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The iPad 2 is as Powerful as a Supercomputer from the '80s
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Technology. An ever-changing beast! So much so, that the sinfully thin iPad 2 packs the same power as the jumbo-sized four-processor version of the Cray 2, a supercomputer, which was the world's faster computer in 1985.
But duh! 1985 was a helluva long time ago, it's sorta expected that we'd be moving at that pace. But what is really amazing is that we've shrunk the power of a supercomputer that was, according to the NY Times, "about the size of a large washing machine" and "cooled by immersion in a liquid called Flourinert that had been developed by 3M, and that was occasionally used as a human blood substitute during surgery" into something no bigger than a paper pad.
And they've only benchmarked one core of the iPad 2, when they test both, they expect the iPad 2 to rival the supercomputers through 1994. [NY Times Bits]
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9.1 What Is a Visa?
9.2 Visa subclasses & payment eligibility for visas issued after 1/9/94
9.3 Number not currently in use
9.4 Assurance of Support Scheme
9.4.1 Overview of AoS Scheme
9.4.1.10 Introduction to the AoS Scheme
9.4.1.20 AoS scheme up to 30 June 2004
9.4.1.30 AoS scheme from 1 July 2004
9.4.1.40 AoS scheme from 1 January 2008
9.4.1.50 AoS Scheme from 1 April 2018
9.4.2 Providing an AoS
9.4.3 AoS - Requirements of an Assurer
9.4.4 AoS - Value of Securities
9.4.5 Notification of Results of an AoS Application
9.4.6 AoS Period
9.4.7 AoS - Debt
Home » Social Security Guide » 9 Visas, entitlements & assurances of support » 9.4 Assurance of Support Scheme » 9.4.1 Overview of AoS Scheme » 9.4.1.40 AoS scheme from 1 January 2008
Improvements to the operation of the AoS scheme were introduced with effect from 1 January 2008, under the Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Further 2007 Budget Measures) Act 2007 .
The Department of Home Affairs continues to decide whether a potential migrant requires an AoS while DSS continues to manage and have policy responsibility for the AoS scheme and deliver the scheme through Centrelink. Centrelink also continues to administer the debt recovery and waiver provisions and the assurer's rights of review under the SSAct.
Some key changes to the AoS scheme effective from 1 January 2008 are:
removal of mandatory and discretionary AoS from all skilled visa subclasses and carer visa subclasses 116 and 836
for mandatory AoS cases where security is required, a bank guarantee from the CBA is to be obtained and evidence of this bank guarantee is to be provided to Centrelink before the AoS can be approved
a simpler formula for income thresholds and changes to allowable income to include fringe benefits, foreign income, tax free pensions or benefits etc.
organisations exempt from the income test, and
security for the 2 year AoS increased to $5,000 for primary applicant and $2,000 for secondary applicant.
The Social Security (Assurances of Support) (FaHCSIA) Determination 2007 gave effect to these changes from 1 January 2008.
With effect from 1 January 2012, amendments to SSAct and the Social Security (Class of Visas - Newly Arrived Resident's Waiting Period for Special Benefit) Determination 2011 have changed access to SpB for temporary visa subclass holders 309, 820, 310 and 826.
As a result of the SSAct changes, since 1 January 2012 the discretionary requirement for an AoS has been removed from the Migration Regulations for temporary visa subclasses 309 and 820; temporary visa subclass 300 (prospective marriage); and the permanent visa subclasses 100 and 801.
Any AoS that has been accepted for a Spouse/Partner category visa that was granted on or before 31 December 2011 remains in place.
From 1 January 2019, there were also changes to the AoS period for certain visas. Refer to 9.4.1.60.
Note: Prior to 1 July 2009, the Spouse/Partner visa category included Interdependency visas (subclasses 310, 110, 826, and 814). The Interdependency visas were repealed subsequent to the introduction of the Same Sex Relationships Act 2008 , and they and Spouse visas are no longer available to new applicants, who are now given Partner visas. The Department of Home Affairs advised in late 2011 that there were no outstanding 310 Interdependency visa applications yet to be decided, but there were some 110, 826 and 814 Interdependency visa applications yet to be decided. As it was unlikely that the Department of Home Affairs would be able to amend the Migration Regulations to remove the AoS requirement on repealed visas, the Department of Home Affairs advised that this caseload would be managed through policy, and the Department of Home Affairs case officers would be advised to not request an AoS for the repealed visas.
Act reference: SSAct section 739A(8) Neither subsection (1) nor (2) applies to a person if …
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Whether dealing with legislators or leaders within your own health organization, pushing for upgrades or moves to more tech-centric medical systems can be a daunting task. Particularly since the healthcare industry is naturally risk averse.
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What is five year plan
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Here are a few thoughts on the 2019 Great British & Irish (GB&I) men’s amateur golf season: –
1. I will start with our defining event, the Amateur Championship. It was great to see James SUGRUE (IRL) deliver a memorable win at Portmarnock to the delight of the home fans who supported the event so well. Sugrue peaked perfectly and having played in The Open and in the Walker Cup in 2019 can now look forward to the remainder of his golfing rewards next year.
2. Ben SCHMIDT (ENG) continued to impress winning four times in 2019. The Yorkshireman became just the fourth player to win both the Brabazon Trophy and Carris Trophy – that’s the men’s and U18 boys’ English Open Stroke Play Championships – in the same year. Some achievement.
Ben Schmidt With The Brabazon Trophy And His Parents (Photo: Jonathan Plaxton)
3. Talking about juniors Conor GOUGH (ENG), Connor MCKINNEY (SCO), Tom MCKIBBIN (IRL) and Joe PAGDIN (ENG) also stood out amongst the U18’s which hopefully bodes well for the immediate future of GB&I golf. McKibbin winning the Junior Invitational and Pagdin getting to the semi-finals of the U.S. Junior Amateur at Inverness G.C. were particular highlights that stand alongside Ben Schmidt’s wins for me.
4. I am particularly interested to see how the future unfolds for Schmidt and Gough, winners of the two English Amateur Championships this year and our two leading juniors. Schmidt is now focussing on his golf full time and heading towards the professional ranks at some speed whilst Gough appears to be ‘driving with the brakes on’, determined to focus on his education for the time being and happy to enjoy the journey. Followers of amateur golf know there is no right answer to this age old conundrum as everyone is different. Following this tortoise and hare fable over the next few years should be fun.
5. Whilst I failed to record Tom McKibbin’s chip in to win the McEvoy Trophy on the 2nd play-off hole, despite videoing most of the final play at Copt Heath, I did manage to get Josh MCMAHON‘s (ENG) birdie putt on the 18th which won him the Lytham Trophy. The “Yes, Get in !” shout from his caddie Dad will live long in my memory.
Josh McMahon Drops The Best Putt Of His Life (Video: GolfBible)
6. I believe a review of Championship entry exemptions may be required for the leading events in the summer months given how quickly one followers another. James NEWTON (ENG) and Ben SCHMIDT (ENG) were the surprise winners of the Irish Amateur Open and the Brabazon Trophy respectively in 2019 but with low WAGR rankings beforehand and having missed the cut off dates had no way of playing in either the St. Andrews Links Trophy or the Amateur Championship. There needs to be a mechanism – a blank entry to cover such eventualities – to allow recent winners to gain a late entry into subsequent events assuming they wish to compete in them. It doesn’t happen too often but this year not playing in two of our major Championships against his direct peers may have cost Ben Schmidt a place in our Walker Cup team.
7. It was a good year for Scottish amateur golf. Few would argue that Euan WALKER was the outstanding GB&I amateur golfer of 2019 with fellow Walker Cupper Sandy SCOTT not too far behind him. Ryan LUMSDEN also won the prestigious Byron Nelson Award, handed out in late April to a graduating Senior in recognition of their entire collegiate academic and golf career as well as their character and integrity while in college. The Scottish administrators also made the decision to return the Scottish Open Amateur to its late May date from the irrelevant late August fixture it had become since 2018.
Euan Walker With His European Amateur Silver Medal (Photo: EGA)
8. Curtis KNIPES (ENG) and Thomas THURLOWAY (ENG) both came through Final Qualifying to join James Sugrue in The Open Championship field. Watching Jake BURNAGE (ENG) and Tom SLOMAN (ENG) try and follow them at Hollinwell was a highlight of my golfing year. Unusually no amateur made the cut at Royal Portrush so no Silver Medal was awarded this year.
9. GB&I lost the 47th Walker Cup match against USA at Royal Liverpool G.C. I may be deluded but I still believe this was a match we could have and should have won. I don’t think the opposition was quite as strong as they had been in previous years and playing at home we should have been spot on with our selection, pairings and preperation – we weren’t. Perhaps if the weather hadn’t been so pleasant we may have done a little better.
10. Craig WATSON (SCO) stood down / was relieved of his GB&I Men’s Team captaincy duties with Stuart WILSON (SCO), the current Boy’s team captain, promoted as his replacement. Stuart will debut with the men at Royal Porthcawl in July in the next edition of the St. Andrews Trophy match against Continent of Europe. Good luck to him.
