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Digital TV News: Michel Azibert
Afghanistan Broadcasting System selects EUTELSAT 53A as its DTH platform
Feb 14, 2019 – Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) and Afghanistan Broadcasting System (ABS) have signed a contract for video capacity on EUTELSAT 53A. ABS will use EUTELSAT 53A’s Ku-band resources over Central Asia to provide nationwide coverage for the launch of its DTH platform, Oqaab HD+.
News categories: Eutelsat, Afghanistan Broadcasting System, Michel Azibert, Andi Wilmers, Afghanistan, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Satellite
Ethiopian broadcasters take video capacity on EUTELSAT 8 West B
Feb 12, 2019 – Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) has signed simultaneous multi-year contracts with the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation and the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters for video capacity on its EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite.
News categories: Eutelsat, Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation, Michel Azibert, Messay Hurissa, Anman Fissehazion, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Ethiopia, Satellite
Orange Slovensko extends TV offer to satellite with Eutelsat
Sep 14, 2018 – Orange Slovensko has signed a contract with Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) expanding its pay-TV offer via satellite and enabling a nationwide reach across Slovakia. Orange will broadcast from EUTELSAT 16A to reach households not covered by its FTTH network.
News categories: Eutelsat, Orange, Michel Azibert, Pavol Lančarič, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IBC2019, Satellite, Slovakia
Media Group Ukraine takes capacity on Eutelsat 9B
Jul 31, 2018 – Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) has signed a contract with Media Group Ukraine for broadcasting services on its EUTELSAT 9B satellite. Media Group Ukraine will broadcast 'Xtra TV', one of the country’s leading pay-TV platforms.
News categories: Eutelsat, Media Group Ukraine, Michel Azibert, Alexey Kurakin, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Satellite, Ukraine
Fiji selects EUTELSAT 172B to provide universal TV access
Nov 23, 2017 – Walesi, the Fijian Government’s Digital Television infrastructure management company, has signed a multi-year agreement with Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) that will for the first time expand free-to-air television throughout Fiji.
News categories: Eutelsat, Michel Azibert, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Melanesia, Satellite, Set Top Box
Eutelsat 7/8°W reaching over 56 million TV homes in the MENA region
Nov 14, 2017 – Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) has presented the results of a survey on TV trends across the Middle East and North Africa. Satellite TV reception in the MENA region has continued to increase its market-share and now reaches into 59 million homes.
News categories: Eutelsat, Michel Azibert, Digital TV, Market Research, Middle-East, Satellite
Eutelsat announces acquisition of NOORSAT
Oct 13, 2017 – Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) has acquired NOORSAT from Bahrain’s Orbit Holding Group. NOORSAT is the premier distributor of Eutelsat capacity in the Middle East, providing services almost exclusively from Eutelsat’s neighbourhoods at 7/8°W and 25.5°E.
News categories: Eutelsat, NOORSAT, Michel Azibert, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Middle-East, MnA, Satellite
Cyfrowy Polsat scales up at Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD position
Sep 6, 2017 – Cyfrowy Polsat has signed a contract with Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) for the lease of multiple transponders. The agreement covers the extension of existing capacity and expansion at the HOTBIRD video position.
News categories: Eutelsat, Cyfrowy Polsat, Michel Azibert, Dariusz Działkowski, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Poland, Satellite
Joyne selects Eutelsat for new Dutch DTH service
Jul 17, 2017 – Joyne has selected the EUTELSAT 9B satellite as its platform to reach viewers in the Netherlands and across Europe. Joyne has signed a contract with Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) and is preparing to officially launch on 24 July.
News categories: Eutelsat, Joyne, Michel Azibert, Hans Brunas, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Netherlands, Satellite
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Welcome to Dainik Purvoday, the largest circulated Hindi Daily of India's Northeast. It is published by Purvoday Publications Private Limited.
Launched on April 18, 2005 from Guwahati and Jorhat and later extended to the southern Assam city of Silchar Dainik Purvoday has now succeeded in reaching a readership of over two lakh. It is now most popular and highest circulated Hindi Daily of the region. It attained the number one position by virtue of its incisive reporting and extensive coverage of almost all the aspects of life.
The developmental journalism is our forte. The Northeast is already caught in the slip-stream of global changes. We are well abreast of all these buoyant and prosperous happenings. Our political comments are true, taught and clear. Our socio-economic reports and features are sanguine and inspiring. Our cultural, educational write-ups are enlightening. And, of course, towards everything we are broadly positive.
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Broadway to be narrowed while Boulder removes diseased oaks
In this interview with Boulder News, Kevin Marks, assistant district manager of Davey's Boulder office, tells homeowners how they can identify Kermes scale in their trees.
Posted: Dec. 17, 2014
By Joe Rubino
Broadway will be narrowed to two lanes Thursday and Friday in north Boulder while crews take down two red oak trees afflicted by the rare "drippy blight" disease.
The oaks, each with diameters greater than 25 inches, are on a narrow strip of city right-of-way near 3004 Broadway, just south of the Shell gas station.
Both northbound lanes will be shut down from 9 a.m. to about 3:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday in the area during the work, which will require a crane, officials say.
During the removal, and pruning of two other oaks nearby, all northbound traffic will be moved into one of the two southbound lanes.
City Forester Kathleen Alexander said the two trees being cut down are dying because of the insect- and bacteria-induced illness. A large number of dead branches hanging over Broadway presented a risk to public safety, she said.
"They have been declining for a while, but this year they really seemed to take a turn for the worse," she said, adding that drippy blight seems to have been very active in 2014.
The disease is driven by infestation of the Kermes scale insect and the associated Brenneria bacteria, said professor Whitney Cranshaw, an entomologist at Colorado State University. The disease can be identified through branches in the canopy dying at their tips, though leaves may still grower farther down, he said.
Cranshaw and CSU colleague Ned Tisserat worked with Boulder officials in 2010 when three large red oaks near the Central Park bandshell were diagnosed with the illness. It was also the first time Brenneria was officially confirmed in a red oak tree.
Drippy blight has only been found in red oaks in Boulder, parts of Denver, Spain and in California, where it only affects the nuts, according to Cranshaw.
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Strong economy supports Merkel’s re-election chances
Focus Germany
Bundestag elections 2017
Dieter Bräuninger, Eric Heymann, Jan Schildbach, Jochen Moebert, Stefan Schneider
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Dieter BräuningerEric HeymannJan SchildbachJochen MoebertStefan Schneider
After Q1’s sturdy 0.
After Q1’s sturdy 0.6% qoq GDP growth, soft indicators do not signal any moderation of the growth momentum. Employment in 2017 so far, has been expanding at similar clip as in 2016, making our 1% consumption forecast for 2017 quite conservative. Exports have rebounded in the winter half – in line with global trade. The growth momentum of global trade seems to have peaked; therefore, we remain cautious, predicting 3.6% German export growth in 2017 after 2.7% last year. In combination with lingering geo-political uncertainty this will weigh on investment spending, where a utilization rate of 2pp above its long-term average suggests a still limited necessity to invest. Following Q1 GDP growth of 0.6% we have revised our 2017 GDP forecast to 1.3% (1.1%). Latest confidence surveys, however, hint at further upside potential and increasing risks of over-heating for 2018. Political observers in Germany have recently been focusing on the SPD’s ups and downs in the polls and the CDU’s reverse showing while smaller parties are fighting for public attention. From the present point of view (polls) a Jamaica coalition is the sole arithmetically feasible alternative to a renewed grand coalition after the September election. (Further topics: German industrial output – forecast for 2017; Corporate funding in Q1 – lending) [more]
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Robotics and automation outperform, backed by "Industry 4.0"
Digital, Sectors and resources
Josef Auer
The German mechanical engineering sector recently tripled its growth forecast for 2017, from 1% to 3% (both in real terms). Robotics and automation is an important growth driver; this sub-segment is likely to increase output by 7%, i.e. double the rate of the segment as a whole. The mega issue “Industry 4.0” plays a key role for this development. As this trend is gaining importance both in Germany and around the world, the medium-term outlook for the sub-segment remains excellent as well. [more]
Overheating risks are looming
Economic and european policy, Macroeconomics, Real estate
Barbara Boettcher, Dieter Bräuninger, Jochen Moebert, Stefan Schneider
The German economy is likely to have maintained its rapid growth rate in the second quarter. Consumer spending, in particular, has been stronger than expected thanks to the recent fall in oil prices and the continuing significant rise in employment levels. We have revised our GDP forecast for the whole year upwards to 1.6% (1.3%) which is equivalent to a calendar-adjusted rate of 2%. Considerable house price increases in 2017 and 2018 – and more significant wealth effects? The view from Berlin. Summertime and election campaigns. [more]
The digital car: More revenue, more competition, more cooperation
The traditional automobile industry and companies that, in the past, had no involvement in the sector, are working hard to create software solutions, driver assistance systems and other technologies that will make networked, autonomous, traffic jam and accident-free driving possible. That means the “digital car” in its ideal form is no longer a utopian vision for the future, but is instead gradually taking shape. However, the path to the digital car will be more of an evolution than a revolution. That is the result of factors on both the supply and demand side. They include the considerable development times in the industry and the longevity of its products, cars. Consumer preferences, which have been shaped over decades, are also unlikely to change over night. It will take several decades for digital cars to make up a significant proportion of cars on the road – that is unlikely to happen before 2040. [more]
Slowing German trend growth does not seem to be a major issue in the electoral campaign
Bundestag elections 2017, Macroeconomics
Marc Schattenberg
The developed industrial countries have experienced a steady decline in trend growth since the mid-70s – and Germany is no exception. The robust cyclical upswing is veiling this creeping erosion of growth. The demographic developments will considerably weigh on trend growth in the medium and the longer term. They will dampen labour supply, capital formation and total factor productivity. By 2025, trend growth looks set to halve again, to only ¾%. The electoral programmes of the established parties incorporate different positions on this key issue, as is to be expected. [more]
Above-average pay in export sectors
Economic and european policy, Macroeconomics, Sectors and resources
The traditional German export sectors pay their employees above-average wages and salaries. The top right-hand quadrant of the chart shows those sectors that generated a foreign trade surplus in 2016 and also paid their employees gross wages and salaries above the average for the manufacturing sector as a whole. In the automotive industry alone, the foreign trade surplus in 2016 was EUR 122 billion (39% of the total surplus). Wages and salaries in this sector were 27% higher than the industry mean. Mechanical engineering took second place in terms of foreign trade surplus (2016: EUR 94 billion). [more]
NRW election positive for Merkel
Barbara Boettcher, Dieter Bräuninger
Focus Europe
Last Sunday the CDU won the important election in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), defeating the SPD in its major stronghold (33 vs 31.2%). The result indicates an end to the SPD’s upswing following the nomination of Schulz as Chancellor Merkel’s contender, and thus confirms our earlier cautious view on the likely sustainability of this development. [more]
Diesel – prematurely written off?
The diesel scandal and political uncertainty surrounding future regulation are the main reasons why the proportion of vehicle registrations accounted for by diesel cars has slumped recently in Germany and most other EU countries. If the automotive industry wants to continue to rely on diesel technology, it needs to regain credibility and get to grips with the issue of emissions – including in real-world driving conditions. If it doesn't manage to do this, lawmakers are likely to progressively tighten the regulatory framework for diesel cars. However, should the industry succeed in bringing to market clean diesel cars at affordable prices, these cars would remain the most economical option for a large proportion of motorists – at least until alternative drive technologies become competitive from the customer perspective. This would make current proclamations of the death of diesel somewhat premature. [more]
Investment: Public, residential gradually picking up
Economic and european policy, Macroeconomics
Dieter Bräuninger, Jochen Moebert, Oliver Rakau, Orçun Kaya, Stefan Schneider
In international debate public investment is often regarded as a useful lever for promoting higher domestic demand. Despite international criticism and political declarations of intent, public investment in Germany has only increased moderately over the past two years and has remained average, at best, on an international scale. In the coming years, however, public investment is expected to grow significantly. The current investment plans for the federal budget are 40% higher than those adopted in 2013. Public contracts for the construction industry in 2016 were between 15 and 27% above the average of the previous 10 years. The excellent state of the public finances at the various government levels also supports the prospect of increasing investment growth. However, severe capacity shortages in the construction industry are likely to mean that the high demand for investment will not quickly lead to an increase in construction activity. (Further articles: German housing market, Corporate bond boom in Germany, Result of the Saarland election) [more]
Unemployment benefit Q and the elusive quest for social justice
Dieter Bräuninger
Time to enhance (social) justice is the election campaign slogan of the SPD and its leadership candidate, Martin Schulz. To bring this slogan to life the chancellor candidate and the Federal Minister for Labour, Andrea Nahles, recently presented plans for specific labour market policy measures. The duo is proposing that the existing unemployment benefit be extended to include an additional component and that the eligibility criteria be relaxed. The idea of the new benefit Q (for qualification) is to grant registered recipients the right to participate in qualification programmes. It could double the benefit period – for younger jobseekers from one to two years and for those aged 58 and above from two to four years. [more]
Growth and inflation leave ECB still unfazed
Dieter Bräuninger, Eric Heymann, Oliver Rakau, Stefan Schneider
At face value the pick-up of GDP growth at the end of 2016 (Q4: +0.4% qoq vs. +0.1% prev.) seems to fit with improving sentiment. However, given its composition we would argue that underlying growth was weaker than the headline suggests. We stick to our below consensus GDP forecast for 2017 (1.1%) and only make cosmetic changes in the details. We are raising our inflation forecast slightly overall for 2017, from 1.6% to 1.7%, compared with only 0.5% in 2016. We still expect core inflation to be only slightly above 1% in 2017. If the signs of global price increases are confirmed, then we could in fact see a more pronounced increase in core inflation, particularly if rising prices translate into second-round effects when wage negotiations are conducted in 2018. (Further articles: German industry, German election campaign) [more]
False start for electric cars: Dilemma facing the automotive industry and the state
Digital, Economic and european policy, Macroeconomics, Sectors and resources
In 2016, electric cars and hybrids represented only 1.8% of all new passenger car registrations in Germany. It therefore remains a niche market – despite the introduction of subsidies last year. The average car buyer steers clear of electric vehicles because of high purchase costs, uncertainty about resale value and battery life, limited range, a lack of charging stations and lengthy charging times. This reluctance to buy presents the automotive industry and the state with a dilemma: strict CO2 limits for new vehicles mean that the industry has to invest heavily in electric-car technology, but it cannot expect an equivalent payback in terms of revenue in the foreseeable future. For the state, it can come down to a straight choice between granting expensive subsidies or failing to reach climate change targets. [more]
Germany: CDU & CSU team up to clip Schulz' rise
Barbara Boettcher, Dieter Bräuninger, Oliver Rakau
At a meeting in Munich, the executive committees of the CDU and the CSU have largely demonstrated unanimity and the willingness to close the ranks behind Chancellor Merkel in the imminent election campaign after months of tension over Merkel’s refugee policy. The meeting is meant as the start signal of a joint campaign which aims at keeping Chancellor Merkel in office and preventing a “left republic”, the term the CSU uses to describe a coalition among the SPD, the Left and the Greens. As an anchor for a common campaign a joint election platform shall be launched. The platform is likely to focus on external and internal security, (income) tax reductions, support for families, prosperity and jobs and European policy. The Bavarian CSU, however, will stick to its demand for an upper limit on migration of 200,000 p.a. as a major element of its own complementary platform for Bavaria, weakening the signal of unanimity at a time when the SPD is surging in polls. [more]
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Identified: Compound that may help scar-free wound healing in older people
By Bianca Quijano
Lowered levels of stromal cell-derived-factor-1 (SDF1)—a signalling molecule found in the bloodstream—may be a factor that causes wounds in older people to heal with less scarring than in younger people, according to a study published in Cell Reports (Sept. 2018; 24(13):3383-3392.e5).
SDF1 can be found in the bloodstream and was previously shown to play a role in scar formation in the skin, liver, and lung. People produce lower levels of the molecule as they age.
Since SDF1 inhibitors already exist on the market and currently used as a treatment to mobilize stem cells, these findings can quickly be used in developing cutaneous scar prevention treatments for humans.
“This is a rare instance where aging actually improves the body’s ability to heal rather than diminishing it,” said study author Dr. Thomas H. Leung, assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, in a press release. “When we’re younger, we secrete more SDF1 into the bloodstream to form scars, but as we age, we lose this ability, which allows tissue to regenerate.”
Dr. Leung and his colleagues used human and mouse models in their investigation.
Researchers concluded that aging promotes tissue regeneration
and decreased scar formation in mouse ears.
Photo by Dr. Thomas A. Leung and team.
First, they pierced the ears of mice of different ages—the equivalent of a 12-year-old and a 70-year-old if converted to human years. The investigators observed that the hole closed with no scar formation in older mice, while younger mice healed with a visible scar. Then, they transferred the blood of the young mice into the older mice, pierced their ears, and found that the ears of the old mice now scarred. They concluded that the cause of the scarring must be a constituent of the blood.
With this in mind, the team then took tissue samples from young and old mice and compared their gene expression signatures. Eighty differences were identified, which were narrowed down to 13 signatures once they isolated the gene products present in the bloodstream. One of the signatures was SDF1. Considering its known links to tissue scarring, SDFI was the most promising option for the scientists. They confirmed that SDF1 was expressed in younger mice but not older.
To prove that SDF1 may be the causal factor, they created mice that lacked SDF1 in the skin. When SDF1 function was inactivated, even young mice began to regenerate skin, behaving, in this sense, like older mice.
Furthermore, researchers exchanged the blood between young SDF1-deficient mice and older mice. This time, neither mouse scarred. They also tested the theory on humans by growing human skin in the lab and injuring it with a scalpel. The human skin also exhibited an age-dependent expression of SDF1.
“Dermatologists and plastic surgeons have consistently observed that older people’s wounds heal with thinner scars than younger patients’ but until now, no one has been able to answer the question of why that’s the case,” said Dr. Leung.
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Plenty of people have decided to take the test of maximizing the ultimate potential of their bodies. So, the first step is to know how exactly to do so. How? Simple, move up to the next level, do the bodybuilding!
People who engaged in body building activities are not only maintaining healthy and physically fit bodies but also have included some aesthetics. Bodybuilders do everything under their control to improve the looks of their bodies which makes them qualified to join different types of body building competitions held in different parts of the world that promotes and encourages the practice.
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In April 2006, five teams descended on the Woodman pub near Ongar to contest the second St George's Day Fireworks Competition. They were armed with no more than £500 retail value of consumer fireworks each and challenged by strict rules including no fuse modifications. The results really do show how it is possible for the general public to stage near professional shows using high street fireworks. Enjoy the five teams, each showcased with full video and pictures.
And even more pyro, from the professional teams that rounded off the evening.
Check out the Extras section too for some nice surprises!!
St George Reloaded was a great success and was a day that I am very proud to have been a part of. To top off what was a most enjoyable day, the event was also voted 2nd Best Event of the Year in the UK Firework Awards. Now I know that the majority of the votes have come from UKFR, but I also know that those people attend most events during the year so it's humbling for all involved that they viewed our efforts so highly.
When I first proposed this in 2004 I wanted to show just how good Category 3 fireworks could be. I was sick of leaning out my window at home watching people setting off fireworks not only in a boring fashion, but in a dangerous way as well. I feel that between us over the last few years we have taken Cat 3 fireworks to a higher level, and shown that they can provide a spectacular display. We have shown what Jo Public could do with £500 and I think you would agree the results are magnificent. Thanks to all those that competed at Stanford Hall for their inspiration.
I can't thank enough those people who have formed themselves into teams and then gone about creating such magnificent entertainment. It involves time, effort and money; the names of those involved have been published in the reports of the event. I must also acknowledge those companies that have supplied the pyrotechnics at a very decent price to take the sting out of it for the teams.
On top of this monumental effort I have had the support of so many people and companies in making each event even more spectacular by providing professional Cat 4 and special effects displays.
In no particular order I would like to acknowledge the following people:
Peter the landlord of The Woodman for his unwavering support for the event, our thoughts are with him and his family as he battles cancer.
Mike (Mike40) and Skydazzle Fireworks for supplying the PA and to Mike for being the compare for the evening and for supplying a magnificent trophy for the last three years.
Jason and Byron Mayes of Flashpoint Fireworks for their company's participation each year. Particular thanks goes to Jason who being a designer has provided me with professional artwork for the event.
Stuart Hutcheson and Spyrotechnics, again for their supplying of displays for the event. I also have to thank Stuart for assisting me in sorting out the firing lists and costing, his knowledge of Cat 3 fireworks is unparalleled.
Mat Lawrence of MLE whose company provided a breathtaking musical display and who has once again agreed to fire a display for the 2007 event.
Alistair Vardey of the FX Forge, who along with Jeff (Ambientskies), Julian (RocketRev) and a team of stuntmen and women, created a fantastic show featuring Dr Who as its theme. Particular thanks goes to Jeff who over the last two years (being my nearest UKFR neighbour) has always been there to help out when needed and is never shy of throwing himself into things 100% notwithstanding his long standing illness.
Paul Cook has each year been our good 'Sparks' and has lit the arena and provided much needed safety equipment.
Thanks to Mike (Mikebang) of Brighton Fireworks and Marcus (Shedman) for sorting out the Mascleta.
And a big thanks to all those guys and gals for their fire display at half time, and those people who provided security for the event.
Final thanks go to Mrs Meggsy who has to put up with my going on about it all the time and the endless phone calls.
If I've missed anyone send me a stinking message and I will get Pete to amend it.
Meggsy
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#StandwithWendy
I assume the vast majority of you, not just Texans but Americans, have now heard about the epic stand Wendy Davis took in the Texas Senate on Tuesday. The national networks all covered the story on Wednesday and Davis took a well-deserved victory lap on the morning show circuit.
Abortion is among the most divisive issues in American politics. It has the power to rally the grassroots, inspire explosive rhetoric, boost candidacies and raise money for both parties. I do not intend to debate its merits. My thoughts on the matter are of no consequence to most of you, and I am not likely to change your mind if our views do not align.
But suffice to say, yes, I stand with Wendy. I wholeheartedly believe that limiting a state the size of Texas {268,820 sq. miles} to approximately five licensed abortion clinics is not in the best interest of the women in Texas.
That is where I'll leave it on the substance of this issue, because what concerns me {not more than the merits, but concerns me} is what happened after the successful filibuster and what seems to be happening in politics in general.
While #StandwithWendy went viral across America, and Davis rocketed to sudden, national political stardom, Governor Perry, clamoring for the national spotlight himself, immediately admonished the star of the Democratic filibuster, saying state Senator Wendy Davis's rise from tough upbringing to Harvard Law graduate should have taught her the value of each human life.
Wait. Stop right there.
He did not.
Certainly the Governor of Texas, and Presidential hopeful, would not be so openly crass and unfeeling as to suggest that a Texas Senator should support ending abortion rights in Texas simply because she was born to anything less than a wealthy two-parent family?!?
Surely you jest.
"Who are we to say that children born in the worst of circumstances can't lead successful lives?" Perry said in a speech to nearly 1,000 delegates at the National Right to Life Conference in suburban Dallas. "Even the woman who filibustered the Senate the other day was born into difficult circumstances."
And he doesn't stop there.
He added, “She was the daughter of a single woman, she was a teenage mother herself. She managed to eventually graduate from Harvard Law School and serve in the Texas Senate. It's just unfortunate that she hasn't learned from her own example that every life must be given a chance to realize its full potential and that every life matters."
And further.
"I'm proud that she's been able to take advantage of her intellect and her hard work, but she didn't come from particularly good circumstances," our governor commented to reporters. "What if her mom has said, 'I just can't do this.' At that particular point in time I think it becomes very personal."
Personal, indeed.
Did he truly insinuate that her pedigree alone suggests her mother may have considered an abortion?
Rick Perry's remarks are not only incredibly condescending to Davis personally, but are also incredibly insulting to all women. These remarks which show so little regard for women are exactly why the vast majority of women believe politicians shouldn't be involved in a woman's personal health care decision in the first place.
Last I checked, abortions are not only offered to poor single mothers. Sadly, in Texas, though, Perry has slashed funding to Planned Parenthood ensuring many poor single mothers do not have access to birth control, and thus, are more likely to get accidentally pregnant.
Thankfully, Davis didn't take it too personally and was able to take the high road, stating, “Rick Perry’s statement is without dignity and tarnishes the high office he holds."
I expect more of my elected officials.
I expect dignity.
I expect a leader who doesn't take cheap shots at other elected officials. Or anyone.
Dignity.
It seems to be in very short supply these days.
Shame on you, Governor Perry.
Shame on you for hitting below the belt.
For making it personal.
And shame on Texas for continuing to allow Perry to hold the highest office in our great State.
Americans, please do not make the same mistake!
To that end, I'd love to get another hashtag trending: #DonewithPerry.
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Scottish Talks, University of Edinburgh Department of Architecture Seminars
University Architecture Lectures
Edinburgh School of Architecture Seminars, Lothian, South East Scotland
University of Edinburgh Architecture Lectures
The MURKY(Methodologies and URban ‘K’ontroversY) Seminar Series 2003 is hosted by the Department of Architecture, University of Edinburgh, on a weekly basis during term time.
Each year international postgraduate students run a successful Architecture seminar series open to the University of Edinburgh Department of Architecture, the city and the world giving exposure to the latest design technologies. Building upon the success of last year’s Department of Architecture series of seminars entitled, ‘VISIONS’, this year’s ‘MURKY’ series has succeeded in creating even more smoke and fumes.
The doctoral students are joined by the major force of the Edinburgh Design and Digital Media Programme – students from China, Dominica, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South Korea, Taiwan, and United States. All bring global perspectives to open up the murky Edinburgh winter – to design: new web pages; postmodern cities; and hopefully new worlds in the 21st century.
Although the Department of Architecture seminars of Terms 1 and 2 had already taken place, speakers for Term 3 have helped us present an even more promising programme.
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Motives for Watching Dubbed TV Shows by University Students in the U.A.E
The preference for dubbed television programs continues to prevail in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Objective: The main aim of this study was to establish the factor that influence the preference for dubbed movies in the UAE. Furthermore, the study aimed at ranking the factors that influence the motive to watch dubbed movies among university students in the UAE in accordance with their level of influence. Method: Questionnaires were distributed to participants across four universities through mail. The data from the research was analyzed using descriptive statics, tables and charts to establish the co-relatedness of the factors that influence the motive of the university students to watch dubbed television programs. Results: Most viewers of dubbed movies are female at the percentage of 71.5% (n=143). The majority of the participants were from the other Arabs group at 42.5% (n=85). The second largest nationality was UAE locals at 39.0% (n=78). The majority of the participants were Year 4 at 40% (n=80). Year 5 student participation stood at 32% (n=64). The story and the actors were the main reasons for watching dubbed movies. Other factors, ranked in order of priority include; learning ne cultures, the effect of the dubbers, tourism, fashion, video quality, and furnishing. Conclusion: Most the plot of dubbed movies and the foreign actors are the main motives for the watching of dubbed television content in the UAE.
Muna Abdelaziz Alradimi, Fawzia Abd Allah Al-Ali
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Rio 2016: Nigeria 0-2 Germany - Nigeria loses semi-final match, to face Honduras in 3rd place match for Bronze medal
Germany has qualified for the finals of the football event at Rio 2016 after demolishing Nigeria 2-0 in the semi-final tonight August 17th.
The Germans scored in the 9th minute through Lukas Klostermann and pressured from then on as the Nigerian defensive line looked shaky and lacked some solidity, if not for the hard work of Troost Ekong at the backline, the African champions would have conceded more goals...
At half time, Germany led Nigeria 1-0 but Nigeria created a few chances in the final 10 minutes to give their opponents something to think about at the break.
The second half started with Samson Siasia not making any change and the team showed some liveliness and more tactical awareness after the break. But after some indecisive play by Nigeria's front line through out the second half, they were made to pay for their blushes by Nils Petersen in the 89th minute after a stunning counter attack that left only Troost Ekong as the defensive cover for Nigeria's goalkeeper.
Nigeria's players looked distraught at the final whistle but will have some consolation in the fact that they will play Honduras in the third place match for a Bronze medal.
They didn’t have it all their own way but eventually Germany saw off Nigeria and will play Brazil at the Maracanã in a mouth-watering gold medal match two years on from that famous 7-1 thrashing in the 2014 World Cup.
Congratulations to our Nigerian players, they tried to get this far!
Kaduna state gov, Nasir El Rufai and 1st wife celebrate 31st wedding anniversary
Kaduna state governor, Nasir El Rufai and his first wife, Hadiza, celebrated their 31st wedding anniversary today August 17th. They got married in 1985. Congrats to them.
"We are not ready for any negotiation or dialogue with the Federal govt" - Niger Delta Avengers reacts
In a statement released today by the supposed spokesman for the dialogue group, Ballantyne Agiri, Militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, reportedly agreed to dialogue with the Federal government to find a solution to the lingering crisis in the Niger Delta region. (Read here)
Niger Delta Avengers spokesperson, Brig.Gen Mudoch Agbinibo, has now debunked the report via his Twitter account, insisting that the militant group is not ready for any negotiation or dialogue with the Federal Government. He also encouraged the Nigerian Army and DSS to declared the supposed spokesperson for the 'dialogue group', Ballantyne Agiri, wanted.
Photos from IBB's 75th birthday prayer/get together
Former Military leader, Ibrahim Babangida turned 75th today August 17th. His son Mohammed led other family members and friends to hold a special prayer for him at his Hilltop mansion in Minna, Niger state.
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Birchville Dam
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Parks and recreation / Akatarawa Forest / Birchville Dam
Look after the forest
Motorised recreation
Mountain biking and cycling
Updated 1 November 2018 12:56pm
Birchville Dam was once a functioning water-supply for the local community until it was retired in the 1950’s. People remember the water at the Birchville Dam being much higher, which it was. The water level at this historic dam is actively managed to protect local communities and residents.
We do regular safety inspections on all the historic dams in our region and these inspections are done to keep everyone safe.
Is the dam safe?
Yes under normal conditions, and it is expected to perform well in moderate earthquakes and floods. The dam is under an ongoing safety and surveillance programme. The water level is actively managed to protect local communities and residents, and retain its historical value. Strong earthquakes and flooding can pose risks to this dam which is why water levels are continuously monitored. There are procedures in place to manage safety risks and to close this area if the risk levels warrant it. This is a similar process to all dams across our regional parks.
What do I do if there is a major earthquake and I am at the dam?
In the case of a major earthquake you should head to higher ground. Remember if it is long, or strong, get gone
If you’re at or above the dam, stay on the track above the dam until it is safe to move. The track above the Dam heads up the hill towards Totara Park ( 3 1/2 hrs) and onto Bridge Rd carpark via Cannon Point Walkway (4 1/2 hr walk) - this is your safest route out.
If you are on the track below to the dam - move immediately to high ground. Be aware of potential for damage to bridges, landslips and rock falls. Exit immediately via the carpark on Bridge Road - the carpark is considered safe because it is above any potential deluge zone. Do not return to the dam until the area has been inspected and cleared by GWRC.
Should I visit the area during extreme rainfall and if local rivers are flooded?
No. Avoid visiting this area during these conditions. The track to the dam is vulnerable to flooding. Following these type of weather events you may find tracks will be closed until areas have been checked and cleared as safe by GWRC. Follow the advice on any signage posted in this area.
We want everyone to be safe so if anything changes around the dam we will inform the public on this website page, on site or on facebook. Please follow all safety instructions posted by GWRC or as advised by our staff or park rangers.
Key Native Ecosystem Plan for Akatarawa Forest
A Key Native Ecosystem plan sets out the management activities that will be carried out to address threats to biodiversity at sites managed by GWRC as part of the Key Native Ecosystem (KNE) Programme. The KNE Programme includes sites that represent a full range of native ecosystem types with significant biodiversity values across the region. Management activities at these sites aim to protect and restore these important remnants of our natural heritage.
Key Native Ecosystem site
Akatarawa Forest includes some large areas of high biodiversity value and these areas comprise one of GWRC’s Key Native Ecosystem sites. The Key Native Ecosystem Plan for Akatarawa Forest describes the values and threats for this site, as well as the management activities GWRC is planning to carry out.
The KNE site at Akatarawa Forest includes all of the native forested areas within the Park which is located in hill country at the southern end of the Tararua Ranges north of Upper Hutt. The KNE site’s large size, diversity of forest types and wetlands are some of the features that make this site so special. It also supports a range of threatened species including Kirk’s daisy, large-leaved milk tree, red and scarlet mistletoes, New Zealand falcon, red-crowned kākāriki, torrentfish and the rarely observed lamprey.
With weeds, pest animals and the adverse effects of human activities posing ongoing threats to the area, GWRC is undertaking a long-term commitment to ensure that this Key Native Ecosystem’s values are protected and restored.
You can download the Key Native Ecosystem Plan for Akatarawa Forest and find further information about the KNE programme on our website.
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Whakatikei Road - No ACCESS - Blocked with fallen tree
Tree down on the Pram Track this is blocking the Track and due to the weather this will not be able to be cleared until the week starting 18th May 2015
No recreational activities over the weekend 16/5/15and 17/5/15 due to water levels, slips and fallen trees. Will start accessing the main roads and tracks as of Monday the 18th May 2015
Devils Staircase - Closed to all motorised vehicles up to Labour weekend October 2015
Due to recent maintenance on this track the surface is extremely wet and needs to settle over winter. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
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Woolshed Road in Valley View forest closed until further notice to all vehicles and users due to forestry operations involving tree felling, logging , road and skid construction.
Akatarawa Forest firewood collection scheme ends
The Akatarawa Forest firewood collection scheme has been disbanded, with immediate effect. The scheme, which operated for nearly 30 years, was suspended earlier this year pending an assessment of whether it met appropriate injury prevention standards.
Its closure reflects the forestry industry’s changing approach to injury prevention, which is now based on the tighter standards covered by the Health and Safety in Employment Act and the Approved Code of Practice for Safety and Health in Forest Operations.
The regional council must apply the law but does not have the resources to monitor scheme permit holders and cannot assess individual members of the public’s competency to use a chainsaw. Permits applied a range of health and safety conditions to permit holders but our rangers have observed 17 breaches of permit conditions since 2013, and it’s simply fortunate that no-one has been injured.
An alternative scheme was considered however, it was found the price that would have to be charged for the safe provision of firewood from a supervised location outside the forest park would be similar to normal market prices for firewood.
GWRC has written to recent users of the scheme to inform them of its closure. For more information on how we have reached our decision, please go to: http://www.gw.govt.nz/committee-meetings-calendar/detail/72
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What Makes a Good Podcast?
A podcast, much like other media, is most popular when it entertains or enriches the listener’s life in some way. In answering the question of “what makes a good podcast,” we decided to take a peek at what people are already enjoying, and investigate why these podcasts have captivated listeners. Other articles have listed popular podcasts, but in this post we break a handful of different podcasts into the elements that make them engaging.
Serial by This American Life and WBEZ Chicago – “One story told week by week”
Serial began as a true crime story of a girl who was murdered in Baltimore in 1999. Much like a TV show, listeners were kept in suspense as the host, Sarah Koenig, interviewing local people, family members, and dug deep to document what happened. The full story is told through Season One. A dedicated audience awaits a new story in Season Two.
Serial features:
Several musical themes to introduce the episode, ease transitions, and to cue the listener into important parts
A brief, compelling introduction with music telling the listener who is producing the show, who is speaking, and what the podcast is about
Interviews with many different people
Interesting, true subject matter
A common theme and a question to answer
An engaging storyteller
Professionally edited audio (no filler words such as “um,” and no background noise)
Embedded by NPR – “Takes a story from the news and goes deep”
Kelly McEvans chooses a story she finds intriguing and investigates the story further. Stories are varied and shocking, including coverage of an HIV epidemic due to prescription opioids in a small town in Indiana, a recent biker shootout in Waco, and how gangs stopped buses in El Salvador. Kelly asks the hard questions, such as what is it like to experience withdrawals from pain pills. She takes a story and makes it personal.
Embedded has some of the same features as Serial:
Music to introduce the episode, for transitions, and for emphasis
A brief introduction of the show producer, the speaker, and the topic
Interviews with people involved in the story
A common theme
Narrated parts are carefully edited (no filler words or background noise)
Freakonomics Radio by Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt – “The podcast that explores the hidden side of everything”
Covers the enormous economic relevance of ideas that may have been obscure or unpopular in the past. The show is hosted by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt, who supplement their own research and insights with excerpts of recordings and interviews with the major players in each topic. Examples of the subject matter they have investigated include whether the world is ready for a guaranteed basic income, the economics of sleep, and the real-world effects of payday loans.
Stephen and Steven’s initial partnership yielded a book first, described on their About page; “Levitt and Dubner wrote Freakonomics, a book about cheating teachers, bizarre baby names, self-dealing Realtors, and crack-selling mama’s boys. They figured it would sell about 80 copies. Instead, it took up long-term residency on the Times best-seller list, and went on to sell more than 5 million copies in 40 languages.”
Music backs the entire episode, with a variety of excerpts of songs from artists the hosts enjoy.
Each episode is introduced with music, the episode’s sponsor, speaker, a little bit about what the show covers before introducing the episode’s topic.
The hosts interview relevant people and leaders for each episode.
Hosts have vibrant, engaging speaking styles.
Topics are highly relevant to modern professional Americans.
The channel has a common theme.
Voice tracks and interviews are clearly edited and mastered to remove “ums” and improve audio quality.
The Joe Rogan Experience by Joe Rogan
Joe Rogan, an actor and comedian, hosts long conversations (two hours!) with various prominent people, including “comedians, actors, musicians, MMA instructors and commentators, authors, artists, and porn stars.” According to his about page, “The Joe Rogan Experience was voted the Best Comedy Podcast of 2012 on iTunes.”
Podcast is introduced with episode sponsor and the speaker. The channel, as well as each episode is sponsored by multiple companies, who are introduced at length before the podcast starts.
The entire show is videotaped, presented as audio and video on the podcast site. The video is also available on YouTube, while the audio is available on iTunes.
Episode audio is professionally recorded and mastered, but fillers such as “um” are not removed.
Though the show has a wide variety of content depending on the guest, it does have a common theme: two different personalities and minds chatting casually about the world
Radiolab by WNYC
“Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.” Various hosts from Radiolab interview experts and prominent figures sharing stories on interesting topics, such as two prominent scientists discussing the earliest evolution of multicellular life. The Radiolab website also has a blog and a collection of videos.
The episode begins with an introduction of the show, the host, the guests, and the topic.
Episodes are professionally recorded and mastered.
Diverse, theatrical music and sound effects are added in different places to illustrate the topic being discussed.
Guest speakers and hosts are tonally expressive and playful with their speech.
The show has the feel of a performance rather than simply an interview.
Sponsors are showcased at the end of the podcast.
2 Dope Queens by WNYC
Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams have made their show popular with their incredibly funny and vivacious personalities and relaxed repartee. 2 Dope Queens is an increasingly popular comedy podcast featuring primarily Phoebe and Jessica, “with their favorite comedians, for stories about sex, romance, race, hair journeys, living in New York, and Billy Joel. Plus a whole bunch of other s**t.”
The episode begins by introducing the sponsors, a joke, music, and the hosts.
Jokes and pop culture references are continuously woven throughout their content.
A live audience is present for their show.
The show is professionally recorded and mastered in a studio.
Common qualities from all of these great podcasts are clearly great content, professional quality audio, and reliable, themed content. Podcasts reviewed here also bring in a variety of voices and minds, indicating that the best podcast shows, while consistent in content and hosts, keep things fresh with new personalities and human voices.
For more great podcasts, take a look at Buzzfeed’s review of podcasts in 2016, Time’s analysis of the best podcasts in 2015, and podbay.fm’s top podcasts.
Inspired? If you would like to start your own podcast channel, take a look at Handshake Media’s Podcast Services.
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At the threshold
With the US and rest of the West backing the rebels, will Syria go the Libya way? Not yet, it seems
Sanjay Kapoor Damascus (Syria)
This ain’t no Syrian Spring!
Is the rebellion in Homs enough to bend the might of the Al Assad regime? A journey to the conflict zone reveals no easy answers to this schizophrenic reality
Allegations of financial corruption, open infighting and ideological disarray: despite the bluff and bluster, Team Anna is ravaged by its own contradictions. This is not a story with a happy ending
Amit Sengupta Delhi
Time for Caution
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Half Value Life
A brilliant new generation of short film makers, including women, thrives in Afghanistan
Reena Mohan Kabul
Why did Team Anna take so much time in declaring their accounts?
ARVIND KEJRIWAL KI AJEEB DASTAAN…
Or, you may ask, Arvind Kejriwal ko ghussa kyon aata hai… Here is the inside story of the obsessive man behind the draconian Lokpal Bill
THE UN-GANDHIAN FROM RALEGAN SIDDHI
This obsessive TV brand icon is an absolute anti-thesis of all that is Gandhian. His relentlessly aggressive, crass rhetoric and body language is transparent evidence
Manoj K Jha Delhi
ON THE WANE IN UP
Can Team Anna influence the outcome of UP polls in 2012? Unlikely, if we go by the thin crowd at their Lucknow meeting, or the incessant allegations and exposures
Pradeep Kapoor Lucknow
A MURDER IN BHOPAL
With her close links to BJP politicos, and her dogged enemies, this is not an open and shut case. So who killed Shehla Masood?
Akash Bisht Delhi
Bhaiyyuji, Who?
A rising star in the baba-politico firmament, Bhaiyyuji not only played a crucial role backstage in ending Anna Hazare’s fast, but was also seen breaking Narendra Modi’s sadbhavana fast. So who is this new spiritual guru hanging out with top politicians?
NO HOUSE FOR SHAMA BISWAS
In VS Naipaul’s semi-autobiographical A House for Mr Biswas, there are only fleeting glimpses of its most attractive woman character. What if she were to tell her story and that of Naipaul – or Anand, her son in the novel – instead of the other way round?
Ratna Raman Delhi
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Genocide can’t be brushed aside
The other day The Hindu scooped the report of Supreme Court's amicus curiae on the Zakia Jafri's case, which stated that there was a case for prosecuting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his alleged complicity in the Gujarat riots. Amicus Curiae Raju Ramachandran has shown the courage to state the obvious when everyone has been engaging in obfuscation for the last nine years. He has not allowed himself to be swayed by the slanted conclusions of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that saw no merit in the demand for charge-sheeting Modi.
The Truth about Arvind Kejriwal
I'm not particularly fond of Arvind Kejriwal, but I have to give the devil his due. For starters, he's got everyone in the nation (corrupt people included) talking passionately about how corruption must be eradicated. I think that's absolutely fantastic, even though I do not approve of Kejriwal's flawed Jan Lokpal Bill or his shockingly dictatorial and undemocratic methods.
Kejriwal has other sterling qualities as well that have gone largely unnoticed, so I'd like to draw your attention to them:
Rossellini’s Orient arrives at Viennalle
Among hundreds of feature films, documentaries and short films from around the world, I spied India, Matri Bhumi, a jewel of a film in four episodes. The film is a record of Roberto Rossellini's personal impressions of India.
F1 Ra.One Bar One
...That which is for me through the medium of money – that for which I can pay (i.e., which money can buy) – that am I myself, the possessor of the money. The extent of the power of money is the extent of my power. Money's properties are my – the possessor's – properties and essential powers. Thus, what I am and am capable of is by no means determined by my individuality. I am ugly, but I can buy for myself the most beautiful of women. Therefore, I am not ugly, for the effect of ugliness – its deterrent power – is nullified by money.
The Gandhi from Orbassano
Despite its hagiographical tenor, this biography of Sonia Gandhi illumines parts of her life that have long remained in the shadows
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi
HAPPY VALLEY CINEMA
For short filmmakers in Bhutan it's not really so happy. But these creative artists are not losing hope
Reena Mohan Thimpu (Bhutan)
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A dog comes home with a bag in his mouth. Nothing in the world can prepare you for what’s inside.
Meet Pui. This adorable mut spends his days on the streets of Thailand’s capital, Bangkok. One day, he was searching for something to eat at a landfill site when he came across a white plastic bag. Pui noticed immediately that there was something strange about this bag. Cautiously, he carried it in his mouth back to his family’s house where he barked until someone noticed.
A quiet whimpering was coming from the bag. Those who had gathered were becoming increasingly horrified until Pui’s owner opened the bag and revealed a newborn baby. The baby had clearly been born prematurely. His body was very fragile, so they immediately wrapped him in blankets before calling an ambulance.
The baby weighed less than five pounds, a result of horrible undernourishment. When he arrived at the hospital he was fed through an IV before the hospital staff began searching for the people responsible. But what’s most important is that after some much-needed love and care, the little baby survived! Pui was the city’s hero and everyone was so proud. A news team even came to film him and report on his miraculous rescue.
In a festive ceremony, Pui was given a collar with a small medal. His family also received a small reward of about $300. The money was desperately needed so they thankfully accepted. But Pui was clearly the center of attention. What a remarkable dog!
This Dog Saved an Abandoned Baby Wrapped in Plastic http://t.co/7mAmQIYbir pic.twitter.com/oK9pCvxUgy
— joanna beitel (@ywrwalgotayn) March 13, 2014
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1558/9 RICHARD WINGFIELD 1
FRANCIS SONE 2
1562/3 LAWRENCE MERES
WILLIAM YAXLEY
17 Mar. 1571 ANTHONY WINGFIELD I
ANTHONY RUSH
1572 ANTHONY WINGFIELD I
7 Nov. 1584 HENRY WINGFIELD
JOHN CUTTING
1 Oct. 1586 RICHARD WINGFIELD
WILLIAM DOWNING
18 Oct. 1588 RICHARD WINGFIELD
GEORGE CHITTINGE
1593 EDWARD GRIMSTON
22 Sept. 1597 THOMAS RIVETT
WILLIAM FORTHE
10 Oct. 1601 (SIR) JOHN TOWNSHEND
SIR RICHARD KNIGHTLEY
Only one genuine townsman was returned for Orford during this period, John Cutting (1584); and only one local country gentleman independent of a patron, William Forthe (1597). In the earlier part of this period the most important influence was that of the Wingfields of Wantisden, and their relatives the Sones. Three members of the Wingfield family represented the borough: Richard Wingfield (1559, 1586, 1589), Anthony Wingfield I (1571, 1572) and Henry Wingfield (1584), whose identity is in some doubt, since there were in the family two men of the same name, but in either case he would have been returned for the borough through his local family influence; he was made a freeman of the borough just before his election, and received no wages. Francis Sone sat for Orford for the third time in 1559, and a relative of the Sones, Thomas Rivett of Rattlesden, sat in 1597. Anthony Rush, who had an estate two miles from Orford, accompanied his relative Anthony Wingfield I to the Parliaments of 1571 and 1572, Edward Grimston (1593) of Rishangles, Suffolk, was also related to the Wingfield family, and William Yaxley (1563) to the Grimstons. Edward Coke became recorder of Orford in 1593, but his influence cannot be seen before 1601, when he returned both Members.
It is difficult to explain the other returns. The Duchess of Suffolk may have been behind that of Lawrence Meres (1563); John North (1593) has not been accounted for; George Chittinge (1589) was of Suffolk origins, so, probably, was William Downing, a London notary whose letter to Orford corporation of 6 Oct. 1586 clearly shows that he was a stranger. Probably Downing’s return was arranged through a friend at the Exchequer.
As at other boroughs the Privy Council was concerned to exercise some control over the choice of MPs in 1571 and 1572. The sheriff’s letter to the bailiffs of Orford dated 24 Feb. 1571 reads in part:
For your better direction herein you shall do well to repair unto Aldeburgh for a copy of my Lord Wentworth’s letter sent to the bailiffs there, concerning the due ordering of these affairs, purporting the Council’s pleasures therein.
The borough was incorporated in 1579 with a mayor, eight portmen and twelve capital burgesses as the governing body. The returns up to 1584 are either missing or badly torn. From 1584 they carry the name of the mayor.3
Author: P. W. Hasler
1. E371/402(1).
3. Weinbaum, Charters, 110-11; Copinger, Suff. Manors, v. 149-50; HMC Var. iv. 257, 266.
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Jada Pinkett Smith: ‘I was hooked on self-pleasure at 17’
Jada Pinkett Smith shocked her teenage daughter on their joint Facebook talk show by revealing she was giving herself multiple orgasms at her age.
The actress sat down with her daughter Willow and mother, Adrienne Banfield-Jones, to have a frank and honest conversation about sex and pleasure for the latest broadcast of their Red Table Talk show on Monday (11Jun18), and confessed she had mastered masturbation at the age of 17.
“We, as women, have been trained that women aren’t supposed to enjoy sex, sex is not for women, sex is for men, pleasure is for men – and honestly I think that’s why so many women that I know have never had orgasms,” Jada said, before addressing her teenage daughter Willow and adding, “I think by your age I gave myself multiples first. Multiple orgasms. Yep, I did.
“I was really into it at one point just because I was in an exploration state and I was abstaining from men. I actually think I went through kind of an addiction too with it. Then one day I was like, ‘Enough, you’re having five orgasms a day’.”
Jada went on to reveal her grandmother taught her all about self-pleasure when she was nine.
“She wanted me to know that that pleasure was from me,” she said. “She didn’t want me to fall into the hands of a man and if he gave me pleasure, to think that that was him. She taught me at 9! At 9!”
And she passed that sexual openness to her own daughter: “I think that people still have a very difficult time talking about sex, especially women,” she said. “I did not want Willow to have shame of any kind.”
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Tag: IGI
Ultrasound Assisted Guidance with Force Cues for Intravascular Interventions
By admin May 24, 2016 May 24, 2016 Navigation, Projects, Surgical Robotics
Image guidance during minimally invasive cardiovascular interventions is primarily achieved based on X-ray fluoroscopy, which has several limitations including limited 3D imaging, significant doses of radiation to operators, and lack of contact force measurement between the cardiovascular anatomy and interventional tools. Ultrasound imaging may complement or possibly replace 2D fluoroscopy for intravascular interventions due to its portability, safety, and the ability of providing depth information. However, it is a challenging work to perfectly visualize catheters and guidewires in the ultrasound images. In this paper, we developed a novel method to locate the position and orientation of the catheter tip in 2D ultrasound images in real time by detecting and tracking a passive marker attached to the catheter tip. Moreover, the contact force can also be measured due to the length variation of the marker in real time. An active geometrical structure model based method was proposed to detect the initial position of the marker, and a KLT (Kanade-Lucas-Tomasi) based algorithm was developed to track the position, orientation, and the length of the marker. The ex vivo experimental results indicate that the proposed method is able to automatically locate the catheter tip in the ultrasound images and sense the contact force, so as to facilitate the operators’ work during intravascular interventions.
Approaches/Results/Video
Research Fellow: Jin Guo
Project Investigator: Hongliang Ren
Tagged catheterization, Force/torque sensing, guidewires, IGI, tracking, Ultrasound, vascular intervention
Planning and Navigation for Percutaneous Ablations
By admin July 4, 2012 July 4, 2012 Navigation, Planning, Projects
Two challenges are mostly clinical concerns in tumor ablation — the size of the tumor and accessibility to the probes. Multiple overlapping ablations need to be planned to cover irregular and oversize tumors through a series of single probe ablations. In the meantime, the planned ablations should be accessible by the needle-based probe and should avoid critical healthy tissue. Manual treatment planning and execution is dependent on the operator’s experience and relies on a trial and error approach, which is error-prone and time-consuming without the assistance of planning and navigation. To address these challenges, we focus on an automated planning and navigation system for percutaneous radio-frequency ablations, particularly for liver tumor ablation. The planning system incorporates clinical constraints on ablations and trajectories using a multiple objective optimization formulation.
Bioengineering Initiative, Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Imaging Science and Information Systems (ISIS) Center, Department of Radiology, Georgetown University Hospital
Surgical Planning Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Towards semi-automatic treatment planning for image-guided surgical interventions, we develop a systematic approach to the needle-based ablation placement task, including pre-operative planning algorithms and intra-operative tracking and navigation approaches.
The overall system concept is shown in Fig. 1, with the key components including treatment optimization, treatment evaluation, and surgical navigation. Specifically, the planning workstation implements patient-specific modeling through segmentation, margin addition, optimization, and plan evaluation as illustrated in Fig. 2.
Semi-automatic segmentation based on geodesic active contour method is used to identify the key structures including: the tumor; structures that should not be traversed such as the ribs, liver vasculature, and adjacent critical anatomical structures, collectively referred to as a no-fly-zone; and surgeon preferred entry points. Additional margins are created for tumor tissue, ablation margin, and critical tissue, which includes safety margins that should be avoided. This is realized by applying a binary image morphological operator, dilation, to the segmented tumor and critical structures. The margin creation process can be described by the following morphological dilation operation.
The flowchart in Fig. 2 describes the optimal planning and the evaluation modules. A semiautomatic treatment planning module for optimized probe placement is developed to guide the RFA ablation probe. For a given irregular liver tumor, the solution of a mathematical optimization problem provides 1) optimized probe trajectories, 2) location of multiple overlapping ablations in order to cover the tumor, and 3) a tumor-free margin, while avoiding the no-fly zone. Hence, the treatment planning is a multiple-objective optimization problem guided by these five clinical considerations:
Minimize the number of ablations. Fewer ablations mean shorter treatment times and less chance for complications.
Limit the number of probe insertions. This reduces the perforations to the liver capsule decreasing the chances of intraperitoneal haemorrhage.
Probe trajectory constraints. The model includes physical constraints imposed by ribs, vessels, and other organs which restrict possible trajectories.
Irregular shaped tumor coverage. The optimization uses segmented tumor data from patients and does not pre-suppose a particular tumor shape. This makes this planning method more general.
Minimize unnecessary damage to healthy tissue while fully covering the tumor and margin.
The optimization module uses integer programming techniques to model and solve the planning problem. Considering a voxelized tumor region, the possible choices for trajectories and ablations are represented by binary decision variables and the clinical constraints are modeled algebraically using linear inequalities. Aiming at optimizing multiple measures of RFA planning performance simultaneously, we present a decomposition approach that solves this decision problem by repeatedly solving two integer programming models. Initially, a set of entry points is specified by the clinician and each entry point is tested for feasibility in avoiding direct puncture of critical structures to the tumor. Then, for each feasible entry point we define the following two optimization models: the Minimal Trajectories Integer Program (MTIP) to find a minimal number of trajectories necessary to cover the tumor, and the Minimal Ablations Integer Program (MAIP) to find a minimal number of ablations along the selected trajectories necessary to cover the tumor. In each of these integer programs we employ a weighted formulation to reduce healthy tissue damage, while keeping as main objective the minimization of the number of trajectories and ablations that are needed to guarantee coverage of the tumor and safety margin.
Results and Remarks
The planning module yielded 100% coverage over the large tumor using multiple ablations and can generate multiple feasible plans with evaluation parameters for physicians to choose. Both numerical evaluation and visual evaluation can be performed to determine the execution plan from those candidates. The number of trajectories and ablations are reduced to a minimum at the same time. In our previous approach for planning ablations for lung tumors, we only generated an “optimal” solution, which removed the specific perspective of the interventionalist. We now provide the physician with multiple feasible plans which satisfy to some degree the optimization requirements. This is a cooperative approach to planning in which the computational burden is automated, and the clinician selects from a small set of plans which satisfy the clinical criteria such as maximum number of trajectories, maximum number of ablations, overlap of ablation spheres, etc. This approach yields comprehensive and clinically feasible planning results. Given the requirement of 100% coverage on the tumor, the over-ablation rate is found relevant to the size and shape of the tumor, the size of ablation probe and the maximum number of ablations.
The navigation module based on electromagnetic tracking system is susceptible to interference from the CT scanner. In earlier phantom studies on the CT table directly, the fiducial registration error was up to 10 mm, which is too large for accurate targeting. Once we moved the phantom to a metal-free environment the fiducial registration error could be decreased to 1 mm and yield accurate targeting performance. For this reason, in our animal study the swine was moved to a table in the CT room away from the CT gantry, where we were able to obtain a registration error from 3.6 to 3.9 mm for several trials. This makes the postoperative CT evaluation difficult for each ablation, as the animal cannot be moved back to CT and moved out for performing the subsequent planned ablations without potentially changing its position relative to the V-trough. The final targeting error is difficult to evaluate as the planned trajectory cannot be mapped to the postoperative image coordinate system. Instead, we measure the distance from the probe to the tumor margin region surface in 3D-Slicer and found the distance from the probe to the closest tumor surface was approximately 5 mm. For the future study, a pre-operative image to post-operative image registration method can be developed to overcome this limit in ablation evaluation.
According to the planning results and evaluation results on the second ablation, we show the feasibility of semiautomatic planning and navigation procedures overseen by the radiologist. The presented ablation planning and navigation approach provides a comprehensive solution for treating large tumors using RFA, while keeping the physician in the loop. The planning system uses a patient specific model and an optimization approach to produce potential plans which satisfy multiple clinical criteria to certain degrees. The clinicians then select the plan which they judge to be most appropriate. The navigation system provides the precise guidance required to carry out the plan, which currently is all but impossible to do using the standard free hand technique
To summarize, a new treatment planning and navigation system was developed for liver tumor ablations, particularly for multiple overlapping radiofrequency ablations. The treatment planning is composed of needle-like probe trajectory planning and overlapping ablation planning. Multiple-objective optimization for probe insertions incorporates both clinical and technical constraints. Additional validation is required prior to introducing our system into a clinical trial. Systematic evaluations were presented to check the candidate plans by both statistical measures and visualization. The presented semiautomatic planning and guidance method can be applied to tumor ablation in other organs using the proposed techniques. In its current form the system in combination with a phantom can also be used as a training aid for interventional radiologists.
Hongliang Ren
Enrique Campos-Nanez
Ziv Yaniv
Filip Banovac
Hernan Abeledo
Nobuhiko Hata
Kevin Cleary
[1] Ren, H.; Campos-Nanez, E.; Yaniv, Z.; Banovac, F.; Hata, N. & Cleary, K. Treatment Planning and Image Guidance for Radiofrequency Ablations of Large Tumors IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine (IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics), 2013
Tagged IGI, Navigation, Planning
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February 2014: Charity Dinner and more news..
Great start of the year for Karama UK. We inaugurated the 2014 with a charity dinner on 26th January. The dinner was held in a Greek Restaurant in Baker Street in London and a lot of people turned out. The dinner was in help of the rooftop gardens project and it was a success. It was a great evening not only on the fundraising side, but mainly because more people got to know about Karama and a new volunteer was keen to join us. The food was also great and people at the restaurant have been lovely. Thank you very much to everyone for making such a lovely evening.
Other good news is that recently two new volunteers have joined Karama UK, Phoebe and Joely and probably another one will join us soon. They are going to help us in raising awareness about Karama and organizing events. A big thank you to you girls!
Another massive thank you to Mr Felafel who has helped us selling Palestinian soap in his restaurant. We are very grateful to his loyal support. Keeping sharing good news, a friend of ours, Guillelme has offered to improve Karama website. This is music to our ears and we accepted with pleasure. Thanks a lot Guillerme.
Finally we got in touch again with Ayshe School in North London and the teacher is more than happy to organize another talk about Karama, followed by a fundraising lunch in the school. Date to be confirmed yet but we are liaising with the school to arrange that.
We hope that this is only the beginning of a very fruitful year of activities for Karama UK ad we are very grateful for the help we received from everyone. For more information about Karama UK and Karama Palestine please visit us at www.karama.org or contact us at info.uk@karama.
Once again a thank you very much to all our friends and supporters for your wonderful help!! Silvia & Anna
New volunteers have joined Karama UK's efforts to raise awareness and funds. Joely will introduce herself here and we look forward to a succesfull time together!
I’m Joely and am thrilled to be volunteering with Karama UK. I became interested in Palestine when I spent my year abroad there to study Arabic. I love the country and most of all the people, who are some of the most welcoming people I have ever met, in spite of the injustices and hardships that they face on a daily basis as a result of the occupation.
I volunteered with a social development centre and a women’s centre in Nablus, during my stay, and so when I returned to the UK, I was keen to find a way in which I could continue to help Palestinians even though I was no longer in Palestine.
I found Karama UK online and have seen how hard Anna and Silvia work to keep the branch going. Hopefully I can be of some use this year in taking the organisation closer to its goal of becoming a registered charity. I’ve already been able to use my Arabic skills to assist in translation and am looking forward to this month’s charity dinner!
Find here some pictures from our recent meeting in the Ayesha school!
Last February Karama UK launched the campaign 1, 100,100,000 books for Karama. The aim of this campaign is to establish a network among Arabic schools in London to collect books in Arabic to support Karama Palestine to implement a library in their premises.
So far we got a very positive response from Ayesha Community School in London who donated us a lot of children books. In addition they got very passionate about the work that Karama does and they have decided to organize some fundraising events to be hold later on in the spring.
An exchange of correspondence has also started between the pupils of the Ayesha school and the pupils of Karama. Anna recently went to Palestine and she delivered them the letters and she brought back some for the Ayesha schools kids. These letters are full of messages of love and we hope that’s the beginning of a long lasting friendship.
Saturday 31st March Karama UK held a Jumble sale at the Putney Library. It was a success and thank you very much to everyone who donated stuff to sell and to all our friends and people who attended the event.
Forthcoming event: Karama UK will take part to the Gazan Children Supporting Summer Games in Gaza organized by the UNRWA, and we are going to organize a Thai Chi lesson in Wandsworth park on the 14th April, benefiting the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian refugees. For more info please visit the website : http://www.unrwa.org/etemplate.php?id=1015.
Anna from Karama UK in our center!
On 26.01.12 Karama UK held his first London event, organizing a dinner in a Palestinian restaurant, Maramia Cafè in Westbourne Park.
Spending a lovely night among friends and good food we have raised awareness about Karama Palestine and the commitment of Karama UK in supporting their project.
We prepared leaflets about us and about the Deheishe Refugee camp allowing people to know more about the topic. We also had a raffle with prizes kindly donated by our friends.
It has been a great night spending time with friends, knowing new ones while promoting the activity of Karama UK and Karama Palestine. The restaurant was open to people so we had the opportunity to be asked about what it was all about. Great chance to spread the word about us!
A big thank you to everybody who attended the dinner helping to raise over £ 400.00 for Karama’s projects. A special thanks also to Cristina and other friends who helped us in organizing the event and preparing promotional material.
On 5th December Karama UK organised the sale of olive oil soap among staff from a famous London museum. During her last trip in Palestine Anna brought traditional olive oil soaps produced in Nablus to sell among friends and colleagues, to raise money for Karama.
Anna arranged a mini stand within the staff room and throughout the day the gift and bookshop staff had the possibility to buy soaps and posters of Palestine and the opportunity to ask information about Karama and its activities. It was a great occasion to raise awareness among friends about Karama and the situation in the refugee camps and to talk about the new born Karama UK and its future plans.
People were nicely surprised and interested to see pictures of Palestine, incenses, perfumes and soaps.
Tahani, the assistant manager, offered to explain people the characteristics of the soap and why it is so good for the skin, how it is made and where.
The soap has been sold also to our friends outside the museum, awakening memories and emotions among Palestinian people living in London; our friend Bashir touching and smelling the soap could sense his home land and hardly chock back tears.
The soap sold out, raising over £100. People keep asking to buy more so that we have asked our partner Karama Palestine to send us more soap. But what is most important is this was a lovely day having the possibility to talk to friends about Karama and future activities of Karama UK.
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Pontifical Irish College Rome – Past, Present and Future
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Pontifical Irish College Rome August 3, 2016 5:50 pm
A tour through the history of the College which dates back to 1628 along with an overview of the formation programme that the seminarians follow.
Irish College Rome
Founded in 1628, this is the last of the many Irish Colleges that were once scattered over Europe when it was not possible to educate priests in Ireland. Today the College is home to 60 students, with half coming from Ireland and the others representing many different nations.
The College also organises different events for the Irish and for the wider international community in Rome. Conferences and courses are hosted during the Summer months on different aspects of religion, safeguarding, ongoing faith formation and culture.
For further information – http://www.irishcollege.org/
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Founded in 1628, this is the last of the many Irish Colleges that were once scattered over Europe when it was not possible to educate priests in Ireland.
Today the College is home to 50 students, which includes Irish seminarians along with priests from around the world doing post-graduate studies in Rome.
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Love: Paying Attention to Our Neighbors and the Weakest Among Us
This beautiful love story about a math teacher using social network analysis to detect disconnection in the classroom reminded me of my 5th/6th grade French teacher, Madame Maker, who had a fierce, urgent love for us- her students.
On the first day of class, we learned that the person sitting next to us would be our vocabulary partner. And to our surprise, our vocabulary grade would be the lower of the pair, because "we have a responsibility to look out for the weakest among us." Her indignation at poor French grammar rivaled the heated jeers of sports enthusiasts in a tense game. "Pas DE" echoes in my memory whenever I think of her. Yet this fierceness was love-- you could see by the same decibel of JOY she shared with each of her students' successes. When you received 5 As (or 5 consecutive improved grades for those of us who were not straight A students but tried hard), you would get a choice between a homemade strawberry pie or a special chocolate orange from France. Both were highly coveted rewards, because she was TOUGH. Achievement in Mme Maker's class was REAL success.
Though feared by many- for me, she was a beloved teacher who cared about us enough to build our character, not only our vocabulary. Her urgency came from living through WWII as part of the French Resistance in Paris. She risked her life as a teenager to save the lives of others. Her fierce love was often misunderstood. As privileged children removed from war, we could not imagine what it means to experience social fabric disintegrate. She had lived through and seen unspeakable horrors yet she inspired us with tales of narrow escapes. Her name was Peter. (Her parents had wanted a boy. When they discovered she was a girl, they decided to name her Peter anyway.) One day, the Gestapo banged on her door. "Peter, we know you are in there." She was terrified- caught finally. She opened the door. The Nazi officers pushed her aside, "Where is he? Where is PETER?" They turned her apartment upside down looking for "him." Then left admonishing that they knew HE was working with the Resistance and would get him. So her parents saved her life. Her stories always showed how "good" can triumph and how the bad included the indifferent. For her, it was the aggregation of indifference that allowed the unthinkable things to happen in France. That's why she felt such urgency for us to be better humans in the smallest of our actions. Mme Maker taught with passion; she embodied the truth that "a heart once touched by love is incapable of cowardice." (Cesare) Her heroic efforts during WWII modeled courage and continue to inspire me to be vigilant on behalf of the weakest among us.
Her unorthodox methods and passion, ultimately, got her fired only a few years from retirement. It was a battle between wealthy parents on the board protecting their sensitive children versus parents protecting rigorous academics and a dedicated teacher under threat of being fired just a few years before retirement. My first encounter in the school of life that with wealth comes great power and that grown ups do things from self-interest rather than what may be better for the collective. My parents along with a few others fought the school on her behalf. They lost the battle. Fearing that I would suffer retaliation due to their antagonistic stance against faculty leaders, I transferred to a new school for 7th/8th grade leaving behind my friends of 6+ years. The irony is not lost that the teacher who taught me to pay attention to the weakest among us is the person with whom I first learned there can be a human cost of standing with the weak. Fortunately, my new school was outstanding. New friends came easily. I discovered my resilience and adaptability. Most of all, I learned how to use power and privilege to stand with people who are vulnerable. I would do it again-- and continue to whenever I see an opportunity.
What the world needs today is courage, may love flow from your every step. A shout out for all the teachers whose love shapes us!
5<5: Social Enterprise Ethics #socentethics
This post is one in a series of 5<5 posts that document pilot/prototype projects with the format 5 things that I wish someone had told me before I started in <5% of the time spent on the project.
Mission-driven and double/triple bottom lines demands accountability to multiple stakeholders. Even with the best intentions and planning, most situations that one encounters in business cannot be predicted. Doing "business" at the intersection of money and meaning requires navigating uncertainty and making tough decisions in complex conditions.
SocEntEthics provides a framework to navigate these kinds of decisions by adopting an analogous approach to clinical medicine. In medicine, physicians and clinical teams often face difficult decisions that require balancing benefits and harms, reconciling patient preferences and clinical options, and determining how best to proceed amidst uncertain outcomes. Bioethical frameworks guide clinicians in navigating these difficult situations. SocEntEthics empowers social entrepreneurs to create values-based frameworks and strategies to navigate uncertainties, to take effective action in complex situations and to negotiate values conflicts.
Finding leaders who have insight that good intentions may not be sufficient to navigate the uncertainty and value-laden decisions at the nexus of money and meaning is rare.
It is JUICY when you meet someone who has the courage to build a vision of robust principled decision making into the operations of the enterprise/product from the outset!
Selling "certifications" makes it easy for enterprises to justify budget allocation for this kind of capacity building and peer/social pressure may drive adoption that creates a viable market for the "certification" product. Duly noted that the viable business here may not transform how decisions are made and/or cultivate the capacity to make deliberate decisions-- so buyers and sellers should be aware whether they are opting for an approach that satisfies "compliance" and "checklist" needs or whether they are baking change into the core of their operations.
Waiting until integration of an ethics-driven framework is recognized as "necessary" may be too late. A social mission enterprise that adopts a principled approach after things go wrong and/or after well into operations will have to fully integrate this approach throughout its operations and will need both bottom up engagement and top down commitment. The effort and investment to rebuild trust and reformulate culture may be challenging and significant at this stage.
Open source methods and strategies provide a template and idea source, but every enterprise is unique with its own culture and benefits from building its own values-driven framework that suits its operations.
At some point, when working through the "values" that underpin a socially-driven enterprise, there is a murky phase in the process. It feels uncomfortable and nebulous. People who like to "execute" get antsy. This is a good time to take a break. Normalize the inclination for "action" and "outcomes" and underscore the importance for the group to sit in the messiness of this uncertainty. Go out for dinner, have drinks, take a walk, go on an outing to a museum. Tell people that it's normal to feel unresolved. Actually, it's essential.
SocEntEthics Applied:
Operations: Policy Advisory Board
A social enterprise recognized the importance of this issue for its pioneering venture from prior to launch. A policy advisory board was formed to support the team navigate these "tough" decisions. The policy advisory board included multi-disciplinary professionals who represented the diverse stakeholders and constituents of the enterprise. All policy advisory board reports and methods will be shared with open source/cc license. (currently in publication)
Operations: Conflict Management for Coworking Space
A social enterprise encountered challenging at a growth stage. The enterprise chose to build a principled approach to conflict management into its operations. The team developed a set of principles to govern community engagement and invested in capacity building for staff and interns. The methods and training resources will be shared under creative commons license. (currently in publication)
Original posts from Posterous at www.socentethics.com when this idea was initially launched can be found consolidated here.
Ubuntu meets Wabi-Sabi
While I was traveling in Southern Africa in February, I experienced ubuntu ... a beautiful ethic/humanist concept of people coming together to help each other out... Read more about ubuntu philosophy (Wikipedia).
I learned about ubuntu when our van broke down in Botswana... we spent 4 1/2 hours by the side of the road waiting for help-- the help that came was abundant! From the South, the manager from Elephant Sands Lodge heard about our situation and built a tow then came with a truck to tow our broken van... At the same time from the North, the lodge in Chobe, where we would spend the night, sent a van for the passengers to ride in. Another lodge sent a van and guide to assist us in crossing the border, while our guide stayed behind to look after the vehicle. A few days later when we had a long drive back to Johannesburg, a couple of guides delayed their return home for a week's vacation to take us, because they thought it would be nicer and safer for us to ride in their van. They explained ubuntu as the reason that they helped out our guide who had encountered a "matata" (a problem). Matata are fairly common, and mostly people approach them with a smile and say with determined ease, "we'll make a plan."
