mobile platform.
According to a Thursday statement from the foundation, anyone who can create a web page can create an app for Symbian^3, as coders only need standard development tools including HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
"These Symbian web application development tools provide an ideal entry point for web developers targeting the vast, new development opportunities offered by the Symbian^3 platform and the wider mobile marketplace, where compelling applications are proving their ability to fuel communities," Symbian Foundation chief Lee Williams said in the statement.
According to the foundation, people can augment their web development skills with the use of "just a few more JavaScript APIs", in order to access handset functionality such as contacts, the camera, accelerometers and location.
The Symbian web app development toolkit is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Other web development environments can be used to write apps for Symbian, but the foundation is promoting features of its toolkit that include mobile-specific application preview, debugging and deployment capabilities.
Only one Symbian^3 handset has been announced so far: the Nokia N8, which is scheduled for release in the third quarter of this year. Symbian^3 is the first fully open-source version of the platform, which was bought out and spun out by Nokia in 2008.
The next version, Symbian^4, will be the first to feature a fully redesigned user interface.
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Tagged ‘anro Gold‘
Humanitarian Agencies, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, The Soros Network | OSI, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Alphamin Resources Anglo-Gold Ashanti anro Gold Casa Mining ENOUGH International Crises Group International Rescue Committee Isreal Kilo Gold Loncor Moku Gold Mwana Africa Raise Hope for Congo Randgold Social Science Research Council U.S. Committee for Refugees
Modern Day White Mercenaries in the Congo
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by Keith Harmon Snow
Excerpt from the article Western-Backed Terrorism in the Congo: Where is General Laurent Nkunda?
“People are killed every day, here and there,” says one Congolese human rights investigator in eastern Congo. “U.S. intelligence agents and the organizations they work with produce disinformation favorable to Rwanda and Uganda. These guys are on someone’s payroll and they have enough money to throw around to their own networks of informants in the Great Lakes region.”
The U.S. and its allies, primarily Australia, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Germany, Holland and Israel, are all part of the networks of multinational interests plundering the natural resources of the Great Lakes countries. The corporations involved in eastern Congo are never mentioned, and no pictures are ever shown of their networks of exploitation that exist in parallel and coincidence with the violence.
The corporations operating in eastern Congo protected by the media and western intelligence apparatus, but soaked in Congolese blood, include Banro Gold, Casa Mining, Mwana Africa, Loncor, Anglo-Gold Ashanti, Kilo Gold, Moku Gold, Randgold and Alphamin Resources.
Israeli Dan Gertler — one of the Congo’s greatest current enemies — has bought up petroleum operations in the lakes regions on the Uganda-Congo frontier. Gertler’s political allies in power in Israel have been making deals with Rwanda. Another Israeli has been awarded oil-drilling rights in Virunga National Park just in the past two weeks after Canadian oil company SOCO International pulled out under public pressure.
Corporations like Alphamin promise to provide community development programs, with all kinds of publicity of their supposed largesse and generosity. Usually these are cheap exchanges, the equivalent of trinkets for land and minerals, the legacy of colonial occupation and theft.
On 10 June 2015, communities dispossessed of lands and livelihoods by Banro Gold in South Kivu began to confront Banro Gold for the substandard homes provided by Banro. “There is trouble in Luhwindja where Banro is exploiting,” reported one Congolese human rights investigator on 10 June 2015. “Banro did nothing to help the locals. The houses they [Banro] built are falling down because people had to abandon them. People are dying from pollution.”
The operations of the big mining companies present in eastern Congo are completely whitewashed by the western press and western mercenaries and intelligence front group organizations like the International Crises Group, International Rescue Committee, ENOUGH, Raise Hope For Congo, the U.S. Committee for Refugees and the Social Science Research Council.[63]
Enough staff and CFCI leaders deliver letter to Avaaz co-founder and Special Envoy Tom Perriello
The reappearance on the ground in Congo of these Rwandan warlords illuminates the apparatus of impunity involving western governments, non-government front organizations, the United Nations, multinational corporations, think tanks, western academia, the genocide industry, and the industries that profit through the creation of careers and markets for the euphemistically named AID, charity, humanitarian relief, conflict-resolution, and development industries. None of these latter industries would flourish without the market-based manufacture of suffering, despair, disease and deracination, or the market-based production of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees.
As it is with the western human rights corpus “that keeps intact the hierarchical relationships between European and non-European populations,” [64] so it is with all these other industries. Suffering is big business.
[62][endif] Private communication, 5 May 2015.