11. It wasn’t a vintage year for other GB&I men’s teams either – Sweden beat England in the Final of the European Amateur Team Championship and Europe beat GB&I in the boys’ Jacques Léglise Trophy.
12. WAGR finally announced a new methodology to be introduced to their ranking with effect from January 2020. A more accurate ranking can be expected but at face value it still won’t be better than the SPWAR. If I was The R&A and USGA I’d have used some of my funds to simply take out Fred Solomon and his ‘gold standard’ SPWAR.
13. The R&A and the USGA confirmed that they are reviewing the Rules of Amateur Status to make them easier to understand and apply. The results are set to be published in late 2021 – no rush there then. Lucy LI’s (USA) ‘one time warning’ for her Apple Watch advert at the start of the year (she should have had her amateur status removed) and the more recent California State’s ‘Fair Pay To Play’ Act which means NCAA athletes, including golfers, within that jurisdiction will be able to negotiate endorsement deals from 2023 have accelerated the need for an update.
14. Josh HILL (ENG) qualified to play in both the Dubai Desert Classic and Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in early 2020 after winning the MENA Tour’s Amateur Order of Merit and then the Abu Dhabi Amateur Championship. What an opportunity for him on two courses he knows very well.
15. Ben JONES (ENG) finished the year as GB&I’s highest ranked amateur in the SPWAR after a top 5 finish at the South Beach International Amateur in Florida helped lift him above Caolan RAFFERTY (IRL) a few weeks ago. Scant consolation for his surprise exclusion from the GB&I Walker Cup team.
16. One to watch in 2020 – as I haven’t mentioned him yet I’m going to pick Jake BOLTON (ENG). Jake’s crept up to 37th in the SPWAR and with his confidence high after adding the 2019 Scottish Open Amateur title to his resume, as well as a 4th place finish at this month’s South Beach International Amateur, I expect him to progress further next year.
Jake Bolton With The Scottish Open Amateur Trophy (Photo: Bolton Family)
17. As always a number of players turned Pro, most notably, Jake BURNAGE (ENG), Calum FYFE (SCO), Bailey GILL (ENG), Harry HALL (ENG), Ben HUTCHINSON (ENG), David LANGLEY (ENG), Ryan LUMSDEN (SCO), Billy MCKENZIE (ENG), Josh MCMAHON (ENG), Ronan MULLARNEY (IRL), Conor PURCELL (IRL), Tom SLOMAN (ENG) and Euan WALKER (SCO). I wish them all well in the coming years.
18. Robert MACINTYRE (SCO) and Matthew JORDAN (ENG) gave encouragement to the next generation of amateurs with a number of excellent performances on the European Tour and Challenge Tour. Over in the U.S. on the PGA Tour Viktor Hovland (NOR), Matthew Wolff (USA) and Collin Morikawa (USA) also showed that a quick transition to the big time is possible for the highly talented and fortunate few.
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Throughout the year I analyse the two main amateur golf rankings, the SPWAR and the WAGR, to help us assess the performances of Great Britain and Ireland’s leading players.
This information is maintained on the Rankings page of the GolfBible website and is updated quarterly.
The latest update covering the September 2019 Quarter period has now been added.
I also select a Player of the Quarter.
For Quarter 3 2019 I have chosen Scotland’s Sandy SCOTT. Sandy has enjoyed a strong summer excelling for Texas Tech University, Scotland and Great Britain & Ireland in the Walker Cup.
Sandy Scott (Photo: The R&A / The Walker Cup / Getty Images)
Pease click this link to be redirected to my Rankings page – GolfBible Rankings
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U.S. Amateur Championship – 2019 Preview, Reports & Results
Andy OGLETREE won the Final of the 2019 U.S. Amateur Championship beating John AUGENSTEIN 2&1 in the 36 hole match.
Andy Ogletree (Photo: @USGA)
Augenstein got off to a great start on Course No. 4, which was used for the first 18 holes. Three consecutive birdies helped him build a 4Up lead after just 5 holes.
Ogletree came back at the Vanderbilt player gradually on the back nine and a birdie on the final hole saw him go into lunch just 2Down.
The Mississipian was relentless as play moved on to Course No. 2 in the afternoon. He finally got the match back to All Square on the 31st and immediately moved to 1Up with a birdie on the par 5 14th. After two shared holes with pars a four putt from off the green on the par 3 17th by Augenstein handed the trophy to Ogletree.
Ogletree made just three bogeys in the 37 holes he played in the Final and can now look forward to a place in the U.S. Walker Cup team and playing exemptions into the U.S. Masters (where he will be paired for the first two rounds with Tiger Woods), the U.S. Open and The Open Championship.
U.S. Amateur Championship Match Play Scoring (Photo: U.S.G.A)
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Andy OGLETREE beat Cohen TROLIO 3&1 in a fairly poor quality first Semi-Final where pars on Pinehurst’s tough Course No. 2 were frequently good enough to win holes.
The second match was of a much higher standard with John AUGENSTEIN coming through against William HOLCOMB who battled to the end but was outclassed by his more experienced opponent.
Ogletree and Augenstein both gain exemptions into The Masters Tournament and U.S. Open Championship in 2020 following their wins today.
Debutant Cohen TROLIO, who celebrated his 17th birthday last week continues to surprise at the U.S. Amateur Championship. Having drawn level on the 13th with an eagle Austin SQUIRES gifted Game 1 to his opponent by following it with three consecutive bogeys on 14, 15 and 16.
Trolio will now play 21 year old Andy OGLETREE, a fellow Mississippian and a rising senior at Georgia Tech, who overcame Spencer RALSTON in their Quarter Final. Ralston was made to pay for five bogeys on the day by the much steadier Ogletree.
John AUGENSTEIN (21) beat Palmer JACKSON 3&2 and is now the player to beat for me. A strong start saw the man from Kentucky build a 3Up lead after seven holes and he saw the game out comfortably thereafter.
In the biggest surprise of the day William HOLCOMB V, who is 21 and married, easily saw off Australia’s Karl VILIPS, who turned 18 today. Vilips who had looked so good all week simply didn’t turn up. He shot 6-over for the front nine gifting Holcomb a 4Up lead and whilst he played much better on the back side he was unable to make any inroads.
The Quarter finals were delayed for just over an hour when heavy rain caused a suspension in play at 4.32pm.
Here are the current SPWAR’s of the Semi-Finalists – Augenstein #21, #Ogletree #120, Holcomb #426 and Trolio #1,706.
On paper, from a selfish GB&I Walker Cup perspective, I would be pleased to see anyone but Augenstein win the Championship over the weekend. The champion earns an automatic place on the U.S.A. team.
Match Play Round of 16
An inspired Cohen TROLIO (USA) beat Alex FITZPATRICK 5&4 in their Round of 16 match. Five birdies on his front nine handed Trolio a 4Up lead and after a wobble at the start of the back nine he eventually saw out the game with another birdie on the 14th.
UPPER HALF (seedings in brackets)
Cohen Trolio (57) 🇦🇺 v. Alex FITZPATRICK (24) 🏴
The son of a golf professional Trolio, from West Point in Mississippi is 17 and has verbally committed to Louisiana State University for the 2021/22 academic year. Whilst relatively inexperienced and unknown he is certainly enjoying his time in North Carolina this week. Before beating Fitzpatrick this afternoon he had taken out 8th seed Trevor WERBYLO (USA) by 2 Holes in the Round of 64 and 40th seed Blake WAGONER (USA) 2&1 earlier today.
Trolio will play Austin SQUIRES (USA) in the Quarter Finals. Squires has gone from strength to strength since claiming the last Match Play spot in Wednesday morning’s play-off, today beating both Stefano MAZZOLI (ITA) and highly fancied Amercian John PAK.
The COODY brothers both lost in the Round of 16. Parker to Spencer RALSTON 6&5 and Pierceson more surprisingly to William HOLCOMB V 2&1.
Ricky CASTILO and Isaiah SALINDA, alongside Pierceson Coody, strong U.S.A. Walker Cup candidates, also lost. Castillo to John AUGENSTEIN 1Up and Salinda to Palmer JACKSON.
Australia’s Karl VILIPS continues to impress. His 3&1 win over Brad DALKE 3&1 won’t have been lost on the rest of the field.
Alex FITZPATRICK, now GB&I’s sole representative in the U.S. Amateur Championship, teed off against Jack TRENT (AUS) at 8.30am (1.30pm BST) in the Round of 32.
In a tight match where both players played very good golf on the tough Course No. 2 the Yorkshireman finally came through with a birdie on the 21st hole to progress.
The highlight of the game would appear to be hole 5 where Fitzpatrick is shown as having recorded an albatross 2 on the par 5 to win the hole.
Jack TRENT (56) 🇦🇺 v. Alex FITZPATRICK (24) 🏴
Akshay BHATIA (USA), one of the three players pre-selected for the U.S.A. Walker Cup team fell at this hurdle. He lost 4&2 to John AUGENSTEIN (USA) who has every chance of joining him at Hoylake in three weeks time.