Recently, I experienced ubuntu personally while preparing for my first TEDx talk for TEDxBarcelonaChange: Positive Disruption in Global Health, part of TEDxChange sponsored by the Gates Foundation.
I received incredible insight, wisdom, and tips from from my community. Under the attentive eye of the magnificent event organizer and social innovation catalyst Aurelie Salvarie among other dedicated readers, 20 drafts of the script and many practice sessions later, I had a masters-level crash course in storytelling and public speaking.
People shared their talent and time to assist in crafting an effective message. From TED worth presentation guru Brooke Estin on visuals to Florian Mueck of the 7 Minute Talk as speaker coach, I was immersed in awesomeness with one single aim: to make a message that would touch and inspire people. Less than 36 hours before, I had a raging fever and no voice. Ironically, it was April Fools Day (April 1) and I thought if I call Aurelie to tell her, she will think it is a mean joke. It was the participation of so many people in getting to that moment that buoyed my recovery. When it was game time, I gave it my all.
Wabi-sabi is a Japanese concept about perfection in imperfection. This TEDx is raw rather than polished. I barely had my voice back and was desperately trying not to cough. Wabi-sabi also underpins the idea. Sometimes we have to step out, before we are fully prepared with all of the rehearsals that we need. We have to experiment and improvise. We go forward before perhaps things are perfect. Perhaps we don't feel ''ready.' Yet we step out into life anyway, imperfect, unpolished. We are open to learning. We are vulnerable and honest. it's that authenticity that makes the beauty that is wabi-sabi.
May we meet each other in the beauty of authentic vulnerability and generous ubuntu. Thanks to all who contributed to the experience of ubuntu both in Botswana and in Barcelona - what a blessing!
AgilEthics {idea post}
After an afternoon visit with the fabulous Game Designer Marigo Raftopoulos, we cross-pollinated ideas at the intersection of games, fun and ethics... and identified this challenge:
Challenge: Can we create a fun way for game designers to think about ethics?
To engage game designers in "ethics"
To make "ethics" accessible
To make "ethics" fun
To make ethics a game
To create "ethical equations" (inspired by Chip Conley's Emotional Equations
To provide possible "variables" for the equations but to allow users to generate their own variables
To design a game that runs like CodeYear of CodeAcademy (one challenge a week) to build your own equation
.... have other ideas for what guiding "principles" might apply?
Chip Conley's Emotional Equations.... what are simple ethical equations that anyone can apply when deciding what to do
Create a comic strip to demonstrate how the ETHICS equations apply to a game designer (create 3-4 models)
Make a do-it-yourself AgilEthics comic strip toolkit .... Maybe something like (www.drawastickman.com)
Agile design: quick testing of ideas and iterative development of one's own ethical equations
..... have other models for us to check out?
Step 1: Proposed Model Equation + Optional Equation Elements
Step 2: Player Modifies the Equation
Step 3: Modifications reveal scenarios
Step 4: Player sets Equation
Step 5: Results
Step 6: Loop back/Follow up for feedback & evolving equations (leave room for second and third thoughts...)
Learning Journey Loopback [1 of #TBD] {wildflower seed}
In early 2010, wondering whether there might be a way to bring together my work in health care ethics consultation-mediation with my prior love working in product/service design for e-health ventures (social enterprises before there was a social enterprise sector), I attended Unite for Sight's annual Global Health & Innovation Conference- a fantastic event overflowing with passionate social entrepreneurs doing great work around the world.
Three questions emerged for deeper exploration:
1. Observation: Multi-stakeholder partnerships will be an increasing necessity to realize desired social impact. In traditional corporate partnerships, there are lawyers advocating for their respective clients' interests when a partnership is established. In non-profits, I surmised that failed partnerships meant an abrupt refocus and loss of the impact, since the use of donations for a lawsuit would not align with many non-profit's impact-focused missions.
Idea: A partnership builder for multi-stakeholder partnerships for social impact would mediate the negotiation among the stakeholders to optimize the interest of the partnership. The role of a partnership builder would be as advocate and nurturer of the partnership; the partnership builder would check in with the stakeholders to early troubleshoot any potential challenges and at the point of inevitable crisis, the partnership builder would mediate among the stakeholders to facilitate action and resolve disputes. With sufficient experience, a centralized resource, like creative commons for partnerships could be created, where DIY resources tools would exist for people to build their own multi-stakeholder partnerships. This preventative conflict resolution approach benefits all stakeholders and enhances the likelihood of achieving the desired impact, and would most likely be deemed a worthwhile investment by a funder- whose interest is to see the partnership goals realized.
Question(s): Would the stakeholders be interested in availing themselves of such a resource if it existed? What sort of problems, if any, are any of these stakeholders already experiencing? Would it be possible to develop a niche practice for partnership builders? What tools, skills, capacities would need to be developed to scale and democratize the practice?
2. Observations: In business every decision has implications. Working at the intersection of meaning and money, the implications of business decisions often involve the targeted social impact.
Question: Would there be an opportunity to laterally apply some of the relevant tools and learning of health care ethics (clinical and organizational) consultation-mediation in the context of the social enterprise sector? What are the relevant similarities and differences? Is the social enterprise market open and curious to receive this kind of resource or not?
3. Observation: A large amount of impact investing money is being targeted at the "bottom of the pyramid." Following the microfinance scandals, we know that sometimes these investor initiatives are not concerned about the interests of the poor. New health care products and services are being deployed in areas where there are no existing regulatory frameworks to protect the human interests generally, and the vulnerable specifically.
Question: Would there be an opportunity to work with social entrepreneurs who have health care products and services being deployed in developing markets where there are no regulatory frameworks? How might we develop robust means to protect the human interests while not stifling innovation? How can people be empowered in the process of gaining access to health care products and services?
I spent 18 months on a learning journey to explore these questions. The curriculum was emergent. I determined the course as I went along, followed serendipity and learning opportunities. I embarked on collaborations with people that persisted, some that failed. I joined networks, worked on projects and hacked conditions to enable learning. The learnings, ideas generated, connections made, unexpected discoveries and opportunities identified have iterated in conversations. Now, I am making them concrete; I will synthesize my learnings from this deep dive inquiry into a series of posts with the aim that the report out encourages others to explore, stimulates discussion and inspires action.
The topics explored cover multiple disciplines- some may be more or less relevant for the primary focus on this social enterprise focused blog. The timing coincides this month with an invitation and challenge from Steve Hopkins of the Squiggly Line- create a post for 30 days. Steve is one of the insightful, spunky people I met on the journey. He is making the world epic! Follow him on Twitter (@stevehopkins) and to follow others writing for this challenge, check out #b03 on Twitter.
#b03 [Day 1]
#socentethics {originally on Posterous)
SEE Change: SocEntEthics (splash-landing page)
After incubating this idea for awhile, I am jumping in feet first - splash!
For #socentethics, we are designing a method that allows flexible, precise action adaptable to the diverse core values of social enterprises.
Our aim is to empower social entrepreneurs to act with integrity at every step from start up to scale. We want your inspired action to calatyze your investors, funders, supporters, and customers so that you can grow your mission to change the world!
Join us in be the change, so that we can SEE the change:
#Excellence
#Trustworthiness
#Humility
#Integrity
#Socialchange
1) Funders/Collaborators: Who should we talk to:
Are there funders who want to support building the foundation of integrity in the new marketplace? We have lots of great intention and a flow of passionate, patient capital- our aim is to maximize the benefit!
Who else is in this space and how can we work together to leverage our expertise & passion?
Are there ventures already off the ground that whose market we complement? Please connect us!
2) Partners/Referrals: Please refer social entrepreneurs or social enterprises for crisis consultation and/or to work with us as a case study as we proto-type the SocEntEthics method
3) Questions/Comments: More posts to follow on the opportunity, the method, and the plan forward... let us know what you want/need to know to get on board with SocEntEthics .... together, we will SEE the change.
About SocEntEthics
empowering social entrepreneurs to act from core values when faced with tough decisions
SocEntEthics, supports social entrepreneurs negotiate the tough decisions inevitable when doing work for the greater good with limited resources.
As a social entrepreneur and a health care ethicist, Kate Michi Ettinger values a concrete, pragmatic approach to ethics. With SocEntEthics, Kate cross-pollinates her passions for innovation, social enterprise, systems-level analysis, and ethics into a synthesized approach for social enterprise ventures to express their values in their action. SocEntEthics is developing as L3C (low-profit limited liability corporation), in order to demonstrate by example and learn with its users as a "greater good" venture with a sustainable revenue model.
Our aim is to build a platform that guides SEs through a systematic analysis of a dilemma, allows SEs to share frameworks and strategies for negotiating ethical dilemmas, enables SEs to collaborate on tackling challenging dilemmas of scale/setbacks/geo-political origin, and empowers SEs to identify ways to transcend dilemmas while remaining true to their SE's mission. Re-envisioning ethics in a proactive, integrated approach allows a SE to act with iterative process and moved beyond judgements of right-wrong/good-bad. The SocEntEthics Method asks tough questions and explores uncertain terrain while emphasizing ethical dilemas in their narrative, integrative, collaborative and empathic context.
A robust ethical underpinning is integral to the fabric of social enterprises. SocEntEthics aims to empower social enterprises with the tools, skills and resources to:
act in alignment with your core values & social change mission
excel in social change impact without compromising your ideals
negotiate tough decisions inherent in social change with integrity and compassion
steward your social capital resources with trustworthiness
See here for more information on: our services, in the news, support our venture.
SocEntEthics Team
Ethical dilemmas benefit from multiple perspectives. As an ethics consulting service, SocEntEthics is building a global team that includes social entrepreneurs, social change agents, artists, integrated leadership experts and ethical expertise. Together, our team, is designing a SocEntEthics model that can serve as an ethical foundation for any social enterprise venture although our initial focus will be on social enterprises for health.
Team includes:
Kate Michi Ettinger, JD, managing ideator for SocEntEthics consulting team, brings expertise in bioethics, law and conflict resolution combined with product design experience as a social entrepreneur. These lenses shape her perspective in creating this ethical advisory resource for social entrepreneurs.
ADVISORY BOARD: Putting together an advisory board to be our external agitators & conscience. If you are interested or would like to nominate someone, please drop us an email at: info @ [domain] .com
CONCEPT CREATORS: Building a network of passionate innovators, social entrepreneurs, social venture investors and multi-inter-cross-disciplinary change agents to help us build the platform & move this forward. If you are interested or would like to nominate someone, please drop us an email at: info @ [domain] .com
TECH & DESIGN Team: Looking for developers, artists & designers to assist us getting this up and running! If you are interested or would like to nominate someone, please drop us an email at: info @ [domain] .com
We are building our team. To get involved please follow us on Twitter @socentethics #socentethics.
SocEntEthics Services
SocEntEthics is developing an innovative platform for navigating ethical dilemmas and implementing a sustainable approach to our ethics consultation services. We partner with our clients to deliver an integrated ethics program tailored to your social enterprise venture.
We offer consulting through appointments and drop in office hours to discuss issues you have encountered and those you are facing.
Our consulting services are flexible and may combine any services:
1. SocEntEthics Core Integration
SEE Integrated Optimal Action Plan
SEE Decision Impact Audit
2. SocEntEthics Issue Specific & Crisis Consultation
Issue Specific/Crisis Consultation
3. SocEntEthics Tools, Skills, Resources
SocEntEthics Method
SocEntEthics Platform
Navigating Uncertainty
Skillfully Applying the 3Ps (Power, Privilege, Position)
Negotiating Values Conflicts
The SocEntEthics Method/Platform is in development. At the outset, we will work with 10 social enterprise ventures as case studies. If your social enterprise would like to partner with SocEntEthics as a case study, please DM us on Twitter with a link to your venture and/or email address.
Our economic model aims to model the ethos of this endeavor with a fierce commitment to Excellence, radical Transparency, daring Humility, and to challenge the status quo of current assumptions about Integrity, Collaboration and Social Justice.
Our goal is to develop a sustainable revenue stream to support the technology platform and to drive innovative applications for #socentethics. We will measure success by accountability and activity. Our aim is to impact the greater good and redefine ethics --> #socentethics. Ou commitment is to model our message and demonstrate our products.
In order to promote integrity & accountability and to provide high quality services at a lower cost with broad impact, social enterprise ventures who partner with us for consulting services will be invited to release learning from our consulting services that can be provided in a redacted form as case studies. The redacting process allow clients anonymity including sector and geographic changes while allowing SocEntEthics to leverage its talent for maximal benefit of social enterprises.
SocEntEthics Core Integration
Facilitate outcome-focused integrated ethics plan across all levels of SE
Provide skills & resources for optimal actions
Support SE through implementation
Issue-specific consultations
Ethics Quality Improvement
Deliverables:
Integrated Optimal Action Plan
Skills & resources to achieve OA
Implementation & Crisis Support
Outcome Evaluation & QI Planning
Facilitate analysis of decision impact on relevant stakeholders
Identify strategies for action that align with integrated OA plan
Explore alternative options, reasoning, impact, opportunities
Facilitated Decision Impact Discussion
Decision Impact Report
Facilitate identification of the issue
Identify strategies for action that align with SE values
Facilitated Issue Discussion
Issue Consult Report
Anatomy of Chaos at the End of Life
Originally published on www.elderethics.org on March 5, 2012
A series of recent articles and posts about prognosis brought this personal experience to mind.
I found out that that my grandpa had late stage cancer two weeks before he died. That was six weeks and a surgery after everyone else in my family found out that he had stomach cancer that had spread to 90% of his liver. I was away at school and no one wanted to "burden" me with the news because my grandpa and I were very close. They told me that the surgery was for an ulcer and that he would be recovered so that we could go for our much anticipated trip to Japan to participate in a YMCA Peace Conference that summer. After the surgery, the oncology surgeon reported to the family that he had "never seen someone alive with that much cancer."
When I returned home at the end of term, my mother couldn't stop crying as she told me that grandpa had cancer. I was in shock, "how serious?" 'Very.' "We should go then." 'We have flights to leave tomorrow.' When we arrived, he was in the hospital. His belly was distended and he was puffy like I had never seen him, or anyone really. He put on a good show for me, as he always did. Just three months before, he had driven from Toronto to Connecticut for Easter to visit me at school; he brought me containers full of rice krispy treats and chocolate chip cookies and had come to see that I was "OK" at school. I was so happy to show him the school that I loved and to meet my friends. Most of all, I was thrilled to see him, because I missed him most of all my family. Every spring and fall, he would come to stay with us for a couple of months; he was stricter than my parents but we also broke lots of rules and ate lots of good food. Mostly, we would be together. Me working on homework; he watching Japanese samurai soap operas on TV. Since I was away at school, I hadn't realized that he hadn't visited that spring or fall.
One night in the hospital he awoke in a panic, confused about where he was. He tried to leave his bed in the middle of the night. When we arrived in the morning, we were debriefed about the episode and assured that he was being well managed. He was significantly more sedated. I noticed the chart at the foot of his bed said "full code." I asked my Mom why he was full code, if he was dying of cancer, wouldn't we want him to die peacefully, not with his chest being compressed and heart being shocked. It would be a violent way to die, which was inevitable at this stage. My Mom talked to my grandmother and they spoke with the doctor who added a "do not resuscitate" to his chart that day. From that night on, my Aunt stayed with him overnight. He died the next night.
The fortunate thing was that two days before he died when he was still lucid, I spent some time with him. I read him the lyrics of a song "Turn, Turn, Turn," which it turned out is inspired by the passage of Ecclesiastes 3:10 "To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven." That was as much as we spoke directly about death, and I told him that I loved him and thanked him for everything that he had given me. He thanked me. I didn't know then why he thanked me, but he did. We said, goodbye to each other. No one else in my family said goodbye. I was 16.
When he died, everyone in my family was surprised. They didn't realize that he was "that" sick. It turned out that my grandmother hid the severity of the diagnosis from the two younger daughters (mid 40s adults). Even my mom, a retired nurse, had been on the phone the day before arranging to fly across the country for a week before coming back to spend more time. It always perplexed me that no one knew that he was going to die.
This video about the McGruck Effect struck me as potentially providing insight into what happens in the disconnect between patients/families and physicians at the end of life.
Physicians are trained to understand a patient's history, to make sense of shifting lab results and to assess the patient's physical condition. Increasingly, the understanding of medicine lies in complex matrixes of testing, and the art of medicine remains in applying those normative figures to this individual patient. Much to the physician's disbelief, my grandfather did not present for clinical testing until his cancer was more extensive than the surgeon had ever encountered. He lived two months beyond that surgery, and in his whole life, he only spent two weeks in the hospital. The two weeks at the end of his life. What clinicians see in the hospital are clinical accounts, lab results and people at their most vulnerable and debilitated. Clinicians are trained to value the medical facts over subjective perceptions of understandably distressed family member. It is no wonder that prognoses in clinical settings can be dire and inaccurate.
As physicians communicate their clinical observations to patients and their families, it is also not surprising that families may see something different. While clinicians may explain the patient's status and family members may hear the information, family members will believe what they see. Family members make sense of the complex and confusing information by privileging the information they gather from being with the patient. Particularly in situations where a patient has lost capacity in some way, though debilitated, the family who frequently spend time with the person may see the person as more interactive and responsive than a clinician who visits only at brief intervals. One of the reasons that nursing and junior medical staff are critical voices in morning rounds in the hospital setting is because they spend more time "hands on" time with patients; they often provide insight into these differing perceptions.
This is one hypothesis of why things get chaotic when death approaches. Everyone sees something different and the information that we know best is what we rely upon to create meaning. Clinicians see a patient whose lab results are declining; families see their loved one still showing meaningful engagement. Often both perspectives are accurate, relevant and important to a full understanding of how to make sense of the confusing information at the end of a person's life.
My professional aspiration to mediate conflicts at the end of life stemmed from this personal experience where I could see the different perspectives and that none were hearing each other. I was fortunate to train with Nancy Dubler, who developed bioethics mediation as an approach to clinical ethics consultations from her experience that most of ethical dilemmas in clinical medicine were values conflicts that could be resolved by mediating in a conversation that leveled imbalances of information and power. As we move care to the community setting and as the end of life is increasingly in care homes or community-based care settings, how can we bring this wisdom from the clinical setting to community delivered care?
How does it happen that no one knows? Why do things end up so chaotic at the end?
The Art of Surrogate Decision Making
Originally published on www.elderethics.org on December 1, 2010
Excited to have lead article in Kaiser Permanente's Ethics Rounds, Winter 2010.
This article presents a narrative about a painter visiting a museum to discuss the restoration of a painting as an analogy and provocative lens through which to explore the challenges of surrogate decision making. The article offers a framework to support surrogates in the difficult role of serving as the voice of another.
Ettinger, KM. "The Art of Surrogate Decision Making." Ethics Rounds, Department of Medical Ethics, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Winter 2010, Vol 20, Issue 2. Ethics Rounds
I look forward to hearing comments and questions about the article, which you can download above.
Incapacitated and Alone: Tech Tools for the Most Vulnerable
Originally published on www.elderethics.org on October 13, 2010
Last week, I had the great fortune to participate in Health Camp as past of Health Innovation Week at Kaiser's Garfield Innovation Center. An amazing day kicked off by Kaiser's visionary Jack Cochran, who heads the Permanente Federation and the dynamic Todd Park - CTO for HHS who invited hackers to envision new ways of seeing data using HHS data.
In true innovation form, it was an unconference day. With everyone from entrepreneurial gamers to public health experts, clinicians to VCs, it was an AWESOME agenda created by the Health Campers.
I invited people to join a conversation on Tech Tools for the Incapacitated Patient Alone- a person who lacks decision making capacity and who has no family or friends to assist them in daily living and/or in decision making in the clinical settings. This is a front lines clinical reality and a highly vulnerable population. Our unstructured conversation was dynamic and our group grew from 2 to 10 people curious and concerned about this unique group of patients.
We clarified whom we were talking about: People who have a disease condition that leaves them without decision making capacity (it may be Alzheimer's, aging, stroke, traumatic brain injury or developmental disability). With the increase in geo-mobility, increasingly people may become ill in an environment where they have no family, friends or adult children to provide care. With advances in medicine, people are outliving their spouse and friends, and some may even survive their children, leaving them alone without anyone to represent their voice when they lose the capacity to make decisions.
We explored the variety of settings where these people who rapidly become "patients" or "conservatees" of the system might reside and we considered how those environments might benefit from new technology. People without capacity might be living at home or in a nursing home. They might be acutely ill and in the hospital, and their circumstance becomes an issue upon discharge.
We identified possibilities for technology to support this patient population from the clinical bedside to daily living in the community setting. From household gadgets - is there a way to make a stove safe so that someone with fluctuating capacity can remain at home without being a risk to him/herself and neighbors? is there a way to use visual surveillance technology to allow people to safely remain at home while maintaining their privacy/dignity? are there better gadgets to detect & support decline that will make living at home longer possible for someone with fluctuating capacity?
Thank you to all the people who participated! This was an exciting & important initial conversation, and we look forward to it continuing!
There is a "Post a Comment" link at the bottom of this entry for reflections, comments, and responses to the questions at the end.
Thoughts? Reflections? Reactions? How can we best approach these situations? What ideas do you have for technology tools that might help these vulnerable patients? When they are in the community? When they are in the hospital?
Originally published on www.elderethics.org on October 5, 2010
What is that? (Τι είναι αυτό;) 2007 from MovieTeller on Vimeo.
What is that? from Constantin Pilavios on Vimeo.
Sometimes, pictures speak louder than words. How often does this happen?
Homebound in Pain: Pain Management in the Community Setting
Originally published on www.elderethics.org on May 20, 2010
Transitions Case 4
Originally published on www.elderethics.org on January 12, 2009
Stepping Up Levels of Care: When is the right time and who decides?
After reading the case, visitors are invited to share how one might approach this situation. There is a "Post a Comment" link at the bottom of this entry and you may use the questions for reflection at the end as prompts.
Lois, a gregarious, charming 88 year old woman, lives with her cat "Pancake" in a multi-unit dwelling. Lois, a widow for 16 yrs, never had children and has survived all of her siblings. Her only family are great nieces and cousins (all of whom are in their 80s/90s) living in Australia. In her younger days, Lois was a patron saint of wayward animals (and a few stray people) and has a life tenancy with Pancake in her current home granted to her by a longtime friend and neighbor, Catherine, who had previously owned the building. A life tenancy means that she owns the right to live in her home, but she does not own an equity interest in the property.
Without any family, another longtime friend and neighbor, Jean, holds her power of attorney for finances and health care. Jean, her husband John, and other neighbors assist with "big" grocery purchases. With the assistance of her "cadillac," an electric wheelchair, she goes out to a nearby street to purchase day to day groceries and sundries. Other neighbors in the home drop in to visit every day or two, to make sure she eats. Her primary care physician, Dr. Anderson noted that if every elder had the "neighbors of the block" to support them as Lois had, we might do OK with our aging population.
Lois is severely limited in her mobility due to a combination of severe kyphosis (curvature of the spine), she is severely bent putting pressure on her stomach and lungs; as well, she has congestive heart failure, which leaves her breathless to walk across the room. Movement is quite difficult. She fell down the stairs 4 years ago trying to reach her "chariot," the cadillac, resulting in a broken collar bone and 6 week hospitalization and rehabilitation, but she recovered and now, manages at home independently with an aide, Lucia, who comes for 3 hours a day, 6 days a week.
Last week, Lois tripped over Pancake's water dish and fell in her bathroom. Her aide, Lucia, had arrived and was making breakfast. Upon hearing a "thud", she went to the bathroom where she found Lois crumpled on the floor, crying "ow". Lucia panicked and wanted to call the ambulance. Lois, not wanting to trouble anyone, insisted that she was fine, and with Lucia's help, Lois got herself up. Her face bruised around her glasses, and her right arm was swollen, she didn't appear to have any broken bones, just a very stiff neck and back. Lucia called Jean, the neighbor in charge of Lois's affairs. Jean stopped by on her way home from work, and surveyed Lois, Jean was quite distressed. Lois looked terribly battered and bruised from the fall and her movement, already challenged, now seemed riddled with pain and discomfort. Lois was adamant that she was fine, but by the next day as her back pain and stiffness increased, Lois was persuaded that a trip to be checked out at the hospital would be OK.
Admission through the ED and a full work up later, no broken bones were found but tests revealed a precarious spinal fracture that threatened instant paralysis if the bone moved the "wrong" way. Lois adapted to life in a neck collar, and by the time, it was ascertained that it was an older injury, Lois had been convinced that she needed to wear the neck collar and that only a slight movement was between her life as she new it and something quite dire. Nonetheless, dreadful bruising aside, she was recovering well and most anxious to return home to Pancake. It had been 7 days, and she was now at the SNF (skilled nursing facility), no longer actually requiring nursing level care, but not quite ready to get a "sign off" from the physical therapy part of the team, the team delayed her stay over a long weekend while addressing the question about where to discharge was addressed, the issue was whether to go to a facility where she would have more supervision and support, such as a nursing home or board and care, or whether it would be appropriate for her to return home to 24 hour care or the level of care she had previously.
Though in the hospital Lois was cared for by a team of hospitalists and specialists; her primary care physician, Dr. A, remained her primary doctor and strongly recommended that she be discharged to a nursing home facility. Concerned about her mobility, the potential danger of another likely fall, the amount of support she needed to attend to her daily activities, the physician did not think that returning home would be in her best interests. Based upon the observation in the hospital, this week's physical therapist did not believe she was capable of returning home.
Lois, on the other hand, was quite aware of her condition, and she believed that she was fine to return home. She was no less mobile than she had been in the past, other than the minor nuisance of a neck collar and the threat of certain death (or paralysis which for her would be like death) if she moved incorrectly, nothing had changed. Lois is determined to return to her comforts of home and Pancake, the cat, whose welfare she was charged with looking after by her dear departed friend, Catherine. Lois lacks the financial resources to afford a nursing home and feels confident that at home, where she has no expenses of rent, she can manage with her limited means until she will be 100. Lois, who is fiercely independent and prefers to care for others rather than being cared for, made her wishes clear, and was growing impatient to get out of the hospital.
Jean, her friend and surrogate concerned for her well being and safety, chose to support Lois's decision to return home. Jean had seen Lois home through much more dire situations, and while the diagnosis of the spine fracture had been scary, Jean is confident that Lois will be able to function at home. Jean favors more care, something that Lois disagrees with, and Jean intends to see if Lucia would increase her hours so that Lois would have more supervision at home. Though she has a roof over her head, Lois has limited means to support herself. Thus, suggestions to increase the hours of her helper are repeatedly rebuffed and she recently reduced a housekeeper from weekly to twice a month to manage her budget. Lois will not leave Pancake (the cat), and no care facility will take a cat. Further, Lois is extremely reluctant, even fearful, of leaving her apartment because it is the only "thing" that she has. With a life tenancy, she retains the right to live in the property until her death though she has no equity in the apartment. Given her limited resources, her housing presents an important asset and she intends to retain it as long as she possibly can and as along as she needs to care for Pancake, this is their home.
Dr. Anderson anticipates more trips to the ED, this is the 3rd this year, and thinks the care possible at home is insufficient. Dr. Anderson is frustrated by Lois & Jean's decision and feels uncertain about how Lois can be best cared for in this situation. Dr. Anderson questions Lois's decision making capacity and wonders what to do at this juncture. Dr. Anderson strongly disagrees with Lois returning home and wonders whether he would be liable for anything happening to Lois if she returns home under his care yet against his advice.
At what point, might it be appropriate for stepping up the level of care for Lois? What might that look like are they options - a staggered approach? Who makes this decision?
How might one approach this situation?
What are the issues raised in this case?
Is this an ethical dilemma? If so, how would you articulate the ethical conflict?
Do you need any additional information? If so, what is it and why/how is that relevant?
What knowledge (ethical, legal, medical, philosophical) might be relevant for analyzing this case?
What framework might be appropriate to assist thinking through this case?
What might be a reasonable path forward? Are there multiple acceptable approaches?
How would each of the different perspectives justify their response?
Please leave comments, ideas, questions, and insights using the comments feature below. When you leave a comment, you may do so anonymously or with your name, but it would be very helpful if you indicated your role/discipline to assist clarifying your perspective. (RN, Geriatric care plan manager, family member, elder, caregiver, MD, MSW, Case manager, etc.)
Originally posted on www.elderethics.org on October 6, 2008
This case presentation experiments with narrative perspectives to set up the case. After reading the case, visitors are invited to share how one might approach this situation. There is a "Post a Comment" link at the bottom of this entry and you may use the questions for reflection at the end as prompts.
Snapshots on a Day: 1
Elizabeth wakes up with a jump as the alarm blares. Hmgh, she rolls over giving into sleep that beckons. Oh, it's Monday- a Center day, Elizabeth perks up. She sits up in bed orienting herself in the room and enjoying the warmth under the blankets. She pauses as she is about to get out of bed, suddenly recalling the events of last night. No wonder she feels groggy this morning. Oh well, it can't be helped it just seems to happen.
She struggles to recall what happened, ah, yes, she woke up needing to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and her knee gave out as she was climbing out of bed leaving her stranded on the floor. She used her lifeline call button - instructing the voice in the box NOT to call her children, rather the caretaker across the street. Before too long, she heard sirens wailing and her little neighbor who has a spare set of keys to let the firemen in. Never could understand why it has to be such a fuss, but they never seem to call the right people. She thought to herself. The fireman insisted on checking her out and her little neighbor stayed until after the firemen had gone to help her finish on the toilet and get back to bed. This responding fire unit recognized her and seemed to know her little neighbor. Does this happen often, I seem to recall we've been here before. One of the firemen asked the neighbor. The 5th time in 2 months, her little neighbor responded in a matter of fact tone. Oh well, at my age who is counting anyway, Elizabeth thought to herself.
Elizabeth pushes herself up to get out of bed, pauses to catch her breath and steady herself once upright, and shuffles to the bathroom. As she brushes her teeth, the front door opens. Lucy? Is that you? Goot Marning Meessus Elitabet. Good morning Lucy. Before long, the scent of brewing coffee seeps into the bathroom, farr you Meessus Elitabet. Lucy can you please help me with my hair, just look at this mess! Lucy brushes the knots out of Elizabeth's brown hair and curles it to her shoulders. I'm lucky I still have my own, Lucy. Most of the women at the Center, well, my age period, they don't, you know, they have wigs. Lucy continued to brush Elizabeth's course hair until it was 'just so' and then went into the bedroom to pick out an outfit. Lucy, I'll wear my purple and green suit today. Lucy reappeared with the purple and green suit almost before Elizabeth remembered finishing the sentence. What a wonderful choice, Lucy, yes I think the purple and green suit will be perfect. Lucy assists Elizabeth in getting dressed. Then Elizabeth shuffles into the dining room where she sits down to breakfast at a table set with fresh flowers, the newspaper and a bowl of cereal and fresh berries. Lovely, Elizabeth says breathlessly upon reaching the table. Where's my coffee? Heer, Meessus Elitabet. Lucy places the mug on the table. I wonder what the program is at the Center today. Oh, it's Monday.... Elizabeth hesitates, Oh, never mind, we'll see when I get there.
Meessus Elizabet time to go. Oh! Engrossed in the newspaper after finishing her breakfast, Elizabeth lost track of time and took a last swig of now cold coffee. OK, let's go. As she stands up, she puts her hand on the table to steady herself. Damn knee, she thought. Then Elizabeth suddenly remembered last night. That nice little neighbor had come, always hears the fire engines she says. Maybe she'll come and visit me in the evening sometime, not just when the ambulance comes. Stepping out the front door, she feels the ocean breeze temper the warm LA air. I miss my friends back in Wisconsin, but Santa Monica sure beats the mid-west in winter! She thought to herself, though she knew she complained endlessly about being here - the weather was something worth celebrating. As she and Lucy stood waiting on the corner for the shuttle to pick her up, they saw the usual set of neighbors in and out on their various morning routines. Up the street, John was washing his car. Stan was walking his pug. Sarah popped out from her garden gate.
Hi Elizabeth, Hi Lucy. The little neighbor waved and approached them, and asked with a smile,How is everyone today? "Wonderful"
Goot marning Serrah, Lucy greets her with an ear to ear grin.
Great, I have to run to a meeting, so happy to see you looking well this morning.
Sarah, do come by and visit me some evening.
Of course, Elizabeth, I will soon.
As the car pulled away, Elizabeth suddenly remembered last night, Oh! I didn't even say thank you, she thought to herself.
Lucy, did you know I fell again last night. I tried to call you but your phone wasn't working.
Oh, deedant no you called.
Well, fortunately Sarah heard the sirens and let the firemen in, good thing she has a key or knows where the spare key is, does she have a key, well, then she helped me get back to bed. Funny, she never says anything, as if it didn't happen. Nice young woman.
Lucy nodded. Thinking to herself that she listened to the sirens with trepidation, but stopped responding to middle of the night calls 2 months ago. Lucy wasn't paid to come in the middle of the night and had grown impatient. Too many, too often, the girls needed to take responsibility for their mother and though Elizabeth said it was her knee, Lucy knew it was her drinking.
Snapshot 2
It happened again last night Jack. Mom fell out of bed. She is going to really hurt herself one of these days; this is getting ri-DICULOUS.
You know there is nothing we can do, by the time we drive over there, it's what 40 minutes later and she's left lying on the floor wondering what is taking so long. Remember last time, we just HAVE to let the fire department respond.
If WE still lived down the street, WE could be THERE for her and respond, not like, RRRR. I thought the whole reason for Shyla taking over our house was to be CLOSER to Mom, then why the heck isn't she ever THERE? And if she isn't going to ever be THERE, then why not get Mom into a nursing home? Why? Why NOT?! THIS is irresponsible, she's 88. This is CRAZY. My d--- sister doesn't give a crap about Mom.
Look getting angry and into the bad blood between you isn't going to help you or your mother.
Don't you start in on me now, aren't you on my side Jack?
Of course I am but if you want to help your mother.
IF? IF? OF COURSE, I WANT to HELP her. I CARE about her. Why doesn't Shyla do something for ONCE! I'm calling her.
Don't do that.
Don't tell ME what to DO, I hate you!
OK, hate me, but call your mother and see how she is before you rail on your sister, ok?
Shyla, it's Lydia.
Hi Lydia, how are you?
HOW am I? How the hell do you think I am?! I'm furious!
What's WRONG? Don't you KNOW!
Know?
Mom fell again last night.
Is she OK? Lydia interjected quickly with great concern.
Lydia sighed with relief feeling her whole body relax not having realized it had tensed but acutely aware of the avalanche of pelting that was underway but not hearing what was being said.
She's OK, the question is WHERE are YOU? And why don't YOU know about THIS? You are the first person on the Lifeline call list, you are the one who lives 2 doors away NOW, so where are you? And WHY don't you know about this?
Oh, I haven't check my voicemail yet tod-...
Well, LIFELINE called you, then ME, and I'm wondering WHERE the hell YOU are because the whole point of having Mom here and you buying our house is that you can look after Mom, right?
Well, yes, to be closer to Mom is part of it, Lydia. I'm in the country right now, we're just about to harvest, so is Mom OK?
Yes, she's OK.
Good. Sorry you had to be woken up and to drive across town.
We didn't drive across TOWN, we let the Fire department go since the last time we went, Mom got hysterical waiting for us to get there, we NOW live 45 minutes away, REMEMBER. And the last time, we went, Mom thought the lifeline had abandoned her - REMEMBER?
Oh, yes. Well, Lydia, this is why we have Lifeline because we can't always be there.
No but this is the 5th TIME in 2 months, don't YOU think we should see about MOM going into a nursing home or getting more extensive help? This is dangerous!
Lydia, Mom doesn't want to go into a nursing home; she's enrolled in a day health program and she's happy with that. This is an imperfect situation, she's getting older, it isn't always graceful, but at least she's happy with this arrangement, and she definitely does not want to be in a nursing home - you know that.
Well, maybe it's our responsibility as her CARING children to make SURE that she is SAFE! Oh, that's RIGHT, now you're the one who makes the decisions.
Lydia, Mom is doing very well at home, she has a thorough support system and she is happy to be at home. You moved her out here to be closer against her wishes and she has been miserable - all of her friends are back in Wisconsin, well, those who are left of them.... to further confine her and restrict her for our convenience and peace of mind simply doesn't seem fair.
SHYLA, this is NOT about MY convenience and comfort, nor is it about my peace of mind; you are going to see, mark my words... something tragic will happen to Mom. God knows why she made you the one to make her decisions. You DON'T CARE about her.
Lydia, of course, I CARE about Mom, I just have a different understanding of caring.
Hello, Mrs. Lyon, how are you today? Natalie, a case manager at the Adult Day program, observed Elizabeth's gate as wobbly, but unchanged as Elizabeth Lyon sat into the seat in front of her for their regular appointment.
Just fine dear.
How was the weekend?
I had my granddaughter visit, she's home from college. She's quite a charmer really. We had a fun time and went out for dinner.
That sounds like fun. And how are your girls?
Oh, well, you know, it breaks my heart that they are still quibbling, you know, they won't speak to each other. She sighed and looked despondent for a minute, then continued, But respectively they are fine.
I know that has been a source of distress for you. Are you managing around the house OK? Any changes?
No, everything's just fine. That dear Lucy comes to help me in the morning and afternoon, and everything else is OK.
Have you had any falls?
No ...
OK, well, things seem pretty much the same. I'll check in with Shyla as I do routinely, and oh, I see here that Lydia left a message.
Did you have a fall over the weekend? There was a long pause.
Elizabeth searched her memory. No, not that I can ... Oh, yes, just last night, I almost forgot. Don't tell the girls, you know they'll just worry or fuss, you know, but I guess I did. I got up to go to the bathroom and the knee gave out - it's the darndest thing... Natalie listened as Elizabeth went through the story about the firemen and the neighbor... but don't tell the girls, I don't want them to know.
Natalie began gently, I know that you want to protect the girls and I want to make sure that you understand that the Lifeline Button calls both your girls homes before they call the fire department, only if neither child can assist you, then the fire department will come.
What? The lifeline buttons tells the children, well, what a silly service. I don't want that, the whole point is so that they won't be bothered. I don't want the kids to know. What am I paying for this for then?
Natalie continued, so the girls already know and from my records, it looks like this is the 3rd time this has happened in the last 2 months. Elizabeth looked at Natalie blankly, and realizing that Elizabeth was overwhelmed, Natalie stopped, I guess you might be tired today?
A little bit, I don't know why, just a little fuzzy, maybe I didn't get enough rest last night.
OK, well, I'll check in with the girls and I'll check in with you again later in the week.
Interested Parties presented here:
Lucy, the part time caretaker
Sarah, neighbor
Lydia, daughter #1
Jack, Lydia's husband
Shyla, daughter #2
Natalie, Case Manager at the Adult Day Center
There are so many factors in this case-so many different people and perspectives involved.
One of the first things that I noticed about the case are the amount of assumptions (or ways that we think about a situation based on our perspective, often in a subconcious manner) made by each individual. These assumptions color the way in which they interact with one another and how they view the possibilities for responding to the situation. For instance, Elizabeth makes the assumption that because of her age, it is normal to fall a number of times. One of the assumptions of the first daughter is that caring for her mother involves making sure she is safe. As we attempt to come to an ethical plan of care we must remember that each individual will come to the conversation with assumptions. I feel like this point is a common starting point for ethical learning and yet the conversations I have encountered regarding care planning are often void of this realization.
Another element of the case is reflected by Elizabeth's inablity to remember. This information made me think about the process by which we decide when someone is incapable of making decisions for their own care. Often, memory loss occurs gradually-we have all experienced this in patient care. However, it seems that our decision to allow a patient to make the decisions about their care does not always reflect the same rate of loss of ability. In what ways can we improve the system to determine one's capability in relation to the gradual or quick change in mental capacity? Can we become more senstivie to the ways in which a participant/patient can still communicate about their care while still being responsible about keeping them safe?
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Thank you for your insightful comments.
Indeed, we often develop a perspective based upon partial information. When we don't realize our views are based upon assumptions, we may miss opportunities for seeing options and we may get 'stuck' in our limited view of the situation. A critical first step in developing a plan of care is to make sure that everyone has the same information and a shared understanding of the current situation and future trajectory.
Here, as you point out, there is a divergence in the understanding of what "caring about Mom" means. For Lydia, caring means to make sure that Mom is safe and protected, so that Mom will not experience a preventable injury. Lydia fears that if her Mom remains at home alone, her Mom will suffer a fall or incident that would leave her severely debilitated or even dead. Lydia recognizes that her Mom may not want a more restricted environment, but Lydia believes that it is in her Mom's best interests to have a more restricted environment in the short term in order to have the likelihood of living longer. Lydia seems concerned about being a responsible child and protecting her mother from physical harm.
One might say that she holds the view that her Mom's best interest is her safety and being protected from harm that could arise from being in an unmonitored environment. As you have noted, one might want to explore this understanding of "caring," whether she understands that even in a more restricted environment her Mom might experience a physical injury or death, whether her Mom's desire for independence has been a consistent theme expressed and to what extent honoring those wishes at this juncture may be important, whether there are other steps that Lydia might take to feel more comfortable with her Mom's safety that would not lead to moving her Mom to a more restrictive environment (having the house reviewed by an occupational therapy consultant, seeing about a home health aide in the evenings, etc).
For Shyla, caring appears to mean allowing her Mom the maximum amount of independence and keeping her Mom happy - letting her Mom make decisions and to live as she wants. Shyla recognizes that her Mom may have a fall or some other incident that might leave her debilitated; it appears that Shyla is willing to accept this short term risk because Shyla feels that a more restrictive environment at this time, when her Mom doesn't want it, would leave her Mom more depressed. Shyla wants her Mom to be as happy as possible at this juncture and feels regret about her Mom's sadness that resulted from leaving her friends in Wisconsin so the girls didn't have to worry about Mom so far away.
One might say that she believes that it is in her Mom's best interests to respect her Mom's decisions about her living environment and to honor her Mom's ability to accept the risks that the environment presents. One might want to explore with Shyla what in her mind might signal 'ready' for a more restricted environment and how she might approach a time when what her Mom wants is in conflict with what her Mom's actual needs are. Also, one might want to discuss with Shyla whether there might be a time when her Mom's decision making capacity might be impaired such that to honor her Mom's decisions would run the risk of 'abandoning' her Mom.
There remains an open question about whose responsibility it is to fill the "gaps" in care, such as the falls at night. Whether there is a self interest in not having to "worry" about Mom that justifies or prohibits placing Mom in a more restrictive environment. Also, who is the appropriate party to be responding to these falls - the daughters, the Fire Department (public resources), or someone else?
As you have recognized there is an indication of early memory loss that may, now or at some juncture, call into question whether Elizabeth has the capacity to make some decisions. At what point does a gradual loss of memory lead to a loss of decision making capacity is an issue frequently encountered in elder ethics and elder care. As you note, it is important to assess and reassess capacity as it may decline gradually, suddenly or fluctuate. An ethical priority is to honor a person with decision making capacity's right to make decisions about his/her well-being and care to the fullest extent possible. To honor the decision of a person who has decision making capacity is to respect a person's autonomy, but to honor the decision of a person who lacks decision making capacity is to abandon the person.
As a person's capacity begins to diminish, we approach decision making capacity with the question of whether a person has the capacity to make a specific decision. Decisions of greater consequence require greater decision making capacity. At home, in adult day health centers and in clinical environments, people recognize that elders are often more alert in the morning, and care givers often seek to address questions at these times when elders are most likely to have the highest capacity for decision making. Also, an additional approach to empower elders in determining their care is to assess whether there may be consistency over time even in the face of memory loss. As you have noted, improving systems to assess capacity in the changing state (gradual, in flux, sudden) and increasing sensitivity to maximize the opportunities to honor decisions when people begin to have diminishing capacity are important.
I look forward to hearing others' thoughts the issues you identified, these comments which reflect one of many approaches to considering these issues, as well as comments on other issues that remain in this case.
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In May of 2008, I joined the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village Sangha for a retreat on 21st Century Engaged Buddhism and a UNESCO summit on Buddhism's Contributions to Social Justice. We were inspired to be in Vietnam, where engaged Buddhism was born in the midst of the American-Vietnam war.
At the time, a young monk, Thich Nhat Hanh began to work with a young lay university student who was passionate to tend to the social issues- poverty, health care, education- in the midst of war. A group of 6 young adults also concerned by these social issues received lay ordination with 14 mindfulness trainings to guide themselves in this work- in order to engage in their social work from a place of peace within themselves and with the aspiration to stop cycles of violence. Learn more from the riveting memoir of Sister Chan Khong, the young woman who later became a nun: Learning True Love.
In a retreat of 400, we were more than 40 young adults under 35. We were deeply inspired and motivated to be the next generation, the digital, web 2.0 version of SYSS. With a squarespace site and some basic resource sharing, we launched a digital refuge and resource for our global young adult community in June 2008, under the name: MOXY2BE (Mindfully Organizing gen X and Y to BE).
Our aim was to create a globally accessible web 2.0 capacity building resource and school that embodied what Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh and Sister Chan Khong started with the School for Youth Social Services more than 40 years before in the midst of war. We were passionate to support ourselves and each other to approach our work for social change, social justice, social transformation, social work with peace at the base. The capacity building and sustainable leadership resources that were identified at that time are included on this blog under capacity building 101.
By late summer of 2008, Thay gave the group of young adults gathered a calligraphy and the "Wake Up" movement began as a magnet for young adult changemakers. Within a short time, the monastics developed a more sustainable, internally hosted site for our young adult community to be connected. With that, the Wake Up movement was born and now flourishes all around the world, learn more here.
There is nothing as exciting as seeing an idea whose time has come- be fully embraced with a flourishing community!
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7. Mind the Gaps: Applied to Institutional/Systems Issue
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Washington Post: Huntsman and Romney share Mormonism
byWashington Post | Mar. 04, 2011
What They're Saying About "Us"
Jon Huntsman Jr. and Mitt Romney go way back.
In the Huntsman Corp. headquarters below Red Butte Canyon, Peter Huntsman, the younger brother of Jon Huntsman Jr., President Obama's outgoing ambassador to China and the 2012 presidential field's prospective incoming candidate, pointed at family pictures and explained the link between the potential GOP rivals.
"My grandfather, David Haight, my mother's father, he was an apostle and he grew up in Oakley, Idaho. And, if I have this right, his best friend growing up was George Romney," said Peter, the 47-year-old chief executive of his family's multibillion-dollar chemical company. "So that's where the Romney-Huntsman line started."
It is likely to end on much less friendly terms.
A showdown between Huntsman, 50, and Romney, 63, would likely be the most bitter of the coming election. The respective former governors of Utah and Massachusetts have vast fortunes, silver tongues and great hair. They are also distant cousins, descended from a Mormon apostle who played a key role in the faith's founding. The two men enjoyed the early support of powerful and devout fathers and performed the church's missionary work - Romney in France during the Vietnam War and Huntsman in Taiwan. For years, the clans remained close, until the two scions sought to lead the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, a coveted post that promised to boost political prospects. The Games went to Romney, and the family bonds froze over when Huntsman endorsed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) over Romney in the 2008 presidential contest.
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Working to End Childhood Obesity One Step at a Time
NEWS // June 10, 2018
Author: Stephanie Ferro, Graduate Student Worker, County of San Diego, Health & Human Services Agency
How do you get two kindergarteners to run over 100 miles before the school year ends? Well, Move Your Feet Before You Eat Foundation has the answer! The Foundation, an official Live Well San Diego Recognized Partner since April 5, 2017, empowers children to have an active and healthy lifestyle by incorporating physical fitness activities into their daily lives.
The Foundation currently partners with five schools in the Oceanside Unified School District and Temple Heights Elementary, which is in the Vista Unified School District. Both school districts have implemented new physical activity programs including Fitness Field Days and Running Programs. The Running Programs uses the Student Lap Tracker System, which keeps track of the laps that each student runs. After every lap, students scan their running card through a hand-held data collection device. All the data is then uploaded into a computer to generate student reports by age, gender, grade or student.
“We set a goal this year to reach 14,000 miles,” shared Robert Cross, a teacher at Temple Heights Elementary and the Running Program’s lead. “All the kids had to make their own goal on how they would do that and we are now at over 19,000 miles!”
Several students at the school have already run over 100 miles this school year, including two kindergarteners.
“The kids would ask, ‘Where’s the Running Club?’ because they would expect every morning to run their little hearts out,” said Jerica Taumoepeau, a mom who aided with the implementation of the Running Program at Temple Heights. “It was part of their lifestyle, and that really was amazing.”
For more information about Move Your Feet’s running club program, please visit: https://moveyourfeetfoundation.org
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Brave Heart :Meet Great Scot Kevin McKidd
On a scorching afternoon in LA, I’m in a cinema in The Grove, the city’s swanky open-air shopping mall. I feel a bit strange. Not because I’m a solitary man at a showing of a kids’ cartoon, although that’s weird enough. (Weirder still: there are other unaccompanied blokes in the darkened theatre. What’s their excuse?) No, I’m welling up because Brave, the latest animation from Pixar, is giving me, a Scotsman, thousands of miles from heart and hearth, a severe dose of homesickness.
Brave is that kind of film: a love letter to a romanticised, Hollywood vision of Scotland, centred on the volatile relationship between a rebellious kid and her mother. Even if the kid is a flame-haired tomboy princess (voiced by Kelly Macdonald) in a mythical Caledonia of witches, sword-wielding clansmen and murderous bears, while the mum is a graceful queen (Emma Thompson) married to a one-legged warrior-king (Billy Connolly), I relate.
Kevin McKidd knows the feeling. So does his one-time Trainspotting co-star Ewan McGregor. In Brave, McKidd, born and raised in the Highlands, is the voice of clan chief Lord MacGuffin and his son Young MacGuffin. The latter is a suitor of heroine Princess Merida, brought to sparky life by Macdonald, another Trainspotting alumnus. McKidd gives both characters an accent close to his own, with an added topspin of ‘teuchter’ (the Scottish word for a yokel).
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University In Houston Testing Psilocybin For Treatment-Resistant Depression
by Caitlin Donohue
http://www.marijuanadrugfacts.com/marijuana-research/university-in-houston-testing-psilocybin-for-treatment-resistant-depression
On the heels of its decriminalization in a handful of US cities, psilocybin is being explored by the scientific establishment for evidence of therapeutic effectiveness. Researchers at the University of Texas Science Health Center in Houston (UTHealth) have announced that they are studying psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression.
The study is inspired by past scientific investigations that suggest that psilocybin works to create new mental circuitry. One 2012 study concluded that the substance can enable “a state of unconstrained cognition.” Another study conducted at Johns Hopkins University and published in 2016 found a link between psilocybin use and decreases in depression and anxiety.
“It is a medication that can change or alter perceptions, cognition, thinking, and how minds see the environment,” Sudhakar Selvaraj, MD, PhD, assistant professor at UTHealth, said in a statement. “This therapy, if it works, could help at least a portion of people get relief from their depression and get back to day-to-day life.”
The UTHealth study will rely on a double-blind method, meaning neither patients nor study physicians will know what dosage of psilocybin is taken by study participants. After ingesting 25, ten, or one milligrams of psilocybin, patients will hang out in a comfortable treatment room for eight hours, supervised by therapists.
Before and after they trip, participants will fill out questionnaires regarding their symptoms of depression. They’ll record their mental state again one, three, six, nine, and 12 weeks later.
Sound nice? If you’re between the ages of 18 and 55 and have treatment-resistant depression, you can still apply to be in the study.
Psilocybin and Mental Health
It is thought that psilocybin affects depression by the interaction between a chemical produced by the body upon its ingestion, called psilocin, and the body’s serotonin system.
In recent months, other breakthroughs have taken place in the realm of psilocybin. Last week, Miami University researchers announced that they have discovered a method of producing the compound that relies not on the cultivation of mushrooms, but via splicing their DNA into the E. coli bacteria.
Last year, a team at Johns Hopkins University concluded that mushrooms could actually aid people in quitting cigarettes. That educational institution, led by psychopharmacologist Roland R. Griffiths, has conducted psychedelics research since 2000 and was the first research group to be approved by the US federal government to conduct such tests. Griffith holds that psychedelics can accomplish mental shifts in one session that years of counseling and pharmaceuticals cannot achieve.
The school has since proven to be one of the leaders in the United States when it comes to its commitment to investigating the beneficial effects of hallucinogens. Last month, Johns Hopkins announced the formation of its Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, which will be headed up by Griffiths and which administrators say will prioritize research on how psilocybin affects our bodies and minds.
Happily, these findings are arriving around the same time as a nascent movement to widen access to consciousness-expanding substances. Oakland and Denver both decriminalized magic mushrooms earlier this year, though neither city has gone so far as to legalize their sale.
The post University In Houston Testing Psilocybin For Treatment-Resistant Depression appeared first on High Times.
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#AgencyLeaders2015: Most digitally integrated ad agency in CT
by Herman Manson (@marklives) Today, we reveal which agency Cape Town’s ad execs consider the most digitally integrated in the city!
Every year since 2012, MarkLives has been polling South Africa’s top agency leaders to find out what they think of their competitors, whom they see as effective managers and great creatives, and where they believe their future competition is likely to come from.
Next week, we announce the 2015 results from Johannesburg. National results will be announced in two weeks’ time.
Monday: Most-admired agency bosses in Cape Town
Tuesday: Most-admired creatives in Cape Town
Wednesday: Most-admired agency in Cape Town
Thursday: One to watch in Cape Town
Today: Most digitally-integrated in Cape Town
The most digitally integrated ad agency in Cape Town
Ogilvy & Mather Cape Town
Executives once again voted Ogilvy & Mather Cape Town the most digitally integrated agency in the city. The agency has achieved this accolade in all three previous polls (2014, 2013 and 2012), taking 91% of the vote in 2013. This time around, the percentage was smaller but the agency still stood out well beyond rivals (which is why no agency has been awarded as runner-up).
According to Ogilvy Cape Town MD, Luca Gallarelli, “our specialisations are developing incredibly well with capabilities that I believe are setting the benchmark in the industry. The specialists are winning on independent business and integrating well on shared business. We’re not resting, though, and continuing to evolve some processes to continue to fine-tune our approach. It’s a never-ending endeavour and one we’re committed to continuing to get better at.”
It’s been Ogilvy & Mather Cape Town every year since our inaugural poll in 2012.
The runner-up
There was no runner-up for 2015.
Publicis Machine & King James Group
How the poll works
Towards the end of 2015, Cape Town’s agency leaders were invited to nominate their most-admired ad agency, the most-admired creative director and the most-admired ad agency boss — all in Cape Town. We also asked them which agency did the best at digital integration and which agency they saw as the one to watch in the future. Nobody could nominate his or her own agency or staff members, and agencies or execs who work out of the Mother City could be voted for. All the nominations were then tallied up for the final result.
Note: Runner-up(s) will only be named if they achieved a good nomination tally relative to the winner’s position. Contenders are named if they stood out significantly above other nominees, but weren’t able to close in on the winner’s tally.
See previous poll results for Cape Town:
Agency Leaders 2012
Herman Manson (@marklives) is the founder and editor of MarkLives.com. He was the inaugural Vodacom Social Media Journalist of the Year in 2011 and has, over his 20-year-plus career, contributed to numerous journals and websites in South Africa and abroad, including AdVantage magazine, Men’s Health, Computer World and African Communications.
— MarkLives’ round-up of top ad and media industry news and opinion in your mailbox every Monday and Thursday days. Sign up here!
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CHOCOLATE CHALLENGE WEEK 2 - MILK CHOCOLATE
THE CHOCOLATE CHALLENGE PART 2
THREE TYPES OF CHOCOLATE, THREE RECIPES,
THREE DELICIOUS BOOKS
Milk chocolate is not generally believed to have been invented until the nineteenth century, by clever Swiss chocalatier M Daniel Peter. He combined a form of Nestle condensed milk with chocolate to produce the first stable (and deeply addictive) chocolate bar. But in 1689, Sir Hans Sloane, Irish physician, botanist and founder of the British Museum, visited Jamaica where he observed the locals drinking Spanish chocolate mixed with spices and water. Finding this ‘nauseous’, he developed a popular recipe for ‘drinking chocolate’ by adding milk. It was at first manufactured and sold by apothecaries as a medicine but, by the nineteenth century, Cadbury’s Brothers themselves sold tins of Sloane’s Drinking Chocolate.
Eighteenth century chocolate pot with wooden mill to mix the chocolate and water
MILK CHOCOLATE RECIPE
~ Mars Bar Sauce ~
(I understand a Mars Bar is called a Milky Way in the United States)
This very easy sauce is perfect for hot weather, as a topping for either ice cream or as a dip for fresh fruit. Take one chopped Mars Bar and about 35ml of cream per adult. Place in a pan over a very low heat until the Mars Bars melt. Continue to heat until it turns shiny. Serve over ice cream, cake or fruit. The same method also makes a thinner but healthier sauce using milk.
BOOK REVIEW - Milk Chocolate
A Fatal Inversion by Barbara Vine
My choice for a Milk Chocolate read is a wonderfully enjoyable summer book, Ruth Rendell writing as Barbara Vine’s A Fatal Inversion. Set in the idyllic hot summer of 1976, a summer I remember vividly, it is about a group of young people who experiment with freedom and moral boundaries in a manor house deep in the English countryside. When nineteen year old Adam inherits isolated Wyvis Hall he invites a motley group of drifters to share his inheritance with chilling consequences. We meet Adam, Rufus, Shiva, Vivien and Zosie as carefree naïve teenagers, and twelve years later, those who survive have become careworn, guilt-ridden adults.
Vine’s plotting is masterly, psychologically astute and utterly surprising to the very last page. With echoes of Milton’s Paradise Lost and More’s Utopia (the Hall is nicknamed ‘Ecalpemos’, an anagram of ‘Someplace’) the dénouement is a beautiful series of twists that comment slyly on justice and fate. As for the food, the era is perfectly rendered by bottles of cheap Bulgarian wine, hash cakes and ‘the 1976 version of a takeaway, a couple of meat pies, apples, Coke’. A shocking murder takes place, but I believe the greatest fictional pleasures are amplified by a frisson of fear…
PART 3 – WHITE CHOCOLATE – NEXT WEEK….
A huge thank you to Rebecca Mascull for inviting me to take part in the The Chocolate Challenge.
Take a look at Rebecca’s Chocolate blog post at:
http://rebeccamascull.tumblr.com/post/86149066018/chocolate-book-challenge
http://rebeccamascull.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/rebeccamascull
https://www.facebook.com/RebeccaMascull
THE CHOCOLATE CHALLENGE MOVES ON…
I have tagged two new writers to take on the Chocolate Challenge, and will tweet and post their links when they are ready. They are:
LOUISA TREGER, author of THE LODGER, The first biographical novel about Dorothy Richardson, peer of Virginia Woolf, lover of H.G. Wells, and central figure in the emergence of modernist fiction. The Lodger is a beautifully intimate novel that is at once an introduction to one of the most important writers of the 20th century and a compelling story of one woman tormented by unconventional desires.
http://louisatreger.com
https://www.facebook.com/louisatregerwriter
https://twitter.com/louisatreger
TESSA ARLEN, is author of a mystery series set in Britain before the Great War. The first in the series, DEATH OF A DISHONOURABLE GENTLEMAN, is a story of revenge, blackmail and betrayal. In this enchanting debut sure to appeal to fans of Downton Abbey, Tessa Arlen draws readers into a world exclusively enjoyed by the rich, privileged classes and suffered by the men and women who serve them.
http://tessaarlen.com/
https://www.facebook.com/TessaArlen
https://twitter.com/TessaArlen
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All A Soul Cake For Halloween #mywritingprocess The Chocolate Challenge Part 1 The Chocolate Challenge Part 2 The Chocolate Challenge Part 3
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Ciara Posts Acoustic “I Bet” Snippets via Instagram
January 28th, 2015 by K104
Image Courtesy Epic RecordsCiara is offering fans a taste of an acoustic version of her latest single, “I Bet.”
The singer posted two black-and-white clips to Instagram showing herself performing the tune accompanied by just an acoustic guitar and three background singers.
“I cannot understand it, I cannot understand it, I cannot understand it/ I thought you’d always be there for me, yeah, yeah/ But if you ask me if I knew betta now, hell yeah,” she sings with eyes closed in the video.
“I Bet,” which spotlights Ci Ci’s painful past with ex-fiancé Future, was released earlier this month in a fully arranged version produced by Harmony Samuels. It’s the first single from Ciara’s upcoming, sixth album, Jackie. The song was co-written by Rock City and is now available on digital retailers.
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Staff Senate Bylaws
of Montana State University
The name of this organization shall be Montana State University Staff Senate, hereinafter referred to as Staff Senate.
ARTICLE II. PURPOSE
The purpose of Staff Senate is to promote and provide for improved working conditions and the professional welfare of the classified employees of Montana State University (MSU) by: facilitating communication and cooperation between the classified staff of MSU Bozeman and Associated Students of MSU (ASMSU), MSU administration, Faculty Senate, Professional Council, all appropriate Montana University System (MUS) organizations, including Montana University System Staff Association (MUSSA), and the Board of Regents (BoR); representing the classified employees of Montana State University (MSU) on university committees and other appropriate MSU organizations; promoting the improvement of higher education in the State of Montana; assisting in the development of staff training programs and policies; and carrying out such other goals and activities as the Staff Senate determines to be consistent with the purpose of the Staff Senate, the administration of MSU Bozeman, and the promotion and practice of shared governance.
ARTICLE III. Membership
3.1 Members.
Membership shall comprise elected and appointed representatives who meet the following eligibility requirements: classified staff members, union or union-exempt, of .5 FTE or greater who have completed their probationary period by the commencement of the Procedure for the Election of Staff Senate members. Direct employees of Staff Senate (i.e. the Program Coordinator) are not eligible for membership, but may serve on university committees.
3.2 Elected Members.
A minimum of two representatives shall be elected from each Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) category: Secretarial/Clerical, Technical/Paraprofessional, Skilled Crafts, Service/Maintenance, and Classified Professional; and one representative shall be elected at large to represent off-campus classified employees, regardless of EEO category. A category having greater than 200 employees may elect one additional representative for each additional 100 employees within the category.
a. Elections. Elections will be held in May of each year.
b. Term of Office. The term will be three years, beginning in August of the year elected. New members may attend Staff Senate meetings following
their election, but will not become voting members until the August meeting.
c. Term Limits. Elected members may serve a maximum of two consecutive terms, unless no other candidates within the EEO category will accept a
nomination and the incumbent is willing to serve.
3.3 Appointed Members.
Appointed members shall represent the Staff Senate on university committees and will be appointed according to each committee’s bylaws. Selection of committee representatives is performed according to the Procedure for Selection of Staff Senate Committee Representatives. Appointed members have full voting rights.
3.4 Program Coordinator.
The Program Coordinator is a paid position, appointed via the usual classified recruitment processes, who operates under the direction of the Chair to provide administrative assistance. The Program Coordinator is not a voting member of the Staff Senate, but may serve on committees.
3.5 Vacancies.
a. Declared Vacancy. The Chair may declare an elected member's seat vacant following three consecutive unexcused absences at monthly Staff Senate
meetings. A member whose seat has been declared vacant may petition for reinstatement. Requests for reinstatement will be considered during the
next Staff Senate meeting; a member may be reinstated by a majority vote. If the member is not reinstated, the vacancy may be filled by the person
who received the next highest number of votes during the election in which the incumbent was elected. Should a replacement not be found, the
position shall remain vacant until the next election cycle.
b. Resignation. If a member wishes to withdraw from the Staff Senate, he or she must submit a letter to the Chair stating the effective date of the
resignation. A vacancy caused by an elected member’s resignation may be filled by the person who received the next highest number of votes during
the election in which the incumbent was elected. Should a replacement not be found, the position shall remain vacant until the next election cycle.
c. Appointed Member Vacancy. A vacancy of an appointed committee representative shall be advertised and filled as needed.
ARTICLE IV. Officers
4.1 Officers.
The officers shall be a Chair and a Vice Chair.
4.2 Nominations and Elections.
At the March meeting, members will elect a nominating committee of three to recommend candidate(s) for each office and report at the April meeting. Nominations from the floor will be allowed at the April meeting. Both elected and appointed members may serve on the nominating committee. Both elected and appointed members are eligible for nomination.
4.3 Ballot Election and Term of Office.
Officers will be elected at the May meeting of Staff Senate by majority vote by ballot, proxy, or other means for a term of one year or until their successors are elected. The term of office begins on August 1 of each year.
4.4 Limitations.
Each person elected shall hold only one office at a time. Each person may serve no more than two consecutive terms in the same office, but may serve again after a minimum break of one year.
If there is a vacancy in the office of Chair, the Vice Chair will become the interim Chair. At the next regularly scheduled meeting, the Vice Chair may be elected to the position of Chair by acclamation, and there will be an election to fill the vacancy of Vice Chair. If the Vice Chair declines the position of Chair, Staff Senate members may elect a Chair from within their number. In the event both officers resign or are otherwise unable to serve, Staff Senate members shall elect replacements during a regularly scheduled meeting facilitated by the Program Coordinator.
4.6 Removal from Office.
Officers can be removed from office with or without cause by a “positive vote of no confidence” duly processed as an agenda item at a regular meeting with a majority vote.
ARTICLE V. Duties of Officers
5.1 Chair.
The Chair shall be the presiding officer of the Staff Senate. The duties of the Chair shall be to preside over all meetings of the Staff Senate; to respond to and initiate communications with the Office of the President; to oversee and monitor the Staff Senate development activities; and to perform all functions usually associated with the office of Chair.
5.2 Vice Chair.
The Vice Chair shall assume the duties of Chair when that officer is absent and shall perform the duties appropriate to that office.
5.3 Other Duties.
These officers shall perform the duties assigned to them in the bylaws or other acts of the Staff Senate, and other such duties applicable to the office as prescribed by the parliamentary authority adopted by the Staff Senate.
ARTICLE VI. Meetings
6.1 Scheduled Meetings.
Regular meetings of the Staff Senate shall be held monthly on the third Wednesday from 9-11 a.m. Standing and Ad-Hoc Committees shall meet as needed.
6.2 Special Meetings.
Special meetings may be convened by the Chair or by the request of at least three members. Notice of the meeting shall be sent to the members at least three days prior to the meeting. The notice can be by e-mail, postal mail, telephone, or fax.
6.3 Quorum and Majority Vote.
The quorum shall be 50% of the elected and duly appointed members. A majority vote shall be a majority of all members present at a meeting.
6.4 Non-Member Attendance.
Meetings of the Staff Senate are open unless matters of a confidential nature are being discussed. Non-members of the Staff Senate may request to speak on any item of business before the Staff Senate provided sufficient time is given to include the item in the agenda.
6.5 Minutes & Agendas.
The Staff Senate shall publish meeting agendas and minutes on the MSU Staff Senate webpage in a timely manner.
6.6 Decisions.
A majority votes settles an issue under consideration. Voting may take place electronically, by paper ballot, by voice vote or show of hands during scheduled meetings.
ARTICLE VII. Internal Committees
7.1 General.
The Staff Senate committees serve as advisory bodies to the Staff Senate. Committee Chairs are responsible for reporting the status of their committees’ programs and initiatives to the Staff Senate. They are not authorized to make decisions without Staff Senate approval unless they receive specific, issue-related authority from the Staff Senate. The Chair of each committee will schedule regular meetings of the committee, prepare meeting agendas, and take and distribute meeting minutes, as appropriate.
7.2 Standing Committees.
The Staff Senate internal governance includes Standing Committees.
7.3 Officer Nominating Committee.
The Chair shall appoint an Officer Nominating Committee consisting of at least three members at the March meeting to solicit nominations for officers and report to the April meeting.
7.4 Bylaws Review Committee.
Every even-year the Chair shall appoint a Bylaws Review Committee, consisting of at least two Staff Senate members, at a regularly scheduled meeting to review the bylaws and recommend changes or updates according to the guidelines in Article X. Revision and Amendment of Bylaws.
7.5 Staff Scholarship Review Committee.
The Chair shall appoint a Staff Scholarship Review Committee consisting of at least three classified members. And the Chair of Professional Council shall be invited to appoint at least three professional members to review scholarship applications. The review process includes reviewing and ranking applications submitted by staff members and their dependent relatives, awarding scholarship funds, submitting an application review sheet for each application and a Scholarship Authorization Form (SAF) with the award amounts listed to be forwarded to the Office of Financial Aid Services using the MSU Alumni Foundation submission date deadline.
7.6 Ad Hoc Committees.
Ad-Hoc Committees are appointed by the Staff Senate as needed. All policies and procedures that apply to standing committees also apply to ad hoc committees.
ARTICLE VIII. Parliamentary Authority
The rules contained in Robert's Rules of Order shall guide meetings where they are not in conflict with the bylaws, rules of order, or other rules of the Staff Senate.
ARTICLE IX. Dissolution
Previous notice and a two-thirds vote can dissolve Staff Senate for the purpose of reforming as a new representative body.
ARTICLE X. Revision and Amendment of Bylaws
10.1 Amendments.
Amendments to the bylaws may be adopted by two-thirds majority vote from the membership. Amendments must be presented at two full Staff Senate meetings before being voted on. Each proposed amendment to the Bylaws shall be voted on separately. If a proposed amendment fails to be adopted, it may not be brought before the Staff Senate again for a period of three months.
10.2 Revision.
A complete revision of the bylaws may be adopted by two-thirds majority vote from the membership. A proposed revision must be presented at two full Staff Senate meetings before being voted on. The revision shall be discussed article by article, modified as appropriate, and adopted as a whole.
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Expressive Artists Seeking songs for Film and Television Publisher seeking songs for film and television placement. All styles. No demos. No samples. Must control sync and master rights. Submit ONLY through Music Xray.
Country Radio Hits! Single song pub deal offered for the right songs!
Top 40 Country for Male artists
I want radio friendly songs for pitches to top country male artists. Nothing too traditional. Edgy arrangements with meaningful lyrics preferred. No trucks, bon fires out in the field, or beer please .... we've had our fill for the rest of the decade!
Roster Music seeks new instrumentals for artist Dasoul
Roster Music is seeking new instrumentals for Spanish artist Dasoul. Dasoul is a very well known urban artist in Spain. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
In 2012, he was signed up by Roster Music, and during this time he has developed his skills as a producer and a composer, but also as an artist. He has collaborated with Henry Mendez, Cristian Deluxe, Decai, Keymass & Bonche, among others. After releasing several singles, at the end of 2014, he launched 'Él No Te Da'. The track has become a success, remaining in the Top 10 for more than two months of the Spanish Official Singles Sales Chart. His influences include Michael Jackson, Don Omar, Daddy Yankee, David Guetta, Eminem, 50 Cent, and Dr. Dre.
Some example of his hits:
- Dasoul "Él No Te Da"
- Dasoul - Vuela Corazón
- Dasoul "Si Me Porto Mal"
- Dasoul "De Lao a Lao"
- Davide Vacchina / Roster Music
Looking for Singles for Epic Dance Label Release
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All Electronic Dance Music genres welcome. No advance, paid royalties based on sales/streaming revenue. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
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Compensation: Royalties / $500+
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Trap music needed for Sync TV/Commercials
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We look forward to hearing your submissions.
- I'm Not From London
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Music Supervision Firm Seeking Music For Upcoming Projects
Music Supervision Firm Seeking Music - Groove Dropbox
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Positive / Happy / Fun
Romantic / Reflective
We listen to every submission carefully, and appreciate your time and work. Please submit your best only.
EDM Producers/Top Liners for possible collaboration
I am looking for EDM Producers and Top Liners for a project I am working on.
