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Switzerland and Benin
Living in Benin
Swiss Cooperation Office in Benin
All consular services and visa issues are provided by the Embassy of Switzerland in Ghana.
Travel advice for Benin
Bilateral relations Switzerland–Benin
Swiss Cooperation Strategy in Benin 2017-2020
Seeking employment in Switzerland
Bern, federal capital of Switzerland. © Swiss Image/Stephan Engler
Information and useful links are listed below regarding work permits and longer residence, relocation, buying property or land, withholding tax, social insurance, family reunification and foreign nationals living but not working in Switzerland.
Anyone who works during his/her stay in Switzerland or who remains in Switzerland for longer than three months requires a permit. Residence permits are issued by the Cantonal Migration Offices. A distinction is made between short-term residence permits (less than one year), annual residence permits (limited) and permanent residence permits (unlimited).
The authorisations required for a stay of over three months in Switzerland are dependent on the applicant's nationality
State Secretariat for Migration SEM – Cantonal immigration authorities
You live in Switzerland and your family lives abroad. Here you will find information on the requirements that must be met in order to bring family members to Switzerland. You will also find information on the services available to help your children enter the Swiss school system.
Foreign nationals without gainful employment
Switzerland’s migration policy makes a clear distinction: On the one hand, the Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons makes it much easier for EU and EFTA citizens to enter and stay in Switzerland. However, conditions are more restrictive for third-country nationals.
Living in Switzerland as a foreign national
Living in Switzerland as a foreign national: everything you need to know about entry, residence and employment. Information about changing residence, land purchases, withholding tax, social insurance, visa requirements for travel to EU member states and special courses for foreign children.
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There's no such thing as an alpha male
Rafi Letzter
John Moore/Getty Images
Eric Trump recently suggested that when his father, Donald Trump, bragged about grabbing women's genitals without consent, it was an example of "two alpha guys in a thing."
In addition to shedding some light on how Trump's son views his father and manhood, it's also interesting because "alpha males" aren't actually a thing.
As the writer Saladin Ahmed pointed out, the concept of "alpha male" wolves that assert dominance over their pack through aggression comes from a debunked model of lupine social groups.
—Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed) October 12, 2016
David Mech introduced the idea of the alpha to describe behavior observed in captive animals. Alphas, he wrote in his 1970 book "The Wolf: Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species," win control of their packs in violent fights with other males.
But, as he outlined in a 1999 paper, he's since rejected that idea in light of research into the behavior of wolves in the wild.
In nature, Mech writes, wolves split off from their packs when they mature, and seek out opposite-sex companions with whom to form new packs. The male and female co-dominate the new pack for a much simpler, more peaceful reason: They're the parents of all the pups.
Mech writes on his website (with the lovely title Wolf News and Info) that his original book is "currently still in print, despite my numerous pleas to the publisher to stop publishing it."
Another Twitter user, Mike Westphal, pointed out another paper on the misuse of the phrase "alpha males" to describe breeding roosters.
—Mike Westphal (@mfwestphal) October 12, 2016
In the 2003 book "Sexual Selections: What We Can and Can't Learn about Sex from Animals," the biologist Marlene Zuk points out that social groups of hens do have "pecking orders." That is, hierarchies among the females with dominance asserted through pecking.
But roosters are not part of those social groups, Zuk writes, and the idea that the top hen is somehow an "alpha male" bizarrely misgenders the dominant bird.
All of which is to say: Humans who enjoy the idea of "alpha males" might want to keep in mind that there isn't really any such thing. And to the extent the term has any meaning at all, it describes the behavior of captive, lonely creatures.
SEE ALSO: Tens of thousands of drowned livestock carcasses litter North Carolina after Hurricane Matthew
DON'T MISS: The 36 best ways to burn the most calories in an hour
More: wolves Biology Alpha Males Eric Trump
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Targeting $25B Waste in Physical & Virtual Server Environments
1E believes that every one of its customers should expect more from their IT. With our expertise in PC power management firmly established with NightWatchman, 1E continues its commitment to reducing cost in the data center with the next release of NightWatchman Server Edition 2.0. By ensuring that energy and capacity is not being wasted by PCs and servers, a typical 5,000 seat organization could be saving up to USD$500,000 in energy, maintenance and hardware costs per year. Headquartered in London and New York and with nearly 14 million licenses deployed world-wide, over 1100 organizations in 42 countries have trusted 1E to help them to work effectively, productively and sustainably. Our customers include AT&T, Bovis Lend Lease, CSC, Dell Inc., Ford, HSBC, Microsoft, Nestlé, Syngenta and Verizon Wireless. We have many imitators, but there is only one 1E.
Andrew Dominey, a 1E Product Manager and IT efficiency expert, has extensive experience with data-center energy efficiency, server virtualization and a wide range of Microsoft enterprise solutions. Dominey helps global enterprises rapidly deploy energy- and cost-saving solutions across complex data-center environments to generate significant ROI. In his current role, he also manages the product direction and development of NightWatchman Server Edition based on his understanding of enterprise infrastructure, server efficiency and IT waste reduction.
Since joining 1E in 2005, Dominey has held numerous management roles including Senior Consultant, Principal Consultant and Practice Lead. Prior to joining 1E, he served as a systems administrator for Cobweb Solutions, Ltd., where he monitored, maintained and supported an expansive infrastructure serving more than 1,500 customers. Previously, he developed an in-depth understanding of large-scale server infrastructures as a field service engineer, 2nd-level engineer and 3rd-level engineer at World Class International (WCI).
Recorded Jul 28 2010 41 mins
Andy Dominey, Product Manager, 1E
Digital edge solutions for indoor wireless networks and the critical role of CBR Feb 20 2020 6:00 pm UTC 45 mins
Nader Famili, Ph.D., SVP of Technology Development and Planning, Connectivity Wireless Solutions
Edge applications are becoming increasing pivotal in providing digital services in indoor spaces. Today’s digital applications are mostly offered on mobile platforms needing a wireless delivery mechanism. Wi-Fi is currently the most popular means of wireless delivery, but it is marred by inadequate quality of service and insufficient native security. Isn’t there a better solution?
This webinar will explore the critical role that CBRS plays in bridging this gap by enabling private networks based on 3GPP standards that can be excellent platforms for delivery of digital edge services.
Cloud to Edge: Architecting for the Next Generation of the Internet Feb 20 2020 4:00 pm UTC 45 mins
Wesley Reisz, VP of Technology at Section, Chair of QCon San Francisco, & Co-Host of the InfoQ Podcast
Edge computing continues to make headlines as leading enterprises, including Amazon and Walmart, announce differentiation strategies centered around this emerging compute paradigm.
Centralized cloud infrastructure, as we know it today, isn’t equipped to handle the amount of data being generated by an explosion of connected devices. At the same time, user expectations around speed, availability, security, privacy, personalization and more are driving application developers to seek new ways to differentiate themselves in crowded markets. Many software architects are turning to edge computing as a path to innovation.
Join Wes Reisz (VP of Technology at Section and Co-host of the InfoQ Podcast) as he demonstrates why now is the time to adopt an effective edge strategy and what it means to architect, build and deploy edge-aware distributed systems.
- Understand the current state of edge computing and common use cases driving adoption, including real-world stories of how organizations are leveraging application architecture as a competitive advantage.
- Gain tactical insights on how to evaluate your current application architecture to identify opportunities and begin implementing an effective edge strategy today.
- Learn how to speed up development cycles, eliminate operational overhead, and improve developer experience using automation techniques such as GitOps at the edge.
Digital Transformation at the Edge enabled by standardization Feb 20 2020 1:00 pm UTC 45 mins
Cristina Badulescu, Vice Chair, NFV ISG, ETSI
As 5G roll-outs take off, enabling a variety of new applications and services running at the network Edge plays an essential role in establishing new business models and revenue streams. Digital transformation becomes a pre-requisite for the 5G networks offering automation, zero-touch management and orchestration of not only the necessary resources and connectivity needed for edge computing and of the edge computing platforms offered, but also the applications running at the edge.
Multi-vendor deployments require interoperability, enabled by the current standardization work support as well as its further evolution in support of emerging business models and their required deployment models. Standards Developing Organizations such as ETSI NFV, ETSI ZSM as well as 3GPP and open source initiatives are building blocks for multi-vendor deployments and for rapidly adding new edge applications and services.
Fibre Channel SAN Workloads Feb 12 2020 6:00 pm UTC 75 mins
Barry Maskas, HPE; Nishant Lodha, Marvell; Mark Jones, Broadcom
Fibre Channel (FC) SAN workloads are not difficult, but there are several people who do not understand how the workloads line up to appropriate storage protocol and their characteristics. Different workloads have different “Fingerprints,” so to speak. Since FC SANs are block, they work very well with applications that have a lot of transactional data, a lot of random read/write loads, and are particularly good for virtual machine file systems.
This webinar will discuss:
•I/O fingerprints: I/O block sizes & IOPS requirements for various “FC SAN applications”
•An overview of application access patterns, guided by best practices and experience
•How FC fulfills these IOPS requirements and how CPU BW is as important as IOPS
We will briefly investigate application sensitivity to latency, and show how protocol can affect performance.
Modernizing your Data Centers to Provide a Cloud Experience Jan 23 2020 4:00 pm UTC 60 mins
Sujay Sundaram, Senior Director, IT Infrastructure and Cloud Engineering at a Fortune 500 company
Is the Public Cloud environment making Data Centers obsolete? Does a cloud experience also involve on-premises infrastructure and Data Centers? Join us on this webinar to explore how one can transform the Data Center practice to provide a Cloud Experience in the modern world where a hybrid-cloud approach is almost mandatory for most enterprises.
Key areas that will be covered:
- What drives the need to modernize Data Centers (DCs)?
- Key areas to modernize in a DC
- Modern Network practices: spine-leaf networks, Software Defined Network, and SD-WAN (Software defined WAN)
- Software Defined Data Center practices (SDDC)
- Enabling better security with SDDC
- Supporting modern application and development practices with the SDDC approach
Given that the Data Center is the foundation for any IT practice, and to drive digital transformation, it is key to use modern DC practices to enable a shorter time-to-market for digital undertakings.
Modernize your data center using an efficient Lifecycle Management System Jan 22 2020 3:00 pm UTC 60 mins
Mukund Rajamony, Certified ScrumMaster® NX Development Manager, Administrateur du développement logiciel NX
Real Time data processing takes key focus in enabling creation of a Digital Twin to conduct what-if studies. An efficient Data Center Lifecycle Management System helps with areas like Alarm Management, Asset Management, Rack Capacity, Rack Cooling Index, Service Level Agreements in order to constantly help modernize the Data Center.
This webinar delves into the modernizing the operations side of Data Center using efficient DCLCM systems.
Key Takeaways: Life Cycle Management, Asset Management, Digital Twin, What if scenarios, Alarms, Rack Cooling Index, Insight to incremental modernization.
Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) for The Modern Networks Jan 21 2020 4:00 pm UTC 60 mins
Wayne Xing, Network Solution Architecture, Visualzero Solutions, 6xCCIE, CISSP, VCP-NV
Organizations are deploying more applications in the cloud, implementing more devices in branch offices and consuming more bandwidth. Traditional connectivity options such as Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Frame-Relay, Leased Line etc. can be expensive and slow to provision, and provide limited bandwidth in many locations.
Many organizations are looking for an agile connectivity solution for their digital transformation into the cloud era. SDWAN (software defined Wide Area Network) fundamentally creates a secure scalable fabric with the most limited amount of state on the edge device and performs most of the fabric decision making in the controller. This allows organizations to have the flexibility to make topologies as needed, add segments as needed and to be able to deliver into the environment new and old styles of capabilities while maintaining a well-developed routing environment.
- The combination of app content, app delivery and app consumption are resulting in an evolving WAN situation
- Challenges such as poor application experiences, increased WAN services spend, and a lack of visibility and control are making it difficult for IT to provide the business with a platform to support faster innovation
- Most IT organizations are interested in realizing a common set of benefits such as consistent high-quality user experiences, reduced cost, simplified operations and lower risk
- The journey to the next generation software defined WAN requires considering various technical capabilities such as transport independence, ubiquitous data plane, automatically secure routed endpoints, resiliency, application aware routing, cloud readiness, simple secure network segmentation, centralized policy enforcement and layer 4-7 flexible services insertion
- Migrating to a software defined WAN does not need to be difficult as long as one knows the best approach to a software-defined WAN environment.
COBOL’s secret. How it continues to power business at 60 years old. Recorded: Nov 20 2019 49 mins
Derek Britton, Jerome Rose
The application development language, COBOL, is 60! September 1959 saw the first mention of the technical acronym “COBOL”, which was then adopted as the name for the language being specified and developed. Our first COBOL SIG session will kick things off describing the computing language’s contemporary relevance, use cases and prevalence. The language’s history is a fascinating study - the way in which it was designed, its continued evolution and relevance, and a number of defining characteristics have ensured it remains in widespread usage. Join us as we discuss and outline those attributes.
Pragmatic Approaches to Designing and Implementing Microservices Recorded: Nov 20 2019 39 mins
Srikanth Balusani, CTO, MST Solutions
Microservices is not a buzz word anymore. You may be starting fresh or you may be migrating the existing applications to micro services architecture.
This session will cover some pragmatic approaches to implementing microservices architecture. Here are the key take-a-ways from this session:
· Design approaches for microservices
· How to migrate existing applications to microservices
· Role of Gateway’s in building scalable microservices based applications
· Considerations for moving to microservices architecture
Enable your employees to work from anywhere, anytime from any device Recorded: Nov 19 2019 29 mins
Bala Kalavala, Chief Architect
With the cloud based technology solutions storming the market and every organization with all possible angles, internal IT teams are fighting a loosing battle on simplifying desktop images that control desktop resources, flexible deployment.
The constant pressure of cost reductions only has accelerated with maturing cloud services providing optimal data security forcing traditional desktop/laptop based device management into considering Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) allowing for employees to leverage the power of cloud with Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) anywhere anytime.
Join to learn, new methods, models and tools are needed which help to put the strategy into action!
Q4 2019 Community Update: Enterprise Architecture Recorded: Nov 13 2019 24 mins
Harriet Jamieson, Content Manager - BrightTALK and Elisabeth Thomas - Founder, Launch Product Marketing
Find out what's trending in BrightTALK's Enterprise Architecture community and the opportunities and challenges presented by Digital Transformation.
Understanding Fibre Channel Scaling Recorded: Nov 6 2019 60 mins
Mark Rogov, Dell EMC; Brandon Hoff, Broadcom; J Metz, Cisco
One of Fibre Channel’s greatest strengths is its ability to scale to thousands and thousands of nodes, while providing predictable performance. So, when we say that Fibre Channel has unmatched scalability, what does that actually mean? And how does it work?
We often hear about “designed from the ground up,” but in this case it’s actually true. From each individual link, to the overall domain architecture, each step along the way is intended to be approached in a scalable fashion.
In this webinar, we’ll be breaking down the pieces of the puzzle that help give Fibre Channel its robustness when you’re working at fabrics even greater than 10,000 nodes. We’ll be talking about:
•What a deterministic storage network is
•Fabric management principles
•Negotiated credit transfers (buffer-to-buffer credits)
•Network Engineering/Design Principles
•Oversubscription and Fan-In Ratios
•Topologies that help scale
•Domains and Fabric limits
•Consistency of performance at scale
Along the way, we’ll be talking about some of the ways that Fibre Channel differs from other popular storage networks as they approach large-scale environments, and how it handles issues that arise in such cases.
Please join us on November 6th at 10:00 am PT/1:00 pm ET for another educational webinar on Fibre Channel!
CCS [Ep.6]: Next-Generation Cybersecurity - Policy Process and Organization Recorded: Oct 31 2019 59 mins
Johna Till Johnson, CEO and Founder, Nemertes Research
Cloud and Cybersecurity Series [Ep.6]: Next-Generation Cybersecurity: Policy Process and Organization
Resources are finite. So deploying them wisely is what differentiates successful cybersecurity organizations from those that are less successful. Find out how these successful cybersecurity organizations are structured, what policies they have in place, and what strategies they do—and don’t—follow to protect their enterprise organizations.
CCS [Ep.5]: Application Security Meets Multicloud Recorded: Oct 23 2019 50 mins
John Burke, CIO and Principal Research Analyst, Nemertes Research
Cloud and Cybersecurity Series [Ep.5]: Application Security Meets Multicloud
Enterprises are developing and buying applications to run everywhere: across multiple clouds, multiple data centers, desktops, mobile devices, and IoT devices. In a multicloud environment, IT needs to take a multipronged approach to securing applications.
We'll how organizations approach securing their applications for the multicloud, ranging from changes in the development process to the embrace of security technologies including IAMaaS, microservice authentication, and enterprise secure cloud access and policy enforcement (ESCAPE).
This webinar presents data from Nemertes' in-depth research study of 335 organizations in 11 countries across a range of vertical industries.
ICE [Ep.6]: Setting Budgets, Finding Stakeholders for AI-Enabled DCX Projects Recorded: Oct 22 2019 56 mins
Robin Gareiss, President and Founder, Nemertes Research
Intelligent Customer Engagement Series [Ep.6]: Setting Budgets, Finding Stakeholders for AI-Enabled DCX Projects
As IT and business leaders evaluate their how to use AI to improve customer experience, one of the biggest roadblocks is funding.
This webinar provides step-by-step guidance on finding stakeholders to fund the projects, with specific data on how much companies are spending today on their AI-enabled initiatives.
Best practices for achieving Enterprise IT and operational efficiency.
The Enterprise Architecture channel presents the next generation of Enterprise IT: recognizing the strategic importance of digital transformation and the data center to make companies more nimble and competitive. These presentations will help demanding IT and BizOps professionals achieve flexibility, scalability and performance with reduced risk and complexity.
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Title: Targeting $25B Waste in Physical & Virtual Server Environments
Live at: Jul 28 2010 12:00 pm
Presented by: Andy Dominey, Product Manager, 1E
Targeting $25B Waste in Physical & Virtual Server Environments Andy Dominey, Product Manager, 1E [[ webcastStartDate * 1000 | amDateFormat: 'MMM D YYYY h:mm a' ]] 41 mins
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British F3 Driver - Lucas Petersson #22
Lucas Petersson
Carlin has confirmed the signing of Lucas Petersson for the 2019 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship.
Swedish racer Petersson joins Carlin on the back of a highly successful karting career in the United Arab Emirates, where he was crowned the 2017 Junior Rotax Champion. Petersson will now make the move to Europe as he joins the highly-competitive British Formula Three Championship.
Following his junior national karting success, Petersson made the switch to cars in the 2017/2018 F4 United Arab Emirates Championship, claiming two race wins, five podiums and three fastest laps on his way to fourth place in the championship.
In preparation for his European motorsport debut in 2019, 17-year-old Petersson has already been testing with Carlin and is excited for the opening round of the championship in April at Oulton Park.
Petersson said of the upcoming season: “I'm really looking forward to racing in a championship and country that has such a rich heritage in motorsport. Being a young driver, I've always aspired to take part in this championship and to do it with such as successful team like Carlin is very humbling. I have no expectations apart from giving it all I've got.”
2017-18 Formula 4 United Arab Emirates Championship - 4th with two wins, five podiums and three fastest laps
2018 Championnat de France F4 - three races
2016-17 Formula 4 United Arab Emirates Championship - 13th with one podium
2017 United Arab Emirates Rotax Max Challenge - Junior Max - 1st
Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - DD2
2015-17 Rotax Max World Championships in Italy and Portugal
2013-16 Rotax Max UAE karting
British F3 Championship
Carlin#22
Date of birth 10 September 2001
Nationality Swedish
Residence Dubai, UAE
Hobbies Racing, karting, polo playing, flying pilot
Visit Lucas' official website
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Netherlands: Anne Frank Story. 1957
VLVA3FPAQS65E833FQU0EXLXX6LIQ-NETHERLANDS-ANNE-FRANK-STORY
Amsterdam, ancient, criss-crossed with canals, old dwellings alongside the canal-side. The city through which the?
GV. Across a canal in AMSTERDAM.
Tr.Shot. Along a canal.
LV. Ann Frank's House.
SCU.pan From No. 263 to sign reading "ANNE FRANK's HUIS."
CU. Photo of Anne as a young girl.
CU. Photo of Anne as an older girl.
CU. Photo of Anne in 1939.
CU. The pages of Anne's diary.
CU. - ditto -
SV.Pan. The small back room.
SV. Showing stairs.
SV. Anne's Room.
LV. The scene through the window,
SV.Pan. Showing dilapidated state of her room.
SV. The kitchen.
AV. The stairs to the left.
SV. The loft.
SV. The view of the back of Anne's house.
SV. The film Producer interviewing some girls applying for the film part of ANNE FRANK.
NrV. - ditto -
CU. The Film Producer.
SV. Interviewing.
CU.pan. Girls.
SV. The girl chosen for the part.
Initials MR/VCW
Background: Amsterdam, ancient, criss-crossed with canals, old dwellings alongside the canal-side. The city through which the Gestapo in the last war hunted their victims.
The Jews especially received the "attention" of the Gestapo at this period. In a house by one of these canals - Prinsengracht 263 - resided the Jewish family Frank with others. They lived not in the front but in the rear of the house - in the so-called backhouse or achterhuis. Secretly and silently they kept to their portion of the dwelling, hoping and praying that the Gestapo would not come upon them.
Behind this door, and in these rooms, now ruined by plundering and the natural elements, they successfully remained concealed for two years. In perpetual fear, eight people lived in here. Too dangerous to venture into the streets, their view, for two whole years was out over the little plot of back garden and the depressing backs of other dwellings.
A member of this silent, secret fearful little family community was a young Jewish girl, Anne Frank. A very intelligent girl, out of sheer boredom she started a diary, first without any serious intention. However, after hearing over the Radio London that all written diaries and documents would be of incalculable value in the later historical documentations of these fateful years, Anne Frank set to, to religiously keep a detailed dairy of day-to-day happenings. For her it was in some measure an escape from her present fears and frustrations, and when the war was over her writings proved an invaluable insight into the mentality of a young adolescent Jewish girl.
But sanctuary was to be terminated abruptly for the Franks. On August 4th, 1944, the Gestapo came to the house. The father was the only member of the family to escape the gas-chamber. Anne Frank died - but her diary survived and through it she survives still. Anne Frank's expressed wish that her diary be published has encouraged her father to dedicate his time to promoting the widest possible sale of her book and the play which has been adapted from it - and all profits from these sources will go to the Anne Frank Foundation an to rebuild, in its original character, the Anne Frank House, which will be used as a Youth centre. Mr. Frank is a wealthy man, but the work on the house will entail an expenditure of something in the nature of GBP50,000. And so Mr. Frank lives, modestly and quietly, with the memories of his little girl who achieved greatness after death.
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The Hungry Of Holland
Images of the starved Dutch children - they are now looked after by the Allies.
Draining Flooded Holland
Work on reclaiming inundated land in Holland.
Canoe Race
Three canoe teams compete in a race on a river in the Netherlands.
Famous Dutch Regiments Celebrate 125 Th Anniversary Aka Holland
Holland celebrates the 125th anniversary of it's famous regiments.
Cyclone Wrecks Dutch Town
A hurricane destroys the town of Borkulo in Holland causing widespread devastation.
A Marriage Has Been Arranged
Footage of traditional country wedding in Holland / Netherlands.
Flower Industry
Flowers being packed into boxes.
British Ambassador To Holland
British Ambassador arriving to Holland.
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Sweeps & Swag! Win VIP Tickets to Escape to Margaritaville's Broadway Premiere & More
by Broadway.com Staff • Jun 26, 2017
The cast of 'Escape to Margaritaville' at La Jolla
(Photo: La Jolla Playhouse)
Get ready to raise a glass! As previously reported, the Jimmy Buffett musical Escape to Margaritaville is set to play Broadway's Marquis Theatre beginning on February 16, 2018, and we've got your ticket inside the New York premiere. That's right—enter the Escape to Margaritaville sweepstakes for your chance to receive one pair of VIP tickets to attend the first Broadway preview on February 16. The winner and guest will each take home official gift bags packed with beach-ready merchandise. Hurry! The sweeps ends on July 23. Airfare and hotel are not included.
Escape to Margaritaville includes Buffett’s classic hits, as well as original songs from the singer/songwriter. The story, crafted by scribes Greg Garcia and Mike O’Malley, follows a character named Tully at the titular tropical island resort as he questions about his relaxed ways upon meeting (and falling in love with) a career-minded tourist. Come From Away's Tony-winning director Christopher Ashley and choreographer Kelly Devine lead the creative team.
Escape to Margaritaville is currently making its world premiere at La Jolla Playhouse, in an extended run scheduled through July 9. The production will then go to New Orleans’ Saenger Theatre from October 20-28, followed by a run at Houston’s Hobby Center from October 31-November 5 and a Chicago stint at the Oriental Theatre from November 9-December 3.
Escape to Margaritaville
This production ended its run on July 1, 2018
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More charges laid in construction worker's fatal fall in Dartmouth
Foreman Jeff Gooch and Insulated Panel Structures are now facing charges under Nova Scotia's Occupational Health and Safety Act, accused of failing to ensure fall protection gear was used properly.
Brandon Alcorn was working on the Kent Building Supplies site when he fell from the roof
Elizabeth McMillan · CBC News · Posted: Jan 12, 2020 12:47 PM AT | Last Updated: January 12
Brandon Alcorn, 22, died on March 13, 2018 after he fell while working at the construction site for the Kent Building Supplies store in Dartmouth Crossing. (Submitted by Janice Way)
The foreman and employer of a 22-year-old man who died after falling from a Dartmouth construction site are facing charges under Nova Scotia's Occupational Health and Safety Act.
They are accused of failing to ensure fall protection gear was used properly.
Brandon Alcorn, who grew up in Porters Lake, N.S., died on March 13, 2018 after suffering head injuries sustained in a fall from the roof of a Kent Building Supplies store that was under construction.
Alcorn had been working as a labourer for Insulated Panel Structures, Inc., a Waterdown, Ont., company at the Cutler Drive site.
Foreman Jeff Scott Gooch, 37, was arrested Nov. 30, 2019 and charged with criminal negligence causing death.
Now Gooch is also accused of knowingly giving an Occupational Health and Safety officer false information two days after Alcorn's death, as well as failing to ensure he had up-to-date fall protection training and failing to ensure he wore fall-protection gear while working at a height.
The OHS charges state fall-protection gear was required on four different days, including the day Alcorn died, and Gooch "failed to take every reasonable precaution to protect the health and safety" of someone in the workplace.
The Kent Building Supply store in Dartmouth Crossing was under construction in March 2018. (CBC)
Insulated Panel Structures was also charged Jan. 8 with:
failing to ensure an employee had valid fall protection training.
failing to have a written fall-protection safe-work procedure.
failing to ensure fall-protection gear was used Feb. 6, March 9, March 12 and March 13, 2018.
Gooch and Insulated Panel Structures are due in Dartmouth provincial court on the OHS charges Jan. 28.
Gooch is scheduled to appear in court on the criminal charge on Feb. 25.
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Elizabeth McMillan
Elizabeth McMillan is a journalist with CBC Nova Scotia. Over the past 10 years, she has reported from the edge of the Arctic Ocean to the Atlantic Coast and loves sharing people's stories. She can be reached at elizabeth.mcmillan@cbc.ca
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Under Western Eyes
NarratorJames O'Connell
TypeAudiobook, E-book
FictionNovelsNon-fictionSociety & Social SciencesBiographiesClassicsClassic Fiction
Acclaimed as one of Conrad's finest literary achievements, this gripping novel deftly depicts the political turmoil of nineteenth-century Russia and follows the dramatic developments in the life of a student, Razumov, as he prepares for a career in the czarist bureaucracy. In a plot that twists and turns, Razumov unwittingly becomes embroiled in a revolutionary conspiracy when he gives refuge to a fellow student who assassinated a public official. Increasingly enmeshed in the radical's political intrigue, he betrays the anarchist who had placed blind faith in him. The authorities then dispatch Razumov on a mission to spy on the revolutionary's sister and mother. A fascinating character study, Under Western Eyes hauntingly reveals Razumov's preoccupation with questions of decency and accountability when confronted by the equally powerful truths and values of human integrity and moral strength
Publisher AudiobookOregan Publishing
ISBN Audiobook9782291052791
Publisher E-bookAUK Classics
ISBN E-book9781781669945
© 2018 Oregan Publishing, 2018 Joseph Conrad (Audiobook)
© AUK Classics (E-book)
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Orson Scott Card Books In Order
Publication Order of Worthing Books
Capitol (1978) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Hot Sleep (1978) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Worthing Chronicle (1983) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Worthing Saga (1990) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Fleet School Books
Children of the Fleet (2017) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Ender Saga Books
Ender's Game (1985) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Speaker for the Dead (1986) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Xenocide (1991) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Children of the Mind (1996) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Ender's Shadow (1999) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Shadow of the Hegemon (2001) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Shadow Puppets (2002) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Shadow of the Giant (2005) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
A War of Gifts: An Ender Story (2007) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Ender in Exile (2008) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Shadows in Flight (2012) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Earth Unaware (2012) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Earth Afire (2013) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Shadows Alive (2013) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Earth Awakens (2014) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Swarm (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Hive (2019) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Chronological Order of Ender Saga Books
Publication Order of Tales Of Alvin Maker Books
Seventh Son (1987) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Red Prophet (1988) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Prentice Alvin (1989) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Alvin Journeyman (1995) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Heartfire (1998) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Crystal City (2003) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Homecoming Saga Books
The Memory of Earth (1992) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Call of Earth (1992) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Ships of Earth (1994) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Earthfall (1995) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Earthborn (1995) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Mayflower Trilogy Books
Lovelock (1994) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Pastwatch Books
Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus (1996) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of The Women Of Genesis Books
Sarah (2000) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Rebekah (2001) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Rachel and Leah (2004) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Empire Books
Empire (2006) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Hidden Empire (2009) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Mithermages Books
Stonefather (2008) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Lost Gate (2011) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Gate Thief (2013) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Gatefather (2015) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Pathfinder Books
Pathfinder (2010) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Ruins (2012) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Visitors (2014) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Laddertop Books
Laddertop (2011) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Lost & Found Books
Lost and Found (2019) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
The Fringe (1985) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Salvage (1986) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Hamlet's Father (2011) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
A Town Divided by Christmas (2018) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
A Planet Called Treason (1979) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Songmaster (1979) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Hart's Hope (1983) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Saints (1983) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Wyrms (1987) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Lost Boys (1992) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Treasure Box (1996) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Stone Tables (1997) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Homebody (1998) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Enchantment (1999) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Magic Street (2005) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Invasive Procedures (2007) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Space Boy (2007) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Children’s Books
Magic Mirror (1999) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
About Orson Scott Card:
Orson Scott Card is an American novelist, public speaker, critic and columnist. He writes in different genre but he is especially known for his many forensic fictions. He has won several awards including the Nebula and Hugo Awards for his books Ender’s Game and the Speaker for the Dead. He has written a lot of books under different pseudonyms which include the names Frederick Bliss, P.Q. Gump, Byron Walley, Brian Green, Dinah Kirkham and Noam D. Pellume. In one interview he was quoted saying “ I was trying to establish separate identity in the marketplace ” which is his main reason for carrying different pseudonyms. Currently, he is writing and co-producing a film based on his books and he is also an English professor at Southern Virginia University.
The Early Life Of Orson Scott Card
The son of Willard and Peggy Card, Orson Scott Card is the third of the six children. He is born in Richland Washington in August 24, 1951 but he grew up in various places which include Santa Clara in California, Mesa, Arizona and Orem, Utah. Before he wrote books, he first served as a missionary for the Latter Day Saints (LDS) Church in Brazil. He also graduated from Brigham Young University as well as at the University of Utah before he took his PhD at the University in Notre Dame.
Fiction Genre
Orson Scott Card started his writing career as a poet while he was studying in Brigham Young University. Upon returning from his LDS Mission in the country of Brazil, he established the Utah Valley Repertory Theatre Company which produced plays in an outdoor amphitheater near the psychiatric hospital in Provo. While running his company, he also became a part-time proofreader in BYU Press before he applied as a fulltime copy editor.
While working in BYU, he developed the story for the Ender’s Game which he submitted to different publications which was bought by Ben Boya in the year 1977. However, in 1979, he was employed as an assistant editor in a magazine called Ensign and while working for the magazine, he produced Gert Farm under the penname Byron Walley. While working in Ensign, he received novel contracts for his books A Planet Called Treason and Hot Sleep before he left the company to become a fulltime freelancer.
While studying for his doctor’s degree at the University of Notre Dame, the 1980’s depression has caused him to leave his freelancing stint and find a job as a book editor in Compute! Magazine in North Carolina in the year 1983 until he got another novel contract to make the Alvin Maker trilogy which is part of his American frontier fantasy series.
Although Orson Scott Card is known for his fictions, he has also delved into different genres. While writing his fictional novels, he also wrote alongside other novels under different genre. He wrote horror and fantasy novels which titles include the Lost Boys, Enchantment and Treasure Box. On the other hand, he also worked with the novelization of films and comic books including the James Cameron film entitled The Abyss and the Ultimate Iron Man.
Orson Scott Card also proven his versatility as a writer as he provided the dialogs to different video games which titles include The Dig, The Secret of Monkey Island and Loom which became popular video games during the early 90s. Due to his high religious influence, he also wrote books that center around the women in the Bible. His book The Women of Genesis has turned into a series which explores the lives of the Biblical women whose titles were also named after them Sarah, Rebecah and Rachel and Leah.
Due to his strong religious influence, Orson Scott Card has also written screenplays for biblical short animation films including the Prodigal Son, Journey to the Promised Land and Abinadi and King Noah under NEST Family Entertainment.
The Ender’s Game
The Ender’s Game has got to be one of the most successful books written by Orson Scott Car. The book first appeared in Analog Magazine and has a sequel entitled the Speaker for the Dead. The book is all about the story of Ender Wiggin who is made as the commander of a fictional Dragon Army which is an institution designed to make young children into commanders to fight against the alien race attacking the earth. The story is all about succeeding from life struggles and heroism. Due to its popularity, this book has been adapted into a film and Card fans all over the world will get to see the full length Hollywood film starred by Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld and Harrison Ford to name a few this coming November 2013.
As mentioned earlier, Orson Scott Card has written horror novels and one of the most notable works under this genre is the Lost Boys. Written in the year 1992, this horror novel revolves around the story of Step Fletcher who moved with his family in a quite North Carolina town. As soon as his family moves in, weird things started to happen in the house including seeing apparitions of lost souls. The story incorporates he element of greed and murder which gives the entire story a chilling revelation to the readers.
Orson Scott Card Today
In the year 2011, he suffered from mild stroke and he was hospitalized. He is making full recovery today but his stroke caused him impairment on his left hand which made it difficult for him to write his books. Before his stroke episode, Orson Scott Card is involved in teaching fiction writing to young writers. In fact, Card runs a yearly week long class called “ Literary Boot Camp ” for aspiring writers. On the other hand, he also served as one of the judges in the competition Writers of the Future which is a story writing contest for science fiction and fantasy. Currently, Card and his wife Kristine lives in Greensboro, North Carolina where he is recuperating from his stroke. Surprisingly, his current hometown in North Carolina is used as the setting of his many fictions including the Lost Boys.
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Arthur Conan Doyle pursued a medical degree at the University of Edinburgh instead of going into the arts much to the surprise of his family. At med school, Doyle met his mentor, Professor Dr. Joseph Bell, whose keen powers of observation would later inspire Doyle to create his famed fictional detective character, Sherlock Holmes. At the University of Edinburgh, Doyle met classmates and future fellow authors James Barrie and Robert Louis Stevenson. Talented class!
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The arrival of photography created a new way of seeing. The arrival of aerial photography created a new way of using that new way of seeing. Photographing from above offers a form of visual liberation. Its practitioners slip not only the surly bonds of Earth but the perhaps even surlier bonds of perspective and familiarity.
A few photographers, such as William Garnett and Alex MacLean, have specialized in aerial photography. Others, like Terry Evans or Bradford Washburn, have dabbled in it.
Neal Rantoul belongs to the second group. That doesn’t keep him from doing aerial photography very well, as two new shows demonstrate. “Neal Rantoul and Brian Kaplan: Views of Cape Cod and the Massachusetts Islands” runs at Panopticon Gallery through May. 13. And “Neal Rantoul: Wheat, Washington, 2009-2013” is one of three photography exhibitions running at Danforth Art through May 24. The others are “Abelardo Morell: The Island of Rota” and “Aaron Siskind: Volcano.”
Rantoul shot his Cape and Islands pictures from a thousand feet up. They have a winning simplicity and clarity; they’re pristine without looking antiseptic or artificial. The occasional building or road (or tennis court!) seems like an anomaly. Even in this tame, inviting environment, man is distinctly an alien presence. A few images, like a photograph of Naushon, can be read almost cartographically. Most of them present a different sort of visual reality: They verge on abstraction.
Aaron Siskind’s “Volcano 103” at Danforth Art.
There’s nothing abstract about Kaplan’s 19 color pictures, which are shot very much on the ground. There is considerable incongruity in these pictures, comedy that stops just short of being too broad. Kaplan’s Cape isn’t Joel Meyerowitz’s. Meyerowitz famously published a book called “Cape Light.” Kaplan could publish one called “Cape Lite.”
This Cape is a place that’s human, all too human. Kaplan presents people, people’s artifacts, and people’s artifacts in unexpected places. We see beached boats, birdcages, flotation devices, a cabin on a trailer, a snowed-on Corvette next to a stack of kindling, a really big pile of discarded TVs in a motel parking lot.
One Kaplan photograph shows a scoop of ice cream, seen from above, spilled in a parking lot. Through the power of association, it looks like one of Rantoul’s aerial landscapes — though not one of his Washington state ones. Rantoul first visited eastern Washington in 1993. After returning in 1996, he’s photographed there nearly every year since. The 16 large photographs at Danforth Art make it easy to see why. They have a cool, beneficent beauty. The effect is slightly unreal, even otherworldly. The only orienting elements are color, most often dun and verdigris, and shape, almost always curved. The patterning within the wheat fields, equally owing to cultivation and contour, can make the landscapes seem like earth art.
Neal Rantoul’s “Naushon, Elizabeth Islands,” from his series of Cape and Islands photographs.
Morell’s “The Island of Rota” has plant life in common with Rantoul’s wheat pictures, and that’s about it. Morell is best known for his work with a camera obscura, and these pictures are also the product of a very old technique: cliché-verre (literally, glass picture). Here Morell has taken leaves and other bits of plants, traced them on a glass plate, and reproduced the images photographically. With their rich variety of textures and interplay of light and dark, they’re like Rorschach blots for botanists. Morell compares their appearance to that of “imaginary dense jungles or forests.” If Rantoul’s wheat fields look otherworldly, these jungles and forests look really otherworldly.
The solidified lava flows that Aaron Siskind photographed in close-up in 1980 as part of his “Volcano” series have a blunt, unyielding density far removed from Morell’s leaves and ferns. There are 10 images at Danforth. They could be reliefs Henry Moore sculpted in obsidian, or fossils of some unimaginable pachydermous creature.
Brian Kaplan’s “248 Shore Road” is an example of him presenting people’s artifacts in unexpected places.Panopticon Gallery
“Aaron Siskind: A Selection” runs at Gallery Kayafas through May 11. In no more than a dozen photographs it manages to present a choice overview of his career. An image from Siskind’s justly celebrated 1930s series “Harlem Document” shows his social-documentary roots. Soon enough, he’s verging on abstraction. Throughout there’s his love of texture and surface and a fondness for disorientation. This is a man who never met a horizon line unbegrudgingly. One of the photographs is from the “Volcano” series; another, from Peru, in 1975, could be a forerunner.
Robert Richfield, whose “Perpetuidad” also runs at Gallery Kayafas through May 11, worked for several years as Siskind’s assistant and printer. He’s photographed cemeteries in Europe and North and South America. “Perpetuidad” consists of 16 photographs and a photographic combine. They depict Mexican columbarium walls, mausoleums, and grave sites. There is nothing austere or deathly about these images. Garish, exuberant, and a bit overwhelming, they’re almost dementedly colorful.
Pauline Kael once compared the palette of Francis Ford Coppola’s “One From the Heart” to melted ice cream. Richfield’s colors look like melted ice cream made on Mars. This takes some getting used to. Once that happens, the warmth and vitality of these images make them seem an absolutely logical response to death in all its dark dull absence. Death be not proud — and life be very (very) loud.
NEAL RANTOUL: Wheat, Washington, 2009-2012
AARON SISKIND: Volcano
ABELARDO MORELL:
The Island of Rota
Danforth Art, 123 Union Ave., Framingham, through May 24, 508-620-0050, www.danforthart.org
AARON SISKIND:
A Selection
ROBERT RICHFIELD: Perpetuidad
Gallery Kayafas,
450 Harrison Ave., through May 11, 617-482-0411, www.gallerykayafas.com
Mark Feeney can be reached at mfeeney@globe.com.
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ATLANTA (Nov. 14, 2018) – Bounce, the nation’s fastest-growing television network designed for African-American audiences, will premiere its first Bounce Original Movie, A Stone Cold Christmas, on Sunday, November 25 at 9:00 p.m. ET/8:00 p.m. CT.
Bounce also announced a new original series Last Call, a half-hour situation comedy from Bobbcat Films and Roger Bobb, producer of Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns and Mann & Wife. Last Call will premiere on Bounce on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019.
A twist on the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, A Stone Cold Christmas stars Demetria McKinney (Saints & Sinners, Tyler Perry’s House of Payne) as Mia Stone, a shrewd businesswoman and a dreadful boss, who is more concerned about money than family and friends. When Mia finds herself face-to-face with the love of her life, she is forced to deal with past decisions if she has any chance of a future. Rounding out the cast are Andra Fuller (True to the Game, Black Jesus), Fred Williamson (Being Mary Jane, Hell Up in Harlem), Brittany Perry Russell (Sparkle, The Preacher’s Son) and Lochlyn Munro (Riverdale, Scream, White Chicks). A Stone Cold Christmas will also air throughout the holiday season.
Bounce will premiere two more original movies in 2019.
Last Call stars Charles Malik Whitfield (Empire, If Loving You is Wrong) as Darius Knight, an ex-NFL player who – after discovering his business manager ran off with all his money – opens a comedy club in the backroom of his only remaining investment – a Baltimore bar named Last Call. The bar regulars are then forced to share their favorite watering hole with a parade of comics while Darius climbs out of debt. principal cast members include T.C. Carson (Living Single), Carl Payne (Martin), Brely Evans (Being Mary Jane), Mishon Ratliff (Lincoln Heights) and Erica Page (Office Christmas Party). Season one will feature guest appearances from Towanda Braxton (Braxton Family Values), Pierre (How to Be a Player), Vanessa Fraction (Barbershop 2), Karlous Miller (Wild’N Out), David Otunga (WWE Raw) and Teresa “Top Notch” Nelson (Wild’N Out). Cynthia Bailey (Real Housewives of Atlanta) and Lisa Wu (Hollywood Divas) also make appearances on Last Call this season.
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Payments to Students
Students may receive payments for a variety of reasons. It is important to understand these payments are not wages, however, they may be taxable. Examples include:
A one-time award or prize to honor a student's achievement;
Funds are awarded to conduct a project for a student's personal educational benefit (often called a fellowship). The student may be mentored by a member of the faculty or staff, and may pursue the project on campus, but the payment is not for services rendered to the College;
Funds are awarded for career exploration purposes. The student may coincidentally be providing a service to an outside organization, but the funding is paid to the student;
A service is performed by a student that is comparable to that of an independent contractor hired by the College. Examples: entertainers hired to perform at an event, authors hired to write a specific article for the Bowdoin magazine.
Please reference the FAQ's provided below or this SUMMARY GUIDE for additional information.
Fellowship/Scholarship Direct Deposit Authorization Form (For students who are not on payroll)
When should a student be paid through Student Employment/Payroll?
Students should be considered an hourly employee if they have a temporary or ongoing position within a campus department or program and is hired to perform a specific service to the College. This includes paid “interns.” For information regarding Student Employment, please contact the Manager of Student Employment at (207) 725-3497.
When should a student be paid through Accounts Payable?
When a payment is a one-time award or prize to honor a student’s achievement. These are typically recognized at Bowdoin’s annual Honors Day ceremony in May. The Financial Edge account code should be 6534 (Prizes/Awards) and an Accounts Payable Voucher should be submitted.
The student has been awarded funds (often called a “fellowship”) to conduct a project for his or her personal educational benefit. S/he may be mentored by a member of the faculty or staff, and may pursue the project on campus but the payment is not for services rendered to the College. The Financial Edge account code should be 6537 – Summer Fellowship OR 6536 – Academic Fellowship. Contact the Center for Co-Curricular Opportunities for the appropriate award voucher.
The student has been awarded Bowdoin funds for career exploration purposes. S/he may coincidentally be providing a service to an outside organization, but the funding is paid to the student. The Financial Edge account code should be 6537 – Summer Fellowship OR 6536 – Academic Fellowship. Contact the Center for Co-Curricular Opportunities for the appropriate award voucher.
The student is performing a service that is comparable to that of an independent contractor hired by the College (i.e. entertainers hired to perform at a specific event, authors hired to write a specific article for the Bowdoin Magazine, etc.). The Financial Edge account code should be 5650 – Contracted Services–Labor and an Accounts Payable Voucher should be submitted.
Is direct deposit required for Payroll and Accounts Payable payment types?
Yes, students are required to receive their Payroll and/or Accounts Payable funds via direct deposit. If the student is not being paid through Payroll and has not previously established a direct deposit record in Accounts Payable, he/she should complete a Fellowship/Scholarship Direct Deposit Authorization Form and send directly to the Controller’s Office, 216 Maine Street (Attn: Joanna Long).
Will there be deductions from the payments?
Income Taxes may be deducted if:
Payment is a paycheck via Payroll. FICA (Social Security and Medicare taxes) will not be deducted from student
paychecks during the course of the academic year in which the student is enrolled (including fall, winter and spring breaks).
FICA will be deducted during periods of non-enrollment, such as summer break or a semester or leave of absence from the College.
Income Taxes will NOT be deducted if:
Payment is paid via Accounts Payable.
The student claims “exempt” on federal and state income tax forms submitted to Bowdoin College annually. (Students must re-certify exempt status each calendar year and will receive an email reminder from payroll.)
How will students determine their income tax liability for payments from Bowdoin College?
In accordance with federal regulations, Bowdoin College will send the relevant tax documents to all applicable students as detailed below:
Payroll Wages: Students who have received paychecks will be sent IRS Form W-2 by January 31st for the preceding calendar year.
Accounts Payable Payments: Students who receive prizes/awards and/or personal services payments that exceed $599.99 will receive an IRS Form 1099MISC by January 31st for the preceding calendar year.
Fellowship Payments: Students who receive fellowship payments will receive a “Statement of Payments” by January 31st for the preceding calendar year. If the student receives a housing allowance, the in-kind value will be listed as well.
Note: Students, for the purposes of their planning, may receive or request information regarding the value of in-kind payments prior to receipt of the tax documents.
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Home Newsletters Daily Report PM Metro Council to take up St. George pension debt, two ITEP requests...
Metro Council to take up St. George pension debt, two ITEP requests tonight
Annie Ourso Landry
It should be a busy night for the Metro Council. In addition to other agenda items tonight, like selecting a new parish attorney and discussing changes to the plan of government, the Council will also consider a proposal that would require St. George to pay off its share of city-parish pension debt should the incorporation effort succeed.
The retirement system, CPERS, requested the pension debt proposal, which doesn’t outline how much St. George would have to pay, but does say the amount would be determined by CPERS’ actuary—not the newly incorporated city.
St. George organizers are requesting the council defer the item at tonight’s meeting, says spokesman Andrew Murrell.
When a St. George transition district bill was proposed in the Legislature earlier this year, which the governor ultimately vetoed, Murrell notes that Mayor Sharon Weston Broome called the effort “premature,” as the Oct. 12 election has yet to happen.
“If that was premature, why wouldn’t we call this premature?” he asks.
St. George organizers are willing to sit down and work out the pension debt details, Murrell says, but the city-parish has not agreed to meet with them yet. There’s also the possibility the matter will be addressed in the Legislature next year if St. George organizers propose another transition district bill.
In other news, the Metro Council will also consider and vote on two Industrial Tax Exemption Program requests tonight.
One of the tax break requests is from the Stupp Corporation for a $22 million upgrade to its two steel pipe manufacturing plants in north Baton Rouge, which, according to its application, will result in 128 new jobs added to its existing 338-person workforce. If approved by the council, Stupp will be eligible for a $2.5 million property tax exemption over 10 years.
The other ITEP request is for a $93,126 investment at Mezzo Technologies for new manufacturing equipment to increase efficiency and capacity. The investment will retain the company’s existing 42 jobs and add two new jobs. If approved, Mezzo will be eligible for a total property tax exemption of $13,000 over 10 years.
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Former Senator Tom Daschle 2008 Convention Speech
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Lions and tires and bears! Oh, my!
Cabarrus CVB Welcomes Beasley to Destination Services Department
County’s business and hospitality professionals honored at Celebrate Cabarrus
The area’s premier travel publication, the 2015-16 Cabarrus County Destination Guide, to be released as zMAX Dragway hosts international audience
(March 26, 2014) – Concord, NC –The latest edition of the official travel resource for Concord, Kannapolis, Harrisburg, Midland and Mount Pleasant, NC is now available from the Cabarrus County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The 2015-16 Destination Guide release comes as Concord prepares to welcome visitors from more than 975 cities, 45 states and countries as far away as Australia, Sweden, France, England and Canada during the sixth annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway this weekend.
“As a snapshot of this area, the guide is colorful and vibrant with a high-energy, family friendly feel,” said Donna Carpenter, President/CEO of the Cabarrus County CVB. “Tens of thousands of fans will travel to Cabarrus County this weekend, and the goal is to inspire and provide them with the best tool possible for navigating all of Cabarrus County’s offerings. It’s also a keepsake from the nation’s premier motorsports destination complete with driver autograph page that can be put to good use at zMAX Dragway since each ticket is also a pit pass.”
The free 71-page publication is a comprehensive resource to the county’s attractions, lodging and shopping options, full-service restaurants, historical sites, sports and recreation facilities and more.
“We’re excited to welcome returning and first-time fans from around the world for a racing experience that can only be found in Concord,” said City of Concord Mayor Scott Padgett. “The Destination Guide does a great job of showcasing the area and helping those visitors make the most of their time with true, local experiences at the track, in Historic Downtown Concord and beyond.”
Over 135,000 copies of 2014-15 edition were distributed last year. Stay tuned for exciting enhancements to the digital version which will become available online. To request a Destination Guide, go to VisitCabarrus.com or contact a Travel Counselor at 800-848-3740.
The Guide is also available at the Cabarrus County Visitor Information Center, major Cabarrus attractions, participating restaurants and in all Cabarrus County hotels. If you would like to offer the Destination Guide at your location, contact Gayle Love Lee at 704-456-7973.
About the Cabarrus County Convention and Visitors Bureau
As a destination marketing organization, the CCCVB is dedicated to promoting Cabarrus County as a visitor destination and enhancing the complete visitor experience. We also represent and support the interests of the local tourism industry and promote public awareness of the importance of tourism. In 2013, tourism generated $371.87 million in visitor spending, $80.08 million in payroll, $27.36 million in state and local taxes and 3,980 jobs. For more, visit www.CabCoCVB.com or find us at Facebook.com/VisitCabarrus and @SpeedCityUSA.
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Soprano Darynn Zimmer has sung with international and American festivals, orchestras and regional operatic companies: Spoleto (USA & Italy), Orquestra Petrobras, Rio, Aspen, American Music Theater Festival, Center for Contemporary Opera, Greensboro, Skylight, and Tampa, balancing contemporary and standard repertoire by Bach, Copland, Anthony Davis, Donizetti, Foss, Glass, Monteverdi, Orff and Somei Satoh, among others. She has appeared as soprano soloist at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, and the Morgan Library, and with conductors such as Marin Alsop, Bradley Lubman, Paul Nadler, Anton Coppola, David Randolph, Robert Bass and Richard Westenburg.
In recent seasons, she appeared in the world premiere of Zinnias: The Life of Clementine Hunter, directed by Robert Wilson. She performed Hoiby's The Italian Lesson and Weisgall's The Stronger at the Poet's Den Theater, East Harlem, and appeared in staged readings with the Center for Contemporary Opera, including a new opera by Eric Salzman.
CD's Oiseau Bleu and Savage Nightingale, Mona in Daron Hagen's opera, Bandanna, and the DVD, Colors of the Diaspora with Regina Resnik, are widely available.
Ms. Zimmer is active as a performer and as Musical Liaison for CAM Art Co. currently pioneering the creation of a new opera based on Norman Mailer's, An American Dream.
She is also working with the CAM Art Co. team on developing B Cell City.
Darynn Zimmer is a winner of the Joy in Singing Award, a Metropolitan Opera Eastern Regional Finalist, Finalist in the Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition, a graduate of the Juilliard School with a Master of Music, and holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Mannes College of Music. She is adjunct faculty at the Brooklyn College Conservatory, and a guest educator for American Masters Academy of Opera in Moscow.
Ms. Zimmer serves on the boards of directors for The Joy In Singing organization, and Composers Collaborative, Inc. in New York.
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EURO 2016: McAuley on that own goal - ‘worse things happen in life’
2016 UEFA European Championship Round Of 16, Parc des Princes, Paris, France 25/6/2016'Wales vs Northern Ireland'Northern Gareth McAuley Lafferty dejected'Mandatory Credit �INPHO/Presseye/William Cherry
John Gillespie
Published: 09:35 Wednesday 29 June 2016
Gareth McAuley’s own goal against Wales will surely be forgotten by the Green and White Army after the big Larne man became a Northern Ireland legend during the Euro 2016 tournament.
Faced with a split-second decision when Gareth Bale’s tantalising cross was whipped in from the left, McAuley, with Hal Robson-Kanu breathing down his neck, turned the ball into his own net. It was enough for Chris Coleman’s side to progress to the quarter-finals.
It was an instinctive attempt to deal with the danger created by the most expensive player on the planet, but it by no means cancelled out just how well the West Brom defender performed in France. In fact, he and the other defenders proved key to Michael O’Neill’s side’s progress to the round of 16.
McAuley’s Baggies team-mate Jonny Evans hardly put a foot wrong and Craig Cathcart continues to grow in stature. And the experienced Aaron Hughes was a cool head at right-back, going on to win his 103rd cap.
After the defeat to Wales, 36-year-old McAuley stressed: “I’m gutted the way it’s ended but worse things happen in life.” It’s a quote that puts everything that happened into perspective after what was a remarkable journey for NI.
The Gleno galactico gave us a moment to savour with his header in Lyon - and for that Northern Ireland fans will be forever grateful.
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Nissan Kicks production model to be revealed this year
Nissan has officially announced that they are planning a production version of the Kicks Concept, the prototype that was first seen at the 2014 Sao Paulo Motor Show. The car is set to go on sale in Latin America later this year and will go beyond the obvious and will feature a strong design statement as well the performance that our customers crave.
For now, Nissan officials haven’t offer many details about the Kicks model but noted that the crossover’s design and development is being completed by Nissan Design America, Nissan Design America Rio and Nissan’s Global Design Center in Japan which is a big thing.
According to the same sources, the production model will be built at the Resende Industrial Complex in Brazil. As you can imagine, the new Nissan Kicks will be built alongside the March and Versa.
For now we don’t know if the Kicks will be offered in the United States but the Japanese car manufacturer says the model will go globally.
"Nissan invented the first crossover in 2003, with the Murano. Since then, we’ve established our global crossover leadership with vehicles like Juke, Qashqai and X-Trail – which have been great successes. The Kicks will bring Nissan´s unique crossover expertise to more regions", said Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn.
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A service was held Monday at the Colonial Chapel of Franklin & Downs for Frederick Costa, 88, of Modesto. The former Ceres resident died March 6, 2012 at Bethel Home in Modesto.
Burial was at Lakewood Memorial Park.
Born Sept. 14, 1923 in Hickman, Fred lived in Ceres and Modesto his entire life. Fred managed various restaurants/bars his entire working career. He was an avid baseball fan and loved the game. During his high school years at Ceres High School he was the star pitcher and quarterback. His love of the game of baseball took him to Indonesia to teach the children how to play. He also enjoyed his walks with his long time companion Elnora VanWey.
He leaves behind his companion, Elnora VanWey of Modesto; his sons, Fred Costa Jr. of Texas, Jerry Foster of Nevado, Herman Costa of Modesto and Dan Costa of Modesto; his brothers: James "Rocky" Costa of Tuolumne, Don Costa of Turlock and Francis Costa of Ceader Falls, Iowa; his sisters, Dolores Coelho of Turlock; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his siblings Helen Wedel, Evelyn Borges, George Costa, Tony Costa, Lawrence Costa and Louie Costa.
Remembrances may be sent to Community Hospice.
-Ceres Courier/ March 14, 2012
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Known locally as Great River, the Zambezi flows for 2,700kms through six countries on its path from Zambia to the Indian Ocean. This unique and exhilarating challenge will take in Victoria Falls, unforgiving rapids and the likes of hippos and crocodiles. Expect a rough ride, with sweltering heat, humidity, blistered hands and harsh conditions providing some of the obstacles along the way. The team will paddle in both mokoros (traditional dug out wooden canoes) and inflatable kayaks for 100kms of the river. The river’s upper section is dotted with islands and braided with narrow fast flowing channels. You will paddle your way along the border with Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, steadily heading towards the Falls. Ultimately, the climax comes with the daunting prospect of rafting below the Falls in the notorious Batoka Gorge, the most tempestuous white water rapids in the world.
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Day 1, Thu 01 Oct 2015
International departure from London
Tonight we meet at the airport for our much anticipated journey out to Africa. A Charity Challenge representative will meet the group of paddlers at the airport, before the team sets off on an indirect flight to Livingstone in Zambia.
Day 2, Fri 02 Oct 2015
Arrive Livingstone, Zambia
Catch a first glimpse of the setting for our challenge as we transfer from the airport to our hotel, situated on the banks of the mighty Zambezi. A late lunch will be followed by a full briefing – including the all-important safety information. Spend the afternoon relaxing or exploring the surroundings. Dinner will be taken in the lodge, before we retire to our chalets ahead of our adventure.
Day 3, Sat 03 Oct 2015
Transfer to launch point and start paddling! (approximately 25kms)
There’s a full safety briefing before we try paddling a makoro (traditional dug-out canoe) for several hours. Later, we transfer to two-person kayaks. Most of the day will be spent on the water, travelling a section which marks the borders of Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana. After lunch we confront the upper section of the Katombora rapids. It’s then a calmer paddle to our campsite for tonight.
Day 4, Sun 04 Oct 2015
Canoe Katombora to Siankaba area (approximately 25kms)
We begin on flatter waters towards the Siankaba islands area. Listen out for lions and other wildlife as we pass alongside a deeply forested national park in Zimbabwe. Lunch will be on the Zambian river bank or an island, while dinner will be at our stunning riverside campsite. Despite aching limbs, the group is expected to set up camp, erect tents, collect wood and help with cooking.
Day 5, Mon 05 Oct 2015
Kayak from Siankaba area to Elephant Boma (approximately 24kms)
The morning will be spent negotiating the braided river, which opens out, then breaks into narrower channels. Look out for crocs along the way here! Our skills and teamwork will be tested as the landscape becomes rockier, causing more rapids. Tonight’s camp is located near an area densely populated by hippos and elephants so extra care must be taken – it could be a noisy night!
Day 6, Tue 06 Oct 2015
Rafting towards Victoria Falls (approximately 16kms)
The group will travel in bigger rafts due to the increasing threat of hippos. The route becomes trickier as we approach the Falls surrounded by spray. But the effort will be rewarded with a drive around the national park to view wildlife. The last campsite is situated at the top of the gorge overlooking the rapids – perfect for contemplating the ferocious rapids below Victoria Falls.
Day 7, Wed 07 Oct 2015
We descend steeply into the gorge and clamber into our last boat for the final challenge: white water rafting. Ranked among the toughest rapid in the world, the Batoka Gorge is a grade five and has been dubbed The Terminator. Afterwards we transfer by minibus to the lodge for a well-earned sundowner. The evening will be spent enjoying a celebratory team meal and checking out Livingstone’s nightlife.
N.B. At certain times of the year when the waters are high, we will only take on rapids 10-25, whereas at other times we will be able to run all rapids from 1 to 25.
Victoria Falls tour
After a leisurely start it’s off to Victoria Falls for a guided tour. Twice the height of Niagara, Victoria Falls are made up of five different waterfalls – four in Zimbabwe and one in Zambia. Subject to availability, we join an optional tour of Livingstone Island. Alternatively hang out at the lodge or cross into Zimbabwe (visa at participant’s expense). Celebrate over a final team dinner.