The two COODY brothers, Parker and Pierceson, both win and with the two of them on opposite sides of the draw an all Coody Final remains a possibility.
In the final game Steven FISK (USA) lost to Karl VILIPS (AUS) 3&1 in one of the standout matches of the Round of 32.
Click here to view the – U.S. Amateur Match Play Draws and Scores
The Match Play Round of 64 games started at 10.00am (3.00pm BST) today on Course No. 2. The games involving the three leading seeds and the three play-off qualifiers were scheduled at the back of the field to ensure there was no delay in play.
It proved to be a generally disappointing day for the five GB&I players who qualified.
Alex FITZPATRICK (24) 🏴 v. James SUGRUE (41) 🇮🇪
Alex FITZPATRICK comfortably beat an out of sorts James SUGRUE in their match. James was +7 and Alex +2 for the 14 holes played. Alex will now play Australia’s JACK TRENT in the Round of 32 tomorrow morning. Jack beat Ryan GERARD (USA) 4&3 in his Round of 64 match.
LOWER HALF (seedings in brackets)
Tom SLOMAN (3) 🏴 v. Van HOLMGREN (62) 🇺🇸
Tom SLOMAN will be disappointed to have lost to the relatively inexperienced Minnesotan Van HOLMGREN, particularly having got off to a good start. Tom was +5 for the 16 holes played whilst Holmgren recovered well after a nervous opening to be +1.
Thomas FORSTER (19) 🏴 v. William HOLCOMB V (46) 🇺🇸
Thomas FORSTER led 4Up with 8 holes to play but bogeyed 7 of them to let Texan William HOLCOMB back into the match. Holcomb found his feet after 7 holes playing the last 11 in 1-under which is always going to get the job done on Course No. 2.
Brad DALKE (27) 🇺🇸 v. Sandy SCOTT (38) 🏴
Sandy SCOTT played the best golf of all of the GB&I players who contested the Round of 64 but ended up losing to 2016 runner up Brad DALKE. Scott was Even par on his round when play ended on the 17th. The joys of match play golf.
Medalist Brandon WU (USA) lost by 2 holes to the final qualifier Austin SQUIRES (USA). Other notables exits included Austin ECKROAT (USA), Stewart HAGESTAD (USA), Chandler PHILLIPS (USA), Matthias SCHMID (GER) and Cameron YOUNG (USA).
Tuesday 13th August and Wednesday 14th August 2019
Stroke Play Qualifying Round 2
Course No. 2 – 7,414 yards, par 70 – Rd 1 Stroke Average 77.14
Round 2 of the Stroke Play Qualifying competition was not completed on Day 2 with play suspended due to darkness at 8.00pm. This was after a late afternoon weather delay of 1 hour and 21 minutes which ultimately prevented 50 players from finishing their rounds.
The Stroke Play Qualifying resumed on Wednesday morning at 7.20am and was quickly completed.
Just 11 players from the starting field of 312 finished the 36 holes at 140 (Ev) or better highlighting the severity of the U.S.G.A.’s Pinehurst test.
Brandon WU (22) followed up an opening round of 65 (-5) with a 72 (+2) on Course No. 2 to secure medalist honours on 137 (-3).
Brandon Wu (Photo: @USGA)
Six players finished at -2 including Ricky CASTILLO (18), Cooper DOSSEY (21), Jacob SOLOMON (22), Shiryu (Leo) OYO (20) of Japan, Tom SLOMAN (23) of England and Philip BARBAREE (22).
Tom SLOMAN enjoyed 5 birdies on No. 4 on his way to a 68 (-2) and an impressive tied 2nd place finish. He will enter Match Play as the 3rd seed. Tom put his success down to his caddie. “I’ve got a local caddie. He obviously knows where to hit it and I’ve just been trying to do it.” Personally, I think his good play is more likely due to his newly acquired Pinehurst straw boater hat !
Tom Sloman (Photo: USGA / Michael Reaves)
Thomas FORSTER, from Oundle in England, shot a 69 (-1) on No. 4 to secure his passage to the Match Play stage. Forster, who is a rising senior at Carson-Newman University in Tennessee, has used his knowledge of U.S. courses to good affect so far.
Alex FITZPATRICK battled hard on Course No. 2 to secure his place in Match Play with a 74 (+4) on Tuesday. He finished alongside Forster in tied 19th.
Our later starters in Round 2 were impacted by the deteriorating conditions and subsequent weather delay.
Sandy SCOTT shot a back nine 40 on Course No. 2 on his way to a 76 (+6) but thankfully had enough in the bank after his strong opening round to make it through in tied 28th.
The fates of James SUGRUE and Ben JONES were not decided until Wednesday morning.
Sugrue finished Day 2 on +4, which at that point was right on the top 64 and ties cut mark, with two holes to play and having double bogeyed the 15th on Course No. 2. as light faded. Undaunted he came out the following morning and proceeded to birdie 17 and par 18 to comfortably qualify on +3, also in tied 28th.
Jones looked like an easy qualifier all day but sadly unwound coming down the stretch. He sandwiched two birdies on 10 and 18 with 7 dropped shots to shoot 40 and put himself under pressure with a +5 total. Thankfully, it quickly became clear on Wednesday morning that he was likely to get a reprieve with the top 64 and ties cut quickly drifting out to his score.
The 27 players, including Ben JONES, who finished tied 62nd were therefore thrown the lifeline of a 27-for-3 sudden death play-off. It started on Course No. 4 once all of the scores had been collated. Van HOLMGREEN (USA) and Chad SEWELL (USA) birdied the par 4 1st to quickly earn the 62nd and 63rd Match Play seeds. With 7 players eliminated the remaining 18, still including Jones, progressed to the long par 4 2nd. This hole saw a further 5 players eliminated. Jones and 12 others moved onto the par 5 17th. Unfortunately Ben was not able to match the three birdies that were recorded so had to drop out at this point. Austen SQUIRES (USA) went on to par the 18th and secure the final Match Play spot. The play-off took around 3 hours and 45 minutes to complete.
The other GB&I players all missed the cut. Ben SCHMIDT (+6) T89, Euan WALKER (+6) T89, Conor GOUGH (+8) T120, Conor PURCELL (+16) T234 and Caolan RAFFERTY (+16) T234 all missed the cut.
U.S. Amateur Championship Stroke Play Scoring (Photo: U.S.G.A)
Other notable players to miss out on the Match Play were Quade CUMMINS (USA – Walker Cup hopeful), Cole HAMMER (USA – World No. 1), Daniel HILLIER (NZL), David MICHELUZZI (AUS), Kevin O’CONNELL (USA – 2018 Mid-Amateur champion), Trent PHILLIPS (USA – Walker Cup hopeful), Jovan REBULA (RSA – 2018 Amateur champion), Alex SMALLEY (USA – Walker Cup hopeful), Chun An YU (CTP).
Click here to view the – U.S. Amateur Stroke Play Qualifying Results
U.S.A’s Brandon WU (22), a recent graduate of Stanford University, leads the Stroke Play Qualifying competition having shot a new course record 65 (-5) on Course No. 4.
This was a little surprising as his preparation for the U.S. Amateur could hardly have been worse. He and Stewart HAGESTAD (USA) represented the U.S.A. at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, last week which finished on Sunday. As such they only arrived at Pinehurst this morning with the U.S.G.A. arranging late tee times for both of them. “I tried to manage my sleep as well as I could,” said Wu, “I slept great on the two flights up here and then took a quick nap before I teed off for about two hours. I actually felt pretty good.”
HAGESTAD, already selected for the U.S.A. Walker cup team, didn’t fair quite so well in Round 1. His 73 (+3) on Course No. 2 leaves him tied 102nd and with work to do on the easier Course No. 4 tomorrow.
The two other U.S.A. Walker Cup W.A.G.R. picks Akshay BHATIA and Cole HAMMER are also far from certain to make match play. Bhatia 72 +2 (No.2) is tied 73rd whilst Hammer 75 +5 (No. 2) is tied 152nd after 18 holes.
Wu holds a one-stroke lead over Trevor WERBYLO (21), a junior at the University of Arizona, and Palmer JACKSON (18), an incoming freshman at the University of Notre Dame, who both shot 66’s (-4) on Course No. 4.
Sandy SCOTT (SCO) is leading the group of eleven Great British & Irish (GB&I) players who are competing. His 67 (-3) on Course No. 4 where he teed off on the 9th hole, included six birdies. Talking after his round Scott said, “I felt like I got off to a little bit of a shaky start. I made a bogey on the second and I had some nerves going through the first few holes, but I managed to bounce back with a birdie (on the par 3 11th). I had three birdies on 15, 16 and 17 which gave me a bit of momentum. I managed to just trust a lot of the numbers that me and my caddie were going with and hit a lot of good approaches.” He finished a much steadier front nine with two birdies on the par 4 7th and 8th.