About me. I have worked with many top dance/EDM producers including; Todd Terry, David Morales, Alan Fitzpatrick, Daniel Dubb, Virgin Magnetic Material, DJ Gomi, Tainted Souls After Dark, LoveRush UK, Tainted Souls and many more. I co-wrote Dirty Cash/Money Talks which was a multi-million selling single and one of the most remixed dance tracks of all time. I currently have several remixes on the Beatport Chart.
I have a 20 year old singer who is making her first foray into EDM. She is signed to a management/label deal in New York and her first single is due out in October 2014.
I have co written her second single and I'm looking for producers and top liners of EDM to collaborate with and possibly get some further cuts on her CD.
Please send only your best work. If you can't imagine it happening on the Beatport Chart, then please don't send it.
I'm in no hurry with this as we probably won't be going back into the studio until the end of October. I also have other singers I'm working with so if your work doesn't suit this project, I might consider it for other projects that I have down the line.
Seeking Hit Songs for Country Artists
SEND LYRIC WITH SUBMISSION! Original songs with singable lyric, interesting melodies, and great grooves. Topically authentic & emotionally relatable but NOTHING preachy. Mid & uptempo preferred. DEMO ~ Piano or guitar vocals are fine but we insist on a lyric with your submission. If we find something we love (and sign it), we'll cut a demo. Also open to artist driven material for film /TV pitches. We're in Nashville so our main clients are major country acts.
We are only interested in signing songs that are 100% available or songs that have never been previously released either via CD or digitally.
An accurate LYRIC MUST BE INCLUDED, PLEASE!
- Trio Productions, Inc / Songscape Music, LLC
Big Beats! Urban Solo project For very famous pop group
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I need beats. I'm working on urban project for solo project of very famous pop group Music on top is fine, but I am really looking for talented producers. I wanna hear your stuff and if its good i'd like to start from scratch. The project is type specific but very open to new sound.
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- Please make sure all tracks/files are labeled correctly.
- All vocal tracks must have instrumental track submitted as well.
- NO demos/samples/rough mixes etc., all submissions must be 100% licensable and be final mastered products. NO samples in songs.
- Include legal name, contact info, and name of PRO (Performing Rights Organization, if any).
- Atrium Music Group
Seeking Inspirational Songs for Distribution
We are currently seeking inspirational music. Including but not limited to contemporary christian music. If you have the talent submit today. If your record has what it takes we will get back to you and let you know if it's something we think we can work with.
We look forward to hearing your best work.
Please DO NOT contact the industry professional or anyone directly at the industry professional's company. Doing so will DISQUALIFY you from consideration.
*Special Note* You must own all rights to song(s) submitted to be considered for Major Distribution Deal.
- S. Thompson / Sosa Music Group
Deal Type: Distribution Deal
Similar Sounding Artists: Michael W. Smith, Toby Mac, Francesca Battistelli, Chris Tomlin, Amy Grant
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> Undergraduate major in Life Science and Technology
> Organic Chemistry II (alcohols and alkenes)
2019 Organic Chemistry II (alcohols and alkenes)
Yuasa Hideya Tsutsumi Hiroshi Nakamura Hiroyuki Mori Toshiaki Hata Takeshi Kinbara Kazushi
Tue3-4(H121) Fri3-4(H121)
LST.A207
The objects of bioscience and biotechnology are apparently organic compounds. Thus, this lecture systematically and comprehensively describes fundamental topics necessary for the use of or the research on organic compounds, including the knowledge and theory on their nomenclature, nature, analysis, reactions, synthesis, and utility. The contents consist of the IUPAC nomenclature, the electronic states and bonding of molecules, three-dimensional structures of molecules, the instrumental analysis of molecular structures (NMR, IR, Ms), reactions of each functional group, the carbon-carbon bond formation and organic synthesis, and utility of natural and artificial organic compounds, which will be lectured according to the textbook, with the theoretical background and relationship between the topics being mentioned.
At the outset, this course allows the student to firmly learn the general knowledge and theory common to individual topics, such as the nomenclature of compounds, electronic states and bonding of molecules and their nature and structures owing to the former, and the electronic theory of organic chemistry essential to the description of reaction mechanisms. At the next stage, the students will proceed to study reactions unique to each functional group and the instrumental analysis of molecular structures, which are not only memorized but also well interpreted by them on the basis of the above general notion. While reviewing the previous two steps, the students are requested to increase their ability to understand the application of the fundamental topics, for example, the synthesis of organic compounds and utility of natural and artificial compounds. As a whole, this lecture will provide students basic knowledge and theory of organic chemistry and, at the same time, its covering area of utility of organic compounds.
Organic Chemistry II (alcohols, alkenes) aims to guide students in the world of biomolecules by getting them to learn the synthetic methods, properties, and reaction mechanisms of alcohols and ethers, which contain C, H, and O atoms, three out of four essential atoms in proteins, nucleic acids, and oligosaccharides. The course will also cover alkenes, C=C, a ubiquitous functional group in biomolecules. Understanding of alkenes is significant, because they are exploited as intermediates to useful materials. Two important instrument-based measurements, nuclear magnetic resonance spectra (NMR) and infrared spectra (IR), are also covered.
1. Understand that the O-H bond of alcohols tends to dissociate into an O anion and proton.
2. Recognize that the oxidation of alcohols gives aldehydes.
3. Learn how alcohols are synthesizable by the addition reactions of organometallic reagents, such as Grignard reagents, with carbonyl compounds, and by the addition reactions with alkenes.
4. Learn how alcohols are derivatizable into haloalkanes, esters, and ethers.
5. Learn how alcohols, ethers, and carbonyl coupounds can be synthesized by the addition reactions with alkenes.
6. Learn how these synthetic compounds are identified by using NMR, IR, and mass spectra.
alcohol, ether, alkene, NMR, IR, mass spectra
The lecture is to be done in order according to the textbook. (Thus, students are encouraged to familiarize the expected pages of the textbook in advance to the class and to review them after the class.) Students are given concise exercise problems for the last 10 minutes of each class, and their solutions and remarks will be explained at the beginning of the next class.
Class 1 Properties of alcohols Nomencrature, Structure and physical properties of alcohols
Class 2 Synthesis of alcohols Nucleophilic substitution reaction, Reduction of aldehyde
Class 3 Grignard reaction Organnometallics, Synthetic strategy
Class 4 Reaction of alcohols Reaction with acid and base, Rearrangement reaction, Esters, Haloalkanes
Class 5 Test for Understanding 1 Alcohols, Grignard reaction
Class 6 Synthesis of ethers Nomencrature, structure, and physical properties of ehters, Williamson ether synthesis
Class 7 Reaction of ethers Oxacyclopropane (epoxide)
Class 8 Proton NMR: Chemical shift and spin splitting Mechanisms of nuclear magnetic resonance, Analysis of molecular structure
Class 9 Carbon-13 NMR and its application Correlation spectroscopy
Class 10 Test for Understanding 2 Ethers, NMR
Class 11 Structure of alkenes Nomencrature, structure, and physical properties of alkenes
Class 12 IR and Mas spectroscopy Bond vibrations, Measurement of molecular weight, Fragmentation, Degree of unsaturation
Class 13 Reaction of alkenes 1 Pi bonds, Hydrogenation, Halogenation, Oxymercuration, Hydroboration
Class 14 Reaction of alkenes 2 Diazomentane, Carbenes, Epoxidation, Osmium tetroxide, Ozonolysis, Radical reactions
Class 15 Test for Understanding 3 Alkenes, IR and Mas spectroscopy
Organic Chemistry - Structure and Function, 6th ed., K. P. C. Vollhardt and N, E. Schore, W. H. Freeman and Co., New York, 2011; The Japanese translation, 6th ed., Kagakudojin, Kyoto, 2011. (Japanese)
Study Guide and Solutions - Manual for Organic Chemistry, 6th ed., N, E. Schore, W. H.
Students will be assessed on the concise exercise problems in each class (30%) and the three tests for understanding (70%).
LST.A202 ： Organic Chemistry I (alkanes and haloalkanes)
LST.A212 ： Organic Chemistry III (benzene and ketones)
LST.A217 ： Organic Chemistry IV (carbonyl compounds and amines)
LST.A333 ： Bioorganic Chemistry
LST.A343 ： Pharmaceutical Chemistry
As there is no duplication of the contents from Organic Chemistry I (alkanes and haloalkanes) to IV (carbonyl compounds and amines), the systematic study in this order will maximize its efficiency. Therefore, students are advised to enroll all of them in serial order. After completion of these courses, more advanced lectures, Bioorganic Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, are available. Thus, students can proceed to the higher level of organic chemistry by taking one or both of them, dependent on their interest.
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Ace Trainer
Location: credit goes to afonso for the avatar, and the "faceplant"
Re: Shadow of the Forefathers
the trainer with the cloyster suggested cracking the Steelix....Vance thought this theory rather silly since he's never seen a pokemon crack before....but he did like the concept. "hey" he shouted. "how about we attack it with a fire attack then an ice attack, that way we can petrify it and render it paralyzed". Vance didn't know why he was playing nice so much....I guess he felt more about Scarlette then he though. "flygon, Astor, get ready!" he ordered.
shinashu taji
Location: William McKinley High School. Lima, Ohio.
((I misread that Mektar, I corrected it.))
At least someone here is competent enough to get where I was going. "Well then Vance, you or someone else is going to have to provide the fire, as I don't have a fire attack." "Cloyster get ready, and this time put some power behind your Blizzard or else." Cloyster got ready to provide its Blizzard attack, but flinched because it knew what would happen if it didn't do as told.
I suck at WiFi battling.
Vance nodded. "ok Rocket, again, grab Astor and fly him up to the Steelix. Astor, try and hit as much of him as you can with your strongest flamethrower". the pokemon nodded. "no go!" ordered Vance. and Flygon took off with Astor in his grip. when he was high enough, Astor let out a continuous Plume of of fire while Flygon flew him around the Steelix to hit most of it as possible. "ok now!" yelled Vance to the other trainer.
"Crack it's body? Are you trying to kill this thing?" Lucius shouted at the other trainers, he noticed that with all the pummeling it was getting, the Steelix was about to go down, "I don't think that's necessary, another strong attack should do it." Cynder stepped up, "Go for it buddy." The Typhlosion nodded and let out an amped up Flamethrower from the bright sunlight, striking the Steelix with a white-hot stream of fire.
"Maybe I am trying to kill it. I have no use for it." I turned my attention to Cloyster "now then Blizzard." Cloyster let loose another Blizzard, however this one had a lot more of a punch to it. It hit the Steelix harder than it did before. As it was hitting it, the frozen chunks of ice, hail, sleet, and snow were cooling the body of the Steelix. I thought I heard and saw some cracks in it's body. I can't wait to hear its screams of pain.
Lucius was pissed, it was one thing to knock out or prevent a Pokemon from attacking, but it was another to kill it, "Cynder, hit that damned Cloyster with Solarbeam." Cynder looked at his trainer, and then the other trainer who seemed more than happy to watch something suffer and die. Cynder seemed a little angry at this and fired a powerful Solarbeam at the Cloyster.
Cloyster was smacked hard with a Solarbeam. Causing it to both to stop the Blizzard attack, and cause it to faint. "What the hell was that for?!" I asked furious. That prick how dare he, he will pay. It isn't like I was doing anything wrong, or maybe I was. Still whatever the case, I called Cloyster back into his Pokeball. Normally I would be angry at it for fainting, but this time it wasn't his fault. It was the other trainers. Perhaps, as well, my fault but only a little if that was the case.
"Maybe you don't get it," Lucius said, "but pointless killing only brings about more pointless killing. The world doesn't have to be that way." Cynder again stepped up and growled, "Cynder, it's fine. Let's get out of here." Lucius turned and began to walk away, Cynder growled one more time and turned to leave with his trainer.
Mektar
Art Commentator
Location: Tealand
~ I'm going to stick with the brownish haired guy. His views about Pokemon are much more to my tastes. Plus, he seems to be better at battleing. Well, I also want to get away from that messed up guy with Electabuzz and the hostage. Umm... I think that's the term for a person held captive. He could be a problem. I'll let the biker and the blueish haired guy deal with him. ~ Comet told Puff to land, and he did. Comet then returned him to his poke ball, and headed after the brownish haired guy.
These past years have been great, and this community was a great one. Key word being was. Since my birthday last year, the site hasn't updated at all, and people have been slowly trickling away from the forums over the weeks. I've had this site as my internet homepage for ages, and I anxiously awaited the resurgence that I hoped would come. But it never came. So, it is with a heavy heart that I announce my permanent leave of Psypoke. As a moderator, I wished only the best for everyone here, and worked to maintain a jolly environment where everyone could discuss cartoon monsters in peace. Now, I wish all those who happen to be reading this message good luck in whatever endeavors you have chosen to pursue, and that your futures be bright.
Mektar out.
trust them to start something without seeing it through thought Vance with a Sneer. no matter....no matter....they served their purpose he grinned. the Steelix was almost down and the Onix was still snapping out of confusion. "ok, flygon, drop Astor, fly to the steelix's left flank, and use Hyperbeam, aim for the head" he ordered. Flygon swooped down and dropped Astor, and quickly soared up to the Steelix's head and let fly a massive beam of energy which hit the massive beast right in the head, causing it to topple over and crash into the dazed Onic causing both of them to land in a mangled heap of rock and metal. the rocket looked scared and made a dash for it, but Shade was there to punch him in the face while Guille went after the Electabuzz, used guillotine to take it out, and carried Scarlette back to Vance.....Vance kissed her and told her to wait....then walked over to the rocket who was being held by Shade and kicked him in the face...."tell me everything" he whispered in a voice of pure rage.
(Mektar, I'm not sure if you got my character mixed up with shinashu taji's, but the 'blueish haired' guy is leaving and not dealing with no one. :p )
Lucius started heading back towards town when he heard the loud crash of the Steelix falling, the whole situation made him think of his family. One specific memory came to mind.
A small Nidoran (male) toppled over, burn marks covered portions of its body. "Why'd you stop attacking it?" the demanding voice of his father rang in his head, the older man crossed his arms and looked down at the younger Lucius, about twelve years old or so, "It's knocked out, why do I need to keep attacking it?" he asked. His father shook his head, "If you knock it out, it means that it can come too and bite you in the arse." Lucius glared at his father, "I'm not a murderer. I won't kill anything." The elderly man grunted, "You understand nothing, get out of my sight." "Fine, **** you too then." Lucius retorted, he looked down to the Cyndaquil at his side, "C'mon, Cynder. Let's get out of here." The little Cynder nodded and skipped along side Lucius as they left the large room, a few seconds after being in the hall way Lucius heard his father send out a Pokemon.
The familiar bark of a Houndoom, coupled with the command from his father, "Finish it." brought Lucius back to reality. He shuddered, and kept walking, Cynder noticed it and patted his trainer on the back, "Thanks buddy," Lucius said as he smiled, "I know I can always count on you."
(EDIT: To make the last part more clear.)
Last edited by Magus on Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.
(I don't mind godmodding....but Vance wouldn't tell his Pokemon to "finish" a defeated pokemon...pokemon are sacred...people on the other hand... )
Something about that trainer's words rang deep. "Senless killing only brings more. It doesn't have to be that way. It was a direct opposition of what I learned from father, something I completely didn't believe in. Still something about it hit a note in me. Still I shook it off. I yelled out to the trainer hoping that he could her me "well that still doesn't give you the right to hit my Pokemon you asshole!" The Steelix fell right as I said this, so I doubt he even heard me.
(Oops. Point is, I'm leaving with Lucius)
Zombie wrote:
(Actually, that was meant to be what his father said, it was just the end of the memory, not actually what was occurring at the time.)
(Oh, ok Magus, but at least I made it clear that the only godmodding I dislike is when people make my character do something that portrays them in the wrong way, I've had this problem before.)
the rocket blacked out from the first blow. heh...what a wimp sneered Vance, and reached into the rocket's jacket for his things, he recovered 5 pokeballs, 3 of them were empty....two of them looked funny, they were totally black with a golden button, the normal looking great ball must belong to the Electabuzz. he also recovered a gun with 5 shots, a walkie talky with an "R" on it, and a picture book full of pictures of Scarlette. "haha" chortled Vance. "Hey Scarlette, catch, this is for you" he laughed tossing her the book.
Vance stood up and serveyed the 3 fainted pokemon that took up so much of the feild they were in....Vance didn't know how to dispose of them, he didn't feel like putting them back into these dodgy looking pokeballs, and even if he did, was he really gonna walk around with two ginourmous pokemon which could pop out of their pokeballs at any second?...he needed help. so he called after the two trainers that were leaving "hey, hippie" he yelled. "if you don't want these pokemon dead than I suggest you come over here and help me deal with them." he said without waiting for a response and yelled to his pokemon "camp!" and they immediatrly got to work clearing the area, making a fire, tying up the rocket, and setting up dugouts for sleeping in.
(Not to cause issues, but I did say in the rules no guns, even if you don't plan on using it, just get rid of it)
Lucius heard the trainer call after him, but couldn't make out what he said based on the distance between them, so he decided for the usual response and flipped him off as he kept going forward. Cynder looked back at the trainer and shook his head, turning again to keep pace with his trainer. Looking up, Lucius could see the familiar dome roof of the Pokemon Center and started to pick up the pace towards it.
I wasn't quite sure what the other trainer responded to my call. Though I did have a hunch that he flipped me off. Typical asswipe. Not having a response so he just flips me off. What made me even more mad was that he walked away not finishing the job. I walked over to this Vance character, he was the one I hated the least. "Vance was it? Listen I don't know what you have planned for these guys. It would be better to just take care of them." I chuckled underneath my breath. "They are going to be in so much pain when they wake up, it would be better to just end it for them." Maybe I should take a different approach on this just to get on a little bit of better terms. I then noticed the weird Pokeballs. "Or we can just shove them in those, if that is where they came from, and drag them to the Pokemon Center. Let the weak take care of the weak."
Comet was still following the other trainer. For some reason, neither trainer acknowledged the presence of the other. Then, they came across a Pokemon Center. Knowing that his Pokemon were tired, he walked inside. He was immediately greeted by the nurse. "Hello and welcome to-" "Yeah, I know what this place is. Could you please heal my Pokemon now?" Comet handed the nurse his two Poke balls. She looked different than the nurses in Hoenn. "-Uh, sure. They should be fine in about an hour if they don't have any status conditions. Have a nice day!" Comet walked over to the waiting area. The other trainer was already there.
Lucius sat in the corner of the beat up Pokemon Center with Cynder. Cynder was watching the nurse intently as she approached him and tried to find his wounds, when she found none she asked why they came into the Center, Lucius sighed. "I already gave the other nurse my injured Aggron and Azumarill, and she said to wait while she was healing them." The nurse, for some off the wall reason, continued, "But your Typlosion looks like it had a long day, he could be hurt." Cynder got up and sat on the other side of Lucius, away from the nurse, he never liked doctors, as Lucius continued, "He's not hurt, just tired, like I am, we had a long day, so can you please just let us relax?" The nurse looked annoyed, "I'm just trying to do my job." Lucius retorted, "Right, so you should probably help my Pokemon that are injured, instead of pestering my already annoyed Typhlosion." The nurse stormed off, and Lucius turned to Cynder, "Aww, she's so cute when she's mad." Cynder snickered at this comment and nodded.
Sun Aug 29, 2010 11:09 am
Vance helped Scarlette into a dugout and lay with her to help her fall asleep. the trainer who had earlier called him a prick came up and suggested taking the Onix and Steelix to the pokemon center. Vance had thought of that, he thought of being sarcastic with the trainer, but he was too drained from the battle and the anxiety of almost losing Scarlette, he decided to give it a rest. "I was thinking of that" he said. "but dude, did you see the size of those pokemon? we can't just leave them at some poke center, they're waaay too valuable." he looked at the two black pokeballs in his hand. "I think we should keep the prick over there alive a little longer" he nodded at the tied up heap on the ground. "I want to know more about them.....you can stay here if you like, Astor's fire's gonna burn hot for a few days." and with that he put his arm around Scarlette and shut his eyes, secure that Astor was lying by the fire, and Guille was cross legged in front of his dugout to make sure him and Scarlette were safe.
"Well whatever we do, those giant pains in the ass have got to be dealt with." Vance was huddled with his Pokemon, a sentiment I never cared about or really wanted to understand. The words of my father, and the late Giovanni rang into my head. Pokemon are tools. They are to serve us, some trainers think that they are partners. This is an ugly sentiment. "I am going to stay here the ass who blasted Cloyster, I don't want to see him. Or else we might get into another battle, and he might not be so lucky." I chuckled a bit. I propped myself up near the fire. "I won't apologize for calling you prick, but I will take it back, the other trainer is a prick." In my haste I forgot to even introduce myself "by the way my name is Alexander Ferdinand, but you may simply call me Alec."
(I have a good idea for the villain who made the black Poke Balls. Can I write out some stuff about what he/she is doing?)
Comet sat down next to the other trainer. He looked annoyed after that little encounter with the nurse. "Great battling back there, you two. With all these weird people running around, guys like us should stick together. My name is Comet."
(lol, I'm not snuggling with a pokemon I'm snuggling with a human girl XD, and Mektar, please feel free)
Alec Ferdinand...that sounds made up though Vance with a chuckle. "names Kindle, Vance, these are my prized pokemon Astor and Guille, and this is my girlfriend Scarlette" he said as politely as he knew how. "you can crash here here" he said nodding towards a dugout which he made guille do again because it was uneven. "you can jump that trainer in the morning, while I score a ride.....need some some sort of transport now that it's not just me" he said stroking Scarlette's hair. "oh and alec" he said. "don't try anything" and guille snapped his pincer menacingly.
Lucius blinked as the other trainer introduced himself, he looked about Lucius's age, but somehow he seemed, different. He said great battling and such, but Lucius didn't recall any of that happening, just a whole lot of frustration. Unsure on how to proceed, he just nodded and said, "Hey." Cynder looked at the trainer oddly as well, he didn't know what to do about the whole situation so he just grunted and waved.
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A contact management solution for both council employees and citizens, CCP is designed to provide a simple and efficient workflow across all contact channels. Patsy Mellor, assistant director of public access at Milton Keynes Council, told PSE that when the council’s cabinet adopted the Public Access Transformation strategy a tender process followed with Asidua, a Microsoft Gold Partner, winning the contract.
“The Public Access Transformation strategy was about improving customer satisfaction, using technology to improve customer interactions. In addition, we had customer insight that was telling us 60% of our customers wanted to access our services online,” she said.
In the two years since, the unitary authority and Asidua have worked closely on integrating the CCP, which has enabled deep, two-way integration with multiple back office systems as well as supporting the current IT system. However, it is a process that has taken time to develop.
For example, the project has involved a re-design phase, which focused on the individual needs of each service area. This has also run alongside a slightly longer implementation phase – which is split into several sub-phases.
Not a one-size-fits-all approach
“Re-design came to an end in April 2014, when it was due to end, but the implementation phase, obviously, is slower as we’ve got to implement the technology behind the recommendations from each of the service business cases,” said Mellor. “It is not a one-size-fits-all approach, we work with each individual service to design their approach using Asidua.”
The implementation phase is broken down into four sub-phases, the first of which has been implemented: Phase one Environmental, neighbourhood services, regulatory unit, highways and parking; Phase two – Housing management services, school transport; Phase three – Housing benefits and council tax; and Phase four – Social care, libraries and parking revisited.
Mellor said: “In Phase one we used the existing call centre for environmental calls and implemented the Asidua CCP into the system. We tested this on the employee side first to make sure we had it working smoothly before launching it out to the customers.
“The reason we chose environmental as phase one was that it was one of our more transactional services as it covers waste, bins, potholes and landscaping, all of which are live and online.
“So far the response has been fantastic, even though we have only just started the campaign – we have already achieved a 20% channel shift. This is just customers finding the service without our help. However, what we have to bear in mind is that the environment contact centre is very transactional; it’s not like your hearts and minds services.”
But the local authority, which is responsible for more than 230,000 residents, told PSE it is not aiming to move people who have “in-depth emotional enquiries to go online”. It stated that there are still services where face-to-face interaction is required.
And, now, following the re-design work, Milton Keynes Council says it is delivering savings and improved customer service through a direct reduction in manual handling of requests by council staff and improvements in its internal processes through the CCP.
During the CCP implementation programme, which is expected to last another 18 months, the council will look at whether it is achieving the channel shift it expected when each service goes live.
It has been forecast that through CCP adoption, the performance across the authority’s contact service centres is expected improve with a 50% reduction in e-mails and a 30% reduction in calls.
Call answering times have already been reduced significantly and its contact centres now have less than 5% abandoned calls.
Mellor said: “We have invested £1.9m in the technology with the initial aim of achieving £3.7m in savings, but now we have completed the re-design – and once all the phases have been implemented – the savings have been re-calculated and we expect to save £4.2m.
“However, it is important to remember that the main focus area of our CCP adoption has been to support resident access to services online, while making technical improvements, so that we improve overall customer service and satisfaction.”
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Meeting with State Secretary Gulshara Abdykalikova
Meeting with Nurlan Yermekbayev, Kazakhstan’s Defence Minister
Meeting with the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross
Meeting with the Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin and the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Meeting with the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker
Participation in the 12th Summit of Asia-Europe Meeting
Meetings on the sidelines of 12th Summit, Asia-Europe Meeting
Meeting with President of France Emmanuel Macron
Meeting with representatives of European business
Meeting with King Philippe of Belgium
Visit to the Kingdom of Belgium
Meeting with Sauli Niinistö, President of Finland
Meeting with business representatives of Finland
Meeting with Risto Siilasmaa, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nokia Corporation
Visiting Aktobe industrial zone
Visit to ACE Tennis Center
Visiting the Ice Palace
Visit to Ayala children's rehabilitation centre
Visit to DaruZharygy ophthalmological centre
Meeting with Arystanbek Mukhamediuly, Culture and Sports Minister
Meeting with Shigeo Katsu, President of Nazarbayev University AEO
Meeting with Kairat Kelimbetov, Governor of Astana International Financial Centre
Meeting with Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser , High Representative of the UN Alliance of Civilizations
Participation in the plenary session of the VI Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions
Meeting with Askar Zhumagaliyev, Deputy Prime Minister
Meeting with Ahmed el-Tayeb, Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar
Briefing for the media on the results of the official visit of the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic
Meeting with the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic
State of the Nation Address of President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, October 5, 2018
Meeting with the public of the region and citizens of Turkestan
Meeting on socio-economic development of Turkestan region
Visiting the Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
Familiarization with the project for Turkestan city’s development
Meeting on the socio-economic development of Shymkent city
Visiting the social service centre in Shymkent
Visit to PetroKazakhstan Oil Products LLP
Meeting with Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia
Participation in the meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of State
Meeting with Robert Azevedo, WTO Director General
Meeting with Gabit Baizhanov, Assistant to the President, Security Council Secretary
Meeting with Natalya Godunova, Chairperson, Accounts Committee for Control over Central Government Budget Execution
Briefing for the media following the state visit to Turkey
Participation in the Third Meeting of High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council between Kazakhstan and Turkey
Meeting with the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Meeting with Robert Yüksel Yıldırım, President of Yıldırım Group
Meeting with Ali Koch, the Board Chairman of Koch Holding
Meeting with business people of the Turkish Republic
Meeting on Turkestan city’s growth
Meeting with George Krol, United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan
Meeting with the active of Astana city
Meeting with the Presidential Administration's executive staff
Visit to the Park for Recreation and Leisure
Visiting ArcelorMittal Temirtau JSC
Visiting Ak Saray palace of ceremonies
Meeting on Karaganda region’s socio-economic development
Acquaintance with construction of Karaganda city’s new centre
Visit to Karaganda Pharmaceutical Complex LLP
Visit to Karaganda’s Maker foundry and machine-building plant
Visiting AlmatyGenPlan Research Institute LLP
Visit to Falcon Eurobus LLP
Visit to Almaty’s industrial zone
Inspecting reconstructed streets in Almaty city
Participation in the VI summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States
Participation in the opening ceremony of the III World Nomad Games
Visit to the Kyrgyz Republic
Visit to Astana’s lyceum school 85
Participation in the joint session of the Parliament Chambers
Visit to Tomotherapy and Nuclear Medicine Centre
Participation in the opening ceremony of Beibitshilik Kabyrgasy monument
Meeting with Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
Meeting with participants of the international conference on the Constitution Day of Kazakhstan
Meeting with Sauat Mynbayev, Chairman of the Board of KazMunayGas JSC
Meeting with Gabit Baizhanov, Director of Syrbar Foreign Intelligence Service of Kazakhstan
Joint press conference following the meeting of the heads of the founding states, International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea
Participation in the meeting of the heads of the founding states, International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea
Visit to Turkmenistan
Visit to Embamunaigas JSC
Visit to Daulet private industrial zone, Karat LLP
Working visit to Atyrau region
Visiting Hazret Sultan mosque
Meeting with Alik Shpekbayev, Chairman of Civil Service and Anti-Corruption Agency
Meeting on Astana city development
Meeting with Zhakip Asanov, Supreme Court Chairman
Visiting the agricultural complex of Zhuravlevka-1 LLP
Visit to the agricultural complex of Eximnan Agrofirm LLP
Acquaintance with house construction progress in the village of Ilyichevka
Visit to Tayinsha Mai LLP
Meeting with Akhmetzhan Yesimov, Chairman of the Board of Samruk Kazyna JSC
Participation in the ceremony of symbolic release of sturgeon fishes into the natural environment
Meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev
Meeting with President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov
Participation in the briefing for the media following the Fifth Caspian Summit
Participation in the plenary session of the Fifth Caspian Summit
Meeting with President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani
Inspection of the city seafront
Meeting on Mangistau region’s socio-economic development
Meeting with Prosecutor General Kairat Kozhamzharov
Meeting with the leadership of Defence Ministry
Meeting on preparations for the Fifth Caspian Summit
Meeting on socio-economic development of Pavlodar region
Visit to Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant LLP
Visit to Kazenergocabel JSC
Visiting GiessenHaus LLP
Meeting with public figure Olzhas Suleimenov
Meeting with the National Bank Chairman Daniyar Akishev
Visit to Birzhan Sara opera
Visit to the national skiing base with a ski jump
Familiarization with Promenade Burabay construction plans
Visiting «Visit Centre»
Participation in the solemn reception on celebration of Astana’s 20th anniversary
Meeting with first builders of Astana
Joint participation of heads of Central Asian states in presentation of Astana International Financial Centre
Meeting on the capital city’s 20th anniversary and the birthday of the President of Kazakhstan
Meeting with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, who is on official visit in Kazakhstan
Visit to Akzhaiyk park
Visiting the Paralympics Training Centre
Participation in the ceremony of raising the National Flag
Visiting the Botanical Garden
Taking a view of Astana’s green space
Meeting with Gennady Golovkin, boxing world champion
Visit to the Robot-Based Surgery Centre in Ust Kamenogorsk
Visiting Silumin-Vostok LLP
Visit to OstFish LLP
Acquaintance with Bolgar and Sviyazhsk town-island revival projects
Meeting with President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov
Visiting the exhibition of manufacturing facilities
Visit to Kazan Federal University
Working visit to Tatarstan
Participation in the 2018 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony
Briefing for media representatives on results of the visit to the People's Republic of China
Meeting with President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga
Meeting with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
Participation in the meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State in an expanded format
Working visit to China’s Qingdao
Meeting with business people of the People's Republic of China
Meeting with Wang Yilin, Chairman of the Board of China National Petroleum Corporation
Participation in the ceremony of laying flowers at the Monument to the People's Heroes
Meeting with Li Zhanshu, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China
Meeting with the actors of Composer film
Meeting with Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
Meeting with the Chairman of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping in expanded format
State visit to the People's Republic of China
Meeting with Ben van Beurden, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell
Participation in the 31st plenary meeting of Foreign Investors Council
Meeting with the President of the EBRD Sir Suma Chakrabarti
Meeting with Eraly Tugzhanov, akim of Mangistau region
Participation in the ceremony of awarding diplomas to Nazarbayev University graduates
Participation in the expanded meeting of Nur Otan Party’s Political Council
Meeting with Alik Shpekbayev, Chairman of the Agency for Civil Service and Anti-Corruption
Public enactment of Law Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of Kazakhstan on Improving Business Regulation
Meeting with Sergey Shoygu, Defence Minister of the Russian Federation
Meeting with secretaries of security councils and ministers of defence departments, CSTO
Participation in the opening ceremony of KADEX 2018, V International Exhibition of Weapons System and Military Property
Meeting with Beibut Atamkulov, Minister of Defence and Aerospace Industry
Participation in the gala concert on the 20th anniversary of the Kazakh National University of Arts
Meeting with leading foreign experts participating in the XI Astana Economic Forum
Meeting with Arkady Volozh, founder of Yandex
Meeting with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak
Meeting with Francois Hollande, ex-President of France, member of the Constitutional Council of France
Meeting with Ban Ki-moon, the eighth UN Secretary-General, Chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia
Participation in the plenary session of the XI Astana Economic Forum, Global Challenges Summit
Meeting with Ong Beng Seng, founder of Hotel Properties Limited
Meeting on socio-economic development of West Kazakhstan
Visit to the Palace of Youth and Schoolchildren
Visiting the central city square in Uralsk
Visit to Agran LLP
Visit to West Kazakhstan Engineering Company JSC
Visiting the factory of Zhaiyk Agro LTD
Visit to the furniture factory of Quanta LLP
Participation in the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council
Visiting Atameken Business City exhibition complex
Working visit to Almaty region
Participation in the ceremony of laying flowers at the Memorial of Glory
Participation in the military parade on the Day of Fatherland Defender
Meeting with the honoured artist Yuri Pomerantsev
Meeting with akim of Almaty city Bauyrzhan Baibek
Visit to SmArt.Point start-up site
Visit to "Keruen Medicus" medical centre
Visiting the new tennis centre Ace
Participation in the ceremony of awarding the highest military and special ranks, class ranks and state awards
Meeting with Tigran Sargsyan, Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission Board
Visit to the new mosque in Astana
Participation in the celebration of the National Unity Day
Participation in the XXVI Session of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan
Meeting with Leonid Prokopenko, Deputy Chairman of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan and Head of the Secretariat
Board Meeting on Samruk Kazyna National Welfare Fund Management
Meeting on the National Bank’s results
Meeting with Kang Kyung-wha, Foreign Minister of South Korea
Meeting with Timur Suleimenov, Minister of National Economy
Participation in presentation of textbooks as part of New Humanitarian Knowledge. 100 New Kazakh Textbooks Project
Meeting with Doskhan Zholzhaksynov, People's Artist of Kazakhstan
Meeting with Maulen Ashimbayev, First Deputy Chairman of Nur Otan Party
Meeting with Minister of Education and Science Yerlan Sagadiyev
Meeting on the capital city’s development
Participation in the solemn event on the 25th anniversary of Tengizchevroil
Meeting with Michael Wirth, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Chevron
Visit to AstanaGenPlan
Official visit to the United Arab Emirates
Meeting with the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Participation in Nauryz celebration
Meeting with Foreign Ministers of Guaranteeing Powers in the Astana Process on Syria
Participation in the opening ceremony of the Year of Uzbekistan in Kazakhstan
Meeting with Serdar Berdymuhamedov, Chairman of the Mejlis Committee of Turkmenistan
Briefing for the mass media based on the Working (Consultative) Meeting of the Heads of Central Asian States
Participation in the Working (Consultative) Meeting of the Heads of Central Asian States
Meeting with President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov
Joint visit to the Library of the First President of Kazakhstan
Briefing for the mass media on the results of the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon’s official visit
Meeting with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon in expanded format
Meeting with the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, who arrived in Kazakhstan on an official visit
Meeting with Chung Se Kyun, Speaker of National Assembly of Korea
Visit to the gala concert on the International Women's Day
Interview to The First Channel, TV Channel of Russia
Participation in the joint session of the Parliament’s Chambers
Meeting with Kulyash Shamshidinova, Chairwoman of Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools’ Board
Meeting with Galimkair Mutanov, Rector of the Al Farabi Kazakh National University
Meeting with Altai Kulginov, akim of West Kazakhstan region
Meeting with Dauren Abayev, Minister of Information and Communications
Meeting of the Security Council chaired by the Head of State
Meeting with statesman Zhanybek Karibzhanov
Meeting with Karim Massimov, Chairman of the National Security Committee
Meeting with Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov
Meeting with Astana mayor Asset Issekeshev
Interview with CCTV
Meeting with akims of Astana, Almaty and regions
The Cabinet’s expanded meeting chaired by the Head of State
Meeting with Nurmukhambet Abdibekov, Chairman of the Accounts Committee for Control over the National Budget Execution
Visit to the head office of Nur Otan Party
Meeting with Anatoly Smolin, Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council
Meeting with the Metropolitan of Astana and Kazakhstan Alexander
Meeting with Mikhail Bocharnikov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Kazakhstan
Meeting after the official visit to the United States of America
Press conference following the official visit to the United States of America
Meeting with Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Meeting with Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland
"Non-Proliferation of WMD: Confidence Building Measures" UN Security Council Meeting chaired by the President of Kazakhstan
Meeting with Darren Woods, the Chief Executive Officer of ExxonMobil
Meeting with Harvey Schwartz, President of Goldman Sachs
Meeting with Adena Friedman, the President of Nasdaq
Meeting with Michael Pence, Vice-President of the United States of America
Meeting with business people of the United States of America
Meeting with Rick Perry, US Energy Secretary
Meeting with Ray Washburne, President of Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
Briefing for the media following talks with Donald Tramp, President of the United States of America
Meeting with Donald Trump, President of the United States of America
The Head of State’s Statement on the Address to Kazakhstan’s Nation
Meeting with George Krol, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Kazakhstan
Meeting with Bauyrzhan Baibek, akim of Almaty city
Congratulations of President Nursultan Nazarbayev on the New Year
Participation in the New Year's Charity Ball
Meeting with the Defence Ministry leadership
Participation in the informal summit of CIS leaders
Negotiations with Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of the Kyrgyz Republic, in the expanded format
Meeting with Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of the Kyrgyz Republic
The year-end meeting with the national mass media representatives
Participation in the solemn reception on the Independence Day of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Participation in the ceremony of presenting state awards and prizes
Meeting with Serikbay kazhy Oraz, Supreme Mufti of Kazakhstan
Participation in the Senate’s session
Participation in solemn events on the 20th anniversary of capital city’s transfer to Astana
Meeting with Robert Yuksel Yildirim, the CEO and President of Yildirim Holding
Participation in the ceremony of oath taking by the Court Chairman of Astana International Financial Centre
Participation in presenting "Paryz" and "Altyn Sapa" Prizes
Meeting with representatives of business circles of the Federal Republic of Germany
Visiting "Arnau" national dance evening
Participation in the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council
Participation in the ceremony of laying a wreath at the Victory Monument
Briefing for the mass media on the results of the official visit to the Republic of Belarus
Extended negotiations as part of the official visit to the Republic of Belarus
Meeting with Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus
Meeting with Yerzhan Kazykhanov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United States of America
Meeting with the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava
Meeting with Elzhan Birtanov, Minister of Health
Meeting with Bakytzhan Abdraim, Chairman of Kazakhstan’s Trade Union Federation
Meeting with Nurlan Nigmatulin, Chairman of the Parliament Majilis
Meeting with Defense Minister Saken Zhasuzakov
Meeting with John Watson, Chairman of the Board & CEO, Chevron Corporation
Meeting with Kairat Kozhamzharov, Chairman of the Agency for Civil Service and Anti-Corruption
Meeting with Abay Baigenzhin, the Board Chairman of National Research Medical Centre
Meeting with Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev
Meeting with Danilo Turk, former President of the Republic of Slovenia
Meeting with Vaclav Klaus and Abdullah Gul
Participation in the third meeting of Astana Club
Visiting the exhibition as part of XIV Forum of Interregional Cooperation of Kazakhstan and Russia
Meeting with Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, at the XIV Forum of Interregional Cooperation of Kazakhstan and Russia
Visit to the Academy of Strength Sport
Visiting "Tennis Centre" sports complex
Visiting "Milh" LLP
Visit to Kostanay Plaza" shopping and entertainment centre
Visiting "SaryarkaAvtoProm" LLP
Acquaintance with construction of “Airport” micro-district
Meeting with Nurlan Yermekbayev, Minister of Religious Affairs and Civil Society
Meeting with Khalid al-Falih, Minister of Energy, Industry and Natural Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Participation in the expanded meeting of the Nur Otan Party Political Council
Meeting with "Rothschild & Co" leadership
Meeting with King of Jordan Abdullah II who arrived in Kazakhstan on an official visit
Meeting with heads of delegations for negotiations on the Syrian conflict settlement in Astana
Meeting with Daniyar Akishev, National Bank Chairman
Meeting with Adilbek Dzhaksybekov, Head of the Presidential Administration, and Marat Tazhin, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
Meeting with Karim Massimov, National Security Committee Chairman
Meeting with Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef, Interior Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Meeting with Askar Myrzakhmetov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture
Meeting with Investments and Development Minister Zhenis Kasymbek
Meeting with Energy Minister Kanat Bozumbaev
Briefing for the mass media as a result of the working visit to the Russian Federation
Meeting with representatives of business circles of the Federal Republic of Germany together with the President of the Russian Federation
Participation in the meeting of CIS Heads of State Council in an expanded format
Participation in the meeting of CIS Heads of State Council in private session
Meeting with the Working Group on implementing the Project to Latinize the National Language
Meeting with graduates of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Inspecting “Arai” sports complex
Familiarization with construction of a plant for sheet glass production and processing
Familiarization with Baikonur Complex development
Visit to the Academy of Creative Activities
Visit to Arts Centre
Familiarization with implementing the pilot project under Nurly Zher Program
Visit to “Greenhouse Kazakhstan” greenhouse complex
Visiting Aktobe Rail-Belt Plant LLP
Visit to Aktobe ferroalloy plant
The Security Council session chaired by the Head of State
Meeting with the State Secretary Gulshara Abdykalikova
Meeting with Shigeo Katsu, President of Nazarbayev University
Familiarization with the Almaty International Airport development plan
Visiting the base of Kairat Football Club
Visit to the Fund of the First President of Kazakhstan in Almaty
Familiarization with a fitness and health centre construction
Familiarization with the Museum’s construction
Visit to "Batyr Babalar" Memorial Complex
Meeting concerning Almaty city development
Inspection of reconstructed streets and square in Almaty
Visit to akimat and complex of administrative buildings in Nauryzbay district
Meeting with Omurbek Babanov, presidential candidate of Kyrgyzstan
Visit to a new transport bridge
Visiting KazUpackTrade LLP
Visiting the House of Friendship in "Ancient Taraz" Historical and Cultural Centre
Participation in the opening ceremony of the 5th Asian Indoor Games and Martial Arts
Meeting with Kazakhstan’s sports delegation, taking part in the 5th Asian Indoor Games and Martial Arts
Negotiations with Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of Turkmenistan
Negotiations with Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Participation in the ceremony of laying a basket of flowers to the monument to former President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov
Visiting of the exhibition of Kazakhstan’s companies
Visiting the architectural complex "Mausoleum of Tole Biy"
Participation in the ceremony of laying flowers to "Independence and Humanism" Monument
Press conference for the national and accredited in Kazakhstan media representatives
Meeting with the leadership of Hyperloop One
Participation in the national meeting concerning digitalization
Meeting with Yuri Pya, Chairman of "National Scientific Cardiac Surgery Centre" JSC Board
Visit to The St.Regis Astana Hotel
Participation in the closing ceremony of EXPO-2017 international specialized exhibition
Meeting with Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela, on the sidelines of the OIC Summit on Science and Technology
Participation in the ceremony of awarding the OIC special prize for science and technology
Meeting with the OIC Secretary General, Dr. Yousif bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen, on the sidelines of the OIC Summit on Science and Technology
Briefing for media following the official visit of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of the Republic of Turkey
Meeting with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of the Republic of Turkey
Meeting with Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti
Participation in the Kazakh-Polish business forum
Participation in the opening of the 3rd session of Kazakhstan’s Parliament
Participation in the opening ceremony of the IAEA Bank of Low Enriched Uranium building
Meeting with Yukiya Amano, IAEA Director General
Meeting with Dan Brouillette, Deputy Energy Minister of the United States of America
Participation in the opening of "Hilton" Hotel
Meeting with Umirzak Shukeyev, Board Chairman of Samruk Kazyna JSC
Meeting with the management of “Ust-Kamenogorsk Titanium and Magnesium Plant” JSC
Participation in the opening of "Burabay" golf club
Visit to "Kokshetauminvody" JSC
Visiting the farm business of "Umai Zher" LLP
Meeting concerning the regional socio-economic development and state programs’ actualization presided over by the Head of the State
Interview to "Khabar" TV channel
Meeting with Tlektes Espolov, Rector of the Kazakh National Agrarian University
Meeting with Akhmetzhan Yessimov, Chairman of “Astana Expo-2017 National Company” JSC Board
Meeting with Sooronbai Jeenbekov, Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic
Meeting with Dmitry Medvedev, Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation
Meeting with the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council members
Visit to “Kazanat” race track
Meeting with Doris Leuthard, President of the Swiss Confederation
Meeting on Kazakhstan’s Law Enforcement System Reform chaired by the Head of the State
Meeting with Lee Myung-bak, former President of the Republic of Korea
Meeting with the Honored Artist Alibek Dnishev
Meeting with Ana Pastor, Chairperson of the Congress of Deputies of the Kingdom of Spain
Ceremony of awarding the President of Kazakhstan with the Order of Isabella the Catholic
Visit to "Research Farm of Oilseeds" LLP
Visiting "Nurly Zhol" Park
Meeting with heads of national security agencies of the CIS states
Visiting the Pavilion of Germany together with Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of the Federal Republic of Germany
Briefing for media following the official visit of Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany
Meeting with Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany, who arrived in Kazakhstan on an official visit
The Security Council meeting chaired by the Head of the State
Participation in the solemn reception dedicated to the Capital’s Day
Sightseeing in Astana
Interview to "Russia 24" TV channel
Participation in the solemn ceremony of raising the National Flag
Meeting on Astana’s green zone development under the chairmanship of the Head of the State
Inspection of Astana’s green belt development
Meeting with heads of diplomatic missions and representations of international organizations accredited in Kazakhstan
Meeting with Asset Issekeshev, akim of Astana
Meeting with Malik Murzalin, akim of Akmola region
Meeting with Yerlan Nysanbaev, Vice-Minister of Agriculture
Meeting with Islam Abishev, Chairman of Committee on Water Resources at Agriculture Ministry
Meeting with Abdullah Gul, former President of the Republic of Turkey
Meeting on the 25th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s Internal Affairs and Police Day
Participation in V World Kurultai of Kazakhs
Meeting with "Best Civil Servant" republican contest winners
Bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the Council of Foreign Investors’ plenary session
Participation in the 30th plenary meeting of Foreign Investors Council
Meeting with Suma Chakrabarti, the EBRD President
Meeting with Richard Evans, Independent Director of Samruk-Kazyna JSC, Member of the Board
Participation in “New Energy, New Economy” Astana Economic Forum's plenary session
Meeting with the Nobel Prize winners and leading economists
Meeting with Karim Massimov, National Security Committee Chairman, and Kalmukhanbet Kassymov, Interior Minister
Briefing for media following the official visit of the Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili
Meeting with Giorgi Margvelashvili, Georgian President, who arrived in Kazakhstan with an official visit
Meeting with Rustam Minnikhanov, President of the Republic of Tatarstan
Meeting with King Felipe VI of Spain
Meeting with Milos Zeman, President of the Czech Republic
Participation in the opening ceremony of EXPO-2017 international specialized exhibition
Meeting with Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of Turkmenistan
Participation in the SCO Heads of State Council meeting in an expanded format
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Heads of State Council meeting in a narrow format
Meeting with Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General
Meeting with Mohammad Javad Zarif, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Visit to a concert dedicated to the SCO Summit
Meeting with Alexander Lukashenko, the President of the Republic of Belarus
Meeting with Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
Meeting with Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Participation in "Kazakhstan and China, Transit Bridge of Eurasia" space bridge
Negotiations with Xi JInping, Chairman of the People's Republic of China, in expanded format
Meeting with Xi Jinping, Chairman of the People's Republic of China, who is in Kazakhstan on an official visit
Meeting on holding EXPO-2017 international exhibition chaired by the Head of State
Meeting with Timur Kulibayev, Chairman of the Presidium, "Atameken" National Chamber of Entrepreneurs
Participation in the opening ceremony of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Meeting with Kairat Mami, Chairman of the Supreme Court
Meeting with Tugrul Turkesh, Deputy Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic
Visit to "Astana EXPO-2017"exhibition complex
Visiting "Nurly Zhol" new railway station complex
Visiting the new terminal of Astana airport
Visiting "Green Quarter" residential complex
Participation in the ceremony of laying wreaths at the memorial plate of ALZHIR museum-memorial complex of victims of political repressions and totalitarianism
Meeting with Myrzatay Zholdasbekov, state and public figure and prominent scientist
Participation in the meeting of the Supreme Board of Trustees of "Nazarbayev University", "Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools" and "Nazarbayev Foundation" Autonomous Educational Organizations
Meeting with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates
Meeting with Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State, on the sidelines of the US-Islamic World Forum
The ceremony of awarding Asanali Ashimov the title of "Kazakhstannyn Yenbek Yeri"
Meeting with Nurtai Abykayev, deputy and member of the Senate’s Committee for Foreign Relations, Defense and Security in the Parliament
Participation in Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation
Meeting with Xi Jinping, Chairman of the People's Republic of China
Meetings with leaders of foreign states
Participation in the opening ceremony of "One Belt and One Road" Forum for International Cooperation
Meeting with Samer Al-Sabhan, Minister of State for the Arab-Gulf Affairs in Saudi Arabia
Meeting with Yerbolat Dossayev, Chairman of “Baiterek” National Holding Board
Participation in the ceremony of laying flowers at "Otan Korgaushylar" Monument
Participation in the military parade on the Day of the Fatherland Defender and the 25th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s Armed Forces
Participation in the concert dedicated to the Day of the Fatherland Defender and the 25th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s Armed Forces
Meeting with Sergey Shoigu, Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation
Participation in the ceremony of presenting the state awards
Participation in the ceremony of awarding supergrade, special and class ranks
Interview for National Geographic Channel
Visit to Caspian Food LLP
Meeting with Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Meeting with the public of South Kazakhstan region
Visit to "DALA-FRUIT.KZ" LLP
Participation in the XXV Session of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan
Meeting with film director Akan Sataev
Meeting with singer Dimash Kudaibergenov
Onsite visit of Astana
Meeting with Gabit Baizhanov, Director of “Syrbar”, Foreign Intelligence Service of Kazakhstan
Meeting with Bakhyt Sultanov, Finance Minister
Meeting with Dmitry Pankin, Chairman of the Eurasian Development Bank Management Board
Visit to the concert of the Presidential Orchestra of Kazakhstan’s State Security Service, dedicated to the 25th anniversary of a special state body’s creation
Meeting with the Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member countries
Meeting on Astana’s socio-economic development and preparations for "Astana Expo-2017" specialized exhibition
Meeting with representatives of Kazakhstan’s creative intellectuals
Meeting with Kazakhstan’s Spiritual Board of the Muslims
Meeting with Kalmukhanbet Kasymov, Minister of Internal Affairs
Negotiations with Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov, President of Turkmenistan, in expanded format
Meeting with Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov, President of Turkmenistan, who arrived in Kazakhstan on a state visit
Meeting with Zhang Gaoli, First Vice-Premier of the State Council, People's Republic of China
Meeting with Darkhan Kydyrali, President of the International Turkic Academy
Meeting with Mukhtar Kul-Muhammed, First Deputy Chairman of the Nur Otan Party
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Course towards the future: modernization of Kazakhstan’s identity
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Meeting on the National Bank’s activity results
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Negotiations with Ilham Aliyev, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, in expanded format
Meeting with Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
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Sightseeing Astana jointly with Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the President of Uzbekistan
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Meeting with the Karaganda region’s active on socio-economic development
Visiting “Astanagenplan” Research and Design Institute
Meeting with Yerlan Sydykov, Rector of the Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Visit to the concert dedicated to the International Women's Day on March 8
Meeting with representatives of Kazakhstan’s "Koktem Shuagy" Women's Community
Meeting with Nurlan Yermekbayev, Minister for Religious Affairs and Civil Society
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Meeting with the Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin
Meeting with Berdybek Saparbayev, Akim of Aktobe region
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Visiting "Kyz Zhibek" opera’s opening night
Meeting on speedy technological modernization of the economy chaired by the Head of State
The Head of State receives Culture and Sport Minister Arystanbek Muhamediuly
Meeting with Kanat Bozumbayev, the Energy Minister
Meeting with Yerlan Sagadiev, Minister of Education and Science
The meeting with the Prosecutor General Zhakip Asanov
Nursultan Nazarbayev meets with Jan Hamáček, the Chamber of Deputies’ Chairman of the Czech Republic Parliament
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Participation in the opening ceremony of the 28th World Winter Universiade-2017
Visit to the School of Medicine’s new building at Nazarbayev University
Participation in the ceremony of lighting the fire of the 28th World Winter Universiade-2017
Meeting with Kozy-Korpesh Dzhanburchin, the Chairman of the Accounts Committee for Control over Execution of the Republican Budget
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Meeting with “Atameken” National Chamber of Entrepreneurs’ leadership
Meeting with the UN Secretary General Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura
Meeting with Anatoly Smolin, the Supreme Judicial Council Chairman
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Meeting with the IRENA Director-General Adnan Z. Amin
Visit to World Future Energy Summit exhibition
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Meeting with the United Arab Emirates business community
Meeting with Micael Calatrava, co-CEO of Calatrava Grace
Negotiations with the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in expanded format
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President Nursultan Nazarbayev wishes a Happy New Year
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Talks with President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani in expanded format
Meeting with the Islamic Republic of Iran President Hassan Rouhani, who arrived in Kazakhstan on official visit
Visit to Almaty museum
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Meeting with a public man Umirzak Aitbayev
Visiting "Astana EXPO-2017" international exhibition facilities
Participation in the opening ceremony of “Тәуелсіздіктің 25 жылдығы” monument
Visiting "25 Years of Achievements and Gains" gala concert on the 25th anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Participation in the solemn meeting on the 25th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s Independence
Briefing for the media after the talks with the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu
Negotiations in extended format as part of the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu’s official visit
Meeting with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, who arrives in Kazakhstan on an official visit
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Public signing of Law "On amnesty on the 25th anniversary of the Republic of Kazakhstan’s Independence"
On the Republic of Kazakhstan’s national awards
Meeting with Chairman of the Russian Federation State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin
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Meeting with heads of multinational oil and gas companies
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Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Rogozin
Participation in the National Youth Forum
Meeting with "KazMunayGas" JSC Board Chairman Sauat Mynbayev
Meeting with the heads in charge of the state media
Meeting with "Nur Otan" First Deputy Chairman Mukhtar Kul-Muhammed
Interview for “Russia 24”
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Interview for Bloomberg News
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Meeting with Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić
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Meeting with the ex-President of the Republic of Korea Lee Myung-bak
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The state visit to the Republic of Korea
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Speech at the National Diet (Parliament of Japan)
Meeting with business people of Japan
Visit to Tokai University
The meeting with Foreign Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida
Talks with the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe in expanded format
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Visit to Tokyo Rope enterprise
Meeting with the Emperor of Japan Akihito
Official visit to Japan
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Interview for Japan Broadcasting Corporation and Kyodo News
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Meeting with President of the Islamic Development Bank Bandar bin Mohammed Hajjar
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Interview for CNBC Arabia
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Meeting with the Minister of Defense and Aerospace Industry Beibut Atamkulov
Meeting with akim of Astana city Aset Issekeshev
The meeting with the Attorney General Zhakip Asanov
The Head of State addresses to workers of the country's agricultural sector over successful harvest
Participation in the ceremony of taking diplomatic credentials
Visit to exhibition of “Panfilov’s 28 Men” film
Participation in the plenary session of XIII Forum of Interregional Cooperation of Russia and Kazakhstan
Meeting with the Board Chairman of ‘National Company Astana EXPO-2017’ JSC Akhmetzhan Yessimov
Visiting the Embassy of the State of Israel
Meeting with the Pavlodar region public
Familiarization with construction of a bridge across the Irtysh River
Visit to Startup Academy of Pavlodar State University LLP
Visiting Saryarka district and the Children's Technical School
Meeting with Honorable Senior Minister, Member of Parliament of Singapore Goh Chok Tong
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Visit to Uteulin farm enterprise
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Visiting the exhibition of military industry
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Visiting the building of Petropavlovsk International Airport
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Visiting the Youth Service Centre
Visiting the Schoolchildren’s Palace
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Visiting Tekeli mining and processing complex
Visiting Nam G.N. farm
Visit to the airport and airport terminal buildings
Visiting Halyk Arena sporting complex
Visiting Almaty School 168
Visiting Athletic Village
Participation in the gala concert on the occasion of Almaty’s 1000-year anniversary celebration
Participation in the Council of CIS Heads of State meeting
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Working visit to Akmola region
Statement on personnel and structural changes in the public administration system
Meeting with the Ministry of Defense leadership
Meeting with the Acting President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyeyev
The ceremony of laying flowers to the grave of Islam Karimov
Visit to the National Security Committee
Meeting with the Director of Kazakhstan’s Syrbar Foreign Intelligence Service Gabit Baizhanov
Meeting with Minister of Information and Communications Dauren Abayev
Visiting cultural facilities as part of the working visit to China
Meeting with Deputy Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman at the G-20 Summit
Meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May on the G-20 Summit fields
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Meeting with the US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of G-20 Summit
Meeting with the Board Chairman of ‘Alibaba Group’ Jack Ma
Participation in the G20 Summit
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Meeting with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Meeting with Chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan Daniyar Akishev
Meeting with Minister of Investment and Development Zhenis Kassymbek
Meeting with Minister of Energy Kanat Bozumbayev
Security Council Meeting under the chairmanship of President Nursultan Nazarbayev
Official visit to the Republic of Cuba
Press briefing following President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s participation in the Nuclear Security Summit
Meeting with Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of Nuclear Security Summit
Meetings on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit
Participation in the first session of the Nuclear Security Summit
Participation in the Nuclear Security Summit Working Dinner
Meeting with professional boxer, Honoured Master of Sports of Kazakhstan Gennady Golovkin
Meeting with public figures and politicians of the United States
Meeting with President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace William J. Burns
Visit to the United States of America
Meeting with President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker
Participation in the opening of the first session of Parliament of the 6th convocation
Meeting with United World Wrestling President Nenad Lalovic
Visit to Greenwhich hypermarket
Visit to Intellectual School of Physics and Mathematics in Aktobe
Visit to Aktobe Oil Equipment Plant
Visit to Aktobe Zhylyzhai greenhouse complex
Visit to Kadir Mirza Ali Centre for Culture and Arts
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Visit to house building factory Bolashak-T LLP
Visit to McDonald’s restaurant
President Nursultan Nazarbayev attends concert dedicated to the International Women’s Day
Meeting with representatives of women’s community of Kazakhstan
Meeting with Chairman of Board of Directors of National Company KazMunayGas JSC Sauat Mynbayev
Meeting with Minister of Internal Affairs Kalmukhanbet Kassymov
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Meeting with Diplomatic Corps
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Meeting with President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Meeting with Secretary General of International Exhibitions Bureau Vicente Loscertales
Meeting with Chairman of Eurasian Economic Commission Board
Meeting with Chairman of Accounts Committee for Control over National Budget Execution Kozy-Korpesh Dzhanburtchin
Visit to National Election Office of the Nur Otan Party
Meeting on the issues of Almaty development and preparation for the 2017 World Winter Universiade
Nursultan Nazarbayev visits Ice Arena in Almaty
Nursultan Nazarbayev visits mosque construction site in Almaty
Nursultan Nazarbayev visits Carrefour hypermarket
Meeting with poet Olzhas Suleimenov
Participation in Extended Session of Government
Meeting with Chairman of the Board of JSC Samruk-Kazyna Umirzak Shukeyev
Meeting with Minister of Energy Vladimir Shkolnik
Meeting with Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu
Meeting with Head of Syrbar Foreign Intelligence Service Gabit Baizhanov
Enlarged meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the chairmanship of President Nursultan Nazarbayev
17th Congress of the Nur Otan Party under the chairmanship of President Nursultan Nazarbayev
Meeting with Astana EXPO 2017 National Company Chairman Akhmetzhan Yessimov
Meeting with Chairman of the National Security Committee Vladimir Zhumakanov
Meeting with academician Kenzhegali Sagadiyev
Meeting with Mayor of Akmola region Sergey Kulagin
Meeting with Mayor of Aktobe region Berdybek Saparbayev
Nursultan Nazarbayev holds meeting on early elections to the Majilis of Parliament
Consultations with Chairman of the Constitutional Council Igor Rogov
Сonsultations with Chairman of the Senate of Parliament Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev and Prime Minister Karim Massimov
Сonsultations with Chairman of the Mazhilis of Parliament Kabibulla Dzhakupov and Prime Minister Karim Massimov
Meeting with Chairman of the Majilis of Parliament Kabibulla Dzhakupov
President Nursultan Nazarbayev holds meeting on implementation of the five institutional reforms
Meeting with staff of the Executive Office of the President
Nursultan Nazarbayev visits National Security Committee
Meeting with Rector of Kazakh-British Technical University Iskander Beisembetov
Participation in the meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
Meeting with Principal of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia Vladimir Philippov
Meeting with Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Cyril
Participation in the celebratory meeting marking the Independence Day of Kazakhstan
Ceremony of presenting state awards
Meeting with Member of the Committee on International Relations, Defense and Security of the Senate of Parliament Mukhtar Altynbayev
Nursultan Nazarbayev holds meeting on oil and gas development issues
Meeting with Mayor of Pavlodar region Kanat Bozumbayev
Meeting with Chairman of Board of JSC National Holding Baiterek Kuandyk Bishimbayev
Nursultan Nazarbayev visits Astanagenplan Scientific Research Design Institute
Nursultan Nazarbayev visited the military base of Special Forces "Arystan"
Meeting with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte
Participation in the New Year Tree lighting ceremony
Meeting with Director of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovski
Nursultan Nazarbayev attends concert marking the Day of the First President of Kazakhstan
Nursultan Nazarbayev visits National Military-Patriotic Center
Nursultan Nazarbayev visits LLP Kazakhstan Paramount Engineering armored wheeled vehicle production plant
Meeting with governors of the regions and mayors of Astana and Almaty
State of the Nationa Address
Meeting with leadership of the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Meeting with Mayor of Almaty region Amandyk Battalov
Meeting with Mayor of the city of Almaty Bauyrzhan Baibek
Nursultan Nazarbayev visits Kazlegprom Almaty LLP
Nursultan Nazarbayev visits kindergarten No.125 in Almaty
Meeting with President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani
Enlarged Government meeting under the chairmanship of President Nursultan Nazarbayev
President Nursultan Nazarbayev holds meeting on preparation for International Specialized Exhibition EXPO-2017
Meeting with First Deputy Chairman of the Nur Otan Party Askar Myrzakhmetov
Nursultan Nazarbayev visits French Embassy in Kazakhstan
Participation in the 38th session of the UNESCO General Conference
Meeting with President of the French Republic Francois Hollande
Meeting with Heads of the leading French companies
Meeting with Peugeot Citroen chief executive officer Carlos Tavares
Meeting with the president of Total Company Patrick Pouyanne
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‘The g-word’: Why it matters whether we call Canada’s actions toward Indigenous people a genocide
National Post 04 Jun 2019 at 18:53
OTTAWA — When Philippe Sands saw headlines in British media about Canada’s National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls using the term “genocide” in its report, he understood immediately the impact it would have.
“The moment you characterize any act as genocide it draws attention in a way that no other word does,” he said in a telephone interview with the National Post. “Unlike crimes against humanity or war crimes, if an American president mentions genocide, it’s on page one. The moment you put the g-word in, whether it’s Myanmar, Armenia, whatever it is, everyone pays attention because it is seen as the crime of crimes.”
Sands, a lawyer and professor at University College London, has worked on genocide cases at the International Court of Justice and written many books on international law, including a 2016 book on the origins — and differences — between the concepts of “genocide” and “crimes against humanity.” Sands argues that crimes against humanity, which focuses on harm done to individuals as opposed to groups, is sometimes the more accurate term, but one that’s been downgraded in the public consciousness when compared to genocide.
“The fact is the British papers picked (the inquiry’s report) up because it mentioned the genocide word,” he said. “I suspect you wouldn’t have called me if it had just been called a crime against humanity.”
On Monday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau avoided using the term genocide, but used it Tuesday while speaking at a women’s conference in Vancouver. “We accept their findings including that what happened amounts to genocide,” he said. He then downplayed the question. “There are many debates ongoing around words and the use of words,” he said. “Our focus as a country, as leaders, as citizens must be on the steps we take to put an end to this situation. That is what we are going to remain focused on.”
I suspect you wouldn t have called me if it had just been called a crime against humanity
But Sands and many other legal experts have long argued that it very much does matter which term gets used — and not only because of legal considerations.
The inquiry’s report acknowledges that the concept of genocide is complex and disputed. It can have different meanings and uses in popular parlance, in the legal context and in academia.
In popular parlance, genocide generally refers to mass killings such as the Holocaust of the Jewish people during the Second World War. But as originally conceived, the concept is broader. Its basic definition in the 1948 Genocide Convention is “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.” It cites killing as one example, but also others such as causing serious bodily or mental harm, and the forcible transfer of children.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during the closing ceremony of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Gatineau, Quebec, on June 3, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
In the strict legal sense, responsibility for genocide would have to be adjudicated by a qualified court or tribunal with jurisdiction. The inquiry does not have this judicial authority, as its own legal analysis admits: “An assessment of both individual and state responsibility requires a considerable body of evidence and must be carried out by a competent tribunal charged with this task.”
Sands, citing his own experience in international court, said the inquiry would have difficulty getting a judicial ruling that Canada was responsible for genocide for a few reasons, including the lack of a clear time frame.
Instead, the inquiry’s report goes into a more academic and political discussion about genocide, noting there are “outstanding disagreements” over how to apply the term. “To some extent, these differences are part of a more social versus legalistic interpretation of the term,” it says. Overall, the inquiry grounds its analysis in the work of Polish jurist Raphael Lemkin, who coined the term genocide in the 1930s and was instrumental in developing the Genocide Convention.
Lemkin was a focus of Sands’ 2016 book East West Street: On the Origins of “Genocide” and “Crimes Against Humanity.”The book contrasts Lemkin’s concept of genocide with the work of Hersch Lauterpacht, a law professor who advocated for the concept of crimes against humanity. Both concepts became part of international law, but they take fundamentally different approaches. Lemkin’s concept of genocide, Sands says, focuses not on the killing of individuals but on the destruction of groups. Lauterpacht’s work focused on protecting individuals from mass crimes.
The problem with putting so much focus on genocide, Sands argues, is that — as Lauterpacht warned — it can entrench a group-versus-group dynamic.
“When you allege that one group is being targeted, it increases psychologically their sense of victimization as a member of a group, and that in turn will engender feelings of even greater hatred towards the perpetrator of the crime, which tends to be another group,” he said.
“Lauterpacht’s thesis was … we need to focus on harm to individuals, not harm to groups, to avoid that anger. Lemkin says, yeah, absolutely, but the reality is people get harmed because they’re a member of a group, and the law needs to reflect that. And of course, I completely get it and understand that. So we’re caught in a fundamental dilemma — namely, the identifying of the act as a group crime reinforces the sense of group identity on both sides of the equation, and probably, in my view, as a psychological and a legal issue, enhances the likelihood of harm being caused.”
Sands’ point is that the debate over language matters, and calling something genocide can have long-lasting effects beyond the immediate news coverage. Sands said he does think the MMIWG inquiry’s report makes a valuable contribution to the larger debate.
“They have done a useful thing in giving rise to discussion and debate about the meaning of ‘genocide,’ its double terminology, political and legal,” he said. “Whether it is persuasive in legal terms, before an international court of law, is, however, far from apparent. On the other hand, I’ve long argued that the definition of genocide by international courts has been set far too high, way beyond what Lemkin intended, and if this report helps to lower the bar in law that would not be a bad thing.”
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Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis (Switch eShop)
20th Jun 2019 (US/Canada), $14.99
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FULL GAME! NO EPISODES! Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis: Nina and Max return in the follow-up of the Secret Files hit-series. The long anticipated sequel celebrates its debut on Nintendo Switch™. Presented for the first time in HD-Graphics, and including improved puzzle design, complete voice over, and gripping cutscenes.
THE MYSTERY THRILLER CONTINUES!
Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis... the world is on the brink of disaster. Are they just random accidents, the results of a climate change or is the world about to end? As Nina Kalenkow and Max realise that all these events have been predicted by a medieval prophet they get deeply drawn into these mysteries. Nina and Max have to travel around the world as it gets clear that a global catastrophy is on its way. Can long lost documents in Paris help with their investigation or can the solution be found in an ancient Indonesian temple complex? And what is the dark secret of the Puritas Cordis society? A dramatic race against time begins.
• An interactive Mystery-Thriller
• 12+ hrs playtime
• 4 playable characters
• clever riddles
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VEOCEL™ Takes Initiative With ‘Hands On’ Motto To Draw Attention To Hidden Plastics In Wet Wipes
16 December 2019 /in -MANŞET, -MANŞET YANI, ETKİNLİK /by nonwoven
Intriguing information is shared regarding the plastics hidden inside wet wipes that are widely used in our everyday lives during the press conference held by Lenzing Group to raise environmental awareness.
Accordingly, less than 10% of the consumers are aware of the fact that most of the wet wipes have considerable amount of plastic material inside them. Lenzing introduced VEOCEL™ fibers in order to guide consumers who would like to make sustainable and environment-friendly buying decisions as well as the ‘Hands On’ initiative aiming to promote the consumers to purchase biodegradable products.
Manufacturing environment-friendly special fibers from renewable wood raw material, Lenzing Group held a press conference intending to increase environmental awareness to promote the usage of more sustainable raw materials.
Lenzing Global Nonwovens Business Management Vice President Jurgen Eizinger spoke at the press conference, in which notable information was shared regarding the plastics hidden inside the products that are widely used in our everyday lives, and stated that they produced special fibers using environment-friendly and innovative technologies, and moreover, contributed to raise environmental awareness of the sector and consumers.
In this regard, Eizinger indicated that VEOCEL™ brand was released to the market as the new nonwoven brand of the Lenzig Group, adding “More people are using wet wipes in everyday life due to their being practical, hygienic and ready to use. However, studies reveal very few people know that most of these wet wipes contain considerable amount of plastic materials and would harm the environment if not disposed of properly. According to sectoral data, less than 10% of the consumers are aware of the fact that wet wipes have fossil based plastics in them. In the meantime, 9 out of 10 people stated that they would prefer to use a biodegradable alternative.”
Eizinger reminded that parallel to the efforts of the lawmakers who try to diminish global plastic waste amount, European Union (EU) recently released a directive regarding single-use plastic products proceeded with the following, “According to this new EU initiative, wet wipe packages will have to be marked concerning the negative effects to the environment and they will have to be disposed of properly. The wood-based, botanical-origin fibers of the Lenzing Group offers an alternative to the fossil based plastic materials inside the wet wipes. These botanical-origin fibers produced by renewable wood material with an environment-friendly production process are completely biodegradable in sea and land recycling to nature.