Please note that towards the end of the dry season when the river is low, there is significantly less water but this is more than compensated by the natural scenic beauty which is revealed by the lack of spray.
Depart Livingstone
Midway through the morning we will be departing for Livingstone Airport for our overnight flight home. Take the time to rest those aching limbs and reflect on this once-in-a-lifetime expedition.
Day 10, Sat 10 Oct 2015
Touching down in the UK, it may be harder than you expected to say goodbye to all your team mates. Be sure to swap details before heading home to share stories with family and friends.
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Is the word bisemous acceptable?
By Kenny同志, February 23, 2013 in Other cultures and language
li3wei1 433
Chinese: upper indeterminate
Location: overseas
"in" is usually used with static documents, such as a dictionary, or a particular edition of a newspaper. This word is in the dictionary; I saw it in the New York Times. "on" has traditionally been used for radio and television, but even there it's used more for things that change and are still changing. So you'd say 'he was on the Late Show last week', but 'he was in the third series of The Wire'. I think it's "on" for the above because they're not static - a search on Google Books today will not give you the same results as the same search tomorrow.
I saw this word in a tweet. (the tweet will not change)
I see this on Twitter all the time. (Twitter is constantly changing)
What's in the paper? (it's printed and sitting there, will not change)
What's on television? (it changes from minute to minute)
Kenny同志 516
啊，原來如此！Thank you very much Liwei.
renzhe 1,674
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Chinese: Rusty
Location: Kingdom of Fife
I have a different interpretation.
"Google News" and "Google Books" are webpages. You look up something on a webpage. These are simply names. If you were talking about a real book or "news" in general, you would use "in".
So you read something "in" a book, or you read it on "BestBook.com". You read something "in" the news, but you read it on "YahooNews.com". The prepositions "on" and "in" are not interchangeable in either case.
How is that different? How do you decide whether to use 'in' or 'on'?
sorry we're going of-topic here, but at least we're in the right forum.
I thought it was clear, "on" with webpages, "in" with books used in a general sense, "in" with news used in a general sense.
Example 1: I read something interesting in "War and Peace". I was reading "War and Peace" on Google Books. (the webpage)
- I read in the news that the world is going to end
- Where did you read that?
- It was on Yahoo News. (the webpage)
okay, so far no disagreement on the particulars. I'm not sure about my rule, but I think it's more elegant and predictive. So, if you saw Richard Gere on television last night, you'd have seen him in whatever movie (because the movie is fixed and won't change), but on whatever chat show (because the chat show is a continually developing body of work, even if that particular episode is now frozen).
One counter-example:
He's in the Rolling Stones (surely something that is open to change)
He was on Exile on Main Street (a fixed and frozen work)
and, while we say 'in the newspaper', we also say 'on the front page'.
truly a fascinating conundrum. I shall get little sleep tonight.
Takeshi 77
Location: Guangzhou
As a linguist, I don't see a problem with the word; I'll admit I've never seen it before, but it does come up in Google results and it makes sense how it's being used. Though I'd most likely just use "polysemous" even in situations where there are only 2 meanings.
But yea, I guess most people probably won't know what it means.
I guess most people won't know what polysemous means either, and that anyone who does know the word polysemous wouldn't have much difficulty understanding bisemous.
Thank you everybody. All your comments are very helpful.
I agree with renzhe that on/in are used simply as a matter of convention. That's how I've always perceived it.
My guess: A webpage are a sort of page, and you see things on a page, hence you see things on a webpage. Websites are a group of webpages, and the use of "on" spread to them as well. But since a website is a "site", or place, the preposition "at" also becomes acceptable in some contexts (particularly when the site name is also a URL, or location):
OK: "I saw the picture at Gawker.com"
OK: "I saw the picture on Gawker.com" / "Find your dream car on the AutoSpot website"
No: "I saw the picture in Gawker.com"
If you refer to a subtype of websites by their generic name (e.g. "a forum"), the appropriate prepositions might be different:
"I saw it in/on the discussion forums"
"I saw it in a chatroom"
but: "I saw it on a BBS" / "I saw it on a blog"
I would attribute the use of prepositions to analogy and historical accident (but IANALinguist). I see li3wei1's point about the staticness of the medium having a role to play, but forums and chatrooms aren't static, yet they take "in". Which is an argument for going by analogy.
Many thanks for sorting all this out, creamyhorror. I think I've got it.
realmayo 1,672
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Location: 不怕慢，就怕站
He's in the news a lot but I didn't see him on the news yesterday.
but forums and chatrooms aren't static, yet they take "in".
It would sound odd to use "on" with "-room" because we always talk about things being in rooms.
We talk about "on a page", hence on a webpage.
[Edit: sorry, realise this exactly what you're saying creamyhorror]
I saw her on the subway.
She's hiding in the subway.
I wish you all the best on luck of your hopeless quest to find hard and fast usage rules at English prepositions.
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Chsguru Answers Archive Pack 8
Answers to your queries on Co-operative Law as posted in Free Query’s* section on Chsguru.com.
Can a MC charge a defaulting member Interest as well as penalty. As the bye laws permits only 21% interest. Also is it compulsory for MC to issue bills for the maintenance, when we have full-fledged staff to do this job. Thank you very much. It’s very appreciable that your site attends to so many problems of the MC as well as members. Good service to public in general.
Mathew Saldanha. Dream City Nashik,
Off. Pune-Nashik Road, Near Dwarkha, Nashik.
The Society can levy simple interest at maximum twenty one percent per annum or at such lower rate as may be fixed by the General Body of the society, on the outstanding dues to the Society, from the date the amount was due, till full and final payment by the Member, there is no provision to charge compound interest or any other penalty or fines. Further as per the Bye-laws it is the duty of the Secretary of the Society, to prepare bills/ demand notice in respect of the charges of the Society payable by Members.
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One of the Members expired he had nominated his Son and Daughter as Nominees. They have not complied with the requirement of Bye-law 34 of the model bye laws. Son expired recently, now his wife as a legal heir has written to the society restraining the society from issuing NOC for in favour of the sister. The Matter is in the court now. As a society can we raise bills in name of the late deceased members and take 50% from both the first Nominee and the legal heir of the second Nominee. Please advice.
Sandeep S. Khot.,
J. P. Road, Near Sport Complex, Andheri West, Mumbai.
The Society cannot raise bills in the name of deceased member, the society should ideally raise Bills in the name of Occupant, whosoever is presently occupying the said Flat, be it the Nominee or the Wife.
I live in this flat for past 4 years, No AGM has been held and there are no records shown of money used in building maintenance. What can I do?
Vinit Patel., Sagar Complex,
Saibaba Nagar, Borivali West, Mumbai - 400 092.
This is not only unacceptable but also in violation of the Law. The AGM has to be held once is every year on or before 30th September as per Section 75 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act and the annual report of the managing committee with the statement of the accounts etc., have to be circulated to all members of the society. You should immediately take-up this matter with the Office of the Deputy Registrar of the Co-operative societies for necessary action, the Registrar not only have powers to direct the Office bearers but also fine them & debar them from the Committee. To know the office of your Assistant/ Deputy Registrar visit our page: Address & Jurisdiction of the Registrar of Co-operative Societies.
Can a mother nominate her son for her share of the flat jointly held with the same son and allow him 100% share after her death and can he nominate his wife for the full 100% after his death.
Neeta Kumar, Sai Nagar, Vasai West,
Thane, Maharashtra - 401202.
Yes, a member can nominate any person as per his wish, including the joint/ associate members/ Co-owners as Nominee. A member of the society may, by writing under his hand, in the prescribed form, Nominate a person or persons to whom the whole or part of the shares and/ or interest of the member in the capital/ property of the society shall be transferred in the event of his/ her death.
Kindly let me know what is the limit of expenditure office bearers have without approval of General Body for repairs and other emergency expenditure with reference to the Law?
Rajesh Thakare, Dayanand Garden,
Wanworie, Pune - 411 040.
As per Model Bye-laws 158 the Committee shall be competent to incur expenditure on the repairs and maintenance of the society's property once in a financial year, the onetime expenditure does not exceed:
Upto 25 members: Rs. 25.000/-
26 to 50 members Rs. 50,000/-
51 and above Up to Rs. 1,00,000/-
As per model Bye-laws of Co-op Societies, what are the rules for signing a cheque?
Ramesh Kamthe, Harmony,
Pratiksha Nagar, Sion, Mumbai - 400 022.
As per model Bye-laws applicable to Co-operative Housing Societies the cheques shall be signed by the Secretary jointly with the Chairman or Treasurer.
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Bulldogs blow by Vanderbilt in much-needed Mississippi State victory
Mississippi State evened up its SEC record at 2-2 with a win over Vandy.
Bulldogs blow by Vanderbilt in much-needed Mississippi State victory Mississippi State evened up its SEC record at 2-2 with a win over Vandy. Check out this story on clarionledger.com: https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/college/mississippi-state/2019/01/19/mississippi-state-bulldogs-basketball-vanderbilt-commodores-sec-standings-kentucky-howland-quinndary/2629660002/
Tyler Horka, Mississippi Clarion Ledger Published 9:30 p.m. CT Jan. 19, 2019 | Updated 1:23 a.m. CT Jan. 20, 2019
Mississippi State guard Quinndary Weatherspoon (11) shoots over Vanderbilt forward Aaron Nesmith (24) in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo: Mark Humphrey, AP)
Mississippi State no longer has a losing record in conference play.
The No. 24 Bulldogs (14-3, 2-2 SEC) used a hot start to beat Vanderbilt, 71-55, in Nashville. Mississippi State scored the first 10 points of the game and eventually built a 15-point lead in the first half.
"Obviously, we're elated about the win," Mississippi State coach Ben Howland said. "To get a road win is so hard to do. And to win in this building, which has not been easy for Mississippi State over the years, was huge."
Vanderbilt was 47-9 all-time against Mississippi State in Nashville entering Saturday night. The Bulldogs came out eager to change that. They started on fire, hitting three 3-pointers in the first seven minutes of the ballgame. Senior forward Aric Holman, junior point guard Lamar Peters and sophomore guard Tyson Carter accounted for the made threes.
Then the Bulldogs went cold.
After Carter, who ultimately finished the game with 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting from the field, made a three at the 13:05 minute mark of the first half, Mississippi State didn’t make another until the 15:23 mark of the second half. Carter made that one, too.
In between those two shots, the Commodores (9-8, 0-5 SEC) crept back into the game. Mississippi State’s 15-point advantage dwindled to six, and it was eight at halftime. Whatever head coach Ben Howland said to his guys in the locker room worked.
The Bulldogs burst out of the half and started playing efficient basketball again. They had their 15-point lead back before the midway mark of the second half in spite of Peters missing nearly 15 minutes of game action due to foul trouble.
Vanderbilt coach Bryce Drew thought it the first few minutes after halftime would go his team's way, but he was wrong.
"We really thought we were in good position coming out of the locker room," Drew said. "Unfortunately, we could just not ever get enough momentum to put enough pressure on them to get the game close."
Mississippi State’s offense still looked good without Peters, the team's floor general, on the court. Carter continued to make shots, as did senior guard Quinndary Weatherspoon. He had a game-high 17 points.
State’s scoring was balanced with all eight of Howland’s usual rotation players scoring four points or more. Freshmen forwards Reggie Perry and Robert Woodard played quality minutes, and the starters didn’t make many mistakes. Mississippi State only had nine turnovers as a team.
The Bulldogs’ defense was stifling for just about the entirety of the game. Vanderbilt was limited to 36.7 percent shooting from the field and 26.3 percent from three. Mississippi State will need to keep that sort of defensive intensity heading into Tuesday night’s tilt against No. 14 Kentucky. The Wildcats beat No. 14 Auburn 82-80 on Saturday.
"We needed some momentum to carry us out the rest of the season, so this was a great start getting 50-50, 2-2," Woodard said. "So that was a great momentum starter."
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Rose-Anne
Rose-Anne Clermont is an award-winning freelance journalist writing on migration and environmentalism. Her work has been published by German newspapers Der Tagesspiegel, Berliner Zeitung, Die Zeit, and U.S.-based media including The New York Times, NPR and USA Today. Rose-Anne is currently a freelance editor and trainer for media development projects focused on environmental conservation in East Africa.
Mwelwa
Musonko
Mwelwa is a comic book artist and founder of Foresight Comics, as well as CLEW’s guest cartoonist. Combining a passion for climate change and award-winning drawing skills, Mwelwa recently released ‘The Fifth Element’, a superhero comic devoted to saving the climate.
Summoning our creative spirits to cover new angles of the energy transition
Illustration: Mwelwa Musonko
As 2019 is drawing to a close, we at CLEW are reflecting on our highlights of yet another busy year for the CLEW team and the global CLEW Journalism Network. Undoubtedly, meeting many of you at the "Global Energy Transition Journalism Conference: Business in Transition" was one such highlight. And what would be better suited to reminisce than to reveal the last in the series of artist and illstrator Mwelwa Musonko's especially made cartoon strips following the conference? It captures the rigorously interdisciplinary spirit that today's journalism should adopt in the face of the complex reporting challenges at hand. At the conference, business and environmental journalists discovered areas where the energy transition and business intersect – and discussed how collaboration could work in other areas too: health, politics, or science.
Journalists can get pretty comfortable in the confines of a specialised beat, covering one topic in one place – whether it’s business, energy or healthcare for a city, region, or country. How to get out of that comfort zone and do a better job of reporting the multi-faceted energy transition was a the subject of much brainstorming at CLEW's Global Energy Transition Journalism GETJO19 conference in April.
Considering the border- and beat-crossing nature of the topic, energy transition journalists could use some inspiration from the great master of interdisciplinary work, Leonardo da Vinci, as illustrator Mwelwa Musonko playfully suggests in this illustration inspired by the event.
"I think that reporters, no matter where they work, could start looking out for colleagues in other departments and produce work that has much more depth and breadth than if they were operating alone," former New York Times business reporter Leslie Wayne said earlier this year in an interview with the CLEW Network blog. "The energy transition story is big, important and sprawling. It crosses borders and topics. It has human, financial, political and environmental dimensions. Cross-beat reporting is needed to tackle this important and complicated subject."
This is why CLEW established The CLEW Journalism Network, a place where journalists can meet like-minded colleagues, get advice and background from other countries or fields of expertise, or find partners for collaborative projects.
If you are not already a member, you can join here.
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The future of data in a cookieless world
While data is the key to delivering great customer experiences, the means of collecting data will evolve, LiveRamp MD international tells CMO
In a world of huge data growth, where data has been identified by some as the 'new oil', the most critical point for businesses is understanding the identity behind the data.
That's the view of Warren Jenson, chief financial officer, president and executive managing director of international, LiveRamp, who spoke with CMO about a time when cookies won’t rule supreme and are replaced by new forms of identity verification.
Jenson noted the integral role of cookies in allowing the Web to develop in the way it has over the last 25 years, since the mid-1990s.
“There is just an unprecedented level of information available for free. When you think of the whole world of free content, which was driven, in part, by cookies,” he noted.
Off the back of this, digital giants “built their businesses using cookies, the open Internet and the community of users,"Jenson said. "So cookies, at least in the near term, remain an important part of the ecosystem”.
Yet while data remains the key to delivering great customer experiences, the means of collecting data will evolve.
“Data is going to become much more important in the years ahead as advances in technology continue to occur. If you are a brand or a publisher of any size or scale, you have to have a data-driven strategy in order to deliver the sort of personalised experiences users have come to expect,” Jenson said.
Jenson was critical of aspects of privacy regulations like Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), in particular, obtaining permissions at scale, which are more easily done through large platforms. This can have the effect of favouring the walled gardens of large technology ecosystems, while creating additional challenges for smaller outfits in complying with the burden of privacy permissions.
“When you think about the large walled gardens, they have enormous reach. We use them every day and it's easy to just click on the permissions box. So the scale and reach of the walled gardens have an enormous advantage when you look at GDPR,” he commented.
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“We work with the walled gardens every day, but, at the same time, we embrace the open internet and believe in a level playing field for brands for publishers, whether they're big or small."
Traditionally, identity has been defined through cookies. But questions are arising around how businesses will track behaviour and resolve identity when the cookie disappears. In the longer term, Jenson explained, LiveRamp wants to be the solution for brands and other partners preparing for a world without cookies.
LiveRamp's software-as-a-service (SaaS) identity resolution platform is built around creating memorable user experiences across multiple channels, while building trust and ensuring companies remain compliant with privacy regulations.
Trust and choice are the two key pillars when it comes to customer data utilisation.
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“When somebody is visiting your website or visiting your store, or however you're interacting with your customers, it's predicated on trust that applies to how data is being used and to privacy as well," Jenson added.
“The consumer should have the ability to opt out. And that should be very transparent and easy for a consumer to do. So it comes down to just the word ‘choice’.”
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It's not all glamour: A retailer's guide to Fashion Week
Published Wed, Feb 12 20148:00 AM EST Updated Wed, Feb 12 201410:22 AM EST
Krystina Gustafson@KrystinaGustafs
The uninitiated often think of New York Fashion Week as a glamorous affair attended by leggy women wearing the tallest stilettos they can handle.
But few realize how much work is involved for the retail industry, which attends the shows en force searching for looks that will get shoppers spending.
Brooke Jaffe, operating vice president of fashion direction for women's ready-to-wear at Bloomingdale's (which is owned by Macy's), works with the store's buyers to bring a compelling mix of clothing from the runway to its racks. She offered CNBC a peek into retailers' view of New York Fashion Week.
Brooke Jaffe with Bloomingdale's CEO Tony Spring
Adam Jeffery | CNBC
New York Fashion Week officially kicked off at Lincoln Center on Thursday, but when did you start planning for the event?
We're really trying to do things ahead of Fashion Week more and more. Between appointments ahead of the shows and organizing my trip to Europe for the London, Milan and Paris shows, we've really been planning for the last four weeks—maybe longer. There's so much planning that goes into the fall season because there are so many areas of the business on different timetables.
(Read more: Hot looks from the catwalk)
One example is the coat market. A lot of those orders were placed about a month ago. I used to be the accessories director and looked at shoes ... weeks ahead of the runway. There are a number of factors that impact when orders need to be placed, such as where a brand manufactures its clothing.
We also see some collections in advance. I saw five collections ahead of time during the first week of NYFW.
What is a typical day like during NYFW?
It's crazy in a good way. Although I'd love to get to every single show, it's not physically possible. I typically try to get to between nine and 10 places a day. That's inclusive of appointments that I'll do between shows.
Appointments include follow-ups with brands, where they will show a more commercial collection. That's true of almost every designer. They have more high-fashion pieces that they show on the runway, and then they show more commercial options—whether it's a basic black pant or something else you need in your assortment.
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That's really what's different about retailers looking at a fashion show versus an editor, we look at the whole line. There's really no way to predict how much of the store's purchase is made from runway pieces versus appointment pieces. It's always a mix, and you can't have one without the other. You need the basics, and you need the fashion.
(Read more: Fashion Week styles may have solved retail's biggest problem)
I also try to make it to dinners and after-parties throughout the week. Although that gets harder to do when there's a snowstorm, I always feel like the first Thursday of Fashion Week is back-to-school for me. I get to see all my friends from the different places I've worked and other peers. That's really a big piece of what Fashion Week is.
How do you get around Manhattan during the week?
Anything with wheels will do. I use taxis; I'll utilize a car when I need one—Uber has changed my life.
The most challenging part about Fashion Week is getting places on time. I make contact with every neighborhood in Manhattan at some point, except maybe Carnegie Hill. I go from the Upper East Side to the Meatpacking District to SoHo to Chelsea to the Hudson Hotel—it's just up and down the city.
What do you look for at the shows?
My job is to be the antennae for newness. I'm looking for things that our customer will love that she doesn't own in her closet. I always look to marry the newest ideas with what the buyers think they can sell, based on history, and fuse the two to create something exciting in the store.
How many people are on your team?
There are seven us. We divide and conquer as much as possible, and we double up at certain shows. The shows are very well-attended by the buyers who purchase that line for the store.
The fashion industry takes in the Dennis Basso fashion show at MBFW Fall 2014.
John Lamparski | WireImage | Getty Images
To save time, do you skip shows that you've previewed in advance?
I would never skip a show because I've seen the line ahead of time. The way it looks on a model is so different than looking at it statically on a hanger. It's important to show your support to the designers, and it's one of the most exciting parts of the job.
Where do you go when you have down time during the week?
I have so many appointments in Chelsea and the Meatpacking, so I make pit stops at the Soho House, where I'm a member, to charge up my phone and get a snack. It's a convenient downtown home base since I live uptown.
(Read more: Coach hopes to shed mom 'baggage' at Fashion Week)
P.J. Clarke's restaurant at Lincoln Square is also a pit stop, because sometimes I need to be by the tents and I only have a few minutes for a bite. They get how time-crunched we are, and you can be in and out in 20 minutes.
But since I'm usually out the door by 8:30 a.m. and don't get home until 10:30 or 11 p.m., there haven't been many pit stops.
When do you place your orders for the clothes you see on the fall runways?
We finish placing orders throughout February and then go through March for the collections we see in Europe. For things like T-shirts and denim, buying extends through the end of March and into April. The items typically hit shelves in September.
Off the runway trends
What are some of your favorite brands?
Yigal Azrouël, Lela Rose. I always freak out at the Narciso Rodriguez show. Oscar de la Renta shows are spectacular, and they're always incredibly intimate feeling. Every girl wants to dress like that at some point in her life. I also love Ralph Lauren because I grew up watching and always admiring him. To have the actual job of watching a Ralph Lauren show every season doesn't seem real at times.
Fashion-forward shoes are such a big part of Fashion Week. How are you dealing with the snow?
I'm wearing Salvatore Ferragamo Wellington boots that have lining in them. It looks like I'm wearing black high boots but they are weather proof. I'm mixing fashion and function—it's not worth it to bite it on the first day.
(NOTE: The comments in this Q&A were condensed and edited.)
—By CNBC's Krystina Gustafson. Follow her on Twitter @KrystinaGustafs.
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Euro declines amid political uncertainty; dollar dips vs yen
Published Mon, Feb 6 20173:43 PM EST Updated Mon, Feb 6 20173:43 PM EST
The euro fell to a one-week low against the dollar on Monday on concerns over French politics
ahead of the presidential vote in April as well as other impending elections in Europe in a year of political uncertainty.
"Political risk is serving to dampen the euro after last week's stumble from the $1.08 area," said Shaun Osborne, chief FX strategist, at Scotiabank in Toronto.
German factory orders rose 5.2 percent in December, the biggest monthly increase in 2 1/2 years, but the data had little market impact.
Investors were largely focused on French politics, as far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen launched her presidential bid, vowing to fight globalization and take France out of the euro zone.
In Italy, another presidential election looms even as former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi said he was willing to shelve his push for early voting.
In afternoon trading, the euro fell 0.26 percent against the dollar to $1.0751. Earlier, it dropped to $1.0705, its weakest level since Jan. 31.
The dollar, however, slid to its lowest in more than two months against the yen, pressured by a drop in U.S. Treasury yields, analysts said. The spread between U.S. two-year and Japanese two-year debt yields contracted to around 139 basis points on Monday, the narrowest in about two weeks, a positive for the yen.
Pressure on dollar
The dollar slipped 0.91 percent to 111.68 , its weakest level since November.
"A break of 112.00 yen to the downside in dollar/yen...would signal a more significant correction of the dollar rally, indicating that the greenback is no longer a sure way bet to rise this year," said Boris Schlossberg, managing director of FX Strategy, at BK Asset Management in New York.
The was the other biggest mover among the G10 currencies after weak retail sales numbers. It was last down 0.38 percent at US$0.7652.
Robust equity markets and the strength of U.S. economic data continue to back the bullish dollar calls that dominated at the end of last year, analysts said.
But a lack of details on expected pro-dollar tax and spending initiatives by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, combined with concern over the Trump White House's attitude to the dollar and global trade and security, has kept the currency on the back foot, for now.
"I'd like to hope that we naturally go back to buying the dollar, that seems the logical argument underneath it all," said Richard Benson, co-head of portfolio management with currency fund Millennium Global in London.
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Demand for Amazon Alexa in cars is 'through the roof,' exec says
Published Tue, Dec 24 201911:35 AM EST Updated Tue, Dec 24 201912:21 PM EST
Michael Wayland@MikeWayland
Demand from automakers for Amazon's voice-enabled technology is "through the roof" heading into 2020, according to Ned Curic, vice president of Alexa Auto.
Amazon wants to capitalize on a growing demand for connectivity in vehicles and create a seamless ecosystem for Alexa on the go and at home.
Amazon has announced partnerships with 10 automakers. Additional tie-ups, expanded relationships and increased functionality with current automakers are expected next year and beyond.
General Motors on Sept. 25, 2019 announced it is partnering with Amazon to enable the tech company's Alexa voice assistant in millions of its vehicles.
SEATTLE — Demand from automakers for Amazon's voice-enabled technology is "through the roof" heading into 2020, according to Ned Curic, vice president of Alexa Auto.
"Two and a half years ago, we had nothing," he told CNBC following a tour of Amazon's headquarters last week in Seattle. "We're much further than I thought we would be. I'm quite pleased with the speed we were able to build and deploy."
Amazon wants to capitalize on a growing demand for connectivity in vehicles and create a seamless ecosystem for Alexa on the go and at home. Automakers are looking to improve current in-vehicle voice recognition systems after years of lackluster offerings that have harmed quality and reliability ratings.
Automakers started partnering with Amazon for rudimentary tasks such as starting the vehicle remotely through Alexa in-home devices in 2016. The sides have since expanded those collaborations to embed Alexa into vehicles, allowing Alexa to control some vehicle functions. The tech giant also earlier this year released Echo Auto, an aftermarket in-vehicle device with Alexa.
Amazon has announced partnerships with 10 automakers. Additional tie-ups, expanded relationships and increased functionality with current vehicles are expected next year and beyond.
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Arianne Walker, Amazon chief evangelist of Alexa Auto, said the tech giant is "essentially talking" with all major automakers on partnering in some form.
"It's really more of a matter of getting things lined up for the cars that are going to be released as opposed to any hesitation," she said.
Amazon also could potentially bring Amazon's Fire TV streaming service into rear-seat entertainment systems, according to Curic, a former executive with Toyota Motor. The company, he said, is analyzing if it's something that's needed given the proliferation of smartphones and tablets.
"There is a lot of demand by automakers for having something like a Fire TV in a rear seat," he said. "They still think it's very important. It's something we're going to have to figure out. We're doing lots of data analysis."
Alexa in-vehicle
General Motors has announced the largest plans to embed Alexa into its vehicles. The automaker in September said the technology will be available on millions of newer Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC vehicles with compatible infotainment systems in the first half of next year.
"This brings the best of two fantastic companies," Santiago Chamorro, GM's vice president of global connected services, told CNBC when announcing the plans. "We have listened to our customers, and their insights are clear, they want to carry those ecosystems into their vehicles."
A Buick Encore GX with Amazon's Alexa voice assistant on display outside the company's headquarters on Dec. 16, 2019 in Seattle.
Michael Wayland / CNBC
Audi, BMW and Volkswagen are among the other automakers to partner with Amazon to bring Alexa into their vehicles. Ford Motor was the first automaker to allow Alexa into its vehicles through a mobile app-based implementation, while Audi earlier this year became the first to embed the technology into a vehicle with the all-electric Audi e-tron.
Amazon, according to Curic, believes embedding the voice assistant into the vehicle offers far greater potential than having it connected to the Alexa app and mirrored on a vehicle's infotainment screen. By embedding Alexa into a vehicle's system, the voice assistant can communicate with home devices, offer Alexa services and assist in controlling vehicle settings.
"You can do so much more," he said. "You can bring tons of vehicle value through that experience."
With the downloaded Alexa infotainment app, GM drivers will be able to control smart devices in their home such as thermostats and lights in addition to controlling in-vehicle features such as their radio, phone and navigation. A cell phone is not required to use the features.
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Pay-to-say?
While Alexa can offer greater potential for functionality when embedded, Amazon loses some control over how the automakers market and bundle the technology.
In GM's case, consumers will have to pay for one of the automaker's monthly data packages to use Alexa. The packages start at $14.99 a month.
Amazon, according to Curic, is "working with many (automakers) to simplify connectivity." That includes assessing ways to potentially partner with automakers on data access, he said.
"I think GM's implementation is phenomenal. I think automakers in general are going to have to figure out this data thing," he said, adding consumers are "resisting" paying additional fees for such services. "The subscription at the current rate for the connectivity is going to have to be solved."
Curic declined to discuss Amazon's contract with GM or any other automakers.
'A war zone'
Amazon's Echo Auto device, which is a small rectangular version of its at-home devices with Alexa, does not require a subscription fee. It connects to the Alexa app on your phone and plays through a vehicle's speakers via auxiliary input or a smartphone's Bluetooth connection.
Dave Limp, Senior Vice President of Amazon Devices, introduces the 'Echo Auto,' which allows users to use Alexa in their car, during an event at the Amazon Spheres, on September 20, 2018 in Seattle Washington. Amazon launched more than 70 Alexa-enable products during the event.
Stephen Brashear | Getty Images
Echo Auto can be used on older car models to allow the streaming of music, traditional in-home commands and navigation through apps installed on a driver's smartphone.
Miriam Daniel, Amazon vice president of Alexa and Echo devices, said the tech giant had to completely rethink how the voice assistant worked in vehicles compared with homes due to additional noises from air vents, road vibrations, weather and other interferences.
"When we started working on this seven years ago, we thought the home was a challenging audio environment," she said. "You have all these noise sources in the home, but, boy, when we got into the car, we found the car was more like a war zone."
Bringing Alexa into vehicles is part of a growing automotive business portfolio for Amazon that includes a consumer research website and a substantial investment in electric-vehicle start-up Rivian.
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Sports Biz with Darren Rovell
We're Taking Your E-Mails
Darren Rovell | @darrenrovell
Published 11:21 AM ET Tue, 14 Aug 2007 Updated 3:18 PM ET Thu, 5 Aug 2010 CNBC.com
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I must say that when I write about soccer, my e-mail box always fills up. There might not be a ton of soccer fans in the U.S., but after WWE fans, they're the most vocal, passionate fans I've ever seen. So yesterday, I did my part to bash Beckham, saying that he could leave the MLS worse off than before he arrived. I put up a poll and expected maybe 10 percent of readers to agree with me. After all, it's a bit early. Well, with at least 140 votes in, an amazing 27 percent of people said that they thought that the MLS is worse off because of Beckham. Here's a mixed mailbag on Beckham.
"Why don't you write an article about Americans who can't see past one season in MLS? Isn't that the real problem in America...that people demand instant gratification or there on to the next thing? As a soccer fan, I am going to enjoy watching Beckham play over the next five years. I'm not going anywhere. And if fickle 'fans' are going to turn elsewhere just cause he doesn't play a lot this year...then we don't want them as 'fans' in the first place."
-- Chris Atkins
Even before Beckham got hurt I thought this would be a one year thing. Next year, except for real soccer fans, nobody will care about Beckham. I suspect next year at this time if you ask somebody about Beckham they will ask you if he is still playing.
I lived in New York when Pele came to the US. There was incredible excitement while Pele played. When he left the league lost its excitement and died. I am not a soccer fan but even I could see the brilliance of Pele. Beckham is not in the same class as Pele and Pele couldn't convert the US."
-- Gerry L.
I also received plenty of e-mail from our John Daly poll. Most of you thought that John Daly, who drinks 15 Diet Cokesa day, should be an endorser for the soft drink. It was our most lopsided poll to date, with 79 percent of you saying he should be the next face of the brand.
"I can't believe the results of your poll so far! 80 per cent of the people think Daly would be a good Diet Coke spokesman? I love John, he's a colorful character, but I think he's a risk as an endorser. I think he may be too colorful."
-- Tim Rush
"John Daly is a true to form endorsers dream! He stands firmly behind the products he pitches -- not too difficult when Hooters is one -- and is one of the most approachable, friendly, likeable 'professional athletes.' The one major issue I can see with Coke, more importantly Diet Coke, using him for endorsement deals is simply his size. In a day and age when everyone should be excepted for who they are, not how they appear, Americans seem consumed with the image portrayal of healthy body's and living, while the truth is so far from the fact as eluded in your china posting about a XXL shirt. Coke cannot have someone endorsing their "Diet" product while weighing in roughly within the 300 lbs range."
-- Todd Corrigall
Questions? Comments? SportsBiz@cnbc.com
Darren RovellCNBC Sports Business Reporter
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Buddy and Barb’s next adventure
Sean Eckford / Staff Writer
Buddy Boyd shows off what’s under the hood of the Bolt EV he and Barb Hetherington plan to drive across the country on a two-month trip to promote zero waste.
- Sean Eckford Photo
Gibsons-based zero waste advocates Buddy Boyd and Barb Hetherington are ready to bolt. The couple is planning to skip town this summer for the Bolt Across Canada, a two-month trip across the country in their newly acquired electric vehicle (EV).
“We’ve got to get out into communities in Canada to educate them as to what true zero waste is really all about,” Boyd told Coast Reporter after taking delivery of a new Chevy Bolt following about eight months of researching EV options.
“We’re retiring out of Gibsons Recycling and the idea came up of a cross-country trip, but our electric vans don’t have enough range,” Boyd said. “Then the Bolt came out, and we looked at the numbers and they were spot on.”
But there was a big gap between wanting a Bolt and getting a Bolt, and that’s where Todd Macdonald of Haley GM came in. Macdonald calls Boyd one of the most passionate electric vehicle advocates he’s ever met, and jokes that he didn’t think his phone would stop ringing until he was able to get the car Boyd and Hetherington were after.
Macdonald said the timing was perfect because Haley is installing new equipment and training staff so it can be a dealer and service point for both the all-electric Bolt and its hybrid counterpart the Volt. Through connections with dealerships on the Lower Mainland, and a fortuitous cancellation by another person on the waiting list, he was able to get Boyd and Hetherington one of the first 50 Bolts to be sold in Canada.
Macdonald said he’s not surprised about the interest in electric vehicles, but potential purchasers still have a lot of questions.
“It’s a bit of the unknown. It’s not a mainstream product yet,” he said. “People are probably still concerned about the range, and what happens if they do make a mistake [and they run out of charge], or it has an issue … I think it’s the overall comprehension for people. They need to know it’s just another vehicle; the electric motors are very, very capable, and there’s a lot of proven technology behind them.”
Electric vehicles being “here-and-now” is part of the story Boyd and Hetherington are hoping to tell on their cross-Canada trek.
“Part of our strategy is contacting electric vehicle associations across Canada, because a lot of communities have them, and also different rural GM dealers who might not be getting a Bolt and would like to see one,” Boyd said. “We’ve already got three or four speaking engagements booked.”
The stops so far will include Frontier, Sask., Red Deer, Alta., and Mississauga and Toronto, Ont. “It’s just kinda falling into place,” said Boyd. “We’re gonna book this as a two-month gig and progress all the way to Quidi Vidi, Newfoundland … It’s going to be pretty organic.”
They’re also lining up some sponsors, including Haley GM, Zero Waste Canada, the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association, and eMotorWerks, a U.S. maker of portable EV charging stations. And, seeing as the trip is taking place during the 150th anniversary of Confederation, they’ve applied to Canada 150 for use of the sesquicentennial logo.
Boyd said he and Heth-erington will live the same zero waste lifestyle on the road as they do at home.
“Barb and I are taking our new small indoor electric composter. We’re going to take reusable containers, reusable cutlery and plates … and everywhere we go when he have food scraps we’ll do our own composting.”
Now that they’ve finally got their new EV, Boyd and Hetherington plan to ramp up their promotion of Bolt Across Canada ahead of their planned July 1 departure from Victoria.
“We’re going to touch our left front tire into the Pacific somewhere, and when we get to Quidi Vidi we’ll find a boat ramp and we’ll put the right front tire into the Atlantic,” said Boyd.
“There’s going to be trials and tribulations along the way and all kinds of neat, cool things happening, but it’s the zero waste component that’s really, really important. If you want to go to other communities to talk about zero waste, what better way to go than in an electric vehicle? … We’re going to keep a journal every day … and see what we produce in two months on a coast-to-coast trip.”
As far as the future of Gibsons Recycling is concerned, with the property sold, Boyd and Hetherington are still looking for buyers for the business itself.
“We’ve had a little bit of interest,” Boyd said. “We wanted to keep it as a community asset, and hopefully whoever takes over will reopen the reuse part because a lot of people were really sad to see that close. But, the way that recycling has evolved – or devolved – is through extended producer responsibility, EPR, and those programs don’t pay enough to cover the cost for the services … If we want these services, they do cost money … We’re hopeful that someone in our elected government will come through and say that was a really cool thing we had for our community and we don’t want to see it go away.”
Boyd and Hetherington are chronicling the trip at www.boltacrosscanada.com and the Facebook page Bolt Across Canada.
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By Michele Orzano-Coin World staff
Published: Nov 8, 2011, 7 PM
Silver ingot weighing more than 100 troy pounds recovered from the Spanish shipwreck Nuestra Senora de Atocha. It is one of only four ingots recovered from the shipwreck that weighs more than 100 pounds.
All images courtesy of Holabird Kagin Americana.
Unique, inverted AUGUSTUS on the edge of this Augustus Humbert $50 gold ingot that will be offered at auction by Holabird Kagin Americana in November in Reno, Nev.
A unique, inverted Augustus Humbert lettered-edge United States Assay Office gold $50 ingot will be among the lots offered Nov. 29 and 30 in the 2011 Grand Finale Auction conducted by Holabird Kagin Americana.
The two-session auction begins at 10 a.m. both days and will be held at the Atlantis Casino Resort in Reno, Nev.
$50 gold ingot
Augustus Humbert was the first United States assayer in California. He was appointed by the U.S. Congress.
The first USAO $50 ingots were produced in February 1851 and released Feb. 21, 1851.
The ingot in the auction contains an inverted AUGUSTUS hand-stamped on the edge of the piece and an incomplete date.
“About 300 were ready for release on that date, which were the very first $50 slugs released into circulation,” according to Fred Holabird. “Each of these are of the rare lettered edge variety, with die struck obverse and reverse and individually letter or word gang punched edges containing the words AUGUSTUS HUMBERT UNITED STATES ASSAYER OF GOLD CALIFORNIA 1851.”
According to Holabird: “With a stiff production demand, mistakes in punching the edges were made, probably particularly at the onset of production. The coin offered in this sale is one of these early mistakes, containing an inverted ‘Augustus’ on the edge and an incomplete date.”
Holabird said the piece was graded Mint State 60 by Numismatic Guaranty Corp. and “is one of only a handful of Mist State first stage octagonal $50 ingots, and is the only known piece so attributed with these significant errors.”
Holabird said, “Since these early produced slugs were hand made, it makes sense that the mistakes are inconsistent, and through time, it is expected that other mistakes will be known such that a larger study group may emerge.” He said to date the piece is the “only known inversion of Humbert’s name, as well as an incomplete date.”
Holabird said the consignor “reached out to me because he felt there might be a story attached to it that might be hidden in history,” Holabird said. “At the time, he did not know that I’d been working on Moffat and Humbert for some time, having made several trips to National Archives and other archival facilities. The result is the chapter offered in this catalog which offers new research and information in this ongoing research project.”
Atocha ingot
Another showcase piece to be offered is a 100 troy pound silver ingot from the Nuestra Senora de Atocha. It is one of only four ingots of the original 962 silver ingots recovered from the shipwreck that weigh more than 100 troy pounds.
According to Holabird: “It is the fourth largest silver ingot recovered from the Atocha and was the finest and most ornately marked bar in the first Atocha auction held at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas in September, 1987. It has been in the hands of the original buyer since that time.”
Other lots in the auction include a collection of pioneer gold coinage; a collection of gold coins, gold tokens and gold in quartz jewelry; one of the two finest collections of more than 100 California counters and gaming counters; and high-grade ore specimens. Among the consignments is the Al Vinegar Collection of Indian Traders, Military, Arizona and New Mexico Tokens (pioneer minor coinage), which is “among the best ever assembled,” according to Holabird.
Several letter and document archives, including some of the earliest correspondence known from the gold mining camp of Murphy’s in Calaveras County, Calif., will be offered. Other consignments include part of a Walt Disney family archive that contains documents and correspondence dating back to 1912; the N.E. Johnson Collection of Nevada, California and Arizona photographs; revenue-stamped documents; and saloon jugs, bottles, tokens, ephemera, photographs, good-for mirrors and bawdy-related pieces including many pieces from European and Mexican brothels.
In addition, parts of the Lloyd Fenske, Gil Schmidtmann and Clint Maish collections of western mining stocks will be offered.
Lot preview will be from noon to 6 p.m. Nov. 28 at the Atlantis Casino Resort and remain open during both auction days. Bids will be accepted by telephone, fax, via email or in person at the live event.
The entire catalog with full color, high-resolution images will be accessible on iCollector.com by visiting the firm’s website at www.HolabirdAmericana.com and clicking on the link.
Holabird urges collectors planning to attend the auction in person to visit the online catalog prior to preview and come prepared with their lot list and questions.
For a copy of the printed catalog, available the first week in November, contact the firm at Holabird-Kagin Americana, 3555 Airway Drive, No. 308, Reno, NV 89511, or by telephone 775-852-8822, by fax 775-852-8866, or by email info@holabirdamericana.com. ¦
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The Exuberant Joylessness of Philip Roth
The brilliant and problematic work of a Jewish writer who didn’t want to be one
by Ruth R. Wisse
he first fan letter I ever wrote was to Philip Roth in 1959 after reading Goodbye, Columbus. I was not in the habit of complimenting writers, not Saul Bellow for The Adventures of Augie March, or Herman Wouk for Marjorie Morningstar, or even Leon Uris for Exodus. I was then between college and graduate school, aspiring to be Virginia Woolf’s ideal reader, and I was teaching myself to distinguish between good writing (Bellow’s) and what my favorite professor called “push-button” prose (Uris’s). But reading Roth’s stories, I was beyond caring whether this was a “critical” or merely “commercial” success. I felt these stories were written, if not for me alone, then close enough—for someone about my age with the same disdain for the bourgeois limitations of Jewish life and the organized Jewish community. At the time, I shared some of those attitudes and thus identified almost completely with the Roth stand-in in most of the stories. And though I have since then learned to love much of what I once distrusted, I remain thankful for the freedom to identify with the male narrator, since no one had yet told me I was expected as a female to identify only with other females in literature—with Miriam rather than Moses! Happily, I came of age before Women’s Lib tried to pen me in.
Roth’s title story transcribed in credible dialogue the summer romance of clever Neil Klugman (klug is Yiddish for clever) with Brenda Patimkin, whose family had already moved from Newark, where Neil still lives with his aunt, to more prosperous Short Hills. This was the familiar adventure of a boy attracted erotically and economically to the girl who would satisfy both sets of his ambitions but who is upended by her bourgeois scruples. The erotic part of the plot centers on his demand that she facilitate their sex by getting a diaphragm from the Margaret Sanger Clinic, and the economic part, on preparations for the wedding of Brenda’s older brother Ron in the kind of merger-marriage the family expects. Rather than pursue his real ambition of becoming a gym instructor, Ron is headed for the family business—Patimkin Kitchen and Bathroom Sinks, located “in the heart of the Negro section of Newark.” I would have paid greater attention than I did to the sociology of the novella had I realized that this would remain Roth territory over his lifetime.
The mature Philip Roth was not proud of this debut collection, and I am likewise a little embarrassed to admit the almost unreserved admiration I felt for all its six stories and the title one in particular. I laughed at the preliminary exchanges between the sparring couple (“What do you look like?” “I’m…dark.” “Are you a Negro?”), and at the portrait of the Hadassah-member mother who asks about Martin Buber, “Is he orthodox or conservative?”I thought brilliantly funny the scene in which Ron plays his record of “Goodbye, Columbus” that turns out to be a transcript of the final game of his basketball career at Ohio State. Columbus—get it? I especially fancied Neil’s discovery in the basement of Brenda’s wealthy home the family’s old Newark refrigerator that had once stocked butter, eggs, and herring in cream sauce but was now heaped with
fruit, shelves swelled with it, every color, every texture, and hidden within, every kind of pit. There were greengage plums, black plums, red plums, apricots, nectarines, peaches, long horns of grapes, black, yellow, red, and cherries, cherries flowing out of boxes and staining everything scarlet. And there were melons—cantaloupes and honeydews—and on the top shelf, half of a huge watermelon, a thin sheet of wax paper clinging to its bare red face like a wet lip. Oh Patimkin! Fruit grew in their refrigerator and sporting goods dropped from their trees!
Because the three Patimkin children are competitively proficient in every trendy sport, the yard is similarly overstocked with their equipment. This was the most energetically rendered put-down of the Jewish upper middle class I had ever seen. And it was such fun! I sent my fan letter to Roth, c/o Houghton Mifflin Company, complimenting him for blasting “the Battleship Patimkin.” Get it? I felt I was almost in his class of wit.
But already back then I had one reservation about the story. A subplot involves a little Negro boy who comes to the library, where Neil has a summer job, looking for books on “heart”—by which he means “art.” Neil alone among the staff encourages and shields the little boy whom others mistake for a potential thief.
“Who took these pictures?” he asked me.
“Gauguin. He didn’t take them, he painted them. Paul Gauguin. He was a Frenchman.”
“Is he a white man or a colored man?
“He’s white.”
“Man,” the boy smiled, chuckled almost, “I knew that. He don’t take pictures like no colored men would. He’s a good picture taker.…Look, look, look here at this one. Ain’t that the fuckin life?”
What I distrusted about this sequence, in addition to the self-serving portrait of the racially sensitive narrator and the condescending portrait of his protégé, was the contrast the story set up between the alleged boorishness of prosperous Jews and the “spontaneous” appreciation of art by the indigent black child. This was only a little less heavy-handed than the stuff of Jewish Communist or Socialist propaganda. It was one thing to play off the more genuine or honest Jew against phonies, as Roth does in several of the other stories, but it was itself part of the phoniness to make an invidious comparison between crass Jews and the allegedly more genuine and honest (because less privileged and more discriminated-against) non-Jews.
The corrupted Jew/untainted non-Jew dichotomy seemed to me not only dumb, but trite. That same year, 1959, in Montreal where I lived, there appeared Mordecai Richler’s The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz. It was a novel uncommonly similar in its cultural assumptions, though whereas Neil Klugman is the sympathetic alternative to the smug Jews of New Jersey, Duddy Kravitz is himself the Jew who aspires to acquire—in his case, land. Roth’s satire of the Patimkin wedding has its comic parallel in Richler’s parody of a crass bar mitzvah, and both works assume that Jews sacrifice their souls in their climb from immigrant poverty into what passes for security. The only characters capable of true affection and loyalty in Richler’s plot are a French-Canadian young woman and a Gentile epileptic, both of whom he betrays. Duddy Kravitz was a knock-off of Budd Schulberg’s Sammy Glick in What Makes Sammy Run? (1952), who scrambles over people in his climb from New York’s Lower East Side to Hollywood. That was preceded, in turn, by Abraham Cahan’s The Rise of David Levinsky (1917)…and along the way there was plenty of fiction of varying artistic quality featuring similarly avaricious members of the tribe. I appreciated the wonderfully rendered cliché of the Jewish nouveaux-riches Patimkins but less so the redemptive Gentile as “heart” instructor of the uglier Jew.
Philip Roth was in no permanent danger of yielding to that cliché. Rather than follow up Goodbye, Columbus with books in the same vein, he moved away from Jews and tried his hand at more conventional American subjects and literary approaches. Maybe because I read his next novels, Letting Go and When She Was Good, mostly out of duty, I felt that he had written them dutifully to prove himself master of American fiction and not just its Jewish precincts. But for that I didn’t need Roth and could have gone straight to Henry James. Then something happened. On an overnight trip to New York in 1967, I stayed with Montreal expatriates who suggested we invite another friend to join us for dinner. Our friend agreed to come on condition that we let him bring a new story he had just discovered. He insisted on reading us—aloud and in company!—“The Jewish Blues” from the first issue of a paperback magazine called New American Review. We laughed harder than we ever had (maybe ever would again) at this shpritz of stand-up comedy delivered from a horizontal position. “The Jewish Blues” became the third chapter of Portnoy’s Complaint.
Written as a series of monologues that form six psychoanalytic sessions, Portnoy’s Complaint was built entirely on clichés—the Jewish son with an Oedipal complex, the vociferous mother and constipated father, Freudian analysis with a Viennese refugee, the Jew’s sexual attraction to the Gentile shiksa and corresponding fear of the assertive Jewish woman. But because joking depends on a shared cultural vocabulary, Roth’s recourse to the clichés of American Jewish culture were in this case justified and, indeed, indispensable to the comedy’s success.
Freud had explained it all in his study of Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious, leaving comic writers to combine as they saw fit the features of joking that he identified, such as condensation, double entendre, displacement, faulty reasoning, etc., for purposes ranging from pleasure to aggression. Freud poignantly explains the need for this irreverence: “What these jokes whisper may be said aloud: that the wishes and desires of men have a right to make themselves acceptable alongside of exacting and ruthless morality.” Civilized adults may be forgiven for using comedy to bring release from taboos they must continue to observe. When Alex Portnoy says, “I am the son in the Jewish joke—Only it ain’t no joke!” the comedy exposes the distress that laughter only momentarily relieves.
Once the laughter subsided, a number of questions arose: Did the joking of insiders suit a general public? And did Portnoy’s Complaint really break taboos, or did it exploit a cultural shift that had already set in? On the sex front, Roth was barely keeping up with the times. Hugh Hefner founded Playboy magazine in 1953 and opened the first Playboy Club in 1960. Portnoy coincided with 1967’s Summer of Love when a group called the Hombres recorded “Let It All Hang Out.” Students were burning American flags, storming political conventions, and trashing universities. Roth’s obscenity had nothing on Lenny Bruce. It was only because Alex Portnoy was represented as “Assistant Commissioner for The City of New York Commission on Human Opportunity” that his sexual and lexical breakout felt almost as sacrilegious as Hester Prynne’s adultery. The impression of repression made for the comic release.
As I saw it, the real risks Roth took were not orgiastic or onanistic—but lay elsewhere, mainly in his satire of Christians. Alex’s father is speaking:
“They worship a Jew, do you know that, Alex? Their whole big-deal religion is based on worshiping someone who was an established Jew at that time. Now how do you like that for stupidity? How do you like that for pulling the wool over the eyes of the public? Jesus Christ, who they go around telling everybody was a God, was actually a Jew! And this fact, that absolutely kills me when I have to think about it, nobody else pays any attention to. That he was a Jew, like you and me, and that they took a Jew and turned him into some kind of God after he is already dead, and then—and this is what can make you absolutely crazy—then the dirty bastards turn around afterwards, and who is the first one on their list to persecute? Who haven’t they left their hands off of to murder and to hate for two thousand years? The Jews!”
This eruption is accounted for by the parents’ years of kowtowing to bigoted employers, but Alex is even more offensive than his father when he notices a picture of Jesus floating up to Heaven “in a pink nightgown” in the home of a girl he is trying to seduce:
The Jews I despise for their narrow-mindedness, their self-righteousness, the incredibly bizarre sense that these cave men who are my parents and relatives have somehow gotten of their superiority—but when it comes to tawdriness and cheapness, to beliefs that would shame even a gorilla, you simply cannot top the goyim. What kind of base and brainless schmucks are these people to worship somebody who, number one, never existed, and number two, if he did, looking as he does in that picture, was without a doubt The Pansy of Palestine….
Rereading this book (as I have done more than once), I wondered whether the narrator’s assaults on Jews and on himself were not the excuse for attacks on Gentiles and on Christians specifically. In the past, Jews who lived as a minority among Gentiles—and at their mercy—reasonably refrained from aggressing against their hosts. In hostile or potentially hostile societies, Jewish boys were discouraged from fighting back lest it bring on collective retribution. For the same reasons, Jews held back as well from verbal insult, and this prohibition burrowed deep into the culture. Roth violated this taboo, feeling sufficiently at home in America not to have such concerns about offending the goyim and probably realizing that, as with sex, what was once forbidden was now becoming all the rage.
As he anticipated, those truly offended by Portnoy were not Christians but Jews. Criticism came from some of the distinguished Jewish elders of the day, like Marie Syrkin in New York and Gershom Scholem in Jerusalem—intellectuals who had borne the full weight of anti-Semitism a mere two decades earlier and who now feared the consequence of Roth’s Jewish impropriety. Syrkin saw the leering Nazi-style anti-Jewish stereotype behind Roth’s Jewish joking. A little like the chief rabbi of Moscow who is reported to have warned in 1919, “Trotsky makes the revolutions, and the Bronsteins pay the bills,” Scholem thought that by trotting out every negative stereotype of the Jew, this self-styled “American writer” was actually stoking a new anti-Semitism. Trotsky had quit the Jews by changing his name from Bronstein, but just as the Moscow rabbi warned that Jews would be charged for his deeds, so Scholem wondered “what price the world Jewish community is going to pay for this book.” A second tier of criticism from American rabbis and Jewish organizational leaders protested Roth’s negative portrayal of the Jewish way of life, and from reviewers there were objections to the book’s alleged lack of artistic merit.
Against all these charges, I sided with Roth. In the late 1960s, Jews had reason to believe that there was little danger of triggering anti-Semitism in America: Jews were then at the height of their popularity. Liberal sympathy for Holocaust victims was unadulterated by fear of having to absorb Jewish refugees, now that Israel was there to absorb them. Paul Newman had strode the screen like a colossus as Ari Ben Canaan in Otto Preminger’s film Exodus, based on the Leon Uris bestseller, projecting Israel’s new image of masculine competence. Moreover, Judaism was by then enshrined as one of America’s three religions—Protestant, Catholic, Jew—sharing their fate, for better and worse, including as targets of satire. Roth’s debut coincided with the Jewish moment in American culture, and he proved it by eventually surpassing all other Jewish American novelists in popularity. By raising the specter of anti-Semitism, Roth’s anachronistic critics made Roth seem all the more up-to-date.
I was in no greater sympathy with those who expected Roth to be “fair” to the Jewish community. We were by then a small army of college-graduated Jews who had been trained to differentiate advertising from literature, and to reject the notion of any writerly loyalty other than to writing itself. When accused of misrepresenting the Jews, Roth responded in this magazine with an imagined list of similar complaints that might have been leveled at other authors, e.g., to Fyodor Dostoevsky for the portrait of Raskolnikov: “‘All the students in our school, and most of the teachers, feel that you have been unfair to us….’ ‘Dear Mark Twain—None of the slaves on our plantation has ever run away. But what will our owner think when he reads of Nigger Jim?’ ‘Dear Vladimir Nabokov—The girls in our class…’” When it came to defending artistic independence, Roth was clearly able to hold his own.
The more vexing question of Portnoy’s literary merit was raised most cogently by Irving Howe—in this magazine in 1972. As the literary critic who defined the New York intellectuals (also in this magazine), Howe seemed to be speaking for his intellectual cohort when he quotably wrote, “The cruelest thing anyone can do with Portnoy’s Complaint is to read it twice.” He then cruelly tried to substantiate his claim. Nonetheless, Howe managed to inflate the book’s impact while depreciating its value by calling the novel a “cultural document of some importance,” claiming that younger Jews took it as a signal for abandoning their Jewishness while some Gentile readers took it as sign that Jews were no better than anyone else:
[They] could almost be heard breathing a sigh of relief, for it signaled an end to philo-Semitism in American culture, one no longer had to listen to all that talk about Jewish morality, Jewish endurance, Jewish wisdom, Jewish families. Here was Philip Roth himself, a writer who even seemed to know Yiddish, confirming what had always been suspected about those immigrant Jews but had recently not been tactful to say.
Was it not praising with faint damn to credit Roth with having changed the direction of American culture? And why should Howe be more distressed than the rabbis? This panning could only help further stoke the image of Roth as a bold, renegade Jewish writer.
Roth later got his own back in a recognizable caricature of his critic (as Milton Appel in The Anatomy Lesson), but this was more than a personal feud. The book and the controversy it stirred marked a shift in American Jewish culture—a generational one. Howe, like Roth, had once rebelled against Jewish observance and like him, too, had married “outside the faith,” but by the time he wrote this review essay, he had created anthologies of Yiddish literature and had retrieved his heritage in World of Our Fathers, a cultural history of the Jewish immigrant experience.
Howe’s generation was saturated with old-world Jewishness. Delmore Schwartz could evoke the Jewish intonations of a mother’s speech. Isaac Rosenfeld wrote some of his stories in Yiddish. Joseph Dorman’s film Arguing the World, takes Irving Kristol, Daniel Bell, and Nathan Glazer back to their immigrant neighborhoods and probes their attachments to their Jewish upbringing. While Saul Bellow and Bernard Malamud are often linked with Roth in a triumvirate of Jewish writers, there is actually a world of difference between the older writers who drew from a reservoir of Jewishness and Philip Roth, whose mother made jello, not challah, whose dad played baseball rather than read the Forverts. Howe addressed this difference when he charged Roth with running on empty:
Portnoy’s Complaint is not, as enraged critics have charged, an anti-Semitic book, though it contains plenty of contempt for Jewish life. Nor does Roth write out of traditional Jewish self-hatred, for the true agent of such self-hatred is always indissolubly linked with Jewish past and present, quite as closely as those who find in Jewishness moral or transcendent sanctions. What the book speaks for is a yearning to undo the fate of birth; there is no wish to do the Jews any harm (a little nastiness is something else), nor any desire to engage with them as a fevered antagonist; Portnoy is simply crying out to be left alone, to be released from the claims of distinctiveness and the burdens of the past, so that, out of his own nothingness, he may create himself as a “human being.” Who, born a Jew in the 20th century, has been so lofty in spirit never to have shared this fantasy? But who, born a Jew in the 20th century, has been so foolish in mind as to dally with it for more than a moment?
It was impossible for Roth to recover what he never had, but Howe accused him of embracing the hollowness of what American Jewish life had become rather than trying to fill it.
This cultural shift also had a political undercurrent. Some of the New York intellectuals had undergone a political transformation from left-tending liberalism to neoconservatism. Having started out on the left, they understood its dangerous attractions and the corresponding need to protect American freedoms. Once opposed or indifferent to Zionism for its national backsliding from the international ideal, they discovered Israel and accepted responsibility for its defense. They were not all Cold Warriors to the same degree, but they wanted to bring down the Soviet Union. They were shocked by the radical assault on elite universities where some of them were now privileged to teach. Their disquiet intensified as protest against the war in Vietnam morphed into an attack on Western civilization. Though Howe continued to call himself a socialist, he was like the others culturally conservative, and he associated Roth with the radical impulse. He decries Roth for his vulgarity, by which he means not the scatology or descriptions of masturbation but “the impulse to submit the rich substance of human experience, sentiment, value, and aspiration to a radically reductive leveling or simplification.” In Howe’s judgment, Portnoy’s Complaint violated the standards of civilizing refinement that the older Jewish intellectuals were trying to uphold.
My political sympathies were generally with the New York intellectuals—but the book made me laugh. I was learning to trust my own response when it contradicted that of my literary betters, and my artless reaction to Roth’s novel made me ready to defend him from Howe’s critique. I thought Howe had missed the whole point of the comedy: Laughter would explode the clichés of American Jewish culture, including the image of the arrested adolescent who was passing himself off as the typical Jewish male. Laughter was a therapeutic purge, part indictment, part confession, with curative potential. Portnoy’s mock-analysis culminates in the punch line: “So [said the doctor] Now vee may perhaps to begin. Yes?” This was both part of the comedy and its resolution. Alex was about to rise from the couch a somewhat steadied Jewish American male capable of love and happiness, as donor and recipient. I saw this work as a signpost on the road to the cultural and political maturity that the neoconservatives had already reached, and I expected Portnoy’s creator, the original klug man, to move on.
Was I right?
Irving Howe was proved spectacularly wrong in his assessment of Roth’s literary powers. Endlessly inventive, Roth may have bombed with the works that came in the immediate wake of Portnoy, such as Our Gang and The Breast, but the creation of Nathan Zuckerman in the late 1970s as a Roth stand-in served him for eight full novels, ranging in style from postmodern to traditional and in quality from passable to great. Roth proved fully capable of probing the human soul in tight novellas and epic sagas. And in a one-man literary Marshall Plan, he also generously sponsored the work of European authors—Tadeusz Borowski, Bruno Schulz, Danilo Kiš, Milan Kundera—and featured other writers in his fiction, reviving Anne Frank in one of his novels and including (then) living Israeli Aharon Appelfeld in another. We now know that serious heart problems curtailed the range but not necessarily the intensity of his writing. From book to book one never knew what to expect, so I acquired and read almost all of them.