Alex FITZPATRICK (ENG), who reached the Quarter Finals last year, shot a 68 (-2) on Course No. 4 to lie 8th after Round 1. Five birdies and an eagle on the par 4 16th hole were offset by two double bogeys and a bogey. “I played nicely, I had a few bumps in the road, but overall I sort of stuck it out and was patient and waited for openings to appear and luckily took them and yeah, finished off nicely. So pretty pleased.”
Ben JONES (ENG) recorded four birdies on his way to a 69 (-1). He is tied 19th.
Tom SLOMAN (ENG) arguably had the best round by a GB&I player. His even par 70 on Course No. 2 was one of only seven rounds that achieved par or better on this challenging layout. He is tied 28th.
Amateur Champion, James SUGRUE (IRL) is also nicely placed after a 70 (Ev) on Course No. 4 and sits alongside Sloman in tied 28th.
The table below shows how all of the 11 Great British & Irish GB&I players performed, along with their tee times and courses for Round 2. Many found Course No. 2 a tough nut to crack and will be looking to bounce back on Course no. 4 today.
Click here to view the full – U.S. Amateur Stroke Play Qualifying Scores
The 119th U.S. Amateur Championship starts on Monday 12th August at the Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in North Carolina.
The Championship is being played on Pinehurst’s No. 2 and No. 4 courses.
Administered by the United States Golf Association (U.S.G.A.) the U.S. Amateur is the most important and prestigious competition in the amateur golf calendar.
On Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th August all of the competitiors will play 36-holes of stroke play, one round on Course No. 2 and the other on Course No. 4.
The Top 64 qualifiers will then progress to the match play stage of the competition. Ties for the last qualifying place will be resolved by a sudden death play-off.
18 hole match play rounds will then be played on Course No. 2 between Wednesday 14th and Saturday 17th, culminating in a 36-hole Championship Final on Sunday 18th August. Extra holes will be played to resolve any halved games.
The first round of the Final will be played over Course No. 4 with the second round utilising Course No. 2. This will be the first time that two different courses have been used for the 36 hole match.
2019 Field
There were 7,191 entries this year, each player paying the $175 entry fee.
96 36 hole Sectional Qualifying events were held in July across the U.S.A., with one each in Canada and Mexico too. The introduction of a European Sectional Qualifier, like the U.S.G.A. stage at Walton Heath for the U.S. Open Championship, remains long overdue in my opinion.
A final field of 312 players from 27 different countries (2018: 24) will contest this year’s Championship. 246 players are from U.S.A. with 66 coming from the Rest of the World.
Jay BROOKS (USA) is the youngest competitor at 14 and Sean KNAPP (USA) the oldest at 57. The average age of the field is 22.1 years.
2015 U.S.A. Walker Cup player Mike McCOY (56), the second oldest player, will be making his 20th appearance in the Championship. His son Nathaniel McCOY (29), also a reinstated amateur, is also playing this week.
There are 11 GB&I players competing. There were 7 in 2018, 9 in 2017 and 11 in 2016 at Pebble Beach, Riviera and Oakland Hills respectively.
Here is a list of the GB&I players with their Exemption Category or Sectional Qualifying event noted: –
Alex FITZPATRICK (ENG) – 2018 U.S. Amateur Quarter Finalist
Tom FORSTER (ENG) – Qualifier (1st Alternate) from Little Rock, Arkansas (22/07/19)
Conor GOUGH (ENG) – Top 50 WAGR as at 26/6/19
Ben JONES (ENG) – Top 50 WAGR as at 26/6/19
Connor PURCELL (IRE) – Top 50 WAGR as at 26/6/19
Caolan RAFFERTY (IRE) – Top 50 WAGR as at 26/6/19
Ben SCHMIDT (ENG) – Top 50 WAGR as at 26/6/19
Sandy SCOTT (SCO) – Top 50 WAGR as at 26/6/19
Tom SLOMAN (ENG) – Top 50 WAGR as at 26/6/19
James SUGRUE (IRE) – Winner of the Amateur Championship 2019
Euan WALKER (SCO) – Top 50 WAGR as at 26/6/19
Earlier this week Joe PAGDIN (ENG) qualified for a place in the field based on his WAGR of 30th as at 7/8/19. However, having already committed to this week’s Boys’ Home Internationals and next week’s Boys’ Amateur Championship he understandably declined the opportunity.
Jake BURNAGE (ENG) narrowly missed out on a place. He rose to 46th in the WAGR this week but was the sixth new player, not already exempt, to move into the top 50. Only the top 5 are eligible with declined places, such as Pagdin’s, falling into the hands of Qualifying Alternates. Garrett Rank (CAN), the surprise winner of last week’s Western Amateur, moved up to 45th in the WAGR this week to secure the last of these final exemptions. The Points Average difference between him and Jake being just 0.5857.
2019 Stroke Play Qualifying
The draw for the 36-hole Stroke Play Qualifying competition was made on Wednesday 7th August and can be viewed here – U.S. Amateur Tee Times
Play will start at 7.15am (BST 12.15pm). As North Carolina is 5 hours behind us the action will take place place during our afternoons and evenings.
Host Courses
The Pinehurst Resort – Courses No. 2 and No. 4 (Photo: U.S.G.A.)
Pinehurst Resort Course No. 2
7,519 yards (maximum), Par 70
Opened in 1907.
Designed by Donald Ross (1907). Renovated by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw (2010).
No. 2 is the primary Championship course of the nine that make up the Pinehurst Resort. Donald Ross worked on his masterpiece until he died in 1948. It is known for its crowned, undulating greens and has been returned to its original state by Coore and Crenshaw with huge areas of turf removed and a more natural look re-introduced. There are 111 bunkers and no rough on the course now.
This will be the third time that No. 2 has been the lead course for the U.S. Amateur. The previous stagings were in 1962 and 2008 with Labron Harris Jr. and Danny Lee the champions.
Pinehurst Resort, Course No. 2, Hole 17 (Photo: Pinehurst.com)
7,196 yards (maximum), Par 70.
Designed by Gil Hanse (2018); Designed originally by Donald Ross (1919)
Pinehurst Resort, Course No. 4, Hole 6 (Photo: Pinehurst.com)
Weather Forecast (Updated – at 8.00am 12th August 2019)
Hot and sunny weather is forecast with the possibility of some delays in play due to late afternoon thundery showers.
Stroke Play Qualifying
Mon 12th August – Sunny. Wind 8mph (SE). Temp. Min 20°C. / Max. 33°C.
Tues 13th August – Sunny. Wind 10mph (SW). Temp. Min 23°C. / Max. 35°C.
Match Play Stage
Weds 14th August – Sunny, PM Showers. Wind 9mph (SW). Temp. Min 21°C. / Max. 35°C.
Thurs 15th August – Sunny, PM Showers. Wind 7mph (W). Temp. Min 20°C. / Max. 31°
Fri 16th August – Sunny. Wind 7mph (NW). Temp. Min 20°C. / Max. 32°C.
Sat 17th August – Sunny. Wind 8mph (SE). Temp. Min 20°C. / Max. 30°C.
Sun 18th August – Sunny. Wind 8mph (NE). Temp. Min 20°C. / Max. 32°C.
UK Television Coverage
Sky Sports Golf channel will be taking the Fox U.S. television feed, via the Red Button, over the final match play weekend.
The 2019 U.S. Amateur champion will receive the following: –
a) A Gold Medal and custody of the Havemeyer Trophy for the following year;
b) An exemption to play in the 2020 U.S. Open to be staged at Winged Foot Golf Club;
and assuming they remain amateur,
c) An exemption to play in the 2020 Open Championship at Royal St. George’s Golf Club;
d) An invitation to play in the 2020 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club;
e) An exemption to play in the 2020 – 2029 U.S. Amateur Championships;
and unofficially
f) Various invitations to play in PGA Tour and European Tour events.
A Silver Medal is awarded to the runner-up and Bronze Medals to the two losing semi-finalists.
A Bronze Medal is also awarded to the stroke play medalist(s).
The original silver Havemeyer Trophy was presented to the U.S.G.A. on March 1895 in honour of the Association’s first President Theodore A. Havemeyer. This was lost in a fire at Bobby Jones’ home club, East Lake, in 1925.
Bobby Jones Receives the Original U.S. Amateur Trophy in 1924
A new gold trophy was produced in 1926. This was retired in 1992 with a copy of the trophy being produced and passed from champion to champion ever since.
Sadly the original gold trophy was stolen from the U.S.G.A. Museum in 2012 and has never been seen since.
2018 U.S. Amateur Championship
Viktor HOVLAND (NOR) beat Devon BLING (USA) 6&5 in the 36-hole Final of the U.S. Amateur Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links.
Hovland became just the second Continental European to win the U.S. Amateur. Edoardo Molinari (ITA) won in 2005 at Merion Golf Club beating Dillon Dougherty (USA) 4&3 in the Final.