If the wet wipe package has VEOCEL™ logo on it, the product is 100% biodegradable
Miray Demirer Acar, Head of Turkey & Middle East and Africa Marketing Communication and Branding Department, expressed that the consumers could take a step forward by going for the biodegradable products in order to reduce the plastic waste in the sea and therefore had launched the ‘Hands On’ initiative. Acar indicated that, with the ‘Hands On’ initiative, they aimed to foster a dialog among the wet wipe customers with environmental consciousness, sustainability experts, and people sharing similar concerns to promote the usage of environment-friendly and more sustainable raw materials. Acar added “With this initiative, we wanted to raise awareness about the hidden plastic materials inside the wet wipes that are omnipresent in everyday life. Day by day, the amount of plastic waste in the sea increases which endangers both human health as well as the nature. If we pay attention to the contents of the products we use and prefer sustainable and environment-friendly ones, we can pass a better world on to the next generations. As a manufacturer, we try to fulfill our responsibility by producing sustainable and environment-friendly raw materials. The consumers should realize that their buying decisions are significant and therefore can realize a better future by going towards environment-aware choices.”
Acar also drew attention to the fact that the consumers who desire to make a sustainable shopping decision were in need of a good guidance and assurance. Acar concluded her remarks as: “Therefore, in the beginning of this year, we announced new certification criteria for our VEOCEL™ brand. Accordingly, only biodegradable botanic-origin fibers can be used in VEOCEL™ wet wipes. Consumers will be certain that their purchase is sustainable and environment-friendly when they see the VEOCEL™ logo as a ‘Trusted Brand’ on the packaging.”
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IITD to Host Conference on Functional Textiles & Clothing
4 December 2019 /in -MANŞET, -MANŞET YANI, ETKİNLİK /by nonwoven
The second international conference on Functional Textiles & Clothing (FTC) is being organised by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) from February 7-9, 2020, in New Delhi. FTC will be held in partnership with World University of Design, Haryana—a budding design university of India, and PSG Tech.
A biannual international conference, FTC provides a platform for leading academic scientists, researchers, designers and entrepreneurs to have in-depth exchanges on latest scientific developments, cutting edge technologies, innovations, trends, concerns, challenges and opportunities in the field of functional textiles and clothing.
“Functional clothing comprises clothing that is designed to deliver specific functionalities to users, over and above their usual functions. Functional clothing items can be classified as Protective clothing, Sports clothing, Medical clothing, Vanity clothing and clothing for military applications that performs multiple functions. Smart clothing items equipped with sensors and processors for monitoring of body parameters are a fast-growing segment of this market. The market for functional clothing is predicted to reach $244.6 billion by 2025,” the organisers said in a press release.
Functional clothing is driven by developments in the field of textile materials as well as apparel production processes. Conductive textiles, composites and membranes, new fabrics, surface functionalisation techniques, innovative finishes and coatings and nanotechnology are the emerging areas. CAD CAM technologies including those for 3D and 4D body measurement, pattern design, fit testing and mass customisation, clothing comfort, clothing for special groups and innovative fashion design are growing fields. Internet of things, artificial intelligence, deep learning and virtual reality tools are used to design clothing that is smart, responsive and closer to the needs of the user, the organisers said.
India is amongst the largest producers and consumers of clothing in the world. A large population and availability of raw materials is adding fuel to the production of apparel in the country. Rising aspirations of the middle class, increasing incomes and greater awareness of market trends amongst Indian consumers is providing a strong push to this market segment. The drivers for growth are employment generation, innovation, product development, entrepreneurship and contemporarisation of traditional textiles and crafts. Sustainability is an important consideration for all sectors of the textile and clothing value chain.
The FTC organising committee is inviting abstracts from students and researchers in the form of oral and poster presentations. Authors have to submit a one-page abstract.
A specialised 5-day pre-conference workshop titled ‘Anthropometry, Patternmaking and Clothing Fit’ would be held from February 2-6, 2020. The workshop would be conducted by Daisy Veitch, an experienced anthropometrist and pattern making professional who directed the Australian National Size and Shape Survey in 2002.
In addition, the organisers have planned some events that are specifically planned to encourage design, innovation and product development activities amongst students and young entrepreneurs. The textile product/process innovation contest invites students from round the world to showcase innovative textile products having application in medical, sports, defence or any other field. The fashion product innovation contest invites entries from innovative fashion products/clothing incorporating an innovative technology or performing an innovative function. For poster contest, students in different areas of functional textiles and clothing can submit poster abstracts.
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Aalto University Uses Palm Wax For Water Resistance
3 December 2019 /in -MANŞET, -MANŞET YANI, INOVASYON /by nonwoven
Amidst concerns over use of c to make textiles waterproof, scientists from Aalto University have used an ecological method to make garments water-resistant with wax obtained from Brazilian palm tree leaves. The treatment is non-toxic and doesn’t impair breathability.
Aalto researchers have developed an ecological and water repellent wax particle coating suitable for wood cellulose fibres, which also retains the breathability and natural feel of the textile. The coating uses carnauba wax, which is also used in such things as medicines, foodstuffs, as well as the surface treatment of fruits and car waxes. The new coating is suitable not only for textiles but also for other cellulose-based materials.
During the processing, the wax is thawed and decomposed in water into wax particles that are anionic (negatively charged) just like cellulose. For the wax particles to adhere well to the cellulose surface, something cationic (positively charged) is needed as a buffer, since the oppositely charged particles attract one another. In previous studies, a natural protein called polylysine was used for this.
However, as Aalto University PhD student Nina Forsman points out, “Polylysine is very expensive so in our current study, it’s been substituted with a much cheaper, cationic starch that’s already commercially available.” Though cationic starch is not quite as effective as polylysine, two layers of the starch mixed with two wax particles are sufficient to make the textile waterproof.
The researchers compared the breathability of textiles treated with natural wax with textiles that had been treated with commercial products. Ecological wax particles made the textiles waterproof and also retained their breathability, while textiles treated with commercial controls had reduced breathability.
The multidisciplinary research team also included designer Matilda Tuure from the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture and as part of her master’s thesis, she designed and manufactured three coats for which the wax coatings were put through their paces.
The wax coating can be applied to the textile by dipping, spraying or brushing onto the surface of the textile, and all three methods were tested. They found that dipping is suitable for smaller items of clothing and spraying or brushing is better for larger ones. In industrial-scale production, wax treatment could be part of the textile finishing process along with the colour pigmentation of the wax, which makes dyeing and waterproofing possible at the same time.
The team found that the wax coating is not resistant to detergent washing, so the product is best suited for less frequently washed outer garments such as jackets. For the sake of simplicity of use, the consumer could potentially apply the coating themselves to the textile after each wash, and this requires more research and development though.
The effect of the drying temperature after wax treatment on waterproofing was also observed, and it was concluded that the best water resistance is obtained when the drying temperature is lower than the melting temperature of the wax.
“We tested the coating on different textile materials: viscose, tencel, cotton, hemp and cotton knitwear. We found that the surface roughness of textiles affects how well it repels water – the rougher the surface, the better. This is because, on a rough surface, water droplets contact the textile surface in a smaller area,” says Forsman.
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First Devan R-Vital® CBD-Infused Textiles Hit the Market
With the recent launch of Acabada ProActiveWear, the first CBD-infused textiles are officially hitting the market. The fabric treatment behind the CBD-infused textiles was developed by Devan Chemicals, a Belgian company specialized in functional finishes for the worldwide textile markets.
Devan launched its CBD (Cannabidiol) fabric treatment at Heimtextil 2019 in Frankfurt as part of their R-Vital® range of microencapsulated active ingredients. The range contains active substances like Aloe Vera, Q10, Vitamin E… with CBD being its latest addition. Now, only 8 months later, the first CBD-infused products are hitting the market.
High-quality organic CBD
Born in 2019, Acabada ProActiveWear is the world’s first and only CBD-infused activewear brand, committed to creating innovative, luxury apparel for the proactive woman. Conceptualized in New York and produced in Portugal, Acabada infuses luxury fabric with the highest quality organic CBD, to ensure that women will look, feel and perform at their best. Thanks to the close and intense cooperation between Acabada, Devan and the Portuguese production partner, goods were in store in less than five months starting from initial contact.
With over 30 years in the apparel industry, Acabada CEO and Co-Founder Seth Baum recognized the positive effects of CBD on pain and inflammation and the fact that top athletes embrace the active ingredient as a part of their training and recovery ritual. Baum assembled a team of experienced fashion designers, including Co-Founder and CCO Katrina Petrillo, and together they created a high fashion yet innovative product that is primed to disrupt the market. “While typical CBD products such as tinctures and edibles are growing exponentially in popularity, we began to envision a product that addressed health and wellness through a different lens. By physically infusing CBD into our garments, our product live at the intersection of fashion, fitness, and wellness,” says Baum. With Acabada ProActiveWear, recovery starts from the moment you get dressed by helping to fight soreness and promote healing before the first squat, lunge or crunch.
Each garment from Acabada ProActiveWear contains up to 25 grams of zero-THC, lab-certified, 99.9% pure CBD, which will allow the benefits to last through 40 high-intensity wear and wash cycles. As customers approach 40 wears and washes, they can choose to sustainably recycle their CBD-infused garments through Acabada’s upcycling program, where the recycled, synthetic fabrics will be repurposed where needed as commercial materials.
Microencapsulation
Through a scientific process called microencapsulation, CBD molecules are strategically infused into luxe, high-performance fabrics by wrapping microscopic droplets of zero-THC, hemp-derived CBD with a protective coating. Using Devan’s patented textile finishing treatment, the microcapsules bond to the fibres in the fabric. Strategically placed within the garments to align with muscle groups, the microcapsules gradually open over time as each layer meets with friction from your skin. When the individual capsules break open, the CBD is released and trans-dermally absorbed, where it interacts with your body’s endocannabinoid system (ECS) to help regulate and reduce pain and inflammation caused by physical activities. In the meantime, Devan has put together extensive research and testing documentation in order to accommodate questions from brands and retailers on this trendy subject.
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Fortum And Spinnova Present Wheat Straw-Based Clothing
21 November 2019 /in -MANŞET, -MANŞET YANI, INOVASYON /by nonwoven
Fortum, an energy company building new business options in the circular economy, together with sustainable fibre technology company Spinnova, has introduced the first prototype product made using wheat straw in production of highly sustainable textile fibre.
The prototype material is unique also due to its extremely low environmental impact from raw material extraction, processing and manufacture, verified by life-cycle analysis (LCA).
“We are very excited to present this revolutionary textile. Today, wheat straw is mostly discarded or even burned in the fields. As it can now be used in numerous textile applications, this opens up huge possibilities globally. This cooperation is a tangible step towards Fortum’s strategy to build options for significant new businesses that improve resource efficiency and provide smart solutions for a cleaner world. We would like to invite more key industry players to join us in this journey,” said Heli Antila, VP, Biobased solutions at Fortum.
“We are all very proud of this amazing collaborative accomplishment! This was a very fast journey from the first trials to real, appealing fabric materials. This shows that wheat straw-based fibre is well on its way to being a drop-in product of the most sustainable kind,” said Spinnova’s CEO Janne Poranen.
The parties announced their partnership earlier this year after testing various biomasses. The showcased straw was first processed with highly sustainable fractionation technology, developed by Fortum’s associate company Chempolis Oy. Spinnova’s technology, presently in a piloting phase, turns microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) directly into fibre mechanically without any dissolving or harmful chemical processes. Fibres of the now showcased clothing were produced in Spinnova’s pilot facility in Finland, which also means that Spinnova’s technology can be applied to various biomasses without further technology development.
Fortum and Spinnova plan to establish sustainable fibre production in Fortum’s future biorefineries that will use residual biomasses such as agro waste. The biomass will be processed into materials for bioproducts of lignocellulosic origin, as well as cellulosic products. The refineries will be based on fractionation technology, enabling highly resource-efficient utilisation of wheat straw and resulting in significantly lower environmental impact compared to other processing technologies.
Spinnova is a Finnish, sustainable fibre company that develops ecological breakthrough technology for manufacturing cellulose-based textile fibre. Spinnova’s patented technology includes 0 per cent harmful chemicals and 0 per cent waste or side streams, making the fibre and the production method the most sustainable in the world. Spinnova’s raw material commitment is to only use FSC certified wood or waste streams.
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University Of Borås Creating Textiles From Old Bread
Old bread may soon be used to make textiles. Scientist from the University of Borås are working in this direction and have already reported some success.
The research involves growing filamentous fungi on bread waste in bioreactors, and then creating yarn and nonwoven textiles in two different processes. Protein form the filaments can be used as food.
“We have seen that much of the food waste from grocery stores is from bread and therefore we wanted to see how we could turn it into a new product,” says Akram Zamani, senior lecturer in Resource Recycling at the University of Borås, the scientist involved in the project.
In the research, filamentous fungi will be grown on bread waste in bioreactors, and will then be used in two different processes to create yarn and to produce nonwoven textiles. “When the bread has become a biomass of fungi, we remove the protein which in turn can be used as food or animal feed. We use the cell wall fibres that remain of the fungi partly to spin a yarn, and partly to create nonwoven fabrics,” Zamani says.
“We have done a large part of the cultivation already, and it has worked well, so now we are working on a wet spinning process to create yarn, and test different methods to improve the yarn’s properties,” she says.
It is hoped that the fungus will be able to be transformed and used for clothing, medical applications, or furniture textiles. During the first two years, the product will be made on a smaller scale, in order to be scaled up during the third and fourth years.
“There is no previous research on this; therefore it is difficult to know what to expect,” says Zamani and continues: “We get the bread from a local grocery store, and we are able to collect as much as we need, which gives us the opportunity to test different things and make sure it becomes a good product.”
In addition to researchers in resource recovery and textile technology at the University of Borås, KTH, RISE Innventia and Sahlgrenska University Hospital are also included in the project. The project is being financed by Vinnova and is over four years.
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Researchers Produced Materials to Replace Plastic
31 October 2019 /in -MANŞET, -MANŞET YANI, INOVASYON /by nonwoven
Aalto University and VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland) scientists have produced a new bio-based material by uniting wood cellulose fibres and the silk protein found in spider web threads.
The material – very firm and resilient – may be used in the future to replace plastic, as part of bio-based composites and in medical applications, surgical fibres, the textile industry and packaging.
Achieving strength and extensibility at the same time has so far been a great challenge in material engineering. Increasing strength has meant losing extensibility and vice versa. The new material overcomes this challenge.
According to Aalto University Professor Markus Linder, nature offers great ingredients for developing new materials, such as firm and easily available cellulose and tough and flexible silk as used in this research. The advantage with both of these materials is that, unlike plastic, they are biodegradable and do not damage nature the same way micro-plastics do.
“Our researchers just need to be able to reproduce the natural properties,” adds Linder, who led the research.
“We used birch tree pulp, broke it down to cellulose nanofibrils and aligned them into a stiff scaffold. At the same time, we infiltrated the cellulosic network with a soft and energy dissipating spider silk adhesive matrix,” said research scientist Pezhman Mohammadi from VTT.
Silk is a natural protein which is excreted by animals like silkworms and also found in spider web threads. The spider web silk used by Aalto University researchers, however, is not actually taken from spider webs but is instead produced by the researchers using bacteria with synthetic DNA.
“Because we know the structure of the DNA, we can copy it and use this to manufacture silk protein molecules which are chemically similar to those found in spider web threads. The DNA has all this information contained in it,” Linder explains.
“Our work illustrates the new and versatile possibilities for protein engineering. In the future, we could manufacture similar composites with slightly different building blocks and achieve a different set of characteristics for other applications. Currently, we are working on making new composite materials as implants, impact resistance objects and other products,” says Mohammadi.
The research project is part of the work of the Centre of Excellence in Molecular Engineering of Biosynthetic Hybrid Materials (HYBER). The research has been published in Science Advances.
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The World’s First Fully Customisable and Zero-Waste 3D Printed Skirt
Fashion tech pioneer Julia Daviy has launched the world’s first zero-waste digitally customisable 3D-printed skirt.
A technology that allows zero-waste and cruelty-free clothing production becoming a reality with large-format professional 3D printing.
After ‘The Liberation Collection’ launched in 2018 at New York Fashion Week in 2018, Julia Daviy became obsessed with the idea of making 3D printed clothing commercially available, disrupting the idea of standardisation.
“It was critical to simplify digital customisation and 3D print wearable clothing with flexible materials. We’ve accomplished that, and I think that consumers will respond fast.”
“Our goal was never to demonstrate the viability of 3D printed clothin. We’ll have succeeded when beautiful, comfortable, ethically manufactured and environmentally friendly clothes are the standard” she added.
With a patented technology that uses 100 percent recyclable filaments, Julia and her team can meet the most exigent customer demands.
The team is being able not only to create highly customisable 3D printed garments according to consumers’ needs but also apparel of zero-waste for a cleaner and more sustainable world.
Once the customers finalise their choice for a garment’s pattern, style, colour, waistline, and lining, Daviy and her team use the information to create a digital model of the garment.
Once modelled, the creation is approved by the client and sent to the 3D printers. The final product takes around ten days to complete.
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Andritz Needlelooms: Leading The Way In Quality Performance
28 October 2019 /in -MANŞET, -MANŞET YANI, TEKNOLOJİ /by nonwoven
Andritz Over the coming years the market for nonwoven materials is set to grow significantly, and because of its ability to produce strong, durable end-use products, needlepunch technology will become one of the most important bonding processes in nonwoven production.
Based on many years of experience in this field, Andritz has the expert knowledge, technical capability and flexibility to create reliable needlepunch lines to meet the specific needs of its customers.
Needlepunch technology can be used with nearly all fibers and can be customized to produce fabrics of varying tensile strength and weight distribution, making it extremely versatile for use in many applications. One of the most dynamic markets for this technology is in the automotive industry where there is an increasing need for lightweight and heavyweight applications to insulate against external noises made more noticeable with the trend towards electric powered vehicles. There is also a growing market for materials produced with needlepunch technology in the areas of geotextiles, filtration products, roofing and flooring materials and furniture.
Andritz Asselin-Thibeau, located in the town of Elbeuf in Normandy, France, is the Center of Competence for the manufacture of needlepunch, thermo bonding and chemical bonding technology for the global nonwoven business. Jean-Philippe Dumon, Sales Director, Nonwoven Division says, “We have quite a history of manufacturing nonwovens equipment on this site, the Asselin company originally started creating and manufacturing crosslappers, pre-needlers and needlers as long ago as 1950 and could be considered as real pioneers in the creation of the nonwoven industry.”
Fast forward to the present and the company in Elbeuf is one of Andritz’s leading production sites in the area of nonwovens. Dumon continues, “The pioneering attitude of the past continues here, and every year we increase our repeat business, but we are also growing in terms of market share for our needlepunch lines and technology.
“We are proud of the fact that we are always investing at this site, every year we are commissioning new tools for our machine tool plant, we have implemented all the latest management principals, and despite continuous growth, we have managed to increase production with the same footprint.”
The needlelooms manufactured at Andritz Asselin-Thibeau go out to nonwoven producers all over the world, with 40% going to countries in Europe, including Russia and Turkey, 25% to the US and another 25% to Asia.
“In an industry which is currently moving in many new directions, Andritz also works with independent mid-size nonwoven producers, offering knowledge and expertise to enable the creation and running of an optimal needlepunch line,” says Dumon. “This can be supplied entirely by Andritz, where it can control everything and guarantee the final results, or, with its capability to mix technology, can supply individual machines into an existing line.”
Andritz Needlelooms: Robust, Versatile, Easy to Operate
The design of the needleloom, a key piece of machinery in the needlepunch line, takes a large part of Andritz’s innovative work at Elbeuf. The company focus is to offer high reliability, high performance and the lowest cost of ownership as possible. Andritz needlelooms are highly durable and offer a variety of punching speeds and working width sizes. The needling density can be adjusted to accommodate any thickness of material and can be made capable of needling from one side or both, making them extremely versatile for a wide range of applications.
An important feature of the Andritz needleloom is the way in which it is designed for ease of cleaning. Some fibers create a lot of dust during the loom process which can contaminate the product, especially where the line is used for creating different types of materials. “Andritz needlelooms are designed so that all the areas that come in contact with the product are visible and a space over the plate gives clear accessibility for suction to remove dust from the plate and needles,” explains Dumon. “This greatly increases the efficiency of the loom by producing consistent products and reducing the time required for cleaning and maintenance as well as being safer for the operator.”
A further key contribution to the efficiency of ANDRITZ needlelooms is the use of the largest, toughest available bearings, resulting in a much more robust machine with a much longer life expectancy. These bearings can last for years – in many known cases they were only replaced after 12 years of constant use as a precaution, even though they were found to still be in good condition. This extended life requires the bearings to be kept at an optimum working temperature, which is why Andritz needlelooms use oil as a lubricant, applied constantly to ensure the lifespan of the bearings. The combination of using large bearings and oil lubrication results in less downtime for maintenance bringing a far greater return on investment for the customer.
Within bespoke designs, Andritz can adapt the needleloom according to the need of the customer. For example, in lighter weight nonwoven fabrics where the surface aspect is of high importance, the parts of the needleloom that interact with the fabric are optimized to minimize uncontrolled draft and create the ideal needle distribution pattern, enabling the production line to run faster. For fabrics that require a heavy punching load, Andritz has introduced the Dynamic Harmonic Shifter (DHS), technology, which eliminates the vibrations generated from the tougher needling requirements which would otherwise damage the machinery.
“We listen intently to our customers”
The use of the needlepunch process is growing steadily across Europe and globally where in today’s nonwoven market, customers are looking for flexibility, low operating costs and consistent quality of the finished product. Andritz works directly with customers to discuss specific requirements according to their end products and available resources. In this way a thorough understanding of how best the needlepunch line and needleloom can be designed is gained, to bring high added value to the customer by creating stable products and getting long-lasting results, bringing them the best return on investment. Where required needlelooms can be customized for specialist use, one example of which is the double velour machine which incorporates two frames with the same brush, resulting in doubling the process speed while reducing handling which increases the quality and consistency and brings production costs down.
As part of the design procedure Andritz uses its neXmatrix simulator tool to compare different possible line set ups to find the best possible solution to identify and meet the customer’s requirements. Customers can also make use of the state-of-the-art trial center facility in Elbeuf, which combines all the latest Andritz technology in its complete needlepunch pilot line, including the SCADA monitoring system.
Performance may vary from one fiber to another so the trial center enables the design team to record the machine performance and adjust it according to the customer’s needs to create the optimal conditions for the most efficient line and best product quality. Having this facility helps to reassure the customer and give them a real feel for nonwoven lines and equipment working at an operational level.
“We really like to get close to our customer,” says Dumon. “We listen intently to what their situation is, what their products are, and what they are used for. We engineer a simulation in our pilot line here in Elbeuf and give them a real-time first-hand demonstration of their products being made. Customers are always impressed with our ability to not only simulate their needs, but also show them what other possibilities for new products there could be in the future.”
By using this approach, Andritz can create a proposal that meets the customer’s business plan. New, innovative and proven equipment can then be installed, up and running in a short space of time offering greater potential for high productivity from the outset. This method ensures that Andritz provides the appropriate range of equipment with the innovations needed to optimize the customer’s investment by producing the most viable volume of a consistent, high-quality product in a cost effective and efficient way.
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Revolutionary Innovative Technology from DiloGroup: The H Alpha Loom
25 September 2019 /in -MANŞET, -MANŞET YANI, TEKNOLOJİ /by nonwoven
In its 117 year history, DiloGroup has always set new standards in regard to machine performance and efficiency. Innovative technologies like DI-LOUR, DI-LOOP and Hyperpunch have created new markets for the nonwovens industry and have contributed to continuous growth.
DiloGroup, consisting of DiloSpinnbau, DiloTemafa, DiloMachines and DiloSystems, offers production machinery for complete processes to make needled staple fibre nonwovens, from fibre preparation, to carding, crosslapping or aerodynamic webforming, needlepunching or other consolidation technologies for any fibre material.
With its recent developments DILO is continuing this strategy of high-quality engineering and revolutionary innovative technology.
The H Alpha loom is a new variation of Hyperpunch technology. By reducing detrimental draft, increasing throughput speed and lowering costs, it is of interest for universal applications.
The surface quality of nonwovens is an important parameter and highly influenced by the needle pattern. The new needle pattern “8000X” can be considered a breakthrough for realizing very uniform stitch distributions over a wide range of line speed. The related “6000X” is suitable for Hyperpunch needle looms.
The Hypertex technology combines a grid of endless fibres and nonwoven fabric as a sandwich using the needlepunch process. An additional weaving process becomes unnecessary. The grid improves the tensile strength of products such as filters or roof sheets and will lower costs and production time.
In the field of “textile additive manufacturing” the “3D-Lofter” will offer further chances of fibre savings for needlefelts used in the automotive and other applications because topologically distributed fibre masses can be positioned in the felt where needed by so called “individual webforming spots”.
“diloline 4.0” includes a wide variety of “smart manufacturing” actions in collaboration with Siemens which all aim at further simplifying operation, increasing transparency in web forming and consolidation thereby increasing efficiency. Production data are stored, documented and compared. An “alarm monitor” indicates irregular behaviour. A production analysis documents the reasons for standstill times. This data can be used to avoid irregular behaviour. Numerous information modules can be recalled via mobile apps and cloud data (mindSpheres). All these methods to control the machines and to generate production data will be helpful to further secure the complex functions within the production system independently of personnel and shift.
DiloGroup will showcase its products at booth C50 at Techtextil India.
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Lies . . . and the Southern Environmental Law Center
by north beach sun · December 6, 2013
Editorial by Kip Tabb –
The Bonner Bridge, closed for repairs.
North Carolina Secretary of Transportation Tony Tata comes across—at least in public—as a fairly patient person. Competent, knowledgeable and certainly professional—especially in dealing with the public and the press, he was the ideal point person to explain what is happening with the Bonner Bridge.
Until Andy Fox of WAVY TV read a statement from the Southern Environmental Law Center . . .
To his credit Tata, who was clearly angered by the statement, never went overboard, but his criticism of the SELC was sharp, incisive and direct.
Here’s the statement that triggered Tata’s response: “NCDOT’s inability to secure all the necessary permits for its faulty plan to build a new bridge in the same unstable location is delaying construction of any new bridge.”
It’s no wonder he reacted as he did. The statement is hypocritical, misleading, self-serving and is, frankly, so patently and obviously false that it is a lie.
The reason NCDOT has not been able “. . . to secure all the necessary permits for its . . . new bridge . . .” is because the SELC has sued to stop construction in federal court and blocked the permits through CAMA administrative procedures.
It is a sad statement that the leaders of a movement that at one time championed truth and the individual have sunk to this level. At one time the environmental movement was at the forefront of forcing the government to testify truthfully, and sometimes painfully, about Love Canal, DDT and toxic landfills.
It was environmental groups that got us to understand the complexity of the natural world and how we as individuals are a part of it. There was a sense that they were trying to preserve the environment for everyone—not for an elite few to study from an ivory tower of glass.
And now this—an outright and outrageous lie. It’s difficult to say what is more offensive—the lie or the lack of moral courage to state, “We are opposed to this and we are taking all means possible to stop it.”
There is truly a sense of futility and helplessness in dealing with these people. The lawsuits and challenges are being brought by people who do not live here and have no connection to this area other than a self-imposed belief that somehow they can create an environment that has not existed for at least the past 50 or 60 years, and probably never existed.
If there is anything that can be done, perhaps it is through the power of the purse. The SELC represents the Defenders of Wildlife and the National Wildlife Refuge Association in their lawsuits. All three organizations are 501c3 nonprofits, and as such their donors are given a level of anonymity. Nonetheless, if the word were to go out loudly and clearly, “Do not donate to these organizations,” perhaps the power of the purse string would drive the point home.
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susan nelson says:
Thank you Kip for so eloquently stated exactly what happened at the press conference and the truth about the SELC. Never did i think i would be “raging” against an environmental program, having grown up on the Outer Banks for 58 years, but they are so wrong on so many levels. I have heard them speak many times and they consistently talk just like they did to Andy Fox.
north beach sun says:
Just to clarify. The statement Andy Fox read came from the statement the SELC put on their website. Here’s the link: http://www.southernenvironment.org/newsroom/press_releases/statement_on_ncdots_closure_of_bonner_bridge/
Andy did his homework on this. He may or may not have spoken to the SELC–he did not indicate if he had or had not. He did say this came from the statement they issued.
raymond austin says:
The writing has been on the wall for many years. The maintance should have been kept up on this and all bridges in nc. SELC has and wants to run people off of Hatteras Island and I’m afraid this is going to happen. The National Park Service is another outfit that wants the same. Having been born there I’ve seen many changes and they’re not good. No bridge, have to have lisences to hunt and fish, speed limits that need to be raised outside of the villages, high gas prices and now food. It gos on and on. The word resort doesn’t fit this area because of all the problems. There are no dunes and no plans to put those back, the NPS is the author of a lot trouble there, the most that can happen is we must pray.
gifford nolan says:
Perhaps it is time to strike back at the SELC where it matters most; in their personal pocket books. It appears to me that a group of lawyers have gone from protecting the environment to protecting their bank accounts. Perhaps a group of businesses (it must be a group that can show damage) can hire an attorney and file a suit against the individual lawyers as well as the individuals on the BoD and the President’s Council of the SELC. File suit claiming that these individuals are acting in their own best interest and not that of the environment and in doing so are inflecting irreparable harm to those business owners of Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands.
john runyon says:
why are we letting the judges who allow the frivolous law suits to go on and on with no cost to the perpetrators is this so they have more work?
The judges in these cases are federal and serve permanently by appointment by a President with the advice and consent of Congress. The SELC already lost in the first round of federal court when Judge Louise Flanagan found for the defendants (NCDOT) on all points. Here’s the link to our story on that: http://www.northbeachsun.com/bonner-bridge-takes-major-step-toward-construction. The SELC, as they are entitled to do, have appealed to the US Circuit Court of Appeals. We are currently waiting for the Appeals Court to indicate if they are going to take the case or let Judge Flanagan’s ruling stand. The other issue is getting the CAMA permits for the project. The SELC has forced an administrative hearing on that. Under any circumstances construction cannot begin until the permits are issued. The perpetrators, as you term them, are charging for their work. The SELC is a law firm handling exclusively environmental lawsuits. They are suing on behalf or the Defenders of Wildlife and the National Wildlife Refuge Association, which is why I suggested in the editorial that a strategy to bringing this to a close is to stop the funding stream.
Fred Kinzel says:
Judge Louise Flanagan has made her decision and found NCDOT in compliance with the Law. Build the bridge now and send a clear and concise message to S.E.L.C. and others like them that the vast majority of the people want to see Common Sense and fiscal responsibility
used in decision making. To many Taxpayer dollars have been wasted on one Environmental Impact statement after another , when one done by someone with a little ” Common Sense ” should be enough. Defenders of Wildlife have made a fortune , our tax dollars , by suing agencies under the Dept. of Interior , from the National Park Service to the U.S. Coast Guard. They name the Secretary of Interior personally. Defenders of Wildlife vs. Rowan Gould:
Judgement Fund Payment : $ 263,099.00
Defenders of Wildlife vs. Gutierrez
Defenders of Wildlife vs. Gale Norton
Defenders of Wildlife along with the Center for Biological Diversity vs. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture : Settlement Agreement under Judge Marylin H. Patel. The U.S. Forest Service will pay $ 250,000.00 pursuant to the “Equal Access to Justice”Act. Now keep in mind that Defenders of Wildlife has sued the Dept. of Interior one hundred ninety-two times. Still think it’s not about the money? If you don’t mind your tax dollars being used to line the pockets of lawyers over frivolous lawsuits and missed deadlines, I can respect that, however, I do have a problem with it. Enough is Enough.
Pwai Chung says:
I spoke with a staff-level employee of the Congressional Representative for this district. He said the Congressman sincerely believes this whole matter has to do with United Nations Agenda 21. Additionally, the Congressman said the orchestrated plan to depopulate the island must be stopped.
John Everett says:
When the Outlying Landing Field threatened to move from the Tidewater to Northeastern N.C., it was the SELC that stood between rural North Carolinians and the U.S. Navy – and won. And when oil industry comes calling to drill offshore, I will give you one guess who will be standing there to protect the Outer Banks — the SELC. Now you may not agree with their stance on the bridge and that’s fine, but calling them liars and saying they are filing suits to serve their own best interests is just foolish. Check their website, these folks have degrees from the best schools in the country and make a small fraction of what they could easily earn in the private sector because they believe in what they’re doing. If money were their goal, each of them could be hundreds of thousands (if not millions) at private law firms representing business (like Duke Power, etc.).
I hope everyone of you who criticizes the SELC is ready for offshore oil drilling, because that’s what you deserve for having such short memories. Good thing that the SELC doesn’t care if they get blasted in the “court of public opinion,” they try to do what’s right for the environment whether its popular or not.
Personally, I’m not convinced they should be fighting the bridge — but I recognize all the good work they have done and continue to do.
Offshore drilling would actually be great for Eastern NC and the OBX. It would bring good paying jobs and also offshore drilling rigs would create structure that would provide habitat for fish. Offshore sport fishing is one the main things that draws tourists to Hatteras.
Kip Tabb says:
Rob-It is very doubtful that offshore drilling would bring any high paying jobs to the Outer Banks or diversify the workforce. Servicing offshore platforms requires deepwater ports and there are no deepwater ports on the Outer Banks and no possibility that there will be one. Although oil platforms have been recognized as valuable artificial reefs, and I’m guessing that is what you’re referencing habitat for fish, they come with risks that other forms of artificial reefs do not have, and to that point, NC Marine Fisheries in cooperation with NCDOT, is moving forward with plans to use the superstructure of the old Bonner Bridge as it is dismantled to create six artificial reefs off the Outer Banks. I cannot speak for all Outer Banks residents, but the vast majority of the people who live here seem to feel the most likely economic impact from offshore oil exploration and drilling would be negative.
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The Calhoun City Council approved tentative dates for the Calhoun High School and Gordon Central High School homecoming dates, pending approval from the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT).
If approved, Gordon Central High School’s Homecoming parade will take its traditional route on Thursday, Sept. 5. It will begin at 7 p.m. Calhoun High School’s Homecoming parade will start on its traditional route and then turn right onto Hicks Street, right on Park Avenue and then left on Oothcalooga Street before arriving back on the school campus. If approved by the GDOT, the parade will be held on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 6:30 p.m. A rain date was also tentatively approved for Friday, Sept. 27, at 3:45 p.m.
Mayor Jimmy Palmer also reminded the public that qualifying for the upcoming municipal general election will be held at City Hall, located at 226 S. Wall St., beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 19, and will end at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21. The general election will be held on Nov. 5.
The positions that are up for election are mayor, two city council seats and two school board seats. Incumbent elected officials for those positions are Palmer, who has served as the mayor of Calhoun for more than 20 years; Post 1 City Councilwoman Jackie Palazzolo; Post 2 City Councilman Al Edwards; and on the Calhoun City Schools Board of Education, Post 4 Board Member Eddie Reeves and Post 5 Board Member Tony Swink, who announced Monday that he would not seek reelection.
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During the one-day event, held to celebrate the good work done at schools by the Eco-Escolas, awards will be given to schools that have been working on the various Eco-Escolas challenges and projects in 2015. A number of partners are involved in supporting projects under the umbrella of the Eco-Escolas initiative, including Eco-repórter da Energía, Geração Depositrão, el Póster Eco-Código, Hortas Bio, Roupas Usadas não estão acabadas, É na primavera que florescem as grandes ideias and Poster Eco-código.
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The event, which is promoted by the European Blue Flag Association (ABAE/FEE Portugal) and Torres Vedras district council, highlights the local authorities and groups with the highest degree of implementation of the Eco-Schools initiative in Portugal, by recognising the schools that have presented the best projects during the year related to the challenges set in the 2015 Eco-Schools initiative. This session will be include in the 2015 Green Flag Day programme, culminating with the giving out of the Eco-Escolas green flags — 1,178 of them this year — distributed over 221 districts in Portugal. This day will also mark the beginning of the commemorative events to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Eco-Escolas in Portugal, over which time 13,547 have participated in the initiative.
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Here is another release in our App Resource Guide for Adults. While Snapchat has a deceptive feel to it due to the disappearing messaging function, the messages/pictures/videos are not always inappropriate.
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State Takes Child from Parents Because They Refused to Allow Her to Become Transgender
February 27, 2018 February 26, 2018 renegade 2 Comments
By Matt Agorist
[…] This month, Hamilton County Judge Sylvia Sieve Hendon stripped custody rights from an Ohio couple because they refused to allow her to become a transgendered boy.
Prosecutors successfully argued that the child need to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible to prevent her from becoming suicidal. The state further argued that the 17-year-old girl was being traumatized by her parents’ unwillingness to call her by a male name. According to an earlier CNN story, the grandparents’ attorney, Jeffrey Cutcher, told the court that “even seeing [her] birth name on documents has caused trauma.”
The New American reports:
Perhaps worst of all — from the county’s perspective — the parents had the audacity to base at least some of their opposition to their daughter’s desires on their religious beliefs. “The teen’s lawyer, Thomas Mellott, said [her] parents had [her] enrolled at a Catholic school where [she] was made to wear dresses and answer to [her] birth name,” wrote CNN. The girl herself alleged that she felt unsafe in her parents’ home, saying her father had told her to kill herself because she was “going to hell anyway,” and that she was forced to attend “Christian” therapy that consisted of listening to Bible verses for hours on end.
The parents’ attorney, Karen Brinkman, denied the allegations and said the parents’ objections were not solely based on their religious beliefs. She maintained that they “have done their due diligence contacting medical professionals, collecting thousands of hours of research and relying on … their observation of their own child … that led them to the conclusion that this is not in their child’s best interest.” In fact, they believe hormone therapy “would do more harm than good,” she said.
“It does not appear that this child is even close to being able to make such a life-altering decision at this time,” Brinkman further argued. She added that granting custody to the grandparents “would simply be a way for the child to circumvent the necessity of parents’ consent.”
Now, the teenager is under the custody of the state while they grant her permission to temporarily live with her grandparents.
“We think the grandparents are the ones who have an open mind and will … make this sort of decision best for the child,” attorney Paul Hunt, who represents the guardian, told the court. “The parents have clearly indicated that they’re not open to it.”
As the state claims that the parents are wrong because they wanted to get her therapy instead of hormone treatment, under the terms of the court’s decision, that’s what has to happen anyway.
Although she can legally change her name, before undergoing the hormone therapy the child must be “evaluated by a psychologist who is not affiliated with the current facility where [she] is receiving treatment, on ‘the issue of consistency in the child’s gender presentation, and feelings of non-conformity,’” noted CNN.
“What is clear from the testimony presented in this case and the increasing worldwide interest in transgender care is that there is certainly a reasonable expectation that circumstances similar to the one at bar are likely to repeat themselves,” Hendon wrote. “That type of legislation would give a voice and a pathway to youth similarly situated as [the child] without attributing fault to the parents and involving them in protracted litigation which can and does destroy a family unit.”
While the judge may have her mind made up, there are many in the scientific arena who recommend children wait until they reach adulthood before making such life-changing decisions.
“These kids are not old enough to make life-changing decisions that will affect them for the rest of their lives. It’s unethical to pursue this line of treatment with children who cannot possibly understand what they’re doing,”Stephanie Davies-Arai, of Transgender Trend, a parent group concerned about the rise of children identifying as the opposite sex said.
But puberty itself, even for non-transgenders, is distressing. Some of these children may be misguided and not be transgender at all, but they are given these powerful drugs anyway.
Also, as psychiatry professor Paul McHugh points out, “most children who identify as the opposite sex will eventually come to identify as their biological sex.”
Until much more is known about gender dysphoria, and until controlled clinical trials of puberty-suppression are carried out, this intervention should be considered experimental. Regardless of the good intentions of the physicians and parents, to expose young people to such treatments is to endanger them.
This article originally appeared on The Free Thought Project, where it appears in full.
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Following along with this “logic”, adolescents who suffer from body dsymorphic disorder, a mental disorder in which adolescents wrongly view themselves as fat, or horrifically ugly, should be removed from their homes, when their parents attempt to keep them from starving to death or begging for unneeded plastic surgeries. What happened to the legal age being 18, in which offspring can then make up their own minds? This is an excuse for the gov. to meddle in parental decisions.
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Eliminate all evil elements manipulating Hamilton County Judge Sylvia Sieve Hendon. May that judge receive karmic retribution.
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Notes toward a theory of the corpus, Part 1: History
By corpus I mean a collection of texts. The texts can be of any kind, but I am interested in literature, so I’m interested in literary texts. What can we infer from a corpus of literary texts? In particular, what can we infer about history?
Well, to some extent, it depends on the corpus, no? I’m interested in an answer which is fairly general in some ways, in other ways not. The best thing to do is to pick an example and go from there.
The example I have in mind is the 3300 or so 19th century Anglophone novels that Matthew Jockers examined in Macroanalysis(2013 – so long ago, but it almost seems like yesterday). Of course, Jockers has already made plenty of inferences from that corpus. Let’s just accept them all more or less at face value. I’m after something different.
I’m thinking about the nature of historical process. Jockers’ final study, the one about influence, tells us something about that process, more than Jockers seems to realize. I think it tells us that cultural evolution is a force in human history, but I don’t intend to make that argument here. Rather, my purpose is to argue that Jockers has created evidence that can be brought to bear on that kind of assertion. The purpose of this post is to indicate why I believe that.
A direction in a 600 dimension space
In his final study Jockers produced the following figure (I’ve superimposed the arrow):
Each node in that graph represents a single novel. The image is a 2D projection of a roughly 600 dimensional space, one dimension for each of the 600 features Jockers has identified for each novel. The length of each edge is proportional to the distance between the two nodes. Jockers has eliminated all edges above a certain relatively small value (as I recall he doesn’t tell us the cut off point). Thus two nodes are connected only if they are relatively close to one another, where Jockers takes closeness to indicate that the author of the more recent novel was influenced by the author of more distant one.
You may or may not find that to be a reasonable assumption, but let’s set it aside. What interests me is the fact that the novels in this are in rough temporal order, from 1800 at the left (gray) to 1900 at the right (purple). Where did that order come from? There were no dates in 600D description of each novel. As far as I can tell, that must be a product of the historical process that produced those texts. That process must therefore have a temporal direction.
I’ve spent a fair amount of effort explicitly arguing that point [1], but don’t want to reprise that argument here. For the purposes of this piece, assume that that argument is at least a reasonable one to make.
What is that direction? I don’t have a name for it, but that’s what the arrow in the image indicates. One might call it Progress, especially with Hegel looking over your shoulder. And I admit to a bias in favor of progress, though I have no use for the notion of some ultimate telostoward which history tends. But saying that direction is progress is a gesture without substantial intellectual content because it doesn’t engage with the terms in which that 600D space is constructed. What are those terms? Some of them are topics of the sort identified in topic analysis, e.g. American slavery, beauty and affection, dreams and thoughts, Greek and Egyptian gods, knaves rogues and asses, life history, machines and industry, misery and despair, scenes of natural beauty, and so on [3]. Others are stylistic features, such as the frequency of specific words, e.g. the, heart, would, me, lady, which are the first five words in a list Jockers has in the “Style” chapter of Macroanalysis(p. 94).
In a post back in 2014 I suggested that Jockers’ image depicts the Geistof 19th century Anglo-American literary culture [2]. That’s what interests me, the possibility that we’re looking at a 21st century operationalization of an idea from 19th century German idealism. Here’s what the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has to say about Hegel’s conception of history [4]:
In a sense Hegel’s phenomenology is a study of phenomena (although this is not a realm he would contrast with that of noumena) and Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit is likewise to be regarded as a type of propaedeutic to philosophy rather than an exercise in or work of philosophy. It is meant to function as an induction or education of the reader to the standpoint of purely conceptual thought from which philosophy can be done. As such, its structure has been compared to that of a Bildungsroman (educational novel), having an abstractly conceived protagonist—the bearer of an evolving series of so-called shapes of consciousness or the inhabitant of a series of successive phenomenal worlds—whose progress and set-backs the reader follows and learns from. Or at least this is how the work sets out: in the later sections the earlier series of shapes of consciousness becomes replaced with what seem more like configurations of human social life, and the work comes to look more like an account of interlinked forms of social existence and thought within which participants in such forms of social life conceive of themselves and the world. Hegel constructs a series of such shapes that maps onto the history of western European civilization from the Greeks to his own time.
Now, I am not proposing that Jockers’ has operationalized that conception, those “so-called shapes of consciousness”, in any way that could be used to buttress or refute Hegel’s philosophy of history – which, after all, posited a final end to history. But I am suggesting that can we reasonably interpret that image as depicting a (single) historical phenomenon, perhaps even something like an animating ‘force’, albeit one requiring a thoroughly material account. Whatever it is, it is as abstract as the Hegelian Geist.
How could that be? Continue reading “Notes toward a theory of the corpus, Part 1: History”
Author BBenzonPosted on 27 September, 2018 27 September, 2018 Categories Cultural Evolution, Evolution, literary studiesTags cultural evolution, literary studiesLeave a comment on Notes toward a theory of the corpus, Part 1: History
Report on Cultural Evolution for the National Humanities Center, Revised Edition
Back in 2010 I wrote a piece for the National Humanities Center (USA), Cultural Evolution A Vehicle for Cooperative Interaction Between the Sciences and the Humanities, which is online at their Forum along with comments. I have since revised it to include a section on Jockers, Macroanalysis: Digital Methods in Literary History (2013). You can download the revised version from my SSN page. I’ve placed the added section below.
A Start: 19th Century Anglophone Literary Culture
Let me set the stage by quoting a passage from the excellent review Tim Lewens (2014) wrote for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
The prima-facie case for cultural evolutionary theories is irresistible. Members of our own species are able to survive and reproduce in part because of habits, know-how and technology that are not only maintained by learning from others, they are initially generated as part of a cumulative project that builds on discoveries made by others. And our own species also contains sub-groups with different habits, know-how and technologies, which are once again generated and maintained through social learning. The question is not so much whether cultural evolution is important, but how theories of cultural evolution should be fashioned, and how they should be related to more traditional understandings of organic evolution.
Building on discoveries made by others, we can see that kind of process in a graphic that Matthew Jockers used late in Macroanalysis: Digital Methods in Literary History (2013), though that’s not what Jockers had in mind in that particular investigation. He was working with a corpus of 3346 Ninetheenth Century novels by American, British, Irish and Scottish authors and was interested in tracking influence among them. It is one thing to track influence among a handful of texts; that is the ordinary business of traditional literary history. You read the texts, look for similar passages and motifs, read correspondence and diaries by the authors, and so forth, and arrive at judgements about how the author of some later text was influenced by authors of earlier texts.
It’s not practical to do that for over 3000 texts, most of which you’ve never read, nor has anyone read them in over 100 years. Jockers was using recently developed techniques for analyzing “big data,” in this case, a pile of 19th Century Anglophone novels. Without going into the details – you can find most of them in Jockers, pp. 156 ff.) – Jockers had the computer ‘measure’ each text on almost 600 different traits and then calculated the pair-wise similarity of all the texts. He then tossed out all values below a certain relatively high threshold and then had the computer create a network visualization of the remaining connections. Each text is represented as a ‘node’ in the network and the similarity between two texts is represented by the ‘edge’ (of link) connecting them. The length of the edge is proportional to the degree of similarity. Jockers then had the computer create a visualization of this network, where each text would be next to similar texts in the resulting image. Here’s that image (Figure 9.3 in the book, p. 165, color version from the web):
It turns out that the visualization routine laid the graph out more or less in chronological order, going from older to newer, left to right. Note that there was no temporal information in the data from which that graph was derived (pp. 164-65):
The fact that they line up in a chronological manner is incidental, but rather extraordinary. The chronological alignment reveals that thematic and stylistic change does occur over time. The themes that writers employ and the high-frequency function words they use to build the frameworks for their themes are nearly, but not always, tethered in time. At this macro scale, style and theme are observed to evolve chronologically, and most books and authors in this network cluster into communities with their chronological peers. Not every book and not every author is a slave to his or her epoch.
On Jockers’ first sentence, it’s neither incidental nor extraordinary IF an evolutionary process regulates cultural change. For evolution proceeds through “descent with modification,” as Darwin put it, and that goes for cultural as well as biological evolution. If a later individual is modified from its immediate predecessors, it will in fact resemble them a great deal; the modifications do not change the basic character of the descendants.
As his language indicates, Jockers wasn’t looking for THAT result. It surprised him. Though he alludes to cultural evolution here and there in the book, he rejected it as a basic premise of his investigation (pp. 171-172). The evolutionary interpretation is mine, not his.
We must further realize that that interpretation is an assertion about the collective mentality. Jockers wasn’t examining the minds of millions of 19th century readers of English-language novels in Britain and America, but the history of those novels is a function of the tastes and interests of those readers. Those books wouldn’t have been written if publishers didn’t think they could see them to the public. Those tastes changed gradually, with the themes and styles of novels appealing to those tastes changing gradually as well.
The study of cultural evolution is thus the study of collective mentality. We are interested in the collective psyche. How can we think of the collective psyche without falling into hopeless mysticism?
Author BBenzonPosted on 9 September, 2014 Categories Evolution, literary studiesLeave a comment on Report on Cultural Evolution for the National Humanities Center, Revised Edition
From Macroanalysis to Cultural Evolution
The purpose of this post is to recast the work reported in Macroanalysis: Digital Methods & Literary History in terms appropriate to cultural evolution. The idea is to propose a model of cultural evolution and assign objects from Jockerss analysis to play roles in that model. I will leave Jockers’ work untouched. All I’m doing is reframing it.
Before doing that, however, I should note that in the last quarter of a century or so there has been quite a lot of work on cultural evolution in a variety of discipline including linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, and biology. Though it must be done at some time, I have no intention of even attempting to review that work here and so to place the scheme I propose in relation to it. That’s a job for another time and another venue. I note, however, that I have done quite a bit of work on cultural evolution myself and that some of that discussion can be found in documents I list at the end of this post.
Why Evolution?
First of all, why bother to recast the processes of literary history in evolutionary terms at all? Jockers wrote an excellent book without creating an evolutionary model, though he mentioned evolution here and there. What’s to be gained by this recasting?
As far as I can tell, much of the work that has been done on cultural evolution has been undertaken simply to exercise and extend the range of evolutionary discourse. It has not, as yet, resulted in an understanding of cultural process that is deeper than more conventional forms of historical discourse. Much of my own work has been undertaken in this spirit. I believe that, yes, at some point, evolutionary explanation will prove more robust that other forms of explanation, but we’re not there yet.
This work in effect is looking to evolutionary accounts as exhibiting something like formal cause in Aristotle’s sense. Evolutionary accounts are about distribution of traits across populations. In biology such accounts have a characteristic formal appearance so that, e.g. phylogenetic analysis of a population of entities tends to “look” a certain way. So, in the cultural sphere, let’s conduct a similar analysis and see how things look even if we don’t have our entities embedded in the kind of causal framework that genetics and population biology, molecular biology, and developmental biology provide the biologist.
That’s fine, as long as we remind ourselves periodically that that’s what we’re doing. But we must keep looking for the terms in which to construct a causal model.
What I specifically want from an evolutionary approach to culture is
a way to think about Said’s autonomous aesthetic realm,
a way to prove out Shelley’s assertion that “poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world,”
a way of restoring agency to writers and readers rather than casting them as puppets of various vast and impersonal forces, and
a way of thinking about the canon in relation to the whole of literary culture.
That’s what I want. Those requirements imply having a causal model. Whether or not I’ll get it, that’s another matter.
Current critical approaches, however, in which individual humans are but nodal points in the machinations of vast and impersonal hegemonic forces, have trouble on all these points. Individual human beings are deprived of agency thus turning readers into zombies watching the ghosts of dead authors flicker on the remaining walls of Plato’s cave. The canon is captive to those same hegemonic forces, which have promulgated Shelley’s defense as an opiate for the masses, which R’ us.
The critical machine is broken. It’s time to start over. Before we do that, however, I need to dispense with one objection to seeking an evolutionary account of cultural phenomena. Continue reading “From Macroanalysis to Cultural Evolution”
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UFO Events, a Thought Experiment about the Evolution of Language
The problem of human origins, of which language origins is one aspect, is deep and important. It is also somewhat mysterious. If we could travel back in time at least some of those mysteries could be cleared up. One that interests me, for example, is whether or not the emergence of language was preceded by the emergence of music, or more likely, proto-music. Others are interested in the involvement of gesture in language origins.
Some of the attendant questions could be resolved by traveling back in time and making direct observations. Still, once we’d observed what happened and when it happened, questions would remain. We still wouldn’t know the neural and cognitive mechanisms, for they are not apparent from behavior alone. But our observations of just what happened would certainly constrain the space of models we’d have to investigate.
Unfortunately, we can’t travel back in time to make those observations. That difficulty has the peculiar effect of reversing the inferential logic of the previous paragraph. We find ourselves in the situation of using our knowledge of neural and cognitive mechanisms to constrain the space of possible historical sequences.
Except, of course, that our knowledge of neural and cognitive mechanisms is not very secure. And large swaths of linguistics are mechanism free. To be sure, there may be an elaborate apparatus of abstract formal mechanism, but just how that mechanism is realized in step-by-step cognitive and neural processes, that remains uninvestigated, except among computational linguists.
The upshot of all this is that we must approach these questions indirectly. We have to gather evidence from a wide variety of disciplines – archeology, physical and cultural anthropology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, and the neurosciences – and piece it together. Such work entails a level of speculation that makes well-trained academicians queasy.
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What follows is an out-take from Beethoven’s Anvil, my book on music. It’s about a thought experiment that first occurred to me while in graduate school in the mid-1970s. Consider the often astounding and sometimes absurd things that trainers can get animals to do, things the don’t do naturally. Those acts are, in some sense, inherent in their neuro-muscular endowment, but not evoked by their natural habitat. But place them in an environment ruled by humans who take pleasure in watching dancing horses, and . . . Except that I’m not talking about horses.
It seems to me that what is so very remarkable about the evolution of our own species is that the behavioral differences between us and our nearest biological relatives are disproportionate to the physical and physiological differences. The physical and physiological differences are relatively small, but the behavioral differences are large.
In thinking about this problem I have found it useful to think about how at least some chimpanzees came to acquire a modicum of language. All of them ended in failure. In the most intense of these efforts, Keith and Cathy Hayes raised a baby chimp in their household from 1947 to 1954. But that close and sustained interaction with Vicki, the young chimp in question, was not sufficient. Then in the late 1960s Allen and Beatrice Gardner began training a chimp, Washoe, in Ameslan, a sign language used among the deaf. This effort was far more successful. Within three years Washoe had a vocabulary of Ameslan 85 signs and she sometimes created signs of her own. Continue reading “UFO Events, a Thought Experiment about the Evolution of Language”
Author BBenzonPosted on 10 May, 2014 Categories Evolution, language evolution2 Comments on UFO Events, a Thought Experiment about the Evolution of Language
Retiring Procrustean Linguistics
Many of you are probably already aware of the Edge 2014 question: what scientific ideas are ready for retirement? The question was derived from the Kuhnian-esque, and somewhat tongue-in-cheek, quote by theoretical physicist Max Planck:
A new scientific theory does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
Some of the big themes that jumped out at me were bashing the scientific method, bemoaning our enthusiasm for big data and showing us how we don’t understand and routinely misapply statistics. Other relevant candidates that popped up for retirement were culture, learning, human nature, innateness, and brain plasticity. Lastly, on the language front, we had Benjamin Bergen and Nick Enfield weighing in against universal grammar and linguistic competency, whilst John McWhorter rallied against strong linguistic relativity and Dan Sperber challenged our conventional understanding of meaning.
And just so you’re aware: I’m not necessarily in agreement with all of the perspectives I’ve linked to above, but I do think a lot of them are interesting and definitely worth a read (if only to clarify your own position on the matters). On this note, you should probably go over and read Norbert Hornstein’s post about the flaws of Bergen’s argument, which basically boil down to a conflation between I-languages and E-languages (and where we should expect to observe universal properties).
If I had to offer my own candidate for retirement, then it would be what Anne Buchanan over at the excellent blog, The Mermaid’s Tale, termed Procrustean Science:
In classical Greek mythology, Procrustes was a criminal who produced an iron bed and made his victims fit the bed…by cutting off any parts of their bodies that didn’t fit. The metaphorical use of the word means “enforcing uniformity or conformity without regard to natural variation or individuality.” It is in this spirit that Woese characterized much of modern biology as procrustean, because rather than adapt its explanations to the facts, the facts are forced to lie in a bed of theory that is taken for granted–and thus, the facts must fit!
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Author James WintersPosted on 3 February, 2014 8 February, 2014 Categories Evolution, language evolution, Linguistics, Science9 Comments on Retiring Procrustean Linguistics
The Evolution of Speech: Lip-smacking monkeys
In January, Ghazanfar, Morrill & Kayser published a paper in PNAS entitled “Monkeys are perceptually tuned to facial expressions that exhibit a theta-like speech rhythm”. The abstract is below:
Human speech universally exhibits a 3- to 8-Hz rhythm, corresponding to the rate of syllable production, which is reflected in both the sound envelope and the visual mouth movements. Artificial perturbation of the speech rhythm outside the natural range reduces speech intelligibility, demonstrating a perceptual tuning to this frequency band. One theory posits that the mouth movements at the core of this speech rhythm evolved through modification of ancestral primate facial expressions. Recent evidence shows that one such communicative gesture in macaque monkeys, lip-smacking, has motor parallels with speech in its rhythmicity, its developmental trajectory, and the coordination of vocal tract structures. Whether monkeys also exhibit a perceptual tuning to the natural rhythms of lip-smacking is unknown. To investigate this, we tested rhesus monkeys in a preferential-looking procedure, measuring the time spent looking at each of two side-by-side computer-generated monkey avatars lip-smacking at natural versus sped-up or slowed-down rhythms. Monkeys showed an overall preference for the natural rhythm compared with the perturbed rhythms. This lends behavioral support for the hypothesis that perceptual processes in monkeys are similarly tuned to the natural frequencies of communication signals as they are in humans. Our data provide perceptual evidence for the theory that speech may have evolved from ancestral primate rhythmic facial expressions.
Writing in Nature, last week, Techumseh Fitch wrote a short news article on Ghazanfar’s findings including a very concise but clear outline on the two main hypotheses for the evolutionary origin of human speech, which he also goes over in his 2010 book. Namely, the hypothesis that speech is derived from primate vocalizations as the same vocal production system (lungs, larynx and vocal tract) is used to produce both primate calls and speech. However, as Fitch states, “a problem is that human speech is unique among primate vocalizations in being a very flexible, learned signal, whereas most primate calls have a strong, species-specific genetic determination. The ‘vocal origins’ hypothesis favours evolutionary continuity of vocal production over a hypothetical discontinuity in vocal control and vocal learning.”
The second hypothesis is MacNeilage’s hypothesis that speech rhythms originated not in the vocal, but in the visual domain. As the mouth generates not just vocal, but also visual, signals. The strength in this hypothesis lies in the fact that these articulators are under learned voluntary control in non-human primates. MacNeilage argues that speech develops in babies’ babbling as a lip-smacking behaviour superimposed on a vocal signal. Fitch states: “This rhythmic stream is then differentially modified, by learned tongue and lip movements, into the vowels and consonants of speech. Support for this hypothesis comes from previous work demonstrating that the detailed kinematics of lip-smacking are strikingly similar to those of speech. But Ghazanfar and colleagues’ work adds support from the domain of perception, indicating that perceptual tuning for the two signal classes is also consistent with MacNeilage’s hypothesis.”
As has been covered on this blog before, a lot of research on speech evolution has focused on the descended larynx. This new research adds to the body of work that suggest that anatomy might not be as important as first imagined, and that neural control and vocal learning may be much more important.
Author HannahPosted on 6 March, 2013 Categories Abstracts, EvolutionLeave a comment on The Evolution of Speech: Lip-smacking monkeys
10th International Conference on the Evolution of Language, 14th – 17th April 2014, Vienna: Call for Papers
The 10th International Conference on the Evolution of Language will take place in the beautiful capital of Austria, Vienna, from April 14th to April 17th 2014.
The plenary speakers are:
Rob Boyd
Bill Croft
Chris Knight and Jim Hurford
Ann Senghas
Joan Silk
The Call for Papers can be found here (Deadline for paper & poster submission is September 1, deadline for workshop proposals April , 2013).
To quote from the website:
“The Evolang conference series provides the major meeting for researchers worldwide in the origins and evolution of language. The Evolang conferences are interdisciplinary, with contributions from disciplines including, but not limited to: anthropology, archeology, artificial life, biology, cognitive science, genetics, linguistics, modeling, paleontology, physiology, primatology, and psychology. Typically, about 300 delegates attend, with representatives from all these disciplines. Additional information on Evolang can be found here.”
More information can be found on the website
Author MichaelPosted on 5 February, 2013 Categories Conference, Evolution, language evolution, ScienceLeave a comment on 10th International Conference on the Evolution of Language, 14th – 17th April 2014, Vienna: Call for Papers
1st International Winter School on Evolution
I don’t think anyone’s posted this yet:
1st International Winter School on Evolution – March 11th – 15th, 2013 University of Lisbon
The International Winter School on Evolution aims to better prepare a future generation for inter- and transdisciplinary evolution research by providing courses on cutting edge research in biological and sociocultural evolutionary sciences for Master, Doctoral and Postdoctoral students. Emphasis lies on topics that are currently underrepresented in (post)graduate curricula.
International experts will teach 9 courses on critical aspects of biological and socio-cultural evolution. The Winter School courses are centred around the following themes:
Macroevolution and the major transitions
Symbiogenesis, lateral gene transfer and hybridization
Language evolution
Visiting speakers include:
Folmer Bokma
Daniel Dor
William Martin
Eörs Szathmáry
Mónica Tamariz
Douglas P. Zook
More info here: http://evolutionschool.fc.ul.pt
Author HannahPosted on 30 October, 2012 30 October, 2012 Categories EvolutionLeave a comment on 1st International Winter School on Evolution
The Evolution of Speech: Learned Vocalisations in Mice
Mice can learn vocalisations! A new article realised today on PLOS ONE by Gustavo Arriaga, Eric Zhou and Erich Jarvis, shows that mice share some of the same mechanisms used to learn vocal patterning in songbirds and humans.
Very few animals have the capacity for vocal learning. This ability allows species to modify the sequence and pitch of sounds that create songs or speech. Currently, only three groups of birds – parrots, hummingbirds and songbirds – and some mammalian species – humans, whales, dolphins, sea lions, bats and elephants – have demonstrated vocal learning. This ability is still yet to be found even in non-human primates.
This study looks at the ultrasonic vocalizations known as mouse ‘song’ and provides evidence that mice can change at least one acoustic feature of these vocalizations based on their social exposure.
Two mice were put together and over time learned to match the pitch of their songs to one another. The paper suggests this is a limited form of vocal learning.
The paper also shows evidence that the mice can control their vocal motor neurons. In the press release, Erich Jarvis states, “This is an exciting find, as the presence of direct forebrain control over the vocal neurons may be one of the most critical aspects in the human evolution of speech.”
While this vocal learning in mice seems to be much more primitive than in songbirds or humans, it may reveal some of the intermediate steps in the process by which vocalization evolved in advanced vocal learners like songbirds and humans.
Exciting stuff!
Arriaga G, Zhou EP, Jarvis ED (2012) Of Mice, Birds, and Men: The Mouse Ultrasonic Song System Has Some Features Similar to Humans and Song-Learning Birds. PLoS ONE 7(10): e46610. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046610
Author HannahPosted on 10 October, 2012 9 October, 2012 Categories Abstracts, Evolution, language evolution, Science2 Comments on The Evolution of Speech: Learned Vocalisations in Mice
Jim Hurford: What is wrong, and what is right, about current theories of language, in the light of evolution? (2)
This post continues my summary of Jim Hurford’s discussion of two contrasting extreme positions on language evolution in his plenary talk at the Poznan Linguistic Meeting. Here’s the summary of these two positions from my last post:
Position A:
(1) There was a single biological mutation which (2) created a new unique cognitive domain, which then (3) immediately enabled the “unlimited command of complex structures via the computational operation of merge. (4) This domain is used primarily for advanced private thought and only derivatively for public communication. (5) It was not promoted by natural selection.
Position B:
(1) There were many cumulative mutations which (2) allowed the expanding interactions of pre-existing cognitive domains creating a new domain, which however is not characterized by principles unique to language. This then (3) gradually enabled the command of successively more complex structures. Also, on this view, this capacity was used primarily for public communication, and only derivatively for advanced private thought and was (5) promoted by natural selection.
Hurford criticized the position that the biological changes enabling languages primarily evolved for private thought, because this would imply that the first species in the Homo lineage that developed the capacity for unlimited combinatorial private thought (i.e. “merge”) were non-social and isolated clever hominids. This, as Hurford rightly points out, is quite unrealistic given everything we know about human evolution regarding, for example, competition, group size, neocortex side and tactical deception. There is in fact very strong evidence that what characterizes humans the most is the exact opposite as would be predicted by the “Merge developed in the service of enhancing private thought” position: We have the largest group size of any primate, the largest neocortex (which has been linked to the affordances of navigating a complex social world) and have the most pronounced capacity for tactical deception.
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Paula Deens Latest Tweet/Photo of Her Son in Brown Face Lands Her Back in Trouble
Oh Paula, you would think you would have learned your lesson by now. The famous southern cook has landed herself back in another media scandal with her latest tweet on Twitter. Paula Deen posted the above picture of herself dressed as the legendary comedian Lucille Ball. But that's not the bad part of the photo (she actually looks cute as Lucy), her son Bobby Deen was dressed up as Lucy's husband Desi Arnez with a painted brown face. The photo had the hashtag #TransformationTuesday and immediately started receiving remarks from her followers letting her know how disrespectful the photo was. The blash-lash caused Paula to delete the photo, and she has not responded on Twitter to all the comments she has received since.
Bill Cosby's Past Testimony Has Shed Some Light on His Possible Guilt of Drugging Women for Sex
The huge sex scandal surrounding legendary comedian Bill Cosby has just exploded with some shocking breaking news. Old testimony from a civil suit with one of his alleged victims has been made public thanks to a judge passing a judgement which allowed the release of the documents to the public. In the testimony Cosby admits his guilt to using prescription Quaaludes to have sex with women.
According to CNN, Bill Cosby has admitted to getting prescription Quaaludes to give to women he wanted to have sex with, newly released documents show.
The documents, dating back to 2005, stem from a civil lawsuit filed by Andrea Constand -- one of the dozens of women who have publicly accused the comedian of sexual assault. The records were made public Monday after The Associated Press went to court to compel their release.
CNN has attempted to reach a lawyer and publicist for Cosby to respond to the revelations contained in the documents, without success. His longtime publicist, David Brokaw, said, "We have no plans to issue a statement."
In a sworn deposition, Cosby answered questions from Constand's attorney, Dolores Troiani.
"When you got the Quaaludes, was it in your mind that you were going to use these Quaaludes for young women that you wanted to have sex with?" Troiani asked.
"Yes," Cosby replied.
Singer/Actress Jill Scott was one of Cosby's biggest supporters when the scandal first broke. Now Scott has taken to Twitter and revealed that she is just disgusted:
"About Bill Cosby. Sadly his own testimony offers PROOF of terrible deeds, which is ALL I have ever required to believe the accusations.— Jill Scott (@missjillscott) July 6, 2015
1) We live in America. Many African American men are detained &/or imprisoned for crimes without evidence. I will never jump on bandwagons— Jill Scott (@missjillscott) July 6, 2015
2) based on social media or hearsay. Proof will always matter more than public opinion. The sworn testimony is proof. Completely disgusted.— Jill Scott (@missjillscott) July 6, 2015
I stood by a man I respected and loved. I was wrong. It HURTS!!! When you get it ALL right, holla.— Jill Scott (@missjillscott) July 6, 2015
Reasoning with the angry & unreasonable? No. I'm not sorry for standing by my mentor. I'm sorry the accusations Rtrue pic.twitter.com/8oHD9u12em
— Jill Scott (@missjillscott) July 7, 2015"
Subway Suspending Their Relationship with Jared Fogle Amidst Child Porn Investigation Against His Foundation Partner
Subway and Jared Fogle have agreed to suspend their relationship amidst child porn investigation against Fogle's Foundation partner Russell Taylor.
Subway tweeted:
Subway & Jared Fogle have agreed to suspend their relationship due to the current investigation. Jared is cooperating with authorities.
— SUBWAY® (@SUBWAY) July 7, 2015
Russell Taylor, 43 – who ran the Jared Foundation, a nonprofit organization encouraging healthy eating and exercise habits for kids, was arrested on May 4th and remains in jail.
Jared Fogles Indiana home was raided by authorities Tuesday morning. FBI agents and state police gathered in the 37-year-old Fogle's driveway and an evidence truck was photographed parked outside, The Indianapolis Star reports. Electronics were removed from the home and analyzed inside the truck, according to the Associated Press. Fogle himself was photographed by the Star stepping out of the truck in question.
"We are shocked about the news and believe it is related to a prior investigation of a former Jared Foundation employee," a Subway spokesman tells PEOPLE in a statement. "We are very concerned and will be monitoring the situation closely. We don't have any more details at this point."
A Fit Body Does A Break-Up Good: Kourtney Kardashian's First Post on Social Media Since Split from Scott Disick - Plus New Details About Split Revealed
A fit body does a break-up good. Kourtney Kardashian makes her first post on social media since her break-up with Scott Disick. The eldest Kardashian posted the above picture on her Instagram account of herself with Kim and Khloe working out with the post:
"Sister workout sesh this morning in the rain."
After 9 years and 3 children, Kourtney has finally had enough of Lord Disicks wild partying ways and the scandalous of pictures of him getting all cozy with his ex-girlfriend.
Latest News: Scott Disick is planning on taking Kourtney for half of her money since the couple have lived together in California as common-law husband and wife raising their family. According to reports Disick may even write a tell-all book on the Kardashian family. Uh-oh looks like things are about to get real ugly.
Orlando Scandrick Publicly Ends Engagement to Draya Michele: "It Was A Poor Decision To Propose"
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Orlando Scandrick ends his one month engagement publicly to Draya Michele. Back in June he proposed to the Basketball-wives Reality star with a huge diamond ring after the two had been seeing each other for about 2 years. Now the NFL star tells TMZ Sports in an interview that " It was a poor decision to propose".
Orlando tells TMZ Sports: "I have made the decision to call off the engagement and permantnently end the relationship I had with Draya. In hindsight, it was a poor decision to propose. I am anxious to move on with my life both personally and professionally."
Russell Wilson & Ciara Have A No Sex Rule Until Marriage
Russell Wilson reveals during an interview that his singer girlfriend Ciara have agreed to a no sex rule before marriage. Seahawks quarterback, in part of a public Q&A session at The Rock Church, says that he and Ciara have decided to abstain from sex until marriage.
During an interview last weekend with San Diego pastor Miles McPherson, Wilson admitted it isn't always easy. "I ain't gonna lie to y'all now. I need you to pray for us," he said "I know y'all have seen her on the screen. If there's a 10, she's a 15."
First Look: Vanessa Williams Marries Jim Skrip (Photos)
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First Look: Actress/Singer Vanessa Williams marries her businessman beau Jim Skrip on July 4th. Photos have made their way to different media outlets even though wedding details are still somewhat under-wraps. According to US Weekly, the former Miss America beauty wore silk skirt and top by Carmen Marc Valvo, and wore the pieces together belted with a wide gold band with a traditional wedding veil.
Williams first met Skrip, in Egypt during a 2013 vacation, but it turned out that the pair were both from New York state. "You go across the world to find somebody who's six hours away," the new Mrs. Skrip told Philly.com in February 2014. (The pair held their wedding in and around Buffalo, N.Y., where the groom — and Williams' mom — grew up.)