It is harder to confront Roth’s effect on American Jewry. As said, no other American writer was ever so closely associated with Jewish subjects and a Jewish readership, nor can one imagine Roth successful without them. Yet the attachment had not been his idea. When Roth’s designated biographer, Blake Bailey, said recently, “The Jewish thing was really what informed Philip as a writer,” he then noted that the credit really went to George Starbuck, Roth’s first editor, who had been given a longer manuscript and discarded all but the stories with Jewish themes. Starbuck made the shrewd decision that Goodbye, Columbus would be about Jewish life in America at the time when Jews were all the rage. Roth said, “In many ways, George formed my career, because I didn’t know that I was a Jewish writer.” It was a shotgun wedding, not unlike Roth’s unhappy first marriage to Margaret Martinson, from which he was released by her death. He could not quit the Jewish union, however, without giving up the dowry of fame it had brought him, so he stayed to the end in the cheerless marriage.
Roth’s denial of meaningful Jewish attachment remained an essential feature of his writing, complicated by the lack of alternative, for unlike Russian Jewish writers like Boris Pasternak who turned to Christianity, he disliked Christianity even more than being a Jew. In a 1961 Commentary symposium on “Jewishness and the Younger Intellectuals,” the year after he had won the National Book Award for Goodbye, Columbus, Roth wrote that he could not distinguish a Jewish style of life different from the American urban and suburban middle classes, or any values separating Jews from others.
There does not seem to me a complex of values or aspirations or beliefs that continue to connect one Jew to another in our country, but rather an ancient and powerful disbelief, which, if it is not fashionable or wise to assert in public, is no less powerful for being underground: that is, the rejection of the myth of Jesus as Christ….And wherein my fellow Jews reject Jesus as the supernatural envoy of God, I feel a kinship with them.
Needless to say, this form of kinship is not a basis for any true affection. He then goes on to deny any other form of religious or cultural cohesion so that “we are bound together, I to my fellow Jews, my fellow Jews to me, in a relationship that is peculiarly enervating and unviable. Our rejection, our abhorrence finally, of the Christian fantasy leads us to proclaim to the world that we are Jews still—alone, however, what have we to proclaim to one another?”
It is one thing to nurse such a paltry idea of the Jewish people but much more troubling to use it as the basis of a literary career. Roth’s rejection of faith is the kind that many Jews admit to at the start of their cognitive and emotional development. Daniel Bell fondly recalled telling his rabbi that he could not have a bar mitzvah because he did not believe in God and having the rabbi answer, “Do you really think He cares?” But Roth’s starting point remained his endpoint: American Jews were Jewish only by negative definition. The influence of this idea is everywhere manifest among those liberal Jews who, while finding no inspiration in their own religious tradition, reflexively distrust true Christians, especially evangelicals even when (or especially when) they are Israel’s strong supporters. Their rejection of Christians supersedes and displaces their affection for fellow Jews. That this insults Christian honesty and undermines Jewish security is not as troubling as the mean defensiveness of those who actually hold such views. Roth could fall back on the privilege of the satirist. His cultural adherents have no such pretext.
Roth was just like the earlier generation of Jewish writers and intellectuals in remaining attached to his childhood, but its imagined inauthenticity left him stuck in a time warp. The work that shows off this emptiness to greatest disadvantage is the 2004 novel The Plot against America. It reimagines what might have happened to Philip Roth’s actual family—father Herman, mother Bess, and brother Sandy—had Nazi sympathizer Charles A. Lindbergh become the Republican candidate for the presidency and defeated Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1940 election. The idea for such a dystopian fiction must have occurred to Roth because by the turn of the century anti-Semitism was once again on the rise in America, but he re-created an obsolete scenario instead of the real one. As had already been obvious for decades, the new aggression against the Jews originated in the Arab war against the Jewish state and had been couched since the 1960s in the slogans of Soviet anti-Zionism. The Zionism-racism accusation, pushed through by the Soviet-Arab axis at the United Nations, penetrated the United States from the left just as German-Nazi propaganda had once done from the right. The aggression had flipped political sides. Casting Palestinians as victims of Israeli imperialism and appropriating for them the role of refugee victim, a coalition of grievance and blame made common cause against Israel and against American Jews who supported their homeland. Rather than deal with this new threat, Roth retreated to his childhood politically, to take on the familiar Nazi bogeyman and refight the war that American troops had already won. He misidentified the target.
Fortunately, there were also times when Roth was able to fashion aspects of his “peculiarly enervating and unviable” relation to the Jews into masterworks. He did this by returning as Nathan Zuckerman to the familiar Newark of his childhood to treat as tragedy the spiritual hollow he had once subjected to satire. American Pastoral (1997) looks at Seymour “Swede” Levov, a fleshed-out version of Ron Patimkin, who innocently pursues and apparently achieves his idea of American success. The handsome Jewish Sports Hero marries the Gentile Beauty Queen, wins his reluctant father’s approval for the union, and settles down with his wife in the suburban paradise of Rimrock. A century earlier, Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote The Possessed to probe the emergence of Russia’s intellectual mercenaries, and Roth uses this unlikely setting to do the same for the American radicals of the late 1960s.
Meredith Levov…the “Rimrock Bomber” was Seymour Levov’s daughter. The high school kid who blew up the post office and killed the doctor. The kid who stopped the war in Vietnam by blowing up somebody out mailing a letter at five a.m. A doctor on his way to the hospital…
The Swede’s younger brother updates Zuckerman, his high-school classmate, who then searches out and brings us the full story: How could a good man like Seymour Levov, living out his version of paradise, breed a monster? But he does. Of course this embrace of violence in the name of salvation was not strictly a Jewish issue, but Roth showed privileged insight into how the escape from Jewishness formed part of it.
Roth attempted something on the same scale three years later in The Human Stain. The main setting is a New England College where Zuckerman has befriended one of the deans, the Jewish professor Coleman Silk, who is spuriously accused of insulting African-American students by using the term “spooks” to describe their ghostly disappearance from his class. In the ensuing purge, Silk is revealed to be a light-skinned African-American who, when he decided to pass, did so as a Jew, until then—at least outwardly—successfully. Roth manages to break out of his constraints as a Jewish writer through the story of an African American who is breaking out of his constraints as a black man, and in the process inevitably damages his family and himself in ways that Seymour Levov unwittingly does in Rimrock. Roth avoided the charge of political incorrectness that he would have incurred as a writer had he written about a Jewish professor by casting accusers and offender as black-on-black rather than black-on-Jew. Roth was careful never to offend the liberal hand that fed him even as he took on hot topics. He was shrewd as well as smart.
Through this entire career studded with prizes and fame, Roth never graciously accepted his designation as a Jewish writer, much less any implicit responsibility or affinity for the Jews or Israel. Whom was he denying? A sad feature of his life as a writer is that in never pretending to feel anything for the Jewish God, the Jewish homeland, or the Jewish people, Roth could not luxuriate in the affection and gratitude that many readers accorded him. At the heart of his fiction, hence of his standing as a writer, is distrust of Jewishness and secondarily of America as home to that Jewishness. Cold kasha. Adverse relation to one’s habitual subjects is not the best recipe for great art, and Roth did as well with it as anyone could, but I wish that after Portnoy if not before, he could have reached the threshold of love.
With the sadness that attended Roth’s retirement from writing in 2012 and his death in 2018 came the realization that his work was never joyful. Funny and witty certainly, vital and intelligent always, and highly entertaining, but never plainly happy in the way a well-matched bride and groom enchant family and guests at their wedding. I was startled to find in the essay quoted above that Irving Howe calls him “an exceedingly joyless writer, even when being very funny.” He saw this before I did
Here is the Russian Jewish short-story master Isaac Babel (1894–1940 ) on Odessa, the “Newark” of his childhood:
If you think about it, [Odessa] is a town in which you can live free and easy. Half the population is made up of Jews, and Jews are a people who have learned a few simple truths along the way. Jews get married so as not to be alone, love so as to live through the centuries, hoard money so they can buy houses and give their wives astrakhan jackets, love children because, let’s face it, it is good and important to love one’s children.
Babel loved the Jews for what they were, the enjoyment of bourgeois pleasures being the best of their qualities. Babel loved being who he was despite the heavy price it exacted. Although he was first silenced and then tortured and killed at Stalin’s command, his work breathes happiness and joy. (With due respect for the difference, one thinks back to the legends of Rabbi Akiva that wrest laughter and joy from the great Destruction.) How is it that the modern Jewish writer who functioned under the most aversive moral and physical conditions should have cast himself as the harbinger of sunshine in Russian literature, whereas the novelist who benefited beyond all others from America’s freedom and opportunity should have put so little of its pleasures into his writing?
It might have been because Roth could never bring himself to say, “Damn right, America—I’m your Jewish writer, and thank you for letting me be proud of it!”
Ruth R. Wisse is a senior fellow at the Tikvah Fund and long-time contributor to Commentary.
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Time Brokerage Agreement Costs Station and Broker/Buyer $10,000
Telecom Provider Agrees to Pay $620,500 to Resolve Investigation of Cell Tower Registration and Lighting Violations
FCC Admonishes TV Station Licensee for Failing to Upload Past Issues/Programs Lists to Online Public Inspection File
Brokering Bad: Non-Compliant Time Brokerage Agreement Ends With $10,000 Consent Decree
The FCC’s Media Bureau entered into a Consent Decree with a North Carolina noncommercial educational FM broadcast licensee and a company seeking to acquire the station’s license. The decree resolved an investigation into whether the licensee violated the FCC’s Rules by receiving improper payments from, and ceding control of key station responsibilities to, the proposed buyer.
Under Section 73.503(c) of the FCC’s Rules, a noncommercial educational FM broadcast station may broadcast programs produced by, or whose creation was paid for by, other parties. However, the station can receive compensation from the other party only in the form of the radio program itself and costs incidental to the program’s production and broadcast.
In addition, the FCC requires a station licensee to staff its main studio with at least two employees, one of whom must be a manager (the “main studio rule”). The FCC has clarified that, while a licensee may delegate some functions to an agent or employee on a day-to-day basis, “ultimate responsibility for essential station matters, such as personnel, programming and finances, is nondelegable.”
In March 2013, the station licensee and the company jointly filed an application to assign the station’s license to the company, which had been brokering time on the station for a number of years. The application included a copy of the Time Brokerage Agreement (“TBA”) the parties executed in 2003. In return for airing the broker’s programming, the TBA provided for a series of escalating payments to the station, including initial monthly payments of $6,750 for the first year of the TBA, increasing to $8,614 per month in 2008, and then increasing five percent per year thereafter.
Upon investigating the TBA, the FCC found that the payments were unrelated to “costs incidental to the program’s production and broadcast.” Additionally, the FCC concluded that the TBA violated the main studio rule and resulted in an improper transfer of control of the station license by improperly delegating staffing responsibilities to the broker.
To resolve the investigation into these violations, the licensee and the broker/buyer agreed to jointly pay a $10,000 fine. In exchange, the FCC agreed to grant their assignment application provided that the following conditions are met: (1) full and timely payment of the fine; and (2) “there are no issues other than the Violations that would preclude grant of the Application.”
Telecommunications Provider Settles FCC Investigation of Unregistered and Unlit Cell Towers for $620,500
An Alaskan telecommunications provider entered into a Consent Decree with the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau to resolve an investigation into whether the provider failed to properly register and light its cell towers in violation of the FCC’s Rules. With few exceptions, Section 17.4(a) of the FCC’s Rules requires cell tower owners to register their towers in the FCC’s Antenna Structure Registration (“ASR”) system. In addition, Section 17.21(a) requires that cell towers be lit where their height may pose an obstruction to air traffic, such as towers taller than 200 feet and towers in the flight path of an airport. The FCC’s antenna structure registration and lighting rules operate in conjunction with Federal Aviation Administration regulations to ensure cell towers do not pose hazards to air traffic.
In this case, the provider acquired another Alaskan telecommunications company’s cell towers in mid-2013, at which time it conducted an internal inventory of its cell towers. The provider found that 118 cell towers, including many of the recently acquired towers, were not registered in the ASR system in violation of the FCC’s Rules. It also concluded that three of its towers were not properly lit. The company self-reported the apparent violations to the FCC in early 2014, and thereafter began a complete review of its towers.
The provider settled the FCC’s subsequent investigation into the tower violations with a hefty $620,500 payment. In addition, the provider agreed to complete the tower review it commenced in 2014 and to bring all of its towers into compliance by April 30, 2016. The Consent Decree comes on the heels of a June 17, 2015 FCC Public Notice reminding cell tower owners of their registration obligations and warning of fines and other enforcement actions for failing to properly register towers.
Clouding the Issue: FCC Admonishes Station for Failing to Upload Old Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists
The FCC admonished a Maine TV licensee that failed to upload information relating to its station’s treatment of community issues to the FCC’s online public inspection file database. The FCC requires each broadcaster to air a reasonable amount of programming responsive to significant community needs and interests as determined by the station. To demonstrate compliance with this public interest obligation, Section 73.3526(e)(11) of the FCC’s Rules requires each commercial TV licensee to place in its public inspection file each quarter a list of the most significant programming aired concerning issues of importance to the community (“Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists”).
Although the public inspection file was historically maintained only at a station’s main studio, the FCC adopted Section 73.3526(b)(2) of the FCC’s Rules in 2012, requiring TV licensees to upload certain parts of the physical file—including the Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists—to an FCC-hosted online public inspection file. The FCC adopted a phased-in approach to the rule, requiring licensees to upload new documents on a going-forward basis beginning August 2, 2012, and to upload prior documents (i.e., those placed in the public file prior to August 2, 2012) by February 4, 2013.
An FCC inspection of the station’s public file triggered by the filing of the station’s license renewal application revealed that, while the licensee complied with the requirement to upload new documents, it failed to upload any of its Quarterly Issues/Programs lists from the period prior to the third quarter of 2012. While showing restraint in not issuing any fines for the violation, the FCC warned that it would not rule out more severe sanctions for similar violations in the future.
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Open source: The Newham trials
The reasons why Newham Borough Council opted for Microsoft rather than open-source technology have highlighted the cost and...
The reasons why Newham Borough Council opted for Microsoft rather than open-source technology have highlighted the cost and complexities of moving to open-source software.
Earlier this week the East London council announced it would be spending approximately £500,000 a year on Microsoft technology in a 10-year agreement with the supplier. The announcement was based largely on the results of a trial held by the council that compared the benefits of using Microsoft software and hardware to open-source systems.
Richard Steel, head of ICT at Newham said, “Our aim is for a 10-year partnership. We want a long-term commitment to work together.”
The council considered open-source technology, and paid for an independent study into the cost of switching and running an open source environment. But the study conducted by professional services firm Capgemini and paid for by Microsoft, proved to Steel that switching to open source would yield a smaller saving than upgrading to a modern Microsoft-based IT infrastructure.
Newham was already using Microsoft technology such as groupware calendaring functions in Exchange. Steel said the IT at Newham comprised 5000 desktops running Microsoft software, Exchange e-mail and about 70 applications along with a number of other databases closely integrated with Microsoft technology.
“[This] would have made a migration to open source significantly harder and more expensive," Steel said.
The study from Capgemini reported that the Microsoft option would save the council £3.2m over five years compared to about £1.6m moving to open source.
Another factor in the decision to stick with Microsoft software was the limited experience of Newham IT staff in open-source technology.
“We have a team of technicians who like to get into things that are new. We did run open-source pilots as part of the work we did with [Netproject] and [we found] we were on a very steep learning curve.”
Steel also had to consider whether open source technology would fit in with the council’s plans to allow an increased number of staff working from home.
“Most of our employees not only use Microsoft Office in the office, they are also likely to be using it as home users,” said Steel.
Steel added that Microsoft had listened to its concerns.
“We actually had a genuine discussion on our relative needs and the areas we needed to improve such as financial model and the development point of view and our approach to more flexible working.”
There has been criticism that because the Capgemini study at Newham was funded by Microsoft it could not have been truly independent. However, Steel said that it had paid for another report on the same issue from IT consultancy Netproject, a vocal advocate of open-source technology.
Eddie Bleasdale, an IT consultant and a director at Netproject, said even with the Microsoft approach, the council would face hefty migration costs long-term.
“Microsoft has admitted that there will be 10 years of constant change. All existing applications will have to be rewritten,” he said.
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This is NOT Spinal Tap
This is a play about a band. A real-fake band, or maybe a real-real band, but a band nonetheless. A band called The Rising Fallen, featuring members of New York City’s own (even though they hail from San Francisco) Banana Bag & Bodice. You’re used
Apr 29, 2007 by Andy Horwitz in Etcetera
Reminder: Culturebot Cocktails
In case you glazed over our umpteen mentions, this coming Monday is the return of Culturebot Cocktails™, where your humble editors will unchain themselves from their laptops and stumble bleary-eyed into the world to drink. Well, drink with other people that is. People like you!
Back from the 6th Borough
Do you miss Kim Brandt? You probably do, if you were one of the many artists to benefit from Kim’s tenure as a curator and administrator at Dixon Place before she escaped to Philadelphia (where it’s always sunny). Well, guess what: Kim’s coming back to
Dirty Martini’s (Sort of) Yard Sale
Burlesque sensation Dirty Martini is cleaning out her closet and making her castoffs available to you, her undying fans. Here’s the email we received: Hi everyone! Now that Spring has sprung here in balmy NYC, it’s officially Spring cleaning season. That means it’s YARD SALE
Benefit Season – more reasons to drink
Here’s a few more of the events coming up, click through to each company’s site for more information. Do you have some more to add? Drop us a line at culturebotATgmailDOTcom. Sunday, April 29th 7:00pm – Star-Studded 13P Benefit at Joe’s Pub (limited number of
Another Excuse to Drink: The Elegant Debauchery Salon
Redmask Theater Company is hosting a launch party, dubbed the Elegant Debauchery salon, to benefit its upcoming one-act play and music festival. According to the email: ReddMask’s festival, An Assembly of Quotable Gents, is an exciting collection of three original one-act plays celebrating saloon life
Highbrow Arts Brouhaha
Is there bad blood between DeNiro’s Tribeca Film Festival and the shiny new High Line Festival? New York magazine’s new culture blog, the Vulture, seems to think so. Not surprisingly, say insiders, the upstart [High Line] has earned the wrath of the father, De Niro,
Update: The Mike Daisey Incident
Daisey has posted a follow-up to the kerfuffle at the ART on his blog, where he actually had the chance to speak to the administrator and the individual who destroyed his outline for the show. His name is David. At the beginning of the conversation
Apr 24, 2007 by Andy Horwitz in Responses
Mel & El Sold Out
So, our good friends Mel & El just emailed to say that all upcoming performances of This Show Rhymes are sold out! We mentioned earlier to get tickets early, and if you didn’t heed the call, well, we suppose you’ll have to check their myspace
history of the future
The Legendary Franklin Furnace Presents a Retrospective The History of the Future: A Franklin Furnace View of Performance Art One Night Only – April 27th, 2007 Franklin Furnace, the internationally acclaimed incubator of the avant-garde, is proud to present a one-night only benefit event on
LMCC Open Studio Weekend
With its Swing Space and Residency Programs, LMCC provides space and resources for many artists. This year they have supported 30 emerging artists and this weekend they will all be showing work as part of the Open Studio Weekend: For more info visit LMCC.net.
Apr 24, 2007 by Andy Horwitz in Visual Art
Sex, Death & Art
After a nine year absence from NYC, porn star-turned-performance artist and sex scholar Annie Sprinkle makes her long-awaited return to Off-Broadway. Sprinkle, in collaboration with Elizabeth Stephens will present the East Coast Premiere of EXPOSED:EXPERIMENTS IN LOVE, SEX, DEATH & ART. This new multimedia performance
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Minicraft 1/144 B-25H/J Mitchell Kit First Look
B-25H/J Mitchell
Beautiful kit
Nothing noted
The B-25J was the last production version of the Mitchell and was produced in the greatest numbers of all B-25s with over 4300 airframes delivered. The aircraft incorporated a number of engineering changes that were adopted in the cannon-nosed B-25H including a tail gunner's position and relocating the dorsal turret to just behind the cockpit (and manned by the flight engineer), while retaining the glass nose of the B-25C/D. At least that was the intent.
Many of the B-25s in the Pacific were getting some interesting field modifications. While the B-25 was great as a low-level raider, the crews wanted forward-firing guns to suppress the enemy while they delivered their bombs. Since these aircraft were being flown at very low altitudes, the need for the bombardier was eliminated and his nose compartment was used to mount varying numbers of 50 caliber machine guns and ammunition trays. As some designs turned out to be better suited, North American evaluated these modifications and introduced new gun noses that could be installed in the field as well as production aircraft with these gun noses installed. Even many of the glass-nosed aircraft were modified with gun packs that were strapped on the sides of the fuselage.
Minicraft has re-released the Crown 1/144 B-25J/H kit that hasn't been around in a while. The kit is molded in gray styrene and presented on two parts trees, plus a single tree of clear parts. This release provides options for the canon-nosed B-25H or glass-nosed B-25J.
The fuselage has the four .50 caliber machine guns, two on either side of the forward fuselage, that was a common fit for the Pacific theater strafers. The B-25Hs and many Pacific-bound B-25Js had these gun packs installed, but if you're doing a Mediterranean theater of European theater Mitchell, you'll want to see if the aircraft you're depicting had these guns installed. If not, simply file the packs off.
The instructions show you where to remove the nose section on the fuselage halves to facilitate installation of the H-nose provided in the kit. Aside from the differences in the nose, especially in this scale, the rest of the model goes together the same way for either version.
No interior is provided, not that you'd see one through the clear parts - the parts are nice a clear, but you wouldn't see much of anything in there anyway. Minicraft made the decision to keep the model simple to keep the price low - it worked!
Markings are provided for three examples:
B-25J, 43-27704, 340 BG, 7A, 1944
B-25J, 43-27752, 340 BG, 9Q, 1945
B-25J, 44-30092, 12 BG, 1944 'Finito Benito...'
What's interesting is that none of these three aircraft have the gun packs installed from the photos I've seen, and Finito Benito is an even more interesting case as the photo clearly shows a tail number of 430092, but there were no B-25Js produced with that serial number. No markings are provided for the B-25H.
This is a nice kit that will go together nicely and provide a quick project to add to your scale flightline. This is another nice installment in Minicraft's growing line of 1/144 scale aircraft.
My sincere thanks to Minicraft Models for this review sample!
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Lynx photographed in Washington’s Kettle Range
ConservationNWAdmin / Sep 16, 2016 / Columbia Highlands, Lynx, Wildlife Monitoring
Rare feline photographed on remote camera in Washington’s Kettle Range
Last week as researchers Arthur Scully and Travis King with Washington State University (WSU) entered the field to check their remote cameras in the Kettle River Mountain Range as part of a large-scale, multi-year collaborative wildlife monitoring project to photograph Canada lynx in this remote part of Ferry County, Washington, they hit gold.
Four images of an individual lynx walking past the camera in the middle of the night on August 17th confirm once again that northeast Washington’s Kettles remain active lynx country. And the photos add momentum to a conservation initiative to recover and maintain this transboundary population we share with British Columbia.
“These images are significant because it gives us definitive information that lynx remain active in the Kettles,” said Dan Thornton with Washington State University. “The Kettle River Range was historically an important region for lynx, but it has not recovered from historic over-harvesting. Our work complements efforts by other groups aimed at understanding the distribution and movement patterns of lynx in our transboundary landscape to inform conservation and recovery.”
Learn more about the Working for Wildlife Initiative, a collaborative effort to protect wildlife habitat, working lands and natural heritage in the diverse landscape of the Okanogan Valley and Kettle River Mountain Range.
One of five wild cats native to North American, lynx are considered threatened under the Endangered Species Act in the lower 48 states. Washington is home to one of the last Canada lynx populations remaining in the western United States, where their range includes the North Cascades and Loomis State Forest extending east to the Columbia Highlands, including the Kettle River Range and Selkirk Mountains.
In 2014 under the leadership of National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and a suite of other partners, Conservation Northwest formed the Working for Wildlife Initiative to restore and conserve the linkage between the Cascades and Kettle River Range for lynx with a goal for robust populations and intact habitat on either side. The collaborative Initiative between conservationists, state and federal agencies, Native American tribes, and local conservation districts also supports other wildlife from mule deer to sharp-tailed grouse.
With the support of this initiative, public and private scientists (including our own Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project) established a remote camera research effort in both the North Cascades and the Kettles to document the presence of lynx and increase our understanding of these populations. The images captured by the WSU researchers in August are the first concrete evidence of Canada lynx in the Kettle River Range from this effort.
“The Kettle Range contains vast tracts of prime lynx habitat and a long history of lynx presence,” said Dave Werntz, science and conservation director at Conservation Northwest. “Lynx are routinely observed in the Kettles but rarely photographed, so these images are exciting.”
Check out more photos of the Kettle Range lynx below! Cameras remain in the woods until snowfall this year, so stay tuned as we await their results.
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Therapy duck hearing rescheduled
A disabled veteran with therapy ducks had his day in court postponed, but he might not need it.
Therapy duck hearing rescheduled A disabled veteran with therapy ducks had his day in court postponed, but he might not need it. Check out this story on coshoctontribune.com: http://ohne.ws/1mHqgal
Leonard Hayhurst, Community Content Coordinator Published 10:40 a.m. ET July 23, 2014 | Updated 12:46 p.m. ET Aug. 1, 2014
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WEST LAFAYETTE – A disabled veteran with therapy ducks had his day in court postponed, but he might not need it.
Coshocton Municipal Court confirmed a 60-day continuance agreed upon by all parties was granted Wednesday in the case of Darin Welker. The 36-year-old is charged with a minor misdemeanor for having farm animals, namely 14 ducks, within West Lafayette village limits. He uses the ducks for emotional and physical therapy. He has raised them since ducklings in March.
A hearing on the matter was set for Wednesday, but has been rescheduled for 10 a.m. Sept. 24. The municipal court website also lists that what appears to have been a good Samaritan who paid $140 in fines and court costs online Monday without Welker's permission has been refunded.
Law Director Bob Skelton, whose office is handling the case, said he spoke with village solicitor Bill Owens on Tuesday. Owens said the village would be interested in talking with Welker on resolving the matter without going to court. If that can't be done, then a trial would be held later on.
Village Administrator Dave Kadri directed inquiries on the situation to Owens and Mayor Jack Patterson. Neither returned messages left Wednesday by the Tribune.
The Associated Press reported Councilman Ron Lusk said they were trying to work out a solution to the problem that will include taking a look at the ordinance for any needed changes. He also told AP that he and other village officials are military veterans and wouldn't do anything to slight a fellow former soldier.
Welker said his attorney, Bob Weir, told him Wednesday morning that the village was looking to back down on its stance and revisit its legislation prohibiting farm animals in the village. Welker said he's not spoken to any village officials and would continue to deal with the village through his lawyer.
If this leads to charges being dropped and Welker able to keep his ducks, then he's happy. However, he knows the matter is not completely over despite officials willing to consider alternatives and work with him.
"Someone has finally figured out what justice is and whether they liked it or not, they had to keep in mind what was right," Welker said.
Welker would like to think the national attention the case has received was part of the reason for the reconsideration. After the Tribune originally ran an article Saturday, the AP picked up the story which has run in many media outlets.
Welker has spoken with numerous individuals over the past few days across the country who pledged their support and said they would voice complaints with the mayor's office and village administration.
"I think there's been a big enough stand with people that there will definitely be change coming about," Welker said.
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This Elderly Dog Was Abandoned in the Most Heartbreaking Way Possible
"I don't need a dog," the note beside her read.
No pet should ever be abandoned, but that's exactly what happened to poor Tessa, a 12-year-old dog discovered all alone, tied up behind a bush near a outdoor market in England. When the South Yorkshire Pet Ambulance service found Tessa, she was lying on a wet bed around 5 a.m., next to some bags of supplies.
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Upon inspecting the bags, which contained some cans of dog food, the team found a note from the person who'd abandoned the elderly dog, explaining that Tessa had previously belonged to a neighbor, who supposedly moved to Canada and left the dog in his or her care. The team later posted the note along with photos of Tessa on their Facebook page.
"The dog (Tessa) is 12 years old. (Tessa) is not my dog. My neighbor told me that Tessa is chipped. My neighbor asked me if I would take charge of Tessa. As my neighbor has planned herself a new life in (Canada.) Reluctantly I said yes (but) I did know I will not keep Tessa," the note reads. After sharing some information about Tessa's diet, the note ends with, "My neighbor was happy thinking that Tessa is in good hands. Sorry for the above. But I don't need a dog."
While Tessa was clearly not in good hands, she's luckily on her way to finding a new home. After feeding her some warm food, the South Yorkshire Pet Ambulance took her to the Dogs Trust in Leeds, where she's waiting to be adopted, according to an update on their Facebook page. They also wrote that they've located the person who dumped her in a field and have "ruled out any wrong doing of the original owner," the one who moved to Canada.
Let's hope the rest of her days are spent in comfort and safety.
(h/t People)
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"The [OSI][NCIS][CID] did a profoundly inadequate investigation" . . . Is part of my argument in a double rape case.
It is not unusual that by the time the defense is aware of and able to investigate a case, the evidence is lost or destroyed and memories fade.However, for this case and client, there were two important pieces that were preserved: a cup and a pretext phone call.
Yes, in this case, a pretext phone call helped the client.That's because he admitted to having sex, but denied, in some detail, that it was non-consensual. So he was not lying to the members when he told them what happened from the witness stand -- the pretext phone call was corroborative support.The "cup" was a cup one of the complaining witnesses claimed the client had served her alcohol in, and which the prosecution argued might have been drugged.Interestingly, even though they had it, the prosecution never produced the cup and kept arguing it was a plastic Solo cup.Actually, the cup in the evidence locker was a smaller black teacup.Happily, USACIL tested the cup and found no evidence of drugs.So, despite a biased and profoundly inadequate investigation, the client was found not guilty of rape of two different complaining witnesses.
A Happier Ending Than Expected
E-6 Client is alleged to go AWOL for about three years, and he is paid during this time.At the Article 32, UCMJ, investigation he is charged with a three-year AWOL (not desertion) and stealing $140,000.00+ in pay.At the Article 32, we show that he began his absence six months later than alleged.Yes, the unit had him unaccounted for during that time, even though he was present for duty.
At trial, we have charges dismissed (without prejudice) for a speedy trial violation.So, we start again, and this time the client is ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation. As is typical, the R.C.M. 706 is done quickly and less than thoroughly.So, in steps, the defense expert to find that client is currently and was paranoid-schizophrenic.We contest the charges in a judge-alone trial.After the prosecution presents its evidence the military judge dismisses the AWOL charge, and we present an affirmative defense of lack of mental responsibility.Result:Guilty of theft of $112,000.00 in pay.Sentence, RIR to E-1, Bad Conduct Discharge, a fine of $11,330.00 (with up to a year confinement if the fine is not paid).
Why do I Tell You That Story?
Like all lawyers, I have many successes to brag about.But not all cases can be an outright full acquittal.Some cases require damage control, perhaps because there are a solid confession and some corroborating evidence.So, unlike almost all lawyers you will find in this field I have given you an example of how a seemingly losing case can be "improved" to get a much better result than expected.This is an example of the practice I began many years ago of litigate-to-mitigate.No two cases are the same, your case will be different.
Some Wavetops
-- Board finds no abusive sexual contact during a board of inquiry for an O-5.
-- E-5 accused of physical assault on his twin babies. After Article 32, UCMJ, investigation, the convening authority approved an administrative discharge in lieu of court-martial.
--Field grade officer client was directed to show cause for retention based on GOMR for alleged TCS travel fraud - unanimous vote for Retention.
--In a recent court-martial case the client was placed in pretrial confinement for espionage, threatening the President, threatening the local Sherriff, fake purple heart/combat action ribbon/combat commendation medal, fake jump wings, fake EWX pin, lying about his deployment history, and lying to get VA medical benefits. Ultimately charges were referred to trial, except the espionage. We were able to get some charges dismissed during pretrial litigation and get a substantial number of extra confinement credit for errors in the PTC process and discovery violations. After a fully contested trial client was found not guilty of all charges except some related to the false awards and lying to hospital officials about his awards. More credit was received because of further PTC errors.
The lesson here -- don't confess. It is likely that the conviction was based on a confession sufficiently corroborated by forensic evidence of faking documents on a personal computer.
--Executive Officer, USS IOWA (BB61) during the investigation after the turret explosion.
--0-8 initially investigated for very serious sexual assault offenses. Received Secretarial punitive letter, 30 days arrest in quarters, and later was retired at a reduced rank.
--0-7 investigated for Joint Ethics Regulation issues.
--0-6 commanding officer charged with a negligent grounding of a vessel.
--Commodore charged with negligence resulting in death and injuries during a Close-In-Weapons System exercise.
Represented/advised several Navy personnel who were Anthrax refusers.
--Army O - 3 - Gen. Off. Article 15. Charge dismissed at hearing.
--Army Nat'l Guard E - 8 - Gen. Off. Article 15. Charge dismissed at hearing.
--Navy O-3E found guilty at NJP of DWI. Then processed for administrative separation based on misconduct. In this case, we did what neither the command nor the military defense counsel had done. We consulted with an expert. Based on that expert's review we were able to show that the BAC reported as 0.145 should have been reported as 0.0145. Based on that "new" evidence, the Board found NO misconduct, and the LT was returned to duty.
Navy O-6, suspected of communicating threats, email stalking, and orders violations. Non-punitive letter of reprimand, and retirement in grade.
USMC O-5 ordered to appear before a retirement grade determination board based on allegations of spouse abuse. Allowed to retire in his current grade.
United States v. O-6. The case began as a serious sexual assault allegation. Resolved as an Article 15 for conduct unbecoming.
United States v. E-4. Accused of sexual assault on two different complaining witnesses and an assault on a third. Resolved through administrative separation in lieu of trial.
United States v. E-5. Recruiter accused of falsifying recruiting documents. Charges referred to Special Court-Martial. Resolved with written counseling and early retirement.
U.S. servicemen arrested for public indecency; client makes a formal apology (An apology is considered a virtue in Japan. Apologies show that a person takes responsibility and avoids blaming others. When one apologizes and shows one's remorse, the Japanese are more willing to forgive); Japanese Prosecution suspended for sailor accused of nudity in the cafe (and jurisdiction ceded to the U.S. under the SOFA). Case disposed of at Captain's Mast (Article. 15), followed by administrative separation.
United States v. Army E-3. Accused of raping spouse on four occasions, twice with a weapon; raping a girlfriend twice; multiple assaults, aggravated assaults, and threats against a spouse; multiple assaults and weapon-related threats against a second girlfriend; obstruction of justice. Found guilty of several assaults and threats on spouse and the second girlfriend, not guilty of all rapes, and most of the assaults. Sentenced to 18 months confinement and a bad conduct discharge.
United States v. Army E-4: Accused of assaulting a female Soldier and accused of sexually assaulting another female Soldier. After a contested judge along trial - found not guilty of the charges.
United States v. Marine E-5: Client accused of attempting to steal a total of $2400.00 from his roommate's bank account, misuse of a government travel card while PCSing, false official statements, and wire fraud. After a contested trial found guilty of attempted theft and false official statement, not guilty to misuse of GTCC and wire fraud. The prosecution argued for 18 months confinement, sentenced to six.
United States v. Air Force E-3: Client accused of failing to go to daily formation for about five months, failing to check out and PCS, failing a check-out appointment, a false official statement about a PT test, and dereliction in not PCSing. Basically, the allegations surround, according to the prosecution, client hiding out on this training base for five months because he didn't want to transfer to a line unit. After a contested trial convicted of "diverse" failures to go and false official statement, not guilty to the remainder. The military judge sentenced to four months confinement. However, the judge also granted 91 days credit for unlawful pretrial punishment in violation of Article 13, UCMJ. By the way, this case is one of several examples I have of why it is not good or useful to seek the assistance of the Congressman.
United States v. Army E-1. Client one of 13 accused of mutiny, kidnapping, multiple assaults, and property damage at the Maximum SHU, USDB, Leavenworth. The prosecution took the position that he started the mutiny and was a ringleader. Plead not guilty to all charges. Found not guilty of kidnapping and an assault. Sentenced to five years confinement. Military judge gave nine months Article 13 credit. In addition, the judge took into account other practices post-mutiny that were not Article 13, but was "almost" UCI, and gave two years confinement less than he would of. Another inmate who helped start the mutiny and assaults plead guilty to all charges. He was sentenced to 15 years confinement, which was reduced to eight years with a PTA.
United States v. Army E-5 (update). The client initially accused of rape and sexual assaults on a military spouse and an indecent act on a Soldier. After Article 32, and shortly before trial the complaining witnesses to the rape came forward to "tell the truth," and confessed they'd lied - there was no rape. Summary court-martial on the unrelated indecent act (sentenced to 15 days restriction). Aspects of this case and another case of mine (Walton) are reported here and here.
United States v. Army E-7. Initially convicted of BAH fraud in excess of $132K and associated charges; sentenced to a BCD and six months confinement. New trial ordered by the appeals court based on newly discovered evidence. At new trial convicted of attempted fraud in excess of $500.00; sentenced to RIR to E-6, $1000.00 forfeiture per month for two months.
United States v. Velez. This case required extensive assistance from a forensic crime scene perspective as well as a forensic psychologist and a forensic psychiatrist. The R.C.M. 706 board found a "brief psychotic episode" but not major. The defense experts found a major mental defect. However, neither rose to the level of an affirmative defense of insanity on the charges to which Velez plead guilty to. The prosecution dismissed a premeditated murder charge. In this case, the defense had made a PTA offer of 20 years in February 2010, and an offer of 25 years in June of 2010 - both of which were rejected. The prosecution came to the defense in early 2011 with a request for an offer of 28 years.
United States v. Air Force E-5: Rape. In this case, we were able to mount an aggressive defense at the Article 32, UCMJ, hearing. Subsequently, all charges were dismissed.
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AWOL / UA / Deserter
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Pending Issues and Concerns
Rules for Courts
SAPRO Myths
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Many years after retiring from the USN, I suddenly found myself in a very unwelcome legal matter with the Navy. It was a total shock and I was very concerned as to the impact this would have on me and my family. Philip was so helpful, truly a calming force, and his legal help was invaluable to me, I am so thankful that I availed myself of his services! Rob
Phil Cave has helped me through NJP and restoration of my security clearance. He even came to visit me in Spain. I never thought I would work again and he certainly through with advise and guidance that we're exactly spot on. He is my hero and thanks to him I gave my life back... Bryan
Mr. Cave saved my military retirement! His promise to me from day one was that he would fight as hard as he could he right the wring that had been done to me. And he did! I am so very thankful and grateful to him. He genuinely cared about me and made my case his priority. He used all his experience and knowledge to put forth a good defense. I am very pleased with him and will recommend him to anyone in need of an attorney. Crystal
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The world’s first playable beer bottle
Auckland band Ghost Wave becomes the first band to release their single in playable bottle format, in this inventive campaign for Beck's.
Inspired by legendary inventor Thomas Edison, Matt Tizard and the team at Shine Limited has created the world’s first playable beer bottle for Beck's beer.
Auckland band Ghost Wave's new single, Here She Comes, has been inscribed into the surface of the bottle, which can then be played on a specially-built device based on Edison’s original phonograph.
Shine enlisted the help of Auckland firm Gyro Constructivists, who created a record cutting lathe. From there, Shine built the playable bottle from a range of modern materials, electronic wiring and indenting the label with grooves to play 'Here She Comes'. Matt Tizard and others talk about the inspiration behind the project and the process involved in the making-of video above.
The campaign is right in line with Beck's current promotional activities - it's has been working over the last few years on growing a record label using online advertising and packaging campaigns.
Be sure to check out some of the other fascinating projects that co-creators Gyro constructivists have been involved in, such as a suitcase that unfolds into the shape of the Eiffel Tower for Louis Vuitton.
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Army drops request for proposals to build next-gen combat vehicle prototypes
By: Jen Judson March 29, 2019
Raytheon and Rheinmetall are teaming up to submit the Lynx 41 infantry fighting vehicle for the competition to replace the Army’s Bradley Fighting Vehicle. (Marcus Jacobs/Rheinmetall)
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army on Friday issued a request for proposals to competitively build next-generation combat vehicle prototypes.
The RFP opens up competition for industry to provide optionally manned fighting vehicle prototype designs. From that pool, the Army will choose — in the second quarter of fiscal 2020 — up to two teams to build 14 prototypes.
The OMFV is intended to replace the Bradley Fighting Vehicle starting in 2026 and is designed to better operate in future environments that would allow soldiers to maneuver to a position of advantage and “to engage in close combat and deliver decisive lethality during the execution of combined arms maneuver,” an Army statement reads.
Some of the threshold requirements for OMFV are a 30mm cannon and a second-generation forward-looking infrared system, or FLIR. Objective requirements are a 50mm cannon and a third-generation FLIR.
“The OMFV must exceed current capabilities while overmatching similar threat class systems,” Brig. Gen. Ross Coffman, the director for the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle Cross-Functional Team, said in the statement. “It must be optimized for dense urban areas while also defeating pacing threats on rural terrain.”
The NGCV CFT is part of a new four-star command, Army Futures Command, that is designed to modernize the force. NGCV is the second-highest modernization priority for the Army just behind long-range precision fires.
After working with industry through a multitude of engagements and testing several draft RFPs with ambitious requirements, Coffman believes the Army has both the threshold requirements for the vehicle as well as the right objective requirements as the service heads toward the release of the final RFP.
“We put out a very aggressive draft RFP,” Coffman told reporters March 27 at the Association of the U.S. Army’s Global Force Symposium, because the CFT knew it was not obtainable in its entirety.
The draft RFP was meant to stretch goals and objectives and to inspire feedback to ultimately write requirements that are attainable, Coffman explained.
The Army’s current approach to enter into a rapid prototyping effort truncates what could be a two- or three-year technology-maturation and risk-reduction phase, Maj. Gen. Brian Cummings, the program executive officer for Ground Combat Systems, noted in the statement.
“It is about being able to prototype and field required capabilities on an accelerated schedule to get capability into soldiers’ hands quickly,” he said.
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State Sen. Bryan Townsend announces congressional bid
Townsend’s announcement comes a day after Congressman John Carney said he would run for governor in 2016
State Sen. Bryan Townsend announces congressional bid Townsend’s announcement comes a day after Congressman John Carney said he would run for governor in 2016 Check out this story on delawareonline.com: https://delonline.us/1iRGNyb
Jon Offredo, The News Journal Published 10:03 a.m. ET Sept. 17, 2015 | Updated 6:06 p.m. ET Sept. 17, 2015
Delaware state Sen. Bryan Townsend, D-Newark, said Thursday morning he will run for the state’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
“Delaware faces a significant challenge: rebuilding an economy that works for all Delawareans and that reverses the inequality spreading across America,” Townsend said in an email to supporters. “That’s why our campaign will champion policies that grow and strengthen the middle class, provide every child with an opportunity to succeed, promote equal justice in the criminal justice system, and ensure retirement security for our seniors.”
Townsend, 34, made the announcement a day after U.S. Congressman John Carney, D-Del., said he would run for governor in 2016, ending months of speculation.
Both Townsend and Rep. Bryon Short, D-Highland Woods, expressed interest in Carney’s post if he decided to run for statewide office. Short has yet to announce.
Townsend has made rumblings in the background over the last few weeks about a congressional run. Earlier this month he began hiring for a campaign.
He told The News Journal Thursday morning that Delawareans don’t just want someone with experience, but also “someone with a vision for the future, one that is shared by most Delawareans.”
If elected, Townsend said, he will look to build consensus across party lines on legislation and do everything he can to represent the public by listening first. Those traits, he said, had helped in Dover, and “I believe it will certainly help in Washington.”
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On the campaign front, Townsend said will run a grassroots effort as he did before in 2012 and 2014 and plans to start immediately.
“I look forward to a very spirited campaign,” he said.
Townsend, a corporate lawyer at Morris James and member of the Delaware Senate since 2013, is one of the Statehouse’s youngest members. He won his first term in the General Assembly after beating Senate President Pro Tem Tony DeLuca by more than 15 percentage points in a Democratic primary. He easily won the general election against Republican Evan Queitsch that year.
Townsend was re-elected last November after defeating New Castle County Councilman David Tackett in a Democratic primary. He ran unopposed in the November general election.
The primary fight between Townsend and Short is perhaps the most intriguing of all of the races in 2016.
Kelly Bachman, spokeswoman for Gov. Jack Markell, said in an email that the governor has yet to support either Townsend or Short.
“Both Rep. Bryon Short and Sen. Bryan Townsend have proven themselves effective legislators in Dover,” Bachman said. “The governor looks forward to hearing more from both of them.”
Senate President Pro Tem Patricia Blevins, D-Elsmere, said Townsend would do very well in Congress.
“He is someone who gives a lot of thought to the issues and works well with the people in our chamber – and works very hard,” she said. But she added that she hasn’t made a decision yet on who she would endorse.
Rhett Ruggerio, a longtime Delaware Democratic operative and lobbyist in Dover, said Wednesday that Carney’s announcement was the domino effect everyone was waiting for when it came to other races. Ruggerio said both Townsend and Short are well-respected members of the party with similar politics.
“They are very similar. It’s hard to make a distinction between the two, to be honest,” Ruggerio said. “I really don’t think you can go wrong with either one.”
The winner of the primary faces Republican Hans Reigle, former Kent County GOP chairman and Wyoming mayor, in the 2016 general election.
Reigle said he was unfamiliar with Townsend.
"I've been in the race for the last six months," he said. "I started against Carney and now it is Townsend."
Whoever the candidate, Reigle said he would run on a platform that would put Americans back to work, localize education and boost national security.
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More older drivers bring (surprise!) fewer crashes
Motorists in Delaware traffic today are more likely to see a senior citizen driver in front of them than ever before.
More older drivers bring (surprise!) fewer crashes Motorists in Delaware traffic today are more likely to see a senior citizen driver in front of them than ever before. Check out this story on delawareonline.com: http://delonline.us/2fhBcmm
Karl Baker, The News Journal Published 4:18 p.m. ET Nov. 10, 2016 | Updated 12:19 p.m. ET Nov. 11, 2016
The number of drivers in Delaware over 65 years old increased nearly 25 percent between 2010 and 2015, according to federal data.(Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Motorists negotiating Delaware traffic today are more likely to see a senior citizen driver in front of them, behind them, or next to them than ever before, according to federal data.
While more older drivers are filling roads across the country too, the phenomenon is pronounced in Delaware as the First State has become a preferred destination for many retirees in the region.
In 2015, there were 154,019 licensed drivers 65 years old and older on Delaware’s 14,000 miles of streets and highways – a 31,000 driver increase from 2010. That's more than 20 percent of all drivers, according to the data from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Transportation experts in Delaware say the increase is not a cause for alarm.
“People may be under the false impression that older drivers are less safe,” said Ken Grant, spokesman for AAA Mid-Atlantic. “But senior drivers tend to be much less likely to be engaged in risky behavior.”
Senior drivers are simply more cautious, Grant said, and as people live longer, healthier lives, older people are more likely to be able to operate vehicles than before.
But cautious drivers also means slower ones, said Jeff Hudson, a 55-year-old New Jersey resident who commutes to Wilmington. That's a benefit to Delaware roads, he said, because too few people in the First State show patience behind the wheel.
"Delaware drivers drive like crazy," he said.
While senior drivers made up 1 in 5 licensed Delaware drivers in 2015, they were involved in less than 10 percent of crashes on Delaware’s streets and highways patrolled by the Delaware State Police, according to an agency report.
A 2013 report from AAA shows motorists over 65 drove about 40 percent fewer miles than those between 30 and 49.
Senior drivers “are not attempting overly hazardous driving behavior,” said Mike Williams, spokesman for the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles.
Nevertheless, federal transportation officials noted there are particular safety “challenges” associated with older drivers, including declining vision, decreased flexibility and cognitive-motor skills.
To respond to the growing number of senior citizens on roads, the U.S. Department of Transportation has recommended states install longer merge lanes on highways, roundabouts at intersections, better lighting on roadways and more visible signs.
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A 2015 federal report predicts a 77 percent increase of licensed drivers over age 65 by 2045.
The Delaware Department of Transportation will not unilaterally make infrastructure changes based on the growing numbers of older drivers, said Geoff Sundstrom, spokesman for the state transportation department. The agency will follow design standards for road signs that are mandated by the federal government, he said.
Irena Chtokalov, a consultant at Christiana hospital, soon may have to tell her 86-year-old mother – who lives in Virginia – that she is no longer allowed to drive, a move that will take away her freedom of mobility.
She dreads the conversation because her mother, an immigrant from Russia, has flourished in the United State's car culture, she said.
"Already, I disallowed her from going on the highways," Chtokalov said. "It's noticeable when she drives that she's an older person."
Doctors or family members of licensed drivers of any age in Delaware can contact the DMV if they are in Chtokalov's position, and believe the driver is not able to safely operate a vehicle, said Williams.
The agency will mandate the driver take a new driving exam, he said.
"We have well-trained staff to handle that sensitive topic," Williams said.
Contact Karl Baker at kbaker@delawareonline.com or (302) 324-2329. Follow him on Twitter @kbaker6.
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University of Delaware women extend win streak to five
NEWARK – With Delaware's double-digit lead having been slashed to two points, Kelsey Buchanan not only blocked a sho...
University of Delaware women extend win streak to five NEWARK – With Delaware's double-digit lead having been slashed to two points, Kelsey Buchanan not only blocked a sho... Check out this story on delawareonline.com: http://delonline.us/1baCUzv
The News Journal Published 3:47 p.m. ET Feb. 16, 2014 | Updated 8:45 a.m. ET Feb. 17, 2014
Delaware's Coutni Green puts up a shot in front of Towson's Ciara Webb in the first half Sunday. (Photo: KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL)Buy Photo
NEWARK - With Delaware's double-digit lead having been slashed to two points, Kelsey Buchanan not only blocked a shot, but corralled the loose ball and dished to Courtni Green for a layup, sparking a nine-point first-half run that stifled Towson's comeback bid and helped propel the Blue Hens to their fifth consecutive basketball victory, 52-43, on Sunday at the Bob Carpenter Center.
Delaware (16-6, 8-3) remains in second place in the Colonial Athletic Association, tied with Drexel and three games behind James Madison with five to play. JMU defeated Drexel 69-58 Sunday to sweep the season series. UD visits Drexel on Tuesday and hosts JMU on Thursday.
"We have a big week ahead of us, but an exciting week," Buchanan said.
Buchanan had 15 points and nine rebounds to lead Delaware, which played in front of a season-high announced crowd of 2,431 fans and like many college teams across the country, wore pink uniforms to promote women's health awareness.
Green finished with 14 points and Joy Caracciolo added eight points and six rebounds for the Blue Hens, who played their second game in a stretch of five in 10 days.
"Having this many games in this many days, I think mentally is going to put a little bit of a strain on these kids, to be honest with you," Delaware coach Tina Martin said, "because they're a young group. Their attention span, being able to focus, I thought we lost some of that in the second half today. We didn't play well in the second half overall."
LaTorri Hines-Allen had 18 points and 10 rebounds and Tanisha McTiller recorded 11 points and 12 boards for Towson (11-14, 5-7), which has lost three in a row. Ciara Webb scored 10.
Towson was limited to 28.6 percent (18 of 63) shooting from the field and just 11.8 percent (2 of 17) from 3-point range. Delaware shot 36.1 percent (22 of 61) overall and 33.3 percent (4 of 12) from long range.
UD outscored Towson 19-0 on the fast break. And the Tigers managed just three assists in the game, none in the second half.
"That's more what they did," Martin said. "They're a one-on-one team. … That's their game plan, is to try to isolate you, try to break you down one-one-one. I thought our help defense could have been a little bit better, to be honest, and then when we did help, our backside rotation boxing out was not good today, and I was a little bit fired up about that, because they got a lot of weak-side rebounds. They got 18 offensive rebounds. That's more of a deterrent than anything else."
Delaware used a 17-3 run to build a double-digit lead, at 21-11, about midway through the first half.
But Towson scored the next eight points to cut its deficit to two, at 21-19, before Buchanan blocked a shot and dished to Green, whose bucket provided the first points in a 9-0 UD run.
"They had a couple of pretty good runs, just with their energy and their rebounding that really cut our lead and cut our momentum a little bit," Buchanan said, "but we definitely picked our way out of it and picked ourselves back up. I think the block helped and just playing good defense, especially, and just getting back into it."
The Blue Hens led 30-21 at halftime.
Towson chipped its deficit down to five points, at 36-31, early in the second half, but Buchanan completed a 3-point play to increase UD's advantage to 39-31 with 13½ minutes remaining.
Green hit a wide open corner 3 to give UD a 44-35 lead with 11 minutes to play and begin a seven-point run that effectively secured the victory.
"[The physicality] kind of got in our head a little bit, but as the game went on we adjusted," Green said.
Erika Brown hit a pair of free throws to re-establish a double-digit advantage, at 46-35, with 8½ minutes left. And Buchanan hit a layup to give UD a 48-35 lead, its largest of the game, with seven minutes to play, sending the streaking Hens into perhaps the most daunting stretch of the season.
Delaware suffered by far its worst loss of the season to JMU, getting blasted 87-51 on Jan. 12 in Harrisonburg, Va., and also fell to Drexel, 61-52, on Jan. 19 at the Bob.
"We'll worry about JMU on Thursday night. We've got to worry about Drexel first," Martin said. "And I've got to just worry about my team and where we're at. "Everybody is at different stages in this league. JMU is pretty much a finished product. They're juniors and seniors for the most part. We're freshmen and sophomores. We're still trying to learn what this is all about."
Contact Jason Wolf at jwolf@delawareonline.com
Delaware 52, Towson 43
Delaware's Hannah Jardine (No. 12) steals the ball from Towson's LaTorri Hines-Allen in the first half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Delaware's Jodi Salyer (No. 4) has he shot blocked by Towson's Dominique Johnson (No. 1) in the first half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Delaware's Alecia Bell, right, fights for rebound position with Towson's LaTorri Hines-Allen, left, in the first half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Delaware's Erika Brown (No. 3) puts up a shot in front of Towson's Camille Alberson (No. 13) in the first half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Delaware's Kelsey Buchanan puts up a shot over Towson's Camille Alberson in the first half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Delaware's Ciara Webb, left, steals the ball from Towson's Dominique Johnson, right, in the first half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Delaware's Joy Caracciolo puts up a shot through a group of Towson defenders in the first half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Delaware's Erika Brown reacts after a three-point basket by teammate Hannah Jardine in the first half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Delaware's Coutni Green puts up a shot in front of Towson's Ciara Webb (No. 3) in the first half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Delaware's Joy Caracciolo (No. 24) puts up a shot in front of Towson's Camille Alberson (No. 13) in the first half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Delaware's Courtni Green (No. 2) collides with Towson's Dominique Johnson in the first half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Delaware's Hannah Jardine, right, and Erika Brown, left, talk on the sideline before entering the game in the second half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Delaware head coach Tina Martin gives instructions to her team in the second half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Delaware's Joy Caracciolo, center, drives to the basket between Towson's LaTorri Hine-Allen, left, and Ciara Webb, right, in the second half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Delaware's Kelsey Buchanan, center, fights for rebound position between LaTorri Hines-Allen, left, and Tanisha McTiller, right, in the second half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Delaware's Alecia Bell, center, drives between Towson's LaTorri Hines-Allen, left, and Tanisha McTiller, right, in the second half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Delaware's Kelsey Buchanan loses the ball as she puts up a shot in front of Towson's Camille Alberson, right, and Tanisha McTiller in the second half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Delaware head coach Tina Martin draws up a play in the second half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Delaware's Courtni Green puts up a shot in front of Townson's LaTorri Hines-Allen (No. 0) in the second half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Delaware's Kelsey Buchanan drives the baseline toward the basket in the second half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Delaware's Joy Caracciolo (No. 24) and Towson's LaTorri Hines-Allen fight for a rebound in the second half of Delaware's 52-43 win over Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2014. KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
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Clampdown on Facebook trolls and 'hate posters' after court ruling
A case brought by the Austrian Green Party over abuse of its leader could have international ramifications after ruling that Facebook must remove postings across the platform deemed as hate speech.
Trolls and people who use fake profiles are in line of fire (Image: Getty)
Facebook must remove postings deemed as hate speech, a court has ruled.
The ruling has been hailed as an important victory by campaigners who want to force social media companies to combat online "trolling" .
The case - brought by Austria's Green party over insults to its leader - has international ramifications as the court ruled the postings must be deleted across the platform and not just in Austria, a point that had been left open in an earlier ruling.
The case comes as legislators around Europe are considering ways of forcing Facebook, Google, Twitter and others to rapidly remove hate speech or incitement to violence.
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Campaigners also want to force Facebook to identify holders of fake accounts and to make the social made giant pay damages.
They believe this would then make it easier for individuals in similar cases to consider taking legal action.
Germany's cabinet approved a plan last month to fine social networks up to 50 million euros ($55 million) if they fail to remove such postings quickly and the European Union is considering new EU-wide rules.
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Facebook's lawyers in Vienna declined to comment on the ruling, which was distributed by the Greens and confirmed by a court spokesman, and Facebook did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
Strengthening the earlier ruling, the Viennese appeals court ruled on Friday that Facebook must remove the postings against Greens leader Eva Glawischnig as well as any verbatim repostings, and said merely blocking them in Austria without deleting them for users abroad was not sufficient.
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The court added it was easy for Facebook to automate this process. It said, however, that Facebook could not be expected to trawl through content to find posts that are similar, rather than identical, to ones already identified as hate speech.
The Greens hope to get the ruling strengthened further at Austria's highest court. They want the court to demand Facebook remove similar - not only identical - postings, and to make it identify holders of fake accounts.
"Facebook must put up with the accusation that it is the world's biggest platform for hate and that it is doing nothing against this," said Green parliamentarian Dieter Brosz.
Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has said hate speech has no place on the platform and the company has published a policy paper on how it wants to work against false news.
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Theatre, therapies and religion: can there be a dialogue (If so, how and where?)
Convener(s): Lizzie Crarer
Participants: Claudine, Sam Pallis, Kath Burlinson, Emily Kempson, Marieke Audsley, Regina, Tom Hughes, Daniel Copeland, Johnathan Petherbridge
Summary of discussion, conclusions and/or recommendations:
EXAMPLES OF WORK WHICH PARTICIPANTS FELT WERE RELEVANT TO THE TOPICS UNDER DISCUSSION
Adrian Howells: ‘Foot Washing for the Soul’ one-on-one performance art/theatrical event/purification ritual
Mystery plays – bringing the ‘community’ into the equation. The acting out of a narrative which affirms the collective identity, which orders the world and relationships within it
‘Return to Silence’ ‘Curious Directing’ theatre co. Explored the story of a woman who had a stroke and experienced a complete transformation of her view of life and a connection with the rest of the world as a consequence of altered brain state
‘The Decalogue’ Polish film based on the Bible
‘The Wolf’ immersive site specific performance by Kath Burlinson and 8 other performers, exploring psychology, mythology and physicality of the wolf and its relationship to people.
‘Contact with the Gods’ Marija del Guardo - book on directing which regards the director as channelling a ‘higher’ spirituality into the room. (problematic? Undemocratic and open to abuse)
PRACTITIONERS WHOM PARTICIPANTS FELT COMBINED THESE CONCERNS IN THEIR WORK
Johnathan Kay – has a very specific system. Explored the tension/interaction between ‘sacred’ ‘scared’ ‘scarred’
Raisa Breslava
Byron Katy – thework.com a simple technique for processing how you deal with/ habitually respond to other people
Song of the Goat
Ewan Downie – works with song of the goat, has his own company ‘Hidden Birds’ – holds workshops
Paul Ortel – www.performanceinventions.org with Nancy Steiner. Approach to spirituality/meditation/performance originating in research done at the Nirupa University of Colorado
Kath Burlinson (participant) theauthenticartist.co.uk Interested in facilitating artists/performers who want to unblock themselves, open themselves out into a more holistic approach to their work
‘The Tell-Tale Brain’ book by Oliver Sachs on Neuroscience
OBJECTIONS TO THE MOTION & ANSWERS
‘Leave your issues at the door: the rehearsal room is not about therapy’ Katie Mitchell Is the idea of ‘theatre as therapy’ self-indulgent/unhelpful? How is the audience to be involved with something so personal?
+ It depends how you interpret the notion of ‘therapy’. Everyone brings all of themselves to the work – not just the nice, polite, socially acceptable bits. You have to cultivate an awareness of your own psychological habits/blocks in order to access the true state of ‘flow’, (‘in the moment’). It’s a ripple effect. If you can cultivate it in yourself (through your interaction with other performers), you are better able to create this dynamic in the audience. But first you must take responsibility for your own mental/emotional constructions. The individual unconscious is the source of knowledge and the means of accessing something shared – a collective unconscious…
How do you access/channel the unconscious?