Viktor Hovland (Photo: USGA)
From a GB&I perspective Alex FITZPATRICK (ENG) did superbly well eventually losing in the Quarter Finals to Cole HAMMER (USA) 3&2. Harry HALL (ENG) and Eoin LEONARD (IRE) also qualified for the match play stage but both lost in the Rd of 64, to Stewart HEGASTAD (USA) by 1 Hole and Kristoffer REITAN (NOR) by 6&4 respectively.
In the preceding stroke play competition, played at Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill, only Eoin LEONARD (IRE) on 145 +2 [74 SH / 71PB], Harry HALL (ENG) 146 +3 [72 PB / 74 SH] and Alex FITZPATRICK (ENG) 146 +3 [72 PB / 74 SH] qualified from the seven strong Great British and Irish contingent. Matthew JORDAN (ENG) 148 +5 [77 SH / 71 PB], Todd CLEMENTS (ENG) 148 +5 [78 SH / 70 PB], Robin DAWSON (IRE) 150 +7 [76 SH / 74 PB] and Gian-Marco PETROZZI (ENG) 150 +7 [78 SH / 72PB] all missed the Top 64 match play cut.
Click here to view the full – 2018 U.S. Amateur Championship Results
U.S. Amateur Championship History
The U.S. Amateur is the oldest golf championship in America and this will be its 119th playing.
It was first played in 1895, the winner being Charles B. Macdonald.
It has always been decided by match play save for an 8 year period between 1965 and 1972 when the winner was determined solely by stroke play.
Former U.S. winners include Walter Travis (1900-01-03), Jerome Travers (1907-08-12-13), Bobby Jones (1924-25-27-28-30), Francis Ouimet (1914-31), W. Lawson Little (1934-35) Arnold Palmer (1954), Jack Nicklaus (1959-61), Deane Beman (1960-63), Lanny Wadkins (1970), Craig Stadler (1973), Mark O’Meara (1979), Hal Sutton (1980), Phil Mickelson (1990), Justin Leonard (1992), Tiger Woods (1994-95-96), Matt Kucher (1997), Ryan Moore (2004), Peter Uihlein (2010) and Bryson DeChambeau (2015).
British players have won the Championship on six occasions but just twice in the last 100 years – H.J. Whigham (1896-97), Findlay Douglas (1898), Harold Hilton (1911), Richie Ramsay (2006) and Matthew Fitzpatrick (2013).
Matthew Fitzpatrick (Photo: U.S.G.A.)
Italy’s Edoardo Molinari (2005) and Norway’s Viktor Hovland (2018) are the only player from the Continent of Europe to have lifted the Havemeyer Trophy.
Future U.S. Amateur Venues
10-16 August 2020 – Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Oregon
9-15 August 2021 – Oakmont Country Club,
15-21 August 2022 – Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, New Jersey
14-20 August 2023 – Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
12-18 August 2024 – Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota
11-17 August 2025 – The Olympic Club, San Francisco, California
10-16 August 2026 – Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Pennsylvania
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The European Amateur Championship – 2019 Preview, Reports & Results
Matthias SCHMID (GER) finished the job off at the European Amateur today. A final round 70 took him to a 273 (-15) total and a comfortable 3 shot victory. Well done Matthias !
Matthias Schmid (Photo: European Golf Association)
Euan WALKER (SCO), confirming his status as Great Britain & Ireland’s No. 1 player, shot a 66 (-6) in the final round to move up to solo 2nd on -12.
Euan Walker’s Scorecard (Photo: EGA / Golfbox)
Ben JONES (ENG) 68 and Joe LONG (ENG) 74 finished the Championship on -9 tied for 3rd place. Jones collected the bronze medal based on last 36 holes count back.
It was also another good week for Caolan RAFFERTY (IRE) 69 who finished tied 6th on -8.
Lytham Trophy winner Josh MCMAHON (ENG) -5 finished tied 13th which may help push him in to the next Walker Cup squad.
Harry HALL (ENG) will be disappointed with his tied 16th finish on -4. After a superb front nine of 31 (-5) he looked like pushing Schmid all the way home but sadly a returning 43 (+7) destroyed much of his excellent work over the preceding three and half days.
The ever consistent David LANGLEY (ENG) was the seventh and last GB&I player to finish in the top 20. A late double bogey on the 16th took the edge off his closing 70 today.
European Amateur Championship Leading Results (Photo: EGA / Golfbox)
Victor VEYRET (FRA) recorded the lowest round of the day with a 65 (-7) which included an outward 29 (-7) with 7 successive birdies on holes 2 – 8.
Click here to view the full – 2019 European Amateur Championship Results
Matthias SCHMID (GER) jumped to the head of affairs after posting a 63 (-9) on Day 3. His round was the best of the week so far and three shots better than the two opening round 66’s. The Louisville University player has been showing up regularly on leaderboards in recent weeks so to see him leading now on 203 (-13) is no surprise.
Matthias Schmid’s Scorecard (Photo: EGA / Golfbox)
Joe LONG (ENG) is tied 2nd on 205 (-11). His 68 today included an impressive front nine of 31.
Euan WALKER (SCO) moved through the field with his own 68 in Round 3 and is now tied 5th on -6. Harry HALL (ENG) struggled a bit but contained the damage to a 74 and sits alongside the Scotsman well placed to attack tomorrow.
Ben JONES (ENG), Caolan RAFFERTY (IRE) and Charlie STRICKLAND (ENG) are all placed on -5 in tied 8th.
Other GB&I players to make the cut included Josh MCMAHON (ENG) -4 tied 13th, Jamie STEWART (SCO) -2 tied 18th, Sandy SCOTT (SCO), Jake BOLTON (ENG), David LANGLEY (ENG), Connor MCKINNEY (SCO) all -1 tied 21st, Robin WILLIAMS (ENG) +1, Tom PLUMB (ENG) both +1 tied 36th, Tom SLOMAN (ENG), Ben HUTCHINSON (ENG), Conor PURCELL (IRE) all +2 tied 49th and finally Tom MCKIBBIN (N.I.) and Tom THURLOWAY (ENG) both +3 tied 55th.
Daniel HILLIER (NZL) showed his class bouncing back with a 68 to make the cut after yesterday’s freak 85.
61 players, 19 of whom are from Great Britain & Ireland (GB&I), made the top 60 and ties cut which fell at +3.
The average score in Round 3 was 73.67 (+1.67), better than yesterday but still higher than on Day 1.
Harry HALL (ENG) now leads the European Amateur after second 68 moved him onto -8 for the Championship.
Harry Hall’s Scorecard (Photo: EGA / Golfbox)
Jerry JI (NED), Joe LONG (ENG) and overnight leader Blake WINDRED (AUS) are all tied 2nd on -7.
Joe Long’s Scorecard (Photo: EGA / Golfbox)
Tiarnan MCLARNON (IRE), now tied 19 on -2, and David LANGLEY (ENG), now tied 32 on -1, matched Hall’s best of the day 68.
Other GB&I players going well include Jamie STEWART (SCO) -5 tied 5th, Charlie STRICKLAND (ENG) -3 tied 10th, Caolan RAFFERTY (IRE), Connor MCKINNEY (SCO), Euan WALKER (SCO), Ben JONES (ENG) and Josh MCMAHON (ENG) all -2 tied 19th.
Rasmus NEERGAARD-PETERSEN (DEN) produced the shot of the day. A hole-in-one on the 185 yard par 3 2nd hole.
The other Round 1 leader Daniel HILLIER (NZL) shot an 85 (+13) today, the worse score of Day 2 by 4-shots and 19 shots higher than his first effort. He is now up against it to make the 54 hole cut.
The average score in Round 2 was 74.30 (+2.30), 1.33 shots higher than in Round 1 due to stronger winds. The players found the back nine much harder on Day 2 with the average score rising to 37.43 from 36.30.
Blake WINDRED (AUS) and Daniel HILLIER (NZL) lead the European Amateur Championship in Austria after first round 66’s (-6). Windred had 6 unblemished birdies whilst Hillier had seven offset by a single bogey on the 206 yard par 3 14th.
Joe LONG (ENG), Mark POWER (IRE), Conor MCKINNEY (SCO) and Caolan RAFFERTY (IRE) are tied 3rd alongside Germany’s Matthias SCHMID (GER) on 67 (-5).
GB&I Round 1 Leading Scorecards (Photo: EGA / Golfbox)
Harry HALL (ENG), Jamie STEWART (SCO), Joshua MCMAHON (ENG) and Charlie STRICKLAND (ENG) are in a group of 12 players on -4 in tied 8th. Hall matched Long’s sparkling 30 on the back nine to more than recover from a slow start.
The average score in Round 1 was 72.97 (+0.97); 36.67 (+0.67) on the front nine and 36.30 (+0.30) on the back. There were 10 eagles on Day 1 including a 2 from Tim WIDING (SWE) on the 338 yard par 4 13th. Harry Hall and Takumi KANAYA (JAP) both had 8 birdies in their opening rounds.
The 32nd European Amateur Championship starts tomorrow at Diamond Country Club in Austria.