It's A Boy: Jeff Goldblum First Time Dad at 62
photo: Facebook Profile Jeff Goldblum
It's a boy: Jeff Goldblum is a first time Dad at the age of 62. The "Jurassic Park" star welcomed a son, Charlie Ocean, with wife Emilie Livinston on the 4th of July. The proud Dad shared this first photo of his son to the world on Facebook with this post:
"We're so excited to share the wonderful news of the birth of our son, Charlie Ocean Goldblum, born on the 4th of July. Independence Day."
The couple married in November of last year, with Goldblum later revealing to David Letterman, "She told me the day before we got married that she's pregnant."
Say What: A Picture of John Legend Wearing His Birthday Suit Makes Its Debut On Wife Chrissy Teigen's Instagram
Soul singer John Legend's birthday suit photo is making its rounds on the internet thanks to his model wife Chrissy Teigen who decided to post the picture on her Instagram page.
Teigen sure does like testing the waters because last week she posted a topless picture of herself even after Instagram took another nude pic down for breaking Instgram's no nudity rule. Hmmm is she trying to get banned? lol
Here is the picture of Chrissy, sense it only deems fair, right?
Quick Recap: Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Garner, Tamera Mowry, Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise
Quick celebrity news recap:
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis married over the July 4th weekend. The two have a baby girl together.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner announce they are divorcing after 10 years of marriage and 3 kids. Since the divorce announcement the two have been seen vacationing together with their kids in the Bahamas and since have parted ways to take care of business. Ben was just seen headed to Georgia with gifts in hand to see his kids who are in Georgia with Jennifer while she is filming a movie. They will still live together as they co-parent their children. Affleck will live in the guest house.
-Tamera Mowry and her hubby Adam Housely welcomed their baby girl into the world. They named her Ariah Talea. The happy couple also have a son, Aden.
-Johnny Depp dresses up as his Pirates and the Caribbean character Jack Sparrow and visits with sick children at a hospital.
The actor visited with sick kids at Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in Brisbane, Australia on Tuesday.
According to the news outlet, Bennet and his mom were eating dinner when hospital staff told them Jack Sparrow was walking around visiting different children’s rooms. “He was going from room to room seeing all the kids who couldn’t get out of bed,” said Bennet’s mom. “We waited out of the front of one of the rooms, and he came up to us and had a really good chat to Max.”
Bennet’s mother related, “He was taking his time to make sure he spoke to each and every one of [the kids]. It was really beautiful. Everyone kept on trying to move him on, but he kept coming back. He was here for the kids.”
- Tom Cruise (photo: E!Online/Coleman Rayner) partied with some local Tennesseans on the Fourth of July at Acme Feed & Seed in Music City and, as one might guess, "everyone immediately recognized him and was excited to see him," a source tells E! News about the holiday surprise.
SayWhat: Oscar Pistorius Maybe Getting Out of Jail After Only Serving 10 Months for the Murder of Girlfriend
SayWhat......... Oscar Pistorius may be getting out of jail after only serving 10 months for the killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkemp. The double amputee Olympian was sentenced to serve 5 years after being found guilty of culpable homicide for fatally shooting his model girlfriend back on Valentines Day in 2013.
According to CNN , the parole board is set to recommend that Pistorious, 28 to be released after only serving 10 months of his 5 year sentence.
Reeva Steenkemp's parents are outraged of the shocking news. According to CBS News Steenkemp's parents had this to say:
"Incarceration of 10 months for taking a life is simply not enough," June and Barry Steenkamp said in a statement to the parole board.
"We fear that this will not send out the proper message and serve as the deterrent it should."
Rapper The Game Arrested for Allegedly Punching an Off Duty Officer in the Face
Rapper The Game was arrested for allegedly punching an off duty officer in the face. The incident took place back on March 29th where the two were playing a game of Basketball at the Hollywood High School gym.
Associated Press reports that the alleged punch was recorded and released online. The Rapper whose real name is Jayceon Terrell Taylor, turned himself in to authorities on Monday, June 8th and was booked on suspicion of making criminal threats after surrendering to police at noon on Monday. He posted $50,000 bail within the hour and was released.
WNBA Star Brittney Griner Emotionally Reveals that Her Marriage to Glory Johnson was a "Huge Mistake"
WNBA star Brittney Griner emotionally reveals during an interview with ESPN that her recent marriage to Glory Johnson was a "huge mistake".
Griner filed to have the month long marriage annulled just a day after Johnson announced she was pregnant.
"Prior to us getting married, I knew I didn't want to," Griner sobbed in an interview.
"I shouldn't have went through with it," she continued. "You know, sometimes you feel pressured into things, and I went along with it. And I know I shouldn't have. It was a huge mistake. I just knew it was a mistake."
Just a few weeks before the wedding the two basketball stars were arrested over a domestic fight between the two at their Arizona home.
"We couldn't get them pulled apart," Johnson's sister Judy said, according to a police report.
Right after the two WNBA stars arrest the two were suspended for 7 games at the beginning of the season. Now that the marriage and drama is over Griner says she is looking forward to returning to the court and focusing on basketball.
Farewell Bruce Jenner and Hello Caitlyn/ Backlash Ignites in Transgender World
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Farewell Bruce Jenner and hello Caitlyn. The world has finally been introduced to "Her" as Bruce Jenner once referred to his unknown female self. The Gold Medalist, all American Olympian star athlete has officially dropped his name Bruce and transitioned into Caitlyn Jenner.
The Vanity Fair cover and photo-shoot shocked the world and even had us in "Awww". Caitlyn Jenner is a very attractive transgender woman. Caitlyn has now become the most popular out of the Kardashian/Jenner clan. Caitlyn's Twitter page reached over 1 million followers just in an 5 hours, MAC cosmetics are considering making Caitlyn the new face of the brand and the Epsy Awards announced they are honoring Caitlyn Jenner with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award.
But of course the positive responses and acceptance comes along with the negative remarks. The most shocking is the backlash from the Transgender community claiming Caitlyn's transition is an "unattainable stereotype".
Zoey Tur who is a transgender correspondent reporter who personally had trouble being accepted and finding work in her field after transitioning, told TheWrap all about the backlash Caitlyn Jenner is getting from the Transgender Community. “Caitlyn Jenner is just Kardashian 2.0,” Zoey Tur, “Inside Edition” trans correspondent and host of KFI radio talk show, “He Said, She Said” told TheWrap. “I’ve received well over 100 messages from trans women who said they didn’t want to transition anymore because they feel that they can never live up to the Caitlyn Jenner ideal.”
“Trans women are feeling that the sexualized photos are actually a fetishized version of what men believe women should look like,” Tur said. “It’s an unattainable stereotype that will have a reverse effect on trans people.”
Jenner’s wealth has been the center of much debate among many in the transgender community who feel that her highly-stylized transition puts even more pressure on trans people who don’t have the limitless resources of the Kardashian family.
“Caitlyn is still very much kind of an out of reach Hollywood icon who doesn’t have to spare any expense to look absolutely marvelous,” said George Moll, executive producer of “Becoming Us,” a transgender docu-series which premieres Monday on ABC Family. “While I applaud Caitlyn, I think it’s glamorized to a point where it’s not anywhere near what the reality is for the vast majority of trans people.”
This is a sentiment that is also echoed by healthcare professionals.
“She doesn’t necessarily represent the experiences of the majority of trans people,” said Laura Erickson-Schroth, an LGBT health and public psychiatry fellow with Columbia University. “I think many are middle or lower class; they’re people of color; they don’t have access to necessarily good mental health care, hormones, surgeries — the kind of things that Caitlyn might have access to, being someone who’s wealthy.”
Syleena Johnson Graduates College After 21 Years of Focusing on Music Career
photo: Facebook Syleena Johnson (Official)
R&B singer Syleena Johnson graduates college after 21 years of focusing on her singer career. The R&B Diva shared with her fans a picture of herself proudly wearing her cape and gown at the ceremony. Syleena said in her post:
"It's time! 21 years ago I enrolled in college at Drake university as a freshman...that was 1994...I was 18 years old. April 20, 1996 I was chosen and to be a distinguished woman of Zeta Phi Beta sorority iiiiiiiincorporated....transferred to illinois state LE chapter, 1997 dropped out of college to sign a record deal with Jive records, dropped 8 albums, a movie, a reality show, threee kids, two husbands, three more labels, the list goes on and on.... But the greatest gift right after my husband and kids is this diploma! I did it! Straight A's no B's, graduating with honors! Suma Cum Laude, ALPHA BETA KAPPA honor society....I did it for my sons to know its never too late! To know to always strive for excellence and leave no stone unturned!! I did it for me! To show myself I can do all things Through Christ who strengthens me!! I did it for all of my fans to know just cause I'm an entertainer doesn't mean education is NOT important! Be inspired! Be encouraged....I could cry right now! It was so hard in the middle of filming, performing, being a mommy, being a wife...I did it...and u can too!"
Suzanne Somers Reflects Back on Being Fired From Three's Company and Her Big Return to Vegas 30 Years Later
Actress, Singer, Best-selling Author Suzanne Somers reflects back on when she was fired from the hit TV show Three's Company for asking for equal pay as the male actors on the 30th anniversary as she makes her big return to Vegas where she relaunched her career. Somers posted this statement along with a link to an article by the Business Insider:
"It was three decades ago when I was fired from Three’s Company for asking to be paid equal to what the top men were being paid on TV. Because I asked for a raise, I was fired. I was made out to be greedy and in magazine after magazine they printed, “Who does she think she is?” When women do the same job or provide the same value as their male counterparts, there should be no question that they should receive equal pay. I was not only fired, I was black-balled from TV for having the audacity to ask for equal pay. It was in Las Vegas where I rebuilt my career. Maybe that’s why it feels so great for me to be back here. This is the first article I have seen where someone is actually shocked and appalled that I was fired for asking for a raise. Equal Pay For Women is a hot topic right now. You can feel the ground swell in the movement coming to a head. Thank you for this article and for the support."
Most Beautiful Photo of the Week: Boris Kodjoe Shares Vacation Photo of Himself and Wife Celebrating Their 10th Anniversary
photo: Facebook Boris Kodjoe
Most beautiful photo of the week: Actor Boris Kodjoe shares a vacation picture of himself and wife Actress Nicole Ari Parker celebrating their the 10th anniversary.
Boris said on his post: "I'll always protect you from the storm. Let's do this. Another 10.
#10YearAnniversaryCelebration
#One&OnlyPalmilla
#3daysInParadise
#NowBackToTheKids
#WeWereAkwardlyHappyWithoutThem #ParentalHappinessGuilt #SoWhat #WeDeservedThisTime #WeWereHereFirst
#WeWillTakeThemToChuckieCheeseWhenWeGetHome "
Akon Providing Electricity to 600 Million Households in Africa
Singer Akon providing electricity to 600 million households in Africa with his Akon Lighting Africa program. The solar power initiative is bring solar electricity to millions of households and helping to improve education for millions of children with the support of 10 countries.
Akon had this to say about his amazing project: "Bringing hope millions and ultimately giving Africa a better future.
To learn more about the project click here for the website
Zoe Saldana's Husband Takes Her Last Name
Actress Zoe Saldana's husband Marco Perego decided to take his wife's last name instead when they got married. During an recent interwiew with InStyle (via UsWeekly) Saldana revealed what exactly went down when her hubby made the decision to take on her name 2 years ago when they wed:
“I tried to talk him out of it. I told him, ‘If you use my name, you’re going to be emasculated by your community of artists, by your Latin community of men, by the world.’ Marco looks up at me and says, ‘Ah, Zoe, I don’t give a shit.'”
The happy couple are now the parents to twin boys, Cy Aridio and Bowie Ezio who were born back in November.
Coolest Red-Carpet Reunion: Kim Coles, Queen Latifah & Erika Alexander of Hit TV Show Living Single
photo: Facebook Kim Coles
Kim Coles posted this funny picture of her red-carpet reunion with former Living Single co-stars Queen Latifah and Erika Alexander posing as "Living Angels" as she calls it.
Coles attached this post with the pic:
"So THIS happened last night at @thecomedyunion @erikaalexanderthegreat & Queen Latifah showed up and we gave the red carpet a little old school Charlie's Angels move! lol it was one part comedy show one part bridal shower and ALL PARTS FUN!!! #bride #wedding #love #thanks #kinkytwists #crochetbraids #Naturalhair #comedy #comedian #curvygirls #livingsingle #friendsforlife #gps #WOOWOOWOO #blackbrides #queenlatifah #erikaalexander #fleek #Funny #davidtutera"
Living Single fans immediately started posting comments wishing for a Living Single reunion. So come on now lets make this happen. #LivingSingleReunion
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What do you give to the football who has everything? Well, if they're dead why not give them a football funeral?
Here's what the Midland's Co-op offers:
Birmingham City Football Club funeral service
Midlands Co-operative Funeral Services is the official provider of special funeral service options for Birmingham City Football Club. We offer a range of services enabling you to create a funeral for a lost Blues fan one that reflects their lifelong passion.
Derby County Football Club funeral service
Midlands Co-operative Funeral Services is proud to be the official provider of special funeral service packages for Derby County Football Club. Our services include a specially designed “DCFC” coffin for the ultimate tribute to a lost fan.
When a football club has "an official provider of special funeral service packages" you know that the commercialisation of the game has reached the point of no return.
I discovered this through Hunter Davies' article in this week's New Statesman. (unfortunately it's not online yet - will be soon though I think).
Hunter reports that:
Your ashes don't get scattered on the pitch - clubs are not keen on that. Instead, they dig a plug of turf around the side, shove in the ashes, then replace the plug. Being caring and thoughtful, the Co-op tries to dig as near as possible to where the deceased had his season ticket.
I wrote about football themed wreaths back in 2007. This would seem to take that a step further.
Football ruins my life often enough. I don't want to spend my own afterlife haunted by the memories.
Labels: birmingham city, Derby City, Football Funerals, Hunter Davies
Hughes is safe - for now
Edinburgh Derby Day
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'Cause I'm the taxman
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Single Window Clearance For Development Projects in Mizoram
Aizawl, Oct 31 : Single window clearance system would be applied to speed up implementation of infrastructure development projects in the state, Mizoram Public Works Department Engineer-in-Chief Vanlalduhsaka said today.
Addressing a press conference here, Vanlalduhsaka promised maximum utilisation of the working season by clearing all backlog and new projects, especially construction of roads, bridges and buildings.
"We expected to receive Rs 636.91 crore for construction and maintenance of roads during the current fiscal," he said, adding that the state PWD would need more reliable contractors and timely commencement of the projects.
He said that the density of roads in Mizoram was extremely low at 35.27 kilometres per 100 square kilometres as against the national average of 129 kilometres per 100 kilometres.
"The state PWD would need 59 years to reach the All India average if allotted Rs 500 crore a year, but we would require 129 years at this year's rate of fund allocation," he said.
On the building side, the engineer-in-chief said that only eight per cent of the government employees could be provided with government quarters while Nagaland could provide quarters to 70 per cent of its employees.
He also lamented that the state PWD was allotted only 10 to 15 per cent of its annual requirement for maintenance of roads which resulted in their extremely bad condition.
"The PWD was allocated 19 per cent of its fund requirement this year for road maintaintenance this fiscal, which is the highest ever allocation ever," he said
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David Moul
My country’s skies are bluer than the ocean, and sunlight beams on cloverleaf and pine.
But other lands have sunlight too, and clover, and skies are ev’rywhere as blue as mine.
So hear my song, O God of all the nations, a song of peace for their land and for mine. Lloyd Stone
The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells Wakan-Tanka , and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us. This is the real peace, and the others are but reflections of this. The second peace is that which is made between two individuals, and the third is that which is made between two nations. But above all you should understand that there can never be peace between nations until there is known that true peace, which, as I have often said, is within the souls of men. Black Elk
If there is to be peace in the world,
there must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
there must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
there must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
there must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
there must be peace in the heart.
— Lao-Tse
See Facebook photos of Remembrance Day wreath laying on the linkFacebook
See David Moul’s photos from Mozart’s Requiem. Here
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Rev. Ian Nestegaard Paul passes St. Hilda’s closes in on $1-million fundraising goal Light, Comprehension and Eco- Justice
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Championships go down to the wire on Baja Portalegre 500
October 29, 2013 By PC / PR
The 27th edition of the Baja Portalegre 500, last event of the national and international off-road calendars, will start this Thursday, October 31st, and it will be decisive when it comes to some of the two and four wheels titles. While the Off-Road (autos), Quads and UTV/Buggy National Championships and the FIM Bajas World Cup winners are already known, the same cannot be said about the remaining competitions which are part of the Automóvel Club de Portugal event.
As to the FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies, Krzysztof Holowczyc (Mini All4 Racing) is in a very good position to take the crown. Without the opposition of the first two drivers in the classification, Jean-Louis Schlesser and Nani Roma, the Polish only needs to get ten points to win the World Championship. But that is not all! On the T2 everything is also up for grabs, in this case with the fight opposing Alexander Baranenko and Rómulo Branco. The Russian has a 14 points lead on the Portuguese-Angolan after the latter ended up the last round, Baja Poland, with zero points. Rómulo presented a protest, which was accepted, so he will have to be at his very best to surpass the disadvantage and get the title.
Regarding the Bikes National Championship (overall), the panorama is even more exciting, with António Maio and Mário Patrão taking the fight for the crown to the finish line. With a mere three points between them, anything can happen in this decisive round. Maio doesn’t even need to finish ahead of his rival, but that might not be enough for Patrão, since the Suzuki rider has to pick up four more points than the present championship leader.
As to the competitions that are already decided, Miguel Barbosa won his sixth National crown on the last round, in Idanha a Nova. The same can said about Nuno Fortunato Tavares and Roberto Borrego, since the former won the fight for the UTV/Buggy title, and the latter was crowned Quads National Champion. As for FIM Bajas World Cup, Alessandro Ruoso, in the 450 class, and Alex Zanoti, more than 450cc, won the titles on the Moroccan round of the calendar.
As far as the competition layout goes, and as in previous years, the event will have a single 400 km SS for Bikes, Quads and UTV/Buggy, and two SS for Autos, the first with 170 km and the second with 230 km to be held on Saturday, with the SSS taking place on Friday.
All in all, plenty of ingredients which will make this year’s Baja Portalegre 500 a great Off-Road event that shouldn’t be missed by spectators.
Thursday, October 31st
09h00 / 16h00 – Administrative Checks (Auto and Bike)
09h30 / 17H00 – Scrutineering (Auto and Moto)
13h00 / 16h30 – Super Special Stage Reconnaissance (Auto and Moto)
Friday, November 1st
08h05 – Start for Leg 1 – Bike
08h30 – Starting Ceremony / Start of SSS1 – Bike
10h35 – Arrival Leg 1 – Bike (ETA)
14h00 – Start for Leg1 – Auto
14h30 – Starting Ceremony / Start of SSS1 – Auto
15h00 – Arrival Leg 1 – Auto (ETA)
16h00 – Press Conference – Bike
17h00 – Press Conference and Starting Order Selection (Top 5) – Auto
Saturday, November 2nd
06h45 – Start Leg 2 – Auto
09h00 – Start Leg 2 – Bike
11h40 – Start Section 3 – Auto
13h35 – Arrival SS2 – Bike (ETA)
16h00 – Podium Ceremony – Bike
16h30 – Podium Ceremony – Auto
17h15 – Press Conference (Auto and Bike)
20h30 – Award Ceremony (Auto and Bike)
Next to follow is racing with extreme cruelty
Sonangol Africa ECO Race: 60 days to go
Last round of the Hungarian Cross-country Rally Championship, 3rd Adrenalin Sprint cup will be organised on 16 November 2013...
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Iddon, Martin
(Another Timbre - UK)
Composer Martin Iddon in a work of new conceptual modes of music making, with a ritualistic approach building strange sounds and stange actions in dense layers and intense timbres that demand a unique physicality from the player.
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Martin Iddon-compsoer
Gavin Osbourne-flute
Alice Purton-cello
Nina Whiteman-mezzo-soprano
Catherine Laws-piano
Carlos Cordeiro-bass clarinet
Jeffery Gavett-baritone
Andy Kozar-trumpet
William Long-trombone
Linda Jankowska-violin
Emma Richards-viola
Jane Sheldon-soprano
Rachel Calloway-mezzo-soprano
Eric Dudley-tenor
Steven Hrycelek-bass
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"Alice Purton is a London-based cellist, who is much in demand as a chamber musician, contemporary music performer and improviser. Alice completed her Masters in Performance at the Royal College of Music in 2010, where she was taught by Melissa Phelps. Before this Alice studied with Karine Georgian and Raphael Wallfisch whilst she completed the prestigious Joint Course between the Royal Northern College of Music and the University of Manchester. Alice has also studied with Anssi Karttunen at the Acanthes Academie, and with Lucas Fels as part of the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme.
Alongside her work with Distractfold, Alice is also a member of Trio Atem, a Manchester-based ensemble who have been commissioning works for cello, voice and flute since 2007. Alice also appears regularly with Plus Minus Ensemble, and is the cellist with the Chagall Piano Quartet, who were recent finalists in the St. Martin-in-the-Fields chamber music competition. In 2015 she was invited to perform piano trios with Mark Knoop and Aisha Orazbayeva in the Music We'd Like To Hear series.
Alice appears on 'The Music of Making Strange', a 2013 Carrier Records portrait of composer Alex Hills, and on 'pneuma', a 2014 collection of Martin Iddon's works for Another Timbre."
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"Catherine Laws is a musicologist and a pianist specialising in contemporary music. She has two primary research specialisms: word and music studies (particularly the relationship between music, language and meaning), and aspects of contemporary music performance practice as research.
Her research into the relationship between music and language has a special focus on the musicality of the work of Samuel Beckett and composers' responses to his texts. She has published a range of articles on these topics, and her book, 'Headaches Among the Overtones': Music in Beckett/ Beckett in Music appeared in 2013 (Editions Rodopi). Her most recent research in this area includes study of Beckett's radio work for the BBC in the late 1950s and the significance of his work for early British experiments with radiophonic sound.
Catherine's practice-led research is focused variously on processes of embodiment, subjectivity and collaboration in contemporary performance practices. In addition to her current post at York, she is a Senior Artistic Research Fellow at the Orpheus Institute in Ghent, where she leads the research cluster Performance, Subjectivity and Experimentation. The aim of this cluster is to explore how subjectivity is produced through performance practices associated with new music: who is the 'I' that performs, and how is that 'I' embodied in performance?
Her own research in this project takes the (problematised) performing 'self' as the linking factor in a sequence of performances of new music for piano and other things: any or all of voice, toy piano, harmonium, electronics (live and/or fixed media), other sound-making objects and/or video. The project scrutinises the process of developing new collaborative pieces to performance. Through processes of making new work in collaboration with a sequence of composers, and linked critical enquiry, Catherine is finding ways to consider the extent and nature of performer agency, exploring the production of a multiple, distributed subjectivity that masquerades as individual performance persona. One of the key outputs here is a large-scale solo music theatre performance, Player Piano: a collaboration with composers Edward Jessen, Annea Lockwood, Roger Marsh and Paul Whitty, theatre maker Teresa Brayshaw, and film maker Wendy Kirkup. The first performance of Player Pianotook place on May 5th 2016 in York, and it will tour later in 2016 and 2017. As a performer, Catherine is interested in instrumental colour and interaction; the wide and subtle variations of touch, tone, dynamic and texture possible on the modern piano, and the innate drama of interactions between performer and piano, piano and other sounds (electronic or otherwise), and performer, instruments and audience: these things underpin the exploration of how the sense of a sonic self is produced and reproduced in the different parts of Player Piano.
Catherine is also collaborating with Jonathan Hook (Lecturer in Interactive Media, University of York) and Tom Cornford (theatre maker and Lecturer in Theatre at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama) on the project Representing Rehearsal, a research project developing the use of interactive video to facilitate and document contemporary collaborative music and theatre practices.
Other recent practice-led research projects have explored the relationship between physical and sonic gesture, the interactions of performers and composers in devising performance projects, and processes of experimentation in performing the piano music of Morton Feldman. This work has led to outputs in a range of forms: performances, audio recordings, filmic versions of new collaborative works, and theoretical considerations of the critical questions underpinning the research."
-University of York (https://www.york.ac.uk/music/staff/academic/catherine-laws/)
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"British violist Emma Richards is based in Manchester and performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. As an undergraduate she studied at the Royal Northern College of Music with �sd�s Valdimarsdottir and Simon Rowland-Jones. She has been the recipient of numerous scholarships and prizes including the Cecil Aronowitz Memorial Award and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust. Emma pursued her postgraduate studies at the Hochschule f�r Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt am Main.
Emma�s primary passion is chamber music and she combines work as a guest performer with projects with her duo partner, acclaimed pianist Cordelia Williams. Upcoming concerts include Mozart�s Kegelstatt Trio at the Wiltshire Music Centre and duo recitals at Malmesbury Abbey, City University, Reading University and at Kendal Midday Concert Club. She has performed with the Tippet Ensemble, the Benyounes Quartet and often with pianist Duncan Honeybourne.
Recent concerto performances include the Walton Viola Concerto with the Wiltshire and Swindon Youth Orchestra and Mozart Sinfonia Concertante with the Neston Festival Orchestra. As a soloist Emma has performed at the Hindemith Tage Festival in Frankfurt-am-Main (Germany) and at the 37th International Viola Congress in Stellenbosch (South Africa). Emma has recently attended festivals such as the International Musician�s Seminar, Prussia Cove, Fr�hlingsakademie (Neustadt an der Weinstra�e) and Dartington International Summer School.
As an orchestral musician Emma has worked with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and has recently become an extra musician with the Deutscher Kammerakademie Neuss
Emma is sought after as an interpreter of contemporary music and believes strongly in promoting the music of today. She is a founding member of Manchester-based Distractfold Ensemble and is a guest violist with two contemporary ensembles in Paris � soundinitiative and No Input Ensemble.
As a soloist, Emma is dedicated to commissioning new works alongside performing the established repertoire. Recent solo performances include Tre Notturni Brillianti by Salvatore Sciarrino, Embellie by Iannis Xenakis as well as recent solo pieces by John Croft, Mauricio Pauly, Chris Swithinbank and Andrea Sarto.
In 2014 Distractfold became the first British ensemble ever to win the prestigious Kranichsteiner Musikpreis at the Darmstadt International Festival for New Music . The coming season will take Emma to Florence, Poznan, Gdansk, Chicago, Boston, New York, Darmstadt and Pontevedra as well as to England for concerts in London, Huddersfield and Manchester.
In 2014 Emma performed on two CDs for Another Timbre � Grizzana with Ensemble Grizzana and Pneuma with Distractfold Ensemble. 2015 brings further exciting collaborations with Another Timbre plus a summer of recording with Distractfold Ensemble."
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1. pneuma.sax 13:09
2. head down among the stems and bells 13:23
3. pneuma.kharis 11:13
4. danae 16:10
5. hamadryads 17:00
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On Martin Iddon's 'pneuma' by Ian Power
"Martin Iddon's music asks a lot of us. This disc, pneuma, asks even more, because it conceals the "real, physical human bod[ies]" that are so important to this music. Iddon asks musicians to play instruments they do not play, articulate notes they will not hear, and perform independently of partners they cannot ignore. The music depends wholly on the relationships those bodies have to each other; there are no pure, disembodied versions of these pieces. Of course, music that asks performers to perform out of their comfort zone is nothing new, but Iddon asks something different. The music has a physicality, not from speed, not from virtuosity or dexterity, and also not from strain, awkwardness, or exhaustion. The physicality on pneuma is one of wonder, of constant discovery, both on the part of the performers discovering new ways-not just new techniques, but new conceptual modes-of making music, and on the part of the listeners, wondering at the connection between the strange actions, the stranger sounds, and the total beautiful ritual. pneuma acts as a kind of intersection; the music is experienced from the same distance from all involved.
One of the largest influences on Iddon's music comes from the Renaissance: the polyphony of the likes of Johannes Ockeghem and Josquin des Prez. Polyphony then often served as a musical pilgrimage to divinity, shepherded by the intricate, sublime interweaving of complex, varied melodies that are derived from sacred chants. This technique pervades pneuma, as Iddon densely layers arresting, intense timbres, arising from the physical methods described above. As I listen to pneuma.sarx, I feel as though I have to give as much attention to each individual line as I do the entire texture, and all simultaneously; the instruments do not seem to complement each other, yet they are cumulatively so compelling. When the polyphony breaks, as in the gorgeously haunting baritone solo to end pneuma.kharis, I suddenly, strikingly feel the power each voice had this whole time; the essence of the music is revealed continuously (if never totally). To be sure, Iddon's instrumental voices do not have the steady, declaratory tone of those of Renaissance polyphony-but they, in their unwieldiness and un-coordination, still do interweave and intersect sublimely, still do provide a guiding hand toward (taken generally) the divine.
pneuma asks a lot of us because it requires us to outgrow our imagination. The titles, program notes, and performance setups all evoke lush, vivid worlds. Zeus impregnating Danaë with a shower of light; timid spirits called Hamadryads that comprise the ether of trees, protecting them from human violence. The Samuel Beckett passage that inspired the title head down among the stems and bells tells of lying one's head in a holly, surrounded by the 'minute life' of the garden's stems and bells. But the flora Iddon provides us-evoked foggily, masterfully by a fully prepared, amplified, wheezing, creaking piano-are not the sounds of a direct representation. The strange world of head down, as alive in silence as it is in sound, is a garden heard with alien ears, a perspective removed. Iddon mentions his interest in the human body as the intersection of biology and sociality, and the music acts similarly, like an intersection between this alien world and our perceptive capabilities. pneuma is like a flat panel, a window floating in the middle of a room, through which we hear things we could not otherwise.
Also of interest to Iddon are secrets: the secrets of listening in, the secrets of sounds. So what secrets can be discovered in, for instance, the grating, incessant, penetrating polyphony of a piece like the formidable Danaë? Music like this, that is so striking but so tough to firmly grasp, probes our private experiences of being, time, and spirituality (spirituality is taken most seriously when treated as a secret). Maybe this disc doesn't conceal the human bodies of the music, maybe it houses them, like a mythical jinnī. If we can release this music, it combines our secrets with the secrets of its construction, creating this window through which we hear another world. This other world is the essential secret of pneuma-one which can only be perceived in listening, and one which is always at the very threshold of recognition."-Ian Power, February 2014
Interview with Martin Iddon
You're probably better known as a musicologist than as a composer, but have you always combined both activities? And did the studying behind your two recent books (on Darmstadt and on Tudor's interpretations of Cage) affect the way you compose?
MI: Oddly enough, I started off as a composer-I'd been composing (after a fashion) since my early teens-and only became a musicologist by accident. While I was doing my MPhil (in musical composition), I took an optional course in musicology, basically because I didn't think I really knew what it was. It was there I encountered approaches to writing about music drawn from, say, Foucault and Derrida, but was confused by the fact that the musicologists we looked at were using (more-or-less) contemporary thought to look at the music of long-dead composers rather than (more-or-less) contemporary ones. Of course, I now know a lot more musicology than I did then... As a result, though, I thought I might have something to say about music which went beyond writing it. I'd deluded myself that it would be possible to keep composing while I wrote a doctoral thesis in musicology, but in the end composed pretty much nothing for six or seven years, until someone asked me for a piece while I was working in Cork, after which I've come to compose more and more.
I'm not sure that there's any strong relationship between the music and the words I write. Or, more accurately, I'm not sure I know what it is, other than to say that composing and musicology both involve trying to think about what music is, how it works, and the sorts of things it might be able to say. Some of those questions seem to me only possible to think about by writing music, others by writing words.
I do, mind you, like musical puzzles, both in a sort of 'early music' sense and in the ways in which David Tudor set out to 'solve' Cage's scores, and both of those things occur in some of my music, whether it's a puzzle I've already worked through in the process of composing or one where elements remain unsolved, to be handed on to the performer.
Your pieces are evidently quite demanding of the performers. Not so much in a 'new complexity' way of requiring extraordinary virtuosity, but most of your pieces do seem to be asking the performers to do things which they haven't quite done before. Is this a deliberate strategy, or simply a by-product of trying to find new sounds?
MI: It's a bit of both really. Years ago, I worked on a project with school children who'd had little or no access to practical music making. I'd got the local music service to donate some instruments which were, near enough, beyond use (or repair, in some cases) and the participants used these to compose music. Because they'd had no musical training, they started off trying to play them how they thought they 'ought' to be played, which didn't work of course. So they took much more experimental approaches to the instruments, which generated, to my ear, much more interesting sounds. Since then, I've always tried to be a bit like a child exploring the instrument, not least in that as much as possible I write at the instrument, regardless of whether it's one I play or not. One of the reasons why my string trio, Danaë, asks the performers to play consistently with a bow in each hand is because of the conceit that, if you'd never seen the instrument before and opened up a professional's case, you'd be highly likely to find two bows in it. It seems to me to be equally likely that, in that situation, you'd presume you ought to use both to make the instrument sound. It's a nice side product that I like the resulting sounds so much...
This sort of approach often leads to a very physical relationship between the performer and the instrument, and that physicality is often audible (or visible) in performance. Much though the sorts of music I'm drawn to (and write) are often concerned with quiet, sustained, still textures, of the sorts that might invoke 'other' spaces, I'm concerned that many musics like this almost seem to ask the listener to enter some sort of transcendent, meditative state which, simultaneously, asks the listener to ignore that a real, physical human body is there. What I'm ideally after is a music that somehow expresses both this supra-sensuous world but where the performative physical effort required to create it is always audible too. One way of doing that seems, precisely, to work with quite demanding physical materials, so the performers (perhaps) encounter their own physical relationship with the instrument afresh.
Yes, that's a valid point about the physicality of the musician's body sometimes being ignored or suppressed by listeners to contemporary music. But I think such physicality applies much more with acoustic than electronic music. Is your interest in this aspect of performance partly why you use electronics in a very limited way on your CD 'pneuma'?
MI: In the only piece on the disc which has an electronic element as such, hamadryads, it provides a simple, practical solution to the way in which the pitch material of the piece is derived from a gradual, sort of hyper-Pythagorean detuning of the opening pitches of Josquin's Nymphes des bois, which ends up with pitches up to hundredths of a cent away from tempered tuning! The piece uses in-ear guide tracks in order to help the singers achieve this (although, of course, no-one listeningtothe piece ever hears the 'naked' sine wave).
I also used amplification in head down among the stems and bells, and here the result is quite the opposite of the 'unheard' electronics of hamadryads: the amplification is there precisely to allow listeners to hear the sounds of the piano which traditional playing disguises, the 'minute life' of the piano, as in the full version of the Beckett quotation from which I've drawn its title:
It is here one would lie down, in a hollow bedded with dry heather, and fall asleep, for the last time, on an afternoon, in the sun, head down among the minute life of stems and bells, and fast fall asleep, fast farewell to charming things. (Samuel Beckett, Mercier and Camier)
Elsewhere, when I use electronics alongside instruments they tend to be just as simple, typically sine waves, in a way which, I hope, also draws attention to the difference between something so obviously 'artificial' and, again, the physicality of the performer. The simplicity, mind you, is also a by-product of my technical incompetence... I've also regularly worked under the moniker [zygote] with a fixed media artist, Antti Sakari Saario, whose technical competence is so great it quite outweighs my ineptitude in this area and there we've often worked with materials which also highlight a particular sort of physicality. In one piece, dead white male (edit), this is because all the sonic material is below 30Hz (or thereabouts), in the sort of region where resonance is physically felt by the body at least as much as heard by the ear. In another, proposition 6a: ceci n'est pas une machine de guerre (Refrain), all the materials are drawn from the destruction of an (again, beyond repair, I promise...) upright piano, which we'd hauled over from Morecambe to Antti's place in Lancaster. Since we used those recordings almost entirely without any signal processing, I think it's still possible to hear some of the physical effort expended in breaking up the instrument over the course of a couple of days.
Before we talk about the individual pieces on 'pneuma', I want to ask one more general question. All but one of the compositions on the disc have titles in ancient Greek. Why?
MI: I wish there were some good reason I could give! But it's really a coincidence in many ways. Danaë shares its name with a James Turrell installation (alongside two other Turrell-inspired pieces, Mohl ip for string quartet and spinther for ensemble). hamadryads is just the Greek of which Nymphes des bois (from which its pitch material is derived) is a translation, while pneuma.kharis and pneuma.sarx take their titles from a cluster of linked ideas set out in Alain Badiou's book, St. Paul. That said, I was hugely interested in Greek mythology as a child and am fascinated by Greek, especially pre-Socratic, thought now, so that's doubtless a part of it too, though I hadn't noticed until you asked that pretty much everything I've written since 2009 has a Greek title... I do certainly like the way Greek titles look, whichever alphabet they're written in.
So to the pieces themselves. First 'pneuma.sarx': could you explain how this piece works? Is it right that the notation is fixed, but the three parts are relatively autonomously from each other?
MI: Exactly right. In pneuma.sarx there are highly prescriptive parts for the flute, the cello and the mezzo-soprano. Each of which involves 'decoupled' notation such that, for instance, the singer has independent notation of pitch, consonants, and the vowel shape (this last essential controlling gradual shifts of the vocal cavity). Each parameter is notated with independent (so-called) irrational tuplets alongside a high level of rapid tempo changes (which are consistent for each parameter). Despite the seeming complexity of the notation, though, the actual material is very simple, and the tension there is, I hope, something which develops a sort of interiority to the physical dimension I've already mentioned: in Danaë, say, there's also a visual theatre in the live piece as the members of the trio grapple with both bows; here, if there's a physical theatre, it's more experienced by the performer than by the audience, but I think there should still be a strong aural trace of the tension between the simplicity of the surface materials and the complicated acrobatics demanded of the performers in order to produce something so simple. The same sort of tension happens on a slightly more 'macro' level since, even though the individual parts are highly determined-demanding a particular sort of interior focus-there's no synchronisation between the parts at all. The recording on the disc, then, is just one possible configuration of the relationship between the three performers.
I'm really taken with the way the voice works in 'pneuma.sarx'. I often don't like voices in contemporary music, let alone opera, but here I find the quality of sound quite haunting and beautiful. Two other pieces on the disc also use voices; so is it something that you're drawn to generally, and if so why?
MI: To be honest, I was very wary of the voice for a long time, both because it seemed to be difficult to make it amenable to the sorts of ways of working I was interested in, and because, to the extent that I have an instrument of my own-I'm no performer-it would probably be the voice. I can't really remember much of my life before I was a choral singer. It's certainly the case that that style of singing (rather than an operatic one which, like you, I find difficult) appeals to me, doubtless as a result of having grown up in that sort of environment. Practically speaking, of course, simply being asked for pieces by singers makes all the difference too: Nina Whiteman commissioned pneuma.sarx for Trio Atem (and had previously asked me for a tiny vocal fragment, pneuma.pistis); Jeff Gavett asked me for a piece for his ensemble ekmeles, after hearing the premiere of Danaë in New York, and this became hamadryads, and this then led to my writing pneuma.sarx's companion piece, pneuma.kharis, for another ensemble that Jeff sings with, loadbang. Jeff's also sung pneuma.pistis a number of times.
So voices have only recently become central in your composing, but I suppose they fit in well with your interest in the physicality of performance. But what about the 'lyrics'? Is the singer simply making sounds in 'pneuma.sarx', or are these textual fragments? And if there is a text, what is it and why?
MI: In truth, it's precisely because of the difficulty of making that theatricality visible that I was concerned about the voice: that's one reason why there's a glass harmonica in hamadryads. There's then a very physical process-the wetting of the finger and the difficulty of getting the glass to ring effectively-that interferes with the 'pure' sound of the voice. I hadn't really realised at the time, mind you, that the in-ear guide track the performers have also acts as a sort of interference, but in a way much more like the interiority of pneuma.kharis and pneuma.sarx. But none of this answers the question you actually asked...
In hamadryads, pneuma.kharis, and pneuma.sarx there is an 'original' text, but in each case they've been subjected to a sort of obliteration, so that what appears in the pieces has the same statistical distribution of vowels and consonants as the original text, but is not in the same order, thus removing all of the semantic content, but hopefully retaining some sort of residue of the original. The text for hamadryads, hardly surprisingly, comes from the text for Josquin's Nymphes des bois, while pneuma.kharis and pneuma.sarx both have texts from St. Paul, again recollecting the Badiou book which suggested their titles. In the case of pneuma.kharis, the text also refers to the trumpet in the ensemble and, more obliquely, to the process through which Paul's text was sieved before in appeared in the piece:
καὶ γὰρ ἐὰν ἄδηλον σάλπιγξ φωνὴν δῷ, τίς παρασκευάσεται εἰς πόλεμον; οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς διὰ τῆς γλώσσης ἐὰν μὴ εὔσημον λόγον δῶτε, πῶς γνωσθήσεται τὸ λαλούμενον; ἔσεσθε γὰρ εἰς ἀέρα λαλοῦντες.
For if the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare for battle? So likewise you, unless you utter by the tongue words easy to understand, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air. (1 Corinthians 14: 8-9)
In pneuma.sarx, there's a reference to just that distinction between the corporeal and the other-worldly, since pneuma means 'breath' or 'spirit' while sarx means 'flesh' (and is not quite the same, then, as the usual Greek word for the body, soma):
οἱ γὰρ κατὰ σάρκα ὄντες τὰ τῆς σαρκὸςφρονοῦσιν,οἱ δὲ κατὰ πνεῦμα τὰ τοῦ πνεύματος.
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. (Romans 8:5)
Moving on to 'pneuma.kharis', I like it the way the voice is integrated into the ensemble rather than being privileged and foregrounded like voices usually are. Presumably this is intentional? And I also assume that the four parts (trombone, trumpet, bass clarinet, voice) are autonomous in the same way as in 'pneuma.sarx'?
MI: Right in both cases. In truth, the same lack of privilege should be more or less evident in pneuma.sarx too. One reason for the fragmentation of the text is that, in the end, I think it obviates any sort of attempt to listen to the words. Or I hope it has that effect, in part at least.
Although the parts are autonomous in relation to time, they clearly work together musically. Are you using a harmonic system, and is it different for each piece?
MI: The pitch materials for both pneuma.kharis and pneuma.sarx are the same, and they're derived from that earlier vocal fragment I mentioned, pneuma.pistis. Originally those materials come from a little bit of spectral analysis (though of what, I'm afraid I now forget...!) which then got modified after doing some initial rehearsals with Nina Whiteman, both because what I'd written wasn't quite right for her voice and because I wasn't quite convinced by the pitch relationships in practice (although it didn't need much chopping and changing to get it right). So I think the pitches in all three pieces are now quite some way distant from however it was I originally conceived of them.
You said earlier that 'hamadryads' is based on Josquin's 'Nymphes des Bois'. Why did you choose Josquin, and how did you use the source material?
MI: I was invited to write a short piece for a memorial concert for the founder of Ensemble SurPlus, James Avery, who died in 2009. Given my interest in early music, it occurred to me quite quickly that a good place to draw the material from the piece from would be a memorial piece from the fifteenth century. In this case, I took the pitch material from Ockeghem's lament on the death of Binchois, Mort, tu as navré de ton dart, and squashed it into a rather more narrow band of pitches, arranged for cello, double bass, bass clarinet, and contrabass clarinet (on mobile strips, rather as in pneuma.kharis and pneuma.sarx), as the piece tu as navré (d'après Johannes Ockeghem). Because Josquin wrote a lament on the death of Ockeghem, Nymphes des bois, and Gombert one on the death of Josquin, Musae Iovis, it seemed to me that a triptych of pieces to mirror this fifteenth-century set of memorial pieces would work well. So when Jeff Gavett asked me for a piece for his vocal ensemble ekmeles, it seemed an ideal opportunity to write the central panel of the triptych, which became hamadryads (which, as I said, is simply the Greek 'original' of which 'Nymphes des bois' is a translation). Muses-the provisional title for the third panel-remains unwritten at present, though I'm in the process of writing a number of pieces named for the individual hamadryads, each of which uses a different 'reading' of the Josquin material.
The particular reading of the source material used in hamadryads itself is quite a complicated one, though the process is simple enough. Each interval is read in a Pythagorean tuning, both in the direction taken in Nymphes des bois and in the opposite direction. This is done repeatedly, so that, after the first interval, where Josquin has one pitch, I have two; after the second interval, Josquin still has one pitch, but my reading has reached four; and so on. The number of pitches available gets pretty high pretty quickly, and if I remember rightly, I only used the very beginning of Nymphes des bois in the end. Because of the Pythagorean tuning, the relationship between the indicated pitches also rapidly becomes quite complicated... The text of Nymphes des bois also appears in hamadryads but, as in pneuma.sarx and pneuma.kharis, in 'obliterated' form.
So in 'hamadryads' there's an explicit reference to Renaissance music, but do you think that your interest in early music is evident in some way through all your compositions?
MI: I don't really know how audible it is to anyone else, but I hear the influence of early music in pretty much everything I write. It appears quite explicitly in hamadryads, but also in tu as navré, which preceded it, and readings of Nymphes des bois will appear in every one of the pieces that are named for the individual hamadryads (completed to date are Karya for Disklaver, Syke for marimba and accordion, and Balanos for organ and fixed media). Two pieces of chant appear in quite a literal, untransformed way in my recent choral piece Ecce ancilla domini-nigra sum. I play quite a lot of private number games with other parameters (especially, but not exclusively, rhythm) which also feel to me quite medieval, but I suspect that most of that isn't really audible and is, more than anything else, just something that gives me a fair bit a satisfaction in the working through of them.
Could you talk about the use of the glass harmonica in 'hamadryads'? What exactly is it, and why did you decide to add it to the voices?
The glass harmonica, here, is simply a set of fifteen wine glasses-the singers have three each-filled with water so they're tuned to particular (highly specific) frequencies. These frequencies are ones which became particularly prevalent in the working out of the pitch material mentioned above, so they too are tuned to fractional deviations of cents. One reason for using it is that I particularly like the mixture of voices and glass harmonica, a combination I first encountered in Caspar Johannes Walter's piece, Wetterleuchten, which I heard in one of its earliest performances, in Frankfurt in 2003. It also has some appealing theatrical aspects, since it can be a bit of a faff to get the glasses to sound cleanly in performance-and that 'not quite clean enough' quality is part of the charm of the sound, I think-and thus works against the resonances of purity that seem to me to be a part of what a small group of singers tend to 'mean'. Live, too, there's the visual spectacle of a number of wine glasses in front of each singer, giving the impression of some sort of long-over, but still persisting banquet. Or something like that. Bryn Harrison heard EXAUDI do a workshop of the piece in Darmstadt without the wine glasses a couple of years ago and suggested that without them it became something of a 'Hollywood' version, which I think is probably right.
Moving on to the string trio 'Danaë', there's also a strong element of spectacle here, with the musicians having to play their instruments with a bow in each hand, without touching the fingerboard. It gives an instability to the music, and for me a kind of primal quality to the sounds. Is this an affect you were after?
MI: I suppose in a certain sense, though primal probably doesn't have quite the nuance I was after (not that I object to it!). It's certainly a significant challenge for a string player to bow with their left hand and, as a result, there's also a sort of in-built imbalance between the capabilities of the hands, which certainly introduces a level of instability from the outset. (And if that weren't enough, some of the specific ways in which the relationships between the hands are coordinated require some tricky bits of motion, as when the cellist has to take one of the two bows behind her head). There's also a degree to which, in taking the child's-eye view of the instrument, as I suggested earlier, no particular combination of bow placements is off limits. Many years ago the American composer and singer Kenn Kumpf said to me (I don't think tongue in cheek) that, from his point of view, bel canto was the real 'extended technique' as far as singing was concerned and that many of the approaches often subsumed under the description 'extended techniques' were, as it were, what the voice 'wanted' to do. It's an idea I like very much and pieces like Danaë are, in part, an attempt to allow the instruments to do things that they seem to 'want' to. If I've got that right, I can certainly see why you might hear it as primal!
Finally to 'head down among the stems and bells', which is the oldest of the five pieces on 'pneuma'. You said earlier that it is an attempt to hear the 'minute life' of the piano, using amplification to bring up the kind of instrument noises that normally get overlooked or minimized. This reminds me of Lachenmann's 'instrumental music concrète', but as with Lachenmann I sense that underneath the refusal to use 'pure' piano sounds, there's actually an attachment to the instrument, so that on the few occasions when 'natural' piano sounds do creep through the various preparations and obstacles, they seem even more striking and beautiful. Is this fair comment?
MI: Yes, I suppose that's at least partly true. Mind you, in the case of the piano, I actually don't much like the sound of it in its core repertoire and, although I've absolutely no commitment to the idea of performing music 'the way its composer intended it', I'm also not particularly fond of musics written before the advent of the piano being played on it. That's not to say I don't like the sounds it makes when played conventionally, not by a long chalk. But I don't necessarily prefer them to the other sounds the piano makes, especially thosewhich are concealed by the ways in which it might seem we're'asked' to listen to, say, Chopin or Liszt or Rachmaninoff.
This sense of listening to the 'minute life' of an instrument is explicit in 'heads down...', but there seems to be a similar hermetic quality to most of your music; as if it's uncovering sounds that have been hidden until now. Is this something that you feel too?
Yes, I think so, and I hope the music has something of that in it in more general terms, as you say. I'm very much drawn to this idea that there's something in particular modes of listening-especially to the very quiet, to the minute life of instruments-that's intimately connected with secrets and their disclosure. I think Jean-Luc Nancy expresses it wonderfully well, discussing what it might be to be listening, to be 'all ears', in his beautiful little book Listening:
After it had designated a person who listens (who spies), the word écoute came to designate a place where one could listen in secret. Être aux écoutes, "to listen in, to eavesdrop," consisted first in being in a concealed place where you could surprise a conversation or a confession. Être à l'écoute, "to be tuned in, to be listening," was in the vocabulary of military espionage before it returned, through broadcasting, to the public space, while still remaining, in the context of the telephone, an affair of confidences or stolen secrets. (Jean-Luc Nancy, Listening, tr. Charlotte Mandell, 4)
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Jason Best is a regular contributor to TakePart who has worked for Gourmet and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
KFC wants the world to know: There’s no such thing as an eight-legged, six-winged chicken.
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Apparently, the rumors have proved so persistent in China, where KFC is the largest fast-food purveyor of fried chicken, that parent company Yum Brands has filed suit against three companies, according to Reuters, that it charges have been among the most persistent online rumormongers: Yingchenanzhi Success and Culture Communication, Shanxi Weilukuang Technology Co., and Taiyuan Zero Point Technology.
Lost in the translation here is why, exactly, these three companies might have fueled a widespread campaign of chicken disinformation on the Internet. Neither Reuters nor any of the news organizations that have picked up the story appear to speculate about what might have motivated the corporate triad to try to bring down KFC with stomach-turning allegations of monster spider chickens.
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The chain says it has found upwards of 4,000 messages online containing libelous claims—including photos—that have been viewed more than 100,000 times. KFC is seeking the equivalent of $242,000 from each defendant along with an apology. The Shanghai Xuhui District People’s Court has accepted the case, according to The Associated Press.
Even as KFC pursues tough legal action to defend its reputation, its PR response would appear at once dismissive and also possessed of a healthy dose of online snark—though again, there may be something off in the translation here. As Reuters reports, a statement on KFC’s China website reads, “The rumors about KFC using chickens with six wings and eight legs have been around a long time,” and it goes on to chide the gullible for entertaining the notion that such a thing were scientifically possible, saying that if the company had managed the feat, “it could be in the running for a Nobel Prize.”
As recently as February, KFC found itself on the defensive yet again in the U.S., fending off similar rumors about Franken-chickens as well as the decades-old canard that the federal government had ordered the chain to switch its name from Kentucky Fried Chicken because it had stopped serving up “real chickens” in favor of test-tube-generated, genetically engineered creatures that are a far cry from a barnyard bird.
“There is absolutely no truth to this ridiculous urban legend, which has been debunked many times,” a KFC spokesman told Business Insider via email. “KFC uses top quality poultry from trusted companies like Tyson and Pilgrim’s Pride—the same brands customers know from their local supermarkets.”
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The Staples Center Becomes A Progressive Metal Mecca with TOOL
October 24, 2019 Matt Mart Feature, News, Reviews 0
By Brandon “B-Mac” McCarthy
I have photographed the Honda Center, FivePoint Amphitheatre, the Greek Theater, House of Blues of Anaheim & Las Vegas, the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel in Vegas, the Hollywood Palladium, and countless other clubs and venues. I have had the great privilege of reviewing shows at these palaces of music. However, one venue in Los Angeles has evaded my grasp, and that is the famous Staples Center. Home of the Clippers, Lakers, and Kings, this fine establishment has been itching to get coverage from me. Well, on October 20th, Rockaholic and I had the chance to head there when progressive/avant-garde metal gods TOOL came on through. Having released their critical darling as well as commercially successful 5th album after 13 years of quietness, Fear Inoculum, TOOL looked to spread their artsy heavy metal once again. The Staples Center was the perfect place for it. Killing Joke was the opening act, but we unfortunately missed them.
After an announcement was made asking fans to refrain from photographing or taping any of the performance with their cellphones, the venue goes dark. During which, a lacey curtain is draped around the stage as TOOL walked out one by one. They kicked off the night with the self-titled song, “Fear Inoculum,” which the crowd went nuts for. As I suspected, enigmatic frontman Maynard James Keenan hopped between 2 platforms in the background belting his guts out, with no light surrounding him. With his hair in a spiked-up Mohawk style and clown make up to emulate the Joker, Maynard was full of mystery and abnormality. Guitarist Adam Jones wailed on the guitar with his extended solos and riffs, crossing boundaries between progressive and alternative metal. He is arguably a genius on the axe, showing off the many techniques he likes to use, never settling on just one. While Justin Chancellor layered in his groovy alternative basslicks, Danny Carey went on a rampage on the drums. TOOL gave their loyal fans a great mix of songs that took them to the cosmos. The curtain was eventually pulled back after the 4th song. In the background where 3 giant screens that played eclectic CGI and stop-motion animated videos that the group was known to put together for their music videos, adding the elements of wonder they have been known to bring.
Maynard was definitely fun and interesting to watch perform up there. He is not known for being a charismatic or wild frontman, but he makes it up with his oddity. During one of their songs (I want to say “Pneuma”), he took an unplugged amp from one platform to the other and just left it there out front, unplugged. We could not help ourselves but laugh it. When he was not on the microphone, he was singing into a bullhorn that he has swinging on his shoulder. It was an incredible evening with TOOL with exceptional songs like “Ænema,” “The Pot,” “Pneuma,” “Parabol,” “Parabola,” my favorite “Schism,” “Jambi,” “Vicarious,” “Intolerance,” and “Forty Six & 2.” After “Forty Six & 2,” they took a 12 minute intermission, where an actual timer on the screen counted down the minutes. Once refreshed, Carey emerged on stage to take us on a “Chocolate Chip Trip.” Jumping between the drums and synthesizer, he gives a revolutionary tune where progressive and alternative metal meets jazz, a genre he loves very much. My buddy Tricky Ricky calls the new album “Danny Carey’s coming out party,” and he was right. The rest of TOOL returned to stage to perform the classic tunes “Invincible” and “Stinkfest,” during which Maynard allowed the crowd to video and photograph the performance on their phones. Of course, everyone jumped at the chance to do it, including Rockaholic and myself.
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It was my first time reviewing at the Staples Center, and TOOL was the best choice to debut there. They put together an excellent mixture of songs that came from Fear Inoculum and their classic records like Ænema, Lateralus, and 10,000 Days. They would play Staples Center the following night, where a picture has been shared around featuring a kid asked guitar legend Eddie Van Halen to take a picture of him with the background behind him, not even knowing who Van Halen was. LOL. I guess at any TOOL show, expect the unexpected. To TOOL, I salute you. Horns up!!!
Album Review: TOOL’s Fear Inoculum
September 9, 2019 Matt Mart 0
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by VCA WebAdmin Artillery Ceremony Events Military News Military Photos New York VCA Veteran Video
19 June 2015 Comment
In Honor of the Fallen – Memorial Day 2015
by VCA WebAdmin Artillery Ceremony Military News New York VCA Veterans
The U.S. Army and the VCASNY execute a 21 gun salute on Memorial Day in honor of our fallen.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.
25 May 2015 Comment
Fort Hamilton Command and the VCA welcomes the Sea Services for Fleet Week 2015
by VCA WebAdmin Ceremony Events Military News Military Photos New York VCA
The USS San Antonio receives an 11-gun salute as it makes its way under the Verrazano Bridge and into the New York Harbor during Fort Hamilton’s annual Salute to Ships May 20.
Photo – Courtesy USAG Fort Hamilton
20 May 2015 Tagged: # USARMY, #FleetWeek, #FortHamilton, #NewYork, Military, VCASNY Comment
West Point Day Fort Hamilton
by VCA WebAdmin Artillery Ceremony Military News New York VCA
West Point Day Parade
USAG Fort Hamilton hosted West Point Day, Fort Hamilton, New York at, 18 April 2015. The event promoted the U.S.Military Academy to the people of New York City as part of the Superintendent’s overall New York City Engagement Strategy.The event was designed to provide information on academic and cadet life at West Point, strengthen the relationships between USMA and NYC, and offer an opportunity to showcase Cadets and Cadet activities through displays, demonstrations and interaction.
In support of Fort Hamilton, the 9th (NY) provided its traditional firing of 75mm Howitzers to start the parade.
27 April 2015 Comment
Recruiting for the Union Army in New York City
by VCA WebAdmin Artillery Ceremony History New York VCA
VCA Flag Raising
On 11 April, the 9th Field Artillery (NY) was invited by the National Park Service to participate in a commemoration of recruiting activities in New York City during the Civil War. In addition to the firing of its howitzers, a flag raising ceremony was held at Battery Park.
During the Civil War, extensive efforts to recruit soldiers for the Union army took place in New York City. In Battery Park, just outside Castle Garden, a recruiting office was established specifically to recruit newly-arriving immigrants. They were offered a monthly wage, food and clothing, and a pleasant outdoor life with plenty of exercise.
After the draft law went into effect in July, 1863 recruiters began to offer substantial bonuses for enlistment in particular regiments of the recruit’s choice in order to escape conscription. Choices offered included ethnic infantry regiments including Irish, German, Italian and African American units. Also available were artillery and cavalry specialties as well as unique units such as the Zouaves. By such means, New York supplied more troops for the Union army during the war than any other state.
US Army Corps of Engineers Change of Command at USAG Fort Hamilton
by VCA WebAdmin Artillery Ceremony Events New York Press Release VCA Veteran
The US Army Corp of Engineers got a new boss on 26 March 2015, when COL William Graham assumed command of the US Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division. The New York 9th was on hand to honor outgoing NAD Commander BG Kent Savre with an 11 round salute from 75mm Pack Howitzers.
COL Graham assumes Command
31 March 2015 Comment
New York 9th Field Artillery Regiment celebrates its 224th Mess Dinner
On 8 January 2015, the VCA celebrated its 224th Annual Mess Dinner and commemorated the 200th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans. The mess dinner took place in the Community Club at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn. The Battle of New Orleans was the final major battle of the War of 1812. Members of the VCA attended in full VCA mess dress uniform for one of the final gatherings commemorating the Bi-Centennial of the War of 1812. The guest speaker this year was COL Joseph D. Davidson, Garrison Commander USAG Fort Hamilton.
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Veterans Day, Nov. 11th, 2013
by WebAdmin Military News New York VCA Veterans
Veterans Day 2013 is coming up on 11 November. The VCASNY will hold it’s Annual Memorial Service at Trinity Church in Manhattan to honor those who have served and those who are serving our country. Our VCA memorial service is held specifically to remember those members of the VCA who have served with us and have now passed on.
There are other events that are scheduled throughout the city as well. Please feel free to review these links and take advantage of some of these Veterans thank you events.
AITAF Performance Vet Day Football Vet Week 2013
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2013 ING NYC Marathon
by WebAdmin Events Militia New York VCA
Hurricane Sandy and the destruction it left behind cancelled the 2012 Marathon, but this year, the Marathon is in full swing and scheduled for 3 Nov. The start of the first and subsequent waves will be signaled by the VCASNY firing battery and their 75mm pack howitzers.
Watch us live on ESPN starting around 0900 November 3rd 2013.
24 October 2013 Comment
Historical perspective on Fort Gadsden, Apalachicola National Forest
by WebAdmin History New York VCA
Historic Fort Gadsden, on the Apalachicola National Forest in Florida, was the site of a horrific battle and explosion during the War of 1812 with England. The fort was built on a strategic portion of the Apalachicola River to control river and trade traffic. In the face of an imminent attack by American forces, escaped and freed slaves and many local American Indians sought refuge and safety at the fort. As the VCA fought in the War of 1812, we thought we would share a little piece of history brought to you by the USDA Forest Service.
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Last Lap: What Past Struggle Has Miley Cyrus Overcome?
by Rahsheeda Ali 4/8/2014
Why are we so stoked about the music artists slated for the MTV Movie Awards? Simon Cowell discusses his new life as a dad, and we find out who’s headlining the Outside Lands festival.
Miley Cyrus may be empowering herself now, but she admits she once struggled with crippling depression. She says her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, even once had to break down a door after she’d locked herself away in a room. Knowing that she’s now healthy is enough to make any of us twerk! [Perez Hilton]
Music mogul Simon Cowell has opened up about the affair that led to the birth of his son. Though he isn’t keen about having been with his friend’s then-wife, the X Factor judge is happily settling into to his new relationship and his role as a father. [Los Angeles Times]
Headliners for the Outside Lands festival have been announced, with Kanye West and The Killers among the artists performing. Hey, it’s as good an excuse as any to head to San Francisco. [Idolator]
We know that Eminem and Rihanna are appearing at Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards, but we’re getting a little reminder about why we love their live performances so much. [MTV News]
Rahsheeda Ali
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A Walk to Understand
I went on A Walk to Understand on March 25th. A walking tour to places of worship of some religions in Pasar Baru area. In short: Indonesia acknowledged six religions: Islam, Christian, Catholic, Buddha, Hindu, and Confucianism. Despite so, place of worship of other religion is allowed to build if the community in its surrounding area approved the building.
Since last quarter of 2016, so many religious issues surfaced in my country. I believe they all have a political background, though. Moreover in the light of the capital's gubernatorial election. So many people put themselves forward in the name of their respective religions. But I call bullshit. Take my religion off your political agenda. Each and every religion are nothing but build upon views of love and harmony.
We gathered a little before 9 am for briefing and regrouping on Juanda Station. Some came with their friends, others with their well-behaved children and spouses. I came alone, several others too. But it was fun nonetheless. The weather kept on the gloomy track but I'm glad it's not raining throughout our trip.
Istiqlal Mosque
Our first president wanted a central mosque in the capital of Jakarta. Thus he held an open contest for the design. To everyone's surprise, the winner was a non-architect, a Christian, even, named Frederik Silaban with his concept titled divinity. Stood upon former Dutch gardens, Istiqlal Mosque sprawled 12 hectares wide.
I have a lot of memory with this place. Once I entered a Qur'an reading contest here. Also watched dad doing his Friday prayer. Despite I'm not as religious as my younger self, I will always hold this place dearly.
The top of National Monument peeking from afar. Originally the architect want to make a path connecting Istiqlal Mosque to National Monument but it never came to life.
Bedug. Big drum used in Javanese traditional instrument which later adapted as a sign for prayer. I always fascinated how the elders try to assimilate Islam with traditional values instead of completely bring the new concept in the territory. Also, it's where I took the photo of mom in this post.
It was really gloomy throughout the trip. It rained not long in the afternoon. I think I need to point out that I forgot to turn off my HDR setting so many photos look overtextured. Ugh.
St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral
Then we cross the street to the Cathedral. Yes, mosque and church located just across each other. I've been wanting to go in for the longest time. Really. The architecture is marvelous. So gothic and intricate. It was pretty much a love at first sight, really.
The cathedral was built on 1901 and had two fires. Thus upon rebuilt, the dome was strengthened with steel and reinforced with wood. They still pretty much kept things from the era back then when electricity was scarce, including the podium where the Archbishop gives sermon. It was curved so the voice can be heard louder and clearer all the way to the back. The sermon place itself was made of four levels. Hell, animal, human, and heaven, from bottom to top. I love the details.
Some of the participants took their time to pray before leaving.
From here, we walked to Pasar Baru. We passed by the building that was meant to be the palace of Dutch occupation in Indonesia, Ministry of Finance. It was massive! And just across from it, there was Kimia Farma Diagnostika in which the building was rumoredly former Freemason Society's. I have no idea it once existed in my country tbh.
Pasar Baru
Formerly named Passer Baroe, it market of Jakarta back in the days. Chinese sellers predominated, then Arabians and Indians came and stayed to this day. Thus it has a mixed influence, along with some Indonesian touch. It was my first time in the area and I enjoyed it a little too much. Kind of hard to imagine this area was once a rice field, with huge, deep river of Ciliwung in front of it!
We passed by several Indian-based religions' places of worship. Hare Krishna, Satya Sai Baba, and Sikh temple. The guide also told us the stories of respective places. Informative! They are located just along the river next to the busy two lanes street so it was kind of hard to take photos of.
We turned over a corner and found, wait for it, headquarter of Jehovah's Witness. I'm pretty sure you've watched 1-2 movies where there's a scene of their 'agents' come to a house and knocking on the door (along the lines of "Do you have time for Jesus, our lord and savior blah blah"). Funny story, in previous walking tour, there were two Jehovah's Witnesses. In the middle of the tour, they both were missing! Apparently they were still doing their 'mission', recruiting people on the street lmao
I feel oddly accomplished seeing this. I don't know why haha
Klenteng Sin Tek Bio
After turning and tumbling at what seems like an endless rat route of shops and shops, we arrived in small Chinese temple or Klenteng. Sin Tek Bio is the name. Apparently, it was built by the farmers of the field rice to bless their harvest. Today, it sits just behind the tall buildings of shopping store that Pasar Baru have become.
In it was rows and rows of candles, small and big ones. Along with some statues. Back then when Indonesia only acknowledge five religions, some klenteng would put a big Buddha statue inside, as its the closest religion to confucianism. And such practice still seen to today. A really nice Gege gave me a handbook about the place's history. So sad to read that this place gotten so forgotten and hidden behind tall buildings.
Pniel Church
We went out and head over to Pniel Church which just few walks away from the klenteng. This church was the second location because the original small church (located behind the church today) which was built around 1913-1915 was burned in a fire. But they kept the original design and details. This was the to-go church for Dutch people who resided in Jakarta back then. The church also known as Rooster Church. I forgot why this church took rooster as their symbol, as seen on the stained glasses (too tall to take photos of) and the wind compass on top of the building. Too tired.
This church also kept a century old bible gifted by the Dutch governor and signed by the Queen of Dutch herself back in the day, Sophia Frederika Mathilda.
Ended the tour with a bowl of Bakmi Gg. Kelinci. All for myself. That's how my cherry popped.
At the end of the tour, I realized we are all the same. Everyone of every faith is just the same. That every religions' core is nothing but love and harmony. Within yourself, within others, within a greater good. And this tour solidified everything I've learned and raised with. It was amazing. In the midst of political turmoil that dragged religions and ethnicities today, maybe all you need is a trip to this area. Where various temples and mosques and churches stood side by side in peace and respect, humming their respective prayers.
This walking tour is created by Jakarta Good Guide in collaboration with Seratus Persen Manusia. For tour schedules and routes please refer to their website and twitter. Don't forget to check out their instagram!
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Things to Do in Council Bluffs
Things to Do in Council Bluffs, IA
Our list of the best things to do in Council Bluffs, Iowa, features the top 85 nearby activities — including 34 great attractions with user approval ratings of 90% or more!
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Bellevue Dog Park
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A golf course measuring 6,100 yards, Tara Hills Golf Course is an 18-hole, city-owned course. It features a clubhouse with room for up to 100 guests, gourmet catering and a pro shop.
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Retro City Rampage: DX For Nintendo 3DS
posted in Driving, National News, New Releases, Teen By: Tami | Print This Post
Vblank Entertainment‘s Retro City Rampage: DX, a beefed up remastered version of the original game is now available from the Nintendo 3DS eShop (February 20th for Europe). Priced at $9.99, it not only packs more punch, it’s $5 less than the MSRP on other consoles! Over the past year, RCR’s development team has continued to support Retro City Rampage, the PC version receiving its 16th update just a couple of weeks ago. All of these improvements and additions paved the way for the greatly enhanced Retro City Rampage: DX —which takes things even further.
Weeks after the initial release in 2012, updates made vehicles faster, added more checkpoints, tutorials, hints screens, and missions were reworked. The changes made huge improvements to the game, and RCR:DX’s changes go even deeper, putting RCR:DX miles ahead of the original 2012 PC and console versions. Every single mission’s been tweaked. Vehicles. Weapons. Challenges. Visual Effects. Visual Enhancements. Checkpoints. Difficulty. Challenges. Features. Player feedback and quality have been of the highest priority.
Missions – Every mission and minigame has been tweaked for the ideal experience on 3DS, and a better experience overall. Certain missions have been edited to improve pacing. In Death Cam VHS, for example, you won’t need to clear so many enemies during the melee section. During the car dodge tutorial, you won’t need to jump so much. It’s little changes like this which just make it a smoother ride.
Controls & Weapons – Controls have been tweaked. You can now jump while firing weapons, making dodging enemies even easier. Previously, once you fired a weapon, you would need to wait for it to finish before you could jump again, but not anymore! Weapons have been rebalanced, some boasting more damage, many with more satisfying effects. The cars and explosions also feature more effects — although it also includes “8-BIT” mode if you want a simpler, more ’80s experience.
Arcade Challenges – The weapon updates noticeably improve the Arcade Challenges, but many challenges have been reworked themselves as well. Second-Rate Sprees, for example, now run 30 seconds instead of 60, making them a tighter experience and motivating you more to repeatedly play them for higher scores. For example, the speed shoes challenge also eliminates the exploit of running up and down alleys to pile up chains.
Hijacking Weapons – The city now has more to do, populated with weapon trucks. Getting the right tool for the job’s now a lot more convenient. You can purchase your weapons or try your luck and attempt to hijack them. It’s quite a challenge for new players, but once you’ve mastered the game, you can write yourself a five finger discount on your arsenal.
Losing The Cops – The wanted level system and police AI have been changed to be even more fun. You can now more easily evade the police by clearing the screen of them, something which feels right at home thinking back to classic arcade games. Clear the screen of three or more police and they’ll drop a Cop Coin which lowers your wanted level. You can still spray your vehicle or find coins around the city to get the cops off your tail, but this makes it much more fun and convenient. The more easily evaded police have been balanced out with slightly more challenging AI, livening up the metagame of cat and mouse.
MiniMap, Touch & UI – The minimap is now larger and displays more than just missions and challenges, also displaying weapon, spray and power-up shops, as well as enemies. You can also set it to display other locations, such as shops. I can say first hand that this makes navigating the city much better as you’re able to see all of the roads and alleys ahead, choosing the optimal route to a destination. You can zoom in to the minimap in the pause menu and select weapons by touching the bottom screen, or change the radio station (even on foot). The entire front end/UI has been redone for the 3DS, including the HUD. Important HUD elements now appear as overlays on the top screen when necessary, and the less important elements on the bottom screen.
RCR is also available now on WiiWare (which can be played on both a Wii and Wii U in Wii Mode), PlayStation®3, PS®Vita, Xbox LIVE Arcade and PC / Steam.
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Value 15 This is the data value itself.