+ This is where religion and theatre can talk. There are methodologies and wisdom pertaining to each discipline that are relevant. Religious practices have the ‘tried and tested’ authority of thousands of years…(medidatitve discipline) and the attendant philosophy potentially providing helpful models/modes of description . For example: self as dynamic rather than fixed. Cultivate an awareness of the composite, relational nature of the individual self, we are in a position to acknowledge a larger group identity – the company becomes a single ‘body’ (techniques involving shared rhythms, choral singing are relevant here – see above practitioners…then can this spread out into the audience..?
Okay so you work at creating shared awareness/ dynamic within a company. WHAT ABOUT THE AUDIENCE? Can we facilitate their awareness of their unconscious
+ When authentic non-cognitive presence and responsitivity is witnessed onstage, it is magnetically engaging and engenders an actual connection with the work. ‘Dogs bark when you’re scared’. When we see real feeling/vulnerability we EMPATHISE we are connected with those vulnerable bits of ourselves.
+ Psycho-sensory manipulation? Dim the lights turn up the heat…anything else? Smells? Sounds?
All this is very well, but isn’t it a bit airy-fairy and unquantifiable? What about the financial practicalities of a holistic approach?
+ There is plenty of stuff in neuroscience which gives observable, chemical explanations about what happens when we facilitate the left brain….AND how this is beneficial. Empirical psychology &more to the point neuroscience speaks the language of funding forms which require quantifiable ‘observable outcomes’. THEATRE CAN BE TRANSFORMATIVE! LET’S FUND IT!
…EXTENDING THE DIALOGUE...WHAT CAN SCIENCE CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONVERSATION?
Through understanding what the brain does and how it responds to stimuli, we are in a better position to understand the type of stimuli which we should create in order to facilitate the kind of awareness that is helpful.
Music/rhythm/walking has been shown to bore the right brain into submission to the left, leaving the left brain able to take the reins. The left brain is non-dual/non-linguistic – thus facilitating a sense of connection with the universe and others on a more profound level…
Further – evidence for a ‘collective unconsious’ – a shared sub/pre-conscious aspect of human existence…(drugs which make you able to play the piano even if you’ve never done it before…the woman who had the stroke and then experienced the sense of unity…)
IDEA FOR AN EXPERIMENT Rachel Lynes [email protected] (starting point, forming part of R&D for an exploration into non-verbal communication – or part of performance itself? Or filmed?)
Send a group of no less than ten who are not very well-acquainted to a big house in the country, far from civilisation for a long period (no less than 48 hours). Food, booze, all home comforts, art materials and large movement space provided – the rule is no verbal communication whatsoever. Objective – how do we develop ways of communicating with each other when we can’t speak? Is this hard? Is it profound? HOW DE WE CONNECT?
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Myanmar leader defends handling of crimes against Rohingya Muslims
Myanmar’s leader has finally broken her silence only to defend how her government is dealing with the massive human rights violations committed against Rakhine-based Rohingya Muslims, which the UN says amount to ethnic cleansing. Aung San Suu Kyi fell short of singling out the military in the globally-condemned violence, which has triggered a massive exodus of Muslim refugees to Bangladesh.
On Tuesday, Suu Kyi addressed the nation for the first time since August 25, when a fresh upsurge in violence subjected the Rohingya in Muslim villages across the western state of Rakhine to mass killings, torture, rape and arson attacks and forced more than 417,000 to flee their homeland.
Suu Kyi has faced harsh international criticism amid several reports about systematic attacks by the Myanmar military and majority Buddhists against the persecuted Muslim community.
In her address, however, Suu Kyi claimed that most Muslim villages had not been affected by the violence, wondering about the reasons why the exodus to Bangladesh still continued, despite the fact that there had been no “clearance operations” since September 5.
She said her government intended to find out why people in almost 50 percent of Muslim villages that remained unaffected had preferred to stay, acknowledging in the process that half of Rohingya villages had been destroyed and burned to the ground in the ongoing bout of violence.
There have been “allegations and counter-allegations” that need to be investigated before taking any action, Suu Kyi said.
The leader of the Asian country’s civilian government said Myanmar does not fear international scrutiny and is committed to finding a sustainable solution to the situation in Rakhine. Suu Kyi’s silence has provoked immense international criticism in recent weeks, especially after dismissing reports of ethnic violence in Rakhine as “a huge iceberg of misinformation” meant to “promote the interests of the terrorists.”
In her speech, Suu Kyi even refused to use the word Rohingya to refer to members of the minority group, naming them only once while making mention of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, a group that purportedly fights to defend the rights of the minority group. She claimed that peaceful conditions were disturbed only after armed groups had staged terrorist attacks on dozens of police outposts in August.
She claimed that Myanmar was ready to verify the national status of the Rohingya refugees who have fled violence in recent weeks. “We are prepared to start the verification process at any time,” she suggested.
But the brutality against the Rohingyas has its roots in the very fact that Myanmar does not recognize them as citizens and has denied citizenship rights to 1.1 million members of the community for several decades, alleging they are Bengalis who have in the past migrated to the country from Bangladesh. The Rohingya were stripped of their citizenship in 1982 despite having lived in the country for generations.
Due to their status, the Rohingya are not free to travel and practice their religion, having little access to medical care, food or education.
The de facto leader further said she felt deeply for the suffering of “all the people caught up in the conflict.”
“We condemn all human rights violations and unlawful violence. We are committed to the restoration of peace and stability and rule of law throughout the state,” she added, without putting forth any concrete solutions to stop ethnic killings.
Amnesty: Suu Kyi ‘burying head in sand’
Following the 30-minute rant, Amnesty International, which has been sharply criticizing Myanmar’s recent conduct in Rakhine, was quick to respond, saying the Nobel laureate and her government are only “burying their heads in the sand” in the face of the violence.
“Refugees who have fled to Bangladesh cannot return to this appalling status quo,” the rights group said, adding “at times her speech amounted to little more than a mix of untruths and victim blaming.”
The government claims its attacks in Rakhine are a response to armed “terrorists,” but reports and evidence presented by witnesses and international organizations tell a different story.
The latest evidence published by Amnesty International points to “a mass-scale scorched-earth campaign” across Rakhine State, where Myanmar’s forces and vigilante mobs “are burning down entire Rohingya villages and shooting people at random as they try to flee. In legal terms, these are crimes against humanity – systematic attacks and forcible deportation of civilians.”
The rights group further highlighted the “horrific situation” in Myanmar, criticizing the international community’s failure to address the plight of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
The UN said last week that Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar are facing a risk of ethnic cleansing at the hands of military forces.
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“For generations, Rohingya Muslims have called Myanmar home. Now, in what appears to be a systematic purge, they are, quite literally, being wiped off the map,” said Chris Lewa, director of Arakan Project, AP reported.
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“This is the worst crisis in Rohingya history,” said Lewa.
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Can a collaborator claim ownership of another researcher's invention because the research and development was conducted at their
Can a collaborator claim ownership of another researcher's invention because the research and development was conducted at their facility?
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Who owns the invention depends on the situation. For example, let’s assume a researcher works with a collaborator at a different institution and develops an invention while working in the collaborator’s lab. In patent law, the inventor(s) are the initial patent owners and contracts transfer patent ownership. See MPEP § 301 I. So in order to answer the title question, we first and foremost need to know: who are the inventor(s)? After that we need to know: did the inventor(s) transfer ownership of the invention?
Patent inventorship is rather straightforward. An inventor is any person who conceived of the invention. See MPEP 2137.01 I. Joint inventorship is based on some contribution to at least one claim of an issued patent. See MPEP 2137.01 IV. Stated another way, anyone who directly contributes to at least one claim of an issued patent is considered an inventor. An inventorship determination may be warranted in certain circumstances. For our example, each participating researcher would need to specify their direct contribution to any patentable subject matter in the claims in an issued patent covering the subject matter. A preliminary inventorship determination may be made based on the claims in a pending patent application. However, a preliminary inventorship determination may change if claims are altered during prosecution of the pending patent application. A researcher may be removed or added based on claim amendments.
Each inventor is provided equal owner status, meaning that each joint owner may make, use, offer to sell, or sell the patented invention within the United States, or import the patented invention into the United States, without the consent of and without accounting to the other owners. See 35 U.S.C. § 262. Inventors who made a small contribution are provided equal owner status, meaning that even small contribution inventors can grant licenses for all claims under an issued patent without seeking permission from, or paying royalties to, other inventors. Ownership of an invention may be assigned away, but inventorship cannot be rescinded. Now that we have a framework for determining inventorship, we can turn to the question of patent ownership.
Patent ownership is generally more complex than inventorship. In the absence of contractual transfer of patent ownership, the inventor(s) or patent applicant hold initial patent ownership rights. See MPEP § 301 I. Assignment is the act of transferring patent ownership. See MPEP § 301 II. Contracts which transfer patent ownership come in many different forms. Often employment agreements require an employee to assign inventions to the employer. Researchers who work within academic institutions and research facilities are generally required to sign employment agreements and other intellectual property provisions. Several other contracts may transfer patent ownership including confidentiality agreements, potential facility use agreements, or material transfer agreements.
Employment and confidentiality agreements may contain clauses that assign all of the inventor’s patent rights to the employer and require the employee to assist the employer in securing patent rights. Scientists, especially researchers, who receive an opportunity to perform services within academic institutions and research facilities are generally required to sign intellectual property agreements.
If there is an intellectual property clause that assigns patents for yet-to-be-conceived inventions to the employer, then the ownership rights to the invention are already assigned. If the intellectual property clause specifies that the inventor will assign the rights to the employer, then the inventor has to sign an assignment document to transfer the ownership rights to the employer.
In the absence of an agreement or employment relationship, just use of a facility, without more, does not give the facility owner or a collaborator any rights to the resulting work. However, an employer may seek to utilize the “Shop Right” doctrine if the invention was created during work hours, using employer facilities or equipment, or under circumstances that would lead the employer to believe that the invention was the result of the employer’s work for the company.
Hiring a Patent Attorney to Review or to Draft an Agreement
Hiring a patent attorney to draft a written agreement for employee-generated developments or an inter-institutional agreement can protect an employer or institution from a variety of collaboration-based claims of intellectual property ownership.
A patent attorney is not just for the employer’s benefit. A patent attorney can also help an individual scientist. Whether a scientist is seeking employment or considering a collaboration with researchers from another institution, a patent attorney is the preferred legal expert for the protection of an invention that will result in patentable subject matter.
Before accepting an assignment at a research facility, the scientist should consult with a patent attorney. A scientist who receives an employment agreement or a contractual agreement that references an inter-institutional agreement can hire a patent attorney to review or to possibly modify certain aspects of the agreement.
Owning a research facility without intellectual property provisions or legally binding agreements for employees and contractors could be an expensive mistake. A myriad of issues, including loss of control over patentable subject matter, might currently exist or arise in the future for researchers that fail to provide written agreements for scientists and inventors. A patent attorney could save an institution, an employer, a scientist or a collaborator an enormous amount of time and money. For instance, if another scientist claims to have participated in the creation of a breakthrough pharmaceutical product, a research lab could spend several years fighting costly legal battles. With a properly drafted patent agreement, an institution or employer could confidently enlist the services of other providers, while protecting ownership of intellectual property.
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The practice of quartering troops in several villages had the disadvantage of dispersing an army over many square miles and much time had to be wasted in reforming the army before resuming the march. The army would be transformed into small isolated units vulnerable to 'beating up of quarters'. It was largely for this reason that Orrery considered that armies should ideally always quarter in the field within an entrenched campsite....
Whenever possible an army on campaign during the Civil War, making an over-night halt, would not camp but quarter in a town or in several villages and hamlets. Quarters for the army would be selected by the Quarter-masters and their assistants who would ride ahead to make the necessary arrangements before the arrival of the main force. The officers took the more select lodgings, according to their rank, as 'guests' in the manor houses of the local gentry, in the houses of the wealthier sort and in local inns. Meanwhile the common soldiers would be given free-quarter in the cottages of the labouring classes. 'Free quarter' involved the issuing of tickets or promissory notes, by quarter-masters, to those who were obliged to take in and feed soldiers. In theory these were supposed to be honoured at a later date but, with certain exceptions such as the more organised New Model Army after 1645, all too often they were worthless. Often a public building, such as a meeting hall or church, also became an impromptu barracks. In March 1643 Beville Grenvile's regiment used the church at Launceton as their billet. They must have found the cold granite very unwelcoming despite the candles and firewood that Grenvile obtained for them. Barns and outhouses would also be used. After being withdrawn from Campden House, on May 9th 1645, to join the King's field army, Sir Henry Bard's regiment offoot were quartered the following night in some outhouses, near Inkberrow, Worcestershire, where several horses were lost when an accidental fire destroyed their billet. Sometimes soldiers were forced to find even less salubrious quarters. Sergeant Nehemiah Wharton of Denzil Holles' regiment was at Long Buckby on September 3rd 1642 .. " ... where we had hard quarter, insomuch that many of our Captains could get no Jodging, and our soldiers were glad to dispossess the very swine, and as many as could quartered in the church."
The three sorts of military encampment in the 17th century were identified by Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery in his 'Treatise of the art of war': "The Temporary Camp, which is for a night, or some short space"; "The Standing Camp, ... in which armies are lodged for some time; either to avoid being necessitated to fight, till they saw a fitting time, or for some other great design"; And the "Besieging Camp". Orrery was writing in 1677 but his experience of war dated back to the civil war and the conflicts in Ireland. It is the first of his categories, the Temporary camp, with which this study is primarily concerned.From the opening page:
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Improving the student registration experience through rapid contact centre information.
Open University, a distance learning university, relies on its contact centre as a main touchpoint with its 250,000 students. With the peak period of student registrations looming, we helped the university to improve its contact centre’s performance, increasing the timeous call response rate by 50%.
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Improve the university’s contact centre to better serve its 250,000 students, better manage the twice yearly student registration influx, and quickly convert new prospects into registered students.
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Achieved an inbound forecast within 3% variance of target volumes, a 50% increase in timeous call response rate, and a 50% decrease in abandoned call rate.
The Open University in the UK is a distance learning university and one of the largest universities for undergraduates in the country. As most of its 250,000 students study off campus, it relies on its contact centre as its main touchpoint, especially when it comes to seasonal fluxes in student registration.
As tuition fees were set to increase due to changes in government funding, the university faced a challenge. It had to let existing students know to register in time to stay on the current fee rate — if not, they would have to face higher fees. At the same time, there was also a push to convert new students to the university, which was important if it was to stay commercially viable.
These two factors proved to create a perfect storm. It led to poor service levels in its contact centre during the ‘registration race’ in March and April. While there would be some respite after this constrained two-month period, it knew it would again see a swell of contact volumes at the registration close-off in August and September.
The university wanted to evolve its contact centre to be able to handle the peaks-and troughs in registration. It believed it could deliver a better experience to both student and employees, but it would have to make these improvements before the autumn rush.
Dimension Data in the UK collaborated with the university to analyse, plan, and develop a progressive solution for its contact centre. This would provide short-term interventions and, more importantly, prepare for the upcoming busy period. It would also deliver a better user experience for those calling into the contact centre.
Our experts in customer experience (CX) were asked to carry out a one-day on-site assessment. This engagement helped identify a support ‘triage’ in April. It also defined a long-term approach — with a focus on workforce and capacity planning, as well as protecting service levels in the future.
Dimension Data soon became a valued partner to the university during a time of transformation. Starting in April, we provided an interim workforce management consultant and director at the contact centre. This team would see the project through until completion. It included day-to-day management, as well as coaching and upskilling. We also assisted in the recruitment of a full-time workforce manager, and developing a new workforce system for the university.
During this time, real- and near-time actions were put in place to increase contact rates with students. This involved a ‘leave buy-back’ incentive programme to bolster resource availability. It also included interactions with contact centre agents and other back-office teams. We also worked at optimising resources ahead of peak periods.
While the university had a long-term recruitment strategy in place, we helped refine this plan. The university needed a stronger view of its skills across all business areas, so it could recruit the right talent in time for the pressures looming in August and September.
Just as important as the recruitment plan, was a grade-of-service recovery plan. In the event of service degradation, the contact centre still had to run as efficiently as possible. Employee productivity and a better student experience were always top of mind for both Open University and Dimension Data. This plan included actions that the operations manager in the contact centre could take; it also assigned thresholds against each service level.
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With a robust plan in place, the university was more prepared for peak registration periods. It was now able to register students with less glitches and in less time. All levels of management — from executive to operational — had in their hands a clear and actionable plan to execute with confidence. Once this plan was finalised, inbound forecasts fell within a 3% variance to the actual targets.
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The contact centre had an 80% target rate for calls answered within 20 seconds. Before its transformation, this rate was just 20%. After, the rate was 70%. Furthermore, the contact centre had 6% target rate for abandoned calls. Before, this rate was 16%. After, this rate was 8%.
‘Dimension Data provided us with support at critical time,’ says Phil Berry, Deputy Director of Strategy and Operations at Open University. ‘They supported the recovery of service and ensured the successful recruitment of students.’
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WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Industry Liaison Group (NILG) to support contractor education and training; enable proactive compliance with OFCCP's regulations; and minimize, to the extent feasible, the cost of compliance by contractors.
NILG is a nonprofit employer association focused on affirmative action and equal employment opportunity; enhanced communications between the contractor community and various federal agencies, including OFCCP; and its 60 local, unaffiliated chapters.
"Our Memorandum of Understanding with the National Industry Liaison Group will help to further greater engagement and dialog with the contractor community, and lead to greater transparency, more effective compliance assistance, and ultimately more comprehensive compliance by contractors with equal employment opportunity and anti-discrimination obligations," said Acting OFCCP Director Craig E. Leen.
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Rachel Hurst, Group Operations Director at Domino Printing Sciences, has been presented with an IET Achievement Medal, one of the key prizes of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) 2015 Achievement Awards, in recognition of her distinguished contribution to manufacturing and engineering.
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“I am thrilled to receive this recognition from the IET and very touched to have been nominated by my peers,” comments Hurst. “Although the accolade is a personal one, I believe I owe it to the skilled and talented team at Domino who excel in what they do and help to ensure we remain at the forefront of our field.”
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Transition from socialism to market economy in Vietnam
~~~ Văn Nguyên Dưỡng ~~~
Thưa quý độc giả và bằng hữu,
Gần đây chúng tôi nhận được bản tin về những câu hỏi khẩn thiết của Nhà giáo Trần thị Lam, người đã làm bài thơ làm rúng động Hà Nội và được cả triệu lượt người đọc trên Facebook. Các các câu hỏi của Cô, thế hệ trẻ Việt Nam ở trong nước và ở hải ngoại cần biết và cần những câu trả lời thích đáng.
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“Nên Kinh tế Thị trường Định hướng Xã hội Chủ nghĩa” của CSVN là rập khuôn chủ trương kinh tế đổi mới của Đặng Tiểu Bình, cộng sản Tầu.
Xin nhớ lại, sau khi Hoa Kỳ bỏ bạn Đồng Minh Nam Việt Nam bằng Hiệp ước Paris tháng 1/1973 và ngày 30/4/1975 Sài Gòn sụp đổ. Sau khi thống nhất hai miền Bắc, Nam, Đảng CSVN đã tức tốc áp dụng chính sách tàn độc nhổ cỏ tận gốc và phế bỏ tất cả tàn dư của thể chế nhân bản, tự do của Miền Nam, giam cầm toàn bộ sĩ quan của QLVNCH, Cảnh sát, lãnh tụ tôn giáo, đảng phái quốc gia và giới trí thức, báo chí, nhà văn, nhà báo, kể cả nhà giáo. Đốt sách, cấm chợ, đánh tư sản mại bản, tịch thu hầu hết xí nghiệp sản xuất và cơ sở thương mại tư nhân, đổi tiền, bần cùng hóa toàn dân Miền Nam và thiết lập nền móng xã hội chủ nghĩa rập khuôn Liên Sô từ hạ tầng cơ sở nông thôn đến thị thành với hệ thống “Mậu dịch quốc doanh”. Kết quả là hàng chục triệu người mất công ăn việc làm và lâm vào hoàn cảnh sống dở, chết dở. Hàng triệu gia đình thuộc giới cao và trung lưu phải bị lưu đày đói no ở các khu kinh tế mới. Trong khi đó, các lãnh tụ đảng CSVN tham lam và mù quáng, xua quân xâm chiếm Cao Miên, gây cuộc chiến đẫm máu với cộng sản Tầu, làm cho nền kinh tế nghèo nàn xã hội chủ nghĩa càng thêm kiệt quệ... Thay đổi kinh tế, phá bỏ hệ thống quốc doanh thay bằng hệ thống kinh tế thị trường theo lối của Trung Cộng là tất nhiên... Nhưng ngụy biện là sách lược chính của Đảng CSVN.
Xin mời đọc cả hai tài liệu dưới đây. Tuy đã viết trên hai thập kỷ, nhưng các bài viết này vẫn giữ được giá trị thời sự đang tiếp diễn. Và những ước tính về một tương lai đen tối của Việt Nam dưới chế độ cộng sản toàn trị, từ hai mươi năm trước, đã diễn ra như một hiện thực đau lòng hiện nay làm cho cả một dân tộc đang lâm vào cảnh khốn cùng thật bi đát.
Chiếc đầu tàu CSVN đang đưa đất nước vào vực thẳm, nếu không có một phép lạ như một thiên cơ huyền bí cứu vãn thì cái họa mất nước khó mà tránh khỏi. Thiên cơ ai mà lường trước được? Nhưng phép lạ thường diễn ra.
Xin mời đọc một bài viết về một khúc quanh của lịch sử Việt Nam sau chiến tranh dưới đây.
Over the past two decades, Asian countries in the Pacific rim have developed at an accelerate space, so much so that the world has marveled at their transformation. According to official statistics, the economic growth rate of the most countries in this region exceeds the rest of the world by a large margin. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) is the one of the few exceptions.
The Vietnamese people, as well as their political friends and economic neighbors, all share an interest in turning Vietnam in to a free, peaceful and prosperous country. But is there any chance for the country join the rest of the region on the road to development? The answer was yes, especially after the United States of America lifted its embargo against Vietnam in March 1994. However, the obstinate aptitude of the communist Party of Vietnam’s leaders and their limited reform policies since 1986 have been the main obstacles of the country’s modernization.
After a decade of observing the economic reform in Vietnam, the majority of the world economic experts and political analysts predict that their will be no economic modernization in Vietnam. Nor will the nation have prosperity without freedom and democracy. Although many of them admit that Vietnam, in the past ten years, had made a number steps in its movement from Socialist economy to Market economy. Experts argue that the issue is still fundamental unchanged since the Communist leaders are neither able to solve the pretty of the mass of Vietnamese people nor capable of assuring the future destiny of the country. The Communist leaders in Vietnam believe that their “economic renovation” is an ideal “socialist-oriented economy”, which brings modernization to the nation and prosperity to the people. On the contrary, many Vietnamese intellectuals in exile deny this argument. They accuse Hanoi-leaders of “trying to consolidate the devastated Communist regime in Vietnam while attempting to exploit its geopolitic position in Asia-Pacific and its human and natural resources for their own greed of wealth, prosperity and power. Their economic reforms set up a new class of Red-Capitalists in Vietnam.
In reality, the economic reforms in Vietnam are very complicate and comprehensive. It is not the purpose of this paper to discuss these controversial arguments, but the purpose is to assess Vietnam’s chances in joining the Asian economic matters for a viable economic reform and development.
I. Overview of the Vietnam Situation after the war-end in April 1975.
1.1. Economic reforms in Vietnam, an issue has two faces.
Before discussing economic reforms in Vietnam, recognition of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), or the Worker Party, most critical principle is essential. It is a principle that governs all activities in the government, in the nation, and within the party itself. This principle is that all official statements and documents, such as political announcements, economic statistics, reports, books, press releases, news, comments, and even laws, have been formulated, regulated and circulated as propaganda for the interests of the CPV and its leaders alone. These statements and documents are not true but paradoxical. “Paradox” therefore is the standard and is applied throughout the regime’s hierarchy from highest to lowest levels as the communist principle. Any violations of this principle by any party’s echelons or lower grades are condemned of “anti-regime”. Consequently, paradox under Vietnamese Communist regime means to exaggerate, lie, or falsify official and unofficial information which is covered under demagogic words and numbers. “Paradox” practices are followed especially in political reports and economic statistics. The highest degree of CPV’s paradox can be defined as “ an issue has two faces, one is superficial and the other is hidden.”
It is hard to understand the true causes and effects of the economic reforms in Vietnam if we do not recognize the CPV’s paradox. Indeed, the party’ s paradox was visible during the Vietnam War and from 1979 period of Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia. Recently, the CPV published an official economic book written by Đặng Đức Đàm, a member of the Central Committee of the Party and an economist. This economic book is titled “Vietnam’s Economy 1986-1995”. This book has been considered by many international economic observers as an exaggerative political and economical document. However, the economic statistic of the book will be used in this essay to continue to assess Vietnam’s economic reform chances.
1.2. Vietnam during the period 1975-1985.
a. The Vietnam War and its Aftermath:
In 1975, the Hanoi-leaders and the CPV successfully violated the Paris Accords of 1973 by attacking and occupying of South Vietnam and unified the country; Vietnam came totally under he Communist regime itch political, economical, military ladministration structure not unlike that of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). It seems that every one in the nation was working for the people. This regime created a mechanism that possibly submerge the country more deeply into the Pacific.
Reflecting back to the 1960’s, Vietnam was at the same level of economic development as that of Taiwan, Singapore, or South Korea. A war and three decades later, Vietnam has become one of poorest countries in the world, while Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea have become Giants in the Pacific Rim.
A series of critical issues have greatly influenced the economic destiny of Vietnam. The first issue is the backwardness of leadership. The evolution of Vietnam needs creative leadership, but the Vietnamese statement bury themselves in the ideology of “socialist revolution” of the past first decade of this century. It is difficult for the CPV leaders to recognize how this ideology has become, especially since the universal trend is moving toward economic integration and cooperation. Under the pressure of international events, Hanoi-leaders have gone from an extreme to another. Sometimes they adopted an attitude of self isolation and called it “independence”, boasting that they represent “the human supreme mind”. Sometimes they mobilized the whole nation to achieve “international duties”, copying the most minute details of the “Stalinist model” while regarding other countries as enemy. The backwardness of the leadership in Vietnam impeded the economic development in society and pushed the whole country towards a course of collapse.
The second issue is the extreme poverty of people. As a matter of fact, the war has devastated the whole country from the North to the South and from the cities to the rice fields. Several economic indicators such as partial starvation in the northern and central provinces, poor crops’ production, population increases, the high level of unemployment and underemployment, the high rate of inflation and deficits, chaotic distribution, and the low level of life expectancy. Among the basic issues facing Vietnam during the period 1975-1985, poverty was the most apparent and devastating.
The third issue is the deterioration of the resources and potentials. The national resources under the Vietnamese communist regime have severely misused to the point of wasting away the tremendous reservoir resources and resourceful people. first concern is the country’s youth. The youth generation is not ready to assume the role of the future generations upon which the the nation relies to rebuild. Statistics provided by an issue of the Nhan Dan Daily ((The People Daily of the CPV) in 1990 gave an alarming note on the disorientation and the lack of will of the Vietnamese youth. They have been victims of the educational, economic, and political systems in Vietnam creating a serious problem of limited future human resources. Second concern is natural resources. Natural resources have been exhaustively and disorderly exploited. This has created a tremendous threat on ecology and severely decreased the living conditions. The already limited resources ưere mostly wasted rather used. Theft of equipments and parts, and dilapidation of national assets were common practices. Last but not least, the national assets suffered great losses in important fields of cultural heritage and intellectual knowledge. This was the result of propaganda and one-way information. The Vietnamese intellectuals became more and more worn down such that the people seldom dare to think differently than that the official line on everything in life.
There are more issues, but the most important one which has retarded the Vietnamese people’s ability to rebuild their country was the ambitious outcomes of war by the CPV-leaders in Cambodia.
b. The Vietnamese Occupation of Cambodia and the Sino-Vietnamese War.
The period of 1976-1980 was presumed to a period that Hanoi-leaders would take the opportunity to rebuild their country and to improve the living standard of their people so that they would be rid of poverty and sufferings they had previously encountered. Unfortunately, under the Communist regime, everything is decided by the CPV and not the true, actual requirements of the people.
At the end of 1977, Hanoi-leaders committed an act which effectively erased all the trust of neighboring countries. The countries of ASEAN and around the world could not believe that Hanoi would decide to bring the country into war again by moving troops across the Cambodian borders and occupying Cambodia. The Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia r became the main cause of the war with the People’s Republic of China. On February 17, 1979 in order “to teach Vietnam a lesson” China launched 200,000 troops, 1,200 tanks through Vietnamese borders and attacked Vietnamese troops in their territories after Hanoi had strengthened its invasion forces to occupy Phnom Penh in January 15 (The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History, p. 1525).
Hanoi-leaders did nothing to solve their own problems within Vietnam by dragging them into war. On the contrary, it created even more internal and economic adversities for Vietnam. People were drafted in order to reinforce the occupation army in Cambodia and the armies in the north border. More budget had allocated for military and huge police army which was used to control segments of the population. Though aid was provided by the USSR and some Eastern poured aid European countries, unfortunately Vietnam had in exchange to relinquish some of its sovereignty. The CPV agreed to the USSR setting up the naval base and air base in Cam-Ranh Bay and Danang, in the interest of Soviet strategy.
After decades of continuous conflicts with millions of people engaged long term fighting and any budget fund mainly devoted to the war efforts, normalcy seemed to exclude the notion of peace. After 1975 any attempt to rebuild the country was abolished by the CPV’ s leaders themselves.
II. Economic Reforms in Vietnam from 1986-1999.
2.1. Causes:
Vietnam’s economy was greatly damage by the reduction of Soviet’s economic support, withdrawn in the early 1980’s, especially under Gorbachov’s Administration from 1985 onward. For years, the leadership in Hanoi had pursued a pro-Soviet policy and had opposed China, both before and after the Sino- Vietnamese War in 1979. To reward such loyalty, the Soviet and its allies in Eastern Europe poured aid into Vietnam. This economic aid was estimated at about 1.5 billion dollars a year from the Soviet Unions alone. Unfortunately, when it was cut, Vietnam’s economy collapsed.
As known as for 21 years, American aid had played a major role in the economic well-being of the people of the South Vietnam and their modernization efforts. In 1975, this came to an abrupt end. Four years later, in the wake of Hanoi’s invasion of Cambodia and the resulting ineffective war, China cancelled nearly 100 aid projects to Vietnam. With this, Vietnam lost its last source of reconstruction assistance.
In addition, Vietnam’s foreign deb was overwhelming. According to Nguyễn văn Linh, the former Secretary General of the CPV, during a report broadcasted by Hanoi radio on November 8th, 1986, the total amount of Vietnam-Soviet debt come to 15 billion routes, which converted to 8.4 billion dollars. To overcome this extra debt to Russia would add an extra burden to the country which already was in arrears with many other countries of the world.
The economic stringencies faced by Hanoi government during the 1975-1985 period were massive. Insufficient budget for administration needs, excessive rinsing debts, cut off in financial aid by Soviet Unions, internal economic unrest, maintaining over 1,500,000 troops, all created more problems for Hanoi-leaders. The government was forced to export labor overseas to pay off foreign debts, to use the Cambodian conflicts as an economic exchange.
The economic policies in Vietnam were changed whether the CPV want it or not. It became a matter of survival in order to save the regime.
However, according to the official media of the regime, the “economic renovation” (Đổi Mới Kinh tế) was not changed, a reform of economy, nor a transition from Socialism to Market Economy. For years, Hanoi has denied the fact that the CPV leaders were forced to change their economic policies. Officially, they stated that the “revocation” was part of the inner reasons of the CPV’s ideology. In fact, in “Vietnam’s Economy 1985-1995”, Đặng Đức Đàm has written these forewords: “Economic Renovation in Vietnam started in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. Yet until 1986 it was basically carried out within the centralized planning mechanism, with policies designed to improve and readjust it, rather than replace it with the Market Mechanism.”
In reading the foreword of his economic book, one might have the impression that the economic reforms in Vietnam was truly a “national development of the Communist economy. In addition, it appears that “Economic Renovation” was a basic thinking of Socialism or Communism!.. As Đặng confirmed father in the book, “The basic content of the policy of promoting a multi-sector economy to a socialist-oriented, multi-sector one in which the state plays a leading role.” (P.20, Vietnam’s Economy 1986-1995, Thế Giới Publishers, Hanoi 1995, Đặng Đức Đàm). This explanation of Đặng was a big lie or a propaganda catchphrase. Đặng is really a true communist leader, like others, who always labeled the CPV as the “Creator”.
2.2. Reforms’ Processes during the Period 1986-1990.
In 1986, the Sixth Convention of the CPV chose Nguyễn văn Linh as Secretary General of the Party. The “economic renovation” started immediately based on the Sixth Convention Congress Decision of the following key tenets: “The policy regarding a multi-sector economy is of long term strategy significance; it bears the character of a law governing the passage from small production to a large-scale socialist production, it reflects a democratic spirit in economics, it ensures for everybody the possibility of earning his or her live hood in keeping with the law (Đặng Đức Đam 1995, pp 19-20).
In reality, the partial economic liberalization of Vietnam was in response to the rapid deterioration of the economic situation and the pressure of the Soviet Unions. Three main programs were launched to: increase food production, increase production of consumer goods, and increase exports.
To implement these economic programs the following economic measures were introduced:
a. In Agriculture: the gradual dissolution of the collective farms with the land and agricultural implements being returned to the farmers who will hold the land under long term lease (up to 15 years); replacement of the rice quota and the force sale of rice to government agencies by a system of agricultural tax which farmers can pay either in kind or in cash; and allowing private traders to buy rice and other agricultural products.
b. In Industry and Services: opening up almost all sectors previously reserved to public enterprises to private activities and lowering the level of state support to public enterprises together with abolishing price controls and the systems of dual prices. Weakening the central system of economic planning with the individual government enterprises now being responsible for both their supplies and sale. Individual enterprises however are required to contribute to the budget an amount commensurate with their activities.
c. In Finance: establishing of a two-echelon banking system which regulates the national finances in accordance with the practice of the market economy, increasing the interest on deposit; and allowing a system of private credit cooperative to attract saving.
d. In Foreign Investment: passing a law for foreign investment opening up the country for foreign investors. (Đăng, 1995, pp. 38-48).
By mid 1989, these steps and measures of good timing succeeded in halting inflation, which stood at 4% a month, and turned around in agricultural production. However, as the end of 1990, the situation rapidly deteriorated when President Gorbachov of Russia announced his “Unilateral Convention Force Reduction” and withdrew Russian navy force from Cam-Ranh Bay, and decreased 80% of Russia’s aid to VietNam. There were serious reductions or delay in the supply of refined oil products and fertilizers. Without fertilizer and fuel the rhythmic activities of agricultural production could not be maintained.
Meanwhile, a financial scandal developed due to the lack of regulation and control. The need to keep inflation at a manageable dimension by cutting down the budget deficit had forced the Vietnamese government to cancel many vital projects needed to increase the control’s productive capacity.
As for Western investment, according to the Vietnam official figures, a total of 105 permits had been issued to foreign companies wishing to invest some 852 million dollars with about half of the fund to be in the field of oil exploitation. In announcing the above, the Nhân Dân Daily, March 12, 1990 also said none of these projects “serves the food production and infrastructure construction beside telecommunications. Moreover, 75% of these projects are located in the Southern provinces.” Whatever, the explanation might be, nobody knew for sure how many projects had been approved by the CPV’s Politburo and how many projects had been implement during the first five-year plan 1986-1990.
In trying to attract foreign investment, Hanoi has made a particular effort to invite international banks to set shop in Vietnam. Banking officials from France, The United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Indonesia are known to have visited Hanoi and Saigon (then changed the name into Ho Ci Minh City) in 1989, but nothing has come out of these visits until the United States lifted its trade embargo against Vietnam in the third month of 1994. Most of impediment can, therefore, be traced to the CPV’s own ineptitude. Even at the best times, CPV’ s leaders did not seem to know how to achieve it. They have continuously baulked at the myriads of problems that come with any project. They have continuously demonstrated unresolved doubts about what to do, which resulted in delays that no investors could tolerate.
As a matter of fact, the first five-year plan of the CPV’s “socialist-oriented economy” has failed. Besides, there were even more factors that impeded the economic reforms in Vietnam during the period 1986-1990.
III. Effects and Weaknesses
Many analysts have observed that the main factors that have impeded the “economic renovation” in Vietnam during the period 1986-1990 were: political uncertainties, the lack of environment for business, bureaucratic difficulties, the finance systems. And the poorness of the infrastructure especially transport, communications, and power generation (Lê Mạnh Hùng, Vietnam Perspective, International Conference 1990, Honolulu, Hawaii).
3.1. In Political Domain: The Cambodian conflict had brought Vietnam downhill even more. The hope of developing the country by inviting investment had not been successful even though Vietnam has a lot of valuable resources. Unfortunately, the investors have been no confidence in Vietnam future since there were many obstacles such as political incertitude of Hanoi leadership, bureaucratized cadres, and troublesome corruption of government’s officials of all levels.
3.2. In Economic Domain: The Sixth CPV’s Politburo Resolution has drafted to read: “the strategy of the renovation is to concentrate on rural areas, territorial waters, and mountainous and hilly areas; to pay great attention to rural industries; to build up a new countryside...” (Đặng, 1995, p.14). In contrary, the application of the economic reforms had shown a different direction; it concentrated on the reconstruction and the development of urban areas.The reconstruction in rural areas was neglected. As a result, Đặng described the situation as “in 1986 and 1987, agricultural production again showed signs of decline, with danger of possible recurrent stagnation. During the lean months of 1988, 9.3 million people in 21 provinces didn’t have enough food. And in many other places, the peasants were no longer attached to the land” (Đặng, p. 55). In reality, it was the time of starvation. In Thanh Hoa Province alone (South part of North Vietnam) tens of thousands of villagers became beggars causing the proud Socialist Republic of Vietnam regime to call for international food assistance. However, the various donors of the time were not convinced that their aid would really reaching the hands of Vietnamese people.
In industry, Đặng elaborated on the period of 1986-1990 by simply saying: “for Vietnamese industry, the period of low growth, that is 1990 and the years preceding it.” (p. 85). Đặng’s figures reveal total private enterprises to be 920 in 1985 with a large drop to 770 in 1990 (p.180). In five years, the private enterprises decreased by 150 units, or 17%, essentially revealed the failure of the “economic renovation”. Especially, the number of private enterprises in food production and food stuff had gravely decreased from 320 to 223 units, 36%, and from 246 to 130 units, 46%, respectively. However, the private enterprises in material construction had augmented from 64 to 131 units, or 51%. The CPV’s leaders ignored the consummation of food of the Vietnamese mass but took care of the living condition of their party’s cadres. These figures gives us a more example of the CPV’ s paradox.
The fact is, during this period of time, about fifty percent of “State Enterprises” have been transformed into “Private Enterprises” with full CPV’ s cadres control covered under the paradoxical name “private owners” (in the ensuing five-year plan the percentage have gradually increased). This means, with some CPV’ s resolutions and and government’ s degrees issued, Hanoi leaders have officially plunged the national assets without guilt and shameless. These private owners --all were family members or relatives of CPV’ leaders from the Central Committee to the Politburo-- have received more funds subsidized from National Bank than other State enterprises. They have full liberty to manage their “new businesses” without any control of the Party except for the secret promise of sharing the benefits reasonably between themselves. This economical paradox should be recognized to comprehend how the “socialist oriented economy”, or the “economic renovation” in Vietnam, during its course of implement, has led the Communist leaders and cadres to become “Red Capitalists”...
The failure of the “economic renovation” during the period 1986-1990 was even more apparent by trade deficits as follows: in 1986, deficit of 627 million US dollars; in 1987, 524 million; and in 1988, 625 million (Lê Mạnh Hùng, International Convention ơn December 6 & 7, 1990 in Honolulu, Hawaii). The national debts increased gravely but the CPV ‘s leaders and cadres were more richer and richer year after year.
IV. Progresses of the Economic Reforms, Period 1991-1995.
In 1991, real changes started when the Communist Party’s Seventh Convention has replaced Nguyễn văn Linh by Đỗ Mười as Secretary General of the Party and assigned Võ văn Kiệt as Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam’s Government. These decisions were viewed as a big step for the economic reforms. Võ văn Kiệt was a Southern-born intellectual and became the real salvation of the CPV, it’s regime and its economic renovation which was in critical situation in 1990. Kiệt was a liberal power that helped to open the door to the new concept of diplomacy and economy from the region and the world. But the most important factors that assisted in the growth of the Vietnamese economy included:
4.1. Vietnam, under the pressure of the United Nations, withdrew its troops from Cambodia in 1990-1991
4.2. The United States lifted its trade embargo against Vietnam in early March 1994.
4.3. World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) began to help Vietnam to rebuild its national economy. While, the political and economic tumble of the Communism in Europe and the collapse of the USSR left Vietnam without financial friends and allies, therefore, the CPV was obliged to open to the capitalist world, at least in the economic matter.
In reality, it is significant that the reaction projected by Hanoi-leaders to the changes occurring in the Western European countries was not one of being particularly overjoyed.
On the contrary, they were quite worried that the events in these countries might set an example, causing similar changes in Vietnam as well. This was a clear sign that the Hanoi-leaders clung to the Socialist Communism doctrine rather than welcome any changes, except economic change. International analysts labeled this Vietnam phenomenon as a “lame horse” or “half-way reform”. Some economic reforms might temporarily help the regime but will not grant the long term prosperity for the Vietnamese people.
So far, the economic reforms have had limited results. At the end 1995, the country counted more than 25, 000 undertakings had been started including: state enterprises, joint-stock companies, limited liability companies, and private enterprises. The most visible progresses were observed four areas: agriculture, industry, services, and investments.
In general, over recent years, under the Võ văn Kiệt Administration, industrial production in Vietnam had achieved fairly growth rates which were relatively similar in most branches. in 1994, total output value increased 14% compared with previous years. State-owned enterprises continued to hold a leading position in high-tech/capital-intensive industries. However, non-state enterprises had been increased from 770 units in 1990 to 4,212 in 1993 and to 18, 697 in 1994. More than 50% of these enterprises had an average of fixed assets of more than 500 million đồng (Vietnamese basic-currency), which was about 1 million US dollars at the time and an average of floating capital of more than 260 million đồng. About 100 units had a fixed assets from 1 to 2 billion đồng. Their activities were mainly concentrated in commerce and industry. “Some of them are former state enterprises endowed with material and technological installations, good management and qualified employees,” said Đặng (pp.24-25).
4.4. Foreign investment and Trades: To meet the demand of capital for economic development, Võ văn Kiệt Administration had encouraged foreign direct investment (FDI) and direct investment through development credit. In general, funds and capitals were coming from foreign investment and loans from the community of international financial organizations such as World Bank, IMF, and Bank of Asia. the evolution towards an open economy in Vietnam was becoming more and more in evidence since international trades had been emerged since 1994.
a. Foreign investment: Since the execution of new law, foreign investments and joint venture increased considerably. In 1994, investment licenses totaled to nearly 4 billion US dollars, a 50% rise above 1993, that created new jobs for 650 thousand people, and hidden jobs for another 100 thousand. Also in 1994 there were 214 projects investing in the fields on industry, such as oil and gas and material construction with an annual of 44% increase, 36 projects investing in tourism and hotels reached 25% of the total capital invested. Taiwan was the leading investing country with more than 180 projects and nearly 2 billion US dollars invested; Hong Kong was second with 170 projects with a total of 1.7 billion US dollars; followed by Singapore, South Korea, and Japan.
Since the lifting of US trade embargo against Vietnam (March 1994), relations between Vietnam and economic organizations of the United States and the European countries moved ahead. American companies total investment increased up to 2.7 billion US dollars. The investment level of Western and Northern European countries has grown considerably (Đặng, pp.46-48).
b. Improvement of International Trades: Basically, the activities of external economy in the recent past were realized in accordance with the Prime Minister Võ văn Kiệt and his administration’s team economic-plan, which based on the “open market”, instead of the CPV Politburo’s policy. Generally, Vietnam external economy has taken remarkable steps in development of space, depth, and expansion. Specialized exports imports enterprises whether private or State-owned have the equal right of direct export of their products to foreign markets, and to import raw materials and machines for their businesses. Therefore, imports and exports really created advantages for businesses and truly stimulated exports.
In summary, at the end of the second five-year plan of 1991-1995, Vietnam began achieve stabilization and growth. Conditions have been formulated for a brighter economy in the future. However, history of economic development in Vietnam under the socialist regime has proved otherwise...
V. Outcomes:
The transition from Socialism to Market Economy in Vietnam under Võ văn Kiệt Administration has made great progresses to help the economic development of the country and perhaps it has promised better better living conditions for the people. However, many politicians in the world have observed that the recent upheaval in Eastern Europe hardened the Hanoi’s dogmatism. Therefore, in their economic openness they did not hide the desire to have “capitalist money” poured in to revamp their “socialist regime”. But when Võ văn Kiệt and his administration’s team succeeded in allowing an “open market” to exist, political-struggle within the Vietnamese Communist Regime surfaced.
Conflicts have spread among top leaders of the CPV, especially between conservatives (pro-China, such as Lê Đức Anh, State President; Đỗ Mười, CPV’s Secretary General) and liberal (pro-Western capitalist countries, such as Võ văn Kiệt, Prime Minister; Phan văn Khải, First Vice Prime Minister). Conflicts also spread widely among top communist cadres like those between the North and the South and/or between young liberal technocrats, professional experts and conservative old leaders from all levels. The Herald International Tribune on July 3rd, 1996 summarized the situation as “the conflicts of power in Vietnam is not the split between conservatives and liberals among the CPV ‘s leaders on economic reforms, but on the split of power between the Politburo of the Party and the Government Administration.” Indeed, when Võ văn Kiệt seized the Administration power, the Politburo could not control the activities of Kiệt’s cabinet members. That became a contradiction of the communist dictatorial system of governance.
The resulting conflicts squared off the Party-seized powers and Administration-seized powers and a dozen of top leaders of both sides were elimination or killed before the Party’s VIII Convention. Finally, during that Convention held in early June 1996, three important decisions had been issued. In view of which there were three consequences as in the followings:
5.1. The aging leadership in Hanoi still held their positions (Lê Đức Anh, Đỗ Mười and Võ văn Kiệt). It means the power-conflict would continue.
5.2. A new “Political Permanent Committee” of the CPV composed of five top leaders will decide all the nation’s activities including the national economic reforms. These five members were Đỗ Mười, Lê Đức Anh, Võ văn Kiệt, and two new facesGeneral Lê Khả Phiêu -President of the CPV’s Military Committee- and Nguyễn Tấn Dũng -Vice Minister of Interior. Among them, three were conservatives with Kiệt and Dung as liberals from the South. It means that the Government Administrative branch cannot carry out its dogmatic function with such power as in the preceding years. As a result, the total power will be returned to the Party.
5.3. A “political committee” of employees will be reorganized in any size enterprises. In any fields, including foreign investment and joint venture’s enterprises. It means the CPV will attempt to regain its power of the national business in the near future (Ngày Nay Vietnamese Journal, July 16th 1996).
These decisions would restrict and greatly impede the development of the economic reforms again by deterring any other foreign investors in Vietnam. Therefore, nobody knows the future of Vietnam, politically and economically.
In a like manner, international observers have recognized that, after ten years of economic reforms, Vietnam has “produced” more than twenty of new “red capitalists”, each owned from 1. to 1.5 billion US dollars and about 2,000 other new capitalists, each possessed from 80 to 100 million UD dollars. Their property and assets have been distributed in Vietnam, Asia, and Europe with funds deposited in international banks. They used their privileged Communist Party and administration’s positions to enrich themselves and drain national resources by doing legal business under covered of the “private enterprises”, by engaging in the black markets, through corruption and peculation. In the cities, relatives of those in top party cadres have used their influence for private gain. In rural areas collective farms were dismantled and local officials became the-backbone of the new “rural bourgeoisies (Hawaii news, Vietnamese bimonthly, Dec.15, 1996; p.33).
So “the savage capitalism that operates under the cloak of a socialist market economy is ushering in more intensive form of explosion, greater alienation, enormous gaps between rich and poor, and growing economic and social differences between town and countryside,” said Maurice Meisner, professor of history at University of Wisconsin (Business Week, January 13, 1997; p.18).
Moreover, the deteriorating relationship between the people and its government will eliminate the notion of State and Nation. The bond and trust necessary for the normal societal functioning have evaporated. Consequently, the sense of community once characterizing Vietnamese society has faded away, replaced by selfish interests and short-sighted economic decisions. This mentality will have a long lasting effect on the grassroots people of Vietnam and hinder any revival economic efforts.
Some have argued that economic modernization will likely lead to political democracy, but others do not believe so, for there is no economic modernization without freedom and democracy. For this reason, the prerequisite conditions for any amelioration of the situation in Vietnam are basic changes in politics. First of all, there must be an end to the communist monopoly. Political democracy must be restored as right of everyone.
Once the dictatorship, proletarian or whatsoever, is abolished the new political spirit will allow true national reconciliation. Accordingly, the change must involve the abolition of all systems of forced hatred and division that split the nation of Vietnam for more than half of century.
The combination of a communist bureaucracy and capitalist economics in Vietnam today, has created massive social and economic upheaval. The fear of the current leadership in Vietnam, especially after the VIII Party’s Convention, will reverse any further economic development of Vietnam, placing the whole country on a potential course of collapse and destruction with no chances of joining the Asian region in viable economic reform and development.
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Trích: “Cô Giáo Trần Thị Lam: thắc mắc biết hỏi ai?”
Sinh ra trong thời bình, đã từng tự hào vể màu cờ sắc áo, đã từng yêu đảng, yêu bác. Nhưng càng trưởng thành, tôi càng đặt ra cho mình nhiều câu hỏi thắc mắc biết hỏi ai?
Và cô giáo đặt ra 13 câu hỏi:
1-Việt Nam có 9.000 giáo sư, 24.000 tiến sĩ nhưng không có bất kỳ bằng sáng chế nào. Vậy số giáo sư, tiến sĩ đó, họ làm gì?
2-Giáo dục Việt Nam cải cách không ngừng, vậy tại sao 63% sinh viên thất nghiệp khi ra trường có việc làm?
3-Báo chí ca ngợi người Việt Nam thân thiện hiếu khách, vậy tại sao đa số du khách nước ngoài tuyên bố sẽ không quay trở lại Việt Nam lần thứ 2?
4-Đảng cộng sản Việt Nam thừa nhận rằng chưa có nhận thức rõ, cụ thể và đầy đủ về thế nào là “Nền kinh tế thị trường định hướng xã hội chủ nghĩa”, vậy rốt cuộc ai nghĩ ra mô hình này?
5-Nhiệm vụ của báo chí truyền thông là nói lên sự thật hay là nói lên những điều có lợi cho đảng?
6-Nhà nước nhận lương từ tiền thuế của dân để làm việc phục vụ nhân dân hay để cai trị nhân dân?
7-Công an là lực lượng được thành lập để bảo vệ dân hay bảo vệ chế độ?
8-Khẩu hiệu của quân đội là “trung với đảng”, vậy sao khi hy sinh lại ghi trên bia mộ là “tổ quốc ghi công” chứ không phải “đảng ghi công”?
9-Tại sao có “huân chương kháng chiến chống Pháp, chống Mỹ” mà lại không có “huân chương kháng chiến chống Tầu”?
10-Đảng cử thì đảng bầu, tại sao đảng cử lại bắt dân bầu?
11-Chủ nghĩa xã hội là chế độ ưu việt, vậy tại sao nó sụp đổ tại Nga, nơi nó được sinh ra và tại sao chỉ còn vài quốc gia theo mô hình này?
12-Tư tưởng Mác-Lenin là tư tưởng khai sáng nhân loại, vậy tại sao tượng Lenin bị phá sập tại Nga và các nước đông Âu trong tiếng hò reo của nhân dân?
13-Hồ Chí Minh từng nói: “Không, tôi chẳng có tư tưởng gì ngoài tư tưởng chủ nghĩa Mác-Lê”. Vậy giáo trình tư tưởng Hồ Chí Minh ở đâu ra?
Người Lính Cuối Cùng - Lão Mã Sơn/Trần Gò Công
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Đường Lưỡi Bò Trên Biển Đông - Đỗ Ngọc Uyển
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Hãy Giống Trống Lên - Văn Nguyên Dưỡng
Thương bãi tang điền - Văn Nguyên Dưỡng
Thử xét nghiệm cách Gieo Vần trong Thơ Mới - Văn Nguyên Dưỡng
Đầu Độc Nước Biển Miền Trung Việt Nam: TỘI ÁC DIỆT CHỦNG (The Crime of Genocide) - Đỗ Ngọc Uyển
Vật lý học lượng tử và Phật giáo - Phạm Xuân Yêm
Câu Chuyện 2 Bé Gái Dưới Chân Đồi Đồng Long - An Lộc ( 1972 )
Chiến Tranh Và Tình Yêu
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Dân Chủ Hoá Việt Nam: Một Xu Thế Lịch Sử Không Thể Đảo Ngược.
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Địa Đạo Củ Chi hay Mật Khu Hố Bò
Trần Văn Thạch - Nhà Đấu Tranh Lỗi Lạc Và Dũng Cảm.
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H.O.: Một Sự Lộng Giả Thành Chân - Đỗ Ngọc Uyển
Mang Bọn Tội Phạm VIỆT CỘNG Ra Trước Công Lý Quốc Tế - Đỗ Ngọc Uyển
Tội Ác Thủ Tiêu Mất Tích 165,000 Quân Dân Cán Chính VNCH - Đỗ Ngọc Uyển
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DỰ LUẬT H.O. của Ông NGUYỄN NGỌC BÍCH và Bà KHÚC MINH THƠ - Đỗ Ngọc Uyển
Người Tù Cải Tạo - Đỗ Ngọc Uyển
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Ensure development doesn’t go against the flow of Himachal rivers, activists ask govt
Activists staged a dharna and sent a 10-point memorandum to the CM demanding clean and free-flowing Himalayan rivers
By Rajeev Khanna
Last Updated: Wednesday 06 February 2019
Activists protest in Dharamshala on February 5, 2019. Credit: Rajeev Khanna
More than 100 activists staged a dharna and observed a token fast in Himachal Pradesh’s Dharamshala on February 5, 2019, demanding clean and free flowing Himalayan rivers. They also sent a memorandum to Chief Minister Jairam Thakur drawing his attention to the crisis the rivers are facing owing to unprecedented development, particularly the numerous hydropower projects, and severe lack of monitoring by the regulatory authorities.
“These urgent problems have several ecological, social, cultural and economic impacts and these are becoming irreversible,” read the memorandum.
The activists said hydroelectric power projects, dumping of industrial waste, unregulated urbanisation and tourism and illegal sand and stone mining are going on near the rivers without any planning, environment impact assessment and carrying capacity studies. “Climatic changes are leading to extreme weather events and a decline in river discharge. The rate of de-glaciation in ecologically fragile regions shows that we need to act fast to protect our water sources, which are our life lines. We believe that until and unless a larger policy change occurs there is little or no hope to save the Himalayan rivers,” the activists mention in the memorandum.
The memorandum contains a 10-point wish list which the activists want the government to act upon.
One of them is that small streams and tributaries need to be marked for their fragility to ensure their sustained flow because they support ecological diversity and livelihoods. “Thriving fish farms on the river, small home-based eco-tourism initiatives and cultural preservation, all become possible in such an environment. These need to be declared as a ‘no-go zone’ not just for hydro projects but also for large scale sand mining, polluting industries and unplanned construction of both roads and buildings and rising burden of tourism,” the memorandum says.
Another demand is that rivers like Chenab and Satluj in upper Kinnaur and Spiti, which are still free flowing and are in ecologically fragile regions, should also be declared as eco-sensitive zones and no-go for major construction activities.
The activists also want public consultation in the state and conduction of cumulative environment impact assessment studies (CEIA) for all river basins in an independent, thorough and multi-disciplinary fashion before building any dams and hydropower projects.
The memorandum points out that while the draft report for Satluj, Chenab and Beas are already complete, locals were hardly consulted for Satluj and not at all for the other two. “These studies have become mere formalities as the process of giving environment and forest clearances for hydropower projects have been de-linked from the CEIA process. The government can also consider carrying out a citizen’s referendum,” the memorandum reads.
They also urge that the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and the high court be strictly followed when it comes to sand and stone mining.
The lack of controlled and regulated construction and tourism is degrading the state’s rivers, say the protesting activists. “Four-lane road projects and blindly widening roads are not only damaging forests, but also increasing erosion and the siltation on rivers. Since the sewerage system in the state’s urban areas is highly inadequate, rivers become the dumping ground for untreated sewage,” the document points out.
They have also called for stringent action against those dumping industrial effluents in rivers particularly in industrial pockets of Baddi Barotiwala Nalagarh and Paonta Sahib and that pollution be treated at source.
The activists blame Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board (HPPCB) and Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) departments for working to make the developers’ lives easy. “The amendments in the Hydropower Policy of 2006 made in 2014 and 2016 need to be withdrawn as they dilute the process of No Objection Certificates (NOCs) from these departments prior to approval of hydro projects,” the memorandum states.
Also, river flow should be monitored to ensure they are not plugged with projects and there’s a need for combined protection of rivers and forests. “The Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006, if implemented in full spirit, will strengthen community control and ownership over forests around river basins (which mostly fall under the category of ‘Forest lands’). This would also mean having the responsibility of conserving and protecting these resources. Unfortunately, the Himachal government has the poorest track record in FRA implementation with the state and forest bureaucracy impeding rather than facilitating the filing of claims process,” the activists say.
They also demand action plans for each of the river basins with the involvement of local community, women representatives, citizens groups, environmentalists and experts, along with chosen government departments.
“It is only through a political commitment towards a policy shift as well as a new initiative in environment governance, that we can protect the natural heritage and the lifelines of the state,” reads the memorandum.
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Suit: Apple Slowed iPhones
CHICAGO (AP) -- IPhone owners from several states sued Apple Inc. for not disclosing sooner that it issued software updates deliberately slowing older-model phones so aging batteries lasted longer, saying Apple's silence led them to wrongly conclude that their only option was to buy newer, pricier iPhones.
The allegations were in a lawsuit filed Thursday in Chicago federal court on behalf of five iPhone owners from Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and North Carolina, all of whom say they never would have bought new iPhones had Apple told them that simply replacing the batteries would have sped up their old ones. The suit alleges Apple violated consumer fraud laws.
A similar lawsuit was filed Thursday in Los Angeles. Both suits came a day after Apple confirmed what high-tech sleuths outside the company already observed: The company had deployed software to slow some phones. Apple said it was intended as a fix to deal with degraded lithium-ion batteries that could otherwise suddenly die.
"Our goal is to deliver the best experience for customers, which includes overall performance and prolonging the life of their devices," an Apple statement said. It said it released the fix for iPhone 6, iPhone 6s and iPhone SE and later extended it to iPhone 7. Apple didn't respond to a message Friday seeking comment.
The Chicago lawsuit suggests Apple's motive may have been sinister, though it offers no evidence in the filing.
"Apple's decision to purposefully ... throttle down these devices," it says, "was undertaken to fraudulently induce consumers to purchase the latest" iPhone.
Plaintiff Kirk Pedelty, of North Carolina, contacted Apple as his frustration grew. However, the lawsuit says: "Nobody from Apple customer support suggested that he replace his battery to improve the performance of his iPhone. ... Frustrated by slowdowns and intermittent shutdowns of his iPhone 7, Pedelty purchased an iPhone 8."
The lawsuit seeks class-action status to represent thousands of iPhone owners nationwide.
Creative Strategies analyst Carolina Milanesi said she believes the tech giant was seeking to help consumers extend the lives of the older phones -- though it would have been better to disclose what it was doing and why right away.
"Even if you are trying to do something good for your customers, it is going to be perceived as you are sneaking around behind their backs if you don't tell them about it first," she said.
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San Francisco Unified selects School Loop as school-to-home communications solution for San Francisco schools
Kati Elliott
KEHCommunications
kati@kehcomm.com
San Francisco, CA –– September 14, 2009 –San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is implementing a new school-to-home communication solution that will solve the district’s problems in communicating with a population that speaks more than twenty languages. SFUSD chose School Loop, a K-12 software company that keeps all parties in the loop regardless of language or computer access.
After completing a successful 20-school pilot of School Loop last Spring, San Francisco Unified is rolling out School Loop to its 111 schools, 55,000 students, and their parents in the Fall of 2009. Response from the pilot school teachers has been very strong and the district is providing many incentives to encourage all of its teachers to participate in School Loop.
School Loop is an online system that makes it easy for teachers to publish assignments, grades and attendance, and even easier for parents to get the information they need. Each night, School Loop sends a custom email to each parent and student with the student’s assignments calendar, attendance and current grades. "San Francisco is a true melting pot and School Loop was designed to reach out across all divides to help all parents stay in the loop about their children’s education," said School Loop CEO Mark Gross.