[63][endif] http://www.ssrc.org/programs/drc-affinity-group/
[A participant at the 65th Annual Conference on World Affairs, Keith Harmon Snow is the 2009 Regent’s Lecturer in Law & Society at the University of California Santa Barbara. Some of his reportage, writings, photography and human rights reports can be seen on the web sites: Conscious Being Alliance, All Things Pass & Keith Harmon Snow. keith harmon snow, USA: +1.413.626.3800, 84 Goshen Road, Williamsburg, MA 01096 USA.]
Western-Backed Terrorism in the Congo: Where is General Laurent Nkunda?
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Money was big focus on Day 6 of Dan Markel murder trial
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — We are closing out the second week of the Dan Markel murder trial.
Money was the big focus in the courtroom Friday, ranging from spending habits before and after the murder to the employment status of those charged in the Florida State University professor's death.
For four hours a financial investigator took the stand to break down the numbers in this case.
Prosecutor: "And during the time that her cash deposits are the highest..where is she employed?"
Mary Hull: "I do not have a record of her being employed."
Money a big factor in this case. Since the state believes Dan Markel's death was a murder for hire.
Mary Hull is the state's financial crime analyst. On Friday she broke down Katherine Magbanua, Sigfredo Garcia, Luis Rivera, and the Adelson family's financial records.
Hull showed records of both Garcia and Rivera buying cars and motorcycles right after Markel's murder. Records also showed that despite being out for breast implants, Magbanua's paychecks from the Adelson's never changed.
Remember the Adelson's are the former in-laws of Dan Markel.
At some point Magbanua claims to have worked in the family's dental office.
Other employees took the stand earlier this week. They say they had no knowledge of her working there.
We also learned that for about 12 hours during the time of Markel's murder, both Garcia and Rivera had their cell phones turned off.
Records show that an hour after the murder, Garcia turned his phone back on and called Katherine Magbanua.
The prosecution hopes to rest its case on Monday. Closing arguments could happen as early as next Thursday.
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Scott Detrow
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Scott Detrow is a political correspondent for NPR. He covers the 2020 presidential campaign and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.
Detrow joined NPR in 2015. He reported on the 2016 presidential election, then worked for two years as a congressional correspondent before shifting his focus back to the campaign trail.
Before that, he worked as a statehouse reporter in both Pennsylvania and California, for member stations WITF and KQED. He also covered energy policy for NPR's StateImpact project, where his reports on Pennsylvania's hydraulic fracturing boom won a DuPont-Columbia Silver Baton and national Edward R. Murrow Award in 2013.
Detrow got his start in public radio at Fordham University's WFUV. He graduated from Fordham, and also has a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Fels Institute of Government.
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Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4Season 5Season 6Season 7Season 8Season 9Season 10Season 11Season 12Season 13Season 14Season 15Season 16Season 17Season 18Season 19Season 20Season 21Season 22Season 23Season 24Season 25Season 26Season 27Season 28Season 29Season 30Season 31
Episode 01: The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson
Episode 02: The Principal and the Pauper
Episode 03: Lisa's Sax
Episode 04: Treehouse of Horror VIII
Episode 05: The Cartridge Family
Episode 06: Bart Star
Episode 07: The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons
Episode 08: Lisa the Skeptic
Episode 09: Realty Bites
Episode 10: Miracle on Evergreen Terrace
Episode 11: All Singing, All Dancing
Episode 12: Bart Carny
Episode 13: The Joy of Sect
Episode 14: Das Bus
Episode 15: The Last Temptation of Krusty
Episode 16: Dumbbell Indemnity
Episode 17: Lisa the Simpson
Episode 18: This Little Wiggy
Episode 19: Simpson Tide
Episode 20: The Trouble With Trillions
Episode 21: Girly Edition
Episode 22: Trash of the Titans
Episode 23: King of the Hill
Episode 24: Lost Our Lisa
Episode 25: Natural Born Kissers
The Simpsons - Season 9, Episode 25: Natural Born Kissers
Following the struggles and comedy of the Simpsons family live in the Springfield, where Homer, the father who works at a nuclear station and struggles against having such a wacky family, as he seeks to live a happy life with his family. In this new season, Homer has to return back to America, where his car was illegally parked.
Comedy, Animation
Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Joan Kenley, Tress MacNeille, Michael Dees, Martin Sheen, Marcia Wallace, ...»