Administrative area covered 10221018 Farnborough UD
Table in census reports EW1971COU3_M25 1971 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part III, Table 25 , 'Enumerated Households by tenure and household amenities', for 'AC, CB, Urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, Aggregates of MB and UD and aggregates of RD, NT and Con Centres. Urban Areas with populations of less than 50,000 and RD'
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Row in census table 6 Row label from original table:
Not stated.
Credits ONS_census Contributor(s):
Office of National Statistics. Role: owner. Restrictions on use: all census data 1966-2011 is Crown copyright but is now available free of charge under the Open Government Licence. You are free to copy, publish, distribute and transmit the Information; adapt the Information; exploit the Information commercially and non-commercially for example, by combining it with other Information, or by including it in your own product or application; but you must acknowledge the source of the Information in your product or application by including or linking to any attribution statement specified by the Information Provider(s) and, where possible, provide a link to the Open Government Licence.
Created by hcond_1971_ew This is the name of our script which inserted this data value into the main data table. For non-derived values, this is usually done by copying data values across from our more conventional GBHDB database, and the scripts are usually named after the table in GBHDB they copy data from.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Vision of Britain | Context for data value | The meaning of 15, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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Walthamstow : Census Tables
The statistical themes listed on the Walthamstow home page are based mainly on census information and show how the Registration sub-District changed over time. This page gives you access to the Census Reports section of the website, which reconstructs selected original tables, but takes you straight to listings for Walthamstow, which may also cover lower level units within the Registration sub-District.
These listings show the statistics used in the theme pages in their original context, but they sometimes also include additional statistics which we have not yet included within the themes, such as much more detailed occupational categories. This is probably part of the site to explore once you have had a good look at our statistical themes, which do more of the work for you.
1851 Ages [1]: "Ages of the People".
1851 Population tables 2 [1]: "Population Abstract".
1861 Ages 3: "Ages of Males and Females in Sub-Districts".
1871 Population Abstracts. Ages, Civil Condition, Occupations and Birthplaces 3: "Ages of Males and Females in Registrars' Sub-Districts".
1881 Tables: Ages, Marital Condition, Occupations and Birthplaces 10: "Occupations of Males and Females in the Division and its Registration Counties".
1881 Tables: Ages, Marital Condition, Occupations and Birthplaces 3: "Ages of Males and Females in Registration Sub-Districts".
1881 Tables: Area, Houses and Population in Registration Counties 4: "Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881".
1891 Area, Houses and Population: Registration Areas and Sanitary Districts 2: "Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes".
1901 County Report 12: "Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901".
1911 Area, Families and Population Registration Areas 5: "Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911".
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Harbinger by Nicole Conway Cover Reveal with Giveaway @chapterxchapter @ANConway @Month9Books
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Victory is written in the blood of the brave.As the armies of the Tibran Empire continue to march across Maldobar, a path of scorched destruction and despair is left in their wake. Even with the formidable princess, Jenna Farrow, leading the charge, the strength of the dragonriders is waning. Tibran victory appears inevitable—especially after Princess Jenna and Prince Aubren are taken hostage by the infamous Lord Argonox. Separated from her brother and tortured for information, Princess Jenna refuses to bend to the iron will of Argonox. But her strength and resolve may only last so long. Held prisoner in his dark tower, it would take a miracle to set her free—or perhaps a pair of demigods and their dragons. With revived dragonrider legend, Jaevid Broadfeather, at his side, Reigh must now make a choice: face the truth about the origin of his dark powers, or turn his back on world in need. But throwing off a lifetime of shame and self-doubt is not so easily done—especially when the cost of failure means the destruction of the world. The long-awaited hero has awakened. The ancient spirits are stirring. The dark goddess has chosen her champion. But is he ready to embrace that rite and become the HARBINGER Maldobar needs him to be?
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Nicole is the author of the children’s fantasy series, THE DRAGONRIDER CHRONICLES, about a young boy’s journey into manhood as he trains to become a dragonrider. She has completed the first two books in the series, and is now working on the third and final book. Other works include MAD MAGIC (Sept 2017), FAULBENDER (tbd), SCALES (tbd), and THE DISTANCE BETWEEN STARS (May 2017).
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WMH Rehab Grand Reopening “Gives Back”
(Honesdale, November 8, 2017)… If you bring a non-perishable food item to Wayne Memorial Rehabilitation Services’ grand reopening at 190 Delaware Street on Thursday, December 7th, Wayne Memorial will match it. The food will go to the Wayne County Food Bank for the holidays. “T’is the season to give, so we’re giving back to the community and celebrating our reopening at the same time,” said Terri Henderson, OT, manager Wayne Memorial Rehabilitation Services.
The grand reopening from 4pm – 7pm will also include demonstrations in physical, occupational and speech therapy, such as LSVT Big & Loud for Parkinson’s patients and balance exercises for all ages. The staff will also provide demonstrations and information about stroke rehabilitation. “We have all three disciplines under one roof,” said Henderson, who added that the new location is very patient-friendly. “We have a spacious parking lot and easy access to our therapy gym.”
Wayne Memorial Hospital relocated its Stourbridge Professional Complex rehabilitation services to the Delaware Street location in September to accommodate the expansion of Behavioral Health space at Stourbridge. The hospital’s other rehab services’ office at the Route 6 Mall remains where it is.
The grand reopening will offer refreshments and giveaways as well as information on rehabilitation, including specialty services offered by Wayne Memorial for oncology, lymphedema and Parkinson’s patients.
“We’re thrilled with our new location on Delaware Street, and we want to celebrate with our patients and their families,” said James Hockenbury, director Ancillary Services. He noted that folks do not have to donate a food item to enjoy the festivities. “Just come and see what we’re all about– rehabilitation,” he said, “helping people on the road to good health and independence after injury or illness. That’s enough to celebrate right there!”
The new office on Delaware Street is located across from Bold’s Florist and not far from Tractor Supply, both on Willow Avenue (Route 6). For more information, call (570) 253-7325 or visit www.wmh.org.
Photo: Left to right seated: Tabitha Kanoff, Occupational Therapy Assistant; Julia Blaskiewicz, Physical Therapist. Standing 1st row: Heather Ceccarelli, Speech Therapist; Karen Stumpo, Occupational Therapist; Terri Henderson, Occupational Therapist/Manager Rehabilitation Services. Back row: Nancy Johannes, Rehabilitation Secretary; Linda Moore, Occupational Therapist; Anne Thumann, Physical Therapist; Michelle Marcho, Physical Therapy Assistant; Brandon Stone, Physical Therapist. Missing from photo: Alyssa Young, Rehabilitation Aide.
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Breaking WWE News: ECW Getting Rebranded?
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Sources say that WWE may be implementing some major changes to regarding the ECW brand. Apparently the letters “ECW” may be gone soon.
WWE has been in talks with the SyFy network about the future of the ECW brand. WWE is planning a major re-branding and word is that WWE will still keep the 10pm time slot and may introduce a new TV show similar to WWE Superstars on WGN America.
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25th Dragoons Nominal Roll
Discussion in 'RAC & RTR' started by NikToo, Feb 16, 2011.
25 dragoons
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DavidCarr10 said: ↑
Restoration continues... the other side is revealing the original T25989??? Hugely frustrating...
Dave, it's strange as T25928 was the replacement that my father and his crew received on 12th February 1944 after his, "Bristol" T25654 was burnt out the day before. I got it wrong in the previous message. Also I've noticed that yours has no side door.When were they modified to exclude a side door?
richardmiles, May 27, 2019
I see that this rare surviving Lee has now been sandblasted both in and out to bare metal and covered in red oxide primary coat. A pity in some ways that some of the original paint and T numbers wasn't conserved, which may have shed some light on the past history of a tank that had survived for so long.
richardmiles, Jun 2, 2019
DavidCarr10 Member
We had kept one side un blasted to restore the t number. It certainly looks like its T25989. According to bovington details are sketchy but we have a purchase order for the batch of Lee's with predetermined t numbers and it definitely isn't an Australian lend lease one. The later models of the standard m3 had the side door removed and only 300 made with the mk 3 long barrel.
One of the interesting things we've discovered (with bovvy) is that all armour sent to Burma had no brigade or arms of service markings. Just an American w number and British t number; unless the crews named their tank - and depending where they painted the name on the tank, would give an indication as to their unit.
I am still trying to crawl through war diaries to find the t number mentioned. Which is also interesting as its revealed details of my grandfather and his unit of York and Lancashire infantry too.
If anyone is interested in progression:
Sorry to admin if not allowed.
DavidCarr10, Jun 6, 2019
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Copied from Medium Tank M3 Lee
Late-production tanks had the doors originally on each hull side eliminated in favour of a floor escape hatch, and one of the driver's fixed machine guns was deleted as well; the resulting hole was filled with a steel plug. The crew of late M3s was reduced to six men when the driver also took over the role of radio operator. Very late production M3s had new heavy-duty suspension bogies with 8" (20cm) instead of 7" (18cm) volute springs, and the track return rollers were moved to the rear of the new bogies. Late vehicles also had the 75mm gun periscope replaced with a telescopic sight, and another periscope was installed above the driver's position. The armament of late-model tanks included the M3 75mm gun and M6 37mm gun.
Tanks with stabilization systems installed can be differentiated from those without by the presence of a cylindrical counterweight under the 37mm gun, and a counterweight at the end of the 75mm gun barrel if the tank is armed with the shorter 75mm gun M2. The longer 75mm gun M3 did not require a counterweight to be compatible with the gyrostabilizer.
The differences in the 37mm and 75mm guns are as follows: The 37mm gun M5 was 6" (15cm) shorter than the M6, and the M5 had a manually-operated breechblock instead of the M6's semiautomatic breechblock. The 75mm gun M2 had a shorter barrel than the M3 and had a vertical breechblock to the M3's horizontal breechblock. Otherwise, the 75mm guns were identical.
I wonder if the late production M3 Lee was ever used by British tank units in Burma.
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Hi this is fascinating. I am looking into my Grandad's wartime history and came across this thread. I enclose a photo of him with his Dragoons badge displayed.
I am certain of him being burned in a tank fire - he bore the scars and many of his stories where around India.
Looking at the posted Dragoons photo from October 1943, I think he is in the middle row third from left.
His name was Walter Field, born Crouch End, London.
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solidsilver, Jun 25, 2019
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I recommend you get hold of a copy of John Leyin's book, "Tell Them of us". The group photo of 1943 was my father's.
richardmiles, Jun 25, 2019
The group photo above was my father's and he is third from left and it depicts only officers and NCO's of I think A and B squadrons 25th Dragoons
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Solidsilver,
That’s a splendid photograph of your Grandad in uniform.
On his beret, he’s wearing an Indian made - cast in both white-metal and brass - cap badge. What’s most distinctive is the full-scroll over the sabre close to the hilt and on this occasion the length of the sabre tips, too.
This pattern of badge stems from an early period in 1941, and although technically the second pattern within the evolution of Indian produced versions, it was the specimen design sent to the UK for evaluation in March 1941. So still an incipient badge pattern and more importantly the very pattern from which the UK manufactured examples were to be devised from.
What’s nice to see is that the sabre tips haven’t been shortened, that is, normally the longer blades were retained for the use of an NCOs arm badge centre with this pattern.
Picture: your Grandads cap badge pattern is the example on the left (with shortened blades), the badge on the right is the initial (first) pattern cap badge which subtlety differs; note also the longer blades on this example for a comparison.
Marcus H, Jun 28, 2019
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Lt Miles,25th Dragoons with unidentified comrades,Arakan Burma 1944 outside Lee Grant tank harbour. by richardmiles posted Apr 27, 2014 at 8:21 PM
Lt Eric Miles,25th Dragoons. by richardmiles posted Apr 25, 2014 at 7:44 PM
Lt.Eric Miles,25th Dragoons with Henry and Charles RAC depot, Poona 1943 by richardmiles posted Apr 27, 2014 at 8:23 PM
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View attachment 244746 Solidsilver,
Thank you so much for this insight. Very good to know.
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richardmiles said: ↑
I am thinking that the chap standing to the side, then count two in - is my Grandad, in the middle row. It looks remarkably like him , and my mum just pointed him out as him. Are we talking about the same one?
The photo is of commissioned officers. My father is definitely 3rd from left middle row. I’ve looked through the list of 25th Dragoons troopers and other ranks embarked in November and December 1943 and there is not anyone named Field. This might indicate that your grandfather joined the 25th sometime afterwards.
I suppose he could have left by then seeing as the comment above indicates he wore a cap badge of 1941.
The regiment was formed 30 January 1941 and raised at Sialkot in the Punjab from personnel of the 3rd Carabiniers on 1 February 1941. It consisted of Lee/Grant tanks, underwent jungle training at Goa and was stationed at Dhond. It underwent formation training at Ranchi and fought in the Second Battle of the Arakan. Afterwards, the Lee tanks were replaced by Shermans and the unit underwent amphibious training for Operation Zipper, the invasion of Malaya. The 25th Dragoons were disbanded in August 1947.
The cap badge pattern stem’s from 1941, the Indian made badges were a preference to the subsequent UK introduced pattern - there are six Indian made pattern’s in total.
The pattern your Grandad is wearing is the most common example encountered in wear, and it would have been ‘mass produced’ with surplus stock in the stores.
I would agree, Richard. I can’t see any NCOs present in this group photograph, at all.
Rear row, fifth man from the left in the centre is Capt. R. H. Burton, ‘B’ Squadron; possibly a Lieut. at the time of this picture being taken.
This is Captain Burton’s Coloured Field Service Cap in my collection.
We must chat about your fathers badges and dress, too, as they are wonderful pictures depicting such.
You have some superb photographs of your father in his officers uniform. In my ongoing research, it’s the officers pictures exhibiting their badges and dress distinctions that are especially quite scarce to encounter.
That certainly is when you consider the ratio of officers’ to other ranks within this short-lived regiment; as indeed with all of the six War Raised Cavalry units.
What’s particularly interesting to view is the 25D embroidered/bullion officers badge in wear on the black RAC beret. This is a good, close and unmistakable representation, although I can’t positively discern the exact pattern.
On your fathers collars, he is in my opinion wearing a pattern of Indian made collars to the 25D. These are slightly smaller than the UK made counterparts and it’s said they were preferred by the men, too.
Being raised in India with no regimental badge to call their own on formation, per se, the regiment independently devised and thus procured their own insignia locally.
Sialkot, British India was basically a ‘garrison town’ for all intents (think Aldershot, Colchester, Tidworth, etc), but it just so happens to have been a thriving hub for the subcontinents metal work industry.
And, if I’m not mistaken the 25D spent between February and October 1941 in Sialkot whilst increasing their manpower to a ‘wartime strength.’ That’s not to imply that contractors in Sialkot were the only producers of the Indian made badges, no, not at all. As to the UK made badges, they were approved in August 1941. Whereupon the arrival of such in India, they weren’t received too well, with all ranks mostly opting to retain their locally made badges.
Button wise, I’d be guessing...really. However, I do have a notion what we can just see is an Indian made example, not the British version on his Service Dress jacket.
Unfortunately your fathers ‘25D’ metal (brass) shoulder titles are obscured (worn by all ranks on the applicable dress), these would have been on the edge of the shoulder straps of the Service Dress jacket. Although you can quite clearly see his cloth slip-on shoulder titles over his rank epaulettes on your avatar picture; that too is a cracking picture.
• Badges: in this picture (top left) a representative pair of Indian made bi-metal officers collars. The gilding on the brass overlay has diminished now and the silver or possibly even zinc plating is all but gone on the sabres.
• The shiny silver (plated) and gilt pair are produced by J. R. Gaunt, England.
• Officers Service Dress collars in bronze, these are again by Gaunt and the same size as the cap badge die.
• On the left is an Indian all ranks button (ORs No. 1 Dress and officers Service Dress), the gilt version is of UK manufacture (Pitt & Co) with a differing design and was an officers use only button.
Marcus H, Jul 1, 2019
Marcus, thanks for your photo of Captain R.H. Burton's Coloured Field Service Cap, which looks excellent. He was A.1 Lieut on 5th June 1943, 2nd Lieut. 31st July 1943, A.1 Lieut. 28th Aug. and 4th Sept.1943. On the arrival roll at Keju Khal on 14th Dec.1943 he is listed as Lieut. and temporary A/Capt with next of kin, his wife Mrs R.H. Burton of 39 Paultons Square, London S.W.3. He's listed as T/Capt. 25th Dec. 1943 and then is missing from the next list of officers of 25D on 9th Oct.1944 and the lists after that. I wonder what happened to him. I have some of my fathers 25thD and RAC gilt uniform buttons, cap badges, medals etc., as well I think a teak cigarette box carved with 25th Dragoons, which is Indian made, but no Coloured Field Service Cap and I'm pretty sure I don't have a photo of him wearing one. My father, whose full name was Eric Talbot Shakespear Miles, was a young volunteer from Argentina of British parentage. He joined the Royal Armoured Corps at Batley Bridge in Yorkshire as an OR and then Lance Corporal and was recommended for a commission by his Colonel and was sent for officer's training at Dehra Dhun in India. I'm in touch with a neighbour who knew Captain, later Major "Toby" Alexander, also 25D. His wife is still alive but now in a home. Their daughter has apparently some info but I've yet to get in touch with her. Would you happen to know which one he is in the group photo or able to identify any of the others? A few years ago there was a Jap flag, captured by men of the 25th Dragoons in the Battle of the Admin Box on Ebay. Unfortunately I didn't take down the details. I met John Leyin, author of "Tell Them of Us", who served with my father in Burma and took him to see my father in his residential home a few years ago. John was a wonderful erudite man of small stature and although in his late eighties, spontaneously sprang into a ramrod stiff salute when he saw my father. It was an emotional moment. My father's elder brother, Jack served as an RAF Dakota pilot in Burma and still alive and kicking in Vancouver aged 101!
richardmiles, Jul 1, 2019
Thanks Marcus, I think I may have as well as the buttons, a cloth badge. Your latest post arrived as I was sending the first reply!
Sorry to keep jumping in to the thread flow, but I found a bit of information on my Grandad from his Marriage certificate. It indicates:
Rank or Profession-6201950 Corporal RAC
Dated 26 Aug 1944
I have also ordered the recommended book as suggested above. Thank you.
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Inked Out: Exotic Body Works: Hammonton, NJ
Since the love of my life landed a job in South Jersey, I was driving her to work every day for a while. She found a job in a small town called Hammonton, NJ, also known as “The Blueberry Capital of the World.” Well, I said it before, since I began writing this column, my eyes seem to be drawn to tattoo parlors wherever they may be. On one of my earlier travels into “The Blueberry Capital of the World,” I noticed a tattoo parlor as we were driving through what seemed like a white bread town. The name of the shop was Exotic Body Works, which I later found out was the only game in town. Exotic Body Works is a goldmine, and I had to check it out!
Upon walking into the shop, I was greeted by artists Dustin Rebecca, who was working on a foot piece for a female client at the moment, and Brian Bocker, who was awaiting his appointment. As I waited for owner, Keith Titus, to arrive at the shop for our meeting, I took a look around and the place was immaculate. The walls were a clean orange and yellow with those big gigantic flip books of flash art to the left and right upon entry. The right side of the shop seemed to be dedicated to body piercing with a complete line of body jewelry and tattoo aftercare products like H2Ocean, Bacitracin, and Ink Fixx enclosed in a glass casing at the front of the shop. Behind the glass casing was owner Keith Titus’ tattooing station. On the left side of the shop is where Dustin and Brian were stationed with walls adorned with wall art that I am assuming were painted by Dustin. So far, the overall appearance of Exotic Body Works can compete with any tattoo shop in any market and not just in South Jersey, but how does the owner fare?
Owner Keith Titus, Jr. walked in to greet me and what a pleasant down to earth guy he was. It’s no wonder he is loved by this small town of Hammonton. Keith opened Exotic Body Works back in March of 1996 on his 21st birthday. Keith, who’s been tattooing for 20 years now, chooses to only surround himself by great artists that he trusts, and he found that in Brian Bocker and Dustin Rebecca, whom also handles all of the body piercing at Exotic Body Works. When I asked Keith what would draw a prospective client like me into his shop rather than going somewhere else, he told me, “The atmosphere. We have a safe and clean environment. We try to have a very warm and modern welcome. We usually have really good music playing and we have a friendly atmosphere. Plus my artists and I are very knowledgeable in the tattoo industry. ” Keith told me that Exotic Body Works is mainly a custom shop and that the flash art on the walls are mainly for ideas. His artists specialize in many diverse styles. For instance, Brian, who’s been tattooing for four years, specializes in traditional and new school Japanese art, while Dustin, who’s been tattooing for six years, is a little bit more well-rounded and can tattoo anything from portraits to black and gray to bio-mech type stuff. Keith says whatever a customer wants they will usually try to make a reality. Keith stated that being well-rounded as an artist keeps him and his shop on top of their game since people are always coming in asking for different things.
When Keith first opened Exotic Body Works back in 1996, the town shunned the shop at first because they feared that it would attract bikers and that there would be motorcycles constantly lined up on the main strip of town. Keith, who doesn’t even own a motorcycle, later proved that wouldn’t be the case. He was there to run a business and once the townspeople grew used to the idea of a tattoo shop in their town, they became more accepting of it. In fact, the mayor of the town has been in the shop to thank Keith for what he does for the community. Keith also told me that he’s even outlasted any business on that street. I thought that this was a very impressive stat.
When I brought up the current tattoo industry problem of scratch artists, Keith confirmed that it’s also an ongoing problem down in South Jersey, as well. There are many tattoo basement parties being thrown by unlicensed tattoo artists who are reusing needles. I thought this was disgusting! I know that the economy is in the shitter right now, but to cheap out on a really good and clean tattoo is really stupid and unhealthy. Keith said that he only hires the best artists who work well with customers because that is important to him. He wants his customers walking out of Exotic Body Works with an extremely memorable tattoo experience that they will be happy with for the rest of their life.
Keith told me that he gets all walks of life entering the shop. He gets anyone from kids, who are obviously 18 years and older, to senior citizens in their 70s who are getting tattooed for the first time. As for the piercing, they won’t pierce anyone under 15 years old and for genitalia piercing, 18 years and older. When Keith and I talked prices, he told me that it varies based on the artist. Exotic Body Works has a minimum price of $60, but that is for something really small. Brian and Dustin usually charge $125 per hour, while Keith, who is booked solid for the next five months, gets $150 per hour. There are block rates like $350 for a three hour block, while you can also pay anywhere from $600 to $700 for a full day’s worth of work. Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins are always welcomed, and are usually handled by Brian. Keith also told me his clients come from all over the country. They come from Philly, Virginia, New Jersey and New York, but he often gets a lot of his clients calling in from Atlantic City after a long night of gambling.
After going through the shop portfolios, I will have to stick to my earlier statement that Exotic Body Works is a goldmine. All three artists do amazing artwork for a shop that is tucked away in this small town of Hammonton, NJ, “The Blueberry Capital of the World.” You can take a look at their artwork on MySpace and Facebook for now. Exoticbodyworks.com is not currently up and running yet, as it’s being reconstructed and will be up shortly. You can call the shop to make an appointment or for a simple consultation at (609) 704-9266. You can even stop in on your way to Philly or A.C. The shop is located at 6 Central Avenue, Hammonton, NJ. Keith and his staff are super friendly, and will consult you every step of the way to assure that you will have an amazing tattoo experience!
Well, I’m off to check out my next tattoo place! If you have a tattoo shop that you want to suggest to me please e-mail me the name of the place and whom I should ask for! Also, if you were recently tattooed, email me a picture of your tattoo with the name of the shop and artist and it may show up in an upcoming issue of The Aquarian Weekly.
5 QUESTIONS WITH INKED OUT’S FEATURED ARTIST
ARTIST: Keith A. Titus, Jr.
SHOP: Exotic Body Works Tattoo, Hammonton, NJ
How long have you been tattooing?
I have been tattooing since the age of 14. I started three weeks short of turning 15, and have been tattooing for 20 years now with 14 of those years in my own shop.
What was the weirdest tattoo request you’ve ever gotten?
I had a girl, some years ago, that asked for tentacles coming out of her vagina. It was some old HP Lovecraft stuff.
Have you ever had to tattoo any celebrities? If so, which ones?
I’ve tattooed some up-and-coming models, Brenda Lynn of Show Magazine and Miss Howard Stern 2008.
Since this is a music paper, whtat kind of music do you listen to? What are some of your favorite bands?
I used to be a metal head to the likes of Iron Maiden and Megadeth; Thrash and hardcore like D.R.I., Gorilla Biscuits, and Youth Of Today; Grindcore like Napalm Death, Cannibal Corpse, and my all-time favorite Godflesh; But now, I am a deejay and a hardcore electronic music geek for the past 18 years.
If they made a reality show based on your life, what would the title be?
Originally, The Shop! That was long before all of the tattoo reality shows. Now, maybe Hammonton Ink.
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nathan April 13, 2010
keith has done a few tat,s for me. he did an of my father on my arm for me that looks awesome keith and the rest of his crew are the best hands down.
elise April 17, 2010
Brian always does such clean looking work, Dustin is extremely creative and Keith is a perfectionist with every peice he does. You wont be disappointed. Definetely go get tatted up in Hammonton!
nicole May 23, 2010
i was wondering im 13 and my dad and mom agreed i can get my belly pierced does exotic body works do belly buttons for minors with parents approval? it would be nice if someone could awser my question thanks nicole
Arts Weekly May 24, 2010
It would seem they do not pierce anyone below the age of 15, Nicole. However, you can always call the shop at the number above.
pete October 3, 2010
Nicole,it’s against NJ health dept. laws to pierce anyone under 14,we will do navel or ear piercings at that age though with parental consent.
Thanks,Pete(piercer at Exotic Body Works)
You guys pierce right? If so how old do you have to be to get your belly button pierced, with an adult.?
Tammy July 8, 2012
Hi i waz wonderin how much you charge for a navel piercing because i waz plannin on gettin mines done
Jess November 9, 2012
how much do you charge for tongue piercings?
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Impact Story: Food Chains
This Food Chains Impact Story was created by filmmakers Sanjay Rawal and Smriti Keshari as part of the Fledgling Engagement Lab. It is a shareable visual story about how the film made an impact on corporations, built meaningful partnerships and elevated the conversation around farmworker rights.
Food Chains is a feature-length documentary exposing the exploitation of farmworkers in the United States. Directed by Sanjay Rawal and produced by Smriti Keshari, the film included Eva Longoria and Eric Schlosser on its team. The film was released in late 2014 and features the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a small but highly-lauded group of tomato pickers from southern Florida. The film focuses on the campaign of the CIW against large purchasers of Florida tomatoes. The impact campaign of the film focused on three things: increasing awareness of the plight of farmworkers as well as the CIW’s proven solution (the Fair Food Program); furthering the CIW’s campaign in the world of large corporate purchasers of tomatoes; and changing procurement policy at the corporate and governmental levels. We tried to achieve these goals through a deep and on-going partnership with the CIW, through elevating conversation amongst various constituents and stakeholders, and through direct action in support or in protest of select corporate entities.
Farm labor abuse has been a reality in the fields of America since pre-revolutionary times. Farmworkers were once, for the most part, held in chattel slavery - African-Americans in the South and Native Americans in Spanish California. After the Civil War, most African-American farmworkers became indentured sharecroppers. Mexicans were granted temporary permits to work the fields of California. When President Roosevelt established the New Deal wage and abuse protections for workers like the Federal Labor Standards Act, farmworkers were excluded. Farmworker unions rose to power in California in the 1960s and 1970s, but by the 1990s, most of their gains had been clawed back.
Legislation has never been a tool farmworkers upon which farmworkers could rely. The CIW’s Fair Food Program looks beyond legislation and to the power of the supply chain. It demands that the large purchasers of Florida tomatoes (supermarkets, food service and fast food) do two things: pay an extra penny per pound for purchases and refuse to buy from farms with labor violations. This program is monitored by a third party which has the power to enforce regulations. There are now market consequences for non-compliant farms - they’re excluded from selling to 13 of the largest tomato buyers in the world. This revolutionary program, combining wage increases plus swift resolution of worker complaints has transformed the fields of Florida.
For more information, please visit: fairfoodprogram.org
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The impact of social justice documentaries can depend heavily on the relationship between the filmmakers and those who have dedicated their lives to the cause. Early on, the team behind Food Chains chose to focus its narrative on the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. While the CIW had already received significant acclaim for its unique solution to further the rights of farmworkers in the Florida tomato industry (The Fair Food Program), Food Chains captured the CIW at a tipping point. The symbiosis between both Food Chains and the CIW influenced both the impact of the CIW’s work and the impact of the film. While the film doesn’t claim causal credit for the CIW's achievements, this section will show the associative connection between the film’s impact goals and some of the recent successes of the CIW.
Film Production Begins
Production of Food Chains begins with trip to Vermont followed by an intensive development road trip throughout California and Florida.
Wal-mart Joins
The CIW had been first introduced to Wal-mart executives via Michael Pollan in early 2012. In the spring, the Food Chains team accelerated the...
Wal-mart Joins the Fair Food Program
The CIW had been first introduced to Wal-mart executives via Michael Pollan in early 2012. In the spring, the Food Chains team accelerated the dialogue between them by organizing a panel discussion at SMU in Dallas, convening the CIW, Wal-mart’s EVP of Food, Jack Sinclair, and Eva Longoria. This was the first face-to-face meeting between Mr. Sinclair and the CIW. Over the subsequent 18 months, the Food Chains team, including Ms. Longoria and Eric Schlosser, encouraged Walmart as independent voices of support for the CIW. When Wal-mart ultimately signed the Fair Food Agreements in January 2014, Food Chains was the only media crew granted access to the ceremony. Since the signing, Wal-mart has had discussions with Food Chains on how best to advance labor rights in their agricultural supply chain. Food Chains also received a prestigious Impact Award from the Pvblic Foundation for its modest role in this process.
Food Chains Screens at
Berlin & Tribeca Film Fests
Food Chains had its world premiere and domestic premiere at the Berlin Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival, respectively. At both vaunted events, the festivals organized...
Berlin and Tribeca Film Festivals
Food Chains had its world premiere and domestic premiere at the Berlin Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival, respectively before signing with the distributor Screen Media. At both vaunted events, the festivals organized panel discussions around the CIW’s unique solution to address human rights abuses in the fields. In Berlin, the discussion was chaired by the former German Minister of Culture and featured Eric Schlosser, the CIW, and director Diego Luna who screened his narrative film CESAR CHAVEZ at the festival. At Tribeca, Eva Longoria led a panel with Eric, the CIW and the director of Food Chains. These two panels led to a number of subsequent ones, including at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum.
Food Chains aligned its distribution with its social impact goals. Screen Media was incredibly receptive to the message of the film. It's then-President, Ms. Suzanne Blech, grew up in Central Florida and spent her summers working in the orange industry. She knew the abuses of farmworkers firsthand.Food Chains had its world premiere and domestic premiere at the Berlin Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival, respectively before signing with the distributor Screen Media. At both vaunted events, the festivals organized panel discussions around the CIW’s unique solution to address human rights abuses in the fields. In Berlin, the discussion was chaired by the former German Minister of Culture and featured Eric Schlosser, the CIW, and director Diego Luna who screened his narrative film CESAR CHAVEZ at the festival. At Tribeca, Eva Longoria led a panel with Eric, the CIW and the director of Food Chains. These two panels led to a number of subsequent ones, including at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum.
Food Chains aligned its distribution with its social impact goals. Screen Media was incredibly receptive to the message of the film. It's then-President, Ms. Suzanne Blech, grew up in Central Florida and spent her summers working in the orange industry. She knew the abuses of farmworkers firsthand.
Food Chains Holds Screenings
In the summer of 2014, Food Chains held a number of private screenings hosted by political, culinary and social leaders including Katrina vanden Huevel of The Nation...
Screenings for Influencers
In the summer of 2014, Food Chains held a number of private screenings hosted by political, culinary and social leaders including Katrina vanden Huevel of The Nation, Chef Alice Waters and former Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis.
These screenings were critical in building word of mouth amongst activists. We held screenings focused on the Latino advocacy space (with NALIP), foodies (with Chef Waters), the anti-trafficking lobby (with ATEST in Washington DC), progressive activists (NetRoots Nation), conferences of farmworker advocates across the nation, and human rights groups like Human Rights Watch.In the summer of 2014, Food Chains held a number of private screenings hosted by political, culinary and social leaders including Katrina vanden Huevel of The Nation, Chef Alice Waters and former Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis.
These screenings were critical in building word of mouth amongst activists. We held screenings focused on the Latino advocacy space (with NALIP), foodies (with Chef Waters), the anti-trafficking lobby (with ATEST in Washington DC), progressive activists (NetRoots Nation), conferences of farmworker advocates across the nation, and human rights groups like Human Rights Watch.
CIW Receives
Clinton Global Citizen Award
In September 2014, the CIW received the Clinton Global Citizen Award (CGCA) at the Clinton Global Initiative’s Opening Gala. Eva Longoria was on hand to present the award with President...
In September 2014, the CIW received the Clinton Global Citizen Award (CGCA) at the Clinton Global Initiative’s Opening Gala. Eva Longoria was on hand to present the award with President, Secretary and Chelsea Clinton at an event where Leonardo DiCaprio was also honored. Secretary Clinton had been long aware of the CIW’s groundbreaking work, but the award proceedings were initiated by the staff of CGI who attended the Tribeca Film Festival Premiere in New York. The Food Chains team arranged for a private presentation by the CIW at the Clinton Foundation offices. At the award ceremony, which featured the trailer of Food Chains, President Clinton remarked that the CIW’s work was “the most astonishing thing politically happening in the world we're living in today”.
Food Chains Launches
Theatrically
Food Chains opened in the theaters a week before Thanksgiving and ignited a conversation around labor in the food industry with features on...
Food Chains Launches Theatrically
Food Chains opened in the theaters a week before Thanksgiving and ignited a conversation around labor in the food industry with features on Real Time with Bill Maher, Late Night with Seth Myers, and the Colbert Report, reaching over 13 million people. With stories and reviews in dozens of newspapers across the nation, including features in the Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, The Atlantic, and Mother Jones, Food Chains elevated the profile of the CIW. During the month of November, the film generated over 70 million Twitter impressions.
CIW’s Fair Food
Label Launches
The CIW launched a label signifying select Florida tomatoes as Fair Food tomatoes with participating retailer Whole Foods. Food Chains led the PR through partnership...
CIW’s Fair Food Label Launches
The CIW launched a label signifying select Florida tomatoes as Fair Food tomatoes with participating retailer Whole Foods. Food Chains led the PR through partnerships with Consumer Reports and Food Day. Eva Longoria featured the label one month later on her appearance on the Colbert Report.
Retail Chain Fresh Market
Joins the Fair Food Program
Just one month in advance of the theatrical launch of Food Chains, Fresh Market signs on to the Fair Food Program.
Fresh Market Joins the Fair Food Program
Theatergoers Join Protests
After two dozen of Food Chains’ opening week screenings and panels (featuring Barry Estabrook, Michael Pollan, Amy Goodman, Dr. Marion Nestle and others), audience...
Workers themselves said that we needed to create powerful links between activists and farmworkers. So we sought to support workers already organizing (like the CIW) and to find people that had a history in other types of social action.
We realized that nothing would work better than film screenings plus panels with farmworkers. Our target audience would be (and was) shocked to see the visuals of labor in fields. And they’d likely never ever spoken to a farmworker. The film created a visceral reaction and the panels turned that reaction into action.
And people became true activists once they took action, like participating in a protest.
After two dozen of Food Chains’ opening week screenings and panels (featuring Barry Estabrook, Michael Pollan, Amy Goodman, Dr. Marion Nestle and others), audience members were ushered outside the theaters to join protests against local retailers who had yet to join the Fair Food Program. Over 2 thousand people participated in actions against Publix, Wendy’s and Kroger. Workers themselves said that we needed to create powerful links between activists and farmworkers. So we sought to support workers already organizing (like the CIW) and to find people that had a history in other types of social action.
After two dozen of Food Chains’ opening week screenings and panels (featuring Barry Estabrook, Michael Pollan, Amy Goodman, Dr. Marion Nestle and others), audience members were ushered outside the theaters to join protests against local retailers who had yet to join the Fair Food Program. Over 2 thousand people participated in actions against Publix, Wendy’s and Kroger.
Secretary John Kerry
Honors CIW at White House
Secretary Kerry presents the CIW with the Presidential Medal for Combatting Trafficking in Humans at a White House ceremony. A special reel of highlights from...
Secretary John Kerry Honors CIW
Secretary Kerry presents the CIW with the Presidential Medal for Combatting Trafficking in Humans at a White House ceremony. A special reel of highlights from Food Chains was requested by the State Department and screened at this event.
In his remarks, Secretary Kerry said, "...So if you dig deeper, you begin to see that modern slavery does not exist in a vacuum... One of the greatest zones of impunity is in the supply chains. The sources of the problem include individuals desperate for work; unscrupulous labor brokers who lie to recruit those workers; companies greedy for profits, who turn a blind eye to abuses; and customers looking to just save that extra dollar or two without regard to what the implications of those savings may be. If governments want responsible businesses to compete on a level playing field, then we need to address this problem head on...
"But thanks to the Coalition of Immokalee Workers Fair Food Program, the tomato workers in the fields do not have to face these abuses. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers have organized communities, stood by tomato workers for more than 20 years, and changed the face of this industry. They’ve pioneered a zero tolerance policy that puts workers and social responsibility at the absolute center. Their program ensures a price premium which buyers agree to pay directly to the farm worker, and the coalition provides worker-to-worker training sessions on site around the clock. They make certain that there are health and safety committees for – on every farm. And they’ve already enlisted the major support of buyers from McDonald’s, Burger King, Subway, to Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Compass Group, and Fresh Market."Secretary Kerry presents the CIW with the Presidential Medal for Combatting Trafficking in Humans at a White House ceremony. A special reel of highlights from Food Chains was requested by the State Department and screened at this event.
"But thanks to the Coalition of Immokalee Workers Fair Food Program, the tomato workers in the fields do not have to face these abuses. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers have organized communities, stood by tomato workers for more than 20 years, and changed the face of this industry. They’ve pioneered a zero tolerance policy that puts workers and social responsibility at the absolute center. Their program ensures a price premium which buyers agree to pay directly to the farm worker, and the coalition provides worker-to-worker training sessions on site around the clock. They make certain that there are health and safety committees for – on every farm. And they’ve already enlisted the major support of buyers from McDonald’s, Burger King, Subway, to Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Compass Group, and Fresh Market."
Wendy’s Targeted
by CIW
February 2014 - September 2015
Food Chains is used on dozens of campuses to rally students behind a boycott of fast food giant Wendy’s, the last major fast food chain yet to join the Fair Food Program.
Wendy’s Targeted by CIW
After our festival premiere, we approached the Wendys CEO directly and initiated a dialogue between he and Eva Longoria, a former employee of Wendys. The CEO even announced this dialogue at a summer 2014 shareholders meeting when accosted by the CIW. The conversations ended up being fruitless. And when we had our theatrical premiere, we focused on protests against Wendy's in cities that didn't have Publix stores like New York City and Washington DC.
Food Chains is also being used on dozens of campuses to rally students behind a boycott of fast food giant Wendy’s, with a focus on boycotting those Wendy's restaurants located on campus grounds.After our festival premiere, we approached the Wendys CEO directly and initiated a dialogue between he and Eva Longoria, a former employee of Wendys. The CEO even announced this dialogue at a summer 2014 shareholders meeting when accosted by the CIW. The conversations ended up being fruitless. And when we had our theatrical premiere, we focused on protests against Wendy's in cities that didn't have Publix stores like New York City and Washington DC.
Food Chains is also being used on dozens of campuses to rally students behind a boycott of fast food giant Wendy’s, with a focus on boycotting those Wendy's restaurants located on campus grounds.
Ahold Joins
Food Chains was screened numerous times in Amsterdam, the location of the retail giant Ahold, which owns the Giant, Stop and Shop and Peapod chains in the US. Local food...
Ahold Joins Fair Food Program
Food Chains was screened numerous times in Amsterdam, the location of the retail giant Ahold, which owns the Giant, Stop and Shop and Peapod chains in the US. Local food justice activists rallied support for the Fair Food Program through local screenings and associated protests.
James McCann, Chief Operating Officer of Ahold USA, said, “Ahold USA’s companies are deeply committed to responsible practices throughout their operations and to providing customers with great products at great prices from suppliers who share our dedication to strong ethical standards and fair treatment for workers. The cornerstone of this commitment is the Ahold Standards of Engagement, which commit our companies’ suppliers to these values. The Fair Food Program is a time-tested leader in improving the lives of agricultural workers, and we have observed the Program’s success over the past several years. Our companies and our customers care about the welfare of workers in our supply chain, and we believe now is the right time to begin an important new chapter in our partnership with the CIW.”Food Chains was screened numerous times in Amsterdam, the location of the retail giant Ahold, which owns the Giant, Stop and Shop and Peapod chains in the US. Local food justice activists rallied support for the Fair Food Program through local screenings and associated protests.
James McCann, Chief Operating Officer of Ahold USA, said, “Ahold USA’s companies are deeply committed to responsible practices throughout their operations and to providing customers with great products at great prices from suppliers who share our dedication to strong ethical standards and fair treatment for workers. The cornerstone of this commitment is the Ahold Standards of Engagement, which commit our companies’ suppliers to these values. The Fair Food Program is a time-tested leader in improving the lives of agricultural workers, and we have observed the Program’s success over the past several years. Our companies and our customers care about the welfare of workers in our supply chain, and we believe now is the right time to begin an important new chapter in our partnership with the CIW.”
100 Screenings in One Month
Food Chain is screened over 100 times during the month of March, 65 times in the last week of March alone (National Farmworker Awareness Week). Thousands of students...
Food Chains is screened over 100 times during the month of March, 65 times in the last week of March alone (National Farmworker Awareness Week). Thousands of students and community members are introduced to the CIW.
Local, State and
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall 2015
Food Chains was used by several municipalities to convene local stakeholders in the food economy. The film was subsequently honored at the...
Local, State & National Government
We arranged a full week of action during National Farmworker Awareness Week 2015 (March 24-31).
Top Line Results:
Food Chains hits #1 on the iTunes Documentary Charts!
65 screenings hosted nationwide during the week - and 100 during the whole month.
Influencer Screenings:
The New York Times Hosts Food Chains, the CIW, and Kerry Kennedy for a panel discussion around farmworker rights
The AFL-CIO hosts a packed screening of Food Chains in advance of National Farmworker Awareness Week
The Sacramento Food Film Festival Closes the Fest with Food Chains! Complete with a talk with Sanjay Rawal
Modern Times Book Store is screening the film for local activists and writers in San Francisco
Food Chains Extras!
PSA created in partnership with the ILO
Earthjustice Featured Food Chains' Short Film on pesticides
Strawberry Short released through Civil Eats
National Screening Tour:
60+ screenings hosted across the country
Organizers were provided with promotional material
Organizers were provided with a custom feedback survey
Organizers Response:
"Many [audience members] commented they would no longer eat at Wendy’s and start asking the grocers etc., where they shop where their fruits & veggies are coming from. I’d say all in all it was a success and people left feeling involved, informed and wanting to tell others."
"We held a discussion with a panel including 3 farmworkers, one of our medical providers, and a couple of our staff and it went over really well. It was a very lively conversation with lots of good questions."
"Discussion included asking our workplaces to sign up for programs like the Fair Food Program or the Agricultural Justice Project's Food Justice Certification (http://agriculturaljusticeproject.org/) that RAFI partners with. The panel also recommended simply donating to organizations with staff that do this type of work - another way to vote with your dollars." We arranged a full week of action during National Farmworker Awareness Week 2015 (March 24-31).
"Discussion included asking our workplaces to sign up for programs like the Fair Food Program or the Agricultural Justice Project's Food Justice Certification (http://agriculturaljusticeproject.org/) that RAFI partners with. The panel also recommended simply donating to organizations with staff that do this type of work - another way to vote with your dollars."
From Crowdraising
to Direct Outreach
In early 2014, Food Chains secured the CIW a $150,000 grant from one of its Executive Producers. Food Chains also supported a number of the CIW’s online crowdsourcing...
From Crowdraising to Direct Outreach
In early 2014, Food Chains secured the CIW a $150,000 grant from one of its Executive Producers. Food Chains also supported a number of the CIW’s online crowdsourcing campaigns. Many donors referenced the film as their inspiration behind their giving. A large funder of both Food Chains and the CIW significantly increased their grant to the CIW after the film was premiered.
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Food Chains has been able to start or elevate conversation in three distinct realms. We targetted the world of food influencers (chefs, organizations and media). We worked to influence government through awareness raising activites at the local, state and national levels. And we focused on raising awareness at the level of the consumer.
TEDxManhattan Features Food Chains
Pvblic Foundation Social Impact Award
Alice Waters and Kitchen Sisters Host Screening
Washington Post Feature
Michael Pollan Panel
James Beard Award For Best Documentary
Food Tank's 30 Most Influential Women in Food
Edible Institute Features Food Chains
Screening for State Department
Screening for California Legislators
Screening on Capitol Hill
US Conference of Mayors Proclamation
Screening at AFL-CIO Headquarters
Screening for Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking
East Coast Film Premiere at the Ford Foundation
Screening at Nobel Peace Prize Forum
Trailer Premiere at Clinton Global Initiative
Private Screening at Clinton Foundation
New York Times Front Page Feature
Colbert Report Feature
Fair Food Label
NY Times Review
Rotten Tomatoes 90% rating
iTunes most downloaded documentary
70 Million Twitter Impressions
Late Night with Seth Myers
Theatrical Protests
Screenings on 200 Campuses
Thwarting Publix Twitter Campaign
Inspiring undergraduate degrees
Inspiring graduate degrees
Food Chains was featured in actions in support of large corporate buyers of Florida tomatoes which had joined the Fair Food Program and in protests and marches against buyers that hadn't. Some actions were driven by Fair Food Program signatories themselves to highlight their own participation. Protestors against non-participants included low-wage workers, theater goers, students, tomato pickers, members of the CIW and noted food influences. In some cases, non-signatories reacted in direct response to protestors in relation to Food Chains-driven actions. In other cases, the reaction of corporations was associative rather than causal; incremental and cumulative rather than obvious.
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Wal-mart signs the Fair Food Program
Wal-mart invites Food Chains team to
discuss agricultural labor relations
with their Food Strategy Executive Team
Wal-mart executives screen
Food Chains for internal Food team
Food Chains screenings featured in
2015 Nationwide Boycott of Wendy's
Large Wendy's shareholder divests
Wendy's feels pressure from dozens
of Food Chains screenings coupled with protests.
Boot the Braids Winter Tour
against Wendys features Food Chains
Bon Appetit Management Company screens Food Chains at dozens of cafeteria facilities
Bon Appetit Management Company participates on numerous Food Chains panels
Bon Appetit Management Company assists production of Food Chains through introductions to key influencers like Barry Estabrook.
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How to Fight the Trump Administration and Fake News
Here are 11 strategies to challenge Trump and his lies. Resistance to the ruling Republican administration is both appropriate and necessary. All who care about the environment, climate change or social justice are called to peacefully and lawfully oppose this government.
Trump is increasingly vulnerable in the wake of his unprecedented unpopularity, the ongoing investigation into his team's collusion with Russia, and his inability to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
Trump has publicly lied more than 4 times every day since becoming president (according to a recent Washington Post article he has lied 317 times since becoming president).
Trump may be the chief liar but he is not the only liar in this administration. His adviser Kellyanne Conway is now infamous for spewing a litany of untruths in her efforts to legitimize "alternative facts". Press Secretary Sean Spicer has lied so many times he can give his boss a run for his money.
We cannot allow the cavalcade of deception to become normal. This is not about hating Trump it is about loving America's great democracy. This administration depends on fake news to control the narrative and deceive Americans. Disparaging the press is key to their success as they are vulnerable to fact based news. Trump has given an indication of just how far he will go when he shut down press access earlier this month. Exposing lies is a core part of the mission of fact based news.
Facts are the bedrock of democracy (a point echoed by President Obama in his farewell speech) and essential to upholding the Constitution. It is critical that we refute the false narratives of this president who has become the chief advocate of a post factual world. It is the future of the United States and by extension the future of the free world that hangs in the balance.
There are already efforts underway to combat fake news. Social media platforms including Facebook and Google are working to confront fake news. In November Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is responding to lies which he referred to as "misinformation". As reported by NPR, some of the ideas being proposed include automatic detection of potentially false stories and easier flagging by users.
Another NPR article outlined some of Zuckerberg's approaches to combating fake news that range from consulting with journalists and fact-checking organizations to disrupting the flow of money to fake news organizations.
"[W]e know people want accurate information," Zuckerberg was quoted as saying. He outlined a variety of steps including better detection, easier reporting, warning labels, assessing the quality of related articles, disrupting fake news economics, and listening to journalists and others.
Wikipedia is the best-known, oldest and most trusted example of an open community. They are self-regulating and yet they seem to get it right most of the time. According to a psmag article, Wikipedia is cultivating an army of fact checkers to battle fake news. Given their decade and a half track record of defending themselves against fake news, they have an approach that may be worth disseminating.
Wikipedia has been combating misinformation with strict vetting guidelines that Wikipedians (active editors in the Wikipedia community) transparently refine and enforce. They have developed very extensive policies for determining what is a reliable source and what is not. Although Wikipedia is far from perfect, they do offer a working example of an information source that has not been contaminated with polarized viewpoints.
With the help of the Wiki Education Foundation, Wikipedia wants to "engender its unique institutional brand of media literacy in every young mind in the country." The idea is to provide a crash course in the site’s rigorous research and fact-checking process.
"Generally, we believe that if you give people good information, they can make good decisions, and that comes with trusting the users," says Wikimedia Foundation communications director Juliet Barbara. "Having open, transparent spaces for public discourse is really critical: Behind every Wikipedia article, there’s a newsroom in the form of a Talk channel, where editors are discussing current events and bringing different points of view to the table."
Of course people can do their own research and cross reference sources. We can also avoid outlets known to be purveyors of fake news. Simply put, the best way to expose fake news is to step outside your ideological bubble and expose yourself to news that is generated beyond your silo. Here are a few approaches (many of which can be found at Political Murder) that challenge the Trump administration and their lies.
4 Points (Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Washington Post)
Don't be conned by Trump’s game of "divide and conquer"
The media have to be more than an echo chamber
Common threat from an administration that is hostile to the very notion of freedom of the press.
Be watchdog journalists committed to digging up the truth for the sake of democracy
11 Investigative reporting outlets
Bill Moyers & Co
the Center for Investigative Reporting
now online at Reveal
Frontline on PBS
Real Clear Investigations
the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Investigative Reporters and Editors
BuzzFeed.
5 Things Reporters can Do (Dan Rather)
"[Reporters] can’t back up or back down or turn around. We can’t get distracted or lose focus or, for that matter, deal in any kind of cowardice, small or large."
Cover middle America (the flyover states)
Acknowledge the media's special responsibility as part of the checks and balances in our system.
We can all step up and say simply and without equivocation, "a lie, is a lie, is a lie!" Do whatever is in our power to diminish the liar’s malignant reach into our society.
Every Republican must be asked: "What will you do to combat the lying from the White House?"
6 Points (FAIR: Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting)
Don’t consent to closed-door meetings
Stop normalizing hate
Cover real issues
Diversify the newsroom
Cover local issues
Cover political dissent
Open letter to Trump from the US Press Corps (The Columbia Journalism Review)
"We will set higher standards for ourselves than ever before. We credit you [Trump] with highlighting serious and widespread distrust in the media across the political spectrum. We have to regain that trust. And we’ll do it through accurate, fearless reporting, by acknowledging our errors and abiding by the most stringent ethical standards we set for ourselves. We’re going to work together. We now recognize that the challenge of covering you requires that we cooperate and help one another whenever possible (you’re going to face a unified front). We’re playing the long game. You have forced us to rethink the most fundamental questions about who we are and what we are here for.
Best-case scenario, you’re going to be in this job for eight years. We’ve been around since the founding of the republic, and our role in this great democracy has been ratified and reinforced again and again and again."
9 tweets (GOP media consultant Cheri Jacobus)
1. One of the positive aspects of Trump/Bannon extremism in the first 2 weeks is that it's harder to deny the trouble we're in and we can act
2. The days of pretending that this isn't serious are over. It is worse than what was warned about during the campaign. The press must unite
3. When Trump tries to shut down one media outlet, the rest must resist. When Trump tries to bully a judge, the rest must be louder.
4. When Trump/Bannon overreaches, all must call them out. When they lie, all must expose them. When they are treasonous, say so. Loudly. 5. When a Trump family member is in a meeting they should not be in, question it immediately.
6. Interviews with Trump and his people should be pre-taped and fact-checked at the time they are aired.
7. Ignore & block Trump twitter trolls. Don't engage.They give media & lawmakers false impression of Trump support by viewers & constituents 8. emails & tweets media and Cong get showing massive support for Trump are FAKE. Do not make programming or policy decisions based on these
9. Media should boycott the White House Correspondents Dinner unless Trump agrees to free & open press.
"The Path Forward" EDF Plan to Fight Trump
Step 1: Hold EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt accountable
Step 2: Defend our core clean air, clean water, and climate protections
Step 3: Defend the Landmark Clean Power Plan
Step 4: Accelerate our transition to the clean energy economy of the 21st century
Step 5: Defend the Paris Climate Agreement and support reductions in global climate emissions
Step 6: Drive and support corporate actions to reduce climate emissions
Step 7: Defend methane pollution standards and drive reductions by expanding work globally
Step 8: Defend and strengthen pollution and fuel economy standards for transportation
Step 9: Promote rebuilding America's infrastructure for a clean energy future
Step 10: Expand and mobilize grassroots efforts to fight and win tough political battles
For a summary of 99 ways to combat Trump click here.
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Mexican Senate ratifies changes to USMCA trade pact
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's Senate voted Thursday to approve the modifications negotiated this week to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, known as the USMCA.
The Senate vote of 107 to 1 gave approval to increased enforcement of labor and environmental rules.
The vote clears the way for a revamped version of the 25-year-old North American free trade agreement to take effect, after the U.S. and Canada ratify the modifications.
Mexico agreed to dispute resolution panels to ensure its workers can organize and demand better wages.
Democrats in the U.S. Congress have hailed the changes. In the past, corrupt Mexican unions have signed low-wage contracts behind workers' backs. Critics say Mexico's low wages have played a big role in luring manufacturing jobs south, especially in the auto industry.
Mexico has reformed its labor laws to guarantee secret-ballot votes on union representation and contracts. The new panels will aim at making sure those rules are enforced.
The modifications also increase regional content requirements for steel, with a seven-year phase-in period.
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Environmental laws and regulations
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Jerry Jones says Greg Hardy 'agreed to really work' to improve behavior
By Jean-Jacques Taylor
MIAMI -- Dallas Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones met recently with Greg Hardy to discuss the defensive tackle's recent behavior, two sources said.
The meeting, a week ago Thursday, focused on what Hardy can do personally to avoid creating negative issues for himself, according to the sources.
Jones declined to speak specifically about the meeting after the Cowboys' 24-14 win over the Miami Dolphins, but he did say Hardy is trying to change his behavior.
"He is aware that everything he does -- his personality, his style, his enthusiasm -- it's all going to be interpreted negatively," Jones said. "If he's not aware of that, then he's hurting a lot of people.
"I think he really gets that. We certainly feel that way. He understands it, and he has agreed to really work on it."
Jones said he's used his own experiences with criticism from the media to explain to Hardy why modifying his behavior will ease the scrutiny he receives.
"If anyone knows how to hunker down, it's me," Jones said. "I know when you've lost all your benefits of the doubt and you so much as run as a stop sign or step out of bounds you're fixing to answer a lot of questions."
The NFL suspended Hardy for the season's first four games for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy during an alleged domestic violence incident. Two weeks ago, the website Deadspinreleased photos of Hardy's alleged victim, which shows her with bruises on various parts of her body.
Since the photos were released, Hardy has been either late or missed several meetings. The day Jones met with Hardy, the defensive end missed that morning's meeting and practice.
Jones said Hardy's behavior on and off the field was good during training camp. Since he returned from his suspension, Hardy has created issues for himself with controversial comments about Tom Brady's wife and some Tweets that showed poor judgment.
He changed his Twitter bio to indicate that he was innocent of the domestic violence allegations but later changed his bio again after speaking with coach Jason Garrett.
"I don't think it has been easy for him," Garrett said earlier this week. "I think he's doing his best to handle it every day. He a highly scrutinized guy, and what we're trying to do is create an environment for him where he can be his best."
It hasn't helped Hardy, said Jones, that the Cowboys had lost seven consecutive games before beating Miami on Sunday. Losing so many football games, he said, breeds a negative atmosphere.
Hardy has been strongly criticized nationally and locally. Jones said the criticism has affected Hardy.
"I will say this: Over the last three or four weeks, I would hate to see anybody who had more pressure on him than Hardy," Jones said. "There is a genuine effort for him to rehab what is the perception of him.
"But there is no second chance in regards to the issue of domestic violence. None."
Looking ahead, he was asked Sunday if the Cowboys' next game against the Carolina Panthers, Hardy's former team, means anything extra to him.
"Just a nameless, faceless opponent," Hardy said. "Next game. Got to stay focused."
How does he keep the Panthers as a nameless, faceless opponent?
"Just stay in the game with my teammates," Hardy said. "Got a great bunch of guys. And focus on the next game."
Information from ESPN's Todd Archer was used in this report.
Hardy on Panthers: 'Nameless, faceless opponents'
Cowboys DE Greg Hardy refers to the Panthers, his former team, as "nameless, faceless opponents" and explains that he's already focused on the next game and is no longer thinking about Dallas' win over Miami.
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Hue Jackson to decide between Browns QBs Cody Kessler, Josh McCown
By Pat McManamon
BEREA, Ohio -- Cleveland Browns quarterback Cody Kessler will practice this week with bruised ribs on his left side with the intention of playing against the Titanson Sunday.
"That's the plan," Kessler said before Wednesday's practice. "My goal, obviously, is to be ready to go on Sunday."
Coach Hue Jackson may have a decision to make, because veteran Josh McCown also will practice for the first time since fracturing his collarbone Sept. 18 against Baltimore. Like Kessler, McCown said he was practicing with the intention of playing.
"That's obviously coach Jackson's decision," Kessler said. "He makes the call on all those. But I'm going to continue to keep the same process and continue to prepare like I have the last few weeks."
Injuries are becoming a regular staple of the Browns this season. The team announced left guard Joel Bitonio, who had been playing very well alongside Joe Thomas,would miss extended time with a left foot injury.
Kessler hurt his ribs late in the first quarter of Sunday's 33-13 loss to New England when he was smothered by linebacker Dont'a Hightower.
When he landed Kessler thought his shoulder was injured. He said he immediately felt pain and had shortness of breath. However, he said he felt better as the day progressed on Monday. Rehab with "a ton of ice" and working on motion also has helped, he said. Kessler said he felt "a lot better" than he did on Sunday.
"It's not a whole lot of movements that make it too sore," he said, "but throwing is obviously one of them."
Kessler was the Browns' third starting quarterback this season. Robert Griffin III started the opener, but broke his coracoid bone. McCown started the second game, but fractured his collarbone. Kessler started three games, but hurt his ribs. Charlie Whitehurst replaced him, but hurt his knee and was released with an injury settlement. Kevin Hogan was promoted from the practice squad Tuesday.
Thomas has been through 18 starting quarterbacks since he joined the Browns as the draft's third overall pick in 2007. He quipped that at least he won't have to introduce himself to the quarterback on the field in Nashville. That happened in the season finale in 2012, when the team signed Josh Johnson a few days earlier and he had to play the final few plays when starter Thad Lewis was injured.
Thomas said he looked at Johnson in the huddle and said: "Hi I'm Joe Thomas. I'm your left tackle. Nice to meet you."
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November 2016 (#2)
Automatic transmissions are supplied to Nissan by JATCO. Today, it is the world's leading manufacturer of CVTs for automobiles – the company manufactures almost half of such transmissions worldwide. The Jatco JF015E model is designed for up to 180 Nm torque transfer and intended for compact passenger cars with the 1.8 L or smaller engine size. In the Russian market, it is common in the gasoline-powered Qashqai and Juke. Those involved in Nissan repair, also known CVT under Nissan's number RE0F11A. Nissan's employees often call JF015E "small" to distinguish it from the "big" JF011E, which is able to transmit torque of up to 250 Nm and be installed on the more powerful Qashqai models.
JF015E: Smaller, Lighter But More Complex
CVT is just a part of the JF015E design. This transmission also has a torque converter and a compound epicyclic reduction gear. Such a complex design solution is necessary to reduce the gearbox size and simultaneously increase the gear ratio. If this ratio is expanded with the employment of CVT only, it will grow in size. JATCO's engineers chose a different way – they supplemented CVT with a compound epicyclic reduction gear and a torque converter. This allowed making both CVT and the whole gearbox smaller in size. Torque converter became thinner, too. As a result, this transmission is 10 percent shorter and 13 percent lighter than the JF011E. Therefore, Nissan, Suzuki and Mitsubishi were able to employ it in compact front-wheel drive models.
CVT is based on push belt and tapered pulleys that transmit torque, with transmission gear ratio changing due to the approach and expansion of pulleys.
Pressure in the system is created by vane-type pump with a roller-chain drive.
A major difference of the JF015E from the JF011E is that the compound epicyclic reduction gear has two stages to move forward. They switch automatically, the driver is not involved in the switching process. Epicyclic gearbox is controlled by friction clutch and a brake that serves to activate reverse gear. The possibility of activating reverse gear without changing the direction of CVT pulleys rotation is to increase its service life due to lower loads in case of frequent switchings, for example, in constrained parking, when the car moves back and forth for a while.
More complex design as compared with other CVT transmissions has not reduced the reliability of the JF015E versus other solutions – both torque converter and reduction gear create no special problems. At least not more than any other torque converters and epicyclic gearboxes. Yet the JF015E has its typical "diseases," too.
Harmful Filings
A common complaint of the car owner is irregular motion, kicks at acceleration. There may be several reasons behind this kind behavior of a car. However, virtually all of them have to do with oil contamination with the pulley debris – metal chips or filings can create a variety of problems. There are magnets in the crankcase to mitigate harmful effects of these metal particles, they have to collect these particles but sometimes do not cope with the task.
This may cause various malfunctions. First of all, accelerated wear of the valve body leading to pressure fluctuations, which, in turn, make pulleys move, resulting in the fluctuations of transmission gear ratio and irregular motion of the car.
Normally, this also leads to shock at reduction gear range change (at an approximate speed of 30–45 km/h), as well as double or even triple range switching, that looks like engine revolution surges, reluctance to go back to lower range at braking, vibration at switches to lower range – all of these are consequences of "leaky" plate with significantly worn down body and valves. The valve body needs to be repaired and possibly even replaced.
Filings and chips also cause irregular wear or seizure of the oil pressure relief valve.
Pic.: Oil pressure relief valve and its matching bore with traces of scoring
This type of defect can occur fairly soon, in cars with not more than 30–40 thousand km on the odometer.
Unless the valve body is repaired or replaced in time, this will ultimately cause damage to pulleys and belt that will have to be replaced in this case. Pulleys are the most expensive unit of the CVT. They can be polished but in some cases only replacement can help.
Metal contaminants also block up pressure controllers, thus contributing to an accelerated wear of valves.
Timely oil change and a mandatory installation of new filters can help avoid these problems. It is better not to experiment with oil and to use only NS-2 or NS-3, the CVT Fluid recommended by Nissan.
Wear and, accordingly, oil contamination get stronger if the driver starts off when the engine is cold. Pulleys and push belt wear off quickly at slip (at this very moment filings and chips occur). Modern engines do not need to be run in, although they do not like abrupt loads in cold, but it is very bad for transmission. It is recommended that the driver move smoothly during the first few minutes.
In some cases, irregular acceleration can be caused by engine issues but transmission hydraulics problems are more likely.
New Details
The "elder" CVT JF011E encounters difficulties due to oil contamination with debris. JATCO's engineers attempted to save the new model from some of them by changing certain units.
For instance, the JF011E employs stepper electric motor to control pressure, changing the position of the valve which controls pressure in pulleys to change transmission gear ratio. In the JF015E oil pressure balance in pulleys is controlled by solenoids. Solenoids are less prone to contamination with chips but it is possible, too.
The design of guiding pulleys has changed, too. In the JF011E, pulleys are attached to the shaft with balls, which could be destroyed by constantly changing loads. And here it is pulleys that are fixed with the roller. This is a more durable design solution, which reduces the likelihood of pulley seizure.
Full Speed Astern!
The most obvious failure of the JF015E is its reluctance to move forward when the selector is in D position (while reverse gear is active).
This is caused by a breakaway of the reduction gear's sun wheel from the spider. As it is not involved when the car is started in reverse, its breakdown does not prevent the car from rolling back. Sun wheel operates at high loading, while being welded to the spider. The only option is replacement – and full speed ahead! Since this is a fairly common failure, it is recommended that the condition of sun wheel be checked during other operations relating to the JF015E disassembly. If you notice any cracks in the spider, it is better to replace the sun wheel immediately.
The next failure also has to do with the upgraded parts as compared with the previous transmission models: the input shaft rotates on the bearing, which is often destroyed by overheating as it has a closed design and is not cooled by oil.
They chose not to open it due to its low bearing capacity and low viscosity level of the service transmission fluid. This type of defect first manifests itself in shaft rotation noise, when the engine runs idle and the selector is moved to P position.
If this noise is ignored, the input shaft end float causes damage to the input shaft aluminum stator, a seal dividing the torque converter lock piston cavity and the torque converter itself. The torque converter body can even balloon due to excessive pressure and, accordingly, will have to be replaced.
Failing bearing often damages its seats – the input valve and a significant part of the body. In this case, a new original bearing can no longer be installed. In certain cases, unless damages are fatal in nature, it can be replaced with a larger bearing.
Our recommendation for the owners of cars equipped with the JF015E is to be more attentive to noise – as a rule, this is the first sign of mechanical damage. Moreover, if you notice odd discontinuity of revolutions and irregular acceleration, do not wait for everything to work itself out, it is better to check the transmission condition and, probably, change oil and replace filters. This will help extend the service life of unit.
About JATCO
Japanese Automatic Transmission Company was established in 1970 as a joint venture of Nissan, Ford and Toyo Kogyo (later known as Mazda). Since 1989, it has been called JATCO. Then the company took over the automatic transmissions and CVT production subdivisions of Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors. Today, 75 percent of JATCO are owned by Nissan; 15 by Mitsubishi Motors; and 10 by Suzuki. The company supplies its products to virtually all automobile manufacturers of Japan, with the exception of Honda and Toyota, which prefer their in-house transmissions. Since 2012, the Jatco JF414E automatic transmission has been installed on LADA, as well as Datsun made in Russia. JATCO has branches in Mexico, France, Korea and Thailand.
JF015E : Top Performer
The Jatco JF015E CVT has been produced since July 2009. In August 2016, its output exceeded 10 million pieces. Jatco JF015E is manufactured by the JATCO plants in Japan, China, Mexico and Thailand.
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Cameron has yet to make much mark on history; let us hope it is not as the PM who presided over break up of UK
Posted by Alastair Campbell | Oct 15, 2012 | Politics | 44 |
You might remember that a week ago, following George Osborne’s ludicrous statement that Tony Blair ‘achieved nothing’ in ten years in power, I reeled off some of the facts that negated his view.
I also noted that so far, there was little by comparison that the Cameron government could put down as historically equivalent to Bank of England independence, the Good Friday Agreement and all that followed, the minimum wage, Sure Start, civil partnerships, the end of Milosevic, and of Saddam, the biggest hospital and school building programme since the foundation of the welfare state, the smoking ban, the boost for aid in Africa, record levels of literacy and numeracy in schools, paternity leave, winter fuel payment and free TV licences for pensioners, the cleanest rivers, beaches, drinking water and air since before the industrial revolution, free breast cancer screening for all women aged between 50-70, the New Deal which helped over 1.8 million people into work, free entry to national museums and galleries, reduction in heart disease deaths by 150,000 and cancer deaths by 50,000, a cut in long-term youth unemployment by 75 per cent etc etc etc.
David Cameron, did I read rightly the other day, is the third longest serving Tory leader of the last century, behind only Churchill and Thatcher. I think if students of history were asked to write essays on the historic achievements of these three, they would not struggle at all with Churchill, Thatcher would provide plenty of material, whereas for Cameron it would frankly be a bit of a struggle. Imagine being asked to do 1000 words on each. For Churchill and Thatcher, it would be hard to squeeze it all in. For Cameron, fittingly, waffle would be required.
I think the student would be left with the single fact of leading a coalition, itself of course a product of political and strategic failure to win an election when it was frankly there for the taking.
There is now, after today’s events in Edinburgh, the possibility that his greatest historic significance will be as the Prime Minister in office when Scotland broke away from the rest of the UK.
I still think it unlikely that Scots will go the whole hog and vote for independence. But whereas when the Scottish Parliament was set up (another major achievement of the Blair government, Gideon) I would have said it was unimaginable, now at least it is possible to see that it might just happen.
Much as I hope that it doesn’t, the world of politics and economics are in such a state of flux that frankly anything could happen.
At least now the campaign can get seriously underway, and the difficult questions Alex Salmond has so far managed to avoid can be put with vigour.
Let battle commence. And let all who believe we are better together hope that Cameron does not find his place in history as the leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party on whose watch the Union fell apart.
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Duncan Phipp-macintyre on October 15, 2012 at 2:38 pm
the devastation that the Torycrats and their ilk are visiting upon so many is a tragic legacy.
It is curious just how little developments in Cataluna are reported upon in the U.K. media and how they could enlighten the debate on our relationships within the United Kingdom, with the E.U. and with other regions of the E.U.
In the hopefully probable event of those members of the United Kingdom allowed to vote in this referendum choosing to remain in the U.K. much will still need to be renegotiated – the Spanish autonomic regional experience has much to teach us in this regard.
Anonymous on October 15, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Since the terms of the referendum are very black and white it will be interesting to see what happens. Let’s face it, if Scotland voted for independence, both leaders would get what they wanted, ie assured tenancy in a much-reduced fiefdom. Cameron is certainly Salmond’s best asset.
On an unrelated matter, how long are we giving Andrew Mitchell? Gone by Wednesday? As a Labour supporter I do hope not.
reaguns on October 15, 2012 at 2:57 pm
Well as there will be plenty of people to agree with you on the thread Alastair, I’ll say that I agree with most, but lets not let you away with a couple of so-called “achievements”:
– Milosevic. Not exclusively your fault, indeed predecessors take more blame, nor indeed Britain’s fault, but Nato should have gone in earlier and harder. There are some wars the west is told it shouldn’t have entered and in some cases maybe it shouldn’t have, but in hindsight everyone could see the Serbs needed to get hit. Probably the same outcome may have happened in Iraq and Libya had the west not gone in.
– Minimum wage: Many in Labour favour the German model, of high welfare, high tax, quite socialised, industrial policy, industrial agreements to keep jobs etc. This is incomplete because it is Germany’s capitalism that gives it its power, the ability to do all that comes from sound money, high savings, high interest rates, low debt. But say we only copy the nice things lets remember, it was supply side reform that made Germany a power again – and Germany has no national minumum wage. Anyone who is sycophantic but honest will admit they didn’t know that, did you eh?
– Bank of England independence: Really?! Really???!!! You really want to call this an achievement after the biggest regulatory cock up in British history? Even Ed Balls is not that craven.