With School Loop partner TeleParent (www.teleparent.net), teachers can use School Loop to reach parents who don’t speak English. While parents who subscribe to School Loop receive the nightly email, parents who don’t subscribe receive a phone call in their native language letting them know if there is an upcoming test, an important assignment, or if their student’s grade is trending up or down.
"When I was a teacher I found my scarcest commodity was time. When I founded School Loop, I had as my mission saving educators time while helping them communicate efficiently with all parents. Our technology has allowed this mission to become a reality," says Gross.
About San Francisco Unified School District
Founded in 1851, San FranciscoUnifiedSchool District educates approximately 55,000 of San Francisco‘s pre-school, elementary, middle and high school students at 34 preschools, 102 K-12 schools, 8 county/court schools, and 9 charter schools. The mission of the San FranciscoUnifiedSchool District is to provide each student with an equal opportunity to succeed by promoting intellectual growth, creativity, self-discipline, cultural and linguistic sensitivity, democratic responsibility, economic competence, and physical and mental health so that each student can achieve his or her maximum potential.
About School Loop
School Loop, Inc. is a San Francisco-based online communication system for K-12 school districts that keeps everyone in the loop. From websites to gradebooks, from email to interventions, School Loop is an integrated solution designed specifically for K-12 school districts. Born in a teacher’s classroom in 2004, School Loop today serves over 1000 schools in 100 districts in 20 states. Many of California‘s largest districts are customers of School Loop, including San Francisco, Long Beach, Elk Grove, Capistrano, and Los Angeles.
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Sky Bet EFL: Team of New Year
2016 went out with a bang just a few short days ago, and the EFL is up and running in 2017.
The New Year period is a busy one with teams facing two matches in a matter of days, so we’ve selected a Team of New Year, pulling together 11 players and a manager who excelled across the two matchdays.
And here it is…
Goalkeeper: Jak Alnwick (Port Vale)
Alnwick continued his impressive form this season with clean sheets to end 2016 and begin 2017.
After keeping out Chesterfield in a 1-0 win, the goalkeeper excelled away at Oldham Athletic to earn the Valiants a hard-earned point in a goalless draw.
Defender: Amari’i Bell (Fleetwood Town)
Fleetwood climbed into Sky Bet League One’s top six with back-to-back wins over the New Year period.
Bell helped the Cod Army to two clean sheets, and his cross provided the match-winning goal against Shrewsbury Town in a second successive 1-0 victory.
Defender: Chey Dunkley (Oxford United)
Oxford are another side to record consecutive clean sheets, keeping Walsall at bay before battling past Gillingham.
Dunkley was key at both ends, showing determined defending in both games and scoring the winner at the Priestfield.
Defender: Christian Burgess (Portsmouth)
Portsmouth continued their chase of Sky Bet League Two’s top three with four points from their two New Year games.
Two clean sheets helped, with Burgess particularly impressing against Luton Town, a game in which he scored the decisive goal.
Defender: Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United)
Sheffield United moved to the top of Sky Bet League One on New Year’s Eve, when Freeman fired home a late winner against Northampton Town.
Just two days later, he was at it again, scoring as the Blades came from behind to beat Bury and extend their lead at the summit.
81' GOOOAAALLL!!! Two in two games for Freeman. 3-1 Blades #twitterbladespic.twitter.com/VHHWYhgVIT
— Sheffield United (@SUFC_tweets) January 2, 2017
Midfielder: Brennan Dickenson (Colchester United)
Dickenson took his season tally to seven with a goal in each of Colchester’s New Year triumphs.
The winger opened the scoring in the 4-2 success against Stevenage, and capped off a 2-0 win over Cheltenham Town with a late strike.
His late goal v Cheltenham has drawn @bendickenson7 level with @Ports100 at the top of the #ColU scorers chart. Chris is now on 7 assists! pic.twitter.com/leDiiVySbC
— Colchester United FC (@ColU_Official) January 3, 2017
Midfielder: Oliver Rathbone (Rochdale)
Rochdale recorded a 10th consecutive home win to end 2016, with Rathbone producing a Man of the Match performance in the 2-1 win against Shrewsbury Town.
Three days later, the midfielder impressed once more, playing his part in the second goal as Walsall fell victim to the in-form Dale.
Midfielder: Pawel Wszolek (Queens Park Rangers)
Following six straight defeats, QPR returned to winning ways with successive 2-1 victories over New Year.
Idrissa Sylla got the R’s up and running in both, but it was down to Wszolek to get them over the line, netting late winners against Wolverhampton Wanderers and Ipswich Town.
Another @IdrissaSylla40 opener ✅
Another Pawel Wszolek winner ✅
Any #QPR fans feel a sense of déjà vu today? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/JgbCvp2KF3
— QPR FC (@QPRFC) January 2, 2017
Forward: Nelson Oliveira (Norwich City)
One of three hat-trick heroes to take his place in our selection, Oliveira hit the perfect treble against Derby County.
The Portuguese front man opened the scoring with his left, and glanced home a second before firing home the third with a right-footed strike from outside the box.
Forward: Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic)
Magennis pipped Oliveira to the EFL Star of the Day on Monday, also finding the net three times in a convincing home success.
It was Bristol Rovers in the Northern Ireland international’s firing line, with Charlton running out 4-1 winners at The Valley.
Forward: Ollie Watkins (Exeter City)
Watkins turned 21 on the 30th December, and celebrated in style with a hat-trick the very next day, putting Newport County to the sword.
The forward also played his part on the Monday, when Exeter hit four again, this time against Leyton Orient.
Manager: Gareth Ainsworth (Wycombe Wanderers)
Wycombe climbed to fifth in Sky Bet League Two, after Ainsworth led his charges to wins over Cheltenham Town and Newport County.
The manager made the most of his squad, keeping his players fresh and seeing substitute Paris Cowan-Hall net as they turned things around against the Exiles.
The Chairboys’ boss also reached a managerial landmark, taking charge of his 200th and 201st league games over the New Year period.
Sounds pretty impressive when you put it like that... https://t.co/8WmT4Lq2Sz
— Wycombe Wanderers (@wwfcofficial) January 2, 2017
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DuPage Sports Commission Launches with New and Returning Sports Events
OAK BROOK, IL — DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau (DCVB) Chairman Larry Forssberg, and Executive Director Beth Marchetti today celebrated the official launch of the DuPage Sports Commission during an educational forum with 90 industry partners at Cantigny Park in Wheaton, IL. Three new sports events and one returning event are expected to deliver nearly $2 million in new revenue for DuPage by 2022. The plan to launch the Sports Commission was first announced by the organization in April 2019. Investing in sports tourism, one of the fastest growing sectors in the travel industry, is a key initiative of the organization’s master plan for the future as it provides for greater opportunity to grow visitation to and secure new tax revenue for DuPage County.
“The DuPage CVB’s sales and marketing strategies impact hundreds of businesses, contribute to resident quality of life, and to the county’s economy,” said Forssberg. “Continued investment in all segments of the tourism industry, and county-wide collaboration will ultimately ensure this powerful economic engine continues to deliver massive returns for DuPage. By launching the DuPage Sports Commission, we have created a recognizable and regionally led brand on behalf of our sports assets and partners as we aggressively work to advance DuPage’s presence in this highly competitive industry.”
New events booked by the DuPage Sports Commission and announced today, include: Intelligentsia Cup / DuPage Triple Crown, July 2019 – For the first time in the series history, the 2019 Intelligentsia Cup, a cycling competition with more than 900 amateur and professional cyclists, is adding a third stop in DuPage County with the addition of the Lombard Cycling Classic (July 23), complementing the Ray Whalen Builders Tour of Lake Ellyn (July 20) and the Superior Ambulance Elmhurst Cycling Classic (July 26), to form the “DuPage Triple Crown.” USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships, December 2020 – making its return to the Chicago region for the first time since 1969, this six-day event represents the largest USA Cycling national championship event and is expected to draw more than 5,000 visitors. Races will be held from dawn to dusk at Cantigny Park in Wheaton on a customized cyclocross course through the Park’s unique landscapes and features.
United States Bowling Congress Convention (USBC), April 2021 – in association with the USBC Women’s Championship 2021 at Stardust Bowl in Addison, the largest women’s championship sports event in the world, this annual convention represents more than 1,000 attendees and will be held at the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center in Lombard. Returning to DuPage for the first time since 2017: National Travelers Bowling League, June 2022 -- the annual convention and tournament returns to DuPage with more than 400 bowlers participating in a week-long competition at Stardust Bowl in Addison, IL. The DuPage CVB has booked more than 60 sports events and tournaments over the past four years, which represent more than 60,000 visitors who generated more than 74,000 hotel overnight stays and an estimated $12.5 million in direct spending. “DuPage has a solid foundation of sports events that generate visitation and economic impact for communities throughout DuPage,” said Marchetti. “Investing in sports tourism is an opportunity to further build upon the already significant legacy of sports in DuPage, and with the growth in amateur sports, the FMC Natatorium at Ty Warner Park in Westmont and the soccer fields in Oak Brook provide a wonderful foundation to continue this legacy.”
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Due to the influx of refugees in Italy, the Sicilian Mafia is fighting African gangs in a desperate move to maintain supremacy. They have now declared “war” against migrants.
Recently, a 21-year-old Gambian man was shot in the head by a local mobster. The incident took place in Ballaró, where the migrant population dramatically increased from five to 25% since the migrant crisis began. The vicious attack was an example of the violence gripping the island, and people fear that it will soon spiral out of control.
Source: Polizia
One thousand immigrants arrive in the Palermo, Sicily every week causing the immigration to soar by 90% during the first quarter of the year.
Source: Roland Hoskins
Last week alone, approximately 6,000 refugees came to the island within three days.
Leoluca Orlando, the mayor of Palermo said:
“’Palermo is no longer an Italian town. It is no longer European. You can walk in the city and feel like you’re in Istanbul or Beirut.
“In the past, when the Mafia was more powerful, it prevented any immigrants from entering the city. Until I was 30 years old, I never saw an African or Asian in Palermo.
“The Mafia has not understood that the city has changed. We are now a city of immigrants, and the Mafia bosses no longer sit in the mayor’s chair.
“Palermo is a Middle Eastern town in Europe. It is a mosaic city, and we are happy about that.”
But the Cosa Nostra are not ecstatic about it. African criminal gangs have allegedly entered Sicily along with the law-abiding migrants, and they have started to operate “on Mafia doorstep.” The mobsters also claim that the authorities were targeting their activities but were leaving the African gangs alone.
The round of violence started last month when the police seized Pub Ballaró, a Mafia-owned bar, and handed the business to legitimate entrepreneurs.
Source: Jake Wallis Simons for Mail Online
According to the Daily Mail, the notorious groups are now engaged in a deadly turf war.
Two weeks ago, Yusupha Suso, 21, was shot in the head by a local mobster named Emanuele Rubino
Source: Facebook/ Yusupha Suso
The assassin, 28-year-old Emanuele Rubino
Source: Polizia Di Stato
The shooting occurred near the Ballaró street market—one of the places where the Mafiosos collect protection money from street vendors.
The victim had been playing football at a park nearby. Mr. Suso and two of his friends were walking along Via Maqueda when an Italian man aboard an electric bicycle “intentionally” drove into them from behind in a “provocative” manner.
The men argued. The Italian told them that he knew he was outnumbered, but then said, ”soon you will see.” Minutes later, a group of at least ten thugs arrived.
In the CCTV footage below, you’ll see the fight breaking out. Mr. Suso was able to fight back and help his friends.
Emanuele Rubino left the scene to retrieve a handgun from a building nearby. He went back, chased Susso into a side street, and shot him in the head. The bullet went into Suso’s skull and out the other side, grazing but not damaging his brain.
Source: Polizia di Palermo
Rudolfo Ruperti, head of Palermo police’s Flying Squad said, “’Rubino walked 100 meters with a pistol in his hand between many people as if nobody could stop him.
“He felt so powerful that he believed he would go unpunished. He has a violent, Mafioso nature.
“At the moment Rubino is not a member of any official Mafia clan, but his bullying indicates a clear Mafioso attitude.
“His method is typically Mafioso, as he wants to show with the gun that he commands the territory, and uses the gun for a minor scuffle.
“This is his gravest crime, and he faces 16 years in prison. His criminal record includes armed bank robbery, drug dealing, and sex trafficking.
According to the mayor, Rubino was trying to establish himself as a local boss. He either intends to set up a new dynasty or join a bigger Mafia family.
Although Mr. Suso lay in a coma for four days, he was fortunate to survive the brutal attack. On the other hand, Rubino told the police that he was ”happy to go to prison for 12 years if it meant establishing a reputation as a force to be reckoned with in the Sicilian underworld.”
Vincenzo Gervasi, Mr. Suso’s lawyer, said, ”He was a guy with a big personality, a Mafia personality. He wanted to take territory from other Mafia families of Palermo. He was trying to rule Ballaró. This was his plan to win power and have a role within the Mafia world.”
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi wrote a letter to EU officials yesterday. He recommended that they fund “migration management” measures in Africa to support the influx of “economic migrants” who are unlikely to be granted asylum.
Andrea Romano, an MP for Italy’s ruling Democratic Party said:
“One of our aims is to lower levels of migration and reduce tensions in Sicily and Italy as a whole.”
“What we see in Sicily is that when the state tries to better organize the migrants, the Mafia reacts. It tries to push people against the state and the migrants because it wants the situation to remain blurred and disorganized. That allows them to take control.
“Of course, the tension is going to rise when migrant number go up. It is unavoidable in the face of such an emergency.
“We want to better organize migration to lower burden on Sicilian citizens and push for our EU partners to share the burden with Italy. We hope that will ease the situation.”
After the shooting of Yusupha Suso, thousands of protesters hit the streets of Palermo.
Source: Zuma Press/ PA Images
H/T: Daily Mail, Viral Content
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23/09/2014 2014/1164 Statement by Steven Maijoor, Chair, European Securities and Markets Authority at the ECON Committee, European Parliament 23 September 2014 Corporate Information Statement PDF
109.53 KB Dear Members of the European Parliament, Ladies and gentlemen, First of all, I would like to congratulate you on your election or re-election as a Member of the European Parliament and as a member of this important committee. Call it a “Single Capital Market” or “Capital Market Union”, the financial regulatory reform in the European Union (EU) in the last five years has made solid progress and is a decisive step towards the aim of completing the single market in financial services. This is not only a necessity to tackle failures exposed by the financial crisis, it is also a crucial part of realising the overriding objective of securing economic recovery in the EU. However, it will only reach its full potential if the single rule book is applied consistently and supervised adequately so that all stakeholders can benefit from it in daily practice. ESMA plays a key role in achieving this objective, by enhancing investor protection and by promoting stable and orderly financial markets in the EU. Since its inception three and a half years ago, ESMA has contributed to the creation of an EU single rulebook by developing technical standards and guidelines, and by assisting the European Institutions, and the European Commission in particular, in providing technical advice on such areas as: over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, hedge funds and private equity, short selling, high frequency trading, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), investment advice and financial information. In the last 12 months, ESMA finalised 22 technical standards and pieces of technical advice to the European Commission, as well as seven sets of guidelines, in order to complete the legal framework in areas such as Credit Rating Agencies, prospectuses, market infrastructures, European Social Entrepreneurship Funds and European Venture Capital Funds. We are currently translating the recently agreed MiFID II/MiFIR requirements into practically applicable rules. I will not run through all the work we have done on the single rulebook in that time as you can find an overview and some statistics in the Annex to my Statement which was distributed to you. I would like to stress that throughout the entire policy process we engage as much as possible with all relevant stakeholders – through hearings, direct meetings and consultations. We have – and will continue – to interact with many stakeholder associations representing consumers, investors and market participants - and solicit the views of ESMA’s Securities and Markets Stakeholders Group (SMSG). To mention two examples, right now we are assessing the almost 800 responses we have received to our MiFID II discussion and consultation papers and ESMA has received more than 1500 questions on the implementation of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). ESMA has successfully developed a regime of direct supervision at EU level. We supervise 23 credit rating agencies by conducting thematic investigations, on-site visits, analysing the information CRAs provide to the public and by monitoring the implementation of remedial action plans. In June this year, ESMA concluded its first enforcement action and issued a public notice censuring Standard & Poor’s Credit Market Services France SAS and Standard & Poor’s Credit Market Services Europe Limited (S&P) for failing to meet certain organisational requirements. EMIR brings more transparency to derivatives markets by introducing mandatory reporting to trade repositories (TRs). Since November 2013, six repositories have been registered and are now supervised by ESMA. Since reporting under EMIR went live, derivatives trade data has flowed into the repositories: as of 30 June 2014, more than 1 billion new trades have been reported to the TRs. Regulators now have access, or are in the process of establishing access, to derivatives data which should help in providing a clearer picture on the risks associated with those markets. On identifying risks to investor protection and stability, ESMA has substantially improved its data and intelligence gathering capabilities. Risks in securities markets are, for example regularly, identified and reported on in ESMA’s Trend, Risk and Vulnerabilities Report. Concerning the convergence of supervisory practices we have employed a range of instruments, including Q&As, opinions and peer reviews. Regarding peer reviews, we have strengthened our methodology, including the more frequent use of on-site visits. More generally, with the reform of financial markets moving from legislation to implementation, supervisory convergence will become a higher priority in ESMA’s activities and we will increase our resources allocated to this area. That brings me to the last topic I would like to raise, which I also brought to this Committee’s attention last year, the need for a stable budget. Today, our funding comes from a combination of the EU budget, levies on the financial market entities that we supervise directly, and the Member States’ national competent authorities. We are concerned that an increasing budget contribution from national competent authorities might pose undue difficulties to their functioning. This would run counter to the reinforcement of securities markets regulation and supervision at both EU and national level as envisaged in the regulatory reform programme. ESMA’s funding should guarantee its independence and not create potential undue influence. Therefore, we believe that the co-legislators should consider increasing the funding ESMA receives from financial market entities which require ESMA’s intervention and to increase the Union’s share in ESMA’s budget through an independent budget line directly adopted by the co-legislators. Thank you for your attention.
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The Board of Supervisors of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has appointed the following individuals to serve as chairs of its standing committees:
Hannelore Lausch, Executive Director of the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin), Germany, will chair the Market Data Standing Committee;
Cyril Roux, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI, will chair the Investment Management Standing Committee; and
Merel van Vroonhoven, Chair of the Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM), Netherlands, will chair the Investor Protection and Intermediaries Standing Committee.
The standing committees are expert groups drawn from ESMA staff and the national competent authorities for securities markets regulation in the Member States, and are responsible for the development of policy in their respective areas. The appointments are for a period of two years and commence with immediate effect.
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This statement provides an update on the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) work in relation to the sale of contracts for differences (CFDs), binary options and other speculative products to retail investors.
ESMA has been concerned about the provision of speculative products such as CFDs, rolling spot forex and binary options to retail investors for a considerable period of time and has conducted ongoing monitoring and supervisory convergence work in this area. In this context, ESMA has previously published a number of Q&As on CFDs and other speculative products[1] to foster supervisory convergence, having established a CFD Task Force in July 2015, and also issued a further investor warning on the sale of CFDs, binary options and other speculative products in July 2016[2].
However, ESMA remains concerned that these supervisory convergence tools may not be sufficiently effective to ensure that the risks to consumer protection are sufficiently controlled or reduced. ESMA is therefore discussing the possible use of its product intervention powers under Article 40 of MiFIR to address investor protection risks in relation to CFDs, rolling spot forex and binary options.
ESMA is in the process of discussing the possible use of its product intervention powers under Article 40 of MiFIR, the possible content of any such measures, and how they could be applied. However, ESMA can confirm that the measures being discussed for (i) CFDs and rolling spot forex and (ii) binary options include proposals that take into account a number of measures that have been adopted or publicly consulted on by EU National Competent Authorities. These measures include leverage limits, guaranteed limits on client losses, and / or restrictions on the marketing and distribution of these products.
In accordance with Article 40 of MiFIR, any intervention measures must be approved by the ESMA Board of Supervisors and can only come into effect from 3 January 2018 at the earliest[3].
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This Is What Happens When You Get Caught Red-Handed Stealing Your Wife's Shampoo
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By Jonathan Evans
If you live with someone—wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, partner, roommate, etc.—there's a pretty good chance you've appropriated his or her shower supplies a few times. What, are you really going to get out of the shower to grab a new bottle of shampoo when there's a perfectly suitable one right there at your fingertips?
Actually, you might find yourself taking the time to towel off and get your own product when you consider the story of 32-year-old British bus driver Simon Ford. His wife Louise had already warned him about swiping her shampoo, but when he had to get ready for an early shift at work, he went ahead and used the bottle she'd left in the shower anyway. Except it wasn't shampoo, it was pink hair dye. Here's what happened:
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Louise had been using the semi-permanent dye to tint the ends of her hair and forgot to put it away. Simon, half-asleep, didn't read the label. "I can be a bit lazy in the mornings, so... I just grabbed what was there and went for it," he told BT.com. The mix-up left him with bright pink hair, stained palms, and a magenta halo around his forehead.
To be fair, Simon blames himself for the whole affair. "I suppose it is my fault because I always steal her shampoo and she has shouted at me often enough," he continued. "But I didn't think I was going to get caught like this."
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Dubai favourites Gaia, Scalini open in Jeddah
But it's only for a limited amount of time
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Two of Dubai's favourite restaurants have opened pop-ups in Jeddah as part of the Saudi Seasons festival. The pop-ups will be located in separate venues across the city, and also included is L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, the brain-child of the late Michelin Star Chef, as well as Dubais'sresolutely Italian restaurant Scalini and home-grown Greek-Mediterranean estiatorio, GAIA.
Named the “chef of the century” by the Gault et Millau cooking guide in 1990, Robuchon was renowned for his innovative and exquisite approach to French cuisine. Located in the Assila Hotel, the pop-up will incorporate signature aspects of the global Robuchon brand, including allowing customers to observe the preparation of their dishes and select the menu according to their appetite.
Since opening in 2018, Greek-Mediterranean concept GAIA has fast become one of Dubai’s most successful restaurants, based on its beautiful blend of culture and cuisine. Created in partnership with celebrated Chef Izu Ani, the estiatorio incorporates each aspect of Greek culture entwined with modern tastes, preferences and ambiance. GAIA will be located on the picturesque Obhor waterfront throughout the Jeddah Season.
As one of the first Italian restaurants to open in London in 1988, Scalini acted as a catalyst for the popularity of Italian cuisine in the UK. Following its expansion to Dubai almost thirty years after it was established, the brand will now journey to the Jeddah waterfront for an exciting pop-up. Guests can enjoy signature dishes such as the Veal Milanese, Lobster Linguine and the Paccheri with layers of black truffle.
Evgeny Kuzin, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Bulldozer Group said, “We are so proud to be able to play a part in such an exciting initiative, and to bring our expertise to help shape the tourism industry in Saudi Arabia. With our unique restaurant pop-ups, we aim to bring a world-class dining experience to Jeddah for the first time. We have tailored each project to suit the region, in order to provide excellent service, delectable cuisine and an enjoyable ambiance for residents and tourists alike.”
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HomeLatest NewsCubs Snap 3-Game Losing Streak with Hendricks’ 8 Strong Innings Pitching and Bryant’s Homer
Cubs Snap 3-Game Losing Streak with Hendricks’ 8 Strong Innings Pitching and Bryant’s Homer
May 30, 2019 Steve Garcia Latest News, Park Forest, Sports
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By Steven S. Garcia
Houston, TX-(ENEWSPF)- The Cubs (30-23) were at Minute Maid Park last evening for the third and final game of their interleague series with the AL West-leading Houston Astros (37-10) and trying to avoid a series sweep. The Cubs hadn’t been swept since the Atlanta Braves did so in the beginning of April at SunTrust Park. Riding on a three-game losing streak, the team was in need of a solid and lengthy outing from Kyle Hendricks (4-4 3.34) to rest an already overworked bullpen.
Third-baseman Kris Bryant was back in the lineup and hitting DH Wednesday after missing the last two games following an outfield collision with Jason Heyward on Sunday.
The Northsiders jumped on the board first when Kyle Schwarber took the third pitch of the game from Wade Miley to opposite-field over the left field wall for his 10th home run of the season to put the Cubs on top 1-0.
The Astros presented a scoring threat in the bottom of the 1st when Michael Brantley hit a two-out double to left. Hendricks got Yuli Gurriel to go down looking following a passed ball to end the inning.
Two innings later in the 3rd, with two outs and the bags empty, Kris Bryant, who is having a spectacular month of May, took a 1-1 pitch from Miley deep to center just to the right of the 409ft mark for his 13th round-tripper of the year and increase the Cubs’ lead 2-0.
A scary moment occurred in the top of the 4th when Albert Almora Jr. hit a line-drive into the stands that hit a young child. As soon as Almora saw the ball hit the young girl, he was instantly distraught, fell to his knees, and started to sob. A man, presumably her father rushed her up the aisle to seek immediate medical attention. Almora was being consoled by teammate Jason Heyward, manager Joe Maddon, and Houston pitcher Wade Miley. Players from both sides could only watch in horror as to what had happened.
After a stoppage in play, Almora regained his composure and finished his at-bat and when the half-inning was over, he went over to the area where the girl was sitting to talk with the security guard how the girl was. The security guard hugged a tearful Almora with Heyward and Javier by his side.
Almora, a father of two young boys, told reporters after the game, “As soon as I hit it, the first person I locked eyes on was her. I had to keep my composure during that at-bat, but when the inning was over, I just couldn’t hold it anymore. God willing, I’ll be able to have a relationship with this little girl for the rest of my life. But just prayers right now. That’s all I could really control.”
The severity of the girl’s injuries is still unknown, but she is expected to be OK.”
After Hendricks sat down the previous seven Astros’ hitters, Houston got a run across in the 4th when Josh Reddick hit a sacrifice fly to center-field after an Alex Bregman leadoff double off the wall and a single by Michael Brantley, to score Bregman to cut the Chicago lead to 2-1.
The Astros’ Tyler White hit a leadoff double off the bottom of the wall to start the bottom of the 5th to create another scoring opportunity for Houston. Tony Kemp followed with up with a hard-hit one-hopper to David Bote who threw over to Javier Baez at 3rd to get White out at 3rd. Hendricks struck-out Derek Fisher to end the inning.
In the 7th, Hendricks hit Robinson Chirinos and Tony Kemp to put runners on 1st and 2nd. With two outs, Hendricks got Jake Marisnick to strike-out swinging to end the inning for Houston.
Hendricks left the game after eight innings allowing only 1 run on 4 hits, striking out 7 and walking 4.
Steve Cishek came in to pitch the bottom of the 9th and pitched a clean 1-2-3 inning to close it out and end the Cubs’ losing streak and collect his 5th save of the season.
Hendricks earned his 5th win of the season to improve his record to 5-4 and lowered his ERA to 3.09.
Kris Bryant said about his return, “I felt good a lot sooner than I thought. I did everything yesterday. Everything felt good. That’s all I needed to see to give me the confidence I’m totally fine. There’s a process we as players have to go through when you come out of a game with a head injury. I guess I just moreso appreciate the doctors and the league taking care of us in that way.”
“Today was the best I’ve felt mentally. Just keep it simple. Make good pitches. Today, I really did that. There were only four pitches I didn’t execute. It was the best execution I’ve had. Willy and I were just locked in together. Same page all day long. That’s where I’ve got to stay moving forward,” said Hendricks.
The Cubs have the day off today and travel to St. Louis to take on the Cardinals for a three-game series beginning tomorrow evening at 7:15 PM with Yu Darvish (2-3 5.40) vs. Miles Mikolas (4-5 4.76).
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EnglishClub > Listen to News > More Victims Accuse USA Gymnastics Doctor of Abuse
More Victims Accuse USA Gymnastics Doctor of Abuse
accuse: to claim that someone has committed a crime or wrongdoing
sentence: to state the punishment for a crime
molest: to sexually abuse
resign: to leave a position
allegations: claims of illegal acts or wrongdoings
mishandle: to not look after or respond properly or fairly
https://www.englishclub.com/efl/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/english-club-news-larry-nassar.mp3
A third group of victims is in court this week accusing USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse. Earlier this month, a sentenced Nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison for molesting 160 victims who he was to be providing medical care for. Nassar’s victims include past and present students at Michigan State University and numerous members of USA teams including gold medal winners Aly Raisman and Jordyn Wieber. All board members of USA Gymnastics have resigned following allegations that the mishandled reports of Nassar’s abuse for years.
What job did Larry Nassar hold?
Why is Nassar going to spend the rest of his life in prison?
Who resigned and why?
A third group of victims is in court this week accusing former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse. Earlier this month, a judge sentenced Nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison for molesting 160 victims who he was supposed to be providing medical care for. Nassar’s victims include past and present students at Michigan State University and numerous members of USA Gymnastics teams including gold medal winners Aly Raisman and Jordyn Wieber. All board members of USA Gymnastics have resigned following allegations that the organization mishandled reports of Nassar’s abuse for years.
Larry Nassar was the doctor for USA Gymnastics. He also worked for Michigan State University.
Nassar is going to spend the rest of his life in prison for sexually abusing numerous girls and women.
USA Gymnastics board members resigned due to allegations that the organization mishandled reports of abuse over the years.
I feel extremely angry at such a short and disappointed news .I even can’t image this horrible story can occur in such the developed country USA and millennium contemporary .Furthermore,these had been lasted for a long period of time without one of the gymnastic board found out,which is an inexcusable mistake.Putting the criminal into prison is the least thing we could do to console the victims.Lastly,I have always believed that justice might be late but never be absent.
Mohamad says:
HiTara
Ilitoned to your news for the first time.It was great.I Will Liston to it every time and everywhere .I was looking for such important teaching method many Times.Thaks for your good site.
And the following link is also very interesting about USA Gymnastics and USOC’S lack of accountability:
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/aly-raisman-usa-gymnastics-lack-of-accountability-is-disgusting/
Hi again Tara,
Today, I read on the news that Aly Raisman thinks 175 years for Larry Nassar is “Not Enough”.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/aly-raisman-larry-nassar-not-enough_us_5a708c29e4b0a52682ffc328
First, thank you for this week’s news report.
Second, I’m so happy today because I could understand the audio news report in the first step without seeing the text.
Third, it’s one year now that I listen to your nice news reports for half an hour every day and feel my listening is improving day to day. I suggest to your students for improving their listening, it’s better to listen to the news reports every day.
Fourth, I’m surprised why did the organization mishandle reports of Nassar’s abuse over the years in an advanced country like the USA?
Best wishes and have a great weekend in nice Canada,
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Stoughton teachers criticize superintendent's advertised business
Jan 23, 2015 at 5:30 AM Jan 23, 2015 at 12:30 PM
The teachers union is questioning how the superintendent has time to run a consulting business on the side.
STOUGHTON – Superintendent Marguerite Rizzi’s website advertises a consultant service for districts trying to attain the highest performing level.
Teachers have taken notice and are raising concerns about the feasibility of the superintendent running a business on the side.
John Gunning, the president of the Stoughton Teachers Association, said teachers are very concerned and upset.
“These folks are full-time, all year-long personnel paid by the town of Stoughton,” Gunning said. “Will this be done on school time?”
Gunning said there are ethical concerns with Rizzi’s business partners being people she supervises.
The website for Level 1 Educational Consultants lists her partners as Deputy Superintendent Jonathan Ford, K-12 STEM Curriculum Coordinator Janet Sullivan, K-12 Humanities Curriculum Director Mark Galligan and O’Donnell Middle School Assistant Principal David Guglia.
Rizzi, whose annual salary is $177,031, did not return emails or phone calls to The Enterprise on Thursday. She will receive a $7,966 raise next year.
The news of Rizzi’s business has prompted School Committee Chairman Erdem Ural to look into scheduling a special meeting next week.
“I was so surprised; I didn’t know,” Ural said.
He said the committee found out about the business Wednesday night. Ural would not comment on what concerns he has about her running a business because she “has the right to due process.”
Ural said the purpose of the meeting would be so “the members understand what’s going on and what to do next.”
Gunning said the superintendent’s website touts the Level 1 state accountability and assistance level achieved by four Stoughton schools, but teachers don’t think they’re getting credit for the work.
“Very few people are recognizing the teachers for the work they do,” Gunning said.
Cody Shepard may be reached at cshepard@enterprisenews.com.
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Lisa Maxwell as Judy Garland in major UK tour
Greg Jameson February 25, 2016
Pamela Raith Photography
End of the Rainbow features Lisa Maxwell as Judy Garland, Gary Wilmot as Anthony and Sam Attwater as Mickey.
It’s 1968 and Judy Garland, a once-glittering star, is in London to make her explosive comeback. But off stage, holed up in her hotel room, Judy is battling with her young new fiancé, her devoted accompanist, and her destructive addictions. Will she be able to conquer her demons and reclaim her crown as one of history’s great musical icons? Featuring Garland’s most memorable songs The Man That Got Away, Come Rain Or Come Shine, The Trolley Song and of course Somewhere Over The Rainbow, End of the Rainbow is a fiercely funny and emotionally charged musical play filled with Garland’s legendary tenacity, razor-sharp wit and once-in-a-generation voice.
Lisa Maxwell plays Judy Garland. Lisa is best-known for her role as DCI Sam Nixon in ITV’s Bafta-winning The Bill from 2002 and 2009, and as a panelist on ITV’s Loose Women from 2009 – 2014. Other television credits include partnering Les Dennis on BBC1’s The Les Dennis Laughter Show, regular appearances on BBC’s The Russ Abbot Show, and her own BBC sketch series The Lisa Maxwell Show. On stage, Lisa’s credits include Grease and Boogie Nights in the West End.
Gary Wilmot plays Anthony. Gary’s musical theatre stardom began when he played Bill Snibson in the hit production of Me and My Girl at the Adelphi Theatre. His many theatre credits include Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (West End and Tour), Oklahoma! (UK Tour), The Pajama Game (Shaftesbury Theatre), The Invisible Man (Menier Chocolate Factory) and Chicago (UK Tour).
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England drop Roy for final Ashes test
LONDON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - England have dropped bastman Jason Roy for the fifth and final Ashes test starting at the Oval on Thursday as they try and square the series.
Roy is one of two changes to the side that lost the fourth test at Old Trafford on Sunday, with bowler Craig Overton also missing out.
They are replaced by all rounder Sam Curran and Chris Woakes. Ben Stokes will play as a batsman only after injuring his shoulder at Old Trafford.
Australia, who have retained the Ashes after taking a 2-1 lead by winning in Manchester, make one change with all rounder Mitch Marsh coming in to replace Travis Head.
Roy's omission is no great surprise as he has struggled throughout the series having started it as an opening batsman.
He has scored 110 runs in eight innings with a top score of 31 at Old Trafford when he dropped down the order.
England are trying to avoid a home series defeat by Australia for the first time since 2001.
England squad: Joe Root (captain), Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow (wicketkeeper), Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Joe Denly, Jack Leach, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes. (Reporting by Martyn Herman Editing by Christian Radnedge)
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13 Portraits That Humanize The Homeless
The homeless are usually depicted as addicts and criminals, which reinforces negative stereotypes and stigma surrounding poverty. But a stunning new portrait series of guests at a London shelter challenges those ideas.
By Carey Dunne 3 minute Read
We’re all familiar with stereotypes of the homeless: they’re often assumed to be addicts and criminals, mentally ill, and possibly dangerous. Ads for food or clothing drives might show a bedraggled person huddled under a blanket, a genre that lets viewers see the homeless as not quite fully human. But a new series of portraits by Rosie Holtom challenges these pervasive stereotypes, portraying residents at a London shelter in a more positive light.
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Holtom, an animator by day, has volunteered at Shelter from the Storm, a night shelter for the homeless in north London, for four years. “I was inspired to start this photography project because I felt a huge disconnect between the interesting people I’d met at Shelter from the Storm throughout my years volunteering there and the stereotypes we constantly see depicting homeless people in London, especially in the run-up to Christmas,” Holtom tells Co.Design.
Images: Courtesy of Rosie Holtom
Holtom’s subjects look like track stars, models, suburban dads, and musicians.
You’d never guess just by looking that the subjects of Holtom’s portraits lived on the streets. You might peg them for track stars, models, suburban dads, or musicians. “I felt it was important that the project be collaborative,” Holtom says. “I discussed it at length with the guests so they would trust in the ethos of the project, want to be involved, and trust me not to exploit their situation but to take ‘real’ photos of them.”
Holtom took 13 of the shelter’s guests to a photo studio and asked them to dress and pose exactly as they would want to be seen. “I made it a fun and enjoyable day, just let their characters shine through, really,” Holtom says. “I think we all know what someone sleeping rough looks like. Positive imagery is more powerful amidst the misery photography we get bombarded with. People are desensitized to that now.”
Many of the subjects told stories of how they became homeless–-stories that, like these photos, challenge preconceived notions of poverty. “Homelessness really can happen all too easily to people from all walks of life,” Holtom says. Shelter from the Storm offers access to detox and rehab for drug-addicted residents, but just as often, they are dealing with women fleeing sex trafficking, or victims of torture.
“I escaped violence in Eritrea to find a better life,” one subject told Holtom. Another subject was running away from her husband: “He got very angry when I started going to college and doing well. He would drink and get very angry. I am worried he might find me. I have changed my number but still I am worried,” she said.
Holtom asked the shelter residents to dress and pose exactly as they would want to be seen.
Another subject became homeless after being kicked out by a corrupt landlord: “We had this long-standing argument because we had no hot water for 21 days. In the end we refused to pay rent until he fixed the hot water, thinking he’d fix it, but he just barged in, in the middle of the night, came upstairs and hauled us out. We couldn’t even get back in to get our stuff. He changed the locks. I lost most of my stuff. No deposit to start again. He got away with it.”
Image: Courtesy of Rosie Holtom
Now that the people in these photographs are staying at Shelter from the Storm, where they get hot meals, a warm bed, and counseling, Holtom reports that their lives are on the up. “Now the shelter is my home,” said one subject. “I’m working and I’ve made friends.”
The portrait series brings to mind a recent project by nonprofit organization Degage Ministries, which created a timelapse video of a homeless U.S. Army veteran undergoing a drastic makeover, from unkempt to clean-cut and business casual. Both projects make viewers question the assumptions they might unconsciously make about the thousands of people living on city streets–this could be you, or your neighbor, or your uncle, they suggest. “I wanted them to be viewed in a positive light,” Holtom says of her subjects. “They’re not defined by the fact that they’re homeless.”
Carey Dunne is a Brooklyn-based writer covering art and design. Follow her on Twitter.
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VOTE 2018: Adam Fire Cat to run for Fayetteville City Council in Ward 4
By Todd Gill ·
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Longtime local busser and political candidate Adam Fire Cat is back for another attempt at winning a seat on the Fayetteville City Council.
Cat, 43, hopes to occupy the Ward 4, Position 1 seat currently held by John La Tour, who is seeking a second term.
Cat ran unsuccessful campaigns for City Council in 2012 and 2010. He ran again in 2016, withdrew his candidacy after moving to Ward 4. He also ran for mayor in 2008. This year he’ll face La Tour and Teresa Turk for the west Fayetteville representative position.
Less legislation and less regulation were top priorities in Cat’s past campaigns. He said fiscal responsibility personal freedom are pillars of his candidacy this year.
“I am willing to tell you ‘no.’ No you can’t have something that you want just because you want it,” he said during a recent candidate forum. “I am willing to defend your freedoms – even from you. You may be willing to give it away. I am willing to stop you from giving away your freedom.”
The following candidates have responded to a request from the Fayetteville Flyer for more information about their candidacy in the Nov. 6 election.
Sonia Gutierrez
Kris Paxton
Olivia Trimble
Martin Bemberg
Raymond Burks
Mark Kinion
Lucas Regnier
Sloan Scroggin
Adam Fire Cat
John La Tour
Teresa Turk
Cat said he’s not a fan of the upcoming bond referendum, which would fund another round of transportation infrastructure projects.
The last rounds of bonds were approved by voters in 2006, and provided funding for a variety of projects through the years, including the flyover and continued improvements to North College Avenue, the rehabilitation of the historic Maple Street and Lafayette Street bridges, extensions to Van Asche Drive and Rupple Road and more.
City officials hope to extend the bonds through a public vote tentatively scheduled for March 2019, but Cat said he would rather let the bond issue expire.
“You can still have everything you are asking for in terms of additions to the roads,” he said. “But you don’t need to extend the bond to do it. Let it expire, and then vote individually on those issues.”
Ward 4 contains a large portion of west Fayetteville, including Razorback Stadium, Holt Middle School, Holcomb Elementary School, and the Boys & Girls Club of Fayetteville.
The election is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 6.
Profile: Adam Fire Cat
Position sought: Ward 4, Position 1
Residency: 24-year resident of Fayetteville; 2-year resident of Ward 4
Employment: Host and Busser, Village Inn restaurant
Education: Former University of Arkansas student majoring in law
This will be your fourth City Council bid since 2008. What keeps you coming back?
Masochism. At least one might imagine this to be true in part. Beating the street and canvassing for signatures this year resulted in a great deal of scrutiny. Several of those doors I’d knocked on were rather concerned with what party I was or was not with. It seems the last national election had a negative effect on the outlook of any position in politics, city-based nonpartisan offices or otherwise. Mind you, most people don’t know who their representatives in Fayetteville are, but that stops no one’s residual angst to the local runnings. And of course it would be on two of the hottest days without a cloud in the sky, because the experience isn’t complete until I’m red and peeling. Be that as it may, I ate the criticisms whilst soliciting my case door to door, and found myself on the ballot yet again. Then there’s people who’ve been kind enough to stop by my place of work to tell me they don’t appreciate my entering the race, because I must be taking away votes from their preferred candidate in less than kind language. I think Spock described these as “more colorful metaphors”. Some of those phrases I was impressed with to the point I wrote them down in the case that I might use them in my own written works. Still, I respect this more than the random internet troll. At least it’s to my face. This is nothing new. I’ve done this about three and a half times now, since (2008), and the pattern of human behavior is consistent.
But why continue this trek? Because I still believe the same things that drove me to politics in the first place. I don’t like excessive ordinances, nor the deceptive language involved in passing ordinances that are aesthetic in nature. Let’s not talk this “Keep Fayetteville Funky” jazz while looking for a way to restrict the freedoms of others. Otherwise we might as well consider it a generic ad campaign, like “Keep Springdale Springy” or “Keep Farmington… Farmy?” Needs before wants in all matters financial. A break even budget, something we managed to accomplish in (2013), but was horrendously off kilter in (2008). Dealing in waste on a much grander scale. In other words, same as it ever was. My ideas may be old hat, as they’ve been uttered out of my talkhole time and again, yet I believe this is the best way to manage this city. In fact I believe it so much, I’m willing to be disliked and outright despised to my face. You can’t offend me. My metaphorical skin is thicker than the compressed matter in the center of a neutron star. My actual skin is… well… skin.
You were a longtime Ward 2 resident who now lives in Ward 4? What are the similarities between those parts of town? What are the differences?
For most part, there’s little difference within the wards, one to the other. It’s all one organism that is Fayetteville. Ward Two contains the entertainment center of town. We have a limited variant of that in Ward Four, but them’s the breaks. I’d say there are more duplexes on this side of the Wedington bridge. Also, Wedington is… a beast, probably the most dangerous and accident prone road Fayetteville contains. At least in Ward Two the traffic is rather easy to traverse. But hit peak traffic hours on the Wedington bridge, and you’re going to be at the mercy of an unforgiving concrete time vampire. Though we’re looking forward to what is now termed “The Mayor’s Box”, this won’t be a sufficient relief of the flow as the city expands in population. That specific aspect will, in all likelihood, require an overhaul.
Which recent council decision(s) do you agree or disagree with?
I’m not one for the bond issue being thumbed up by council presently. At no point in time do I consider it acceptable to treat other people’s money like an abstract piggy bank. If there is a bond one believes is justified enough to use this money on, let them come forth and justify the case on an independent basis. What would be notable then is whether one truly has the strength of their convictions on each issue requested for the aforementioned funds. It is, after all, your money, and deserves to be treated with the respect of being asked for in each separate instance. This isn’t the Oprah Winfrey Show. “You get some bond money! And you get some bond money! And you get some bond money..!”
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Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow think making connections between male entitlement and violence against women is ‘self-promotional’
Commentary, Violence Against Women
May 27, 2014 by Meghan Murphy
Actor, Seth Rogen and director, Judd Apatow did not react well to a recent column by Washington Post film critic, Ann Hornaday which drew connections between last week’s mass killing in Isla Vista and movies that center around “sexual conquest.”
Hornaday writes:
For generations, mass entertainment has been overwhelmingly controlled by white men, whose escapist fantasies so often revolve around vigilantism and sexual wish-fulfillment (often, if not always, featuring a steady through-line of casual misogyny).
She specifically named Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen’s recently-released film, Neighbors, as an example, saying:
How many students watch outsized frat-boy fantasies like ‘Neighbors’ and feel, as Rodger did, unjustly shut out of college life that should be full of ‘sex and fun and pleasure?’ How many men, raised on a steady diet of Judd Apatow comedies in which the shlubby arrested adolescent always gets the girl, find that those happy endings constantly elude them and conclude, ‘It’s not fair?’
Rather than take a moment to consider the larger picture Hornaday is trying to show us and look at the ways in which mass media and our culture at large excuse and perpetuate violence against women in perhaps less overt ways than men like Apatow and Rogen are prepared to accept, they strike back. Because defending your ego is clearly more important than having conversations about male entitlement and violence against women amirite?
Hmm… How dare she.
In peak grossness, Judd Apatow accuses Hornaday of “milk[ing] tragedy.”
“It worked for her?!” WORKED HOW, EXACTLY, JUDD APATOW? Man, this culture of virulent misogyny and this global epidemic of violence against women is really working for us, isn’t it. Get it, girl.
I suppose we could all be accused of the same. Selfishly using Elliot Rodger’s violence and misogyny to talk about how our culture facilitates said violence and misogyny. We should all be ashamed of ourselves. Particularly all the millionaire writers out there making millions off of their columns while celebrities like Rogen and Apatow starve.
Just remember everyone — movies that objectify women or treat them as things men should chase and “get” don’t generate any money at all. And, as we all know, women who write about sexism in movies are just doing it to make a buck. Femini$m.
Comedian, Patton Oswalt steps in to support his brothers in arms, telling Rogen not to worry because he “knows the truth.” Tweet on, brave truth-tellers.
Oh hey. And maybe next time you’ll keep the computer shut off for a while and think more before jumping on Twitter to whine about women talking about sexism in the movies you’re making millions off of. What do you think?
What’s become clear in all of this is that the real victims in all of this are white, male celebrities.
Tags: #notallmen, #yesallwomen, Elliot Rodger, Judd Apatow, male privilege, Patton Oswalt, Seth Rogen, Violence Against Women
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Despite how many hours dancers spend in rehearsal getting performance-ready, many overlook one last crucial detail: the show-day nutrition plan. “It’s all about preparation,” says Emily C. Harrison, who runs the Centre for Dance Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles in Atlanta. “To have a good performance, you give your time to rehearsals and making sure your body is in good shape. Why not also take the time to plan your meals and snacks? It’s just as important as your pre-show warm-up.” The last thing you want to be thinking about onstage is an empty, over-caffeinated or bloated stomach. Luckily, with a little planning ahead, you can make sure these all-too-common nutrition mistakes don’t get in the way of your best performance.
Mistake: Timing it Wrong
You have a show at 8 pm, but you’ve been in rehearsal all day and barely had time to eat anything. Now it’s 7:30 and you’re starving. “This should never happen,” says dietitian Peggy Swistak, who works with dancers at Pacific Northwest Ballet. “Think about how your nutrition plays into your day of dancing and rehearsals. Ask yourself, ‘When do I provide myself the energy I need to keep going?’ Don’t let it get thrown to the side.”
If you let yourself get too hungry, you could end up overeating and dancing on an overly full stomach. Instead, plan to eat small, frequent meals and snacks every two to three hours throughout the day. Try to eat your last meal two to three hours before the show. If you need to top off your energy stores prior to curtain, munch on small snacks that won’t overwhelm your stomach backstage.
Mistake: Not eating enough carbs
If you only have a protein shake for dinner, you’re likely to start losing energy halfway through Act I. “Dancers are stop-start athletes, not endurance athletes,” says Harrison. “We need to go full-out for a short amount of time.” To accomplish that, you have to fuel your body with more than protein. “It’s like putting the wrong type of gas into a racecar,” says Harrison. “Instead, you want primarily carbohydrates with a little bit of protein and a little bit of fat.” Healthy carbs can be found in whole-wheat pastas, brown rice, quinoa and oatmeal, as well as fruits and vegetables. Swistak says every meal or snack you reach for should include a mix of carbs, lean protein and healthy fats. “Don’t eliminate any of these components,” she says. “Instead of just having carrots, dip them in hummus.”
Mistake: Under-hydrating
Stage lights and nerves can make you sweat more than you’re used to—increasing your chances of becoming dehydrated, which can lead to cramping and lightheadedness. But pay attention to what you’re drinking. Rachel Fine, founder of To The Pointe Nutrition, warns against beverages with sugar, sugar alcohols or artificial sweeteners. “Avoid soda—regular and diet—and quit the energy drinks,” she says. “These nutrient-poor choices may contribute to dehydration, and most contain sodium, which can make you feel full and bloated prior to a show.” To encourage yourself to drink more water, boost the flavor by adding a slice of lemon or cucumber.
Never chug an entire bottle of water just before going on stage—you don’t want to feel it sloshing around in your intestines or end up needing to run to the bathroom. Instead, drink slowly and continuously throughout the day until about 30 to 45 minutes before curtain. Then, just grab sips of water whenever you’re offstage during the show.
Mistake: Dancing on empty
The worst thing you can do before a show is avoid food. Not only will you feel weak onstage, but you’ll be sacrificing your strength over time. “Maybe you have to wear a costume that’s revealing or that you feel self-conscious in, or you think you’ll just eat after the show,” says Harrison. “But your body has to find energy from somewhere, so it ends up breaking down its own muscle tissue to use as fuel. You’re making yourself weaker in the long term.” If you’re afraid of looking puffy, snack on unsalted nuts and water-filled fruits like grapes or watermelon. These will give you energy without making you bloat.
Mistake: Over-caffeinating
It’s tempting to reach for a cup of coffee for an extra boost of energy before heading onstage, but not all dancers can handle the caffeine intake. “Caffeine is a chemical substance and affects everyone differently, like a drug,” says Harrison. “Don’t drink so much that it makes you jittery. That’s when we make stupid mistakes or get injured.” A moderate amount of caffeine (one to two cups daily) may actually benefit dancers and heighten performance, says Fine. “Research has shown caffeine—when it comes from the right sources, like coffee or tea—boosts endurance by mobilizing our fat stores and sparing our muscles’ glycogen stores,” she says. “In other words, your muscles are able to work harder for longer periods of time.” But if you’re not already a regular coffee drinker, the day of a performance isn’t the time to become one. And skip the sugary toppings or add-ons, like whipped cream or caramel sauce. Just like candy, those empty calories may lead to a sugar crash an hour into the show.
Mistake: Eating What your cast mate eats
Everyone reacts to food differently. Don’t think that just because a chicken burrito works for your partner means it will work for you. Take the time to learn how your body handles pre-performance meals and snacks. Use dress rehearsals to test different nutrition approaches and find out what fuels your best performance.
Pre-Curtain Meals
Most dancers perform best after eating a healthy, hearty meal about two to three hours before stepping onstage. Try one of these simple dishes to get an ideal mix of carbs, protein and fats.
• A cup of pasta or rice with a light sauce and some vegetables
• A roasted sweet potato with low-fat cottage cheese
• A smoothie with soy or almond milk, walnuts, chia or flax seeds, frozen berries and a banana
• Quinoa mixed with nuts and dried figs
• Oatmeal with nuts, seeds or dried fruits
Smart Backstage Snacks
• A peanut butter and banana sandwich
• A slice of avocado toast
• An apple with nut butter
• Homemade trail mix with almonds, walnuts, coconut flakes and a bit of dark chocolate
• Cheese and crackers
• Nutrient-dense nutrition bars (such as KIND bars)
Read more great articles on Nutrition HERE.
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Pops: Fayetteville Jazz Collective
March, 2018 Director of Marketing & Communications
Get ready for an evening of iconic Hollywood film music as the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas (SoNA) teams up with the incomparable Fayetteville Jazz Collective on Saturday, March 10.
Visitor’s Guide profile: Joëlle Storet of Art Ventures
January, 2018 Director of Marketing & Communications
This year’s Fayetteville Visitor’s Guide features four profiles from a handful of influential locals to give visitors an inside track on some of the best things to do, places to eat and shop, and must-experiences while in Fayetteville. One of our profiles is Joëlle Storet, gallery manager and curator for Art Ventures on the Historic Downtown Square.
Fayetteville Mardi Gras
Fayetteville Mardi Gras celebrates its 27th anniversary of merriment and mayhem this year! The Fat Saturday Parade of Fools kicks off at 2pm on Saturday, February 10th.
Star Wars Pub Crawl
January, 2018 Marketing Manager
On Saturday, January 27th Bright Apple Project brings a Star Wars Pub Crawl to Fayetteville for the very first time.
DiaCON Alley of the Ozarks
Disappointed you didn't receive your letter to Hogwarts? Don't worry because you still have the opportunity to be part of the wizarding community!
Experience Fayetteville is giving away two tickets on Instagram! Follow @fayettevillear on instagram to enter. The winner will be announced Sunday, March 4! *
NWA Mix Fest
Ozark Mixology hosts the 4th Annual NWA Mix Fest & Cocktail Weekend January 11-14. This 3-day festival lets patrons try the best cocktails Northwest Arkansas has to offer, while highlighting local bar-chefs, bands and professional artists.
RENT at WAC
The Walton Arts Center will host a production of “RENT” March 2-4 as part of its Broadway Series, which brings to Fayetteville some of the most heralded theatrical productions in the world.
Cabaret at WAC
The Walton Arts Center will host a production of “Cabaret” Jan. 19-21 as part of its Broadway Series, which brings to Fayetteville some of the most heralded theatrical productions in the world.
Jason Mraz at WAC
Multiple Grammy® Award- winner Jason Mraz has announced plans for a 17-city live tour which includes a stop at Walton Arts Center on Friday, March 30, 2018.
Winter Solstice Art Action
Experience Fayetteville presents Winter Solstice Art Action on the first day of winter, Thursday, December 21, at the Historic Walker Stone house in downtown Fayetteville. The festivities will go from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Walker Stone House but the fun will continue into the night with several galleries and studios remaining open late into the evening.
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Executive Target is a car crash. Both literally, and figuratively.
Nick James (Michael Madsen) is a disgraced stunt car driver, busted out of jail by a gang of super-criminals who want to kidnap the US President (Roy Scheider).
They want James to drive the getaway car because: “No-one else can do what he can behind a wheel.” That’s right: nobody.
Just in case he doesn’t fancy the job, the super-criminals snatch James’ wife – thus compelling him to take part in the kidnap. First though, the grizzled driver is required to take part in a bank heist. This is meant to be a test of James’ skills before the kidnap gig, but its real function is to provide a car crash set-piece. Another car crash set-piece.
That’s because Executive Target is basically one big car chase. In fact, it would like you to believe it’s the ‘greatest crash movie ever made’, featuring ‘the best car chase since Bullitt’. Bold claims, but not entirely without foundation.
The three, lengthy set-pieces are indeed well staged. Unquestionably, there’s more fast-paced, tyre-screeching, car-flipping, vehicle-exploding action than you could ever hope to witness.
Be in no doubt: watching these scenes, Jeremy Clarkson would be sat splay-legged before his hi-def widescreen and reaching for the Kleenex. (Can I just apologise to all readers here for the irrevocable mental image I may have just conjured there.)
Oh, there’s mayhem a go-go. There’s even a sequence where they pointlessly drive through a market, just so a warehouse full of boxes can be skittled aside. Honestly, it’s all here.
But, before we get excited and pull the throttle right out (again, apologies for that Clarkson allusion), let’s pull into a literary lay-by and talk about Michael Madsen for a moment.
The Madsen’s acting style embodies a lazy casualness that reminds me of Robert Mitchum. It’s in full evidence here as, despite finding himself enmeshed in a huge criminal conspiracy (and with his wife in fatal jeopardy), he displays nothing more demonstrative than a somnambulistic sang-froid.
But despite this laid back style, Madsen does have a great ability to give off a suggestion that he might suddenly do something – even if he then does nothing. And indeed, nothing is what he mostly does in this movie.
There is one really great Madsen moment, however, when he throws a cigarette away just before sharply accelerating his car away from some pursuers. The gesture’s got an effortless cool that you can’t fake.
Anyway, James duly kidnaps the President, but before handing him over to the super-criminals, enlists him to help rescue his wife. The film ends with a good old fashioned shoot-out as James storms the criminal’s underground bunker, backed up by the President’s security team – who show considerably more prowess than they did earlier when ‘protecting’ the President.
Now, I might have made the kidnap of the President sound a touch easy. But, while POTUS’ close protection team prove utterly hapless during the kidnap scene, the President does have a couple of helicopters providing air cover, and they’re much more successful in inflicting casualties on the criminals.
Until, that is, the criminals unveil a heavy machine gun mounted to the back of a pick-up truck. Of course, our two chopper pilots obligingly pooter directly into the gunner’s line of fire and find themselves duly incinerated.
It’s good to see that, even in a film dedicated to automotive action, director Joseph Merhi includes a couple of aviation explosions amid the car-maggedon. However, perhaps unsurprisingly, it does look as if more effort went into the car smashes than the chopper crashes.
The editor pulls the old trick of suddenly cutting to an image of a full screen explosion which obscures the helicopters – thus nullifying the need to actually explode a helicopter which needs to be returned to its owner.
To try and maintain the illusion of a genuine chopper fireball, they drop the fuselages of a couple of helicopters from just out of shot onto the street – with one landing on top of a car - cueing further explosions.
They may well have got away with such a sleight of hand if the helicopters we see buzzing about in the sky looked anything like those dropped on the car. But that would be an ambitious hope. In car terms, you essentially see a Volvo get blown up and then a Mini hitting the ground.
Sadly, none to report. One can only hope that Merhi will one day set out to make ‘the greatest exploding helicopter movie ever made’.
When the second helicopter crashes down a policeman needlessly slides across the bonnet of his patrol car to avoid flying debris. It’s totally unnecessary, a very minor detail, but a nice touch nevertheless.
As mentioned before, Executive Target makes two grand claims about itself, but only delivers on one.
I won’t quibble with its assertion that it’s the greatest crash movie of all time. Multiple car pile-ups abound, and no red-blooded film fan is going to complain about watching yet another car smash through the side of a lorry – they’re only this flimsy in films.
However, the actual car chases lack the kinetic excitement of, say, The French Connection or Mad Max. Those sequences conveyed danger and speed, whereas here the chase scenes aren’t much above what you might see in an episode of Starsky and Hutch.
"When I say cherry coke you shoot."
Michael Madsen has now racked up an impressive 200 screen credits, in a career which can at best be described as, erm, uneven. However, seeing as he’s listed as a producer on this one, he’s only got himself to blame.
Review by: Jafo
Posted by Exploding Helicopter at 09:26
Labels: Executive Target, Joseph Merhi, Michael Madsen, Review by: Jafo, Roy Scheider
Ty 30 March 2012 at 17:37
Great write-up! Merhi should have made "the greatest exploding helicopter movie ever made" That would have been awesome!
Exploding Helicopter 31 March 2012 at 11:31
Thanks Ty. Merhi would be on my shortlist of one to direct that movie.
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Let's face facts, once they hang up their cape most superheroes are as dull as ditchwater. Clark Kent is a socially inept wet blanket, Bruce Wayne a reclusive misery guts and Peter Parker a dweeby geek. Put it this way, they'd be deadly dull company if you ever invited them out for a few beers.
Tony Stark on the other hand would be a riot. Loaded, charismatic, with more one liners than Tommy Cooper, he'd be the life and soul of the party.
The success of the character is due in no small part to Robert Downey Jr's suave, sardonic portrayal of the millionaire playboy. You don't feel he's acting, so much as portraying a slightly exaggerated version of himself.
Coming after recent po-faced excursions into the comic book universe (we're looking at you Christopher Nolan) Downey's perpetually cocked eyebrow performance made the first film feel like a breath of fresh air.
Sequels though rarely improve on their predecessors and Iron Man 2 is a case in point. Foregoing the knockabout fun of the original, it’s really just a convoluted excuse to set up Stark's appearance in franchise crossover Avengers Assemble.