This prestigious Championship is run by the European Golf Association (EGA), assisted each year by the host nation; this year, the Austrian Golf Federation.
Diamond C.C. Aerial View (Photo: golfbreaks.com)
The European Amateur is a 72-hole stroke play competition. 18-holes are played daily over four days.
A cut will take place after 54 holes with the 60 lowest scores and ties qualifying for the final round on Saturday 29th June.
A 3 hole aggregate score play off will decide the winner in the event of a tie. If this doesn’t separate the players then a sudden death play-off will commence over the same holes.
144 players will contest the Championship this week.
All of the players must have handicaps of 0.0 or better with an entry ballot applied based on the World Amateur Golf Rankings (1st-1,600th only).
Exemptions were also available to the defending champion, a single nomination from each EGA member nation, four nominated players from the host nation, Austria, competitors in the most recent Bonallack Trophy, St. Andrew’s Trophy and Jacques Léglise Trophy matches, the 2019 South American Amateur champion and the 2019 European Mid-Amateur champion.
There are 39 GB&I players competing in Austria. Amateur champion James SUGRUE (IRE) was originally entered in the Golf Union of Ireland squad but withdrew late last week. Alex FITZPATRICK (ENG) had also entered but again was a late withdrawal.
In total there are 27 of the current Scratch Players World Amateur Ranking’s Top 100 in the field. These are Euan WALKER (SCO) #7, Caolan RAFFERTY (IRE) #12, Jayden SCHAPER (RSA) #13, Conor PURCELL (IRE) #14, Daniel HILLIER (NZE) #15, Blake WINDRED (AUS) #18, Takumi KANAYA (JAP) #22, Harry HALL (ENG) #25, Ben JONES (ENG) #28, Jake BURNAGE (SCO) #29, Tom PLUMB (ENG) #30, TOM SLOMAN (ENG) #31, Sandy SCOTT (SCO) #36, David LANGLEY (ENG) #39, Matthias SCHMID (GER) #42, Keita NAKAJIMA (JAP) #43, Bailey GILL (ENG) #45, Ronan MULLARNEY (IRE) #48, Koen KOUWENAAR (NED) #49, Ben HUTCHINSON (ENG) #55, Luca FILIPPI (RSA) #67, Matty LAMB (ENG) #69, Jannik DE BRUYN (GER) #80, Adrien PENDARIES (ENG) #85, Jack THOMPSON (AUS) #86, Michael HIRMER (GER) #89 and Nathan BARBIERI (AUS) #99
Diamond Country Club
The 2019 Championship is being staged at the Diamond Country Club in Atzenbrugg, near Vienna in Austria.
Diamond C.C. Boathouse (Photo: golf.at)
The course was designed by Jeremy Pern and plays to 6,766m and a par of 72 off the back tees. It is an American-style parkland course set around a large central lake.
It hosted a European Tour event between 2010 and 2018. In 2018 it held the Shock Clock Masters, where every shot was timed for the first time. Tom MCKIBBIN (IRE) played as an amateur invite in this tournament and returns this week.
It has staged a number of EGA competitions most recently the 2017 Men’s European Team Championship which was won by Spain.
A hot and sunny week is forecast for Austria and conditions should be very good over the four competition days.
Weds 26th June – Sunny. Wind 7 mph (SE). Min. 23°C / Max. 36°C.
Thurs 27th June – Sunny. Wind 10 mph (NW). Min. 18°C / Max. 32°C.
Fri 28th June – Sunny. Wind 9 mph (NW). Min. 16°C / Max. 28°C.
Sat 29th June – Sunny. Wind 6 mph (NW). Max. 17°C / Min 29°C.
Gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded to the Top 3 finishers.
More importantly the champion receives an exemption into this year’s Open Championship being played at Royal Portrush G.C. in Northern Ireland in July.
The Championship Trophy is held by the winning player’s national golf authority.
2018 European Amateur Championship
Nicolai HOJGAARD (DEN) won the 2018 European Amateur Championship at Royal Hague in The Netherlands.
Robin Dawson (Silver), Nicolai Hojgaard (Gold) and Jerry Ji (Bronze)
(Photo: European Golf Association / Ronald Speijer)
Robin DAWSON (IRE) and Jerry JI (NED) pipped Viktor HOVLAND (NOR) and Mitch WAITE (ENG) to the silver and bronze medals respectively, based on a last 36 and then 18 hole count back, after all four finished on 282 (-6).
Click here to view the – 2018 European Amateur Championship Results
The competition was first contested in 1986 at Eindhoven G.C. Initially it was held biennially before moving to an annual fixture from 1990.
2019 will be the second occasion Austria have hosted the Championship. To date it has been held in 18 different countries in total.
Former winners who have gone on to enjoy very successful professional careers include Stephen GALLACHER (1994), Sergio GARCIA (1995), Gregory HAVRET (1999), Carl PETTERSSON (2000), Rory MCILROY (2006) and Victor DUBUISSON (2009).
In addition to Gallacher and McIlroy other GB&I past winners include Jim PAYNE (1991), Paddy GRIBBEN (1998), Stephen BROWNE (2001), Brian MCELHINNEY (2003), Matthew RICHARDSON (2004), Rhys PUGH (2012) and Ashley CHESTERS (2013 and 2014) and Alfie PLANT (2017).
Ashley Chesters is the only two-time winner and the only player to have retained the trophy.
Click here to view the – European Amateur Championship Past Winners and Venues
Rory McIlroy – 2006 Champion (Photo: EGA)
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The Amateur Championship – 2019 Preview, Reports & Results
James SUGRUE (IRE) won the 124th Amateur Championship at Portmarnock G.C. on a near perfect day for golf.
He becomes the 8th Irish winner of the title following in the footsteps of Jimmy Bruen, Max McCready, Joe Carr, Garth McGimpsey, Michael Hoey, Brian McElhinney and most recently Alan Dunbar in 2012.
He beat Euan WALKER (SCO) by 2 Holes in a pulsating Final which went the full 36 holes.
The Mallow G.C. (County Cork) member can now look forward to playing in The Open, The Masters and U.S. Open over the next 12 months. He is additionally assured of a place in the Great Britain & Ireland (GB&I) Walker Cup team which will face USA at Royal Liverpool G.C. in September.
James Sugrue and Euan Walker (Photo: Pat Cashman)
Sugrue (22) made a dream start this morning. A combination of aggressive play off the tee, good chipping and confident holing out saw him build a 5Up lead after the first nine holes.
Walker started to settle on the back nine helped in no small part by holing a 50ft putt for a winning birdie on the 10th. When he then birdied the par 5 13th to reduce the deficit to 3 Down the match was certainly back on.
After both players bogeyed the long par 3 15th Sugrue moved to 4Up after Walker bogeyed the 17th. However, the extended advantage was short lived; an untidy 18th, with Sugrue taking four to get down from the green side after a duffed chip, ended with Walker taking the home hole with a bogey to go into lunch just 3 Down.
It was the Irishman who struck first in the afternoon with a birdie on the 2nd but this was quickly given back when he bogeyed the next.
With both players now comfortable with their surroundings and the large crowd the play became much improved. Walker produced four birdies to Sugrue’s two over the next ten holes to claw his way back into the match. When Sugrue bogeyed the 16th Walker had completed the comeback – we were All Square with three holes to play.
However, the exertions of regaining parity having been 5 Down after nine holes perhaps took too much out of the Scotsman. He will no doubt be disappointed with his play over the remaining two holes.
Firstly, a poor pitch on 17 opened the door to Sugrue who bravely two-putted from the front of the green to go 1Up.
Fortune then favoured Sugrue as his drive on the 18th bounced out of a fairway bunker, finishing on the mown top, whilst Walker found heavy rough well right. Both players did well to get just over the 18th green with their seconds before Walker’s first putt failed to climb a steep bank and he ultimately ended up conceding the hole to Sugrue’s tap in bogey. The home crowd which had swelled to around 3,000 cheered loudly as Sugrue and Ireland had won by 2 Holes.
Speaking to The R&A afterwards Sugrue said “It is hard to believe really. It hasn’t sunk in yet. Just to think about this win is unbelievable. Everything that comes with the win and all the crowds that were out there, it’s incredible. I’m just kind of happy I did it for the crowds, really, as I didn’t want all those people who came out to support me to see me end up losing. It’s more relief than anything else really to get over the line, especially after being three up going into the afternoon session. I’m just delighted to do it.”
Sugrue v. Walker Final Scores (Photo: The R&A / Golfbox)
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The 125th Amateur Championship will be played at Royal Birkdale and West Lancashire G.C.’s in England from 15th – 20th June 2020.
Semi-Final Results (Photo: The R&A / Golfbox)
David MICHELUZZI (AUS) played James SUGRUE (IRE) in the first Semi-Final in a game that understandably attracted a large following at Portmarnock. After an up and down front nine the Irishman took control around the turn and saw out the match relatively comfortably.