James L. Brooks, Sam Simon, Matt Groening
Keywords: #Dan Castellaneta #James L. Brooks #Julie Kavner #Matt Groening #Nancy Cartwright #Sam Simon #The Simpsons - Season 9
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Actors Of "The Simpsons - Season 9"
29 October 1957, Chicago, Illinois, USA
25 October 1957, Dayton, Ohio, USA
3 July 1964, Paris, France
25 April 1964, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
23 December 1943, Los Angeles, California, USA
Joan Kenley
20 June 1951, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Michael Dees
30 August 1941, Houston, Texas, USA
3 August 1940, Dayton, Ohio, USA
1 November 1942, Creston, Iowa, USA
Maggie Roswell
14 November 1952, Los Angeles, California, USA
Pamela Hayden
28 November 1953, USA
Fyvush Finkel
9 October 1922, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Doris Grau
12 October 1924, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Monique Yates Jr.
24 July 1969, Canoga Park, California, USA
Roy Firestone
8 December 1953, Miami, Florida, USA
17 October 1962, Guayaquil, Ecuador
31 May 1943, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, USA
4 May 1944, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Riley Brock
19 July 1989, Rome, Georgia, USA
Jan Hooks
23 April 1957, Decatur, Georgia, USA
15 January 1947, Portland, Maine, USA
24 September 1948, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
22 July 1940, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
25 February 1943, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
15 June 1949, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
17 January 1931, Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Jack Ong
5 November 1940, Mesa, Arizona, USA
28 September 1964, Newton, New Jersey, USA
26 May 1962, Syracuse, New York, USA
28 April 1950, New Rochelle, New York, USA
26 May 1949, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
6 December 1955, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
15 June 1963, Culver City, California, USA
Michael Carrington
9 January 1935, New Rochelle, New York, USA
13 September 1952, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
14 April 1925, Westhampton, New York, USA
22 May 1941, Los Angeles, California, USA
10 May 1960, Dublin, Ireland
13 March 1960, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Larry Mullen Jr.
31 October 1961, Artane, Dublin, Ireland
8 August 1961, Barking, Essex, England, UK
Paul McGuinness
1951, Germany
Susie Smith
3 December 1968, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
4 March 1961, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
13 November 1947, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Characters Of "The Simpsons - Season 9"
Played by: Dan Castellaneta
Marge Simpson
Played by: Julie Kavner
Played by: Nancy Cartwright
Played by: Yeardley Smith
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Played by: Hank Azaria
Captain Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach
Played by: Harry Shearer
Woman on Phone
Played by: Joan Kenley
Agnes Skinner
Played by: Tress MacNeille
Sgt. Seymour Skinner
Played by: Martin Sheen
Edna Krabappel
Played by: Marcia Wallace
Ilsa Lund
Played by: Maggie Roswell
Rod Flanders
Played by: Pamela Hayden
Played by: Doris Grau
Played by: Mike Judge
Martin Prince
Played by: Russi Taylor
Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon
Played by: Jan Hooks
Apu's Mother
Played by: Andrea Martin
Troy McClure
Played by: Phil Hartman
Played by: Jim Varney
Lucious Sweet
Played by: Paul Winfield
Ray Patterson
Played by: Steve Martin
Fat Tony
Played by: Joe Mantegna
Creators of "The Simpsons - Season 9"
Gallery of "The Simpsons - Season 9"
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Watch On Deadly Ground
"His Battle To Save The Alaskan Wilderness And Protect Its People Can Only Be Won..."
Forrest Taft (Steven Seagal) is working for an Alaskan oil company by the name of Aegis as an environmental agent. Michael Jennings (Michael Caine) is the CEO of Aegis, and he is as corrupt as they come, willing to cut corners if it will help his company prosper. Oil rights for the newest rig are about to run out in less than two weeks, so Jennings is aggressively pushing for his team to make sure that the rig is ready and operational, regardless of whether he has to use substandard parts to make it happen. As a result of these substandard parts, Forest is called in to deal with explosions that set back the operations further.
Hugh Palmer (Richard Hamilton) and Forrest are friends who are on the opposite side of the spectrum, and while Palmer tries to enlighten Forrest as to the reason why the AEGIS-1 is dangerous, Forrest thinks of it as the ramblings of an old man.
Forrest eventually decides to do a little snooping of his own, and uses his access code, a decision that puts him in hot water with his boss. Under threats of exposure, Palmer is ordered to be put to death by Jennings, while Taft is sent to deal with a pump station that is supposed to be damaged, but it is a trap, and he just barely escapes with his life.
Taft is picked up by an Eskimo tribe and taken back to their village, where he is attended to and nursed back to health. It does not take long for Taft to determine that the AEGIS-1 needs to be stopped.