And it’s from the end of that film that the action in Iron Man 3 (2013) picks up. Having successfully battled an alien invasion alongside his superhero buddies, a shell-shocked, burnt-out Stark is recuperating in his Malibu mansion - which mostly consists of him tinkering with an army of Iron Mans suits and arguing with Gwyneth Paltrow.
As Stark licks his wounds, a string of terrorist bombings are perpetrated by The Mandarin - a flamboyant Osama-like character played by Ben Kingsley - causing chaos across the US and injuring Stark‘s head of security (Jon Favreau).
Agitated, Stark misguidedly goads the terrorist into taking him on personally and The Mandarin is only too happy to oblige. He sends a trio of heavily laden attack choppers to Stark's hillside hideaway to, let’s say, "redesign" Stark's premises through the medium of air-to-ground missiles.
The lead chopper flies in over the sea and fires off a couple of rockets, blowing a huge hole in the property's art deco frontage. Stark quickly dons his suit and returns fire by launching a huge chunk of masonry at the helicopter. Disappointingly, despite hitting his target, the chopper does not explode and flies out of shot.
A second helicopter swoops in, but this time Stark hits the jackpot. He hurls one of the explosives from his Iron Man suit at the helicopter. Then just as it reaches the chopper Stark uses a blast from one of the jets on his suit to ignite triggering an explosion. The damaged helicopter spins in classic dying whirly-bird fashion. Unfortunately, the stricken chopper crashes straight into the mansion causing the entire building to collapse.
Only a miracle now saves Stark from being crushed in the carnage and the last chopper pilot, thinking his work is done, pootles off for a well-earned pint.
It’s a juicy set piece, nicely shot with plenty of destruction. But the helicopter explosion is delivered with a reddish glow which betrays its CGI origins. Though the sight of the cliff top mansion tumbling into he sea after succumbing to the helicopter wreckage is a nice touch.
Whilst the destruction of the chopper is pretty routine it’s not often you see a helicopter reduce a mansion to rumble.
Do passengers survive?
Unusually the first chopper pilot, despite being hit by a massive slab of concrete, looks like he may have been able to make an emergency landing. The second chopper pilot would have definitely came a cropper though.
As to be expected with a Marvel adaptation, action fans will feel as satisfied as Lindsay Lohan holidaying in Colombia with the Green Bay Packers for company. All the set pieces are executed with aplomb (I particularly enjoyed the skydiving sequence) and there is more shiny CGI than you shake a stick at.
The producers have also managed to corral an ensemble of great acting talent together so Downey isn’t left to prop up the picture on his own. Guy Pearce delivers another convincing performance as evil mastermind Aldrich Killian that continues to make his time as Mike Pearce in Neighbours seems like a cheese induced dream.
Ben Kingsley, as always, is a delight and delivers an unexpected character twist that is usually absent in this genre. Topping it off we get ultimate movie asshole Miguel Ferrer, of Robocop fame, popping up as the crooked Vice President Rodriguez.
Despite the acting chops on display not everything is rosy in the Iron Man universe. Director Shane Black may be responsible for writing the classic Lethal Weapon series, but its wise-cracking buddy formula doesn't work so well here.
Stark befriends a precocious brat (Ty Simkins) whilst investigating the dubious explosions that maybe linked to the accident that befalls his head of security. Their "banter" during these scenes feels forced and not a little ridiculous.
The pacing of the film is also questionable, lurching as it does between knockabout one-liners and gruesome deaths with nary a gap in between. Whilst the original film had its moments of levity rooted in Downey's louche portrayal of Stark, here the comedy is overdone giving the film a schizophrenic character.
Also, the technology in the original movie felt like it was grounded in reality. But here the audience is required to take a greater leap of faith. Stark's new remote control Iron Man suits and Killian's DNA regeneration programme feel like one step too far and possibly a case of jumping the shark.
Overall the film is more enjoyable than Iron Man 2, but fails to capture the magic of the original. I wouldn't go out of your way to see it.
Brandt: “Is that all you've got? A cheap trick and a cheesy one-liner?”
Tony Stark: “Sweetheart, that could be the name of my autobiography.
Shane Black is a bit of a jack of all trades. Not content with being a mere screenwriter or director he has also dipped a toe in the acting world. Keen eyed exploding helicopter fans might recognise him as the bespectacled radio operator Hawkins from the action classic Predator. This bit of trivia is just an excuse for me me to quote the following lame joke:
Hawkins: Billy. Billy! The other day, I was going down on my girlfriend, I said to her, "Jeez you got a big pussy. Jeez you got a big pussy." She said, "Why did you say that twice?" I said, "I didn't."
[Billy stares blankly]
Hawkins: See, cuz of the echo.
Bonus fact
Hang about till the end of the credits to see Stark on the psychiatrist couch with Dr David Banner. Worth waiting for.
Review by: Neon Messiah
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Labels: Review by: Neon Messiah, Robert Downey Jnr, Shane Black
Fallen asleep, more like.
Rarely has an action movie seemed so lazy. No doubt pitched as ‘Die Hard in the White House’, this generic piece of floss also plunders plot lines, characters and whole scenes from a dozen other movies. It’s the cinematic equivalent of a hoary tribute band, ruining old classics and expecting applause for it.
Adding to its woes, the star is Gerard Butler – a kind of Scottish Steven Seagal, only with less emotional range.
The movie’s high standards of verisimilitude are established at the outset when a bunch of North Koreans manage to fly a lumbering military plane right to the centre of Washington, largely unchallenged.
As the plane blasts DC to smithereens, a crack team of 40 enemy agents, disguised as tourists, quickly overwhelms the famously not-well-guarded White House and takes the President hostage in his own underground bunker.
Luckily, disgraced Secret Service agent Butler also manages to blast his way in, kicking off what will become a truly prodigious body count. Once inside, he establishes phone contact with acting President Morgan Freeman (I know, I was surprised too) and the inevitable conference room full of worried politicos and grizzled generals.
Will our Gezza be able to single-handedly despatch all the nasty Norks, save the President and stop the USA’s nukes going off with seconds to spare? Obviously, Exploding Helicopter wouldn’t dream of spoiling things so you’ll just have to go see for yourself. (But yes.)
Hokum it may be, but there’s some entertainment to be gleaned from playing ‘Spot the Steal’. Look! There’s that close quarters choke-fight-in-a-tiny space from Air Force One. Hey! Aren’t those the hooded hostages in identical overalls from Inside Man?
Butler: uber-violence specialist
More impressively, entire scenes – the snatched phone call to the missus, unknowingly befriending the baddie, jumping off an exploding building – are lifted wholesale from Die Hard without the merest attempt to put a fresh gloss on them.
This is a very particular type of action thriller. Where Bruce Willis brought quips, Van Damme the corny kung fu and Arnie a bovine semi-comedy, Butler unapologetically specialises in uber-violence. Within minutes of entering the White House, he’s bludgeoned one baddie and tortured another two to death. Knives going into necks – and actual heads – quickly becomes a common feature, almost a calling card.
Unsurprisingly, there’s nary a giggle to be had. Butler, realising every three seconds spent crafting a witty aside is a lost opportunity to stick a skillet knife into a Nork’s right temple, largely lets his bladed instruments do the talking. It’s pretty artless stuff.
Still, there is a solid, if predictable, supporting cast. Aaron Eckhart (who seemingly stole Dennis Quaid’s career overnight) is suitably lantern-jawed and stoic as the kidnapped President. Robert Forster turns in a heroically hammy turn as the gun-happy General who, in time-honoured fashion, bungles a military rescue and has to be given a public dressing down.
The magisterial Morgan, meanwhile – who exclusively seems to play either the President or God these days – churns out his lines with a pained look that suggests the actor beside him has just dropped one. But we all know that what really stinks is the script.
Like many modern action films, Olympus suffers badly for want of a half-decent villain. The muscle-bound Kang (Rick Yune) is a bland presence, largely reduced to explaining plot points. In the absence of a personality, his calling card also (oh, happy coincidence!) turns out to be uber-violence. His stand-out scene revolves around him repeatedly kicking a 60-year-old woman [the Secretary of Defence] in the stomach. Alan Rickman, this is not.
Equally dull is Dylan McDermot, playing the good agent gone rogue who, when asked why he’s turned sour, yelps: “Wall Street! Globalisation!’ Really? The existence of a financial sector and the steady growth in international trade agreements is what finally tipped him over the edge? Deep stuff, indeed.
Freeman: Cast exclusively as God or the President
The fact that McDermot, with his moany, equine features, looks more like Ross from Friends with each passing day only makes him all the more slappable. Against all the odds, our Gezza ends up stabbing him in the throat.
But, to the helicopters. General Bob Forster, his voice so gravelly it’s being picked up on nearby submarine sonar equipment, orders six military choppers to land on the White house roof. But Kang, taking a brief respite from pummelling pensioners in the lower abdomen, has worked out how to use the White House’s own ‘Hydra Six’ defence system – essentially a huge automated machine gun.
By the time Butler stabs his way to the rooftop, the Hydra gun has already biffed five choppers. Our Gezza heroically blasts the Hydra with a rocket launcher, but the final helicopter smashes into the White House right where he’s standing. As the flaming vehicle explodes, our anti-hero leaps off the flaming ledge (Die Hard), falls through a few storeys of the collapsing building (Die Hard 5), then is trapped on his back as the rotor blades come swishing down and stop just before his meaty features (Mission Impossible). So: not at all derivative, then.
Very weak. The whole scene plays out at night, the editing is Michael-Bay-on-acid fast, the CGI is hazy and, frankly, it’s not at all clear what’s happening for most of the time. Note to Hollywood: this scene probably cost hundreds of thousands to put together, and yet was met with a palpable sigh by the cinema audience.
You’re joking aren’t you? This is a film that has been constructed exclusively from the scenes of other films.
There’s a second helicopter explosion to enjoy when the terrorists try to make their getaway from the White House. Seemingly all set to fly to safety aboard a chopper that’s been provided for them, the whirlybird mysteriously blows up. Turns out the whole scene has been deliberately staged to cause enough confusion for the terrorists to make their real getaway.
Has anyone seen Monica?
Ah, Gerard. What will movie historians say of his schizophrenic movie career? No other actor in Hollywood has so effortlessly straddled the contrasting genres of rom-com and gut-wrenchingly violent thriller, while seemingly being equipped for neither. His ripe awfulness, almost McConaughey-esque in places, makes for compulsive viewing.
You’re never sure whether he’s going to be breaking limbs or mending hearts. In Law Abiding Citizen, for example, he (inevitably) stabs someone in the neck then continues a steak dinner as blood pumps fitfully out of the corpse beside him. But that film came only shortly after P.S. I Love You, where he lolled like a puppy and boyishly charmed Hilary’s Wank (sic) with a crashingly bad Oirish accent. At this juncture, it’s still not clear which of the two was the more distressing.
Best of all is The Ugly Truth, a magnificently mis-judged rom-com in which Butler plays a lothario shock-jock, but with some of the latent nastiness intact. Poor Katherine Heigel never looks sure whether he’s going to kiss her cheek or snap her tibia with a single, well-aimed kick.
In the initial attack, the plane bombs Washington in a taboo-busting fashion that is plainly meant to evoke 9/11. (The collapsing Washington Monument, for example, falls exactly like the Trade Center buildings). There’s something genuinely distasteful about a middling piece of cinematic whimsy using America’s largest modern tragedy to try and grasp at ‘edginess’.
Also, there’s a bizarre (and mercifully brief) ‘Home Alone’ sub-plot, involving the President’s cute kid being trapped in the White House. Presumably, even the makers of this film realised how creepy it was – if not downright weird – to have Butler offering avuncular advice to the young boy, before filleting a screaming Nork in front of him. The child is quickly allowed to escape via a drain, to everyone’s relief.
“They’ve opened the gates of hell…”
Morgan Freeman has presumably just seen the script for Olympus Has Fallen 2.
In Hollywood, no idea is so bad that it can’t be done twice in quick succession. Expect to see White House Down (essentially the same movie but starring younger, less Scottish beefcake Channing Tatum) at a cinema near you very soon.
Review by: Chopper
Labels: Antoine Fuqua, Gerard Butler, Olympus Has Fallen, Robert Forster
Bill Murray is Steve Zissou, a puffed up Jacque Cousteau wannabe. Once the toast of the movie world his star status is now on the wane.
In years gone by his glamorous undersea adventures had made him into a famous public figure. Zissou's face adorned the cover of magazines and he enjoyed lucrative celebrity endorsements (Adidas no less).
But the Zissou we meet cuts a pitiful figure. The public have grown tired of his oceanic explorations, forcing our Steve to scrounge a living by releasing kitschy documentaries to ever diminishing returns.
As if this wasn't a heavy enough blow to Zissou’s self-esteem, his wife (Angelica Houston) is on the verge of leaving him and his successful nemesis Alistair Hennessey (Jeff Goldblum) seems to pop up everywhere just to rub his nose in his decline.
But just when it seems life can’t get any worse for Zissou it administers another sharp bony knee to the balls. During the making of his latest documentary his best friend (Seymour Cassel) is eaten by the elusive, and perhaps even fictional, Jaguar Shark.
This leads Zissou and his ragtag crew of oddballs on one last adventure to track down the mysterious creature, avenge his friend and perhaps find some kind of redemption.
Director Wes Anderson follows Rushmore and The Royal Tenebaums with another bittersweet comedy/drama dealing with his usual preoccupations of age and strained family relationships.
The story’s gentle humour and trademark quirks won’t be to everyone’s tastes, and the plot does meander along. But - to use an appropriately watery metaphor - it’s rather like being on a rolling river in a foreign country. You can look at the strange flora and fauna passing by and be pleasantly surprised by every quirk that emerges around the next bend.
One such curveball is the helicopter explosion that gets thrown at us during the film’s finale. Zissou and his long lost “son” Ned (Owen Wilson) fly out to sea in search of the Jaguar Shark in a bright yellow chopper.
Unfortunately, due to Zissou’s funding problems it seems the helicopter has not been maintained in quite a while. As soon as it reaches cruising altitude there’s a loud snap as the rotor mechanism breaks. There are no histrionics or flashy pyrotechnics, just a shot of Zissou’s trademark Adidas as the sea looms in front of them. The stricken chopper and its passengers then complete their journey to Wetsville.
Shoe's eye view of the helicopter crash
As to be expected from Wes Anderson the scene is chock full of imagination. Rather than use flashy CGI or old school pyrotechnics to create an explosive climax, Anderson chooses a ‘less is more approach‘.
Instead of the normal fire and flame combo as the chopper crash lands in the water, the explosion is depicted in avant-garde fashion. Rapidly cut shots of fizzing bubbles fill the screen spliced with flashes of red and a bizarre a flashback sequence with Owen Wilson in a cinema auditorium.
In place of the usual crash-bang sound of an explosion, there is just a high-pitched hum and some weird atmospherics. Once the chopper has “exploded” we cut to Murray, cradling a stricken Wilson as burning debris bob around them. Exploding helicopter purists may be aghast at the sight of so many genre conventions being subverted, but I found it all rather refreshing.
Its not often we see choppers crash due to matters as mundane as inadequate maintenance. It’s hard to see the insurance company paying out on this one, assuming Zissou could even afford to keep up the policy.
Tragically, and in contravention of Exploding Helicopter’s Second Law of Filmmaking, one of the good guys gets killed. Overcome by his head injury, Ned drowns in the arms of the helpless Zissou after first making a few oblique metaphysical references.
Fully intact: the helicopter used in the film
On top of fabulous performance by Murray and Goldblum, this is an ensemble piece for which you would struggle to put together a better cast. Zissou’s crew of misfits includes a rare comic role for Willem Dafoe as German engineer Klaus and Cate Blanchett as a National Geographic reporter imbedded within the team.
Michael Gambon pops up as louche film producer and musician Seu Jorge appears as safety expert Pele dos Santos, who spends most of his time randomly playing samba versions of David Bowie songs on deck. It is completely bizarre but it works.
Mercifully this film is a CGI-free zone with Anderson aiming for a handmade look with his emphasis on colour saturation and stop motion animation for the undersea elements. The whole thing feels like a pop-up movie made in kindergarten by toddlers with film degrees.
While I found it charming I can easily see why this film would not appeal to a mainstream audience. You either buy into Anderson’s whimsy or you don’t. For those who didn’t enjoy it I’m sure another Adam Sandler movie will stink along in the near future which will better satisfy your tastes.
When a movie shows this much charm and innovation it would be churlish to criticise it, so I won’t.
Festival Director: (asking a question about the Jaguar Shark): That's an endangered species at most. What would be the scientific purpose of killing it?
Steve Zissou: Revenge.
Most of the film was shot on the Italian Riviera where Bill Murray became a certified diver during the filming of the movie, logging over 40 diving hours between takes. And he got paid. Tough business this acting lark.
Still want more? Then check out our podcast episode on the film. Find it on iTunes, Stitcher, YourListen, Podomatic, or Acast.
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Labels: Bill Murray, Review by: Neon Messiah, Wes Anderson
In the 50’s, low budget genre films were all the rage. In the US, to feed the boom in drive-in theatres, studios churned out movies with simple plots, stock themes, and reliable shock effects to satisfy punters more interested in copping a feel than character development. Let’s not mess about - most of these films were crap.
A popular staple of these genre efforts were alien invasions, tapping into the public’s Cold War paranoia and the suspicion that those dirty Commies were lurking somewhere in the laundry basket waiting to take over.
Amongst the B-movie dross a few classics did emerge, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, It Came From Outer Space and War Of The Worlds remain enduring examples of the genre.
The reason I’m waffling on about these second tier features is because Skyline (2010) is a direct descendent of those exploitation efforts. In fact, Skyline is little more than a pedestrian retread of War Of The Worlds but with added special effects gimmickry.
Unfortunately, for a film which has decided to put the emphasis on providing smorgasbord of special effects, the aliens are poorly designed and look about as convincing as those in Plan 9 From Outer Space.
The end result is neither scary, funny or remotely thought provoking. Indeed, the whole film feels like nothing more than a straight-to-DVD X-files spin-off.
In an effort to cover-up the entertainment vacuum, the directors have piled on the CGI in much the same way a budget fast food joint uses melted plastic cheese to mask the flavour of your three day old donkey burger.
Confronted by this utterly disinteresting sorry affair, I struggled to write even a single page of notes. Fortunately, my torpor was briefly alleviated when an army helicopter hovered into view and with it the impending prospect of a chopper fireball.
Thingy-me-jig and whats-her-name in Skyline
So, let’s set the scene. Skyline’s two anonymous protagonists Jarrod (Eric Balfour) and Elaine (Scottie Thompson) are holed up in an up-market apartment complex. But, with the aliens closing in, they try to escape by hailing down a passing chopper from the rooftop.
As it approaches, a large alien climbs up the side of the building and shoots two sticky tentacles from its claws which fix onto the chopper’s chassis. There is a short tug of war until the chopper succeeds in overpowering the alien with a volley of gunfire. Unfortunately, it’s here the problems begin.
As the alien tumbles off the side of the building it drags the chopper - to which it’s still attached - down with it. The doomed whirlybird is pulled into the tower block’s glass and concrete structure and goes up in flame, its rotor blades spinning off and narrowly missing the heads of our protagonists.
The rest of the fiery debris plummets to earth and crashes through a glass foyer.
The exploding helicopter set piece is competently executed and I liked the way the shell of the helicopter comes straight at the camera from above, adding to the impact.
As a mostly innovation free film it comes as a surprise that the destruction of the helicopter is executed in such an unconventional manner. Until a giant chameleon sticks out its tongue and brings down a helicopter this will remain a unique set-piece.
Rule 1 of the helicopters pilot’s character arc: if you haven’t got any lines and you tangle with a bad guy you will only ever end up as slightly charred worm food.
Apart from the helicopter explosion there is absolutely no need to watch this film.
It’s hard to know where to start as this film misfires on almost every level.
A no-mark cast of actors are understandably unable to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. Donald Faison (Turk in Scrubs) pops up as a rapper and is mercifully dispatched half way through the film before he can tarnish his resume any further.
David Zayas (who you might recognise as Latino gang leader in prison drama Oz) plays a strangely aggressive concierge who has some awful lines: sample dialogue, “Vaya con Dios, you son of a bitch”. When the aliens come calling Zayas decides he’d rather take his own life and kills himself in a gas explosion. After watching this turkey you might want to do the same.
Despite being an effects driven movie nothing much interesting seems to happen for the bulk of the film. The dialogue is flat and, as most of the film is shot in the confines of an apartment block great swathes of the film are just plain dull.
A one location shoot is not a barrier to a good film. Phone Booth, 127 Hours and Glengarry Glen Ross prove movies with smart dialogue can use their restrictive environments to ratchet up the tension. The directors could have tried to show a siege mentally or evidence of cabin fever, but this is ignored in favour of more shots of clunky looking aliens floating about outside.
There’s no exploration of wider themes, such as the public’s reaction to an alien invasion, the possibilities of societal anarchy, or even why the aliens are there in the first place. No allegories to commercialism, secularism or politics are discussed let alone contemplated. Perhaps I’m expecting too much.
To top it all off the ending, and here we should issue a *spoiler alert*. is complete and utter baloney. The aliens, it turns out, use human brains as fuel. But, when Jarrod is captured and his brain harvested, he amazingly has the power to control the alien he‘s just been ingested by.
No-one else has this ability. And, this point cannot be made strongly enough: THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO F*CKING EXPLANATION FOR HIS SPECIAL POWER! It comes apropos of nothing. All the poor viewer can do is throw up their hands and accept this important plot point like the moron the directors clearly expect you to be.
(As the aliens revive themselves after being blasted by a rocket)
Jarrod: “They’re not dead. They’re just really p*ssed off!”
A special mention should go to directors, The Brothers Strause. They have a background in effects work having been involved on the visuals for the Fantastic Four, The Day After Tomorrow and Terminator 3.
They then moved into directing and were responsible for the sh*tfest that was Alien v Predator: Requiem. All in all, tthey have an unenviable record of routinely making bad films.
Out of the $20m this cost to make (chicken feed by today’s mega-budget standards) only 2.5% of the budget went on physical production. The vast majority went on the effects costs.
Despite the thoroughly negative reviews the film made over $78m at the box office and you will probably see a sequel as a result. It goes to show the movie going public are mostly made up of f*cking idiots.
Labels: Colin Strause, Eric Balfour, Greg Strause, Review by: Neon Messiah, Skyline
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Brother of Arab restaurant owner in Vancouver, Washington set his business on fire and spray painted “KKK” and “Die Arab scum” on the walls. Investigators found it was insurance fraud.
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FL Man Faked KKK Hate Crime, Set His Ex’s Car on Fire, and Staged His Own Kidnapping in Blood Covered Ransom Note December 13, 2016
De La Cruz, a local gang member, stabs a congregant outside his Mosque. Sentenced to 16 years in Jail. Trump blamed. December 10, 2016
Father Confesses to Hate Crime Hoax of Burning his Own Car and Spray-Painting Own Home with Racist Slur November 28, 2016
‘Harassing, Threatening’ Notes Sent to North Park U. Student were Bogus November 26, 2016
Man Admits Lying About ‘Trump Country Lynching’ Hate Crime Report November 18, 2016
Bowling Green State Univ. African-American Woman’s Story that she was attacked by three men wearing Trump gear who “began to throw rocks” at her November 17, 2016
Ann Arbor Woman Pleads Guilty to Falsely Reported Safety Pin Slashing November 17, 2016
Two students admit to vandalizing Griffin Hall on Saturday November 16, 2016
School report of 5 year old Muslim boy in Charlotte, North Carolina being abused by his teacher, repeatedly called him a “bad Muslim child, was made up. November 16, 2016
African-American USF Student Arrested for Lying About Being Robbed By Two White Men November 15, 2016
Controversial Racist Banner Causing Uproar in Pittsburgh Neighborhood. African-American Owner Put It Up. November 13, 2016
Church Organist Admitted to Spray Painting “Heil Trump”, a Swastika, and “Fag Church” to “mobilize a movement” November 13, 2016
Racist, anti-LGBT flier found outside Dallas nightclub appears to be hoax November 12, 2016
University of Michigan Student Made Up Story About Man Threatening to Burn Hijab, Police Say November 12, 2016
Fake letter attacking Muslims passed around social media. Snopes: “There’s no evidence that a threatening letter from a new ‘neighborhood town watch’ was circulated to Muslims across the United States” November 11, 2016
Villanova University Student Withdraws Claim that Trump Voters Attack Her November 10, 2016
“Note Reading ‘Bye Bye Latinos Hasta La Vista’ Found in Kivette Hall” – “The Message was Written By a Latino Student Who Was Upset About the Results of the Election and Wrote the Message As a Satirical Commentary,” November 10, 2016
Claim that two SIUC Students Use Blackface To Celebrate Trump Victory (just a beauty face mask and torn flag) November 10, 2016
University of Louisiana Lafayette Student Made Up Story About Attack, Stolen Wallet & Stolen Hijab. One of the Imaginary Men Wore a “Trump” Hat and They Both Yelled Racial Obscenities at Her. November 10, 2016
U of M student, Kathy Mirah Tu, posts viral story of racist attack. Police state they have no record of any report. Student deletes post. November 10, 2016
Woman Claimed on Facebook that “Four Males, All of Whom Were Caucasian” Harassed and Threatened Her with Racial Slurs and Violence Outside a Gas Station and that Charges Have Been Filed … Police Said: “No Official Report of Ugly Racial Incident at … Gas Station” November 9, 2016
Black Doll with Noose Found in Canisius College Dorm Building (It Wasn’t) November 9, 2016
Bowling Green State University Report of Attack, Robbery, & Gay Slur All False, Police Say November 9, 2016
Picture circulating on social media claims to depict the KKK marching on a bridge to celebrate Trump’s victory. Fake. November 9, 2016
Three vehicles and one house in Philadelphia were spray-painted with messages that read “Trump Rules,” “Trump Rules Black B—h” and the letter “T.” Found to be a hoax perpetrated by a black man. November 9, 2016
San Diego State University Muslim Student Who Claimed She Was Attacked and Robbed by Two Trump Supporters “Not Willing to Testify and Decided She No Longer Wanted to Pursue the Matter Criminally, According to Police” November 9, 2016
Baylor police suspend investigation of alleged racial abuse November 9, 2016
Pro-Trump Babson College Students Cleared in Wellesley Incident November 9, 2016
San Francisco Homeowner’s Nazi Flag Protest of Trump Backfires November 9, 2016
Mic reporter Sarah Harvard spreads lies about knife attack on Muslim girl November 9, 2016
Santa Monica Police Say No Report Filed In Alleged Election Night Assault On Gay Man By ‘Trump Supporters’ November 8, 2016
University Professor Claims She Was Given Anti-Muslim Literature, Blames Post-Election ‘Values’ November 5, 2016
Jewish Democrat drew a swastika with chalk on fences and pillars outside of two neighbors homes in Chicago November 3, 2016
WashPost & Daily Kos claim political and racial motivation to fatal Muslim College Student Beating in Wisconsin. Police found it was not racially motivated. November 1, 2016
African-American Congregant Burns Down Own Church – “A Burned Down Black Church Shows Trump Wouldn’t Condemn His Own Terrorists” November 1, 2016
Prank by two black students who were good friends at Stone High School falsely described as hate crime by NAACP October 26, 2016
Man Falsely Accused of Making Threatening Calls to Mosque. Phone Records Show Calls Came from L.A. Judges Son, but Police Ignore and Accuse Innocent Person. Media covers up conflicting narrative. October 19, 2016
Father Claims Islamophobic Attack of Muslim Child on School Bus. Investigators Find No Evidence. October 14, 2016
Man who rushed the field at a football game in Chicago, Illinois dressed in a gorilla outfit with an “All Lives Matter” sign turned out to be black after he was unmasked. October 2, 2016
Man who went on a shooting rampage in Houston, Texas while wearing a Nazi uniform was actually naturalized citizen from India and had helped found a chapter of a Jewish fraternity. September 28, 2016
Hate crime that sparked Eastern Michigan University protests deemed hoax September 21, 2016
NY Muslim woman set on fire was not target of hate crime, police say September 14, 2016
Man Accused of Assaulting Trump Protester Revealed Hoax September 14, 2016
‘Poster boy for white hatred’ sues Michigan Tech for scapegoating him September 9, 2016
Murder by Hispanic Man, Oscar Morel, who shot an Imam and His Assistant, blamed on right-wing extremism July 31, 2016
Photo of an African-American Girl’s Injuries Went Viral After She Alleged that Three Boys Wrapped a Rope Around Her Neck Like a Noose and Dragged Her because of Racial Motivation July 26, 2016
Justin Coleman, an African American Man, Pleads Guilty to Posing as a Trump Supporter & White Supremacist and Mailing 6 Extremely Threatening Letters to Black People July 1, 2016
Woman lied about fending off three black and Hispanic would be rapists in New York after returning from a gay pride parade June 30, 2016
Online star Calum McSwiggan pleads guilty to vandalism after hate crime claim June 26, 2016
‘Racist’ Text Messages at Ottoson Fabricated: Police June 6, 2016
Muslim Man Charged with Sending Letter Containing White Powder to a Mosque and Spray-painting Anti-Muslim Words on Muslim-Owned Store June 1, 2016
NBC7 push fake news story: Pepper-Spray Use at Trump Protest in San Diego against instigators May 27, 2016
A Chicago Student has been Arrested for Painting “Trump 2016 – Fuck Mexico” on a Sidewalk at DePaul University. He’s a Social Justice Student Warrior. May 24, 2016
Two SUNY Albany College Students who Claimed to be Victims of Racist Attack Expelled May 6, 2016
A black restaurant owner in Urbana, IL is in jail after police said he made a false report about a hate crime and death threat May 3, 2016
Black University of Iowa student got himself in bar fight, and blamed it on three white men yelling racial slurs. April 30, 2016
Transgender Woman Claims She Was Escorted Out of a Durham Transit Center Bathroom. Video Shows It Could Not Have Happened As She Claimed. April 29, 2016
Seven Muslim Women Sue Cafe For Kicking Them Out Because They Were Muslim and Wearing Hijabs. Co-Owner is Muslim and Cafe has a Rush Hour Policy of 45 Minutes. April 24, 2016
African-American Students Connected in Salisbury University Racist Drawing April 20, 2016
Gay Pastor Apologizes for Making Up Hoax, Drops Suit About Whole Foods Cake with Homophobic Slur April 18, 2016
Bananas hung at Clemson University in South Carolina were not a hate crime, but the University used as an excuse to push for more diversity initiatives. April 13, 2016
Syrian refuge in Germany set his own shelter on fire, but spray painted swastikas to blame it on Germans. April 11, 2016
Gay men in South Beach Miami started a fight and claimed it was an anti-gay hate crime. April 7, 2016
A driver running over a Muslim woman in Molenbeek, Belgium was immediately assumed to be an anti-Islam demonstrator by the media. Later found to be a drunk local youth named Mohamed. April 4, 2016
Woman of Middle-Eastern Descent Who Said She Was Slashed In Face Made Up Story March 31, 2016
Palestinian man burned down his own home and blamed it on Israeli settlers. March 29, 2016
Muslim woman in Dearborn, Michigan lied about being forced by police to remove hijab March 16, 2016
Actual ‘Fake News’ website writes fake story about a Trump Supporter setting mosque on fire and critically injuring three people. Real website reports on it. March 16, 2016
Two Vandals in Hoax Attack at Northwestern University Chapel Get Hate Crime Charges Dropped March 11, 2016
Seattle’s Africatown Center Vandalized With Swastikas, Racial Threats, and Pro-Trump Graffiti February 26, 2016
Black men dress in KKK outfits and stage a rally for Trump, resembling a scene from the movie Blazing Saddles. February 24, 2016
Russian-German teen lied about being raped by migrants January 31, 2016
Muslim woman in Birmingham, UK lied about being attacked for wearing a hijab. January 8, 2016
Woman in Auckland, New Zealand lied about being beaten because she was speaking Maori January 7, 2016
Arson at a Houston Mosque on Christmas Day Was Set By Man Who Was a Regular at the Mosque. Media Runs to Blame Trump. December 26, 2015
The Man Who Planned To Bomb A Mosque Posted Positive Donald Trump And Hillary Clinton Comments. Guess Which One The Media Mentions? December 21, 2015
Sharareh Delara Drury, a self-described journalist, claimed that she was attacked on a Michigan Avenue bus in Chicago. Her story was first posted on her Facebook page and then reported by Refinery 29 and by the Chicago NBC affiliate. The Chicago Transit Authority issued a statement saying that they had multiple cameras on every bus. They reviewed all video from Michigan Avenue buses on that day and found that no such incident occurred. The Chicago Police Department said the woman never filed a police report. No witnesses have come forward to support her story. December 11, 2015
Yale Finds No Evidence of ‘White Girls Only’ Halloween Party Racism December 10, 2015
Death of Muslim teen was an accident, not a hate crime, police investigation finds December 5, 2015
Former Cop Accused of Writing Racist Letter to Himself December 3, 2015
“Twitter Threats to Black Kean Students Made by Black Alum, Police Say” December 1, 2015
31-Year-Old Registered Democrat Charged With Sending Email Threat To Islamic Center of Lexington. Trump Blamed. November 27, 2015
Racism Immediately Alleged After Black Bag of Poop Found on Steps of Vanderbilt’s Black Cultural Center — Then the Truth Comes Out November 20, 2015
Tunisian Woman Fabricated “Islamophobic” Plot to Bomb Majority-Muslim High School (She’s also an Ellen Fan) November 19, 2015
Harvard law school students vandalized portraits of former black professors to prove their campus was racist November 18, 2015
Yik Yak threat at a University Stated: ‘I’m going to shoot every black person I can on campus’. Posted by African-American Man. November 17, 2015
LSU student and student newspaper columnist Clarke Perkins freaked out on Twitter as she mistook a lightning ground wire hanging over a branch for a noose. November 12, 2015
Mizzou Student Body President Admits to Spreading False Rumor KKK was on Campus November 11, 2015
Indian Man Claims He Was Attacked Because The White Confederate Flag Pick-up Driving Attackers Thought He Was A Muslim. His Daughter Also Received Threatening Texts. But He Lied. It was another Hoax. November 5, 2015
“A Student of Color” was Responsible for Writing “KKK Forever Public Lynching Dec. 9th 2015” and “I hung a n—– by his neck in my backyard” on School Computer November 4, 2015
Black husband and wife professors at Emporia State University made numerous unsubstantiated claims about racism where they worked, then sued when the investigations showed the events never happened. October 16, 2015
African-American Man Charged with Setting Two Fires in the String of Seven Predominantly Black Church Fires in the St. Louis Area October 8, 2015
U of Delaware ‘Nooses’ Turn Out To Be Remnants of Paper Lanterns from a Previous Event September 23, 2015
White Texas man vandalized own truck and spray painted “Black Lives Matter” and anti-police graffiti on it. September 19, 2015
Black student admits hanging ‘White Only,’ ‘Black Only’ signs near school bathrooms, water fountains September 18, 2015
‘Terrorist’ Troll Pretended to Be ISIS, White Supremacist, and Jewish Lawyer September 11, 2015
Online threat about Black Panthers going into schools and shooting white students was a hoax. September 9, 2015
White New York firefighter set his own house on fire and blamed it on Black Lives Matter September 8, 2015
A man who claimed he was the victim of a hate crime at a UND fraternity made the story up according to investigators August 30, 2015
Lesbian Professor Admits She Made Up Gay-Bashing Story and Punched Herself In The Eye August 19, 2015
Black Georgia Tech student claimed racial slurs were yelled at her from a window while walking by a fraternity house. Investigators found the windows were locked or inaccessible and video evidence showed she never walked by. August 10, 2015
Planned Parenthood claimed its website was hacked after undercover surveillance video of its operations was leaked. Internet sleuths showed it was obviously a staged PR stunt. July 30, 2015
Shaun King, a white activist for Black Lives Matter claimed he was beaten nearly to death by a group of rednecks in 1995. The police report showed it was a one on one fight with minor injuries. July 21, 2015
A Hispanic Man Falsely Claimed that he was Assaulted with a Screwdriver By White Males. He was Assaulted by Rival Hispanic Gang Members. July 17, 2015
Story about a black man beaten to death by white supremacists in Myrtle Beach, Florida was completely made up. July 6, 2015
After claiming to have received homophobic letter Baltimore woman’s ‘relentlessly gay’ fundraiser revealed as apparent hoax July 2, 2015
Black Suspect Arrested After Racist Message Discovered Outside Predominately Black Church June 30, 2015
Rick Jones admits to vandalism, injuries originally reported as anti-gay attack; donations returned June 30, 2015
African-American Suspect Arrested After Racist Message Discovered Outside Predominately Black Church June 27, 2015
White woman in Texas invented story of being attacked by three black people in front of her 3-year old daughter. June 22, 2015
President of the Spokane, Washington NAACP lied about receiving racial hate mail in a PO box June 12, 2015
Two Jewish teens vandalized a synagogue in Ra’anana, Israel with Anti-Semitic graffiti. June 2, 2015
Senegalese immigrant in Italy sent herself a series of racist letters May 18, 2015
Attack against two gay men in a Manhattan, New York restaurant widely publicized as being anti-gay. People familiar with the attacker spoke up that he was also gay. May 5, 2015
Columbia University student Emma Sulkowicz falsely accused a student of raping her. The student was cleared of charges when text messages showed she had requested anal sex and was rejected. April 24, 2015
Suspect behind writing “Keep Europe white” at UCLA campus ended up being an Asian man April 23, 2015
After a month of non-stop protests about a noose, Duke quietly reveals details that it was an international student and he will be allowed to remain on campus. April 3, 2015
The son of Rachel Dolezal filed a false police report about being harrased by racist white people in a grocery store. Video evidence showed no such thing happened and he was covering up for knocking over wine bottles. March 23, 2015
“Social Activist” Lawyer in Austin, Texas posted stickers around town that proclaimed some businesses were exclusively for white people March 20, 2015
Jewish student at George Washington University admitted to posting a swastika on Jewish fraternity’s bulletin board. March 18, 2015
Gay activist in Ohio claimed he had been abducted, later revealed to be a hoax. March 7, 2015
White woman fabricated a story about being raped at knifepoint by a black man in a park in Brooklyn, New York. March 7, 2015
African-America Husband Found Guilty in Fire and Racist Graffiti on Wife’s Truck February 24, 2015
Melbourne Florida police say ‘Allahu Akbar’ graffiti and fire at church is juvenile vandalism February 17, 2015
Muslim student at UT Arlington fabricated story of being threatened with a gun by white men in a pickup truck decorated with “large Texan flags”. February 13, 2015
Jewish man caught painting the French word for jews “juif” on 20 cars in Paris, France. February 10, 2015
African-American Bridgeport Connecticut Police Officer Who Reported Racist Letter… Wrote It February 9, 2015
Black New York Times columnist claimed a Yale campus police officer aimed his gun at his son because he was black. It was later revealed the officer himself was black, as was Yale’s police chief. January 26, 2015
Immigrant murdered in Dresden, Germany automatically assumed to be killed by neo-Nazis was actually killed by his Eritrean roommate. January 15, 2015
LGBT fans of Charlton Athletic in the UK falsely claimed they were lured into an ambush and violently attacked. January 12, 2015
Muslim man burgled and vandalized his own mosque in Fresno, California. December 25, 2014
Fire at a mosque in Eskilstuna, Sweden was assumed to be a religiously motivated hate crime. The cause was an overheated deep fryer. December 25, 2014
Effigies of black people hanging at Uinversity of California, Berkeley were actually hung by black students as an art project. December 15, 2014
An investigation found that a rope at Corporation Yard in Oakland, CA was deliberately positioned to look like a noose before reporters arrived to take photos. December 12, 2014
Bosnian immigrant in St. Louis falsely claimed three black teenagers wanted to kill her due to ethnicity. December 5, 2014
University of Chicago student made up story about racist people hacking his Facebook account and threatening to rape him. He posted the message himself. November 18, 2014
YouTube prankster’s Muslim Racial Profiling video is a hoax designed to smear the NYPD and cash in by creating viral content. October 21, 2014
Student at Sweet Briar college in Virginia affixed labels saying White Only and Colored on two water coolers to draw attention to non-existent racism on that campus. August 28, 2014
Gay activist claimed he received a receipt from a Portland, Oregon Apple store with his email filled in as “f@g.com” and assumed it was a hate crime. Many people pointed out it was likely a typo, just random letters used to fill out the email field. July 8, 2014
Muslim man burned korans in front of a Dearborn, Michigan mosque on three separate occasions. June 10, 2014
Muslim student at Montclair State University in New Jersey lied about being beaten in an anti-Muslim attack. April 27, 2014
Racist tweets sent to students of Abilene Christian University in Texas were sent by a former student who is black. April 4, 2014
Internet Hoax: Lesbian activists made a video showing homophobic reactions to people being asked to hug gay people. They didn’t disclose the people were paid actors. March 15, 2014
Transgender student at Hercules Middle School lied about being attacked, beaten and sexually molested by other students in the bathroom. March 3, 2014
Gay man from Blackpool, England lied about being attacked by a group of homophobes after leaving a gay nightclub. CCTV video showed he injured himself. February 26, 2014
Bus driver in Dayton, Ohio made up a story about three black teenagers shooting and stabbing him. February 24, 2014
Black Grand Valley State University student wrote anti-black racist graffiti which said “black bitch die” and “fuck black history month” on her own dorm’s whiteboard. February 17, 2014
Radio station in New York fabricated story of a mom stopping her child from attending a classmate’s birthday party because their parents were gay. February 12, 2014
Male student settled a lawsuit with Washington & Lee University in Virginia after the school expelled him for a fake rape accusation from a woman he had consensual sex with. February 8, 2014
Chinese owner of a coffee stand in Spokane, Washington set it on fire and spray painted “Go back to China” on the ground outside. January 21, 2014
SOuthern Poverty Law Center Misgenders Trans-Woman So They Can Claim Man Murdered Another Transgender Woman January 1, 2014
Gay New Jersey waitress lied about receiving anti gay slurs and no tip from a customer November 28, 2013
Windsor, Colorado man falsely accused of abducting a woman from a Safeway parking lot and raping her. November 24, 2013
Gay man in Tennessee claimed he was attacked and had a anti-gay slur written on his forehead, later charged with making a false report. November 20, 2013
Mother of Lunenburg high school football player painted racist graffiti on her own home. November 15, 2013
Anti black and transgender graffiti at Vassar college was written by a Hispanic transgender student who was investigating the incidents. November 14, 2013
Lesbian in Indianapolis, Indiana claimed a hospital denied her visitation to her partner there. The hospital never banned her, and police later found her violent assault was the reason for her partner’s stay in the hospital. November 12, 2013
Imam in Pau, France caught vandalizing his own mosque with anti-Muslim graffiti. October 30, 2013
Black waitress at Red Lobster in Tennessee claimed customer wrote racial slurs to her on the back of a receipt, handwriting experts later said it was false. September 7, 2013
Oprah Winfrey claimed she was not shown a handbag at a shop in Switzerland because she is black. She later walked back the claim and amitted she was not dressed in a way that would suggest she could afford the handbag. August 14, 2013
Black minister of music at Good Shepherd Baptist Church in Petersburg, Virginia had his house set on fire and told the media it was because he was black. After investigating, police determined he set the fire. July 31, 2013
Transgender activist testifying about gay conversion therapy in support of a New Jersey law to ban the practice made the entire story up. It was a plot from a Ru Paul movie titled But I’m a Cheerleader. May 29, 2013
Gay community rallied around a teenage lesbian in Florida, and shamed her lover’s parents publicly because they wouldn’t let her date another girl. It eventually came to light that the girl was 14, and her lover was 18, and her parents were simply trying to prevent illegal underage sexual contact from taking place. May 20, 2013
Black student responsible for anti-black graffiti that read “Die n*ggers” at Agoura High School in California. May 12, 2013
Woman lied to police about being bound and gagged in a Gainesville, Florida parking lot. May 2, 2013
Black Jersey City high school student sent himself racist text messages while running for student council president. May 1, 2013
Feminist activist at the University of Wyoming, Laramie sent rape threats to herself on Facebook to frame conservatives. April 24, 2013
Israeli film director claimed he was severely beaten by Arab men in an anti-semetic attack. Investigators later found it was a small fight that had nothing to do with race or religion. April 3, 2013
Woman lied about being raped at University of California, Santa Cruz. Police later found she posted a Craigslist ad asking for someone to beat her up. April 2, 2013
Long string of anti-gay, anti-black, anti-Muslim graffiti and swastikas at Oberlin College was perpetrated by liberal Democrat activists who worked for Obama’s Organizing for Action. March 5, 2013
Oberlin College: Alleged ‘KKK Figure’ Possibly Just ‘a Person Wrapped in a Blanket’ March 4, 2013
Muslim pizza shop owner in Austria set fire to his own shop then spray painted swastikas on the wall. February 24, 2013
Jewish student scrawled anti-Semitic graffiti at a railroad station in Long Island, New York multiple times in December 2012. December 1, 2012
Lesbian woman who was beaten by the brother of her partner claimed it was because she was gay. It was later determined that he beat her because he was mad at her for getting his sister into prostitution and drugs. November 15, 2012
Republican activist in Wisconsin falsely claimed he was assaulted in his home by a man shouting anti-gay slurs. October 24, 2012
Louisiana Black woman lied about being set on fire and having KKK carved into her car by three men. She did it all herself and received serious burns October 21, 2012
Muslim man terrorized a Muslim family in the UK by dumping a severed pig’s head in their driveway, pouring paint thinner on their car and throwing a brick through their window. October 20, 2012
Lesbian couple at pride festival in Atlanta, Georgia claimed they were violently attacked because they were gay. Police later found they had been drinking and verbally harrassing another party, which eventually led to the fight. October 13, 2012
Jewish student at Michigan State University falsely claimed he was punched and had his mouth stapled shut by Neo-Nazis. He was instead punched because he had been harassing women. August 26, 2012
Gay man in Missoula, Montana fell while backflipping outside of a bar, made up a story about being beaten for being gay. August 5, 2012
Lesbian woman in Nebraska charged with making false claims to the police after faking anti-gay assault on herself. July 22, 2012
Three Jewish men spray painted anti-Semetic, pro-Hitler graffiti on the national holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Israel. July 9, 2012
Anti-Gypsy slurs and swastika graffiti in Nagykanizsa, Hungary was the work of gypsies. June 19, 2012
Gay bar owner in Chicago admitted to torching his own establishment, writing gay slurs on the walls. June 1, 2012
Black German foreign exchange student at Berthoud High School in Colorado lied about being attacked by four white men who cut her forehead with a knife. April 26, 2012
Black legislative aide wrote a letter with racial slurs and white powder to a black Muslim Iowa state legislator in attempt to frame white gun owners. April 3, 2012
Iraqi man in San Diego kills his wife, blames it on “Islamophobia”. March 21, 2012
Lesbian sophomore at Central Connecticut State University wrote anti-gay death threats to herself. March 7, 2012
Two black students at Montclair State University charged with faking racist graffiti on their own dorm room which read “BLACKS ONLY”, “N*gger” and “Black Bitch you will die”. February 7, 2012
Black student at University of Wisconsin, Parkside made a hit list of other black students. February 1, 2012
Student at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill claimed her ex boyfriend had repeatedly raped her while they were dating. She didn’t make the claim until three months after they broke up. The university found her boyfriend to be not guilty. February 1, 2012
Jewish man spray painted swastikas on the home of many Jewish residents in Brooklyn, New York and also made threatening anti-Semitic phone calls to them. January 15, 2012
Muslim student at the University of Kansas claimed she was abducted for several days by a drunk homeless man and characterized it as being because of her religion. She made the entire thing up and returned home safely. December 16, 2011
British woman offered to help a Muslim woman in a supermarket and was berated, tripped, kicked and accused of yelling anti-Muslim slurs. At trial the jury took 15 minutes to find the claims baseless and the defendant not guilty. November 30, 2011
Black man claimed two white St. Cloud, Minnesota Police officers attacked him and said “they didn’t want to see him around here again”. Video surveillance showed neither him or the police in the area at the time. November 15, 2011
Black Florida man burned a fake KKK cross on his driveway to stop his white wife from leaving him. November 4, 2011
Lesbian couple in Colorado spray painted “kill the gay” on their own garage door. October 28, 2011
Blind Native American man in South Dakota was told after an abdominal surgery that he had scars which looked like KKK which led to a lawsuit and widespred protests. Pictures showed only one scar resembled the letter K and he lost the lawsuit. September 9, 2011
White police officer in Memphis, Tennessee claimed he was shot by a Hispanic man. He later admitted a the shooter was a woman he was romantically involved with, who was the aunt of an underage girl he was also dating. September 3, 2011
Drugs, not gay hatred, may have sparked Salt Lake attack, police say August 31, 2011
Pakistani man in Boonton, New Jersey had his wife killed and staged it to look like a hate crime by men who were supposedly yelling racist remarks. August 26, 2011
McDonald’s racist Twitter message was hoax June 15, 2011
Supposed lesbian feminist blogger in Syria who was kidnapped because she was gay ended up being a total fabrication by a 40 year old American man living in Edinburgh, Scotland. June 12, 2011
Gay man faked hate crime in Iowa City. June 11, 2011
Black student at Seaholm High School in Birmingham, Michigan wrote hateful graffiti on a bathroom wall which specifically targeted other black students by name and said “Niggers need to be lynched”. May 18, 2011
“Wheel of Fortune”: Video of Racist Contestant a Fake May 8, 2011
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student accidentally burned himself, claimed his injuries were the result of a homophobic attack. April 4, 2011
Black law student at the University of Virginia made up police misconduct incident about being targeted because he is black. March 31, 2011
Beating of gay man in New York assumed to be a hate crime. Police found the attacker was also gay. March 27, 2011
SPLC Lists Brian Toriano Crimiel’s Crime of Spray-painting Racial Slurs on Two Predominantly Black Churches on It Hate List. Crimiel Is Black and Was Found Guilty of Trying to Frame His White Girlfriend for the Crimes. February 1, 2011
The murder of a prominent gay rights activist in Uganda was considered to be an anti gay hate crime. Investigators found he was murdered by a gay prostitute for not paying him for his services. January 4, 2011
Pee on gay books at Harvard assumed to be hate crimed. Later turned out to be a bottle of pee spilled accidentally by a librarian. November 24, 2010
African American Student anonymously posted on Facebook comments containing racial slurs, references to lynchings, and mentions of potential targets. The profile picture was of a person in a Klu Klux Klan outfit. September 16, 2010
Lesbian couple in Venore, Tennessee spray painted “queers” on their house and burned it down, accusing their neighbor of a hate crime. Police later found it was insurance fraud. September 4, 2010
Vietnamese family in Happy Valley, Oregon had “chink” spray painted on their garage and said it was the work of racists in the area. Police later found it was their son who was the source of the graffiti. September 2, 2010
White woman in Vancouver, Washington threw acid on her face and lied about a black woman doing it. August 30, 2010
Democratic congressman’s office was firebombed and he blamed it on the Tea Party. It turned out to be a former campaign staffer. August 25, 2010
Black man in Hartford, Connecticut killed eight white coworkers at a job he was fired from for stealing. Tried to claim it was in response to a hate crime after the fact, when no proof existed. August 5, 2010
Two Muslim women claimed they were barred from entering a bus in London because of their religious clothing. Video surveillance revealed it was because they were being hostile toward the bus driver. July 26, 2010
Muslim man in Georgia burned down his own mosque. July 5, 2010
Muslim woman in Australia claimed a police officer attempted to tear her burka off of her face. Video evidence showed he was calm and polite while she screamed at him repeatedly. June 10, 2010
Golfer Tiger Woods claimed he was tied to a tree, stoned with rocks and had “n*gger” spray painted on him when he was in Kindergarten. The teacher at the time said it never happened. April 2, 2010
Democratic congressmen Cleaver and Lewis lied about being spat on and called the “N-word”, blamed it on the Tea Party. Video evidence showed it never happened. March 25, 2010
Democratic congressman lied about a coffin being placed on his lawn as a sign of hate by the Tea Party. No coffin was ever placed on his lawn. March 21, 2010
Noose found in University of California, San Diego campus automatically assumed to be the work of white racists and lead to student protests. Non-white student later confessed to hanging the noose. March 2, 2010
Racial Profiling Allegations Against State Troopers who Accurately Pulled Over Actual Van with 911 Hoaxer in it. March 1, 2010
Government worker found dead with “FED” written on his shirt. Media immediately assumed the Tea Party did it. Police later found he killed himself in an insurance fraud scheme and staged the suicide to look like a homicide. September 12, 2009
Arab student at Skyline High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan claimed she was attacked by a mob in a hate crime which included ethnic slurs and her hijab being removed. It was instead an ordinary fight and only one black girl touched her. September 8, 2009
Windows smashed at Democrat party headquarters in Denver, Colorado and was assumed to be the work of the Tea Party. Later found to be done by paid Democrat activist. August 25, 2009
British Muslim community leader lied about being kidnapped from his home by two men from the British National Party, bundled into a car, driven to the woods and ordered to stop his religious work. August 12, 2009
Arrest of black man trying to enter his own home through a locked door and was assumed to be racially motivated by the media and President Obama. Police report later revealed the house had been broken into before, he was being extremely belligerent and one of the officers was black. July 16, 2009
Man in Portage, Indiana set his mother’s bedroom on fire and painted a racial slur on the garage in an attempt to stage a hate crime. May 1, 2009
Muslim woman claimed british hotel owners severely insulted and berated her religion while a guest at their hotel, for which they lost significant business. A trial showed the entire claim was fabricated. March 20, 2009
Australian Imam broke the door on his own mosque and blamed it on vandals. Video surveillance proved he was lying. March 9, 2009
Brazilian attorney in Zurich, Switzerland claimed she received many cuts in a skinhead attack which caused her to miscarry her pregnancy. Investigators found she was not pregnant and the wounds were self inflicted. February 9, 2009
Black man who worked for Ameritas sent racially charged letters containing death threats to other black employees. February 1, 2009
White woman said her home in Georgia was burned and had racist graffiti spray painted on it due to her support for President Barack Obama. Investigators later found she set the blaze for insurance money. January 18, 2009
Black man in Poplarville, Mississippi sent a racist message from a fake Facebook account, disguised as a white supremacist, to a black student at Nicholls State University, Louisiana. November 5, 2008
Black man in detroit sent threatening hate mail to an interracial couple, warning them of the dangers of a white woman dating a black man. November 1, 2008
Black student at Trinity College posted a racist message on an anonymous college message board site. October 31, 2008
White campaign volunteer for Republican presidential candidate John McCain lied that a large black man robbed her and carved a “B” for “black” on her cheek and told her “you are going to be a Barack supporter”. October 22, 2008
Home invasion, rape, and double murder of white Marine and his black wife in Murrieta, California staged to look like a hate crime with slurs painted on their bodies and the walls of their house. All four assailants were black Marines who worked with the husband. October 15, 2008
Methodist minister sent a dead hedgehog to herself as part of a fake hate campaign October 14, 2008
Muslim student at Elmhurst College lied about being beaten unconscious by a Nazi and having anti-Muslim graffiti painted by her assailant. Police later determined the event never happened. October 9, 2008
Three Jewish men spray painted a swastika on the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation. October 5, 2008
Muslim girl who was watching children at the Islamic Society of Greater Dayton in Ohio claimed she was sprayed through the window in her face with a chemical irritant. Police found no chemicals, and the only thing resembling them was a can of pepper spray found inside the mosque. September 26, 2008
Former student body president at Abilene Christian University who reported finding a noose put the noose September 2, 2008
Black man in Ardmore, Oklahoma told police a group of white men wrapped rope around his neck, dragged him around and beat him. He later confessed to running into a clothesline after arguing with his wife. June 2, 2008
White student at Athens Middle School in Texas claimed she was assaulted by 21 Hispanic students after displaying a poster about illegal immigration. Surveillance showed they stole her poster, but her wounds were self inflicted. April 4, 2008
Jewish student at Goucher College in Maryland carved a swastikas on the inside and outside of another Jewish student’s apartment. February 22, 2008
Black man in Troy, Ohio set fire to his home and spray painted a racial slur on his car. The fire came days after he was charged with sexually assaulting a 15 year old girl. December 21, 2007
Conservative activist at Princeton University faked an assualt on himself that was supposedly for his conservative views. December 13, 2007
Wife of Ozarks Minutemen founder in Springfield, Missouri accidentally shot herself when grabbing her husband’s gun. She claimed three Hispanic men broke into her home, raped and shot her. December 8, 2007
Black Firefighter reported finding a knotted rope and a threatening note with a drawing of a noose. He made both and placed them in the firehouse. December 2, 2007
Black student at Hightower High School in Missouri City taped signs over a drinking fountain that read “white” and “colored”. November 7, 2007
Jewish student at George Washington University drew swastika on her own doorm room door. November 5, 2007
Girl in Germany lied about being attacked by four neo-Nazis who carved a swastika on her hip. November 1, 2007
Black Man Hung Noose Around Tupac Statue in Georgia October 20, 2007
Former Air America host Randi Rhodes fell and hurt herself and claimed conservatives had beaten her because of her political views. Police later found the mugging never happened. October 14, 2007
Noose at office door of Columbia Teachers College professor, who was actively being investigated for plagiarism, was placed by herself October 9, 2007
Anti-Muslim posters at George Washington University were actually placed by liberal activists to mock conservatives. October 8, 2007
Black employee of the Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania hung a black baby doll with racial slurs written on it in a garage. October 1, 2007
Jewish immigrant blanketed his Brooklyn, New York neighborhood with swastikas. September 24, 2007
Black man in Anoka, Minnesota burned a cross on his own front lawn and lied about it to police. September 21, 2007
Black woman in West Virginia who claimed she was abducted, raped and tortured by several white people because she was black later recanted her story. She had dated one of the assailants, although some of the details were true. September 8, 2007
Year long wave of neo-Nazi attacks in Israel was the work of a group of Jewish teenagers. September 1, 2007
Culprits behind racist and vulgar graffiti such as “KKK” and “Gay Pride” in Charles County, Maryland were four black teens and one white one. August 24, 2007
White man who shot himself with a nail gun in Gloucester, England claimed he was attacked by black teens. August 12, 2007
Jewish lawyer who got a speeding ticket in Queens, New York and lied about the officer calling him a “Jew kike”. July 5, 2007
Black man in Jackson, Mississippi burned a cross and left a notebook filled with racial slurs. July 4, 2007
Mexican day laborer in Rancho Cucamonga, California lied that white men had kidnapped him and taken him to Mexico. The press were quick to blame the Minutemen, until he confessed the kidnapping never happened. May 30, 2007
Gay student at Minnesota State University, Moorhead claimed he was beaten and had anti-gay slurs yelled at him. He later confessed that he had just gotten in a fight and it had nothing to do with him being gay. May 3, 2007
Black student at Anderson High School in California was responsible for notes left around campus containing swastikas and “KKK” written on them. She had written them to get back at her dad for not picking her up. March 22, 2007
Racist graffiti containing “white power” and “KKK” written at Dr. Gustavus Brown Elementary School in La Plata, Maryland was the work of several interracial students whose backgrounds included white, black, Hispanic and Asian. March 18, 2007
Gay Man Died From Spinal Injury. Press Claimed He Was Attacked In A Homophobic Hate Crime, Without Evidence. February 23, 2007
Gay man in Detroit told relatives his head wound was from an anti-gay attack, moments before he died. His death was used to pass hate crimes legislation. Medical examiners later determined there was no attack, and the head injury was due to falling down. February 16, 2007
A 15-year-old Sikh boy from Edinburgh Scotland who claimed he had his hair cut off by racist thugs has admitted he made the attack up. December 24, 2006
Asian man said he was kidnapped, robbed, and taken to a Reynoldsburg, Ohio restaurant which was set on fire and had anti-Chinese graffiti spray painted on it. He later admitted the owner paid him to stage it for insurance fraud. December 21, 2006
Brother of Arab restaurant owner in Vancouver, Washington set his business on fire and spray painted “KKK” and “Die Arab scum” on the walls. Investigators found it was insurance fraud. December 5, 2006
Lesbian woman in Ada, Oklahoma lied about being attacked by two men because she was gay, carved the word “lesbian” in her own arm. December 4, 2006
Six imams were removed from a flight, and claimed it was because they were Muslim. Investigators determined it was because of very suspicious behavior, and the passenger who warned the flight staff spoke Arabic and could understand what they were saying. November 20, 2006
South African fuel company, Engen, slams hoax racist email campaign November 17, 2006
Black student at Seymour Highschool in Connecticut wrote “Whites only” near a drinking fountain. November 16, 2006
Black student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania used another student’s email account to send racist and threatening emails to about 20 other black students. November 15, 2006
Gay student at Boise State University, Idaho lied about being beaten because he was gay. Police later found the wounds were self-inflicted. November 9, 2006
Black man sent threats signed from the KKK to officials in the southern Illinois community of O’Fallon. November 9, 2006
Jewish Binghamton University student admits ‘racist’ and Anti-Semitic graffiti to “raise awareness.” October 6, 2006
Jewish University of New Hampshire student claimed she was grabbed and pushed by two men who made derogatory comments about Jews and talked about Nazism. Police found the event never happened. October 3, 2006
Black man in Petaluma claimed he was attacked by three white men because he was black, and that they yelled racial slurs at him. Police later found he injured himself wrestling while drunk. September 4, 2006
Indian immigrant professor at Case Western Reserve University claimed she received racially charged hate mail from her co-workers between 2006 and 2007. She later confessed to the FBI she sent the letters to herself, spent six months in jail and was deported to India. August 28, 2006
Muslim sandwich shop owner in Xenia, Ohio repeatedly attempted to burn down his own store for insurance fraud, and blamed each attempt on anti-Muslim hate. He eventually succeeded in burning the store, himself and his son to death. July 1, 2006
Black Penn State student found dead with 93 stab wounds and the word “N*GGER” written on the wall in his own blood, assumed to be perpetrated by white people. His black friend was later found guilty of committing the crime for money. June 3, 2006
Indian family in Wayne, New Jersey who had racist graffiti spray painted all over their home was shocked to learn the culprit was their son. May 27, 2006
Twelve-year old black child in Ansonia, Connecticut claimed he was abducted by men in white robes and had a flammable liquid sprayed on his face. Police found that he had accidentally set himself on fire. April 8, 2006
Black stripper falsely accused the Lacrosse team at Duke University of raping her. March 13, 2006
Black woman distributed fliers in her apartment complex that read “KKK Congratulates Gang Bangers for Slaughter of Black People”. March 3, 2006
Black family in Powhatan, Virginia spray painted anti-black slurs and “white power” on their own home. February 18, 2006
Cartoons with negative depictions of Mohammed which were circulated throughout the middle east were actually created and taken there by Muslim leaders in Denmark. February 7, 2006