Olli Issakainen on October 15, 2012 at 4:02 pm
David Cameron is wrong.
Conservatism stands for privilege and inequality.
The “natural order of things” is that the wealthy should rule.
PM has come up with a new buzzword “strivers”. He is trying to woo C1 and C2 voters.
But living standards for low- and middle-income households will fall until 2020, EVEN IF there is steady economic growth!
George Osborne is waging a war on Britain´s poor.
Professor Mike Brewer of IFS says that the politics of coalition are strongly against income growth for the bottom half of households.
Millions of families will struggle.
According to the Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz cutting spending, shrinking government and increasing deregulation destroys both DEMAND and JOBS.
IMF now says that the UK economy will shrink 0.4% this year.
Cuts will continue till 2018. DEBT is rising – DEFICIT widening.
For every £1 cut in public spending there is £1.30 less in economic activity!
Of course, Messrs Cameron and Osborne will not change course despite evidence as their cuts are ideological.
Tories who see “green shoots of economic spring” will humiliate themselves like Norman Lamont in 1991.
Public sector borrowing under New Labour between 2001/02 and 2007/08 was: £1bn, 26bn, 33bn, 41bn, 38bn, 33bn and 36bn.
Under Tories borrowing has been £141bn (2010/11) and £126bn (2011/12).
This year it is set to rise to £140bn!
Public sector net borrowing will rise from £1159bn (12/13) to £1437bn in 2015-16. Debt will be 76.3% of GDP in 2014-15.
According to Jeff Randall debt interest payment will rise to £70bn a year!
Household debt will rise from £1.58tn now to £2tn in 2016.
Austerity has failed.
David Cameron will go down in history as a man who together with George Osborne destroyed Britain´s public finances with harmful austerity.
Ps. People who have bothered to read my comments know that I predicted that Scotland would become independent years before SNP won the majority.
Patrick James on October 15, 2012 at 6:24 pm
Having grown up in Northern Ireland I find myself taking quite a lot of interest in Scotland.
On the central question, should Scotland remain in the UK? I don’t know the answer, however I note that Salmond has chosen his time carefully for the referendum. Salmond is, I am sure, very happy with the Conservatives in government because it is so alienating for Scotland. He will have the referendum during this Conservative led coalition. It also suits Salmond that anti-EU Conservatives are now making a lot of noise and likely to be pushing Cameron towards an even more eurosceptic stance. Something that anti-EU conservatives don’t grasp is that outside of the EU it is difficult for the UK to survive because the hostility towards the EU is an english phonomenon. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will all be very happy to be in the EU without being saddled with the negativity of the Conservatives.
Labour governments present greater difficulties for scottish, welsh or irish nationalists because they present a very much better UK than the Conservatives, one that is inclusive, representative and democratic.
To test students, think it should be; “In the form of an online comment, outline the achievements of Cameron as PM. No need to write more than 100 words.”.
He has been pretty poor, hasn’t he? It has basically been just a bit of a hobby for him, a bit of fiddling about, while Rome burns.
As for this Scottish referendum, total independence question has been on the cards since the 1980’s, due to the nonsense going on then, which the main rankle still is with the introduction of the poll tax shambles a year earlier there, as like a test run. I think generally Scotland gets on alright with most of the UK, those in the UK roughly above a line drawn from Portland to The Wash. It is below that the Scots get a bit worked up about, I think.
Gilliebc on October 15, 2012 at 8:40 pm
I would like if I may to comment on a few of Labour’s achievements:
Bank of England ‘Independance’ – Diabolical idea.
Minimum Wage – Yes, good idea.
End of Milosovic and Saddam Hussien – I’m not even going to go there.
The boost for aid in Africa – No. Governments shouldn’t give away taxpayers money to foreign countries. People/taxpayers are quite capable of making donations to whomsoever they choose, of their own volition.
Civil Partnerships – Tolerable I suppose, just as long as it doesn’t lead on to ‘marriage’. That’s just part of a much bigger Cultural Marxist agenda anyway, which seeks to promote the ab-normal as perfectly normal and exceptable. They will be telling us soon that peadophilia is ‘normal’.
The smoking ban – All part of the same Cultural Marxist control freakery.
Hospital and School building programme – I thought it was great at the time. But, unfortunately the PFI chickens are coming home to roost.
This current Tory led coalition government is terrible in all respects. But, don’t let anyone kid themselves that things would be any better under a Labour gov. What this gov. are doing now in regard to the NHS for example is no different to what Labour had planned and indeed had begun to implement. Same applies to Welfare. Labour governments can be equally as ruthless as Tories when it comes to picking off the most vulnerable members of society.
Coming from you, this is indeed rich.
You prattle on endlessly on strategy & tactics. But yet you omit the most important of all: Vision.
It was your idiot ex-boss, Tony Blair who for the short-term gain of winning the 1997 elections, promised a referendum on devolution. This probably explained why Labour won practically all the Westminster seats in Scotland. It was short-termism because Labour were actually arrogant enough to think that they could never lose a Holyrood election.
Well, that has happened which is why Cameron ends up having to sign an agreement with Salmond on how the independence referendum will be run.
If TB & GB had a ½ brain or Vision, they would have easily been able to predict that the SNP could win the Holyrood elections 1 day. So, back in 1997, they should would have promised a referendum with absolutely no chance of independence. Or amended the devolution bill with the proviso that NO PARTY at Holyrood can ever run a referendum or secede from the UK.
Maybe Labour would not have won the 1997 elections quite so decisively. But at least the events of today would never have taken place.
On top of that, Scots like Alex Ferguson, your mum & you cannot vote in the said referendum, though you are Scots.
You must be the only stupid person who is proudly boasting about devolution on a day like today.
Olli Issakainen on October 16, 2012 at 8:55 am
Independent Scotland?
Around a third of Scotland´s 4m voters think that Scotland should leave the UK.
Support for the independence is bigger in England.
SNP won the majority in May 2011. Independence is now a possibility.
The Scottish and English crowns were united in 1603. In 1707 this union was cemented by political union forced on Scotland by a financial crisis caused by Panama.
Scotland retained its legal system, churches and universities.
Scottish parliament was reestablished in 1999.
Options now are as follows.
STATUS QUO UK government in charge of most taxation, welfare and economy
INDEPENDENCE Giving Scotland full control over taxes, laws and North Sea oil sterling might by kept and the Queen
UK is being run by parties Scotland rejected. But independent Scotland would face serious financial risks.
DEVO PLUS model has also been discussed giving Scotland control over taxation and welfare.
Under SNP plans Scotland would retain the Queen as head of state. Scotland would remain within the Commonwealth.
Unless Scotland joins the euro, it would keep the pound.
Monetary policy would then be under the control of BoE.
Scotland would be entitled to 90% share of North Sea oil.
Independent Scotland would have its own armed forces.
Independent Scotland would be a big problem for the Labour party. Winning overall majority would be difficult in Westminster.
Archie on October 16, 2012 at 2:37 pm
I don’t think Cameron is actually the third longest serving Tory leader in the past century. He’s been leader since 2005, about 7 years. Ted Heath and Stanley Baldwin served for longer.
Wouldn’t argue with your assessment of Dave’s lack of impact, though. Even John Major delivered the Cones Hotline and a good collection of Back to Basics scandals !
I think you have misread the blog article here, with reference Scots independent question. To me, Alastair is doing a bit of classic fence-sitting, neither one way or the other. And as for your comments on the Tone and the Gord, you sound like a Cowdenbeath footie supporter – hate other teams winning trophies.
And don’t start on Alex Ferguson, or he will come on here and give you some hairdrying, so watch yourself there.
…and ref. twitter, I think your dawg was asking itself “now where did I hide that doggie biscuit”, Alastair. Or he saw you in your funny-handshake leather clobber, grand master… : )
this pic, for those that haven’t seen it,
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/A5VhJ4YCYAEo0Jp.jpg:large
MikeB on October 17, 2012 at 7:16 am
England and Scotland are politically too different to be in a union. The UK’s biggest weakness is the damage a change of government does. Just look what’s happening now, a Tory led government going hell for leather to dismantle any trace of Labour.
Scotland votes overwhelmingly for progressive parties. The Tories in Scotland are insignificant and can’t even gain any influence in the Scottish Parliament in a system of proportional representation. An independent Scotland will have the advantage of political stability whether an SNP, Labour or a coalition government.
I am English born but having lived in Scotland for almost 40 years and I am proud to regard myself as Scottish. I’m excited by the prospect of independence and know from my experience here that Scotland will thrive and create a fair and decent society for everyone living in Scotland.
Anonymous on October 17, 2012 at 10:08 pm
Are you going to do a blog on this Mitt-Obama three legged bout Alastair? Say just before the final round three in a fortnight?
Managed to watch it all the way through early Weds morn, our time, in which Mitt didn’t manage to send me to sleep this time. Obama won the second round, but I think Mitt is still leading on points, just. Said before that Obama will give him a knock out punch in the last round, so here is hoping.
Should be interesting. Hope he makes Mitt even more shirty and then to make him fluff his hollow PR pseudo-lies lines even more.
And furthermore, what’s Mitt’s problem with China? He was like a dog with a bone going on about them. Sounded creepily rascist to me.
Anonymous on October 18, 2012 at 7:05 am
What the hell is “culural Marxism”?
I know this argument of old – I had a friend some years back who used to raise it all the time. My reply was that it assumes that the demand for devolution could have been supressed by just saying “no” or ignoring it and the Scots would just accept it. I doubt if that would have been true and would probably have resulted in the growth of a full blown independence movement much sooner – with perhaps a violent “IRA type” wing.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/19976929
Got to be deep south whitie old slave owning family and New England full of money whitie, ey James and Ruth? Tell those yanks that it has to be so. And bring some tom and jerry into it for good measure, like this one,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6Vo11BdzF8
OH MA LAWDY LAWD!
Good vid of analysis of Mitt’s problem with China from US telly here. Quite interesting,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM8_tKl22WM
Problem though Mitt, the US economy is on a more expensive higher plain, so what is the level playing field? That is international trade for you Mitt, that is how it is, so stop whinging will you. Very child-like immature attitude to international trade, he has.
And he has the gall to complain about intellectual property!?! If that is the case, East or West Germany should have got to the moon first, if the US did get there, manly, that is, but that is another arguement, you could say.
When Marxism gets into everyday culture. Thought it was self-explanatory myself, but that is me, and you are you.
Gladly Scots are more sensible, and decided not to down that sort of republican striving tactics. Think they gave that up with Culloden, 1745 was it?
Stand by your beds!
http://www.unexplainedstuff.com/images/geuu_02_img0231.jpg
Knew a loverly lady who was brought up her grandparents, since their daughter was a bit wyllt/wild, from Barry. And she showed me her passed grandads masonic gear from around WWII to me. Have all the respect for them in keeping us things together as a society, but I think modern communication has taken over that now a bit, so no danger of any local problems going out of hand, since the rest of the country will find out about it in a couple of seconds, these days unlike then.
And a photo for German funny handshakes, who had to be underground with mad Adolf about, when he was playing his barking games with his society,
http://www.journeyfolki.org.uk/Portals/13/images/blue-chatham-island-flower.jpg
http://archives.library.wisc.edu/uw-archives/images2/mfh/images/fullscreen/2/postcard_jan1939_MFHtoCL_dontwrite_fs.jpg
Song, not for Clara, but Lara,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC2Bk8f8plU
Lara,
http://gonewiththetwins.com/pages/archive/screenshots/doctorzhivago/005.jpg
Russian winter, with war,
Dave Simons on October 19, 2012 at 6:55 am
Quite right. I am a staunch believer in getting facts right, and have been known to sometimes practice it. For the record then: Baldwin (1923 – 37), Churchill (1940 – 1955), The Grocer (1965 – 1975) and Thatcher (1975 – 1990 – fifteen years too long). With any luck Cameron will be 2005 – 2015, ten years of looks, smiles and soundbites.
Anonymous on October 19, 2012 at 10:27 am
Perhaps I was confused by Giliebc’s odd examples. I am no Marxist but I do think we should not attribute phenomena to ideollogies to which they do not belong. I doubt franktly if Marixsm has traditonally been kind to unconventional lifestyles though the right have sometimes said it was and e.g the first (non Mariist but “red scare” smeared) Labour Government in 1924 was greeted with predictions that “free love” would be legalsed – no doubt some were disappointed when it wasn’t!
Actually the impetus to alleged control freakery e.g. the smoking ban is probably to be found elsewhere (including, but by no means solely, the decidely non Marxist USA). And didn’t we used to describe the places of left wing plotting as “smoke filled rooms”?
I need hardly add that the PM when the actions described were instituted was the also non Marxist Tony Blair.
Marxism can of course be socially controlling – that is one reason I dislike it – but it isn’t alone in that. The logical fallacy here is to say that because I disike X which may be the result of Y everything I dislike is the result of Y.
The Error is to assume that “the Scots” as such did anything at Culloden which was NOT NOT NOT between Scotland and England but between Whiggish Hanoverians (well represented in the Scottish Lowlands) and Jacobites of who there were still a fair number in England.
Dave Simons on October 19, 2012 at 6:53 pm
I enjoyed reading some of the essays in Eric Hobsbawm’s last book, How to Change the World: Marx and Marxism 1840–2011 (2011). I never understood why Eric stayed loyal to the Communist Party, and in this book he certainly questions some of the central tenets of what became, in some quarters, the ideology of Marxism. I think Marx’s problem was that he only had one life, and he devoted that to political economy. If he’d had two lives he might have found time to devote to more cultural and ‘spiritual’ matters. But let’s be a bit humble – in the time he did have he didn’t do badly, certainly better than most of us. I was outside ‘The Swan’ in La Grande Place in Brussels on Monday – reputedly where that great poem, ‘The Communist Manifesto’ was written in late 1847. I say poem because I think that particular political manifesto has more poetry in it than most contemporary poetry’, which as far as I’m concerned is boring, tenth-rate, autobiographical prose chopped up into lines of random length so that it looks, on the page, like poetry.
Gilliebc on October 20, 2012 at 3:28 am
Quite so Ehtch. I was gonna suggest he googled it, but I was afraid he might think I was being rude 🙂
Sorry you thought my examples of Cultural Marxism were ‘odd’ but they are straight out of the Frankfurt School. If you google Cultural Marxism, you will find some interesting info.
Yes agreed, Bonnie Charlie Stuart and all that, wasn’t it, trying to reclaim the throne of UK for the Stuarts from those pesky germans, with hopefully help from the french, who it is said let them down. : )
No probs, How you doing Gilliebc? Any idea where is Michele these days? Not that you are her/his keeper, but has she/he got the autumn blues? I am feeling them.
Just off to see Scarlets play Dublin/Leinster online in rugger, here, or most probably an excellent quality vid pirated link via from Russia somewhere, kick off in ten minutes or so. Speak to you later Gbc,
the link,
http://www.justin.tv/twomintpork1#/w/4016075808/2
and oh yes Gbc, keep the red flag flying… : )))
Dave, I’m aware of the theory of Communism, but in practice it doesn’t work. In practice it becomes totalitarianism. In effect Communism and Fascism are two sides of the same coin.
…furthermore mightymark, have you seen this film before, with that true scottish kilted scot, generally known as that eastender type Londoner, Michael Caine? Good film though, I can see Michael chomping on a haggis mysel’,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6En7lHNfgI
Mary Hopkin, from Wales/Cymru, singing about it,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duCXO1tOkkg
Do what you want to, as any scottish màthair/mother would say.
You might recognise where Mary is there Alastair in the early 1970’s, yes, on Hampstead Teeth.
The more Cameron puts his puddin’ face about in Scotland, the more likely independence becomes. I believe he knows this and it is what he wants.
His cronies will soon forgive him for failing to win the majority they paid for and for destroying the United Kingdom when he delivers, via the removal of Scotland’s Labour MPs, perpetual tory rule in England and Wales. I firmly believe this is his plan.
This and the ejection of England and Wales from the EU will lead to the final and utter subjugation of ordinary working people in this country. Everything they do is designed to undermine, impoverish and cow the people of this nation for the benefit of the wealthy few.
Hi Ehtch, regarding autumn, not my favourite time of the year, with everything dying or going into hibernation. I think November is the most miserable month of the year. Weirdly enough I quite like Jan & Feb. There is a beauty in the sheer bleakness of the landscape, to my mind. January is usually full of hope also, as we start a new year.
I feel sure Michele will be back soon. She did say, in a couple of posts that she was going to be away again for a while. Hey Huw, I’m whispering this next bit, but have you noticed that liberalreform is also missing again at the same time as Michele. I thought todays (21st) blog post would have seen the return of lib…..but not so far anyway. I don’t think they are one and the same person. Maybe lib…… needs someone to bounce off of and M fits the bill. Just an idle thought.
Sorry for ‘abouting’ M, if/when you read this, but it isn’t as if it’s anything horrible. And you know what Oscar Wilde said.
@ Ehtch, futher to previous reply of a moment ago. Sorry to hear you are feeling the autumn blues. Hope your dad’s not playing you up too much. Or, should I say, no more than usual.
Thanks for acting as a peacemaker last week, with you know who. I wanted to get a little time and space between then and now before thanking you. My husband is a peacemaker sort of guy and funnily enough he is a capricorn, like you. I’ve never been terribly interested in astrology. But it is undeniable that some of us are ‘typical’ of our star signs. There is still a lot of stuff we don’t as yet fully understand.
ACH no, doing alright Gilliebc, but I have some basic vitamin D tablets from Holland & Barrett that I take this time of year that does help.
Dad doing sort of alright – talking of him, my brother, who fancied an excuse for a day off/extended weekend off, has taken him today down to the local hossie to get a colonoscopy to see if no more cancer has re-appeared, via his new side-hole he was given a couple of years ago or so. Think it will be clear, since his bag is being filled normally. But I have to be honest, he does drive me nuts, as he has always done, since day one, sorry to say, fifty years ago.
With autumn, it is surprising when snow is on the ground you feel suddenly more uplifted – must be uv sun reflection on the ground or something. Anyway, already posted on Alastair’s latest blog that it is going to get quite surprising chilly this Friday, so get the cardesi/jumpers out ready Gilliebc.
Oscar Wilde was a character, wasn’t he? Know a fair bit about him and what he got up to : o
His selfish giant animation was shown on the beeb when I was young : ) Do you remember that?
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/SelGia.shtml
well well well, Gilliebc, it is on youtubby! Nice. Have a look,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToqFqxP5o4w
…even furthermore, yes, sadly, I am a fairly sensible capricorn too, but with artistic tendancies, get on well with taurians and virgos well, but they can be funny peculiar. Aries are a good compromise for us goats.
What star sign are you Gilliebc? Let me guess, November Sagittarius? but I could be hopelessly wrong.
Heard of Goldfrapp – met her before she did her thing in about 1989. and honest, she was all over me. But she was a 1966 year of the horse taurian, so she couldn’t help herself, : )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHJbltAPNGA
Stars and moon and sun positioning does affect us, slightly, in electro-magnetic ways, when we suddenly appear, also in the womb. But it is subtle, but you have got to be able to sense these things. Always have met people I have got on with, and when I discover when their birthday is, I say OK.
Yes, Alison did get a bit inside herself excited, I have/did do/did have that affect on people, but couldn’t find a wife to put up with it, when they realised what was on their hands, some strange creature called a human, with strange coloured eyes, that tended to make love a little bit too good.
Think Alison took that, with here more from her, in a back garden, with a tantrum, as I usually result with the ladies I have known, but it is not their fault, it is me, being here, spooking people, without trying,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ggLQckReDk
CALM DOWN ALISON, for gawd sakes.. wimmin ey?
Surprisingly, James was down this neck of the woods last weekend – think he has gone native, old boy! : )
http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/James-Corden-tweet-tells-visit-Swansea/story-17148262-detail/story.html
Might as well post more tom and jerry, just to educate Ruth and James, you know,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXhU7M1P6_k
Yes, try to get into the Cash Cab with Bill while you are there, at least, in downtown Manhattan, Ruth and James. And keep your noses clean, not white, as in snowdust, etc.!
Oh bum! It’s been pulled, no doubt due to me linking it, try this T & J one then, the nuclear war one, with co-joined paranoia…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2NT9TLiNsc
Ach, might as well post this one too,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v07rxac9ws
Oh why rest there – they took help from whertever they could get it – the Swedes, the Austrians, the Spanish….
The Pope also? So that would be Italians these days, I suppose.
Yes, for some reason, the english weren’t too popular in Europe, apart from northern Germany, even before Henry eight and his Luther-like going-ons, for a divorce. Yes Germany ironically, considering the twentieth century – it was all a squabble between Queen Vickies grandchildren, WWI was, wasn’t it?
Sue Marsh on November 28, 2012 at 9:29 am
Cameron has without doubt secured his place in the history books. He will be known as the most disastrous Prime Minister of all time with the most incompetent chancellor with a poor history degree. He came to power at exactly the wrong time, made exactly the wrong decisions and led the môst corrupt, arrogant cabinet of all time. This period ( if we recover at all) will be remembered as the decade or two when Britain realised it was rotten to the core and we elected a parliament who did everything they could to keep it that way.
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Melbourne’s Aquatic Centres Undergo Upgrades
September 5, 2017 by Lloyd Jackson | Categories: Blogging
Monash Aquatic Centre’s LED Sports Lighting Update
Aglo Systems contributed to the update of the Monash Aquatic and Recreation Centre at Glen Waverley, VIC by providing their premium 500W Palida LED floodlights. Featuring a range of indoor and outdoor pools, the place was formerly using 1000W metal halide lights for lighting. Between dimming lights and non-operational fittings, the recreation center’s air was dark and unappealing, accentuating their problems of blocked plumbing and drains.
The upgrade to the 4000-square-metre premier Melbourne sporting place not only required high quality area lighting and showcase display systems to match the architectural building design but also to deliver increased energy efficiencies. Aglo’s 500W Palida LED floodlights helped create a warm and inviting ambience for the impressive complex. The low maintenance LED lighting fittings also reduced energy consumption by 54.55 percent and provided a glowing 270 lux level, exceeding the 200 lux international aquatic standard.
The new LED floodlights not only guarantees long-term colour consistency and brightness but also help the Monash Aquatic Centre save nearly 104,000 kWh annually, amounting to about $20,000 annually. Moreover, the 50,000-hour operational life of these fittings is a distinct advantage with the centre working around 12 hours every day through the week.
Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre opens to public
The Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre redevelopment was officially finished and open to the public on Saturday, April 29. A free community open day from 9am until 3pm was held to celebrate the completion of that phase of the upgrades, which cost $42 million. The afternoon will include 25 percent off all three and six-month gym memberships together with all-day actions and come-and-try classes.
The Mandurah Magic will be holding an Aussie Hoops program to present children to basketball, while netball, futsal, volleyball and badminton will be performed on the sparkling new showcourts. Loads of swimmers will hit the brand-new pools using the Mandurah, Peel Aquatic and Mandurah Experts swim clubs all holding lessons. Gymnastics, roller skating and dancing and groove actions are also on, together with creche for the small ones. Fitness classes will run from 9am to 1pm.
City of Mandurah Mayor Marina Vergone said she was thrilled that the job is now open to the general public. This is among the largest community infrastructure projects that Mandurah has ever seen, requiring telehandlers crane services and frannas, and they were absolutely thrilled to be opening it before their expected completion date of mid-2017. Mayor Vergone stated that this completes the last stage of this long-awaited redevelopment to transform the center to a contemporary, state-of-the-art recreational centre that meets the requirements of the growing community. They are so proud of what has been achieved and thank the community for their support and patience during this exciting endeavor.
Stage two of the Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre project comprised two new multi-purpose sports courts such as events entrance, foyer, management, office, kiosk and first aid facilities, a new gymnasium and group fitness centers. Patrons will be greeted with new principal entrance, foyer, reception, café, retail and meeting facilities, a new crèche and remodeled bathroom and change room facilities. Renovated squash courts were part of this job, together with remodeled building facades and new government facilities for employees. Stage two of the Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre formally started on Saturday night, finishing the $41.2 million job and providing the community with fresh contemporary sporting facilities.
Minister for Regional Development Fiona Nash said the project requiring slab crane hire and low loaders provided the community with a modern, integrated sport and recreation, and aquatic health and fitness facility. The aim to create the sorts of communities that our children and grandchildren want to stay in or return to, and great sporting facilities such as this is said to do exactly that. The Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre offers great exercise facilities, which will meet the future demands of the community for many years to come.
Federal Member for Canning Andrew Hastie, who joined with members of the community in the opening and cutting the ribbon on the new centre, said the project included the refurbishment of the present multi-sport stadium. Sport is an important part of Australian culture and community life. This facility represents a gathering place for those of Mandurah that will serve the area well. The new facilities enhance access to a selection of sports, including basketball, netball, volleyball, futsal and badminton. The new centre in action a few weeks ago at the South West Basketball Aboriginal Carnival – utilising the exhibition services by using its 600-seat show court Mandurah will have the ability to host large regional contests for many years to come.
City of Mandurah mayor Marina Vergone said this is among the biggest community infrastructure projects that Mandurah has ever seen. This completes the last stage of this long-awaited redevelopment to transform the center to a contemporary, state-of-the-art recreational centre that meets the requirements of the growing community. All that’s left is the hot water service repairs from the commercial plumbing services. She is proud of what has been achieved and thank the community for their support and patience during this exciting endeavor.
Stage two of the project was financed by the coalition Government investing $10 million and the City of Mandurah donating $6 million to complete the project.
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Thermwood Corporation Introduces LSAM: Large Scale Additive Manufacturing with a CNC Twist
September 1, 2016 by Clare Scott 3D Printers3D Printing
Indiana-based Thermwood Corporation is known for their CNC routers – in fact, they’re the oldest CNC machine manufacturing company in business, having developed the first commercial CNC tool control back in the 1970s. That doesn’t mean, however, that they’re snobby about subtractive manufacturing. Last year, Thermwood began exploring the additive manufacturing realm with their double gantry 3D printer/CNC machine combo idea. Now the company has announced that they are introducing a brand new line of additive manufacturing machines for the production of large thermoplastic parts.
The system, called Large Scale Additive Manufacturing or LSAM (pronounced “L-Sam”), is a refined version of the double gantry machine concept Thermwood unveiled last year. It’s a giant 3D printer, with a build envelope ten feet wide, five feet high and anywhere from 10 to 100 feet long. A print gantry and a five-axis trim gantry both operate over the entire build table; the print gantry 3D prints the part at a scale slightly larger than its final size, after which the trim gantry uses a CNC router to trim it down to its exact final size and shape.
The print gantry features a vertically-mounted print head from Thermwood’s PH Series – specifically, the PH15, which prints at a rate of up to 150 lbs per hour, the highest output rate currently available, according to Thermwood. The company is in the process of designing even higher-output-rate iterations of the PH print head, a unique invention that uses three servo drives. The first servo controls an extruder that heats and softens the thermoplastic material, while the second operates a fixed displacement polymer pump to release the softened material at a highly controlled pace. The third controls a compression wheel that flattens each print layer and fuses it to the preceding layer for a gap-free product. The print head can also change bead dimensions mid-print.
PH Series print heads also come with the ancillary systems required for drying and transporting materials from storage to the print head; the size of the print head required depends on the amount and size of the parts being printed. The print gantry also contains an integrated print head control to manage melt, pressure and metering functions. Meanwhile, the trim gantry, or subtractive gantry, is composed of a five-axis CNC router system with a 12HP (3,000 to 24,000 RPM) spindle and a ten-position automatic tool changer, plus an automatic tool length measurement system and patented impact-resistant head. In addition, the vertical Z-axis stroke is enhanced so that the router can machine from the print table to a point above the top of the printed part.
Each gantry has a freestanding Thermwood high-performance Q-Core CNC control for movement, and the entire machine is controlled by Siemens Intelligent Servo Drives. Thermwood also developed specialized control functions to operate the servo drive print head and bead compression wheel, automating tasks that would ordinarily have to be programmed into the CNC print program.
“This is exciting,” said Thermwood founder and CEO Ken Susnjara. “We are at the beginning of what appears to be a revolution in manufacturing and we look forward to the new challenges and incredible possibilities that this type of transformational change brings.”
LSAM is targeted at a variety of applications including tooling, masters and mold production, fixtures, patterns and plugs for a number of industries including automotive, aerospace, boating, foundry and thermoforming. The benefits of the system are many, including a much shorter build cycle at lower cost. Thermwood believes that the system, which operates in free space, will lend itself well to additional applications, too, as other industries become aware of the advantages of large part additive manufacturing. You can learn more about the LSAM system here. Discuss further in the Large Scale Additive Manufacturing forum over at 3DPB.com.
Tagged with: 3D printing & CNC machining • additive and subtractive manufacturing • cnc machine • cnc machining • cnc router • Large Scale Additive Manufacturing • LSAM • PH Series print head • Thermwood Corporation
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E-40 - These Days (Feat. Yhung T.O.)
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I Don't Like Em (Feat. Cousin Fik & Laroo)
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Albert Cobarrubias Justice Project
Creators of “participatory defense” – a community organizing model for people facing charges, their families, and communities to impact the outcome of cases and transform the landscape of power in the court system
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College Dream Made Real Through Community Intervention in the Juvenile Justice System
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For months, his mom and brothers would come to ACJP on Sundays, and we helped gather community support from his teachers, community mentors, and youth organizations that he was a part of to show Probation and the Courts another side to the picture that was being painted. At one court date, 25 people showed up — most were other young people of color involved with Youth United for Community Action that stood by this young man. ACJP helped communicate with his attorney, organize continuous community support, push for a rigorous education plan while he was in the hall, and convinced his school administrators to halt expulsion. All these collective efforts even resulted in the creation of an Educational Consultant position to the San Mateo County Private Defenders Program staffed by Aria Florant, a community advocate in East Palo Alto with Live In Peace.
This resulted in a sentence that makes real the promise of second chances that juvenile justice system administrators often espouse. It is one that restores young people to a productive path during a critical and transitional moment in their lives.
Thus, last Friday, this young man went from the hall straight to his freshman year at Cal State East Bay at Hayward. He will be the first one in his family to attend college.
Community support sustained him, supported him, and ultimately brought him home. We are excited to see the future he will create! — Submission Post by Charisse Domingo
Walking Away With The Win
On Friday, July 20, this family stopped the deportation of their brother and son, through their unstoppable will, and successfully beat the process that makes criminal courts a waiting room for immigration court. This was a long road, but their loved one will be home next week as a result, and they created a blueprint for other families. Submission Post by Raj Jayadev
Wall Street Journal: Jail Shift Makes Waves in California
In a Wall Street Journal article, written by Vauhini Vara, on the impact of realignment on local county jails statewide and on the individuals that inhabit them, it is made clear that community input and local political pressure is helping shape how the criminal justice system is adjusting to the changes. One expert calls it “justice by geography.” This article is a reminder that ACJP public advocacy for alternatives to incarceration for non-violent offenders truly can and does make a difference. The people of Kern county need an ACJP in a big way! — Post submission by Aram James
BAKERSFIELD, Calif.—Under a court order to ease overcrowding in state prisons, California moved last year to divert thousands of lower-level offenders to local jails. Now the fallout from that shift is reverberating through several sections of the state, including this area north of Los Angeles.
In Kern County, Sheriff Donny Youngblood’s jail was so near capacity this spring that he had to release hundreds of inmates—monitoring them with electronic devices or assigning them to do supervised labor such as working as janitors. Read more>>>
Three Strikes Sentencing Looses.Family Wins.Father Home to Raise Baby Girl
July 5, 2012 / acjpdebug / Leave a comment
This smiling young father was facing a shakespearean tragedy just 8 months ago. The same day his daughter was born, he was told he was facing a life sentence. The extreme sentencing came from California’s Three Strikes Law — the sentencing scheme that is on the ballot for reform this November. ACJP organizer Gail Noble worked with the family to create a “mitigation packet” which was comprised of a biography of the young man’s social history, support letters, photos of his life, and a description of his intention if allowed to return to his family. The packet, through the attorney, was given to the court for review when determining sentencing. The life sentence went down to an 8 month county sentence — the amount of time the charge would normally hold without 3 Strikes. The defense attorney told ACJP, “That packet is the reason he is coming home.”
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Supplier: Mile By Mile Tours
Mile By Mile Tours 174 Reviews
Quality Cape Town based tour guide since 2008. With hundreds of satisfied customers every month, we offer South African day tours and holiday packages that are convenient, fun and affordable. From the Kruger National park, to the garden route and Cape Town, up to the West Coast, we have a tour package for everyone!
Mile By Mile Tours offers tours and activities for these attractions:
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The Bird Flu in Iowa: A Murder of Crows
The Avian Flu outbreak in Iowa has created problems for many people – including my magician buddy, Michael Oz, whose doves have been banned from performing in his act at the Iowa State Fair Talent Show this summer (link http://whotv.com/2015/08/04/avian-flu-keeping-iowa-magician-from-bringing-dove-act-to-state-fair/ ). That sucks for Oz, but it’s understandable.
THIS is really crazy, though. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is reporting the recent discovery of over 1,200 dead CROWS in northwest Iowa, and there was obvious concern that they may have died from the Avian Flu.
A bird pathologist examined the remains of each crow, and, to everyone’s relief, confirmed that the problem was definitely NOT Avian Flu. The cause of death appeared to be vehicular impacts.
During the detailed analysis, it was noted that varying colors of paints appeared on the birds’ beaks and claws.
By analyzing these paint residues, it was determined that approximately 99% of the crows had been killed by impact with trucks, while only about 1% had been killed by an impact with a car.
An Ornithological Behaviorist was hired to determine if there was a cause for the disproportionate percentage of truck kills versus car kills.
He very quickly concluded the reason: When crows eat road kill, they always have a “look-out” crow in a nearby tree to warn of impending danger.
They discovered that, while all of the look-out crows could easily shout “Caaa,” not a single one could shout “Truck.”
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Shining a Light on Drug Industry Influence
With the impact of the opioid crisis continuing to unfold, Georgetown convened health professionals in June for a hard look at what is happening now and what can we do better going forward, as a...
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Doctoral Student Seeks to Improve Prenatal Care in Rural United States
“I noticed that laboring women were in need of providers who can walk alongside of them," says Nora Elizalde (G’14, ’20). "This need inspired me to expand my education and to gain the ability to be that provider who walks the walk along with them."
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“If we are able to help, we will. I think it is just a part of the Jesuit thinking.”
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iPhone, Android apps share sensitive health, financial data with Facebook without user's knowledge
By Malcolm Owen
Friday, February 22, 2019, 09:45 am PT (12:45 pm ET)
Facebook has been accused of taking advantage of its position to violate the privacy of its users, with an investigation claiming apps that deal with sensitive data, including financial and health-related information, is sharing some of that data with the social network.
Following the Cambridge Analytica fiasco and the subsequent government investigations, it would be expected Facebook would be more mindful about the information it compiles on its users. A new report suggests otherwise, accusing Facebook of acquiring information that users would not typically expect to share with the company willingly.
According to tests performed by the Wall Street Journal, Facebook's software collects data from numerous apps within seconds of it being entered by the user, without any sign of a prominent or specific disclosure by the app. In these cases, it was also found the data was transmitted to Facebook if the user didn't log into Facebook for authentication, or even if the user didn't have a Facebook account in the first place.
At least 11 popular apps across both iOS and Android ecosystems were found to report data back to Facebook, with the apps downloaded tens of millions of times in total.
On the iOS side, the app Instant Heart Rate: HR Monitor by Azumio, deemed the most popular heart-rate app in the App Store, sent the user's heart rate straight after a reading is performed. The Flo Period and Ovulation Tracker, said to have 25 million active users, advises Facebook when the user advises they wish to get pregnant, and when a user is having their period.
In another example, the Move Inc-owned Realtor.com sent Facebook the location and price of listings viewed by a user, as well as those marked as favorites.
Facebook claims some of the data sharing activities brought up in the tests seemed to violate its business terms, which asks developers to avoid sending "health, financial information or other categories of sensitive information." The apps were flagged by Facebook to stop sending information that may be deemed sensitive, with the suggestion of additional action if the apps fail to comply with the demand.
A Facebook spokesperson advised "We require app developers to be clear with their users about the information they are sharing with us."
The data shared by apps is usually brought into a Facebook tool that provides statistics about user activities. Facebook also uses the same data to serve advertising and for market research, but while its terms in theory allow for it to be used in other ways, the company insists it does not.
Apple advised to the report it requires apps to acquire "prior user consent" in order to collect data, as well as to move to prevent unauthorized access and usage by third-party firms. "When we hear of any developer violating these strict privacy terms and guidelines, we quickly investigate and, if necessary, take immediate action," a spokesperson told the report.
The investigation is the latest in a string of events where Facebook's attitude to privacy has been questioned.
In August, Facebook pulled its Onavo Protect VPN service from the iOS app store, after Apple found it was violating a number of just-implemented privacy policies, particularly surrounding data collection restrictions.
Another similar incident occurred in January, with the discovery Facebook was offering a Facebook Research app to users that installed a VPN on their iOS devices. Users were paid $20 plus referral fees, in exchange for nearly unfettered access to iOS usage patterns and activity.
In that case, it was also found Facebook was abusing Apple's Enterprise Developer Certificates, which allowed apps to be sideloaded onto devices without having to abide by App Store guidelines, and so avoiding the data collection and privacy rules. The use of the Enterprise Developer Certificates was meant for within a company, not for those outside the organization like members of the public, with Facebook's use violating Apple's terms.
Shortly after reports of the app's nature, Apple revoked Facebook's certificate, reportedly throwing the company into chaos as Facebook's employees were denied access to private versions of internal tools that also used it. Apple restored the certificate roughly 30 hours after it was pulled.
Facebook is currently in negotiations with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over a privacy violations fine relating to the Cambridge Analytica scandal and its subsequent fallout. The talks, aimed at avoiding legal action, could result in a settlement with the FTC that extends to billions of dollars, far exceeding the current FTC settlement record holder Google's $22.5 million payment.
On Thursday, Facebook advised it will shutter Onavo Protect fully and stop recruiting new users for Facebook Research, as it attempts to move to more transparent paid research programs.
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Pygmalion Snapback
Human nature is a strange, fickle thing. One man's virtues are another's "deadly sins". It should come as no surprise that The Schemer or another morally domineering character would take it upon themselves to "improve" the lot of their fellow man by giving them a Pygmalion Plot makeover.
Rarely is this effort altruistic; even rarer is the cognizance (much less consent) of the Galatea. If the effort is made for greed, fueling a plot, or out-and-out hubris, the results will never be good... for the Pygmalion.
Y'see, changing others to suit your needs or ideals of how they should be is an irreducibly selfish and prideful act, and often completely ignores the wishes and welfare of the recipient. Sure, sometimes the Galatea will actually be objectively made better off... but many didn't ask for it, didn't want it, or (if they did), realize they aren't as happy as they thought they'd be.
These changes will be subject to Snap Back as the character returns to their original self (with perhaps one or two hard learned habits being retained) and the benefactor will get some amount of karmic backlash for their hubris. At the very least, they'll get a Calling the Old Man Out either by the Galatea or a friend of theirs. On the romantic spectrum, the Love Martyr trying to change their abusive hubby this way is in for a nasty surprise.
This is often exaggerated when the Pygmalion character has Green Rocks that can do the above quickly and easily without even a Training Montage. They'll discover the new photo negative personality is most definitely worse than the original, often either obviously evil, full of anger, hyper competent, a Suspiciously Similar Substitute to the Pygmalion, or all of the above. In the end, We Want Our Jerk Back. Depending on the tone of the episode or show, the story may or may not come with the Aesop of being thankful for what you have.
Compare Flowers for Algernon Syndrome, where the change is something Galatea wanted, but is still snapped back. Often done to the Weak-Willed. A common after effect from using a Mirror Morality Machine. Frequently a way to enforce Status Quo Is God
Examples of Pygmalion Snapback include:
In Beauty Pop, the main character gives the Shrinking Violet a make-over--making her lose her glasses, putting her in trendy clothes and pretty make-up, and giving her a new hair-do. The girl keeps it just long enough so she can taunt a boy who rejected her for being plain. In the next chapter, she put the glasses back on and put her hair in braids again, saying she felt weird otherwise.
The episode of The King of Queens "Jung Frankenstein". Initially, Carrie sends Doug to a therapist to control his eating (which he isn't too thrilled about). When that goes well, she secretly convinces the therapist to get rid of Doug's other vices (that's how she sees it). Needless to say, when he finds out, he's furious. As he puts it by the end of the episode, "Well why don't I strap a suggestion box to my ass? It'll save you the trip."
Star Trek: Voyager. Captain Janeway gets interested in holographic character Michael Sullivan in the "Fair Haven" program, and starts tweaking his program to make him more to her taste. Eventually she gets called on it by Voyager's doctor (also a hologram) and eventually shuts off her access to Michael's program so she won't be tempted to make more 'improvements'.
The major moral conflict in Stargate Atlantis and the "Michael" subplot. Basically, the human heroes of the show find a drug that turns a Wraith human, and causes it to lose its memories. However, the turned Wraith must keep taking it or the transformation is reversed. The Wraith they try it on (nicknamed Michael), is pissed when he finds out what they did to him, and becomes one of the most dangerous recurring villains in the series because of it. This is by far the biggest case of Moral Dissonance in the show, with the fans, Michael, and even various members of the heroic cast screaming What the Hell, Hero? at the ones who came up with it.
The trope namer is the stage production Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, adapted into musical form with My Fair Lady. Containing the aformentioned pygmalion as represented by the incorrigible Henry Higgins (with his grand knowledge of accents, a novelty in turn-of-the-century England) who attempts to change the cockney Liza Dolittle into a well-bred, well-spoken English lady by correcting her common drawl. He succeeds but then discards his creation, much to Liza's great consternation, which is where the narrative tension arises in the second half of the play.
In The Dresden Files, this is shown to be the eventual result of any kind of tampering with someone's mind. Eventually, the true personality reasserts itself, leading to at best a backlash like Luccio's reaction to having being mind-warped into loving Harry or a far worse reaction as the psyche shreds itself trying to turn back to normal as is implied to happen to Molly's first boyfriend after she mind-raped him out of using drugs
The Transformers short story "Redemption Center" in the anthology Transformers Legends involves Starscream getting amnesia while in Autobot custody. Optimus refuses to reprogram him, even though it would now be simple, because it would be unethical; but he agrees there's no harm in simply showing him what life is like in a society where everyone isn't constantly being a Jerkass to each other like the Decepticons. When 'Screamer's memory finally returns, he chooses to go back to the Decepticons with improved social skills which he figures he can use to better manipulate others to his will and accumulate power—though he's secretly ashamed that that is the only use to which he will put the Autobots' well-intended lessons.
In Beast Wars, Megatron managed to switch Rhinox into an evil Predacon. Joke was on Megatron, as Rhinox was far more competent than your typical Starscream and nearly deposed him!
On The Flintstones, Wilma and Betty managed to completely change Fred and Barney's personalities on at least two occasions. The first time (by enrolling them in "charm school"), they got bored and tried to change them back. The second time (through subliminal messages in their sleep), Fred and Barney found out what their wives had done and took revenge.
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker: Joker captures Tim Drake a.k.a. Robin and gives him a personality makeover in his own image. "J.J." ends up snapping back just enough to kill the Joker, but is still horribly insane and needs years of therapy to recover.
One episode of Bionic Six combined this with In the Blood. The good professor wiped his evil brother Doctor Scarab's memory with the best of intentions to reform him, and was re-teaching him basic skills... and hard sciences. This new Scarab was more competent, smarter, and managed to hook up with his old goons to do a near successful attack on the Bionic Six. So, this trope works both ways for the good and evil.
On one episode of Pinky and The Brain, Brain makes Pinky smarter, hoping that he will now be helpful in his plans for world conquest. But Brain finds that Pinky is too smart, always pointing out the flaws in Brain's plans. To restore balance, Brain applies the same process in reverse and makes himself dumb. Unfortunately, so has Pinky.
In Dexter's Laboratory, Dexter once attempted this on Dee Dee, as he was tired of her destroying his lab, via a brain transplant. She turned out to be far more competent than him at science.
In another episode, Dee Dee tries to loosen up Dexter, and once converted, he starts destroying his own lab, violently and maniacally. He also proceeds to wreck Dee Dee's own things. Needless to say, Dee Dee takes destruction of her property way worse than Dexter takes destruction of his.
In the Invader Zim episode "GIR goes crazy and stuff", Zim gets fed up with his sidekick GIR's insane behavior and tinkers with his behavioral modifier to lock him in "serious mode". It succeeds... and then GIR starts questioning Zim's methods because they are stupid and ineffective. In the end, after trying to accomplish the mission goal himself as well as trying to eliminate Zim, he is restored to his usual stupid, non-threatening self.
In Goof Troop, Pete once hypnotized Goofy to turn him into a ruthless car salesman like himself. The problem was that Goofy's cluelessness persisted, and caused Pete no end of trouble, including stealing a armored car to sell on the lot, and robbing the policeman who came to investigate. In the end, Pete hypnotizes Goofy back to his old self.
Spoofed in Gotham Girls. After Poison Ivy uses pollen that "changes the victim's moral outlook", Batgirl becomes a criminal that joins Ivy and Harley Quinn on a crime spree. Harley, however, quickly feels overworked, and she decides that Batgirl was nicer before the personality shift. Of course, after Harley gives Batgirl the antidote, Batgirl returns to her normal law-abiding criminal-chasing self and immediately captures Harley and Ivy.
Chowder: Tired of his stupidity, Mung Daal creates a dish that makes Chowder very smart. At first, the audience expected to see Chowder's smartness becoming intolerable for Mung Daal, but this was subverted by having Chowder realizing that he's a cartoon character in a TV show. Using his newfound powers, he changes the show into a boring educational program. Realizing that this change made things worse, Chowder yanks his new brain out of his nose and smashes it, effectively deleting the show altogether.
Duck Dodgers got this makeover thanks to one of Ignacius' inventions. The new Dodgers not only became hyper-competent but even better than everyone else. Then he tried to pull a Pygmalion Plot on the whole Earth, because it didn't live up to his expectations. It could easily have been permanent, as it took all the effort from I.Q., Cadet, Marvin and the Queen to get him back to his old self.
Altruism example! In the My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic episode "Green Isn't Your Color", Fluttershy agrees to model some of Rarity's dresses for the photographer Photo Finish, who eds up takes a shine to Fluttershy and doesn't care a slap about the dresses. Rarity spends the entire episode encouraging Fluttershy to go be a rich and famous model because she feels guilty about envying Fluttershy's success and wants to be a supportive friend. Fluttershy, for her part, hates the attention, and they're both bitter that with Photo Finish eating up Fluttershy's time, they can't hang out anymore. Twilight Sparkle spends the entire episode being confidant to them both, but sworn to secrecy for the sake of one another's feelings, and nearly loses her marbles not saying the two sentences that would fix the problem.
Lampshaded and spoofed in The Simpsons episode "Pygmoelian": Moe has plastic surgery to become handsome and lands a role on a soap opera. Near the end of the episode the wall of a set falls on his face, and in the next scene we see he's back to normal. The last lines of the episode:
Moe: There's just one thing I don't get, though. When my face was crushed, why'd it go back to my old face? I mean, shouldn't it have turned into some kind of third face that was different? Heh. Don't make no--(end credits abruptly cut him off)
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CIA Liars, Torturers, Murderers: CIA Worse Than Useless
Posted by Mish | January 7, 2017 1:30:50 | Economics
Trump’s tweets and comments are having a good effect already. An ex-CIA director warns Trump’s Comments Will Lead to ‘Wave’ of Resignations.
Former CIA acting director Michael Morell said President-elect Donald Trump’s rhetoric will undermine the agency by causing a “wave of resignations” and affecting its ability to work with foreign intelligence services.
“First, expect a wave of resignations. Attrition at the C.I.A., which has been remarkably low since Sept. 11, 2001, will skyrocket,” Morell wrote in a New York Times op-ed published Friday.
CIA Worse Than Useless
The CIA is worse than useless. They did not foresee the fall of the Berlin wall, any number of assassinations, Benghazi, 911, or anything else meaningful.
Worse yet, the CIA spied on allies, helped overthrow democratically elected governments in Iran and Ukraine (with disastrous consequences). The CIA was directly involved in the kidnapping and torture of US citizens, frequently not even getting the right person.
Guardian: Senate torture report to be kept from public for 12 years after Obama decision
RT: 10 most shocking facts we found in CIA torture report
Wikipedia: Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture
From the the first link above.
Barack Obama has agreed to preserve the Senate’s landmark investigation into the CIA’s use of torture after 9/11, but his decision ensures that the document remains out of public view for at least 12 years and probably longer.
The full Senate torture report, which documented brutality by the CIA against at least 119 detained terrorism suspects, will be held out of public view at Obama’s presidential library.
I also strongly encourage you to read ‘A constitutional crisis’: the CIA turns on the Senate
Liars, Torturers, Murderers
Only misguided fake-patriot fools believe the CIA liars, murderers, and torturers.
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D. Nutbush said:
January 7, 2017 1:37:04 at 1:37 PM
“A constitutional crisis’: the CIA turns on the Senate” This is a dead link.
I’d sure like to the secret budget they use internally and further hear what the US Gov’t is funding them annually.
MishMoments said:
Link fixed try again
BillyBob Texas said:
Somewhere I read where Trump wants to kick more of the CIA BACK OUT into the ‘field’ and outta’ offices. Like they used to be. That, in itself, might cause a slew of them to retire/leave?
Shutting the place completely down might be a bit drastic – but a thinning of the bureaucratic ranks would never hurt ANY organization in The Swamp.
Mkkby said:
Intelligence had critical value during WWII, but this cold war relic needs to be dismantled. All they’ve been doing for many decades is justifying their paychecks and pensions.
Go away and good riddance.
ESB said:
A midlevel Senate staffer with whom I have a moderate measure of contact (and confidence) tells me that the hot rumor on the Hill right now is that the actual source of the stolen DNC and/or Podesta information is about to go public in a two step process beginning Monday, Jan 9 in a press conference employing some sort of disguise and finishing Monday, Jan 23 with a full identity revelation. The second step follows the departure of the Obama gang by a few days for obvious reasons. I suspect that a pardon deal with the Trump “folks” is in the works. Apparently this is coordinated with/through Assange who may participate.
Supposedly this person is a US citizen and political insider of some sort.
Frankly, if this comes off as hinted it will fully discredit the entire US intelligence “community” and open the door for DJT to completely restructure and downsize the operations.
It certainly explains the reason that DJT remains absolutely resolute in the matter,
and one can only imagine the total discomfiture of Obama, McCain, Graham and others as DJT is able to call them out as total dupes,
which they are.
Captain Dave said:
It’s the modern version of the old mob protection scheme. They say they will protect us but of course they cause most of the problems that people would need to be protected from. Screw the CIA, FBI, NSA MOUSE. F–k them all out of existence. Then demand each citizen be trained in the use of firearms and open carry at all times.
THEN let the terrorists come.
Those who outsource their security and financial well being to others will end up with neither.
James Greenberg said:
Most, if not all of the terrorists were created by the US to wage proxy wars against unfriendly govs. ISIS was created to do regime change on Syria. So you get rid of the intelligence people and you stop creating terrorists too.
But I still like the gun idea. I tell all my friends, especially women, they should have a gun and training to protect themselves.
Old Guy said:
January 8, 2017 6:44:31 at 6:44 AM
Intell is not developed by the CIA to be honest, in-theatre military develop intell . The CIA, NSA and other agencies develop intell on its citizens. The CIA meddle in foreign government not military. These organizations are the problem. I hope Trump does indeed reign them in and restructure their organizations.
You may see some of their leader retire but on the ground operatives could care less.
Rob said:
Glad you mentioned the CIAs involvement in the overthrow of the Ukraine government. I can mention that to neocons until I’m blue in the face, and they still defend our actions in Western Europe. Not to mention our overt withdrawal from the ABM Treaty, which ruined our previous agreements between Reagan and Gorbachev. Our CIAs support of Georgia in the Russo-Georgia War and attacking Ossetia,,etc..
Richard Adler (@richardadlerjr) said:
You are underestimating that organization. I would look at it from the opposite viewpoint that they are very effective. Evil yes, incompetent no.
Stuki Moi said:
They have massively lost their competency edge since the cold war. Simply on account of lack of ability to recruit competent people. During the cold war, Very Good and Very Bright people were honored and happy to help the Nation stand up the the Soviet Nuclear threat.
Noone with the plenitude of alternative options available to that class of people, are clamoring to do the same, for an opportunity to abuse some sap at Gitmo, or vindictively mess with some Senator’s email or whatever it is they do these days.
So, predictably, recruitment standards have fallen through the floor. Until what we are left with, is closer to what the Nazis built with SS, a gang of privileged thugs running around sans restraint, than to anything anyone with options would be proud to be a member off. Hence their current behavior.
Winston said:
I get the idea that you aren’t fond of the CIA, Mish.
All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
https://www.amazon.com/All-Shahs-Men-American-Middle/dp/1400101069
Half a century ago, the United States overthrew the democratically elected prime minister of Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh, (as a favor for what is now British Petroleum – W) whose “crime” was nationalizing the country’s oil industry. In a cloak-and-dagger story of spies, saboteurs, and secret agents, Kinzer reveals the involvement of Eisenhower, Churchill, Kermit Roosevelt, and the CIA in Operation Ajax (which cost only $100k worth of bribes IIRC – W) , which restored Mohammad Reza Shah to power. Reza imposed a tyranny that ultimately sparked the Islamic Revolution of 1979, which, in turn, inspired fundamentalists throughout the Muslim world, including the Taliban and terrorists who thrived under its protection. “It is not far-fetched,” Kinzer asserts, “to draw a line from Operation Ajax through the Shah’s repressive regime and the Islamic Revolution to the fireballs that engulfed the World Trade Center in New York.”
Atossa said:
It goes back even further.
The US government [Roosevelt, Taft, Wiison] teamed up with revolutionaries to overthrow Tsarist Russia. We all know how well that turned out.
In his April 1917 war speech to congress, Wilson said revolutionaries [who had just destroyed Russia’s monarchy] were America’s “partner.”
Ironically, there was a speech given to congressmen at the DC Capitol in 1857 that advocated the US government overthrow monarchies in Europe via war and revolution. 60 years later, war and revolution destroyed monarchies in Europe.
The CIA was established in 1947 which was what were were talking about here. If we want to go back further:
Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
This is why much of the world sees us as hypocrites. Someone hacks and releases the emails revealing political corruption and our pols and the losing side of an election get all bent out of shape. We outright overthrow governments surreptitiously and most Americans never even know or learn about it.
“The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments of the dominant political mythology.” – Michael Parenti, PhD in political science from Yale University, author of 23 books, very much on the left but they can occasionally be correct about some things – even Marx was
Excerpt below from Wilson’s April 1917 war speech… which was given to Congress just weeks after the February revolution destroyed Russia’s almost 1000 year old Christian monarchy. Not only does Wilson overtly lie about Russia… he infers all Americans support the revolution. That February revoluton was continued in October 1917 to its Bolshevik end. In that same speech is Wilson’s famous line about WW1 being the war to make the world safe for democracy. Again… it was the fulfillment of that prophetic 1857 speech to congressmen at the DC Capitol that advocated the US government destroy all the monarchies of Europe [even the British monarchy… but it especially targeted the Russian monarchy] via war and revolution.
” Does not every American feel that assurance has been added to our hope for the future peace of the world by the wonderful and heartening things that have been happening within the last few weeks in Russia? Russia was known by those who knew it best to have been always in fact democratic at heart, in all the vital habits of her thought, in all the intimate relationships of her people that spoke their natural instinct, their habitual attitude towards life. The autocracy that crowned the summit of her political structure, long as it had stood and terrible as was the reality of its power, was not in fact Russian in origin, character, or purpose; and now it has been shaken off and the great, generous Russian people have been added in all their naive majesty and might to the forces that are fighting for freedom in the world, for justice, and for peace. Here is a fit partner for a league of honour. ”
https://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Wilson's_War_Message_to_Congress
The_Fish said:
All this tells you how previous governments HAVEN’T governed.
It’s the same over here.
The bus drivers asleep at the wheel with no real guiding principals outside of getting to the end of term without rocking the boat.
Various departments then go rogue (sec services), or native in the case of the UK Foreign Office.
Blame those governing, or saying they are.
fingerhole said:
If you are a child you need a certain level of governing.
If you are an adult and need governance you should be excluded from society.
That way you can help evolution do its job of improving H. sapiens.
Maybe Fish meant haven’t governed themselves?
Gary Bowser said:
you are way off base in your hysterical comments about the CIA and intelligence
usually your comments are reasonable and not so emotional
I am a 40 year veteran from the intelligence community (IC) – agree there have been many mistakes but on balance the IC has served this nation well
stick to interest rates and that stuff
Fred Rogers said:
Gary Bowser — what spy tradecraft book did you skim through that said to put classified intelligence info on an unsecure server in your basement? With no passwords and no security logs? Did you fail tradecraft 101? These sorts of mistakes were stupid when a high school principal made them a decade ago — there is simply no excuse for it to happen in a cabinet level position. No excuse, and it makes you look stupid to try to defend Hilary’s contempuous attitude and corruption.
And if you spent 40 seconds in intelligence, please explain how the folks in Langley can guess what is going on in Moscow or Tehran or Benghazi — when they are so f-cking clueless about what is happening across the river at Foggy Bottom?
Any of you so-called intelligence analysts notice that Hilary is a liar and a crook? Did you notice that she has utter contempt for middle class Americans? Hilary’s corrupt behavior influenced the election more than Russia, China and everyone else combined. Get a clue.
Seriously Gary. How do you claim to understand cultural nuances in foreign countries when you can’t grasp what is happening in your own country?
And then to compound the problem — whining like an infant that governments may possibly be trying to influence elections in other countries??? Are you seriously that naive Gary? Especially when US intelligence has been doing the same?
If you actually spent 40 years in intelligence operations and you are that clueless — then you are exhibit A on why the CIA needs purging.
Learn some basic tradecraft Gary. Just shameful.
Crysangle said:
How do I know what you are saying is true?
Human nature is to question.
Did you choose your avatar yourself?
Most intelligence personnel I have met are decent people who work without searching greater reward, does not make them right or wrong though.
CJ said:
January 8, 2017 12:20:18 at 12:20 AM
Gary Bowser, I hope you are reading and considering the comments here.
I’m sure you are a patriot, but I hope you have not been misled.
Dr. Strangepork said:
I will agree with you that many in the IC are genuine professionals working hard at their jobs. However, I do not believe that the IC has actually faithfully served the nation on whole as a larger community. The tactical folks are great, but the leadership sucks sewage through a pipe then serves it up pretending it to be fine cuisine.
Too often, I have seen good work and good analysis turned into political crapola or misused to justify stupid operations by the top echelons of cronies appointed to serve the whims of the elected (and in many cases, non-elected elites). We cannot argue around the more than 100 years of shenanigans, poison ops, and regime change efforts that have created much of the modern mess we call a world.
Professionals within the IC are critical to the defense of the republic, but let’s not pretend that means the agencies of yesterday are the answers to tomorrow’s challenges. It is the professionals we all are looking to to reform this crap shoot. We know that the three name IYI crowd is the problem.
This is another part of CIA history which is as bad or worse than anything, yet it is usually ignored or missed:
https://infogalactic.com/info/Project_MKUltra
The CIA’s efforts to hide it from congress and everyone else have been only partially successful.
This is the same CIA now saying “we have no evidence of Russian influence, but just trust us”. If the Russians did influence the election, it was only by exposing the truth. Apparently that is anathema to the CIA.
floridasandy said:
dulles should have gone to jail
It is jackass stupid for the CIA to pretend that everybody doesn’t spy on everybody else. Of course, countries need to spy on each other to protect their own citizens. I guess the CIA just objected to Russia exposing a truth– any truth for that matter.
we saw what weasels run the CIA with the desperate flip flopping of our current CIA director, who shall remain nameless. 🙂 But they do their master’s bidding, don’t they?
Richard Franklin said:
Thanks for your comments. Anytime I see the slightest validation I give a big cheer. I told my story in “La Taza Azul” by Ricardo Ali Fernandez.”
CJ, I want to thank you for your comments.
But said:
I like the truth and see the established as trying to always hide it. Why isn’t the establishment going after corruption, bribery, the clintons?
Bob Hill said:
Spying is valuable. Knowledge is almost always good to have. (Faber College motto. But cf. PSA testing controversy. )
The political commanders often misuse knowledge, but that’s a problem with the leaders not the spies. Bush, not the intelligence agencies, settled on the WMD rationale. The agencies were complicit, but the principal actors were not spies nor soldiers but politicians.
How treaspassory the spying should be depends on how much we should honor a particular nation’s sovereignty. That , in turn, depends on how much freedom it accords its inhabitants . A nation like Russia is entitled to little respect of its sovereignty. This doesn’t mean we should invade it, or sanction it , but that we would be morally correct in seeking to replace its government. Cost/benefit realities , however, make any such effort insane.
Even Rand Paul, I would wager, would maintain a potent intelligence apparatus. But he’d use it to defend the United States , and to promote freedom abroad if and only if to do so was highly probably cheap and effective (which is not only charitable but also keeps us safe and rich).
Professional sports teams all have people watching the coach on the other sideline, seeing what mood he is in, what players might get sub’d in/out, what sorts of plays the other team might be considering. Only the losing teams have people spying against their own team.
When CIA and NSA employees (not their political masters) got orders to conduct mass surveillance on the USA (instead of foreign countries) — they had both a moral and a professional duty to say **NO**. “I was just following orders” is a bullsheet excuse that just does not cut it.
If NSA agents had professional integrity — they would have been resigning in droves after Edward Snowden revealed their employer was working against America. There is no excuse for mass surveillance against innocent civilians that PAY YOUR SALARY.
Professionals would have resigned in droves after Michael Hayden and/or Keith Alexander publicly declared the US citizenry can’t be trusted. They certainly would have had a problem with everything James Clapper perjured himself about in Congress.
CIA and NSA were supposed to spy on the Russians and Chinese — not on Americans. The FBI was supposed to protect Americans from foreign spying. And all of them were supposed to prevent a corrupt former secretary of state from operating an insecure email server in her basement.
Hilary cost herself the election. The “intelligence” agencies trying to make excuses about it are just making themselves look stupid and unprofessional.
Blacklisted said:
You nailed it, but the “credibility trap” (http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/09/what-is-credibilty-trap.html) has permeated all organizations with fraudulent/immoral leadership. One could point to Bill Clinton, banksters that are not prosecuted, or CEO’s that say they have to cheat to be competitive, but the results of condoning bad behavior is the same.
In the private sector, businesses without professional integrity ultimately fail, unless they buy govt favors. In govt it just breeds sociopaths and sheeple willing to sell their souls for a job. However, govt also fails, as trust and confidence collapses, which pops the govt bond bubble, that starts this year in europe and will spread to Japan, before crashing upon our shores by 2020. The ironic thing is all those people that keep their mouths shut to save their job are causing the collapse that will destroy their jobs and pensions.
BTW, the CIA has been the Jackals behind the asset stripping tactics employed for decades in Indonesia, South/Central America, and any place that has natural reources coveted by the US (read Confessions of an Economic Hitman). The same asset stripping tactic was employed in Greece and the other PIIG’s, as well as in the real estate crisis (except the police/courts played the role of the CIA to intimidate and evict home owners).
Phil said:
There never was a PSA testing controversy. The USPSTF never recommended the PSA test. In 2000, in Canada, I was told never to order a PSA test without knowing exactly what I would do with the result–and since there was no life-extending treatment, and still is none, for early prostate cancer, vs slightly later cancer, that meant “never order the test.”
Now the USPSTF has published a D recommendation for the test, which says, in effect, “Don’t order the test,” and all the crooks are running for cover by saying there’s a “controversy.”
PSA is CYA test for some (hormone prescribers) and a $$$$$ test for others (urologists). For them, it is techno-medical cash-extraction manna. It does have one use, which is the great reason for the discovery of cancer markers: it is helpful in medically managing post-op prostate cancer.
There has never been a “controversy” in the sense of pros and cons. There have only been cons, and marks.
Bobby Hill said:
Thanks highly for this.
LFOldTimer said:
No idea how PSA testing came up in this discussion – but in the United States since PSA testing was routine for men over age 40 the prostate cancer specific mortality rates plummeted. PSA testing is the only means to discover prostate cancer which leads to the biopsy and diagnosis. The only other means is pain – and by that time the cancer has metastasized to the bone or an organ. If prostate cancer is caught early and treated before it grows outside the prostate capsule or increases to a lethal grade (Gleason Score) it is curable in almost all cases, according to the scientific literature. If it’s not caught early and it metastasizes the treatment is unpleasant and costly, but can prolong life for years. Eliminating PSA testing would be sending countless numbers of men to their early graves. Eliminating pap smears or mammograms for women would be tantamount to aiding and abetting murder. But some have no problem with withholding life-saving medical tests for men.
HT said:
Cleaning up would be big surprise – so what about the waste in the military–industrial complex aka ‘Defense’ Dept??
Samuel said:
I can recall a number of years ago that questions arose regarding the value of our intelligence agencies because of the highlighted failures, as Mish did here. The reply was that they need to be measured on the number of incidences that they prevented, not on the few that slipped through, and by that measurement we’ll be left in the dark.
I wish I knew what the answer was, but, my tour in Afghanistan showed me just how different human life is valued. Since it is the federal governments primary, of not sole, responsibility to defend the country some intelligence is necessary.
Michael Powers said:
“The CIA is worse than useless. They did not foresee (etc.)…”
Today is Russian Orthodox Christmas [Dec 25 according to the Julian calendar.]
This time around, Putin visited Spasskiy Cathedral at St. George Monastery. In 2016 he visited Church of the Intercession.
Interesting, considering sometimes Putin speaks/acts symbolically.
mpower1969 said:
“The CIA is worse than useless. They did not foresee…(etc.)…”
I’ll agree that they are worse than useless, but I don’t doubt their ability to foresee anything…
The CIA is trapped – not unlike their Deep State comrades @ the Fed. They’ve been manipulating so many factors in so many places for so long that they themselves are CAUSAL to most everything happening now (and in the foreseeable future). Addressing any/every wound for them means picking open an old, infected scab.
I am certain they foresee almost everything. But the CIA/IC can no longer act without first weighing whether the likely upstream disclosure of past actions poses an existential threat to them/intel. community. Their ability to apply sound/principled judgement was compromised decades ago, and the chaos downstream has been compounding for at least that long.
Furthermore, they are purely political. The IC’s funding has flowed through congressional committee’s since Day One. Think about that a minute… the IC’s very existence is 100% dependent on the political status quo.
IOW, the intel.community’s days are numbered… too many secrets, too many bodies, and their paymasters are being hunted by populist rabble. The information age is the irresistible force that will eventually rip holes in their walls.
Yet despite all of the evidence about their various crimes over the decades many people still support the CIA and think they are protecting us and our freedom.
“My country right or wrong is the amoral equivalent of my mother drunk or sober” – J.K. Chesterton
I think you meant G. K. Chesterton.
wootendw said:
If the CIA is dismantled, who will the military-industrial complex rely on to provoke wars?
Diogenes said:
I dunno, but Lindsay Graham and John McCain come to mind.
Steven milgrom said:
A democratically elected gov’t in Ukraine?! They impoverished the people while the leaders lived like kings and then bought votes for a song using a nationwide mafia network plus control of the press. “The people” overthrew them by camping out on the Maidan in subzero weather for months and living off food and clothing provided by “the people” while facing off against violent police and military personnel.
Unfortunately, they are still ruled by Parliament mafiosos who run the banks, the mines, the chocolate companies and all the major corporations while not offering up a single family member to fight in eastern Ukraine. It’s the same program everywhere in the world, just more extreme in countries like Ukraine.
katsaus said:
There were ukrainian activists in Maidan who had legitimate concerns because the democratically elected leader was living like a king and was corrupt.
However these ukrainian activists were abused by US that was inflaming the situation in order to effect regime-change and the ukrainian nazis which were the muscle that did the actual coup after Ukrainian president had made a peace agreement with protesters but stupidly accepted the condition to withdraw police from the streets which gave nazi-thugs free reign.
The Yats administration installed by Nuland was incompetent and caused the whole mess of Crimea leaving and russian speaking areas wanting to leave by banning russian language after nazis demanded it.
The current Poroshenko administration that was democratically elected, after Yats was found to be incompetent and making matters worse, is not any better than the original ukrainian president that was overthrown in a coup.
The situation for ukrainians is worse than it was before the coup and the country is totally broke and after EU now granted ukrainians free movement there will be many ukrainians moving to europe to work thereby further destroying the Ukraine economy.
EU leadership is totally incompetent also and Merkel seems to be living on some other reality.
Self-interest has always driven the business cycle. Political self interest drives the sales pitch that politicians can manage/manipulate the business cycle, for without this belief politicians are impotent. So, despite what the CIA or the rest of the establishment does, they cannot stop the financial reset that will continue the transition from public (trust) to private (no govt trust).
joelg5 said:
What Trump knows that almost everybody else does not is that the WikiLeaks material on Hillary and the DNC emails did not come from hacks; too much volume to happen with no server record of when it occurred. Hillary and DNC was an inside job, like the Snowden and Chelsea Manning “leaks,” which is why Trump knows Assange is right and Claptrap et al. are liars at best, stupid at worst. James Claptrap and the intelligence community will be shown to be Political Operatives beholden to the Democratic Party if the truth comes out, which it likely will in full after Jan. 20 when Claptrap is collecting his bloated pension and Clinton Foundation paychecks for his part in the “confidence” scheme.
The Russian War Plan is unraveling without Hillary moving into the White House as head cheerleader. Think about it, it is all hands-off with No Real Crime Scene Investigation like in real criminal cases. A bunch of butt-warming bureaucratic suits in offices, collecting paychecks and spinning fictional hacking scenarios peddled as authoritative and conclusive (with the so-called real evidence also fictionally withheld). Intell started off with a conclusion, that it was remote hacking, and proceeded from there to rationalize their a priori conclusions. To call it an Investigation is fiction, and stupidity like the Iraqi Yellow Cake Uranium story. Everything Hillary people said was accepted at face value; in contrast to the scrutiny given security guard Richard Jewel at the Atlanta Olympics when he found a bomb in a trash can. Trump is just kicking back and waiting until the Democratic Political Operatives are moved out at Intell Swamp Central.
Cadeyrn said:
First of all how do we have “seventeen intelligence agencies” somehow working for the federal government? That’s your first problem right there. Anytime you have seventeen agencies working at cross-purposes, things are going to get weird. Next of all: the CIA may have missed things, yes. It didn’t miss a whole lot of other things which we’ll never know about because they took care of them and let us sleep quietly and get up in the morning and go on with life. The point here is: intelligence reform may be appropriate. Like Edmund Burke suggested for all of government, however, cutting down a tree never increases its’ health. Careful pruning and better maintenance will get you a better tree. Simply eliminating decades of knowledge, fieldcraft, sigint work and everything else would be catastrophic for the US who is woefully outnumbered in the world and sinking financially.
The better question to ask, therefore, instead of “Should we eliminate the CIA” is the same one which has been asked for literally thousands of years:
Who guards these guardians? How shall they, in turn, be controlled and by whom?
I hope Trump has the balls to put his words into action and dismantle the CIA or at least downsize and neuter it into oblivion. Everywhere the spooks go they leave a trail of carnage behind with nothing of value or substance to show for it. In fact, the end result is worse than the original package. Trump know this. He made it clear on the campaign trail. It all comes down to whether he has the balls to take action knowing that it would make him a target. He would be the 1st President in my lifetime who would even consider screwing with the CIA.
mrbrianhewitt said:
Georgetown U in Washington DC is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit-affiliated institution of higher education in the United States. It’s worth noting that Professor John “bad boy” Pedesta is a faculty member at Georgetown.