Micheluzzi v. Sugrue Semi-Final Scores (Photo: The R&A / Golfbox)
In the second Semi-Final Euan WALKER (SCO) got the better of Ben JONES (ENG). A birdie on the par 5 6th had given the Scotsman the early lead but this was soon overturned when he bogeyed both 8 and 9. Despite starting the back nine 1 Down Walker’s steadier play over the closing holes enabled him to eventually gain the upper hand.
Walker v. Jones Semi-Final Scores (Photo: The R&A / Golfbox)
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The first Quarter Final between David MICHELUZZI (AUS) and Cameron SISK (USA) proved to be a tight affair with neither player ever leading by more than one hole. In the end a birdie on the 18th proved decisive for the Australian who broke the deadlock to win by 1 Hole.
James SUGRUE (IRE) started nervously in his game against Koen KOUWENAAR (NED) and was 2 Down after four holes. He recovered to All Square after the Dutchman found trouble on both the 8th and 9th, two longish par fours. Birdies were exchanged on 13 and 14 with first Sugrue taking the lead before Kouwenaar immediately bounced back. A bogey on 16 by the Mallow man appeared to have opened the door to his opponent but after the 17th was halved in par he holed a 15 footer on the final green for a birdie to save the day. When Kouwenaar then bogeyed the 1st Sugrue made no mistake with his safe par delighting the home crowd.
After a tight front nine where Sandy SCOTT (SCO) and Euan WALKER (SCO) matched each other shot for shot the third Quarter Final came alive at the start of the back nine. Scott birdied the 11th and after Walker bogeyed the next the Nairn player found himself 2Up with 6 holes to play. Walker birdied the par 5 13th to reduce the deficit and then quickly moved ahead after his compatriot handed him the 14th and 16th with bogeys. Like Sugrue in the game in front Scott refused to be beaten, his birdie on 18th forcing extra holes. The recovery was to be short-lived however as Walker composed himself to take the match on the 19th.
Ben JONES (ENG) beat Ronan MULLARNEY (IRE) 3&1 in the final match this morning. After the front nine finished All-Square Jones played the difficult back nine in 3-under par to win well. Birdies on the 12th, 13th and 16th holes were the difference on the day.
Quarter Final Results (Photo: The R&A / Golfbox)
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James SUGRUE (IRE) and Ronan MULLARNEY (IRE) both kept Irish hopes for a home winner alive with Last 16 wins this afternoon.
Mullarney beat Matty LAMB (ENG) by 1 Hole in Round 4. Having led 5Up after 11 holes Mullarney required a par on the last to finally take care of Lamb who fought right to the end.
Euan WALKER (SCO) and Sandy SCOTT (SCO) delivered the all-Scottish quarter final by both winning close matches.
Ben JONES (ENG) will play Mullarney tomorrow, both players will be playing their fifth game having come through the Preliminary Round.
Round 4 Results (Photo: The R&A / Golfbox)
Day 2 of Match Play started badly for GB&I with medalist Tom PLUMB (ENG), Tom SLOMAN (ENG), Billy MCKENZIE (ENG) and Angus FLANAGAN (ENG) all falling to disappointing losses.
James SUGRUE (IRE) got things back on track. He was 3 Down with four holes to play before securing a memorable 1 Hole victory over Christoffer PÅLSSON (SWE). Sugrue gained revenge for a Round 3 loss to the Swede at Royal Aberdeen last year.
James ROBINSON‘s (ENG) run came to an end but not without some fight. He eventually lost on the 21st hole to Sergio PARRIEGO CORNEJO (ESP).
Euan WALKER (SCO) and Sandy SCOTT (SCO) both secured wins to keep alive hopes of an all-Scottish Quarter Final match.
The final four matches of the morning series all went the way of the home player with Ronan MULLARNEY (IRE), Matty LAMB (ENG), Bailey GILL (ENG) and Ben JONES (ENG) continuing their good form.
Despite my complaints below about the unfairness of his draw Medalist Tom PLUMB (ENG) took little time in despatching 41st seed Alejandro DEL RAY GONZALEZ (ESP) 7&5 this morning.
Tom SLOMAN (ENG) was made to work very hard for his 1 hole win over Joe PAGDIN (ENG). Sloman trailed from the start and was 3 down with 6 holes to play but managed to overturn the deficit over Portmarnock’s challenging finishing holes.
It was obvious from the Stroke Play Qualifying that no match would be over until it was over given par was often going to be good enough to take many holes coming home.
Billy MCKENZIE (ENG) handed a heavy 7&6 defeat to an out of sorts David LANGLEY (ENG), damaging the latter’s hopes of forcing his way into the GB&I Walker Cup team.
Germany’s Matthias SCHMID, back from Louisville University for the summer, provided the biggest win of Round 2, taking out Sam DONE (ENG) 9&8.
Angus FLANAGAN (ENG) produced the best comeback of the day. He was 5 Down with 6 to play but somehow managed to beat last week’s St. Andrews Links Trophy winner Jake BURNAGE (ENG) on the 20th hole.
Harry HALL (ENG) was also undone by the finishing holes; 1 Up with 3 to play fellow Walker Cup panelist James SUGRUE (IRE) came through to win by 2 holes.
The final match in the Upper Half of the draw saw surprise package James ROBINSON (ENG) comfortably dispose of Therion NEL (RSA) 4&3. Nel is currently ranked 88th in the SPWAR whilst Robinson sits 1,319th.
Round 2 Upper Half Results (Photo: The R&A / Golfbox)
In the Lower Half of the Match Play draw Euan WALKER (SCO) showed all of his fighting qualities to come from behind to beat Eanna GRIFFIN (IRE) by 2 holes.
Caolan RAFFERTY (IRE) will be disappointed not to have got past Finland’s far less experienced Jonatan JOLKKONEN.
In two tight matches Daniel O’LOUGHLIN (ENG) overcame Midlands rival Sam BROADHURST (ENG) on the first extra hole and Sandy SCOTT (SCO) beat Markus BRAADLIE (NOR) by 1 hole, the Norwegian perhaps tiring a little having also played in the Preliminary this morning.
Matty LAMB (ENG) secured his second victory of the day and in taking out Yurav PREMLALL (RSA) 3&1 ended South African interest in the Championship.
Bailey GILL (ENG) also enjoyed a good 4 &2 win over University of South Florida’s Albin BERGSTRÖM (SWE). Bergström had enjoyed an award winning Freshman season in the U.S. so will have arrived in Ireland with a lot of confidence.
Ben JONES (ENG) would have to be my ‘Player of the Day’ though, firstly beating Jayden SCHAPER (RSA / SPWAR #10) in 22 holes this morning before going all the way to the 18th green with John AXELSEN (DEN / SPWAR #151) this afternoon. I am sure his fighting spirit will not have been lost on the watching Walker Cup selectors.
Round 2 Lower Half Results (Photo: The R&A / Golfbox)
Click here to view the – 2019 Amateur Championship Round 2 Draw / Scores
Preliminary Round 1
The Match Play Stage of The Amateur Championship, which is being played exclusively at Portmarnock G.C., started at 7.00am this morning.
76 players made the top 64 and ties cut.
As a result the 24 lowest scoring qualifiers had to play a Preliminary Round 1 to produce the final 12 players required to make up the 64 needed for Round 2.
Sam BROADHURST (ENG), Ronan MULLARNEY (IRE), Matty LAMB (ENG) and Ben JONES (ENG) all came through the Preliminary Round to take their place in Round 2.
Preliminary Round 1 Results (Photo: The R&A / Golfbox)
Click here to view the – 2019 Amateur Championship Preliminary Round 1 Draw / Scores
Every year I complain about the use by The R&A of a Preliminary Round rather than using a play-off or card count back to produce the 64 players needed for the first round proper.
This year because of the Preliminary Round medalist Tom PLUMB (ENG), who would be playing the 64th qualifier in a clean draw, has been paired with the 41st qualifier Alejandro DEL REY GONZALEZ (ESP).
Take a look at the table below which outlines how the 76 Stroke Play seeds fed through into this year’s Amateur Championship draw and how this compares with a Standard 64 player Match Play draw.
You will see most of the leading qualifiers end up playing against higher rated players than they deserve to. The only beneficiaries being those players who receive the winners of the Preliminary Round in the Lower Half of the draw.
Upper Half Draw Lower Half Draw
Amateur ‘19 Standard Amateur ‘19 Standard
1 vs 41 64 22 vs 47 43
32 vs 50 33 11 vs 36 54
17 vs 35 48 6 vs 34 59
8 vs 44 57 19 vs 57 vs 53 46
25 vs 39 40 14 vs 70 vs 54 51
24 vs 48 41 3 vs 64 vs 60 62
Tom PLUMB (ENG) secured Stroke Play medalist honours at The Amateur today after posting an aggregate 36 hole score of 139 (-4). Plumb shot a second round 71 (-1) at Portmarnock.
Tom Plumb (Photo: The R&A / Getty Images)
In the last group out John AXELSEN (DEN) recorded a 69 at Portmarnock to pull level with Plumb on 139 (-4). However, he lost out on count back; his 72 (I 37 / P 35) was four shots more than Plumb’s (I 33 / P 35) on the aggregate of the two back nines.