North Carolina man claimed robbed and assaulted with a rock after two men found out he was gay. Police charged with filing false report. February 1, 2006
Black man moved all of his furniture out of his house, spray painted misspelled racial slurs and backward swastikas on the wall, and set the house on fire. Investigators quickly determined it was insurance fraud because he was behind on his bills. October 11, 2005
Middle eastern man in New York caught on video carving a swastika on his own apartment building. October 10, 2005
Gay couple in Lakeland, Florida set their own home on fire and spray painted “die fag” on the steps. Investigators found it was an attempted insurance fraud. July 25, 2005
Burnt Koran found in a bag in front of the Islamic Center of Blacksburg, Virginia was placed there by a Muslim man who said it had been burned in a house fire and wanted it to be properly disposed of. June 16, 2005
Black teen in Doyline, Louisiana lied about being abducted by two white men at gunpoint from his home. June 9, 2005
17 year-old Sikh teen in Richmond, British Columbia claimed he was beaten by five white males, who yelled racial slurs, robbed him and cut his hair. Police later found the attack never happened and he cut his own hair but was afraid to tell his parents. May 26, 2005
Lesbian Tamalpais High School student lied about being pelted with eggs and having her car vandalized. She also spray painted the words “Die Fag” on her school’s wall. May 9, 2005
Black pastor at the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Summerville, South Carolina set their own church on fire. May 4, 2005
Black man broke into a white student’s apartment at the University of Delaware, then raped and strangled her. He painted “KKK” and “white power” on the walls in an attempt to frame white people. May 1, 2005
Black student at Trinity International University sent threatening letters to black and latino students. April 27, 2005
Son of interracial couple in Everett, Washington severely vandalized own home and wrote “fag”, “whore” and “KKK” inside. April 12, 2005
Muslim traveler claimed he couldn’t board a flight at LAX because he was on the terrorist watch list. He actually missed his flight and was briefly detained because his name was the same as someone else on the list, then was sent on his way once it was cleared up. March 26, 2005
Kill list circulated at Laredo Middle school in Colorado targeting black students was found to be made by a black student. March 23, 2005
Missouri man lied that two people attacked him, cut his stomach, branded him with a hot knife and carved the word “Fag” in his forehead. He later confessed the injuries were self inflicted. December 14, 2004
Black teacher at Peterstown School No. 3 in New Jersey wrote himself and two other black teachers racist Thanksgiving greetings cards so he could say he felt threatened and transfer to another school. November 20, 2004
President of the Brevard, Florida chapter of the National Organization for Women lied about being raped in a bathroom at Rollings College by two men. November 17, 2004
Hateful messages including a swastika and “I hate minorities” scrawled across the College of Wooster ended up being a hoax perpetrated by liberal activists. October 28, 2004
Jewish community center in Paris, France had swasitkas spray painted on it and was set on fire. Police arrested a Jewish man for doing it. August 21, 2004
Middle eastern meat market owner in McAllen, Texas set his own business on fire and blamed it on anti-Muslim hate. August 6, 2004
Muslim Pakistani immigrant painted Christian crosses and anti-Arab graffiti on his own business in Everett, Washington and set it on fire, framing it as an anti-Muslim hate crime when it was actually just insurance fraud. July 9, 2004
Woman in Paris, France claimed she was beaten on a train, then had her clothes slashed, a swastika drawn on her, her hair cut, and finally robbed by a group of Arab and African men because they thought she was Jewish. Police later found she fabricated the entire incident. July 9, 2004
The head of French friends of Israel’s Likud Party admitted staging anti-Semitic phone calls to himself. May 14, 2004
Professor at Clairemont McKenna college in California vandalized her own care and wrote racial slurs on it. She was convicted of attempted insurance fraud and filing a false police report. March 9, 2004
Black students at the University of Louisville, Kentucky distributed white supremacist literature. February 25, 2004
Hispanic man in Des Moines, Iowa burned cars and spray painted racist graffiti all over the home of the Hispanic family he was living with. February 24, 2004
British freelance journalist wrote a story of seeing a gathering of neo-Nazis at a bar in Wales. He later admitted the bar didn’t exist and the story was fabricated. February 13, 2004
Transvestite in Manhattan, New York cut off his own penis and told police a cab driver had done it because he hated transexuals. December 14, 2003
Three foot tall swastika and the words “Die Jews” were spray painted at Northwestern University by a Jewish student. November 9, 2003
Latino student at Northwestern University lied about seeing “Die spic” written on a poster next to his door. He also claimed someone held a knife to his neck and whispered, “Spic, we didn’t run away this time” four days later. November 4, 2003
Mixed race couple in Idaho placed a cross in their yard, spray painted racial slurs on their barn and set their own home on fire in an attempt to stage a hate crime to collect insurance money. October 1, 2003
Black student at San Francisco State University wrote racial slurs on her own dorm room door, and also slipped a note under her door. September 16, 2003
Jewish man in Macomb County, Michigan spray painted a swastika on a building and blamed it on someone he was in a business dispute with. September 1, 2003
Sikh store worker cut off own hair and stole $5,600 in robbery/hate crime hoax July 11, 2003
Black couple in Turner County, Georgia had their house burned down and covered with racial epithets. Police later found they had set the blaze themselves, and did the same thing two years earlier. June 7, 2003
Black coast guardsman admitted to placing a note with a racial slur in his car. May 6, 2003
White student at Bethel Seminary in Minnesota painted swastikas and derogatory statements toward black people on his own pickup truck and lied that someone else did it. May 6, 2003
Investigators found that a racial epithet written on a black student’s door at Gonzaga University was actually left there by a friend seeking attention. April 23, 2003
Stabbing of Rabbi in Paris, France by Muslims suspected by police to be a self inflicted hoax. January 3, 2003
Couple in Klein, Texas claimed their house was burned with racial graffiti spray painted on it. Police later found it to be insurance fraud. December 7, 2002
Black students at the University of Mississippi put a noose in a tree with a hanging stick figure and wrote “Fucking N*gger” and “Fucking Hoe N*gger”, then blamed it on white people. November 6, 2002
Hispanic woman and her black boyfriend spray painted “No N*ggers Allowed” on the Las Vegas, Nevada home they were renting to avoid eviction. August 5, 2002
Muslim Pakistani immigrant motel owner in Herber City, Utah set fire to his own motel and tried to blame it on a man who was seeking revenge for for the 9/11 attacks. July 21, 2002
Football player Brian Banks was falsely accused of rape and spent five years in jail. His name was not cleared for a total of ten years. June 1, 2002
Muslim owner of a Halal food store in Cleveland, Ohio planned to hire an arsonist to burn his store in an insurance fraud and stage it as an anti-Muslim hate crime. April 23, 2002
Black lesbian in Denver, Colorado claimed she was attacked in her home by two white men and had “dyke” carved on her left arm and “R.I.P.” on her stomach. Police later said she refused a polygraph and the wounds were not inflicted against her will. March 26, 2002
Former Police Officer Painted a Swastika On His Home And Pretended To Chase The Criminal Away, And Also Reported and Committed Dozens Of Other Fake Crimes January 1, 2002
Middle-Eastern Man (College Professor) Falsely Claimed He Was Kidnapped At Gun Point November 11, 2001
Black bus driver in Kansas City, Kansas sent threatening letters with racial slurs to other black bus drivers, as well as herself and her husband. October 1, 2001
Muslim man burned his own print business in Anchorage, Alaska and spray panted “We hate Arabs” on the wall. Later convicted for fraud. September 21, 2001
Indian man in UK killed his father, mother and sister then spray painted racist graffiti on the walls to frame the crime as a burglary. September 14, 2001
Saudi Arabian Muslim student at Arizona State University lied about being attacked shortly after the 9/11 attacks because he was Muslim. September 13, 2001
White Iowa State University student lied about four black men raping her. August 28, 2001
Black woman claimed she was abducted and raped by two white men who then carved “KKK” into her chest. She later confessed to carving the letters herself. August 1, 2001
Filipino man murdered his parents and sister for inheritance money in Sydney, Australia and tried to frame it as a hate crime by spray painting “Fuck of Asians. KKK” on the wall. July 10, 2001
Olympic Athlete’s ex-boyfriend staged hoax race attack June 9, 2001
Black woman in White Bear Lake, Minnesota stole a van from a group home where she worked and crashed it. She later vandalized it with racist graffiti to cover up the crime. May 31, 2001
Man arrested on arson, fraud charges. Racial epithets were found spray-painted in the ruins of his burned-out home. March 28, 2001
Hospital employee who claimed discrimination, sent faked hate mail to himself and others March 2, 2001
Gay student at the College of New Jersey sent death threats and anti-gay messages to a campus gay student group. February 1, 2001
Asian store owner in Carmarthenshire, Wales had her shop burned down with swastikas spray painted on it. A jury found she set the blaze herself in an attempted insurance fraud. January 1, 2001
Man Falsely Claimed He Was Beaten, Robbed and Threatened Because He Was Homosexual November 18, 2000
15 Year Old Jewish Girl Lied About Being Attacked By Man With Swastika Tattoo Outside Her Jewish School October 27, 2000
Jewish teacher in Verona, Italy lied about being beaten by neo-Nazis and having a swastika spray painted on his door. October 22, 2000
Black couple filed a lawsuit which claimed they were discriminated against at a Denny’s restaurant in Florida. Video surveillance showed they were treated just like everyone else and the lawsuit was withdrawn. August 24, 2000
Kansas City Water Department employees regularly swore and made racial jokes in the workplace. Nobody except the only white female supervisor in the office had a lawsuit filed against her, much of which couldn’t be corroborated. August 1, 2000
Pakistani man in Newcastlye upon Tyne, UK claimed his store was bombed by racist skinhead gangs in his area. Police later found he set off the bomb himself for insurance money. June 13, 2000
A racist letter in the Spokane Community College newsletter, signed “Whitey” which lead to campus protests was actually written by the staff. June 5, 2000
Black man in Kings Heath, Birmingham, UK lied to police about being set on fire by a group of white men. Police later determined he burned himself while trying to set his car on fire for insurance fraud. May 30, 2000
Black woman in Huntersville, North Carolina set her own car on fire and spray painted racist graffiti on her garage. May 10, 2000
Pakistani teen in Oxfordshire, UK claimed four white thugs set him on fire while yelling “You smelly Paki”. Police determined it never happened and that he was burned while trying to set a car on fire. April 12, 2000
Gay activist in Vermont set fire to his own car in a staged hate crime attempt while the state legislature was debating a bill to give gay couples the same rights as married ones. April 7, 2000
Black student at the Iowa College of Dentistry sent racist letters and bomb threads to faculty and students. March 28, 2000
Black student at Hastings University, Nebraska lied to police about being kidnapped at gunpoint and dropped off in a remote area because of his race. March 26, 2000
White boyfriend of black olympic athlete in the UK stabbed himself four times and claimed it was an attack by neo-Nazis because of his interracial relationship. March 21, 2000
Gay man found bound, gagged and sexually assaulted on the side of highway 101 in Santa Clara, California investigated as a hate crime. Police found he made up the story to hide the fact he had a gay threesome in a hotel the night before while his male partner was out of town. February 11, 2000
Black teen in Lancaster, California claimed he was beaten by three skinheads. He later admitted to police he had gotten in a fight with two other black high school acquaintances. January 14, 2000
University of Massachusetts student lied about being attacked by a man who sliced her face with a knife. Police later found she had sliced her own face. November 16, 1999
Black state worker in Albany, New York left hate filled notes saying “kill all n*ggers because they don’t belong here” and signed “KKK” on the office doors of two black state legislators. November 10, 1999
Black man in San Francisco, California lied about being kidnapped, bound and gagged, and dropped off at Buena Vista Park. He also used a broken piece of glass to carve a swastika on his chest. April 13, 1999
Black graduate student at Bowling Green State University, Ohio claimed she was getting threatening, racially-charged emails. After an FBI investigation, she admitted she sent the emails to herself. April 13, 1999
Black man in Baytown, Texas claimed his house was robbed and spray painted with racial slurs. The stolen items were found in 2004 while he was committing another fraud. April 1, 1999
Spokane Community College Student Newspaper Apologizes for Fake Racist Letter From “Whitey” March 14, 1999
Gay resident advisor at the University of Georgia claimed he was the victim of nine hate crimes over three years. Police found all were fake. November 1, 1998
Two black students at Miami University, Ohio left anti-black and anti-gay messages around the Center for Black Culture and Learning on campus. October 30, 1998
Lesbian student at St. Cloud State University, Minnesota lied about two men attacking her in a parking lot, while shouting anti-gay slurs. October 21, 1998
African-American Man Lied About Home Ransacked and Spray Painted with “KKK” and White Power” October 17, 1998
Black man in Louisiana claimed three white men in a truck dragged him for over two blocks because of his race. He later confessed it was a crack deal gone bad. June 13, 1998
Educator Apologizes for False Account of Lynching May 7, 1998
First black man admitted to the University of Alabama told a story many times over the years about his uncle being hanged and burned by the KKK in the 1950s. He eventually recanted and said only a relative had been beaten. April 26, 1998
Police Officer DiBartolo, the 18-year veteran Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputy, faked a robbery, shot his wife, and then himself with her gun. At trial he claimed that two black men had mugged him and his wife and shot his wife in the head and then himself in his abdomen. He was convicted in 1997 of killing his wife and sentenced to 26 years in prison. February 18, 1998
White student at Guilford College in North Carolina claimed she was knocked out and had “N*gger lover” written on her chest. Police said she had no evidence it took place and she refused a lie detector test and eventually apologized while insisting it actually happened. February 1, 1998
Lesbian who claimed she was beaten and tied up twice by a home intruder actually paid a friend $350 to administer the beating. Her story was used to gain support for a hate crime bill. December 26, 1997
Black judge claimed for 30 years that his brother had been shot by white men in a racist attack during their youth. Investigators found he had stolen the real story from someone else of the same name. November 7, 1997
Two black students at Duke University hung a black baby doll from a tree with a noose. November 1, 1997
Two Hispanic Teens Lied About Being Attacked By Confederate Flag-Toting Racists And Were Doused With Gasoline To Cover Up That They Tourched Their Own Car September 11, 1997
African American Woman Damaged Her Home to Defraud Insurance Company Claimed Faked Race-Based Attack August 30, 1997
Lesbian graduate student at Eastern New Mexico University distributed anti-gay fliers attributed to a fictitious group named Fist of God. She later admitted to staging the hoax. July 21, 1997
Drugging, beating and drowning of half-Iraqi boy in Sebnitz, Germany was claimed by his parents to be the result of 50 neo-Nazi skinheads. Investigators found the parents paid witnesses to make false statements. June 13, 1997
A group of nine black and Chinese patrons at a Denny’s restaurant in Syracuse, New York claimed they were beaten by white patrons while security stood by. Investigators found they were drunk, disorderly, asked to leave and started the fight themselves. April 11, 1997
Orthodox Jew planted a pipe bomb at the Jacksonville Jewish Center hours before the Prime Minister of Israel was scheduled to speak there. February 13, 1997
Black family in Coatesville, Pennsylvania had rocks with racial slurs written on them thrown through their windows. Police later found it was their son who did it. February 5, 1997
Black student from Chicago at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota sent racist hate mail under the UPS logo from 1996 – 1997 in an effort to extort $500,000 from UPS. January 1, 1997
A Latino Teenager Falsely Claimed Four Skinheads Beat Him Up November 22, 1996
Couple in Jonesboro, Georgia claimed the arson of their house was due to a hate crime. Police later found it was insurance fraud and that they had been committing fraud for many years. September 21, 1996
Red swastikas were painted on eight barracks rooms occupied by African-American Special Operations soldiers at Fort Bragg were found to be placed there by an African-American soldier July 18, 1996
Fliers for KKK Rally at the Beach was a Hoax April 22, 1996
Fire in a hostel for asylum seekers in Luebeck, Germany that killed 10 was assumed to be the work of white racists. Instead it was set by a Lebanese immigrant who lived there. January 18, 1996
White man told police three black men broke into him home, assaulted everyone, and burned house down, killing two people. He lied and plead guilty. December 9, 1995
Iranian immigrant in Fargo, North Dakota claimed assailants carved a swastika in her stomach and burned down her family’s restaurant. Police found she staged the attack as an insurance fraud. October 23, 1995
Employee of the Jewish Hillel Community Day School in North Miami Beach, Florida paid vandals to paint swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti on the school. Police found it was part of a kickback scheme for the repairs. August 17, 1995
African-American Student at the University of Iowa Reported to Police that his Mercedes-Benz had been Spray Painted with Racist Graffiti. Police Found It was Insurance Fraud to Get a New Paint Job. July 15, 1995
An East Northport woman who claimed a black man slashed her face on SUNY’s Old Westbury campus yesterday admitted she made up the whole story. April 20, 1995
White man in the Trenton, New Jersey area told authorities that he saw a Black man abducting a White girl whose mouth had been bound with duct tape. Five hours later it was determined that the story was a hoax. January 12, 1995
Orlando Magic player Anthony Avent, a black man, filed a false police report of a slashing, claiming that three white men had attacked him. January 11, 1995
Black man in Williamsport, Pennsylvania sent racist letters to the wardens of three prisons and signed them “KKK”. October 26, 1994
White woman in South Carolina claimed a black man carjacked her car with her two sons inside and drove it into a lake, killing them. Police later found she rolled the car into a lake herself while her sons were inside. October 25, 1994
Woman admits 1994 Reedsport hate crime fire was insurance scam August 31, 1994
Three gay tenants in Tacoma, Washington reported their apartment was severely vandalized, had swastikas and death threats spray painted on the walls, and had a brick thrown through the window with “get out fags” written on it. Police found it was insurance fraud. July 31, 1994
German documentarian showed KKK members in white robes burning a cross and making anti-Semitic remarks. German Authorities sentenced him to four years in prison when they found he had paid his friends to dress up. June 1, 1994
Two white women got into a fight and went to the police and said concocted a story that a black male intruder had viciously attacked her and her 71-year-old mother-in-law in their suburban New Jersey home March 24, 1994
Jewish mayoral candidate for New Orleans, Louisiana was behind anti-Semitic and anti-black flyers sent out. Sympathy for him as a result of the flyers netted his campaign $200,000. February 27, 1994
White woman made up story of ATM Robbery and told the police that the gunman (with a tall Afro haircut) and his three companions were black. February 21, 1994
Teens who spray painted anti-Semitic graffiti on a house in West Rogers Park, Illinois were trying to cover up a previous burglary rather than committing a hate crime. January 28, 1994
17-year-old Berlin girl claimed neo-Nazis carved a swastika into her face, but it was a hoax January 20, 1994
15-year old girl from Athens Greece claimed right-wing extremists carved a swastika on her forehead. Medical examiner concluded given the way it was carved, it couldn’t have been done against her will. November 13, 1993
A group of students at Oberlin College publicly and falsely identified an innocent freshman as “Rapist of the Month”. October 10, 1993
Black main who claimed he was set on fire by two white stranded motorists eventually died. Police said they found no such assailants and he possibly set himself on fire. September 21, 1993
Albany NY Mayor’s son, who is african-american, linked to false hate crime report. Claimed tires slashed and racist note left. June 4, 1993
Black student at Encinal Elementary School in San Jose, California claimed ten white and Hispanic boys beat him because of his race. He later admitted to inflicting the beating on himself. May 11, 1993
Yonkers police sergeant convicted of concocting story blaming fictitious black man for assault of another officer April 24, 1993
Jewish couple in Cooper City, Florida staged a burglary on their own home and spray painted swastikas in an attempt to commit insurance fraud. April 1, 1993
Feminist student at the University of Hawaii falsely accused her religious studies professor of raping her after she got a bad grade on one of her papers. February 25, 1993
African American Woman, Who In Total Reported More Than 20 Hate Crimes, Staged a Cross Burning On Her Own Lawn And Swastika Painted On Her House February 19, 1993
Woman in Spring Hill, Kansas wrote racist graffiti on her house and was charged with filing a false police report. February 11, 1993
Harvard Law professor said several female students had told him they were considering filing charges against him for sexual harassment based on his classroom content, rather than anything he had actually done. February 1, 1993
Black student at Williams College posted notes containing racial slurs on the door of the black student union building. January 25, 1993
A 14-year-old girl who claimed a swastika was cut into her face in November 1992 later admitted having fabricated the story. November 29, 1992
Portland Sheriff’s Sergeant Charged After She Burned A Cross On Her Own Lawn and Made 17 Different Hate-Crime Reports November 3, 1992
Lesbian, black, wheelchair-bound woman in Portland, Oregon claimed vandals had placed a wooden cross in a flower pot on her porch and set it alight, while also spray painting swastikas and “Burn, N*gger, Burn” on her house. Police showed video evidence of her setting the fire herself. May 1, 1992
White husband in Milwaukee, Wisconsin killed his wife with a knife and also stabbed himself. He claimed the attacker was black. A jury later found he had committed the murder. April 21, 1992
Black man in Brooklyn, New York made up a story about five white men beating him and calling him “n*gger” in an effort to get attention. January 18, 1992
White man in Staten Island, New York who was trying to sell his home burned it down and spray painted “NOW sell to n***ers” on the inside walls. October 31, 1991
Anonymous C.J., a carrier of the AID’s virus who goes around infecting black men on purpose, is a hoax by a 15 year old and 29 year old. October 13, 1991
Hoax prankster sent faxes claiming auditions for the KKK symphony orchestra August 5, 1991
A hoax flyer in Harlem said Tropical Fantasy was part of a Ku Klux Klan scheme to ‘make you sterile. July 14, 1991
Latino neighbor killed Italian woman in Manhattan, New York and left a note referencing the KKK. July 9, 1991
Jewish man in Concord, California had an ongoing dispute with his Muslim neighbor and staged 10 anti-Semitic attacks against himself and blamed them on his neighbor. He also claimed an additional 12 attacks were real. June 11, 1991
Tombstones at the Home of Peace Jewish Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California were vandalized with spray painted swastikas by a Hispanic man who owned a security firm who wanted the contract for patrolling the cemetery. June 6, 1991
Feminist activist at Princeton University lied about being raped and blamed it on a specific man. April 1, 1991
Debt laden Jewish couple in Germantown, Maryland reported their home was vandalized with swastikas spray painted on the walls, clothing slashed, and “Jew Boy” spray painted on their son’s mirror. Police charged them with insurance fraud, and although they were acquitted, it was highly suspicious. March 21, 1991
Black couple in Fayetteville, Georgia set their house on fire and claimed it was a race-based attack. March 15, 1991
Arab man in Detroit, Michigan burned down his own Dairy Queen in an insurance fraud scheme and blamed it on anti-Arab sentiment due to the Gulf War. January 22, 1991
Black man in San Diego, California lied about skinheads beating him on Martin Luther King day while police refused to help. January 20, 1991
Yakima, Washington man shot off his own leg on purpose to end the pain of a previous injury and blamed it on a fictitious Mexican attacker. January 2, 1991
White student at George Washington University lied about being raped by two black men at knife point. October 31, 1990
Asian student at the University of Washington claimed he was attacked by skinheads because of his race. His story fell apart and police later found he was involved in a bank robbery and was likely trying to cover it up. October 26, 1990
Four black men were arrested for burning a cross on a black families lawn August 26, 1990
Black owner of a clothing store in Kansas City, Missouri set it on fire and blamed it on racists. She was convicted of insurance fraud. July 1, 1990
Black student at Emory University reported receiving racially motivated hate mail and death threats. Police later found she staged the events herself. April 1, 1990
Prosecutor made up lie about shootout and high speed chase with two black men. Said it could be terrorists, drug-dealers, or maybe the KKK. January 5, 1990
White Man Murdered his Wife and Blamed a Black Man. Soon After the Fake Accusation He Jumped Off a Bridge to his Death. January 4, 1990
White woman concocted robbery, beating and abduction at an ATM by 3 black men after supposedly being hit in the head with a bat December 2, 1989
Ohio State University White woman falsely claimed she was raped by a black man. October 24, 1989
White man in Boston, Massachussetts shot himself and his wife in their car and claimed a black man had done it. His wife died, and he was found to have killed her to collect on a life insurance policy. October 23, 1989
Lesbian Minister falsely claimed anti-gay attack by skinheads who cut an inscription into her chest. August 11, 1989
Lesbian Reverend falsely claimed she was violently attacked at her home with a shovel and her assailants wrote “Kill You F*gs” on her wall. July 12, 1989
TV show host Morton Downey Jr claimed skinheads drew a swastika on his face in a bathroom at SFO airport. The swastika was backward and a witness inside the bathroom saw no such event take place. April 25, 1989
Tanya Dacri a White Philadelphia mother of an infant boy a White Philadelphia mother of an infant boy, claimed black men kidnapped her 2-year old son, when in reality she murdered her baby and dismembered him January 1, 1989
Black professor angered when her student wasn’t reprimanded for racist term paper, so she took excerpts of term paper, which contained racist slurs, and sent it to 12 black students and faculty members to frame him December 27, 1988
Northwest Missouri State University Student Lied About Racists Threats and Attack December 7, 1988
Jewish woman in favor of building low income housing in Yonkers, New York staged death threats via phone and spray painted swastikas outside her apartment door. November 26, 1988
Former president of the Jewish Student Union at the State University of New York, Binghamton drew swastikas and “Kill Kikes”, “Zionazi Racist” a door leading to the building. November 10, 1988
Dutch Actor claimed he had been seized by two men and a woman who forced him into a sewer tunnel, bound him, ripped his Star of David chain from his neck and daubed a swastika on his chest. January 30, 1988
Kenyan President claim KKK plot against African Nations January 11, 1988
Black woman in New York named Tawana Brawley falsely accused four white men of raping her, throwing her in a trash bag, writing racial slurs on her body in charcoal and rubbing feces on her. November 28, 1987
Black mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia linked with racist letters sent to community leaders. July 13, 1987
Widely reported story of a group of black students beaten by a white mob at Columbia University was in fact the opposite as verified by 22 eye witnesses. A fight between a white and a black student ended up with the white students being violently beaten by the black students. March 22, 1987
April Fools Prank by five students, one black and two latino, at Jefferson Junior High School in Oceanside paraded around campus in white sheets during a lunch break March 3, 1987
Tufts Pres.: Student Lied About Racial Attack. Claimed he was attacked for being Jewish and for his progressive views on racial topics February 26, 1987
Jewish man threw rocks through the windows of 21 Jewish-owned shops in Brooklyn, New York. November 9, 1985
Two Jewish teens spray painted anti-Semitic graffiti across 51 apartment doors in The Bronx, New York. May 16, 1984
Black man set fire to crosses on the lawns of interracial couples in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. February 26, 1984
Black student at Middlebury College spent two weeks affixing racist notes to his door and breaking his own window. September 15, 1983
Jewish teen burned two Synagogues, a rabbi’s house and the house of a Jewish state representative in West Hartford, Connecticut. August 11, 1983
Jewish student at Basel Medical School in Switzerland was behind a month long campaign of anti-Semitic graffiti, letters and phone calls at the school. March 8, 1983
Tiger Woods’ kindergarten teacher Maureen Decker says golfer made up childhood racial attack story January 1, 1981
Lebanese student claimed 3 men mistook him for Iranian and beat him up, when in reality he was ashamed that his brother had hit him and gave him the black eyes. January 8, 1980
Founder of the Guardian Angles admitted lying about numerous events from 1978 – 1980, including someone spray painting “KKK” and “White Power” outside the group’s headquarters. January 1, 1980
Jewish teen in New York made a burning swastika on his Jewish neighbor’s lawn. August 26, 1979
Two Black Students at Amherst Are Suspended in Cross Burning May 11, 1979
Middle Eastern woman set fire to herself and her restaurant. She claimed it was a hate crime. March 17, 1979
A black woman fabricated story of a gang of black attackers abducted her and her white husband. November 14, 1973
Two white teens made up story about being burned by black youths. In reality they bought a can of glue and it accidentally exploded when a match got close to it. April 2, 1971
Mother Kills Daughter, Fakes Hate Note Claiming Hatred of White People June 18, 1964
Fake Hate Literature Circulated Claiming Knights of Columbus Required Members Take Oath to Destroy Protestantism November 7, 1960
Why I Made This Website.
The world is the safest its ever been.
Bullying and violence in schools is at its lowest levels.
I am grateful, as a Jewish guy in my 30’s who grew up in New Jersey, to have lived in the safest country and safest time in the history of the world for people like me.
The story tellers on T.V. might benefit from your freight and despair. But it is not based in reality.
There are real crimes committed by people who are motivated by a sense of hate towards people from other communities. But they are few and far between, and they are resoundingly condemned by pretty much everyone that matters.
Don’t let the pessimists mislead you and ruin your outlook on life.
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Why Modular Construction in the Caribbean Makes Sense
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Written by Paige Welsh
Lately, the container structure industry has experienced an uptick in customers from the Caribbean Islands. After listening to the building challenges these customers face, we’ve realized that offsite modular construction has a lot to offer the Caribbean. While most people imagine white sand beaches and the gentle swaying of palm trees, island life comes with hurdles for construction. There’s a real need for faster, less labor-intensive ways to build that’s being compounded by recent hurricanes and labor shortages. Modular construction in the Caribbean can help.
The Cost of Modular is Competitive, Even with Shipping Costs
According to an analysis by BCQS International, average building costs for office spaces in popular Caribbean tourist destinations range from $225 - $345 USD per square foot. For comparison, a similar commercial office construction costs on average $160-170 per square foot in the United States mainland.
Cost Per Square Foot for Office Construction in the Caribbean Islands
Curacoa
Between the costs of labor in a tight market and importing construction materials by boat, island construction becomes very expensive. While the shipping costs of modules make off-site construction less economically competitive for regions with readily available labor and resources, islands are used to paying a premium for construction. In fact, off-site construction may cost less for island-based customers despite shipping costs, because the labor is handled on the mainland.
Construction Labor Shortages and Hurricanes
The Impact of Hurricanes
The Caribbean’s construction challenges have been exacerbated by hurricanes Maria, Harvey, and Florence. Puerto Rico alone requested $31 billion to rebuild homes and $18 billion to repair electric utilities in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Needless to say, there’s an enormous need for skilled construction labor to restore the island.
Not every island was hit as intensely as Puerto Rico, but there was still plenty of damage to go around. After the hurricanes of 2017, a contractor from the British Virgin Islands (BVI) reported working twelve-hour days to repair homes. The high demand for materials, like plywood and roofing, has slowed delivery times throughout the Caribbean. What once took a month to arrive, can now take three.
Recruiting from the Mainland is Pulling Away Puerto Ricans
The United States is suffering from nation-wide a construction labor shortage. A growing economy and a series of natural disasters has driven up demand for construction, while tightening immigration restrictions and the opioid epidemic have shrunk the pool skilled construction workers. To fill the gap, some companies are actively recruiting Puerto Ricans to work on the mainland.
The emigration of skilled labor from Puerto Rico has created a negative feedback loop. As rebuilding slows down, more Puerto Ricans become frustrated with their living situation and consider leaving. As more Puerto Ricans leave, the pool of skilled labor shrinks, bogging down the island’s restoration.
What Modular Construction Has to Offer the Caribbean in the Wake of Hurricanes
Speedy Support Structures for Aid
After a natural disaster, aid organizations need to get supplies and temporary support structures on the ground quickly. Turnkey modular structures for water treatment, generators, food storage, and office space enable emergency responders to quickly set up resource distribution points after a crisis.
Single unit container structures have the advantage of foundation free set-up. Aid organizations can place and use container-based offices and storage in the same day.
Fast Rebuilding with Minimal Onsite Labor
There are parts of hurricane recovery that are going to require onsite labor, namely infrastructure restoration for roads, power grids, and water systems. On the other hand, buildings for government and businesses can leverage mainland labor through modular construction. For example, permanent or interim schools can be built with containers, enabling residents to return to a more normal life as the island rebuilds.
Whether it’s being used for everyday development or as part of recovery efforts, modular construction can support building efforts in the Caribbean. If you have any questions about using modular container construction for your project, give us a call at 877-704-0177. We’re always happy to help.
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We Fly: Embraer Legacy 500
As promised, Embraer's technological wonder is a game changer.
By Robert Goyer
Embraer Legacy 500 Feature
Embraer Legacy 500 (Photos: Robert Goyer)
What's the coolest airplane in the world, at least that a civilian could buy? There are some impressive contenders for that unofficial title, including a couple I've had the chance to fly in the past year, such as the Gulfstream G650 and the Cessna Citation X+.
We recently got the chance to fly yet another member of the club, the Embraer Legacy 500, a long-awaited midsize marvel from the Brazilian manufacturer that has forged its way into the business aviation market with a handful of brilliantly engineered airplanes, the first couple of which, the Legacy 600 and Lineage 1000, were bizjet versions of successful regional airliners. The follow-ons were two light jets, the Phenom 100 and Phenom 300, which have become strong competitors against Cessna's CJ models.
With the Legacy 500, Embraer was clearly looking to move upstream with an airplane it hoped would enter service as the most technologically advanced midsize model available. Mission accomplished. It is without question one of the most advanced private airplanes in the world, period.
PUSHING LIMITS
You might think that people in the market for a new bizjet have complicated motivations, but that's not so. Just like customers for light planes or tablet computers, for that matter, prospective bizjet buyers are motivated by basic desires. Four of these stand out: safety, performance, technology and comfort.
Embraer hopes those looking for midsize airplanes will consider the Legacy 500, because it offers owners of legacy midsize jets upgrades in every department. From the pilot's point of view, it's a fabulous ride.
Despite a tough economic environment when it launched the airplane in 2008, Embraer was wise enough to understand that, by the time the 500 came to market, things would likely be different and the clean-sheet airplane would be high on the list of those business jet operators who were looking for something new and exciting.
In fact, they would wind up getting more than they expected. In terms of price and weight, the 500 fits neatly into the midsize bizjet niche. Other important figures tell a different tale, however. With a range of 3,150 nm, a big dual-club cabin, big windows and lots of room for bags, the Legacy 500 will challenge not only midsize jets but super-mid models as well.
Niche-busting has been Embraer's business plan from the get-go. Give customers more airplane for the money, which means more range, more room, great technology and good speed, and they will come. They have.
Looking at it on the ramp, the Legacy 500 doesn't seem like a revolutionary airplane. It's got the pointy end at the front and the tail in back. It's made mostly of metal, with composites in various places around the airplane where composites make sense. The landing gear is fairly conventional, with the pilot's best friend, trailing link landing gear, on the mains.
The airplane is powered by a pair of Honeywell HTF7500E dual-fadec turbofans producing 7,036 pounds of thrust apiece. The engines are hardly unique to the Legacy 500. They also power the Gulfstream G280, the Challengers 300 and 350, the Avro RJX and the 500's midsize sibling, the Legacy 450, which is making its way toward certification now. With excellent fuel efficiency, on-condition maintenance and advanced digital control, it's easy to see why the HTF series engines are a popular choice for midsize and super-midsize airplanes.
As it has with its other models, Embraer underpromised and overdelivered on the Legacy 500. Its range of 3,125 nm at long-range cruise is 125 nm greater than the target, and its high-speed cruise range (Mach 0.80) of 2,948 nm is about 150 nm better than hoped for. Takeoff and landing distances are also substantially better than promised. The Legacy 500 takes off in just over 4,000 feet, which allows it to operate from many smaller airports. It lands in around half that distance.
Other bigger airplane features include single-point refueling, an externally serviced lavatory, and the future availability of a head-up display.
The 500 offers more futuristic features than any other midsize bizjet, or even super-midsize model, ever. It's a full fly-by-wire (FBW) platform with next-generation avionics with huge displays, a paperless (well, almost) cockpit, advanced power management, envelope protection, and high efficiency fully automated engines. It has autothrottles and brake by wire, and its flight stability mode takes much of the bumpiness out of what would be an otherwise turbulent ride.
In stark contrast to complex reversion logic employed by some manufacturers, the fly-by-wire approach that Embraer adopted is simple. There are two laws: normal and direct. That's it.
Direct mode is, as it sounds, an electronic interpretation of mechanical control of the airplane. Direct mode gives the pilot the feel of what the 500 would fly like if it were equipped with hydromechanical controls (it's not). This mode is the emergency fallback option. The airplane still flies pretty well with it.
The normal mode is what the airplane is in all the time, unless there are a series of extraordinarily unlikely equipment failures that render the FBW computer inoperative. It's still nice to know that direct mode works great if that were to happen.
In normal mode the Legacy 500 has all kinds of cool built-in safety features that were unheard of in any kind of bizjet 10 years ago. In midsize jets, they are an absolute first.
Normal mode protects against overspeed, overstress, overbank, underspeed, excessive yaw and more. The stick is employed by only one pilot at a time, which might take some getting used to for some pilots, though in a crewed environment, there should never be any confusion over which pilot has the controls.
WHEN MIDSIZE IS SUPER
We pilots like to think that famous airframe makers build these new jets so we can go flying in them. Would that were the case. The truth is they are transportation vehicles, plain and simple. The cockpit is simply the office where we pilots do our work. Of course, it's our poorly kept secret that it's the best job in the world, at least the flying part, that is.
Embraer knows who buys airplanes and where they sit, and so it didn't stop innovating aft of the cockpit door. Far from it. The cabin of this new midsize jet is simply spectacular, representing the company's best achievement to date.
One of the hallmarks of the super-midsize segment is a flat floor as opposed to a sunken alley. Like nothing else in the non-super-midsize segment, the 500 has a wide flat floor, which goes nicely with its 6-foot stand-up cabin, optional divans, wet galley, large inflight-accessible interior baggage compartment, vacuum flush toilet and a very low cabin altitude (6,000 feet at an altitude of 45,000 feet). All of this is nicely complemented by an extremely comfortable and elegantly styled interior.
As we've seen with Gulfstream's industry leading windows in its G650, G280 and the emerging G500 and G600, windows are often the measure of the plane. While the glass in the Legacy 500 doesn't quite measure up to the glass in the larger and more expensive Gulfstream models, it is still a striking feature. Situated at every seat in the double-club configuration, the windows provide an open ambience that defies the traditional feel of the midsize segment. Those of you who have spent time in the cabin of an older midsize model know what I mean.
The cabin seats are highly adjustable and can be moved outward toward the aisle for even more room. They can be optionally configured with lumbar support, heat and even massage function. I did not test the latter. There are stowable work tables between each facing seating section, and the seats recline into a berthing position, effectively creating up to four good-size beds for inflight napping.
Standard in the Legacy 500 is Honeywell's Ovation Select cabin management system, an Ethernet based suite that supports high definition video, surround sound audio, global high-speed Internet and Wi-Fi throughout. The system interfaces nicely with most consumer electronics, especially with iPads and iPhones. There are even specially shaped hard pockets in the side panels to park your tablet in when it's time for one of those inflight naps.
Up front things are even nicer. The avionics are Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion, with four 15-inch displays, cursor control devices and paperless design. Unlike Pro Line 21's, the design of the Fusion flight deck focuses on shallow menus for fewer clicks and shorter menu searches, point-and-click access, and one-touch accessibility.
Since my regular ride is a Cirrus SR22, I'm used to the open feel a side-mounted flight controller offers, but the feeling of openness and spaciousness in the new Embraer midsize jet is nothing short of spectacular. With crew seats that are comfortable and easily adjustable, the cockpit seems like a place you hang out rather than a cubby hole you squeeze into. Visibility is very good, thanks in part to the cleaned-up panel, which needs less space for gear, allowing more space for glass.
Displays are set up in what has become the de facto standard for airplanes in this class, with a primary flight display in front of each pilot, a multifunction display in between the two PFDs and a systems display below the MFD. The FMC keyboards are on a console between the pilots. You can still use the keyboards for most of the flight management duties, but many chores can be accomplished with the cursor control device, which I do my best not to refer to as a "mouse," even if that is what it is. One feature I loved was the point-and-click flight plan feature. Get a reroute? Drag and drop to the new waypoints and you're good to go.
Above the displays is the autopilot controller panel. An easy reach from either seat, this is the area of the cockpit where you're likely to spend much of your time on a long flight.
I flew the Legacy 500 out of Embraer's North American facilities in Melbourne, Florida, this fall. To say that I was looking forward to the flight is a huge understatement. To say that it was worth the wait is as well.
My right-seater for the flight was Embraer flight test pilot Eduardo Camelier, whose abilities I'd already witnessed firsthand. Camelier flew the airplane for my photo shoot earlier in the day, and he was remarkably precise despite having to fly quite slowly to avoid overtaking the piston twin I was shooting from.
Camelier went through the short and sweet prestart and starting checklists with me — the shortness is not just a pilot convenience; quick startups and turnarounds greatly increase the utility of the airplane, something Embraer with its airline heritage prides itself on.
After an easy taxi out for takeoff — the 500 is easy to taxi, though as with many jets with big powerful brakes, it takes some getting used to the touch required to keep the passengers comfortable — we lined up and got ready to go.
With autothrottles armed, I raised the thrust levers to near vertical as the system took over and set our preset takeoff thrust automatically. Directional control was easy, and we accelerated briskly despite the warm day, rotating at 122 knots.
When it comes to the fly-by-wire system, there are a couple of exceptions to the "fly it like any airplane" rule, but they make the flying easier. The most noteworthy is that, when you want to establish a flight attitude, you use the sidestick to command that attitude, whether it's a climb, a descent, a turn or some combination. Let go of the stick, and the system remembers what you asked it to do. It's an easy feature to get used to.
Overall, the 500 flies remarkably sweetly. It's one of the two or three best-flying airplanes I've ever had the chance to try my hand at.
The plan was to climb to FL 350 directly, but in the busy Florida airspace, that wasn't going to happen. We instead stopped at 19,000 feet to do some airwork. I was curious to see just how the FBW system could help pilots avoid hazardous flight regimes, which meant we were going to intentionally put ourselves into those regimes to see for ourselves.
I put the nose down and let the speed creep up toward the barber pole. The system saw it coming and didn't let it happen, raising the nose just slightly and annunciating the overspeed condition. Then, at Camelier's urging, I wrapped it up into a tight turn and watched as the system kept the G-forces within check, protecting the structure and the payload. I also got the chance to try to fly the airplane too slowly, which again, the system did not let me do, warning me of the underspeed condition and gently pushing the nose forward like a wise and patient instructor, keeping the airspeed just barely above the minimum airspeed.
I also tried out the airplane in direct mode, flying it as though the FBW were mechanically connected to the flight controls. The effect was, well, like flying a regular airplane, a very nice regular airplane, with good stability and control feel. It made me want to get back to normal mode as soon as I could though, I admit.
Single-engine work was remarkably uneventful. Believe it or not, an engine failure is hard to even discuss as an emergency in this airplane — it's so easy to handle on one engine. I did some single-engine airwork, and flying the 500 on one engine is very much like flying the airplane on two engines (albeit with less power). So good is the FBW system at compensating for the loss of thrust on one side that you can take your feet off the rudder pedals.
We ventured up to 35,000 feet to check the speed at cruise. Sure enough, we were nibbling right around Mach 0.80, the high-speed cruise figure.
Heading back to Melbourne for my one and only landing in the 500, we kept it in normal mode with full flaps. As flaps are brought in (to three "notches" or greater), the FBW system signals the computer to change to a new submode, speed stability. The key on the approach is to use the trim switch to select the trim speed you desire. Hit the button and the airplane will maintain that speed, pitching up or down very slightly to hold that figure. The technique sounds odd, but once you do it in the airplane, it makes perfect sense.
Despite it being my first time in the airplane, I made a decent landing — what did I tell you about that trailing link landing gear? — and we got down and stopped in just over 2,000 feet of ground roll, thanks largely to the huge carbon brakes and brake by wire.
The Legacy 500 has, once again for Embraer, busted a niche. It is a midsize airplane in terms of range and price (right around $20 million), but it behaves in many ways like a super-midsize model. With a world-class cabin, class leading technologies and safety systems, and the support of a truly global manufacturer that seems to have committed to the North American market, the Legacy 500 has a lot going for it.
The story doesn't end there. Embraer has another Legacy coming down the line. The Legacy 450 is a slightly smaller and less rangy model with nearly all of the cool features of the 500 but a price of just $16 million. Embraer expects certification for the 450 soon.
See how Embraer's Legacy 500 holds up against its competitors.
View more of the Legacy 500 in our photo gallery here.
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DHL receives £2m fine after employee crushed by a reversing lorry
DHL has been fined £2m over the death of an employee who was crushed at a depot in Milton Keynes. The worked was trapped between a reversing lorry and a loading bay in February 2015.
DHL admitted breaching s 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act. It must also pay costs of £100,000.
Milton Keynes Council found the company had not specifically assessed the risks of loading and unloading container vehicles, nor had it implemented a safe system of work. There was also a lack of staff training.
At the Court hearing, the Judge commented that the employee's death was avoidable and foreseeable after a similar incident in 2012, at which point "alarm bells really, really should have been raised".
Forbes comment
This case reiterates the importance of carrying out specific risk assessments and providing staff with a safe system of work and training. It is not sufficient to have an all-encompassing generic risk assessment, each task and activity must be specifically considered and managed.
Failure to implement traffic routes leads to fine of £730,000
A timber company has been fined £730,000 and ordered to pay costs of £13,844.87 and a victim surcharge of £120 after pleading guilty to breaching the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992.
Two workers were seriously injured after they were struck by a side-loader lift truck as they walked across the timber yard.
The HSE investigation found that the company did not have effective precautions in place for vehicles and pedestrians to move safely around the timber yard.
This incident could have resulted in fatalities; according to the HSE every year there are over 5000 accidents involving transport in the workplace and about 50 of these result in people being killed. Employers must ensure that they adequately manage work place transport safety to reduce the chances of accidents occurring. Workplaces ought to be designed to ensure that there is adequate segregation between pedestrians and vehicle traffic route.
Balfour Beatty fined £500k for putting workers at risk of developing HAVS
Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions Ltd has been fined £500,000 and ordered to pay costs of £195,000 after the HSE found that workers at the company were exposed to hand-arm vibration between 2002 and 2011 which put them at risk of developing Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS).
The company pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 as well as Regulation 5 (1) of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995.
It was found that workers were regularly exposed to hand-arm vibration while operating hand-held power tools such as hydraulic breakers and floor saws. The HSE found that the company failed in its legal duty to ensure the risks to workers who used these tools was kept to as low a level as reasonably practicable. There was a failure to assess the risk to workers' health, to put in place and monitor suitable risk control measures and to put in place a suitable system of health surveillance.
The company also failed to report a significant number of cases of employees diagnosed with HAVS in accordance with the legal requirement pursuant to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995.
Employers must assess and identify measures to eliminate or reduce risks from exposure to hand-arm vibration. Those who fail to take action to prevent and monitor the risk of contracting HAVS risk incurring significant fines and claims for compensation. Under the new sentencing guidelines, fines are based on "turnover" as the starting point for entry fine, which is reason for the level of fine in this instance. The level of the fine reflects the long running persistent nature of the breach.
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AP Fact Check: Trump oversells wall as a solution to drugs
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In his prime-time speech to the nation, President Donald Trump rested part of his case for a border wall on the need to stem the flow of drugs from Mexico, ignoring the reality of how most illicit drugs come in: stuffed in vehicles at official border crossings. No wall would stop that practice.
TRUMP: "Our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs, including meth, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl. Every week, 300 of our citizens are killed by heroin alone, 90 percent of which floods across from our southern border." - from the Oval Office on Tuesday night.
THE FACTS: A wall can't do much about that when drug trafficking is concentrated at land ports of entry, not remote stretches of the border.
The Drug Enforcement Administration says "only a small percentage" of heroin seized by U.S. authorities comes across on territory between ports of entry. The same is true of drugs generally.
In a November report, the agency said the most common trafficking technique by transnational criminal organizations is to hide drugs in passenger vehicles or tractor-trailers as they drive into the U.S. though entry ports, where they are stopped and subject to inspection. They also employ buses, cargo trains and tunnels, the report says, citing other smuggling methods that also would not be choked off by a border wall.
Trump recently denied that traffickers use entry ports at the southern border, contradicting the evidence and assertions of his drug enforcement personnel.
Associated Press writer Amanda Seitz in Chicago contributed to this report.
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EDITOR'S NOTE _ A look at the veracity of claims by political figures
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The 10 Best TV Pilots
By sfx 2012-05-01T22:21:31.121Z
Jayne Nelson looks at the 10 greatest opening salvoes in TV history... and some of the most dismal squibs, too.
Last week we took a look at some of the most controversial finales ever ( http://www.sfx.co.uk/2012/04/26/the-10-most-controversial-series-finales/ ), so we thought that this week we'd see how some shows actually began – with those strange little curios known as 'pilots'.
Pilots, by their very nature, are a huge gamble – often with a large amount of money riding on them – designed to draw in network executives and audiences, leaving them wanting more. They're essentially hopeful, sweaty-palmed souls dressed up for a first date, praying they wore the right tie or the correct blouse so that a second date will ensue. Luckily for all of these shows, the first date was a blast. Jayne Nelson explores the best pilots out there – and it's kind of amusing how many episodes are just called 'Pilot', isn't it?
Oh, and some honourable mentions that we couldn't fit into this list: Being Human (so good it launched a fan campaign for a series that actually worked!), The Walking Dead , Babylon 5 , Battlestar Galactica (which cheated by making a miniseries first, but it was a pilot of sorts).
10. The X-Files
' Pilot'
"Sorry, nobody down here but the FBI's most unwanted,” quips Agent Fox Mulder as his new partner, Agent Dana Scully, walks into his broom-closet office in the basement of the FBI's Washington HQ. As far as meetings go, it could have been a bit more exciting, but it also perfectly sums up what made The X-Files so great: an oafish charm, a sense of humour and just the merest hint of weird.
The first episode of The X-Files brought us everything we came to expect from the show, from alien abductions to the story of Mulder's missing sister to Scully denying Mulder's off-the-wall theories. There's even a smidge of sexual tension – involving bug bites on Scully's back, hilariously enough – and the final shot of a cigarette-smoking man hiding evidence in a vast government warehouse is enough to whet the appetite of even the most critical viewer.
If you'd like to know more, Chris Carter discusses the pilot here:
'City Of'
In case you're wondering why we haven't put the pilot for Buffy on this list, try rewatching it. It's good, isn't it? But whoa, it's dated, and it's nowhere near as good as what came after. Whereas Angel 's first episode, 'City Of', still holds up today as a fine piece of telly and one of the show's best episodes – notably because Buffy did all the hard work for it first, and Angel was already a well-rounded character in a well-thought-out universe. So yay for Buffy, and double-yay for Angel!
This really is a fantastic introduction to Angel's new life, from the shots of him sweeping down alleyways in his big coat to the slightly doofy side of him that emerges when he jumps into the wrong car, thinking it's his. Then there's Cordelia, lighting up every scene she's in with her optimistic enthusiasm, and Doyle bleating on about destiny and doing good things while at the same time, let's face it, being a bit of a dick.
It's all about the juxtapositions, see, and Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt have a blast as they introduce us to a bad guy who's really a good guy who lives in one of the sunniest places on Earth despite the fact the sun can kill him. 'Los Angeles' means 'City Of Angels', of course. 'City Of' places Angel fair and square in LA noir.
8. Heroes
'Genesis'
When it comes to Heroes -worship, you just can't beat this episode. 'Genesis' is probably one of the most perfectly-formed pilots ever made, introducing us to a group of characters dotted around the planet in a style that brimmed with jaw-dropping confidence and imagination. Essentially, this was X-Men done on a TV budget, and it looked fabulous .
It reeked of bravado, from the way its shots mirrored comic-book pages to the power of the sequence which saw Claire Bennet running into a flaming train wreck without being harmed. It was so full of itself, so convinced of its own brilliance, that we couldn't help but fall for it – just as we fell for the characters, too. Who couldn't adore Hiro after he teleported from Japan to Times Square and threw his arms up in joy?
'Genesis' also had one mega-idea to bring people back for more: a painting of New York being obliterated by a nuclear blast. How could anybody resist tuning in again to find out what happened? We certainly couldn't...
7. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
'Pilot'
We don't envy Josh Friedman, the writer of this episode. It's probably one of the most complex TV pilots ever assembled, having to explain to what could be a completely clueless audience who Sarah Connor is, why she's important, who her son will be one day, what those peculiar 'Terminator' thingies are, and why the world is going to blow up in 2011. Phew. And you thought the first episode of Game Of Thrones was confusing...
What's amazing is that it works . It's a horribly confusing plot that begins with a dream sequence and ends with the Connors travelling forward in time from 1999 to 2007, but at no point do you think, “Hang on, WHAT?” And even if you are a bit banjaxed by it all, who cares when you have Summer Glau's Cameron saving John's life by taking bullets for him then running over a fellow Terminator with a truck? They're action sequences that are so polished, they almost belong in the movie franchise that spawned this show.
6. Dead Like Me
You can't really top a pilot that begins with its young heroine being obliterated by a toilet falling from space, can you?
5. Odyssey 5
If you were orbiting the Earth in the Space Shuttle with the rest of your astronaut pals, what the hell would you do if the world was destroyed beneath you, leaving you the only people alive?
It's a fantastic idea. A bona fide, 100% brilliant idea, oh yes. But how do you film something like that without cocking it up? Terrible FX could ruin the emotional intensity. The wrong actors might not be able to sell it. The wrong tone could scupper the whole thing. Thankfully Odyssey 5 nailed it, first by providing us with genuinely shocking footage of the Earth's fiery end – seriously, it's more horror film than sci-fi show – and secondly by casting Peter Weller as the lead astronaut. With a Weller in your pocket, you too will believe our blue planet just bit the big one.
4. Firefly
'Serenity'
A pilot that does exactly what any pilot is supposed to do: introduces us to a new world, the characters in it, the conflicts they face, the emotions they struggle with. 'Serenity' does it brilliantly, with confidence and a bucketload of class.
And so obviously the bigwigs at Fox decided it would be a great idea to ignore 'Serenity' completely and ask for another pilot ('The Train Job') with a ton more action and no introductions at all, thus throwing the audience headfirst into an ocean with nothing to cling onto except their remote controls, which they used to change channels, thus dooming Firefly to death.
3. Twin Peaks
Back in 1989 allowing cinema's weirdest auteur, David Lynch, to run loose in telly-land must have been the equivalent of letting Salvador Dali loose inside a branch of IKEA: sure, he'd have a whole lot of fun, but nobody would understand why he'd just painted lobster claws on those bookshelves. So we give the higher-ups at American network ABC all the kudos in the world for taking a chance on Lynch, and their gamble well and truly paid off. Instead of painting lobster claws, Lynch killed a cheerleader. And the rest is history.
To this day, the thing that stands out most about Twin Peaks ' feature-length opener is its mood ; slow and almost creepy, not scared to linger on mournful scenes of fir trees draped in mist, or a bereaved mother crying her heart out. But it was also quirky and fun, with the introduction of crazy characters handled matter-of-factly (“Who's the lady with the log?” “We call her the Log Lady”) and otherwise ordinary moments given comedic pathos for no reason (“Diane, I'm holding in my hand a small box of chocolate bunnies”). It really was like nothing ever seen on American TV, and as it was broadcast around the world and the word spread, it was clear it was like nothing ever seen on planet Earth, period.
Here's a vintage promo for the pilot (and a few other episodes) to show you what we mean – although we don't envy the ABC marketing team for having to promote something so downright bizarre...
Say what you like about the way Lost ended, just about everybody who ever lived in the history of the world (possible hyperbole there) would agree that the pilot for the series was one of the most amazing things that's ever popped up on our tellies. Not that it 'popped', exactly; it full-on exploded.
Guaranteed to put pteromerhanophobes off flying for life,* this $14-million movie-quality opener crashed a jet on a tropical island before the opening credits even rolled, throwing us right into the aftermath. And what an aftermath it was: a fresh and innovative survival tale that instantly had us on the edge of our seats, with a cast who were more than brilliant enough to hold our attentions. From there, question after question was set up beautifully and we weren't given any answers – what better way is there to ensure there'll be a second, third and fourth episode?
Lost 's opener isn't just a thrilling story; it also uses some excellent techniques to show off its style, from the first shot of an eye opening to the chaotic camerawork of the crash site as Jack runs from victim to victim. The location was fresh, too – remember how New Zealand came to life thanks to The Lord Of The Rings ? Hawaii got the same makeover here. And there's that tantalising sequence involving a monster in the jungle who first rustles some trees and then devours the plane's unfortunate pilot. Thanks to this mysterious chappie (later revealed as the Smoke Monster), Lost landed firmly in SFX territory and man, are we happy it did.
*people with a phobia of flying. Yes, we had to look it up.
1. Star Trek
'The Cage' and 'Where No Man Has Gone Before'
Anyone who knows their Trek history will understand why '60s Star Trek is at the top of our list. Heck, even if you don't know your Trek history you've probably spotted something odd about this entry: there are two episodes!
The original pilot for Gene Roddenberry's space opera – 'The Cage' – wasn't picked up by network NBC, who were looking for something a bit more actiony to appeal to a larger audience. However, it did pique the network execs' curiosity to such an extent that they made the unprecedented decision of ordering a //second// pilot, 'Where No Man Has Gone Before'. This pushed their buttons so perfectly that the rest is history.
So what makes these two entries truly great? It's like watching evolution in progress. In 'The Cage', Spock laughs and has feelings. There's a different Captain, played by movie star Jeffrey Hunter, who lacks William Shatner's sparkle but still does a grand job. Everything seems proto- Trek , from the lack of finesse on the costumes to the slightly clunky Enterprise bridge. But 'The Cage' gives us some of Trek 's signature moments, from a dancing green Orion slave girl to bald, veiny-headed aliens, not to mention beautiful visuals such as the purple-skied planet.
It probably was a little slow and thinky to grab the attentions of audiences not used to seeing sci-fi treated seriously, which is why 'Where No Man Has Gone Before' speeds things up, throws in a fist-fight or two and generally kicks ass. It's about as wonderful as sci-fi gets and all these years on, it's still a breathtakingly fun watch.
Gene Roddenberry remembers making 'The Cage' in this interesting documentary – note the horrible sexism from Captain Pike, and a real-life, female audience's reaction to it... Boy, times sure have changed.
Next... the pilots that sucked!
And Here Are Some Pilots That Sucked...
Not all pilots make us want to carry on watching the show; some make us want to run screaming in the other direction. Here are some pants pilots which somehow still manage to spawn series (some of which thankfully grew better than their humble beginnings)...
'Echo'
'Live And Learn'
This Steven Spielberg-produced sci-fi series struggled from the off, introducing us to a bunch of bland, one-dimensional characters who seemed to spend all their time either moaning about their lot (with some justification, of course, seeing as aliens have just wiped out their civilisation) or staring at each other while syrupy music played in the background.
But two things about it really sucked: the fact that there was an ad break every few minutes (a whopping five in the first half hour!) so the show could recoup its high costs from sponsors, and the sequence which showed a kid trying out his new skateboard for what seemed like hours. That's a RipStik skateboard, just in case you missed it. RipStik. Go out and buy one, okay? Then the show can afford to make a CGI alien for the next episode. RipStick, right? BUY IT. BUY IT NOW.