Jennings sends his henchmen to look for Taft and when they turn up empty handed, he deduces that Taft is still alive. Steven Seagal directs and produces this action thriller, with supporting roles by Joan Chen as Masu, Billy Bob Thornton as Homer Carlton and John C. McGinley as MacGruder.
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All things Middle Eastern.
Naava Mashiah
“A country should not want desperate neighbors. We should have shown some nobility and participated in the phrasing of the UN resolution”
“Rarely, has Israel been lonelier.” The Economist
It is ironic that in our globalizing world with an increasing number of economic blocs, Israel has adopted a policy of isolationism. This policy has been highlighted in connection with the recent UN vote on November 29 to recognize Palestine as a non member state – the same date on which Israel gained the vote of recognition in the UN in 1948.
Why can’t we be happy for our neighbors? Why can’t we share with them the same joviality that we felt in 1948 when people erupted in cheer and danced in the streets? I was not alive then but I remember, through collective memory, the glee which overflowed in the streets of the young country as the UN vote count announced the birth of the state of Israel.
Why not be content that they are receiving their own sovereign country next to ours. It is inevitable, the global village knows and accepts the framework of two nation states. Yet we are not participating in the realization of this obvious historical development? There were a few protestors in Tel Aviv, obviously a minority, encouraging their governments to think again. Embrace the UN vote or at least not be a major public obstacle.
Why announce yet more building of settlements exactly on the same day in a locale which blocks the continuous stretch of land that will be Palestine? This defiant reaction from Netanyahu’s administration announcing the decision to build in the E1 area slices the region which was reserved as it was supposed to connect Gaza with the West Bank.
This is not a routine settlement-construction announcement. Building in E1 would mean cutting off the Arab neighborhoods of East Jerusalem from the West Bank and undermining the prospects of a two-state solution along with it. Resolution of the conflict requires the emergence of a contiguous Palestinian state with the E1 zone as its sole north-south corridor. Construction in this area could ultimately result in the loss of Israel as a Jewish and democratic homeland.
A country should not want desperate neighbors. We should have shown some nobility and participated in the phrasing of the UN resolution and not lock ourselves out of the system. Why be dragged reluctantly like an incorrigible child to this inevitable situation by the international community? The diplomatic storm on Israel and the threats of European allies to retreat on trade agreements is not a situation that the Israeli government should be boasting about. The Israeli economy has been resilient to past economic crises and recent battles with proxy militaries in 2008. However, the apathy of some citizens to their neighbor’s future will be dissipated once the economy is damaged or slowed down by such sanctions and regressive actions and or abolishing of trade agreements.
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was vocal about this point at the GLOBES conference in December in Tel Aviv:
“This is a dangerous policy which will influence the economy…Israel cannot afford not to take allies and the international community into account and pretend it does not need anybody.”
During my childhood in Israel, I recall envisioning the border as a tall wooden wall made of haphazard planks. This naive image has been replaced in my adulthood by the notorious separation wall. It is true that the wall is accredited to reducing terrorist acts and saving lives of innocent civilians. However, the wall also blinds Israelis of viewing their neighbors, oblivious of their situation and future. The wall gates in Israelis in a pseudo ghetto reducing interaction with their natural geographic neighborhood.
Likewise the Iron Dome presents a farce reality that now we do not need to reach out to immediate neighbors, creating a false temporary security in the air. The wall and “virtual ceiling” blinds the leadership and exempts them from creating peace policies.
In a recent visit to Israel, I spoke to my colleagues about how they passed the recent violence in Gaza and missile launches on Israeli cities. They entered a ‘routine’ of running to sheltered rooms when the sirens screeched, parked cars on side of road and found cover during siren raids, and stocked up on water bottles. They are awaiting a second round of violence to erupt but meanwhile continuing life. This is not a normal life for either side. This none-solutions mode is not responsible or leading to a prosperous future for the region.
Some of the folks I spoke to are spending more time abroad or seeking ways to emigrate to other countries. People who were in the center have transitioned to the right spectrum of the political map.
One cannot be lonely in today’s world. The power of commerce and economic interdependence have become too important. Globalism and racism do not go hand in hand.
”Stop arguing about the past saying whom did what, make up your mind about the future,” President Peres reprimanded at the GLOBES conference. He reminded us that government used to be strong when we were living off the land. But today government have to listen to their people and good will is stronger than power.
Former opposition leader Tzipi Livni also warned about disregarding the rest of the world.
“A country cannot afford to be isolationist in today’s globalized century.”
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