Some of Podesta’s students include: George Tenet, who was a CIA director at the time of the 911 false flag. David Petraues, (who betrayed us) was a CIA director a few years ago, completed a military fellowship at Georgetown university. Previous CIA director Michael Morell is a Georgetown post-graduate. Current CIA director John O. Brennan received a B.A. from Fordham university, another major Jesuit programming center.
Also secretaries of defense like to visit Georgetown a lot. Donald Rumsfeld, who was a secretary of defense during the 911 false flag, attended Georgetown. Robert Gates, who was a secretary of defense between 2006 and 2011, achieved his Ph. D. at Georgetown. James Clapper Dir. of National Intelligence is also a faculty member at Georgetown.
I’d venture to guess that those listed here are more in line with the Jesuit Pope Francis’ 2030 Agenda than they are to the security/safety of the US.
T. said:
The CIA has become evil and politicized from the top down. The CIA is a huge organization with a black budget and independently operating cells. Nobody within the CIA at the operational level knows what other agent cells are doing because it is clandestinely run from the Top down. The worst part is that there is No accountability to the American people ie. Congress, because Nobody knows what they are up to. The CIA’s accountability is; “Trust us. We wouldn’t lie to you. We’re protecting the American people.” There is No way to do as Reagan said to do with the Soviet Union, “Trust but Verify” – Because there is No Way to verify these Devils. They should be immediately dismantled.
At the very least we need an apology from every administration for over sixty-five years of the abusive application of the state secrets privilege and related doctrine, act, executive order, regulation and related policy abuses. The taxpayer funded intelligence gathering serial criminals need this apology to wash themselves with every year. The apology needs to be in every state of the union address. Why President Obama did not apologize is beyond me. Soon it will be President Trump’s turn to apologize.
More political engineering, this time Israel/UK
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4098082/Astonishing-undercover-video-captures-diplomat-conspiring-rival-MP-s-aide-smear-Deputy-Foreign-Secretary.html
fedwatcher said:
Why are there over 50,000 names on the Wall in D.C.?
Answer: the C.I.A. and their “False Flag” operation in the Gulf Of Tonkin to justify the War in Vietnam.
James P said:
The one I love is the creation of a Cuban chat room by the CIA to create a pro-democracy base in Cuba. The CIA was caught with their pants down on this one. Whoever came up with that right idea should’ve been fired. But he probably was promoted. This is the same type of crap they did in Ukraine through NGOs promoting education about democracy. I suggest that the money and resources be spent here to reform this corrupt power-sharing arrangement between Wall Street and Washington and undemocratic structure of our government.
Paul Niemi said:
That Michael Morrell has a reason to complain. Under Trump’s ethics proposals, former acting CIA director Morrell will have to give up working as a lobbyist in a firm with other Hillary Clinton loyalists. He would be prevented from lobbying the administration for five years or more. But I’m sure going back home and living under the laws passed for the benefit of the rest of us won’t be too difficult for him. Part time jobs are plentiful in fly-over country. Morrell could try being a greeter at a local hardware store, for example, a popular choice for retirees.
John Smith said:
January 7, 2017 10:03:28 at 10:03 PM
Not to defend the CIA and the US intelligence community for its many failures, but it’s a sad day when we buddy up to a former leader of the KGB and elect his lap dog as president. Does anyone here really think that Putin and his empire have our best interests at heart? Except Trump of course.
” Does anyone here really think that Putin and his empire have our best interests at heart? Except Trump of course.”
None of the leaders have my best interest at heart.
They are all like Merkel who obviously hates ethnic Germans and does everything in her power to disinherit and destroy them.
All we are saying is give Trump a chance…….
Besides, why are some so afraid of the US and Russian Presidents having a friendly and cordial relationship?
Is our final objective to have the entire world hate us?
Can’t we work in cooperation for the good of mankind?
Or do we have to learn new and more effective ways to blow each other up?
I’m not sure we are buddying up to Putin and I doubt Trump will be anyone’s lap dog,
No, John Smith, I’m afraid the sad day you speak about was at the Boston Marathon. The police state went full bore and terrified citizens were locked in their homes as if under some sort of house arrest while the militarized civilian Boston police and dim witted FBI combed residential neighborhoods in search of terror suspects.
Eventually apprehended by an alert private citizen in his own back yard, the intelligence apparatus still managed to spend countless dollars and resources while exercising a near martial law like response. Was it really necessary? Maybe, or maybe not. Maybe the Russian intelligence that positively ID’d suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev from his attendance at terrorist training camps should have been taken seriously. Or would that have meant we were buddying up to the KGB?
Good point about the Russian intelligence service. They warned the US about the Tsarnaev Bros. prior to the Boston Marathon bombing to no avail. The US intel gurus ignored the warning. Would an enemy warn a foe about an impending danger? Now the Russians are evildoers. ha. No good deed goes unpunished.
The one Tsarnaev bro was a green card holder and arrested and/or convicted of domestic violence prior to the bombing, yet the government allowed him to remain on US soil.
Another example of how unenforced US immigration laws cost innocent American lives.
Thanks again, Obama. Don’t let the White House door hit you on your ass on the way out.
Paul Verchinski said:
Mish, while I like your financial analyses, you have gone way off the rails into areas you know nothing about. Condemning an agency because there are/may be a few bad apples is like saying bloggers that put out false news are bad so all bloggers are bad. Paul Verchinski 5475 Sleeping Dog Lane Columbia, MD 21045 410.997-3879
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Mission Accomplished said:
Come on Mish.
Whatever happened to two thosand three hundred and fifty second chances?
Stv-O said:
MissAcc: Do you mean 2,919 second chances? That would be Obama’s 365×8 minus 1st day…..that the media gave him !
Mish: Your comments re CIA are VERY intriguing ! And think of this: The 25 pg Rpt released Friday clearly stated the CIA and FBI were “Highly Confident” that Putin directed hacking and releasing, whereas the NSA only was “Moderately Confident”.
The definition of Moderately Confident in their report was basically that it’s POSSIBLE but not the proof to be Highly Confident !
How about that !!?? Then the media runs and spins and exaggerates from there !
NO WONDER THEY’RE NOT GIVING THE PROOF — there ISN”T ANY !
Alex K. said:
January 11, 2017 3:38:57 at 3:38 PM
I am Ukrainian. The revolution in Ukraine was a widely popular movement supported by all strata of society against a deeply criminal government which was a Russian puppet on top of it, who unexpectedly jerked the nation back towards Russia, (under the threat of annexation of Crimea as later came out). Give me a single shred of evidence for CIA conducting the revolution in Ukraine, outside of the Russian propaganda sources that you love so much.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/30/russia-ukraine-war-kiev-conflict
http://www.globalresearch.ca/washington-was-behind-ukraine-coup-obama-admits-that-us-brokered-a-deal-in-support-of-regime-change/5429142
http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/03/05/chronology-of-the-ukrainian-coup/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicolas-j-s-davies/us-double-standards-in-uk_b_7044588.html
http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2015/february/22/interventionism-kills-post-coup-ukraine-one-year-later/
From the last link – By Ron Paul
The protests at the end of 2013 grew more dramatic and violent and soon a steady stream of US and EU politicians were openly participating, as protesters called for the overthrow of the Ukrainian government. Senator John McCain made several visits to Kiev and even addressed the crowd to encourage them.
Imagine if a foreign leader like Putin or Assad came to Washington to encourage protesters to overthrow the Obama Administration!
As we soon found out from a leaked telephone call, the US ambassador in Kiev and Assistant Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland, were making detailed plans for a new government in Kiev after the legal government was overthrown with their assistance.
What if John McCain had stayed home and worried about his constituents in Arizona instead of non-constituents 6,000 miles away? What if the other US and EU politicians had done the same? What if Victoria Nuland and US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt had focused on actual diplomacy instead of regime change?
If they had done so, there is a good chance many if not all of those who have been killed in the violence would still be alive today. Interventionism kills.
There you Go Alex
Blame the US and EU for your mess – Not Russia
Read all the links, none of them RT or Russian sources
Yep, that administration was corrupt
The US helped install a more corrupt one.
Now your country is destroyed, needing loans from the parasites at the IMF and McCain is still war mongering.
But you can believe what you want. I cannot stop you.
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CollectionSPEC 32 - John Coleman papers
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Item2004.83.202 - Art Center's trip to Japan to report on the future of Japanese industrial design. Edward A. Adams, George Jergenson, John Coleman, and Frank Nakamura giving various presentations.
Item2004.83.202.25 - Art Center's trip to Japan to report on the future of Japanese industrial design. George Jergenson, Frank Nakamura, and John Coleman examining a radio during a presentation at the Sanyo Electric Company..
Item2004.83.202.26 - Art Center's trip to Japan to report on the future of Japanese industrial design. George Jergenson, Frank Nakamura, and John Coleman examining radios during a presentation at the Sanyo Electric Company.
Item2004.83.202.30 - Art Center's trip to Japan to report on the future of Japanese industrial design. George Jergenson, Frank Nakamura, and John Coleman examining an iron at a presentation at the Sanyo Electric Company.
Item2004.83.202.31 - Art Center's trip to Japan to report on the future of Japanese industrial design. George Jergenson examining a radio during a presentation at Sanyo Electric Company..
Item2004.83.202.32 - Art Center's trip to Japan to report on the future of Japanese industrial design. Frank Nakamura, and John Coleman examining a television during a presentation at the Sanyo Electric Company.
Item2004.83.202.33 - Art Center's trip to Japan to report on the future of Japanese industrial design. Frank Nakamura, George Jergenson, and John Coleman examining a television during a presentation at the Sanyo Electric Company.
Item2004.83.202.34 - Art Center's trip to Japan to report on the future of Japanese industrial design. Frank Nakamura, George Jergenson, and John Coleman examining something during a presentation at the Sanyo Electric Company.
Item 2004.83.202.30 - Art Center's trip to Japan to report on the future of Japanese industrial design. George Jergenson, Frank Nakamura, and John Coleman examining an iron at a presentation at the Sanyo Electric Company.
John Coleman papers
Art Center's trip to Japan to report on the future of Japanese industrial design. Edward A. Adams, George Jergenson, John Coleman, and Frank Nakamura giving various presentations.
Art Center's trip to Japan to report on the future of Japanese industrial design. George Jergenson, Frank Nakamura, and John Coleman examining an iron at a presentation at the Sanyo Electric Company.
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From left: George Jergenson, Frank Nakamura, John Coleman, Mr. __, Naoki Tominaga (Chief Designer), T. Tamura (Assistant Director of Factory), T. Kameyama (Chief Director of Advertising Section).
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Angry Birds Space adds ten levels – Simpsons could be next
Michael Crider
Angry Birds fanatics, check the Google Play Store for an update today – Angry Birds Space has added ten new levels to its ice-themed “Fry Me To The Moon” zone. That’s great, but there’s something more interesting in the update – a glimpse at the next zone. The unraveling package shows one of the pigs munching on a galactic donut – one that looks remarkably like the one featured in the marketing for The Simpsons Movie back in 2007.
Chris Burns of our sister site SlashGear spotted the inclusion, and would have thought nothing of it – if it weren’t for the fact that The Simpsons (now in its 23rd year on television) has featured Angry Birds in not one but two short sketches before. This doesn’t guarantee a tie-in, but Angry Birds developer Rovio hasn’t been shy about licensing its ultra-popular property before. They’ve lent the Angry Birds to promotional campaigns for Samsung’s Galaxy Note commercials and the movie Rio… which was produced by 20th Century Fox Animation, which produces The Simpsons.
Observe The Simpsons doing their thing below:
Everyone can play the new levels, but the “Danger Zone” levels are still exclusive to Samsung phones and tablets on the Android platform. The level additions are added to Angry Birds Space (free), Angry Birds Space HD and Angry Birds Space Premium. You can download or update the apps in the Google Play Store.
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Animals That Work in Packs
By Mitch Reid | Updated October 19, 2017
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Certain species of animals are social, forming communities to ensure group survival and well-being. Pack hunters are animals that work together to bring in prey. By hunting in packs, they can utilize complex traps and strategies that are more efficient than solo hunting tactics.
Domestic dogs are social animals, and their wild relatives are no different. Wolves usually hunt in packs of five to 10 members; however, this number may increase or decrease depending on the amount of wolves in the area. Packs follow a very specific hierarchy, headed by the alpha male and alpha female.
Groups of wolves have been known to stage ambushes. One wolf can act as a decoy, while the rest of the pack sneaks up on the prey. The pack’s prey ranges from larger animals, like elk and moose, to smaller animals, like rabbits and foxes. Wolves can also be cannibalistic, eating their own dead.
Before or after hunts, wolves may howl to suggest a pack gathering.
Dolphins and Orcas
Dolphins typically possess a playful nature, but even these friendly looking mammals have to eat. Dolphins live in groups called pods. When it is feeding time, a pod will seek out schools of fish such as herring and mackerel. Squid are also fair game. The pod surrounds the prey, keeping the fish in a tight circle. Then, individual dolphins take turns swimming through the captured fish, feasting on their prey. Pods of dolphins can also corral schools of fish into shallow water or mud banks, for easier feeding.
Orcas, a large member of the dolphin family, have a more extensive menu. They are capable of hunting sharks, sea turtles, gray whales and sea lions. Hunting gray whales and sharks usually require orcas to work together.
Lions live in groups called prides, and they prey on larger mammals like wildebeest and zebras. In the Serengeti, the lionesses are typically responsible for most of the hunting.
Most hunting takes place after dark. The lionesses hunt in groups, which sneak through the night, surrounding their prey. Because lions can only move in short bursts of speed, encircling the prey is one way to decrease the possibility of being outrun. Group hunting also makes it easier to take down more powerful animals. After trapping their dinner, the lionesses charge in and pounce. They attempt to strangle the prey by biting down on the neck.
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Mitch Reid has been a writer since 2006. He holds a fine arts degree in creative writing, but has a persistent interest in social psychology. He loves train travel, writing fiction, and leaping out of planes. His written work has appeared on sites such as Synonym.com and GlobalPost, and he has served as an editor for ebook publisher Crescent Moon Press, as well as academic literary journals.
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How many lords do Muslims really have?
More examples of the Quran violating Islamic Tauhid
According to the Quran, all Muslims (in fact, all creatures) are the slaves of Allah, a point that it repeatedly makes:
Say (O Muhammad) to 'Ibadi (My slaves) who have believed, that they should perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and spend in charity out of the sustenance We have given them, secretly and openly, before the coming of a Day on which there will be neither mutual bargaining nor befriending. S. 14:31 Hilali-Khan
Say to My servants that they should (only) say those things that are best: for Satan doth sow dissensions among them: For Satan is to man an avowed enemy. S. 17:53 Y. Ali
Before this We wrote in the Psalms, after the Message (given to Moses): My servants the righteous, shall inherit the earth. S. 21:105 Y. Ali
They worked for him what he desired, (making) high rooms, images, basins as large as reservoirs, and (cooking) cauldrons fixed (in their places). "Work you, O family of Dawud (David), with thanks!" But few of My slaves are grateful. S. 34:13 Hilali-Khan
They shall have coverings of Fire, above them and covering (of Fire) beneath them; with this Allah does frighten His slaves: "O My slaves, therefore fear Me!" Those who avoid At-Taghut (false deities) by not worshipping them and turn to Allah in repentance, for them are glad tidings; so announce the good news to My slaves,” S. 39:16-17 Hilali-Khan
'O My servants, today no fear is on you, neither do you sorrow' -- S. 43:68 Arberry
The Quran even says that this is the highest relation any one can have with Allah:
And they say: "The Most Beneficent (Allah) has begotten a son (or offspring or children) [as the Jews say: 'Uzair (Ezra) is the son of Allah, and the Christians say that He has begotten a son ['Iesa (Christ)], and the pagan Arabs say that He has begotten daughters (angels, etc.)]." Indeed you have brought forth (said) a terrible evil thing. Whereby the heavens are almost torn, and the earth is split asunder, and the mountains fall in ruins, That they ascribe a son (or offspring or children) to the Most Beneficent (Allah). But it is not suitable for (the Majesty of) the Most Beneficent (Allah) that He should beget a son (or offspring or children). There is none in the heavens and the earth but comes unto the Most Beneficent (Allah) as a slave. S. 19:88-93 Hilali-Khan
And they say: "The Most Beneficent (Allah) has begotten a son (or children)." Glory to Him! They [those whom they call children of Allah i.e. the angels, 'Iesa (Jesus) son of Maryam (Mary), 'Uzair (Ezra), etc.], are but honoured slaves. S. 21:26 Hilali-Khan
The reason why believers are said to be Allah’s slaves is because he is their lord, in fact the only lord there is. In other words, to be a slave of Allah basically means that Allah is a person’s lord, just as the following texts indicate:
How many generations We have destroyed after Noah! Thy Lord suffices as one who is aware of and sees the sins of His servants. S. 17:17 Arberry
There is a party of My servants who said, "Our Lord, we believe; therefore forgive us, and have mercy on us, for Thou art the best of the merciful." S. 23:109 Arberry
If you are unthankful, God is independent of you, yet He approves not unthankfulness in His servants; but if you are thankful, He will approve it in you. And no soul laden bears the load of another. Then to your Lord shall you return, and He will tell you what you have been doing. He knows the thoughts within the breasts. S. 39:7 Arberry – cf. 17:30, 65; 41:46
The Quran also claims that Allah has not permitted a believer to take or call someone other than Allah his/her lord, nor has he allowed them to be the slaves of someone other Allah:
It is not (possible) for any human being unto whom Allah had given the Scripture and wisdom and the prophethood that he should afterwards have said unto mankind: Be slaves of me instead of Allah (‘ibadan lee min dooni Allah); but (what he said was): Be ye faithful servants of the Lord by virtue of your constant teaching of the Scripture and of your constant study thereof. And he commanded you not that ye should take the angels and the prophets for lords. Would he command you to disbelieve after ye had surrendered (to Allah)? S. 3:79-80 Pickthall
As such, if a person is a true believer then s/he cannot be someone else’s slave or own a slave since this would basically entail taking someone other than Allah as one’s lord.
In fact, this is precisely the very reason why Muhammad spoke out against calling a person his/her slave (abd) or lord (rabb):
The Prophet said, "You should not say, ‘Feed your lord (Rabbaka), help your lord in performing ablution, or give water to your lord’, but should say, ‘my master (e.g. Feed your master instead of lord etc.), (Saiyidi),’ or ‘my guardian (Maulai),’ and one should not say, 'my slave (Abdi),’ or ‘my girl-slave (Amati),’ but should say, 'my lad (Fatai), my lass (Fatati),’ and ‘my boy (Ghulami).’" (Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 46, Number 728)
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet said: None of you must say: "My slave" (abdi) and "My slave-woman" (amati), and a slave must not say: "My lord" (rabbi or rabbati). The master (of a slave) should say: "My young man" (fataya) and "My young woman" (fatati), and a slave should say "My master" (sayyidi) and "My mistress" (sayyidati), for you are all (Allah’s) slaves and the Lord is Allah, Most High. (Sunan Abu Dawud, Book 41, Number 4957)
This also accounts for why Muslims are forbidden from adopting names which signify that they are slaves to someone other than Allah, e.g. a Muslim can never call himself “the slave of Muhammad,” “slave of the prophet/messenger,” etc.,
5. Maintaining the unity of Allaah’s names also means that Allaah’s names in the definite form cannot be given to His creation unless preceded by the prefix ‘Abd meaning "slave of" or "servant of". Many of the Divine names in their indefinite form like Ra’oof and Raheem are allowable names for men because Allaah has used some of them in their indefinite forms to refer to the Prophet …
"A messenger has come to you from among yourselves to whom anything which burdens you is grievous. He is full of concern for you and is full of pity (Ra’oof) and full of mercy (Raheem)."
But ar-Ra’oof (the One Most Full of Pity) and ar-Raheem (the Most Merciful) can only be used to refer to men if they are preceded by ‘Abd as in ‘Abdur-Ra’oof or ‘Abdur-Raheem, since the definite form they represent a level of perfection which only belongs to God. Similarly, names like ‘Abdur-Rasool (slave of the messenger), ‘Abdun-Nabee (slave of the Prophet), ‘Abdul-Husayn (slave of Husayn), etc., where people name themselves slaves to other than Allaah are also forbidden. Based on this principle, the Prophet forbade Muslims from referring to those put under their charge as ‘Abdee (my slave) or Amatee (my slave girl). (Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips, The Fundamentals of Tawheed (Islamic Monotheism) [Islamic Book Service, New Delhi, India, Reprint Edition: 2004], 1. Chapter on the Categories of Tawheed, pp. 14-15: see pp. 31-32 of the following online version of Philip’s book)
Moreover, since Allah is the only true lord all his servants/slaves are required to serve him alone:
And serve Allah and do not associate any thing with Him and be good to the parents and to the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the neighbor of (your) kin and the alien neighbor, and the companion in a journey and the wayfarer and those whom your right hands possess; surely Allah does not love him who is proud, boastful; S. 4:36 Shakir
(Saying): Serve (ta‘buduu) none but Allah. Lo! I am unto you from Him a warner and a bringer of good tidings. S. 11:2 Pickthall
That ye serve (ta‘buduu) none, save Allah. Lo! I fear for you the retribution of a painful Day. S. 11:26 Pickthall
Thy Lord has decreed you shall not serve (ta‘buduu) any but Him, and to be good to parents, whether one or both of them attains old age with thee; say not to them 'Fie' neither chide them, but speak unto them words respectful, S. 17:23 Arberry
O My servants who believe! surely My earth is vast, therefore Me alone should you serve (fa'budun). S. 29:56 Shakir
Say: What! Do you then bid me serve (a‘budu) others than Allah, O ignorant men? … Nay! but serve (fa‘bud) Allah alone and be of the thankful. S. 39:64, 66 Shakir
And when Abraham said to his father and his people, 'Surely I am quit of that you serve (ta’budoona), except Him who originated me; and He will guide me.’ S. 43:26-27
And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me (liya‘budun). S. 51:56 Shakir
One of the acts of service that Muslims are required to give to Allah in recognition that he is their only lord and that they are his slaves is prostration:
And of His signs are the night and the day, the sun and the moon. Bow not yourselves (la tasjudoo) to the sun and moon, but bow yourselves (wa-osjudoo) to God who created them, if Him you serve (ta-abudoona). S. 41:37 Arberry
This is where the problem begins for both the Quran and the Muslims.
Muhammad and his slaves
In light of the above data we would expect that Muhammad would surely have been the first to free his slaves, and all the slaves in the area which were ruled by him. But, on the contrary he kept slaves, and made slaves, and sold people into slavery, etc. In fact, Not only did Muhammad not abolish slavery, Islam incorporates so many laws for the system of slavery, that it is an integral part of sharia and jihad (1, 2, 3, 4).
But be that as it may, there is another element which flies in the face of what has been outlined above.
There are two passages in the Quran where Muhammad is commanded to address Muslims as his own slaves!
Say: O my servants who believe! be careful of (your duty to) your Lord; for those who do good in this world is good, and Allah's earth is spacious; only the patient will be paid back their reward in full without measure. Say: I am commanded that I should serve Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience. S. 39:10-11 Shakir
Say: "O 'Ibadi (My slaves) who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah, verily Allah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." S. 39:53 Hilali-Khan
The word “say” clearly means that it is Muhammad who is speaking the words which follow immediately after. Thus, it is Muhammad who is saying, “O my slaves,” thereby identifying his followers as his very own slaves!
Therefore, since Muslims are the slaves of Muhammad this means that Allah is not the only lord that Muslims have… Muhammad is also their lord!
Please read the article “Another Stray Say: Are Muslims the Slaves of Muhammad?” for further discussion of these specific texts and their implications on the deity of Muhammad.
Adam – The Lord of the angels and jinn
The Quran even mentions that Allah commanded his angels and Satan to prostrate or bow down to Adam:
And when we said to the angels, "Bow down and worship (osjudoo) Adam," then worshipped they all] (fasajadoo), save Eblis. He refused and swelled with pride, and became one of the unbelievers. S. 2:34 Rodwell
Remember] when we said unto the angels, worship (osjudoo) ye Adam: And they [all] worshipped [him] (fasajadoo), except Eblis, [who] was [one] of the genii, and departed from the command of his Lord. Will ye therefore take him and his offspring for [your] patrons besides me, notwithstanding they are your enemies? Miserable [shall such] a change [be] to the ungodly! S. 18:50 Sale
However, as we saw above such bowing or prostration is an act which Muslims are required to render to Allah alone in recognition that he alone is their lord and that they are all his slaves. Therefore, by bowing to Adam the angels were basically acknowledging Adam as their lord!
Here is a quick summary of the problematic teachings of the Quran concerning Allah’s sole, unique sovereignty.
The Quran teaches that all Muslims are the slaves of Allah.
The reason why they are his slaves is because he is their one and only lord.
This implies that to become someone’s slave is to make that person one’s very own lord.
As such, Muslims cannot be the slaves of anyone else since they cannot have any other lord besides Allah.
Being Allah’s slaves means that Muslims are required and expected to serve or worship Allah alone.
Prostration or bowing down is an act which is to be rendered only to Allah in recognition of the fact that he alone is lord.
However, according to the Quran Muslims are also the slaves of Muhammad which makes him their lord!
This means that Muhammad is another lord besides Allah.
The Quran further says that Allah commanded the angels to prostrate before Adam.
Since prostration is an act of service and worship that slaves/servants are supposed to render to their lord, in recognition that the person to whom such service is given is lord over them, this means that the angels were basically worshiping Adam as their lord, or as another lord besides Allah!
Finally, let us not forget that it was Allah who commanded Muhammad to address Muslims as “my slaves,” i.e. Muhammad’s slaves, and ordered the angels to bow down in worship to Adam.
This means that Allah did in fact command his servants to take the prophets as their lords, thereby contradicting Q. 3:80 which says that Allah would never do that!
Islam and Monotheism
The Quran’s many Gods and Lords
Revisiting the issue of Jesus’ Lordship in the Quran
The Deification of Muhammad
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Late actor's vehicles garner millions at auction
Steve asked in Social SciencePsychology · 1 month ago
Why did my interviewer feel the need to tell me that I reminded her of someone who used to work there?
Halfway through the interview she smiled and told me that I reminded her of a person who used to work there. It felt kind of off to me. What does this information do for me and how does it benefit me? It kind of felt like she was comparing us to see who was better.
I have a history of being compared to people by my family so I know how horrible it feels to feel like somebody doesn't acknowledge you for who you are, but for who you are constantly being compared to. I felt kind of pissed to be honest. I'm not too pissed about it now because I was hired on the spot, but still I would hate to have to keep being compared to people.
This is just starting to sound like a rant about my history now so back to the question. Why do hiring managers feel the need to express how they feel about you reminding them of someone who used to work there?
I feel like I just need some sort of closure or else this is just going to keep eating at me and I won't be able to focus at work.
All hat
It's not all about you, for one thing. The manager apparently had that sense of you reminding her of someone and she voiced it. Allow that she too has feelings and memories and may want to make some comment, just like anyone else.
Secondly, it's a sharing thing - good thing - when a manager injects something more personal rather than more formal.
Third, you don't comment on someone reminding you of a jerk. Only someone you liked or respected, usually.
I wouldn't attach any meaning or concern to it.
Mars Mission
Please ask your interviewer thanks.
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Gypsyfish
You're overreacting. She was just making conversation. I saw someone the other day who reminded me so much of a friend of mine, I almost said something about it. She clearly wasn't comparing your work- just your appearance or your mannerisms. In my experience, when I've met someone who reminds me at first of someone else, once I get to know them, I stop thinking about that because they become an individual in their own right to me.
Maybe the person who used to work there was named karen
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CfA: Kreisau-Fellows of the George Bell Institute
Fellowship Program of the George Bell Institute (Chichester, UK), Kreisau Foundation for Mutual Understanding (Krzyżowa, PL), supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung (Stuttgart, DE)
The Kreisau-Fellows of the George Bell Institute
The Kreisau Fellows of the George Bell Institute are a network of writers, scholars, researchers and artists from Central and Eastern Europe. The Fellowship promotes difference and diversity as essential to the creative ties between generations and minds in the pursuit of understanding and justice. The Kreisau Fellows are dedicated to providing a broader context for ideas and projects based on the perception of the individual as the driving force of social and cultural change.
Deadline: January 15th, 2011
'For us post-war Europe is less a question of frontiers and soldiers, of top-heavy organisations and grandiose plans, than the question as to how the image of man can be re-established in the hearts of our fellow citizens.' Helmuth James von Moltke, 1942
'I insist, once again, on the significance of persons.' George Bell, 1943
'Never forget your humanity, and respect human dignity in your dealings with others.' Robert Bosch
Profile of the Kreisau Fellows:
Helmuth James von Moltke and his friends shared with their British ally George Bell a profound belief in the vision of the individual. They saw that the prospects of civilization itself could depend upon men and women whose creative convictions might present an alternative to accepted conventions and established institutions. Moreover, both Moltke and Bell affirmed the fundamental importance of circles of friendship which might reach across boundaries of any kind to sustain creative life and thought. Robert Bosch, too, saw that such ideals must be maintained in the conditions of everyday life and he sought to advance them in the broad context of his own work. Accordingly, the moral worlds of the lawyer, the bishop and the entrepreneur shared a striking courage, conviction and eloquence in response to the dangers of dictatorship and war.
Accordingly we are looking for candidates who possess a creative commitment which responds to the distinctive spirit which was shown by Bell, Bosch and Moltke:
1. The Kreisau Fellows are individuals with excellent intellectual achievements to their names within the humanities and the fields of natural and social sciences. More specifically they may be engaged in working in such diverse disciplines as translation, literature, physics, medicine, theatre, art, music and acting. What unites them is a vision that is both distinctive and creative, a shared commitment to their own societies and a belief in the forging of international relationships.
2. A Kreisau Fellowship enables a candidate to either realize or continue his/her professional goals in his/her own country while at the same time bringing them into an international community. The Fellowship ensures a relative independence from the existing socio-economic and political conditions and provides a (sympathetic) lasting international framework in which their commitments are recognised, encouraged and promoted. The scholarship is not paid in monthly rates, but is attached to specific projects or research costs.
3. The Fellows are expected to contribute to the international programme of the Kreisau Foundation and to spend their sabbatical in Kreisau within the first two years after receiving the financial support.
4. The candidates should come from CEE countries.
5. The communication language of the programme is English.
- A completed arts or academic degree and some work experience. The Fellowship Network aims at a mix of people of different ages.
- A willingness to participate in the international network in the period of financial support as well as beyond that specified period.
- An interest in and willingness to conduct part of the proposed project in Kreisau itself (for example in the form of a sabbatical) and a commitment to contribute to the programme locally.
- Candidates can apply or be proposed by the partners of the Kreisau Fellowships Programme (Robert Bosch Stiftung, George Bell Institute, Kreisau Foundation) and by current Fellows.
- Candidates will be selected by the Selection Committee 2 times a year (June 30, January 31).
- The Selection Committee consists of representatives of the Kreisau Foundation, the George Bell Institute and the Robert Bosch Stiftung.
- The selection of a candidate is conducted in three stages:
First stage: Documents are submitted (a CV, a project proposal, which is to be realized through participation in the network).
Second stage: A trustee of the George Bell Institute, Kreisau Foundation or Robert Bosch Stiftung is asked to give an expertise/recommendation/reference of selected candidate.
Third stage: The candidate will have an interview with a representative of the Selection Committee.
Fellows will be granted up to 5.000 Euro a year for their arts and research projects (research trip, conferences), books and other materials; 800 Euro for travelling expenses to Krzyżowa and spend a sabbatical (1 month) in Krzyżowa.
Please submit your application (CV and Motivation Letter including a project description, which you would like to realize within the network) via mail until January 15th, 2011 to Elżbieta Opiłowska.
Tags: call for applications
The resurgence of radical conservatism in Russia
Professor Bill Bowring (Birkbeck, University of London and Visiting Professor in Law at the University of Northampton) will deliver a lecture -
The Resurgence of Radical Conservatism in Russia and the Theory and Practice of Human Rights Protection
The lecture will take place at the University of Northampton (Brampton 18 Park Campus), on 1 December 2010, at 6pm.
For further information -
E-mail: Melanie.crofts@northampton.ac.uk
Tel.: (01604)-892124
All welcome!
Tags: conferences, fascism, New Right, radical right, Russia
Fascist Radicalism and the New Media - podcasts
Fascist Radicalism and the New Media Symposium
Podcasts and presentations, by Backdoor Broadcasting Company -
Welcome (MP3)
- Doug Rae, Associate Dean of School of Social Sciences
- Dr Matthew Feldman, Director of the Radicalism and New Media Group
Keynote Talk: Gerry Gable (MA Crim.), Searchlight Magazine
‘Confronting Right-Wing Extremism in a Western Democracy’
Panel 1: New Media and the Resurgent British Fascism (Chair: Matthew Feldman)
- Dr Paul Jackson, University of Northampton: ‘The English Defence League and Far-Right Politics’
- Trevor Preston, University of Northampton: ‘From Billboard to Broadband: Cyber-Terrorism and the Extreme Right Wing’
- Benedict Addis, HP Labs: ‘Covert communities: How the Internet Fosters Extremism’
Panel 2: New Media and European Fascisms (Chair: Paul Jackson)
- Dr Matthew Feldman, University of Northampton: ‘Universal Nazism in Britain: The Case of the Aryan Strike Force’
- Dr Anna Castriota, University of Cardiff: ‘Julius Evola on the Web: The Fascist Ideal of “Europe as Aryanland”’
- Dr Anton Shekhovtsov, University of Northampton: ‘Far-Right Music in Europe: Songs of Hate and Devotion’
Panel 3: Practitioners on the Far-Right (Chair: Paul Jackson)
- East Midlands Community Contact Unit: ‘Experiences of a Regional Intervention Unit in Addressing Violent Extremism’
- Durham Constabulary: ‘Operation CONSTELLATION – The Right Wing Threat’
Concluding Discussion and Closing Remarks (Chair: Matthew Feldman) (MP3)
Tags: anti-fascism, apoliteic music, conferences, fascism, radical right
Modernism and Eugenics
The first volume in the recently established book series "Modernism and..." (edited by Roger Griffin) is out -
Marius Turda, Modernism and Eugenics (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010)
Is the nation an 'imagined community' centered on culture or rather a biological community determined by heredity? Modernism and Eugenics examines this question from a bifocal perspective. On the one hand, it looks at technologies through which the individual body was re-defined eugenically by a diverse range of European scientists and politicians between 1870 and 1940; on the other, it illuminates how the national community was represented by eugenic discourses that strove to battle a perceived process of cultural decay and biological degeneration. In the wake of a renewed interest in the history of science and fascism, Modernism and Eugenics treats the history of eugenics not as distorted version of crude social Darwinism that found its culmination in the Nazi policies of genocide but as an integral part of European modernity, one in which the state and the individual embarked on an unprecedented quest to renew an idealized national community.
Tags: books, modernism
Who Makes the Nazis?
This blog is highly recommended -
Keeping an eye on the neo-fascists burrowing their way into a subculture near you
Who Makes the Nazis? is a site focused on the fascist presence in various 'transgressive' (by their own estimation) musical subcultures. The claim is that at the fringes of these milieus, ideas about the sanctity of art and the irresponsibility and fundamental 'amorality' of the artist provide perfect cover behind which fascist and pro-fascist ideologues are allowed to spread their ideas. Currently these cultures include 'post-industrial', 'martial', 'neo-folk', 'apocalyptic folk' and 'darkwave', among others. It is not a matter of condemning these subcultures, which in fact contain many non-fascist, liberal, socialist, anti-fascist, etc., supporters, but rather of drawing a clear line between the fascists and non-fascists within them by showing the latter the nature and extent of the problem, in the hope that they will themselves marginalise and ultimately reject fascist participation in their 'scene'.
(Just in case you don't know: "Who Makes the Nazis?" is a title of one of the Fall's songs.)
Tags: anti-fascism, apoliteic music, fascism, music, New Right
Library updated (34 vols)
Have updated my library with the following e-books -
1. Walter L. Adamson, Avant-garde Florence: From Modernism to Fascism (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993).
2. Franklin Hugh Adler, Italian Industrialists from Liberalism to Fascism: The Political Development of the Industrial Bourgeoisie, 1906-34 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002).
3. Catherine Andreyev, Vlasov and the Russian Liberation Movement: Soviet Reality and Emigré Theories (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987).
4. Peter Baehr, Hannah Arendt, Totalitarianism, and the Social Sciences (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2010).
5. William T. Cavanaugh, The Myth of Religious Violence: Secular Ideology and the Roots of Modern Conflict (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2009).
6. Rita Chin, Heide Fehrenbach, Geoff Eley, Atina Grossmann, After the Nazi Racial State: Difference and Democracy in Germany and Europe (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2009).
7. Oleg V. Chlevnjuk, Master of the House: Stalin and His Inner Circle (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009).
8. Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi, Fascist Spectacle: The Aesthetics of Power in Mussolini's Italy (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997).
9. Abby L. Ferber (ed.), Home-Grown Hate: Gender and Organized Racism (New York: Routledge, 2004).
10. A. James Gregor, The Search for Neofascism: The Use and Abuse of Social Science (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006).
11. Wolf Gruner, Jewish Forced Labor Under the Nazis: Economic Needs and Racial Aims, 1938–1944 (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006).
12. Peter Hayes, From Cooperation to Complicity: Degussa in the Third Reich (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005).
13. Jeffrey Herf, Reactionary Modernism: Technology, Culture, and Politics in Weimar and the Third Reich (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984).
14. Douglas R. Holmes, Integral Europe: Fast-Capitalism, Multiculturalism, Neofascism (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000).
15. Constantin Iordachi (ed.), Comparative Fascist Studies: New Perspectives (London and New York: Routledge, 2010).
16. Jennifer M. Kapczynski, The German Patient: Crisis and Recovery in Postwar Culture (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2008).
17. Zig Layton-Henry, Czarina Wilpert, Challenging Racism in Britain and Germany (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).
18. Derek S. Linton, 'Who Has the Youth, Has the Future': The Campaign to Save Young Workers in Imperial Germany (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991).
19. Peter Longerich, Holocaust: The Nazi Persecution and Murder of the Jews (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2010).
20. Timothy W. Mason, Nazism, Fascism and the Working Class. Ed. by Jane Caplan (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995).
21. Steven Merritt Miner, Stalin's Holy War: Religion, Nationalism, and Alliance Politics, 1941-1945 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2003).
22. Stanley G. Payne, David Jan Sorkin, John S. Tortorice (eds), What History Tells: George L. Mosse and the Culture of Modern Europe (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2004).
23. Nicos Poulantzas, The Poulantzas Reader: Marxism, Law, and the State. Ed. by James Martin (London: Verso, 2008).
24. Dagmar Reese, Growing up Female in Nazi Germany (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2006).
25. Martin Reisigl, Ruth Wodak, Discourse and Discrimination: Rhetorics of Racism and Antisemitism (London and New York: Routledge , 2001).
26. Aviel Roshwald, Ethnic Nationalism and the Fall of Empires: Central Europe, Russia and the Middle East, 1914–1923 (London and New York: Routledge, 2001).
27. Gavin Schaffer, Racial Science and British Society, 1930-62 (Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).
28. George Talbot, Censorship in Fascist Italy, 1922-43 (Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).
29. Susan Tegel, Nazis and the Cinema (London and New York: Hambledon Continuum, 2007).
30. Paul Weindling (ed.), International Health Organisations and Movements, 1918-1939 (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995).
31. Andrew Zimmerman, Anthropology and Antihumanism in Imperial Germany (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001).
32. Joshua D. Zimmerman (ed.), Jews in Italy under Fascist and Nazi Rule, 1922-1945 (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005).
33. Geneviève Zubrzycki, The Crosses of Auschwitz: Nationalism and Religion in Post-Communist Poland (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2006).
34. Efraim Zuroff, Operation Last Chance: One Man's Quest to Bring Nazi Criminals to Justice (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).
Tags: books, library
Fascist Radicalism and the New Media
17 September 2010, 9.00 a.m. — 5.30 p.m.
Symposium at the University of Northampton, Park Campus
Organised by the Radicalism and New Media group.
Featuring presentations from practitioners and authorities:
- East Midlands Community Contact Unit
- Serious Organised Crime Agency
- Durham Constabulary and NECTU
With panels of academic experts covering:
- New Media and Cyber-terrorism
- The Radical Right in Britain and Europe
- Roundtable Discussion on Fascism and the Internet
Registration fee £25 (£10 concessions)
This one-day symposium will bring together cutting-edge academic research on the contemporary far-right in the UK and Europe with a range of practitioners and enforcement bodies, including presentations by British police, local government and national officials. By focussing upon key areas related to new media technologies (the internet, personal communications devices, portable video, and so on) increasingly employed by the European far-right, from online radicalisation to cyber-terrorism, this event specifically seeks to forge a dialogue between front-line professionals and relevant academic experts. Presentations on security threats posed by extreme right-wing groups; the English Defence League’s use of Facebook; and the evolving far-right music scene, amongst others, will collectively address the relationship between new media technologies and the recent resurgence of the far-right across Britain and Europe. An introductory keynote lecture, concluding roundtable discussion and several panels over the course of the day will thus provide an up-to-date analysis on a fast-changing topic. Registration fee also includes lunch, coffee and conference pack.
For further details, or to register for this event, please contact:
Dr Mathew Feldman (matthew.feldman@northampton.ac.uk) or
Dr Paul Jackson (paul.jackson@northampton.ac.uk)
Tags: conferences, fascism, radical right
Roger Griffin's new article translated into Russian
Have translated Roger Griffin's new article "Studying the European Extreme Right: From New Consensus to New Wave?" into Russian language. It's already the third Griffin's article I've translated into Russian so far. See also -
- От слизевиков к ризоме: введение в теорию группускулярной правой (From Slime Mould to Rhizome: An Introduction to the Groupuscular Right)
- Палингенетическое политическое сообщество: переосмысление легитимации тоталитарных режимов в межвоенной Европе (The Palingenetic Political Community: Rethinking the Legitimation of Totalitarian Regimes in Inter-war Europe)
And here is my translation of Griffin's Introduction to his Modernism and Fascism: The Sense of a Beginning under Mussolini and Hitler -
- Модернизм и фашизм. Введение: Aufbruch
Tags: articles, fascism, radical right, translations
Jeremiah Duggan
Fortunately, the High Court of England and Wales ordered a second inquest into the death of Jeremiah Duggan, most likely killed by the fascist LaRouche movement in 2003.
More information on Jeremiah Duggan's death and the new inquest -
- Justice for Jeremiah campaign
- New inquest into Jeremiah Duggan's death in Germany (BBC News)
- Fascist cult 'may have killed Jewish student' by Murray Wardrop (Telegraph.co.uk)
- Victory for mother as inquest quashed by Jerome Taylor (The Independent)
Tags: fascism
A tragic story of the British "Sovietologist" Orlando Figes revealed responsible for posting anonymous reviews on Amazon denigrating the books of other British historians -
- Donal O'Sullivan, Anonymous Slander on Amazon, Soviet Style
- Robert Service, The Shame of Orlando Figes
- Rachel Polonsky, How I Rumbled the Lying Professor
Tags: books, Russia
1. Omer Bartov (ed.), The Holocaust: Origins, Implementation, Aftermath (London and New York: Routledge, 2000).
2. Sidney M. Bolkosky, Searching for Meaning in the Holocaust (Westport: Greenwood Press, 2002).
3. Christopher R. Browning, The Origins of the Final Solution: The Evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy, September 1939 - March 1942 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004).
4. Yitzhak M. Brudny, Reinventing Russia: Russian Nationalism and the Soviet State, 1953-1991 (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998).
5. Leonidas Donskis, Troubled Identity and the Modern World (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).
6. Peter J.S. Duncan, Russian Messianism: Third Rome, Revolution, Communism and after (London: Routledge, 2000).
7. Peter Fritzsche, Life and Death in the Third Reich (Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008).
8. Anna Von der Goltz, Hindenburg: Power, Myth, and the Rise of the Nazis (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2009).
9. Victoria de Grazia, The Culture of Consent: Mass Organization of Leisure in Fascist Italy (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981).
10. Susanne Heim, Carola Sachse, Mark Walker, The Kaiser Wilhelm Society under National Socialism (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009).
11. Tim Kirk, Nazism and the Working Class in Austria: Industrial Unrest and Political Dissent in the 'National Community' (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996).
12. MacGregor Knox, Mussolini Unleashed 1939-1941: Politics and Strategy in Fascist Italy's Last War (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982).
13. Jürgen Matthäus (ed.), Approaching an Auschwitz Survivor: Holocaust Testimony and its Transformations (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2009).
14. Kevin O'Connor, Intellectuals and Apparatchiks: Russian Nationalism and the Gorbachev Revolution (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2006).
15. Susanna Rabow-Edling, Slavophile Thought and the Politics of Cultural Nationalism (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006).
16. Eric G. Reiche, The Development of the SA in Nürnberg 1922-1934 (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1986).
17. Evelyn A. Schlatter, Aryan Cowboys: White Supremacists and the Search for a New Frontier, 1970-2000 (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006).
18. Dmitry Shlapentokh (ed.), Russia between East and West: Scholarly Debates on Eurasianism (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2007).
19. Frank M. Snowden, The Fascist Revolution in Tuscany, 1919-1922 (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989).
20. Michael Sutton, Nationalism, Positivism and Catholicism: The Politics of Charles Maurras and French Catholics, 1890-1914 (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982).
21. Nebojša Vladisavljević, Serbia's Antibureaucratic Revolution: Miloševic, the Fall of Communism and Nationalist Mobilization (Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).
22. Richard Weikart, Hitler's Ethic: The Nazi Pursuit of Evolutionary Progress (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).
23. Eric D. Weitz, A Century of Genocide: Utopias of Race and Nation (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003).
24. Daniel Woodley, Fascism and Political Theory: Critical Perspectives on Fascist Ideology (London and New York: Routledge, 2010).
25. Ilinca Zarifopol-Johnston, Searching for Cioran (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2009).
Call for papers: Contemporary Russian Nationalism
"Contemporary Russian Nationalism, and Its Historical Roots"
A special issue of Forum für osteuropäische Ideen- und Zeitgeschichte [Forum for the Ideas and Contemporary History of Eastern Europe]
Deadline for submission of English or German papers: 1 August 2010.
ZIMOS, the Eichstaett Institute for Central and East European Studies in Upper Bavaria, invites English- and German-language research papers for a 2010 special issue of volume 14 of its biannual Germany-based print-journal Forum für osteuropäische Ideen- und Zeitgeschichte [Forum for the Ideas and Contemporary History of Eastern Europe]. Since 1997, the Forum has been published twice per year by Böhlau Press (Vienna, Cologne and Weimar).
Since 2004, it has been supplemented by ZIMOS's interdisciplinary Russian-language web journal Форум новейшей восточноевропейской истории и культуры [Forum for Contemporary East European History and Culture], where currently a similar Russian-language multi-issue project on post-Soviet anti-Westernism and its historical roots is being implemented.
We are looking for properly footnoted, scholarly researched, well-structured, and thoroughly edited English- or German-language investigations into the political ideas, world views, intellectual biographies, societal impact and various activities of contemporary Russian representatives of nationalism and their sources in the history of Russia and other countries.
Submitted texts should have a length of approximately 4,000 to 7,000 words, and be based on primary as well as secondary sources fully listed and properly described, in the footnotes. Papers may be submitted and will be printed in English or German. In the case the author submits not in her or his mother tongue, the text should be thoroughly copy-edited by a native speaker. The paper should not have been published before, in the language in which it is submitted to the Forum. If it has been published in another language before, authors are required to provide proof of reprint permission, by the copyright holder of the original version of the article. The editors of the Forum will not take responsibility for any violations of copyright.
Papers accepted content-wise for publication will only be published in case of a proper adaptation of its linguistic quality and formal style (footnotes, headings, references, citations etc.) to the standards of the Forum by the author/s, by 1 August 2010. Model articles showing the formal style required of the final editions of the papers to be prepared by the author/s may be found at the following sites:
Two German-language model articles:
http://www1.ku-eichstaett.de/ZIMOS/forum/docs/LuksChamber.htm
http://www1.ku-eichstaett.de/ZIMOS/forum/docs/Rybakov.html
An English-language model article:
http://www1.ku-eichstaett.de/ZIMOS/forum/docs/Motyl.html
All versions of the papers should be submitted as MS Word Documents using Word's footnote function.
So far, the following authors have agreed to submit texts with the following working titles:
Kaarina Aitamurto (Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki), “Reviving the Native Faith: The Nationalism of Contemporary Slavic Paganism and Russian ‘Rodnoverie’”
Rosalind Marsh (University of Bath, UK), “The ‘New Political Novel’ by Right-Wing Writers in Post-Soviet Russia”
Denis Jdanoff (Berlin), "Die historischen Wurzeln des heutigen russischen Faschismus: Nationalsozialistische Gruppierungen der russischen Emigration im Dritten Reich"
Mikhail D. Suslov (European University Institute, Florence), “Between Nationalism and Imperialism: Pan-Slavism in Modern Russia”
Andreas Umland (The Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt), "Zhirinovskii as a Fascist: Palingenetic Ultra-Nationalism in Early Documents of the LDPR, 1992-1993"
In the future, it is planned to re-publish some of these papers within a collected volume of the book series “Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society”.
Please, submit your text as soon as possible, but not later than 1 August 2010 to:
andreas.umland[at]ku-eichstaett.de
or as a hard copy to:
Redaktion des Forums
ZIMOS
Ostenstr. 27
D-85072 Eichstaett
We look forward to receiving your proposal or paper!
The Forum's Editors
Prof. Leonid Luks and Dr. Andreas Umland
http://www1.ku-eichstaett.de/ZIMOS/Institut.html
Tags: articles, call for contributions, fascism, nationalism, radical right, Russia
Article on apoliteic music in Russian
A friend of mine has translated my article on apoliteic music into Russian, so here it is -
Аполитеическая музыка: неофолк, мартиал-индастриал и "метаполитический фашизм"
Tags: apoliteic music, articles
Russian Nationalism Yahoo group
In September 2007 Andreas Umland established a Russian Nationalism group on Yahoo groups.
The group is designed as a forum of exchange and an open archive serving researchers, journalists and others interested in the history and current permutations of Russian right-wing thought and politics. While everybody is invited to join, this forum is reserved for the spread of substantive, analytical information as well as for the announcement on relevant conferences, publications, and other academic projects. This is not a discussion group.
In addition to extremely useful Links and Files sections, there is also a biweekly "Russian Nationalism Bulletin" (RNB) that has started to appear on 1 November 2007.
Although you can freely see the messages, Links and Files sections are available only for the members of the group. Joining is pretty easy and you are not required to have a Yahoo account.
Tags: fascism, New Right, radical right, Russia
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
If you read Roger Griffin's magnum opus Modernism and Fascism: The Sense of a Beginning under Mussolini and Hitler, you may find this documentary film really fascinating -
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality (Wiki)
Flight from Death is the first film to investigate the psychological effects of death anxiety, or fear of death. This 90-minute documentary about the effects that our reactions to death anxiety have on a psychological, spiritual, and cultural level reveals convincingly that death denial is a root cause of human behavior and more importantly, violence and aggression.
The effects of death anxiety are embedded within everything we do across the globe. Our architecture, our careers, the children we raise, and the wars we wage, are all manifestations of our desire to gain a sense of permanence in defiance of our mortality. This film is a cinematic approach to these theories, placing them in a modern context and portraying them in ways that are both stimulating as well as reflective of the importance and magnitude of their implications.
Flight from Death is the culmination of many years of research and shooting all over the world in locations such as Egypt, Israel, Guyana, Greece, and China. It features interviews with leading scholars, philosophers, researchers and authors such as Robert Jay Lifton, Irvin Yalom, and Sam Keen culminating in the most comprehensive, multidisciplinary, and mind-blowing investigation of humankind’s relationship with death ever captured on film.
FFD crew with psychohistorian Robert Jay Lifton.
(I remember referring to Lifton in my article on "clerical fascism".)
Tags: fascism, films, sacred canopy
The Palingenetic Thrust of Russian Neo-Eurasianism
A new issue of Russian-language version of German online academic journal Forum für osteuropäische Ideen- und Zeitgeschichte features my article on Aleksandr Dugin -
Палингенетический проект неоевразийства: идеи возрождения в мировоззрении Александра Дугина
It was previously published in Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions and is available here.
The new issue of Forum also features important articles by Andreas Umland, Marina Peunova, Marlene Laruelle, Leonid Luks and other authors.
Tags: articles, fascism, New Right, Russia
Jewish question in Bandera's independent Ukraine
The Simon Wiesenthal Center today condemned Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko for posthumously awarding the "Hero of Ukraine," one of the country’s highest honors, to Stepan Bandera, a Ukrainian nationalist leader whose followers killed thousands of Jews and others during World War II.
In a letter to Oleh Shamshur, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States, Mark Weitzman, the Wiesenthal Center’s Director of Government Affairs, expressed "deepest revulsion at the recent honor awarded to Stepan Bandera, who collaborated with the Nazis in the early stages of World War II, and whose followers were linked to the murders of thousands of Jews and others. It is surely a travesty when such an honor is granted right at the period when the world pauses to remember the victims of the Holocaust on January 27."
I have scanned a short excerpt from the protocol of the OUN (Bandera's faction) conference held in Lviv on 18-19 July 1941. The conference dealt with the ethnic minorities in Bandera's independent Ukraine, but this short excerpt concerns the "Jewish question" only.
П. ГУПАЛО: Добре було би, якби нам віддали райони, заселені українцями. Головне, багато всюди є жидів. В центрах спеціально. Не дозволити їм там жити. Вести політику на виселення. Вони будуть самі втікати. А може виділити їм якісь міста, пр. Бердичів.
П. ЛЕНКАВСЬКИЙ: Схарактеризуйте мені жидів.
П. ГОЛОВКО: Жиди є дуже нахабні. Не можна було сказати жид. З ними треба поступити дуже остро. В центрі не можна держати рішучо. Мусимо їх покінчити.
П. ЛЕВИЦЬКИЙ: В Німеччині Жиди мають арийський параграф. Для нас більше цікава є ця справа в Генерал Губернаторстві. Там назначено кожного Жида. Кожний Жид мусів бути зареєстрований в віроісповідній громаді. Їх усували із деяких міст приміром з Кракова, а переміщували до інших, пр. до Варшави, призначували їм гета, які обмуровували мурами. Вони мають кіна, театри, але не мають що їсти.
Молоді здібні до праці - ідуть до праці. Частину треба знищити. Хоч і тепер є вже дещо знищено... Факт є, що деякі влізли в українську кров, богато женилися з українками. В Німеччині є різні пів-жиди, чверть-жиди, але в нас так бути не може. Німець, що жениться з жидівкою, стає жидом.
П. ГОЛОВКО: На Україні супружжа з жидівками є головно в містах. Жидівки виходили заміж за Українців для вигідного життя, коли українці банкротували вони розводилися. Жиди з українками добре навіть жили. Мені дуже подобається німецький погляд.
П. ГУПАЛО: В нас є багато працівників жидів, яких навіть поважають, є і такі, які вихрестилися до революції.
П. ЛЕНКАВСЬКИЙ: Це треба розглядати індивідуально.
П. ЛЕВИЦЬКИЙ: Німці спеціалістів використовують. В Кракові є 5 жидів, що не носять опасок, за те, що добрі сили. Мені здається, що німецький спосіб жидівської справи нам дуже підходить. Мусимо індивідуально розглядати поодинокі випадки.
П. ЛЕНКАВСЬКИЙ: Відносно жидів приймемо всі методи, які підуть їм на знищення.
Source: Бондаренко К. До питання про національну політику Організації Українських Націоналістів на початку німецько-радянської війни // Українські варіанти. – 1997. – № 2. – С. 93-95 (94).
Tags: fascism, Ukraine
Radicalism and New Media
Matthew Feldman has recently established a very important research group at the University of Northampton -
Radicalism and New Media Research Group Vision Document
By harnessing existing expertise in the University of Northampton’s School of Social Sciences, an interdisciplinary research group has been formed to investigate radicalism and new media. While historical examples range from Martin Luther’s use of the printing press to Joseph Goebbels’ use of the radio, primary focus will be placed upon the new media revolution over the last generation (the internet, mobile phones, satellite television, personal audio devices, etc.) as it has been deployed by ideological and/or religious radicals.
Although this understudied connection is both striking and increasingly noticeable – whether from the English Defense League’s use of Facebook for directing activities or Islamist jihadi beheadings filmed for the purposes propaganda and global dissemination – there has been, as yet, no coordinated network to systematically undertake research in this critical, highly visible area. In taking on this role, we will invite academic researchers, practitioners and civil servants (partihttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifcularly the police and security services) to compare experiences and develop collaborative enterprises in the analysis of this wide-ranging phenomenon, particularly as it relates to the contemporary UK.
To achieve such goals at this formative stage, the ‘Radicalism and New Media Research Group’ especially aims to develop s at once academic and public-facing, cutting-edge yet supported by the School’s established academic leaders in the fields of media studies, political extremism, law, sociology and criminology, as well as modern history.
Academic Advisory Team at the University of Northampton
- Dr Matthew Feldman, History (Project Leader)
- Dr Paul Jackson, History (Project Co-ordinator)
- Professor Jon Stobart, History
- Dr Manos Daskalou, Criminology
- James Ressel, Law
- Kirstie Best, Law
- Simon Sneddon, Law
- Running academic conferences, ideally for summer 2010 initially;
- Conducting original research, particularly as it relates to the Research Group’s above remit;
- Launching an online journal, perhaps on the interaction of cults and new media;
- Writing government reports, such as for OCST, J-TAC, the Home Office or similar;
- Forming external partners, notably through a series of large grant bids to UK research bodies;http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
- Developing interdisciplinary Masters programme in Radicalism and New Media or similar;
- Creating new continuing professional development courses in issues relating to radicalism and new media;
- Establishing a Research Centre for Radicalism and New Media at the University of Northampton
Matthew.Feldman@Northampton.ac.uk
Paul.Jackson@Northampton.ac.uk
Dr Matthew Feldman, School of Social Sciences, University of Northampton, Boughton Green Road, Northampton NN2 7AL
Tymoshenko and the Ukrainian radical right
The presidential candidate Yuliya Tymoshenko's links to the Ukrainian far right are often played down. Few people seem to remember that in 1997 Dmytro Korchynsky, a former leader of the notorious extreme right-wing party UNA-UNSO, left his party and organised the so-called "Shield of Fatherland" (Щит Батьківщини) which was deemed to be a "paramilitary" wing of Tymoshenko's party "Fatherland" (Батьківщина). In 2000-2001, during the "Ukraine without Kuchma" campaign, Tymoshenko directed Korchynsky and his organisation to protect the protesters. In 2002 Korchynsky reformed the "Shield of Fatherland" into the "Brotherhood" (Братство) party which was officially registered by the Ministry of Justice in 2004.
Another former leader of the UNA-UNSO (1999-2001), Andriy Shkil, joined the parliamentary group of the Bloc of Yuliya Tymoshenko (BYuT) in 2002 and became an official member of the "Fatherland" party in 2004. Quite soon he was elected to the political council of the party.
Andriy Shkil (on the right behind the NPD flag) during the
meeting of the UNA-UNSO with the extreme right-wing
Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (NPD)
in June 2000.
Interestingly, in Lviv the editorial office of the UNA-UNSO journal Nationalist, edited by Shkil, shared the same premises with Tymoshenko's "Fatherland" party.
It was Shkil who unambiguously approved Viktor Yushchenko's "Bandera the Hero" act.
On 24 August 2008, Levko Lukyanenko, a prominent member of the BYuT parliamentary group, celebrated his 80th birthday and published a revealing article titled "Ukraine's Civilisational Choice", in the MAUP's anti-Semitic journal Personal Plus. Just an excerpt -
Do we, Ukrainians, people of the white race, want to become different from what we have been, for example, to become black, yellow or red? The cases of marriages of Ukrainian women to representatives of another races indicate that not all [Ukrainians] value their white race. Thus I state my own position: I come out wholeheartedly for the preservation of the Ukrainian people as the white race and ultimately oppose the transformation of the Ukrainian nation into a nation of some blacks, browns or of any indefinite colour.
On the very same day Tymoshenko wished Lukyanenko many happy returns of the day.
Isn't it too much for the democratic (?) and pro-European (?) presidential candidate?
Stepan Bandera becomes a Hero of Ukraine
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, who contested the presidential elections held on 7 January 2010, obtained only 5.45 per cent of the vote and, thus, set a new world record for the lowest vote for an incumbent in a presidential election.
On 22 January 2010, during the ceremonies marking Ukrainian Unity Day, Yushchenko conferred the rank of a Ukrainian Hero to Stepan Bandera, the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN, Bandera’s branch). President said that the high rank had been conferred to Bandera for “defending national ideas and battling for an independent Ukrainian state”.
Stepan Bandera (1909–1959) was one of the most notorious Ukrainian fascists, terrorists and Nazi collaborators, who was responsible for deaths of hundreds (if not thousands) of Poles, Russians, Jews and Ukrainians. He played a key role in the terrorist activities against the authorities of Poland and other countries (see more info on the OUN's attempt at assassinating Franklin Roosevelt). In 1934 Polish authorities even sentenced him to death for terrorism but eventually the sentence was reduced to life imprisonment: Bandera was freed in 1939 by the German troops after they had occupied Poland.
Bandera has been one of the few Ukrainian Nationalists mentioned in the proceedings of the Nuremberg Trial of German Major War Criminals. On 25 December 1945, former Colonel of the German Army Erwin Stolze testified –
“In carrying out the above-mentioned instructions of Keitel [General Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel] and Jodl [General Colonel Alfred Jodl], I contacted Ukrainian Nationalists who were in the German Intelligence Service and other members of the Nationalist Fascist groups, whom I enlisted in to carry out the tasks as set out above [subversive activities in the territory of the USSR]. In particular, instructions were given by me personally to the leaders of the Ukrainian Nationalists, the German Agents Myelnik (code name ‘Consul I’) and Bandara [Stepan Bandera] to organise, immediately upon Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union, and to provoke demonstrations in the Ukraine, in order to disrupt the immediate rear of the Soviet Armies”.
On 30 June 1941, after Nazi Germany had levied war on the USSR, Bandera was proclaimed a leader of independent Ukraine. Article 3 of the Act of Ukraine’s Independence read as follows –
“The newly formed Ukrainian state will work closely with the National-Socialist Greater Germany, under the leadership of its leader Adolf Hitler which is forming a new order in Europe and the world and is helping the Ukrainian People to free itself from Muscovite occupation.
The Ukrainian National Revolutionary Army which has been formed on the Ukrainian lands, will continue to fight with the Allied German Army against Muscovite occupation for a sovereign and united State and a new order in the whole world.
Long live the Ukrainian Sovereign United Ukraine! Long live the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists! Long live the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and the Ukrainian people – Stepan Bandera”.
Of course, Bandera’s priority was an independent Ukraine, and that was where Bandera’s and Nazis’ plans differed. Where they did not differ, however, was both German and Ukrainian fascists’ vision of the “new world order”.
Yushchenko is right in one thing: Bandera did “battle for an independent Ukrainian state”. But what Ukraine would it have been? Article 1 of Constitution of Ukraine, the principles of which Yushchenko swore to defend after the victorious “Orange revolution”, unequivocally states that “Ukraine is a sovereign and independent, democratic, social, law-based state”. What does Bandera’s vision of Ukraine have to do with the democratic, social and law-based Ukraine? Absolutely nothing, I believe, and the majority of Ukrainian citizens think likewise. Does President of a democratic state have a right to legitimise Bandera’s fascist Ukraine on the only ground that it would have been an independent Ukraine? No, they do not. Small wonder that Yushchenko decided to make Bandera a Hero of Ukraine after he had ignominiously lost the presidential elections: he had nothing to lose.
But we do have something very important to lose. With Bandera being a Hero of (democratic!) Ukraine, we are losing confidence that extreme nationalism and fascism of different strains have been driven out to the margins of genuine democratic politics. Can we expect response to this outrageous act of Yushchenko's from two major presidential candidates, Viktor Yanukovych and Yuliya Tymoshenko? I think we should expect because they must clearly state their positions, before the second round of the presidential elections to be held on 07 February. At the moment we have responses from Yanukovych's (Party of Regions) and Tymoshenko's (BYuT) parties, but the presidential candidates must express their opinions themselves.
Von Thronstahl: Germanium Metallicum
I hate that Von Thronstahl released their new album Germanium Metallicum after I had written my article on apoliteic music!
There is an interesting text in the booklet accompanying the above-mentioned album -
This album is the result of a collaboration between young artists from seven countries - united in their creative will, and conspired by their apprehension for their Europe, which should be both a home and a fortress for their culture and their children.
Protecting their holy values, a young generation of Europeans are about to strengthen the resistance against all forms of imminence: both from the outside and from the inside. And, if necessary, even against their own governments, for now they betray the essential interests of their people.
Pure and noble are the hearts of young idealists, pure and noble is the element of Germanium Metallicum. The homeopathic effects of this Germanium Metallicum is also helping to vitalise the power of resistance and it makes contact with the inner will and determination. So this is a worthy symbol for an alchemic transformation; physically and spiritually.
(Small wonder that a Russian New Right groupuscule "Peoples' Rights" has published a lengthy review of Germanium Metallicum on their web-site.)
I would have definitely quoted this text in my article, as it is such a revealing example of the far-right inner immigration! And, speaking of the inner immigration: Von Thronstahl is citing George Orwell in the same booklet: in its turn, that is a nice example of the far right's habitual appropriation of the left-wing legacy -
Being in a minority, even a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.
(George Orwell, 1984).
What would have Orwell said....
Tags: apoliteic music, New Right
2010 Presidential elections in Ukraine
The vote count for the 2010 Presidential elections is finished. The Central Commission of Ukraine reports the following results (more than 1 per cent) -
Vuiktor Yanukovych - 35.32.
Yuliya Tymoshenko - 25.05.
Serhiy Tihipko - 13.06.
Arseniy Yatsenyuk - 6.96.
Viktor Yushchenko - 5.45.
Petro Symonenko - 3.55.
Volodymyr Lytvyn - 2.35.
Oleh Tyahnybok - 1.43.
Anatoliy Hrytsenko - 1.20.
The voter turnout is rather low in comparison to the previous Presidential elections (first round) -
1999 - 69.82.
Viktor Yushchenko, a hero of the "Orange revolution" who lost public confidence due to his political inefficiency and Russophobia, proved himself a loser. Two days prior to the elections he stated that he did not like politics and did not consider himself a politician. I don't think this miserable failure of a President deserves any political space. Thanks for the "Orange revolution", anyway: it brought us fair elections and now the fair elections deliver us from Yushchenko. Case closed.
Well, almost closed. Yushchenko has still got his party Our Ukraine. At the moment it is not possible to predict whether the party will contest the next (most likely early) parliamentary elections. If it does not, I think that a considerable part of Yushchenko's voters will turn to Oleh Tyahnybok's radical right-wing party All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom".
Unfortunately, now Ukraine has to face a choice between two blatant populists: Viktor Yanukovych and Yuliya Tymoshenko. As Andreas Umland correctly argues, these candidates do not really differ from each other. I truly hoped, despite the surveys, that Serhiy Tihipko would win through to the second round, but it looks like unfeasible promises are still popular with the Ukrainian voters. This is ultimately frustrating.
I also hoped that Ukraine would get rid of the painfully familiar West-Centre/South-East cleavage. Well, Yanukovych won in Zakarpattia, but that is all -
Tags: Ukraine
From the extreme right to Yushchenko
In 1998 two extreme right-wing Ukrainian parties, the Social-National Party of Ukraine (SNPU) and the State Independence of Ukraine formed an electoral alliance called "Less Words". The alliance did very bad in the 1998 parliamentary elections - it gained miserable 0.16 per cent of the popular vote.
Those elections were the final straw for the SIU and it was dissolved. The SNPU was unable to participate in the 2002 parliamentary elections but was reformed in 2004 and now is known under the name All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom" (yes, the word "freedom" is conveniently put in the quotation marks) headed by Oleh Tyahnybok. In 2004 Tyahnybok supported the presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko (the "democratic" hero of the "Orange revolution"). Later on Tyahnybok focused primarily on his "Freedom" party and is currently a 2010 presidential candidate (with no chance of doing the 2002 Le Pen thing).
Yet what about other people who represented the "Less Words" alliance? Most of them never tried to get elected again, especially those from the SIU part of the "Less Words" list. Most of the SNPU candidates stayed, however, with Tyahnybok.
Now it is really interesting that two candidates of the extreme right-wing alliance "Less Words" are authorised representatives of the 2010 presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko -
- Iryna Kalynets (Ukrainian: Ірина Онуфріївна Калинець) (number 4 in the "Less Words" list),
- Volodymyr Parubii (Ukrainian: Володимир Іванович Парубій) (former leader of the SNPU and number 8 in the "Less Words" list).
Even more suprising is that another former SNPU member and number 11 in the "Less Words" list Andrii Parubii (Ukrainian: Андрій Володимирович Парубій) is a plenipotentiary representative of Yushchenko in the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Ukraine! There can be only person to represent a presidential candidate in the CEC and for Yushchenko it is a (former?) right-wing extremist Andrii Parubii. Well, he joined Yushchenko's party Our Ukraine approximately in 2005, but still, what a nice company!
Tags: fascism, radical right, Ukraine
Protests against the visit of Oleh Tyahnybok
On 6 January 2010, approximately a thousand (some say 1.500) of citizens of Sevastopol protested against the visit of notorious radical right-winger Oleh Tyahnybok, a leader of the All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom" and a 2010 presidential candidate -
The protests were organised by various groups and parties, ranging from internationalist anti-fascists and Marxists to radical Russian nationalists and Ukrainian populists (the Party of Regions). Anti-fascists and Marxists chanted slogans like "Fascism shall not pass" and "Ouf fatherland is the whole world", while Russian nationalists shouted "Russia, Russia". The Party of Regions, which backs the currently most popular presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych, did nothing at all, and I assume most of the people who held blue banners of the party were paid for participating in the protests. But well, at least they showed up. It is a shame that local activists of the Bloc of Yuliya Tymoshenko, another popular presidential candidate, did not support the protests against Tyahnybok.
I've shot some video with my camera -
Protests against the visit of Oleh Tyahnybok in Sevastopol from svonz on Vimeo.
The visit of Tyahnybok was claimed to be a meeting with citizens of Sevastopol, but very little people were actually allowed to meet him in the Sevastopol Cultural and Business Centre. Police let through only the local supporters of his party (mostly football hooligans and Neo-Nazi skinheads) and certain journalists. His younger supporters preferred to hide their faces -
Tyahnybok's Sevastopol visit actually followed an earlier "March Against Illegal Immigration" organised by his "Freedom" party and held on 26 December 2009 in Sevastopol. Here's the video - the "March" was picketed by counter-demonstrators and there were a couple of skirmishes. Note the Nazi salutes given by the activists of the "Freedom" party, under blue banners. Well, I am not surpirsed actually as the local leader of the party Oleksandr Boltyan likes posing in a Nazi helmet -
Fascism, however, shall indeed not pass.
Tags: anti-fascism, radical right, Sevastopol, Ukraine
Roger Griffin's new article translated into Russia...
The Palingenetic Thrust of Russian Neo-Eurasianism...
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