'Encounter At Farpoint'
Thank Q this show improved way beyond this clunky, awkward pilot and became the Next Gen we know and love. The plot was atrocious (watch as the Enterprise rescues a space jellyfish from a life of slavery!), the actors looked uncomfortable in their uniforms (especially poor Marina Sirtis as the be-skirted Troi), the dialogue was wince-worthy (“Farpoint Station... Even the name sounds mysterious”) and, let's face it, it had Wesley Crusher falling into a river. Excuse us while we facepalm.
Thankfully 'Encounter At Farpoint' served as nothing more than a scene-setter for what was to come, introducing us to more good things than bad (hurrah for Data, Q, holodecks and a million other Trek changes). But really, it's one big cringe when watched today.
“Hello, my name is Jaime Sommers and I'm going to spend the entire running time of this pilot whinging like a whinging whinger. God, I'm miserable. Did I mention I'm miserable? Whinge, whinge, whinge.”
Seriously, why would anybody go back for more?
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Geoff Keighley’s Opening Night Live show went live yesterday at Cologne, Germany with dozens of new announcements from different publishers and developer, including Kojima Productions, the team behind Death Stranding. Hideo Kojima stepped up the stage to talk with the fans at Gamescom 2019 and promised to showcase the full version of gameplay demo at Tokyo Game Show 2019 next month. However, he surprised us with three new trailers from Death Stranding including a gameplay footage which features Geoff Keighley as a Ludens Fan.
First trailer introduces Mama, as one of the characters at Bridge organization who seems to have a good relationship with babies that have turned into BTs. During the trailer, Mama catches a baby from the air and feeds him.
Second trailer is dedicated to deliver more details on Bridge Baby starring Deadman and Sam. The two plug BB into a recovery system and then Deadman reveals some interesting information on the baby. According to him, a Bridge Baby could only be at service for one year.
Finally, the last trailer is actually a gameplay footage of Death Stranding in which Sam pees, talks to a Ludens fan and then tries to calm down the Bridge Baby.
Death Stranding is set to be launched on November 8 for PlayStation 4. Unlike some rumors, Kojima didn’t confirm the game for any other platform than PS4 at Gamescom 2019, though it’s not in PS4-exclusives page anymore.
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Geektown’s Top 7 Most Anticipated MMORPGs List 2011!
It’s that time of year again when we look over what news of upcoming MMO’s has caught our attention over the last 12 months… Yep, it’s the return of Geektown’s Most Anticipated MMORPGs List!
7. Blizzard’s New MMO: Codenamed ‘Titan’ (position last yr – 6th)
Codenamed: Titan
Well, it’s another year on, and still only tiny slivers of information on Blizzard’s next MMO have worked there way out of Blizz HQ. So, here’s what we know…
It’s codenamed ‘Titan’ internally.
It’s a brand new IP and not based on WoW, Starcraft or Diablo.
We know it’s designed to be a more casual MMO experience.
It’s possibly some mix of Scifi and Fantasy in it’s setting.
Other rumors are that it’ll could be an MMOFPS, and it could be planned for release at the end of 2013 – So that’ll be an actual release date at some point in 2014…
Blizzard Website | Release Date: At least 2014 (cause when has Blizzard ever hit an intended release date!)
6. Warhammer 40k: Dark Millennium Online (position last yr – 5th)
W40k: Dark Millennium Online
The W40K MMO, now named ‘Dark Millennium Online‘ was first announced in 2007. Then went very quiet. However, in the past year more information has started to come to light.
DMO is set in the 41st Millennium and should include all the races 40k players are familiar with. The only know playable races at the moment are The Imperium and the Eldar, and (this being Warhammer) all the classes will be dedicated to shooting, chainsawing, and generally beating the living snot out of the enemy. There may be some crafting involved, but only if your making more bullets to fire at the enemy!
The control system is likely to be more of like an action game than a traditional MMO, and developers Vigil Games are promising that action will be fast, furious and intense! They are promising DMO will be playable at E3 2012, with a likely release date in 2013.
Dark Millennium Online Website | Release Date: 2013
5. ArcheAge (New Entry)
Build your own ships in ArcheAge
ArcheAge is an MMORPG from Korean developers XL Games using CryEngine 2. It’s based in a fairly standard fantasy setting, but it’s more the gameplay that has piqued my interest than the environment. Like some other games on this list, it’s abandoned the traditional class selection for a far more fluid option. When you create your character, you pick 3 out of a possible 10 abilities, which means you could play as a full blown warrior, or some kind of healer, or take little bits from each and create your own class.
ArcheAge is also a game with some advance crafting, rather than your standard WoW-esque ‘cookie-cutter’ setup. If you want to build a house, go cut down some trees and build one. Same goes for if you want to build a ship. The system works using something called ‘labor power’ which builds up both whilst you are on and offline. If you want to build something really massive, you can get together with friends and pool your labor, allowing the creation of larger and more elaborate structures.
If combat is more your thing, it isn’t just restricted to your character on foot. You can fight on horseback, and in naval combat too. Overall, there’s a whole bunch of interesting things going on in ArcheAge. It’s currently in closed Beta in Korea, and is likely to get released to an eastern market before we get it in the west, so it’s probably going to be a while before we see ArcheAge in the UK.
ArcheAge Website | Release Date: TBA
4. Firefall (New Entry)
Firefall - The new PlanetSide?
There was a game that fellow geektowner D used to rave about… The original MMOFPS – PlanetSide. Ever since then though, MMOFPS’s have rather struggled to really make an impact, despite numerous attempts. Firefall plans to change all that, and what’s more, it plans on doing it on a free-to-play model!
The story is set on a future Earth where overuse of an energy source called Crystite has decimated most of the planet, which is now covered by an energy storm known as the ‘Melding’. You take control of one of the survivors of the human race battling entities called the ‘Chosen’ who have emerged from the ‘Melding’.
Gameplay is split between large pile-in battles, and more organised tournaments & leagues. The classes are actually prescribed by the type of exo-skeletons that you wear, allowing you to play as Engineers, Assault & Recon roles, or as Medics. Unlike the previous 3 games in the list, this one is due out in November this year, so if your an ex-PlanetSide player still looking for a new home, you’ve not long to wait to find out if Firefall is it.
Firefall Website | Release Date: Nov 2011
3. Salem (New Entry)
Salem - Sandbox MMO
Salem is a really interesting little MMO. Set in a fantastical version of New England, you play colonists from the Old World seeking to make lives for themselves in the New. Developers Paradox describe it as a crafting MMO… with open PvP combat and permanent death! Well, sort of… If you do happen to upset your neighbor, so he decides to stab you through the head with a pitchfork, your descendents can pick up where you left off. It’s an interesting take on the idea of perma-death, without the player necessarily losing everything. It also means that your little village may have to band together to police itself from any internal disputes, and also to defend itself from any invading ruffians. Player justice!
Salem is a persistent world which can be altered by the player’s actions, with skills such as crafting, farming and creating your own buildings. There’s also some good ol’ 17th century alchemy & witchcraft thrown in for good measure. Best of all, it’s another MMO using the free-to-play model. In terms of gameplay mechanics, it’s all sounding very open and sandboxy, which is an idea i really like.
Salem Website | Release Date: Nov 2011
2. The Secret World (New Entry)
Funcom's The Secret World
The Secret World is based on the idea that every myth, conspiracy theory and urban legend you’ve ever heard was true. Placed in a modern world setting, with cities such as London and New York, various secret societies (in this case The Templars, The Illuminati, and The Dragon) are at war – not only with each other, but also the various demons, vampires, zombies and other creatures that go bump in the night!
TSW has taken a leaf out of the pre-nge Star Wars Galaxies handbook, and removed all levels and classes. Using a skill based system, you can pick from hundreds of powers to customise your character however you see fit. There’s no set progression path. The skills system is sounding very pre-nge SWG, and that’s a great thing in my book. Developer Funcom are powering TSW using the same engine as Age of Conan, a game which had it’s faults, but the engine wasn’t one of them. The creative director of the game was also the man behind the brilliant adventure ‘The Longest Journey’, so i’m expecting a decent story too.
The Secret World Website | Release Date: TBC 2012
1. Star Wars : The Old Republic (position last yr – 1st)
SWTOR - 1st place again!
We were rather hoping to be playing SWTOR by now, but Bioware have taken a leaf out of Blizzard’s book and gone with a ‘it’ll be done when it’s done’ attitude. Still, it’s the right thing to do. There’s nothing worse than releasing a half finished MMO with no content (*cough*Conan-DCOnline-SWG-etc…*cough*). It’s fair to say Bioware have rather gone out of their way to make sure content is something that SWTOR should most definitely not be lacking in… The currently estimate is that there’s around 200 hrs of gameplay… PER CLASS! Now, we know from experience, that developers always over estimate how many hrs it’ll take for players to get through their content, but if they are even close to being correct, that around 1500 hrs of Star Wars-y goodness to sink your teeth into! It would also rather explains why SWTOR hasn’t been released yet, cause that’s a heck of a lot of code to test.
If your in a relationship or have a family member who is a Star Wars fan, kiss them goodbye when SWTOR is released, cause you won’t be seeing them for a very very long time!
Star Wars : The Old Republic Website | Release Date: Late 2011.
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One Response to “Geektown’s Top 7 Most Anticipated MMORPGs List 2011!”
The Analogue Kid says:
What about Guildwars 2?
Blows everything else out of the water i’ve seen in an MMO.
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Back in Div. 1, Mount Pleasant baseball eyes another title
Oilers won state championships in 2007 and 2014, but at the Division 2 level, as they enter districts
Back in Div. 1, Mount Pleasant baseball eyes another title Oilers won state championships in 2007 and 2014, but at the Division 2 level, as they enter districts Check out this story on Freep.com: https://on.freep.com/1TgGj2c
Tom Lang, Special to the Free Press Published 3:32 p.m. ET May 14, 2016
Orchard Lake St. Mary's baserunner Griffin Sheposh steals second against Mt. Pleasant's Obie Ricumstrict in the baseball Div. 2 MHSAA state championship on Saturday, June 13, 2015 at McLane Baseball Stadium in East Lansing.(Photo: Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press)
The last time Mt. Pleasant won the state’s top baseball championship in 1996, none of the current players had been born.
But that doesn’t mean it’s been 20 years since the program has had success at the state level — in fact, far from it. School enrollment adjustments statewide dropped the Oilers to Div. 2 and they won the state championship in 2007, again in 2014, and then earned runner-up last year with a large core of the team’s current players.
Mt. Pleasant has moved back up to Div. 1, and entered last week ranked No. 5 in the state with a 22-2 record. Instead of taking on Div. 2 teams again come tournament time at the end of May, the Oilers will face their regular season Saginaw Valley Conference powerhouse opponents in districts, including a predistrict game against Bay City Western, the state champs in 2013 and ’14.
Western, currently unranked, is one of the Oilers’ losses this year, a 5-4 last-inning comeback.
“We’re not taking them for granted,” Mt. Pleasant coach Joe Epple said. “They’re pesky and they’re scrappy and they’ve got two good pitchers, so we’re not taking them lightly by any means. And they play great defense. They don’t hurt themselves.”
The Oilers have a solid core of five players who started on the 2014 state championship team as freshmen or sophomores: Senior pitcher Hunter Buczkowski (4-0), senior third baseman Zach Heeke, junior shortstop Obie Ricumstrict, senior first baseman Max Trucks and senior catcher Dan Keller.
Major contributions also come from junior pitcher Logan Buczkowski (5-1) and junior second baseman Noah Ingram.
“Our entire infield is college-bound, somewhere,” Epple said, adding that in the prior two seasons no player on the infield collected double-digit errors, and the team is on the same pace this season.
Hunter Buczkowski has signed at Central Michigan for football, while Heeke will play baseball for the Chippewas. Ricumstrict is headed to Cincinnati for baseball, and Trucks will do the same at Davenport.
“He really hasn’t broken out yet but he’s got leather like nobody else we’ve ever had,” Epple said of Ricumstrict. “He can really field it and he’s got a good arm. He’s probably the most talented, gifted baseball player we’ve had. It’s no guarantee he’ll be the best, but he’s got the potential to be, for sure.”
Logan Buczkowski hasn’t picked a college program yet, but is being chased by Cincinnati and MAC schools. “When he’s got it going on the mound, there’s not many who can hit him,” Epple said. “He hasn’t given up 10 hits total yet this season.”
Keller is the best backstop for such pitchers that Epple has seen.
“The ball doesn’t get to the screen with him,” Epple said. “He’s the best blocking catcher we’ve ever had. Maybe the best blocker I’ve ever seen in high school baseball in 20-plus years. And we’ve had catchers play in college and the minors.”
Both Heeke and Keller said being a member of the tough Saginaw Valley Conference is making the transition from Div. 2 to Div. 1 more manageable, as they’ll know the competition better and have more detailed scouting reports.
“It’s definitely given us more motivation,” Keller said about the jump. “We want to show everyone we’re ready and up to the challenge of Division 1. We’re ready to show we can win against the best teams in the state, and that we deserve to be in Division 1.”
Heeke added: “The jump to Division 1 is a huge step and the competition changes for sure, but I think our group of eight starters coming back will be a good test for us and I think we’re up for the challenge.”
Both Keller and Hunter Buczkowski were recovering from injuries most of last spring, returning just in time to jump into the postseason lineup and push the team to a second-straight championship game appearance.
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1.1 All deliveries and other services effected by ourselves, and all payments made to us, shall be exclusively governed by these Terms of Delivery and Payment. Insofar as applicable provisions may be found to be missing therefrom, the General Terms of Delivery of the Austrian Electrical and Electronic Industries shall apply in a subsidiary manner; in all other regards, Austrian laws and regulations shall apply. If any business terms of the Ordering Party’s are at variance with these General Terms of Delivery and Payment, we shall only be bound by such divergent terms if we have expressly recognised the same by letter or by telefax.
2.1 Our offers are without engagement and subject to alteration, unless the offer makes express mention of a period of engagement. Documents pertaining to our offers – such as drawings, illustrations, samples and patterns, and dimensional, weight, performance and consumption data – contain or themselves constitute only approximate data and are not deemed to be specially agreed characteristics unless otherwise provided. We retain the right to effect modifications for engineering reasons.
2.2 We reserve the proprietary rights and copyright to all cost estimates, drawings and other documents; these may neither be disclosed to any third party nor used for the purposes of any third party.
Acceptance of an order, and any undertakings or supplementary agreements made by our employees, as well as amendments and alterations of any kind, shall not be binding upon us until we have issued written confirmation by letter, telefax or e-mail.
4.1 Prices are always the list prices valid on the date of delivery. They are ex-works prices (EXW [Incoterms in the latest version]), exclusive of packaging, insurance, loading at the factory and value-added tax; the packaging will not be taken back.
4.4 If the payment period is exceeded, we shall be entitled to charge default interest at a rate of ten percentage points above the applicable base rate announced by the Austrian National Bank, plus the collection costs, such amounts to total at least 12% p.a. of the overall claim. This is without prejudice to any further consequences of default in payment.
4.5 It is inadmissible for the Ordering Party to withhold payments or to offset these against counter-claims which are contested by ourselves.
5.1 The delivery period commences with the mailing of the order confirmation note, while the performance period for installation, maintenance or repair work commences when the equipment is handed over. On no account, however, shall the delivery or performance period start to elapse sooner than 14 days after the time when the Ordering Party has furnished us with the documents (e.g. engineering drawings, plans etc), permits or approvals which it is responsible for procuring, or when it has made the agreed pre-payment. The delivery or performance deadline is deemed to have been met if we have notified the Ordering Party prior to such deadline of our readiness to deliver or perform; in cases where a special agreement obliges us to dispatch or deliver, the delivery or performance deadline shall be deemed to have been met if the object of delivery or performance has left our factory prior to such deadline.
5.2 Delivery or performance periods are extended for the duration of any unforeseen impediments lying outside our sphere of influence, such as stoppages, major personnel outages, unlawful strikes, delays in supplies of essential raw materials or components or the like, as well as by circumstances where risk is borne by the Ordering Party, to the extent that these impediments and/or circumstances are of material relevance to the failure to meet the deadline. Impediments and/or circumstances of this nature also annul the consequences of a default for which we would otherwise be liable, for the duration of such impediments; any contractual penalty obligations which may have been agreed for specific instances shall entirely cease to apply. Immediate notification is to be given of the beginning and end of such impediments. We are entitled to terminate the contract, in whole or in part, if such impediments should occur. In this case, unless the Ordering Party proves gross negligence on our part, damages claims from the Ordering Party shall be inadmissible.
5.3 If agreed delivery or performance deadlines, or deadlines that have been extended in accordance with 5.2 above, are exceeded by more than four weeks, the Ordering Party shall be entitled to terminate the contract, having granted us at least 14 days’ extra time by notice given to us in a registered letter. Unless the Ordering Party proves gross negligence on our part, damages claims from the Ordering Party shall be inadmissible in this case.
5.4 If the Ordering Party incurs a loss from a delay for which we are liable, then it shall be entitled to compensation amounting to 0.5% per whole week - up to a maximum of 5% - of the value of that part of the delivery which cannot be used in time or for its intended purpose as a result of the delay. For other services, the compensation shall be 5% of the remuneration. Any damages claims going beyond the above shall be inadmissible, as shall claims for damages in consequence of delays on the part of our suppliers, unless gross negligence is proven on our part.
5.5 In cases where we have undertaken to effect shipping, the mode and route of shipping shall be for us to decide. Goods are always shipped at the Ordering Party’s risk and expense. We shall only be liable for damage if gross negligence is proven on our part. We shall only take out transport / breakage insurance by order and for the account of the Ordering Party.
5.7 Our compliance with the delivery period shall be contingent upon the Ordering Party having fulfilled its contractual obligations in all pending, still-to-be-completed business transactions.
5.8 If shipping is delayed due to circumstances where risk is borne by the Ordering Party, then this latter shall bear all resulting additional costs, such as those for storage at our factory, but with a minimum monthly charge of 0.5% of the invoice amount. In such a case we shall also be entitled to grant the Ordering Party a grace period of at most 14 days, and if this period should expire to no avail, we shall then be entitled, at our own discretion, either to make alternative arrangements regarding the article(s) to be delivered and to effect delivery to the Ordering Party within a suitably extended period of time, or to terminate the contract and claim damages for breach of contract. In this latter case, we are entitled, without having to furnish any particular proof, to require 10% of the remuneration for the intended delivery as indemnification. Where appropriately substantiated, we can also claim compensation for any damage over and above this amount.
5.9 In the case of goods ordered on call, or ordered for production with no shipping instructions, delivery must be taken within three months. If this time limit elapses unused, then 5.8 shall apply analogously.
5.10 For services performed under contracts for work and materials (4.7), the Ordering Party is to provide us with the necessary equipment and auxiliary materials (e.g. winches, rails, electricity etc.) in good time and at no charge, even if installation is included in the price (4.1) or if a flat-rate price has been agreed for this. Any works needing to be carried out by the Ordering Party preparatory to installation, e.g. building work, must be completed prior to the arrival of our installation technicians. Furthermore, the Ordering Party must take all safety precautions needed for the protection of persons and property. We shall not accept liability for the ancillary personnel, equipment and auxiliary materials which may be placed at our disposal unless gross negligence is proven on our part.
6.1 Risk shall pass to the Ordering Party as soon as the articles to be delivered, or the articles on which we have performed maintenance, repair or other work, have left our factory. The same shall also apply to part-deliveries or in cases where we have undertaken to bear the shipping charges or to perform delivery, setting-up, assembly, installation or other similar services. If the maintenance, repair or other work is carried out in the domain of the Ordering Party, then risk shall pass to this latter as soon as it has received notification that the work in question has been completed.
7.1 We shall retain title to the article(s) delivered until our purchase-price claims, and all other claims that we have – on whatever legal grounds – against the Ordering Party, have been settled in full.
7.2 The Ordering Party is only permitted to re-sell the article delivered – even if this has been joined to other items or subjected to processing – in the course of its company’s regular business operations. However, this permission is precluded if the resulting claims are assigned to third parties or are the subject of an assignment prohibition, or if the Ordering Party is insolvent or in default with the performance of its contractual obligations. No other manner of disposition whatever is permitted to the Ordering Party. In the event of distrainment, confiscation or other disposition by third parties, the Ordering Party is to notify us hereof immediately. Our legal expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of our title are to be borne by the Ordering Party.
7.3 The Ordering Party assigns to us even now its claims and other rights from the re-sale, rental or leasing of the article delivered, even if this latter has been joined together with other items or subjected to processing; the Ordering Party shall make an entry to this effect in its books. If the article delivered is sold or placed into the hands of a third party for such party’s use together with other items (regardless of whether or not it has been joined to any such items or subjected to processing), then the receivables claim shall only be assigned up to the amount of the purchase price owed to ourselves. This is without prejudice to any further damages claims.
7.5 If the Ordering Party should act contrary to the terms of the contract – in particular by being in arrears with payment or with any other contractual obligation, and/or by being insolvent – we shall be entitled, at our own discretion, either to terminate the contract without granting any grace period or, while leaving the contract in force, to take back the article delivered or to forbid it to be used. We shall also be entitled to sell the taken-back article in the open market; after deduction of a handling fee of 10% of the proceeds thus realised, the remainder will be debited from the total of our outstanding claims against the Ordering Party. Pending return of the article in the event of our terminating the contract, we shall charge the Ordering Party a usage fee of 5% of the original value of the article, unless the actual diminution in its value is even greater.
8.1 We give no warranty for ordinary deviations in size, weight or quality (or as tolerated by ÖNORM, EN or DIN standards), and also no warranty for information given regarding the suitability of the article(s) to be delivered for the purpose contemplated by the Ordering Party, or for any other particular purpose.
8.2 Although we warrant the correctness of our processing instructions, user/operating manuals and customer advisory service, compliance with statutory or other regulations when using the articles delivered, and the testing of these articles for the purpose envisaged, shall remain the sole responsibility of the Ordering Party. We shall only be answerable for any instructions differing from our written processing instructions and user/operating manuals if we expressively previously confirmed these deviations to the Ordering Party in writing, either by letter, telefax or e-mail.
8.3 Articles or services supplied must be inspected by the Ordering Party immediately after delivery has been taken of them. Any defects must be reported to us immediately upon being discovered, in a written notice sent by letter, telefax or e-mail quoting the number and date of the order confirmation note, of the delivery note or of the invoice, and the serial and commission numbers. If the Ordering Party omits to make this immediate notification, it may no longer assert any warranty claims or claims for compensatory damages on account either of the defect itself or of any misapprehension as to whether the delivery or service was free of defects. The notice must set out which delivered items or supplied services are affected by the defects, what the defects consist of in detail, and under what concomitant circumstances these defects occurred. Every single defect must be exactly described. Any costs which we incur as a result of unjustified notices or notices that are otherwise at variance with the conditions of use are to be refunded to us by the Ordering Party.
8.5 Unless otherwise agreed, the warranty period shall be 24 months. From the beginning of the 13th month of this period, however, our warranty shall be limited to making available, free of charge, the items needed for remedying the defects; from this time onwards, any warranty claims going beyond the above shall be inadmissible. This period limitation also applies to the supply of items deemed to be immovable and to work on items which are, or are deemed to be, immovable. The warranty period shall start to elapse upon the passage of risk in accordance with Point 6. The Ordering Party must always prove that defects coming to light during the warranty period were already present at the time of the passage of risk.
8.6 In cases where we do give warranty, we shall – at our own discretion and within a reasonable period of at least 4 weeks’ duration – either exchange the defective article itself, or its defective components, for a defect-free article or defect-free components, or remedy the defect(s), or grant the Ordering Party a reasonable reduction in price, or (unless the defect in question is a minor one) cancel the contract. The warranty period is not prolonged by the exchange of the item or of parts or components belonging to the item. If, however, the remainder of the warranty period – including that part of the period during which our warranty is limited to free provision of the requisite materials in accordance with Point 8.5 – lasts for less than twelve months, then the warranty period for the exchanged items, parts or components shall be extended to twelve months. The items, parts or components thus exchanged shall become our property. We shall not refund the costs for any actual or attempted remedying of a defect by the Ordering Party or by any third party.
8.7 To the extent that is necessary and may reasonably be expected of the Ordering Party, the object of delivery or performance, or the defective part(s) thereof, are to be dispatched or shipped to us immediately at our request, at the Ordering Party’s risk and expense, failing which any and all warranty obligation on our part shall become void.
8.9 Warranty claims from the Ordering Party are excluded in cases where the installation, user and operating manuals provided by ourselves, or to be requested from us by the Ordering Party, have not been observed, or where the user has not been (fully) obligated to observe such instructions; if the installation work has not been performed properly and in accordance with the relevant Standards, and in particular if was not carried out by licensed contractors; if any corrective maintenance or other work has been performed on the object of delivery or performance without our consent; if it has been improperly operated or used, or operated despite its protective features being faulty, or taken out of the contract territory without our consent, or used contrary to our instructions or for purposes for which it is not intended; and, moreover, where defects are attributable to foreign object damage, chemical influences, overvoltage, the conduct of third parties or to force majeure; the same applies in respect of natural wear-and-tear.
8.11. Finally all warranty claims shall be excluded if the Ordering Party installs third-party components or replacement parts in our delivery items or services provided by us which have not been expressly recommended by us prior there to.
8.12. In addition to the rights of the Ordering Party in accordance with Point 8.6. regarding the delivery of inverters for photovoltaic systems the guarantee in accordance with the guarantee conditions of Fronius shall apply, available at https://www.fronius.com/en/photovoltaics/products/all-products/solutions/fronius-service-solutions/fronius-warranties/fronius-warranties.
9.1 We shall only accept unlimited liability for damage, of whatever kind, to the extent that the Ordering Party proves that we ourselves brought about this damage either knowingly and wilfully or grossly negligently. If the Ordering Party proves that we have caused damage in an ordinarily negligent manner, our obligation to indemnify shall be limited to the damage actually incurred, and, moreover, to a maximum overall amount not exceeding the total order value. Furthermore, claims of this type may only be enforced at law if asserted within six months of the damage in question becoming known.
9.2 In the event that we are taken to law by a third party where we have produced and delivered in accordance with the drawings, designs, models or other documents provided by the Ordering Party, the Ordering Party shall indemnify and save us harmless.
9.3 When using the installations, machines and other articles delivered by ourselves, the Ordering Party is obliged to painstakingly observe all safety regulations, technical rules, installation regulations, operating instructions and user manuals, and in particular all regulations applying to the electrical engineering field, and to allow only authorised skilled personnel to operate the equipment.
9.4. Any liability for damage caused by the installation or use of third-party components or replacement parts with our delivery items, which have not been verifiably and expressly recommended by us, shall be excluded.
Client shall agree that Fronius International GmbH and its subsidiaries may collect, process and use personel data (such as name, address, email address), if applicable also by commissioning a service provider, for the purpose of sending information regarding products and services of any kind (e.g. by post, email, newsletter and more). A dissemination to externals in excess thereof shall not occur (excluded are legal or judicial obligations to provide information). The consent may be objected at any time in writing, in the newsletter there is also a link to unsubscribe.
11.1 The place of performance for deliveries, other services and payments, and the sole place of jurisdiction, shall be Wels, Austria. However, we shall also be entitled to go to law against the Ordering Party at the court which has “in-rem” and territorial jurisdiction under the relevant regulations for the Ordering Party’s commercial domicile or place of residence.
11.2 The Ordering Party is aware that in international commerce, it is common practice that an agreement regarding the place of jurisdiction can also be entered into, in a formally effective manner, as a result of tacit acquiescence or non-reaction to a confirmatory business letter such as an order confirmation note containing a pre-printed reference to the place of jurisdiction. The Ordering Party is familiar with this commercial usage, especially in the field of business of Fronius International GmbH, and heeds it regularly.
11.3 Legal disputes arising out of the contract are to be governed by Austrian law and by the commercial practice prevailing at the place of performance. The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, on the other hand, shall not be applicable (Austrian Federal Gazette 1988/96).
For software delivered together with other items or for software delivered separately (hereafter “software”) these Terms and Conditions of Delivery and Payment only apply insofar as these do not deviate from the following conditions or from conditions agreed upon separately with the Ordering Party.
12.1.1 All rights of intellectual property, such as copyright, trademark rights, design rights, patent rights, utility model rights and know-how, as well as in particular unprotected inventions, commercial experience, trade secrets and such like, independent from the time these were disclosed to the Ordering Party, shall be reserved at any time by us or our licensors. The Ordering Party shall have the right to use the software after payment of the agreed sum exclusively for his own purposes in accordance with the acquired number of licences. With the present contract only the authorization to use the software is acquired. Dissemination by the Ordering Party shall be excluded in accordance with the copyright law. With a possible participation of the Ordering Party in producing the software no rights other than the specified usage laid out in Section 12 are acquired. The Ordering Party may only use the software simultaneously on one device, which one is his decision. Usage of the software shall constitute any long-term or even any temporary duplication (copying) of the software, whether in whole or also only in part, by saving, loading, running or displaying for the purpose of execution of the software and processing of the data contained therein by the hardware. He shall not be authorized to copy the user manual.
12.1.2 The Ordering Party shall be permitted to make copies of the software for archival and data protection purposes on condition that there is no explicit prohibition in the software or any accompanying material (instruction manual, packaging, etc.) and that all copyright and proprietary notices are transferred unchanged in these copies. Retranslations of the programme code (decompilation) exceeding the legal provisions shall not be permitted.
12.1.3. If the software is equipped with technical copy protection, the Ordering Party shall in the case of damage be supplied with a replacement copy after restitution of the data carrier.
12.2 Further rights.In the event of availability of a new software version the Ordering Party shall be entitled to exchange the supplied software package for a similar software package of the new version at our listed update price; the exchange implies the software package as a whole, as it was acquired by the Ordering Party. With the exchange Ordering Party´s permission to use the exchanged software package shall expire. In such an event the Ordering Party shall immediately and completely destroy all copies, partial copies and backup copies as well as altered or revised versions of the software and the copies, partial copies and backup copies made thereof.
12.3.1 The Ordering Party shall note that it is not possible to develop software programmes in such a manner that these are free from defects for every application condition.
12.3.2 We shall warrant that the supplied software fulfils the agreed functions and has the expressly guaranteed properties. Requirement for any warranty is usage according to contract. A defect for which we are responsible shall only be deemed to exist if the software does not function according to the most recent version of the corresponding performance description/documentation and if this is reproducible by the Ordering Party. In order to carefully examine possible occurring defects the Ordering Party shall be obliged to support us in the rectification of any defects.
12.3.6 If the software package is not usable or defect (12.3.2), we shall exchange it primarily for a new one of the same title or for an adequate alternative solution. If this also proves to be unusable or defect and if we are not in a position to make it usable with adequate effort within an adequate time, but at least within a period of four weeks, the Ordering Party may demand a price reduction or a change. Costs of defect rectification by the Ordering Party or a third person shall not be compensated by us.
12.3.7 In excess of this (12.3.6) we shall not provide warranty, in particular not in the case of the supplied software not meeting the special requirements of the Ordering Party or user, and also not for altered or revised versions of the software (point 12.1.2), unless the Ordering Party can prove that the defects are not connected to the alterations or revisions. The Ordering Party itself is solely responsible for the selection, installation and usage of the software as well as for the results intended therewith.
12.3.8 In the event of unjustified assertion of defects in the software we shall be entitled to charge the Ordering Party with any incurred costs according to valid cost rates.
12.3.9 A change of the end-user shall exclude any warranty claims
12.4.1 All further claims of the Ordering Party or third persons, in particular claims for compensation for damages of any kind, shall be excluded, unless the injured party can prove that the damage was caused by us either intentionally or due to gross negligence.
12.4.2 Otherwise Point 9 shall apply accordingly..
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impact giving
Food Hubs Help Communities In Need Of Produce
Harvest Public Media Jul 13, 2019
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators.
Giving Compass’ Take:
· Writing for Harvest Public Media, Madelyn Beck explains how The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food hub database is helping to connect all types of farmers to commercial businesses or public institutions in need of produce.
· What are food hubs and how do they affect the community? How are farmers connected to the communities in need? How can donors and philanthropists support the development of other community programs like this?
· Read more about making healthy food more affordable and accessible.
Between the growing warehouse district and the south side of Peoria, Illinois, sits 1312 SW Adams Street. The city-owned building looks like a great space for a haunted house: cracked paint, holes, shattered glass and pieces of drywall littering the staircases. But officials and economic development groups have another idea.
But officials and economic development groups have another idea. They put up booths and led tours of the building in late May, showing how it could be used to bring health services and healthy food to an area that’s been losing businesses like grocery stores and for years.
Organizers also envision it as a place for local farmers to team up and sell their food to places they might not otherwise provide a big enough bounty for.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food hub database shows 237 food hubs nationwide; there are eight in Illinois, though half are in Chicago. These help aggregate food from all kinds of farms to sell to commercial businesses or to public institutions like schools.
Tory Dahlhoff, an outreach and rural development coordinator for the Greater Peoria Economic Development Council, said strengthening the relationship between struggling rural areas and struggling urban areas could benefit both.
Read the full article about helping communities in need with food hubs by Madelyn Beck at Harvest Public Media.
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Giving Compass' Take: • Generocity reports on the Center for High Impact Philanthropy's Social Innovation Prize pitch competition, in which students from the University of Pennsylvania presented projects that would put ideas into practical use. • Could these projects — which address food deserts, incarceration and youth unemployment — lead to inspiration outside the bounds of the competition? What can we learn from the methods that the teams used in formulating their plans? • Speaking of competitions, here are some innovative ideas in the field of clean energy that won an award. “How do we solve the most pressing issues that are impacting our communities?” Katherina Rosqueta, the founding executive director of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy (CHIP), asked this question at the inaugural Franklin SP2 Social Innovation Prize pitch competition. Throughout the event, a few overarching themes arose from students, panelists and event organizers. The following are two crucial ways to ensure that social innovation leads to concrete action: Build upon past research and established resources. Collaborate with and listen to those directly affected by the issues. According to Shmavonian, social innovation is 'a clear statement of a societal problem that leads to a focused solution and that builds in a new or adaptive approach to serve the public good.' Read the full article about how innovation leads to action by Melissa Skolnick at Generocity.
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Developing Countries protest Israeli attacks on IAEA
https://www.globalresearch.ca/developing-countries-protest-israeli-attacks-on-iaea/7433
Nonaligned states protest Israeli attacks on IAEA Wed 21 Nov 2007, 14:41 GMT
By Mark Heinrich VIENNA, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Developing nations have protested to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s governing board over Israel’s accusations that IAEA Director Mohamed ElBaradei was showing complacency over Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Israel called for ElBaradei to be replaced after he told a French newspaper two weeks ago that Iran was 3-8 years away from a nuclear bomb — assuming it wanted one, which it denies — and there was still plenty of time for diplomacy to restrain Tehran.
In a letter ahead of an IAEA board meeting on Thursday, states from the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the related G-77 said “senior officials of one government”, an allusion to Israel, were interfering in the U.N. watchdog’s work.
Israel’s criticism was “aimed at misleading international public opinion by projecting a negative, partial and wrong perspective of the work of the IAEA and its director… both recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize”, they wrote.
It was a first look what are likely to be sharp divisions at the IAEA governors’ meeting between developing and Western nations over how to interpret last week’s IAEA report on Iran, arch-foe of Israel and its ally the United States.
ElBaradei’s report said Iran, after years of stonewalling U.N. investigators, had made important strides towards transparency about how it created and built up its nuclear programme, although not yet about its current scope.
It said Iran was also expanding uranium enrichment rather than heeding U.N. demands for suspension until it can better show the programme is not a cover for building nuclear bombs as major Western countries suspect.
Iran says it wants only electricity from enriched uranium.
IAEA GOVERNORS DIVIDED
Western powers, while welcoming Iran’s gestures to clarify past activity, will focus in the 35-nation board debate on the report’s negative aspects that they regard as grounds for widening U.N. sanctions against Iran, diplomats said.
But board members from NAM will emphasise Iran’s increasing openness and reject “interference” in IAEA efforts to coax full cooperation from Tehran and defuse tensions, they said.
“Interference” alludes to Western criticism of Iran’s transparency process with the IAEA as fixed more on the past than the present, and Western-Israeli pressure for harsher sanctions to isolate the Islamic Republic.
An Israeli deputy prime minister called ElBaradei’s actions “irresponsible and slow” after he said there was still plenty of time to use diplomacy, dialogue, incentives and sanctions to restrain Iran and re-establish trust.
But the developing states had full confidence in the IAEA and its inspectors’ “impartiality and professionalism”, the developing nation groups wrote in their letter.
“Based on this confidence, (we) once again strongly reject any undue pressure or interference in the agency’s activities by any member states, especially in its verification process, which will jeopardise its efficiency and credibility,” they said.
Israel and the United States have not ruled out military action against Iran, whose leaders have called for the Jewish state’s destruction. ElBaradei has said that would be “crazy”.
After Israel’s criticism, France reaffirmed full support for ElBaradei and IAEA efforts to get to the bottom of Iran’s activity, reflecting the general position of world powers. (Editing by Michael Winfrey)
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Consumer Reports: Usually Thoughtful, Not Always Accurate
George Parrott April 12, 2011 Comment Now!
Last week, the Associated Press distributed a video report called "Are Electric Cars Worth the Price?" (It's embedded at the bottom of this article.)
The video featured this author as an example of someone who owns both the 2011 Nissan Leaf and the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, and it included commentary from Eric Evarts, a staffer at Consumer Reports.
Among other comments, Evarts concluded that "electric cars are not good value at this time, and are really only for early adopters."
Immediately after seeing the report, I called Eric at his Consumer Reports office and we chatted for about 30 minutes. I strongly disagreed with his observation about the practical value of electric cars.
Lo and behold, Evarts has revisited the issue and has now written about the circumstances under which electric cars can indeed be a practical proposition for many owners.
I would concede that at around $44,000 for most buyers, the 2011 Volt may be hard to justify on purely economic terms, certainly as compared to buying a new 2011 Toyota Prius hybrid with a combined EPA gas-mileage rating of 50 mpg.
2011 Nissan Leaf and 2011 Chevy Volt, with roof solar panels visible; photo by George Parrott
Still, for many drivers, the 2011 Volt can be a fully electric vehicle for much of their driving, never using any gasoline. In our family driving, we now have a bit over 3,000 miles on our Volt, and we are averaging 98.1 miles per gallon. At more $4 a gallon in California, even the Volt could become "value reasonable."
But the practical value of the 2011 Nissan Leaf is another story entirely. In many areas of the U.S., state and regional incentives further drive down the cost of the Leaf. Besides the universal Federal Tax Credit of $7,500 that applies to both the Volt and the Leaf, the 2011 Leaf qualifies jn California for a further $5,000 as a direct cash purchase rebate.
In many areas of central and southern California, there are additional regional "clean air" rebates that further cut the cost. Some corporations even give private employee rebates for those who get the 2011 Nissan Leaf. Buying a Nissan Leaf can cost as little as $12,280 if you work for the right company, and in much of California the price is $ 21,500 ...or less.
That means the 2011 Nissan Leaf costs no more than a 2011 Honda Insight hybrid, for example, when comparably equipped.
Consumer Reports took a sadly "unsharpened pencil" when it tried to suggest that any electric vehicle is "only for early adopters." The 2011 Nissan Leaf is reasonable to acquire and incredibly inexpensive to operate compared to any similarly configured fuel-driven new car.
Two days ago, Evarts added an extended report on the Consumer Reports car blog with a much deeper analysis and a review of the payoff that can be achieved by driving an electric vehicle.
He seemed to recognize the over-generalization in his interview after my initial telephone call with him, and he sought out considerable additional information to make a much more enlightened presentation on how broadly appropriate the 2011 Nissan Leaf and the Chevy Volt can be under some circumstances, even at their current prices.
Clearly, Evarts' brief comments in the original video did not fully or accurately communicate a complete analysis of the advantages of electric car use.
His subsequent Consumer Reports blog post gives a much more thoughtful summary of the pros and cons.
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Find Brexit guidance for your business
The nuclear sector and preparing for Brexit
Your business may need to make changes before the UK leaves the EU.
Last updated 14 March 2019 — see all updates
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Importing and exporting
The UK is leaving the EU. This page tells you how to prepare for Brexit and will be updated if anything changes.
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Visit Get ready for Brexit to find more detailed guidance on policy changes relevant to your sector.
Preparing for disruption to trade at the UK-EU border
Get a UK EORI number (this starts with GB) so you can continue to import or export goods and apply for authorisations that will make customs processes easier for you.
Decide if you want to hire an import-export agent, or make the declarations yourself.
Contact the organisation that moves your goods (for example, a haulage firm) to find out what information they need to make the declarations for your goods, or if you will need to make them yourself.
Read the guidance on simplified customs procedures for trading with the EU if we leave without a deal.
Further information is provided in HMRC’s advice for businesses trading with the EU.
Preparing to export nuclear materials – licensing requirements
When the UK leaves the EU, the overall framework for controls on nuclear-related items will not change.
If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, businesses will require an export licence to export Dual-Use nuclear-related items. Businesses should register to use the Open General Export Licence (OGEL) to export Dual-Use nuclear-related items.
An export licence will continue to be required for the export of nuclear-related items included on the ‘Trigger List’ to all destinations. Existing export licences issued in the UK for these nuclear-related items will remain valid.
Read the guidance on exporting nuclear-related items for details of the export licence arrangements that will apply and the steps your business will need to take.
Further information on how to apply for export licences is available from the Export Control Joint Unit.
Preparing to import nuclear materials from the EU – licensing requirements
If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, businesses will need to apply for an import licence from the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) to import relevant nuclear materials from the EU. This will be the same as the current process for importing from non-EU countries.
Businesses can apply now. You should allow at least a month for your application to be processed.
Read the guidance about importing relevant nuclear material from the EU and see the notice to importers on relevant nuclear materials (ODT, 108KB).
Preparing for changes to import tariffs
If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the UK would implement a temporary tariff regime. This would apply for up to 12 months while a full consultation, and review on a permanent approach, is undertaken.
Under the temporary tariff regime the majority of UK imports would be tariff-free.
In certain sectors, tariffs would be maintained to support the most sensitive agricultural industries, the automotive sector, vulnerable industries exposed to unfair global competition, and to maintain the UK government’s commitment to developing countries.
Check the temporary rates of customs duty on imports after Brexit.
Preparing for new nuclear safeguards arrangements
When the UK leaves the EU, a new domestic nuclear safeguards regime will come into force. This will be run by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), which already regulates nuclear safety and security in the UK.
The UK has passed new legislation so ONR can implement domestic safeguards. New international agreements have been signed with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to replace trilateral agreements between the IAEA, Euratom and the UK.
All operators in the UK civil nuclear sector will need to comply with the new domestic safeguards regime as it applies to them.
Read the draft guidance for inspectors and nuclear material accountants on the ONR website.
Authorising shipments of radioactive sources between the UK and EU
If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, some of the processes that operators need to follow when moving radioactive sources to and from EU countries will change.
Operators will need to comply with the new Shipments of Radioactive Substances (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 when moving radioactive sources between the UK and EU countries.
Read the guidance on shipping radioactive sources between the UK and EU after Brexit.
Authorising shipments of spent fuel and radioactive waste between the UK and EU
The current Euratom arrangements provide the framework for the movement of spent fuel and radioactive waste between countries.
The UK’s current arrangements for the reprocessing of spent fuel and treatment of radioactive waste will continue after the UK’s withdrawal from Euratom. There is no change to the UK government’s policy not to accept overseas origin radioactive waste for disposal in the UK except in specific circumstances.
However, when the UK leaves the EU, the process for authorising new shipments of spent fuel and radioactive waste between the UK and EU countries will change.
The Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 set out the new arrangements that will apply for the authorisation of shipments of spent fuel and radioactive waste between EU countries and the UK.
Read the guidance on shipping radioactive waste and spent fuel after the UK leaves the EU.
Preparing for changes to existing trade agreements
Check the way you currently trade with non-EU countries. When the UK leaves the EU the way you access existing favourable arrangements with these countries may change. Changes may be different for each country.
Read the guidance on changes to trading with non-EU countries that have a free trade agreement with the EU.
Providing services to the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland after Brexit
The UK will no longer operate under the European Economic Area (EEA) regulations for the cross-border trade in services if there’s a no-deal Brexit.
This means that the rights and protections provided by the EU Directives and EU Treaty rights of freedom of movement and freedom of establishment will no longer apply to the UK.
UK businesses will no longer be treated as if they were local businesses. Services provided by UK businesses and professionals will be regarded as originating from a ‘third country’.
UK firms and service providers may face additional legal, regulatory and administrative barriers as a result.
Read the guidance on Selling services to the the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein after Brexit.
Importing or using chemicals
If you use or import chemicals then you will need to check whether you have new obligations under UK REACH (the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals Regulation).
For example, if you currently purchase a chemical substance directly from an EU/EEA supplier, you must make sure any substances you purchase are covered by a valid UK REACH registration by someone within your supply chain. Otherwise, in order to remain compliant you will need to register as an ‘importer’. To do so, you must:
open an account on REACH IT once it is established and provide initial information on your registration within 180 days of the UK leaving the EU
provide full technical information on your registration within 2 years of the UK leaving the EU.
Read the guidance on regulating chemicals if the UK leaves the EU without a deal and the chemical regulation guidance from HSE.
Ensure you can continue to manufacture and export chemical products
There may also be new actions you need to take if you manufacture or export chemicals. Further information is provided on the HSE website.
Your business will need to make sure it follows data protection law if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
If you operate across the EU or exchange personal data with organisations in the EEA, there may be changes you need to make before the UK leaves the EU.
Read the guidance on sharing personal data across borders and the data protection guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
You can also check if you can use standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for transfers from the EEA to the UK.
Employing EU, EEA and Swiss citizens
You should continue to carry out the same right to work checks on all EU/EEA and Swiss citizens, by using their passport or national identity card, until January 2021.
You will not need to distinguish between EU/EEA and Swiss citizens who were resident in the UK before or after the UK leaves the EU.
Find out how to check an applicant’s right to work and read the guidance on employing EU, EEA and Swiss citizens after Brexit.
EU/EEA and Swiss citizens living in the UK before the UK leaves the EU
If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, EU/EEA and Swiss citizens who are resident in the UK before the UK leaves the EU will be able to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme to get settled or pre-settled status. This will mean they can continue to live, work and study in the UK.
EU/EEA and Swiss citizens must apply by 31 December 2020 if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
You can use the EU Settlement Scheme guidance for employers to give further information to your employees.
EU/EEA and Swiss citizens who arrive in the UK after the UK leaves the EU
If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, EU, EEA and Swiss citizens arriving in the UK from Exit Day to 31 December 2020 can continue to come to the UK, to live, work and study without applying for a visa in advance.
After free movement ends, if they want to stay for longer than 3 months, they can read the guidance on staying in the UK to find out what they’ll need to do.
Irish citizens can continue to live, work and study in the UK, just as before.
From 1 January 2021, a new skills-based immigration system will launch.
For non-EU nationals, Brexit will not affect the application process for work visas.
Check the guidance for travellers visiting the EU to find out what you need to do when going abroad for work.
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Updated with information for users/importers of chemicals and details of the temporary tariff regime.
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German GP: What next for the future of F1 in Germany?
Formula 1 returns to Hockenheim this weekend for the German Grand Prix, but the future of the event beyond this year is unclear. After Silverstone secured a fresh contract to retain the British Grand Prix, Germany is one of three races still shrouded in doubt, with Mexico and Spain also out of contract at the end of the 2019 season. Germany hosted its first grand prix in 1926 and has held the event 77 times since at three different venues; the Nurburgring, AVUS and the Hockenheimring. Here is a timeline of the key events so far… July 2014: Hockenheim takes over from Nurburgring After a number of years spent alternating between venues, a change of ownership for the Nurburgring circuit...
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By Michael O’Sullivan | Washington Post. In its broadest parameters, Disney’s “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” hews only loosely to its source materials: German writer E.T.A. Hoffmann’s 1816 fantasy story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” and the two-act ballet – now a staple of Christmastime entertainment – that is based on it. Otherwise, the film, a mix of live action and CGI, is, for better and for worse, pure Disney. What that means is a visual spectacle that is wildly imaginative, dazzling and, more often than not, charming, harnessed to a screenplay (by Ashleigh Powell) that pads out the slender, dreamlike fable at its heart with an at times needlessly busy narrative that evokes “Alice in Wonderland,” “The Chronicles of Narnia” and, at its most extravagant, Cirque du Soleil. That said, the movie also includes passages of simple ballet featuring Misty Copeland. While doing little to advance the larger story, the beautiful dance sequences make for a delightful reminder of the film’s roots. The score, by James Newton Howard, also mixes in plentiful chunks of Tchaikovsky’s familiar music.
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Lapsley wonders if county has too much money
By Bill Moss, Published: December 6, 2016
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Thanks to aggressive expense control, Henderson County ended the 2015-16 fiscal year with a gain of $2.8 million.
News that the county has been fiscally cautious has in the past inspired hosannas by board members. That was not the case Monday night in the context of efforts by two commissioners to cut taxes.
Commissioner Bill Lapsley, along with Grady Hawkins, lost in two efforts to tie support of a local option sales tax to a rollback of the property and both voted no on a 5-cent tax increase in the current year's budget.
While Lapsley praised the work of "an excellent management team" in controlling expenses, "the bottom line I would point out again is that this is probably the sixth year in a row this board has added to the county's fund balance, in this case $2.8 million," he said. "I have a concern that we are bringing in much more money than the county needs for its budget to expand. I think we should look seriously at this when we discuss what the tax rate should be for this county."
An audit by the Asheville firm of Martin-Starnes showed that revenue of $121.5 million fell short of the budgeted amount by $2.4 million. The county more than made up the shortfall with expense control. General fund expenditures of $118.6 million came in $5.24 million under the budgeted total of $123.9 million. That difference enabled the county to toss $2.8 million into its reserves. As a result, the unassigned fund balance grew to $27.7 million.
"If I'm reading this correctly, we have almost double the amount of fund balance than our 12 percent policy," Lapsley said. The state requires counties to set aside a fund balance of 8 percent of its general fund and the Board of Commmissioners have a policy of keeping 12 percent in reserves, which translates into $14.2 million. "We're carrying close to 24 percent, maybe 23 percent at this point," Lapsley said.
Wyatt confirmed that the county has been able to put leftover money into the fund balance five out of last six years either because of expense savings or revenues that beat projections or both.
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Korean Box Office Sees Worst Summer in 6 Years
Korean cinema experienced no smash hit this summer as none of the new releases in the last few months surpassed the 10 million viewer mark.
Most films disappeared from theaters soon after opening, except for "Extreme Job" (January), "Parasite" (May) and "Exit - Movie" (July). According to the Korean Film Council, ticket sales for Korean films hit their lowest point in seven years last month. Monthly ticket sales for August had been over 20 million since 2013, but dropped to 18 million this year.
Although the total number of viewers from January to August increased from last year, Korean films failed to occupy even half of the box office except in January and February, when "Extreme Job" was playing.
Three calculated blockbusters were released during the Chuseok holiday, but as of Monday only "The Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos", starring Ma Dong-seok had passed its break-even point with 2.67 million spectators. But "Tazza: One Eyed Jack" and "Cheer Up, Mr. Lee" fell short of expectations.
Critics blame formulaic filmmaking and lack of quality. "It's all the same stars and the same supposedly failsafe elements, which can no longer attract moviegoers, who are getting more sophisticated" said film critic Yoon Sung-eun.
"Among the top 10 domestic films released in the first half of this year based on the number of screens, the majority were dramas such as "MAL-MO-E: The Secret Mission", "A Resistance" and "Parasite", and crime movies were the second most common", movie market analyst Kim Hyung-ho said.
Most of the films which were shown on more than 1,000 screens from 2005 to 2017 were drama, comedy, action, crime and thriller movies, with a handful of animations, documentaries, fantasies and sci-fi movies thrown in.
"It's a pity they still make movies in the way they did a couple of years ago while audiences these days expect more because platforms like Netflix are offering amazing new content every month", Yoon said.
The reason why Marvel movies like the "Avengers" series achieved such a huge success in Korea is not that they are any less formulaic but because at least the special effects are better than home-made fare.
Hollywood blockbusters such as "Aladdin" and "Toy Story 4" also dominated the local box office in June and July because they appeal shamelessly to kids. But Korean gangster films and political thrillers including "The Beast" and "Long Live the King" failed to appeal to their more mature target audience.
"People constantly want novelty. We need to pay attention to the success of low-budget movies such as "Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum", "Intimate Strangers" and "On Your Wedding Day", which have a bit of character", said Cho Sung-jin at multiplex chain CGV.
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Tazza: One Eyed Jack
(타짜: 원 아이드 잭 - 2019)
(나쁜 녀석들: 더 무비 - 2019)
Cheer Up, Mr. Lee
(힘을 내요, 미스터 리 - 2018)
Exit - Movie
(엑시트 - 2019)
(비스트 - 2018)
(롱 리브 더 킹: 목포 영웅 - 2019)
(기생충 - 2019)
A Resistance
(항거: 유관순 이야기 - 2019)
Extreme Job
(극한직업 - 2018)
MAL-MO-E: The Secret Mission
(말모이 - 2018)
(완벽한 타인 - 2018)
(너의 결혼식 - 2018)
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
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San Andreas research earns earthquake modeler ARCS Scholar of the Year
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Cheryl Ernst, (808) 223-5021
Posted: Jun 6, 2019
2019 ARCS Scholars
2019 ARCS Scholar of the Year Lauren Ward, center, flanked by guest judges
An earthquake modeler in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, was named the 2019 ARCS Scholar of the Year, and a dozen other University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa graduate students received ARCS Scholar Awards at the ARCS Foundation Honolulu Chapter’s recent year-end banquet.
ARCS, which stands for Achievement Rewards for College Scientists,is dedicated to keeping the U.S. competitive in STEM fields. The organization annually awards $5,000 grants to outstanding UH doctoral students who demonstrate potential for expanding knowledge and applying technological solutions.
Lauren Ward received the Toby Lee ARCS Award in Earth Sciences and the additional $1,000 Scholar of the Year Award for her efforts to refine simulations of the San Andreas Fault System and its crustal deformation response to the earthquake cycle. Her work may improve seismic hazard estimates for complex fault systems.
Other UH Mānoa award winners
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
Evan Lechner, ARCS Farrar Award in Oceanography
Lechner examines the movement of carbon and oxygen into and out of estuary systems, with the goal of creating more resiliency for sustainable coastal initiatives. He is tracking changes in He‘eia Fishpond as restoration efforts replace invasives, such as mangrove, with native species.
Shayle Matsuda, ARCS Honolulu Award in Coral Reef Science
Matsuda studies the algae and bacterial communities that corals select as symbiotic partners. Identifying patterns in the microbial structure and community composition, which can differ across coral colonies, may help to identify mechanisms that could make corals more resistant to stress, thus more likely to survive climate change. The award was designated in memory of the late groundbreaking UH coral reef scientist Ruth Gates, who was Matsuda’s advisor.
Sarah Tucker, Maybelle Roth ARCS Award in Conservation Biology -
Tucker uses genetic tools to examine the ecological roles of three marine bacteria, including one that produces the oxygen in one of every five breaths humans take. Tucker considers both abiotic (such as rainfall, acidity and nutrients) and biotic (such as predation) environmental drivers.
Evan Kawamura, Shelagh Kresser ARCS Award in Engineering -
Kawamura combines the use of nonlinear controllers with algorithms for trajectory guidance and navigation control of unmanned aerial vehicles or drones. The Mililani High School graduate collaborates with NASA experts on the project.
Brennan Yamamoto, Bretzlaff Foundation ARCS Award in Engineering -
Yamamoto works in the Renewable Energy, Industrial Automation, Precision Engineering (RIP) Lab on the development of unmanned marine vehicles. A Moanalua High School graduate, Yamamoto received the Kresser Award in 2017.
Luke Campillo, Maybelle Roth ARCS Award in Conservation Biology
Campillo uses DNA sequencing of Hawaiian bird populations to study how geography drives speciation, the process by which a single population splits into two independent ones.
Christopher Light, Sarah Ann Martin ARCS Award in Physics
Light uses the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station to characterize Solar Energetic Particles coming from eruptions on the sun that pose acute risks to astronauts and equipment in space. He is also interested in how solar eruptions affect radiation from other sources and distort Earth’s magnetic field.
David Webb, Sarah Ann Martin ARCS Award in Mathematics
Webb has built several new families of algorithmic dimensions that measure aspects of the oscillations between simple and complex sequences, and explores the relationships between them. The Punahou graduate is also a semi-professional choral singer.
John A. Burns School Medicine (JABSOM)
Chantell Balaan, Koenig ARCS Award in Medicine
Balaan studies the potential role of microbiota in Autism Spectrum Disorder. She looks at two distinct types of cave fish, one of which exhibits ASD-like behaviors, to assess the potential for a ketogenic diet to mitigate those behaviors. The Kaua‘i High School graduate is in the Developmental and Reproductive Biology Program, Department of Anatomy, Biochemistry and Physiology.
Alina Pang, Kai Bowden ARCS Award in Medicine
Pang examines how the body uses energy in different diseases with an eye to identifying beneficial dietary interventions. Her work studies the potential for a high-fat, low-sugar ketogenic diet in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and the role of blood sugar in immune system inflammation related to Type 2 Diabetes. The Kamehameha Schools Kapālama campus graduate is in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology and is a trainee in JABSOM’s Ola Hawai‘i program to address local health disparities.
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
Jessie Puahau Kai, Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, ARCS Farrar Award in Tropical Agriculture -
Kai harnesses mobile technology to capture dietary data in order to assess the early diets of infants in minority and indigenous populations that have high incidences of childhood obesity and nutrition-related diseases. She is a Kamehameha Schools–Hawai‘i campus graduate.
Institute for Astronomy
Ashley Chontos, Columbia ARCS Award in Astronomy
Utilizing Maunakea and space-based facilities to look for planets outside our Solar System, Chontos applies a process called asteroseismology, the study of sound waves, to characterize planets and the stars they orbit.
About ARCS Foundation Honolulu Chapter
One of 15 ARCS Foundation Inc. chapters nationwide, the Honolulu chapter has awarded close to $2 million in unrestricted awards to about 600 UH Mānoa graduate students since 1974. More at https://arcsfoundation.org
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Will Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Liam Payne make their red carpet debut in Paris?
May 09, 2016 - 12:41 BST hellomagazine.com Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Liam Payne could make their red carpet debut in Paris at the Global Gift Gala
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Liam Payne have not been shy about showing their affection for one another on social media, but they are yet to make a high profile red carpet appearance together. However that could change on Monday, as Cheryl is set to be honoured at the Global Gift Gala in Paris.
Liam was spotted arriving in Paris with his girlfriend on Monday morning, prompting speculation that he will support her at the high profile ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris. The One Direction star placed a protective arm around a smiling Cheryl as they made their way through the arrivals hall at Charles de Gaulle airport.
Cheryl and Liam arrived in Paris on Monday morning
Their arrival in the City of Love comes as Cheryl prepares to accept the Global Gift Philanthropist Award at the 7th annual Global Gift Gala. The 32-year-old said she was "honoured" to be named the recipient of the prize, which will be presented to her by Eva Longoria in recognition of her work with her charity Cheryl's Trust.
It is expected that following Monday's ceremony the couple will continue down to the south of France for Cannes Film Festival, which begins on Wednesday.
Cheryl is set to receive the Global Gift Philanthropist Award
It comes as no surprise that Liam was by Cheryl's side for the trip to Paris, as their relationship appears to be going from strength to strength since it first emerged they were dating in February. Cheryl and Liam have since spent a lot of time together in Los Angeles while Cheryl recorded her new solo album, where they met up for dinner with music mogul Simon Cowell, who said the new couple were "madly in love".
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"I saw them together and we had a really nice dinner. They were on good form," Simon told The Sun. "They're like two little chipmunks madly in love. Literally they were so cute."
The X Factor judge also gave the new couple his seal of approval, explaining: "But importantly they both seemed very happy and very relaxed. I'm happy for them."
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Robert Paul Dost was born in Detroit in 1926. His family moved to Traverse City in 1943, where they purchased a small cherry orchard on Old Mission Peninsula. After graduating from Traverse City High School in 1944, Bob enlisted in the United States Navy, where he served as an electrician’s mate. That experience led him to a career as an electrician, which he proudly enjoyed for over 40 years. Bob was a charter member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Local 498). He used his skills during retirement by helping with the electrical wiring of the Schooner Madeline, and later served as a crew member. Realizing the importance of helping others, Bob established the Robert Paul Dost Scholarship Endowment in 2015. This scholarship is awarded annually to an area student pursuing the study of electricity, at either a college or trade school. Bob passed away at the age of 91 on May 13, 2018, but he will continue helping young people through his scholarship.
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