Sandy SCOTT (SCO) was 3rd after a 69 at The Island left him on 140 (-3).
William BUHL (NOR) and Harry HALL (ENG) were tied 4th on 141 (-2).
Conditions were favourable today with sunny intervals and a modest breeze.
The best rounds of the day at Portmarnock belonged to Caolan RAFFERTY (IRE), Euan MCINTOSH (SCO) and Mason ANDERSEN (USA) who all posted 68’s (-4) to qualify.
Caolan Rafferty’s and Euan McIntosh’s Scorecards (Photo: The R&A / Getty Images)
The average Round 2 score at Portmarnock was 75.33 (+3.33).
Blake WINDRED (AUS) recorded the lowest round at The Island on Day 2 with a bogey free 67 (-4). Unfortunately his 82 at Portmarnock yesterday was never going to be recoverable.
Blake Windred’s Scorecard (Photo: The R&A / Getty Images)
The average Round 2 score at The Island was 74.16 (+3.16).
24 of the 26 Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup squad players were competing. 12 of the group made it through to the Match Play Stage. These were Thomas PLUMB (ENG) -4, Sandy SCOTT (SCO) 2nd, Harry HALL (ENG) -2, Caolan RAFFERTY (IRE) -1, Joe PAGDIN (ENG) Ev, Bailey GILL (ENG) +1, Euan MCINTOSH (SCO) +1, Tom SLOMAN (ENG) +2, Euan WALKER (SCO) +2, Jake BURNAGE (ENG) +2, James SUGRUE (IRE) +3 and Ben JONES (ENG) +4.
14 other GB&I players qualified, namely, David LANGLEY (ENG) -1, Jake BOLTON (ENG) -1, Eanna GRIFFIN (IRE) Ev, Angus FLANAGAN (ENG) +1, James ROBINSON (ENG) +1, Connor MCKINNEY (SCO) +1, Ben HUTCHINSON (ENG) +1, Daniel O’LOUGHLIN (ENG) +2, Sam DONE (ENG) +2, Billy MCKENZIE (ENG) +2, Ronan MULLARNEY (IRE) +4, Jack AINSCOUGH (ENG) +4, Sam BROADHURST (ENG) +4 and Matty LAMB (ENG) +4.
As predicted the top 64 and ties Match Play cut fell at 147 (+4) with a total of 76 players progressing. The 24 lowest scoring qualifiers will therefore be involved in a Preliminary Round to establish the final 64 players.
Click here to view the – 2019 Amateur Championship SP Qualifying Results
Looking ahead to tomorrow’s Match Play here are the Stroke Play Qualifying hole-by-hole statistics for Portmarnock G.C. which may assist with strategy: –
Geoff LENEHAN (IRE) and Tom MCKIBBIN (N.I.) played the first tee shots of the 124th Amateur Championship at 7.00am this morning at Portmarnock G.C. and The Island G.C. respectively.
On a breezy but dry day on the east coast of Ireland the scoring was relatively high. Just 17 players in the field of 288 recorded an under par score.
Anton ALBERS (GER) was the low man at Portmarnock in Round 1 of the Stroke Play Qualifying with a 4-under par 68.
Anton Albers’ Round 1 Scorecard (Photo: The R&A / Getty Images)
There was a total of six under par rounds at Portmarnock. Sandy SCOTT (SCO), who recorded a 71 (-1), provided one of them.
The average score at Portmarnock in Round 1 was 77.47 (+5.47).
Ayoub SSOUADI (MOR) and Harry HALL (ENG) both recorded 67’s (-4) at The Island to share the Day 1 lead with the German.
Ayoub Ssouadi’s and Harry Hall’s Round 1 Scorecards (Photo: The R&A / Getty Images)
A total of 11 under par rounds were posted at The Island. Tom PLUMB (ENG) 68 (-3), James ROBINSON (ENG) and Tom SLOMAN (ENG) both 69 (-2), Curtis KNIPES (ENG), David LANGLEY (ENG) and Joe PAGDIN (ENG) all 70 (-1) led the way for Great Britain & Ireland.
The average score at The Island in Round 1 was 75.14 (+4.14).
The projected top 64 and ties match play cut mark looks like being 147 (+4). This is based on the fact that after Round 1 27 players are tied 52nd on +2. 31 of these 78 players played at Parmarnock and 47 at The Island.
Caolan RAFFERTY (IRE) I +3, Ronan MULLARNEY (IRE) P +3, Alex FITZPATRICK (ENG) P +3, David HAGUE (ENG) P +3, Euan WALKER (SCO) P +3, Jake HAPGOOD (WAL) P +4, Tom MCKIBBIN (IRE) I +4, Robin WILLIAMS (ENG) P +4, Akshay BHATIA (USA) P +4, Jayden SCHAPER (RSA) P +4, James SUGRUE (IRE) P +5, Conor PURCELL (IRE) I +5, Ben JONES (ENG) P +5, Euan MCINTOSH (SCO) I +5, Wilco NIENABER (RSA) P +5, Ryan LUMSDEN (SCO) P +6, Ben CHAMBERLAIN (WAL) I +6, Josh MCMAHON (ENG) P +6, Jamie STEWART (SCO) P +7, John MURPHY (IRE) I +7, Tiarnan MCLARNON (IRE) I +8 and Blake WINDRED (AUS) P +10 are therefore amongst the more notable players who can afford few mistakes tomorrow.
The 124th Amateur Championship starts on Monday 17th June at Portmarnock Golf Club and The Island Golf Club. Both courses are located a short distance to the north east of Dublin city centre in Ireland.
The Amateur is the most prestigious amateur golf event played outside of the United States and without question the highlight of the Great British and Irish (GB&I) amateur season.
288 players will play two stroke play qualifying rounds, one round on each course, on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th June.
Click here to view the – 2019 Amateur Championship SP Qualifying Tee Times
The 64 players with the lowest 36 hole scores, and ties for 64th place, will advance to the match play stage and be seeded in line with their qualifying finishes. A preliminary round will be used if more than 64 players qualify. [I would prefer there to be a play-off or an aggregate count back so there can be a clean draw made.]
The match play stage will then be played solely at Portmarnock between Wednesday 19th and Saturday 22nd June.
Matches will be played over 18 holes except for Saturday’s Final which will be contested over 36 holes. Extra sudden death holes will be used in all games if necessary.
An Aerial View Of Portmarnock Golf Club (Photo: Portmarnock G.C.)
The 288 players are drawn firstly from a number of exempt categories covering various Championship performances and representative team selections. Thereafter places are allocated to those players ranked 1st – 2,000th in the WAGR as at 15th May 2019. The lowest non-exempt WAGR player in the field is currently Islam HABEBUL (ENG) at #939.
Looking at the current SPWAR, my preferred amateur ranking, there are 19 of the top 50 players competing. These are Jayden SCHAPER (RSA) 9th, Conor PURCELL (IRE) 10th, Caolan RAFFERTY (IRE) 12th, Blake WINDRED (AUS) 14th, Wilco NIENABER (RSA) 19th, David MICHELUZZI (AUS) 22nd, Euan WALKER (SCO) 25th, Harry HALL (ENG) 27th, Jake BURNAGE (ENG) 29th, Tom SLOMAN (ENG) 32nd, Alejandro DEL REY GONZALEZ (ESP) 33rd, Keita NAKAJIMA (JAP) 34th, Tom PLUMB (ENG) 38th, David LANGLEY (ENG) 39th, Yurav PREMLALL (RSA) 41st, Ben JONES (ENG) 43rd, Bailey GILL (ENG) 45th, Matthias SCHMID (GER) 47th and Stefano MAZZOLI (ITA) 49th.
Players from 34 different countries will contest the 2019 Amateur Championship.
England have 54 players in the field, Ireland 22, Scotland 18 and Wales 5.
Outside of the home nations the best represented countries are USA (27), France (24), Germany (16), Spain (16), Sweden (12), Italy (11), Australia (11), Denmark (9), South Africa (8) and Finland (8).
Whilst there are a large number of Americans playing it again remains the case that the vast majority of their leading players continue to skip the Championship. It is disappointing but perhaps understandable that most of them prefer to play in the Northeast Amateur Invitational at Wannamoisett C.C. in Providence, Rhode island – an event that starts on Wednesday 19th June. Without their participation The Amateur will always lack a little something despite the Major exemptions on offer. The best American this year is Cole MADEY (SPWAR 54) albeit Akshay BHATIA (SPWAR 101) is a notable junior.
Stewart HAGESTAD (USA), Daniel HILLIER (NZL) and Chun An “Kevin” YU (TPE) all qualified for the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and were sadly all late withdrawals.
12 Reserves were called upon since the original draw was made on 20th May.
Portmarnock G.C.’s Promotional Video For The Amateur Championship (3:13)
This is only the second time that The Amateur has been staged outside Great Britain. Portmarnock hosted the Championship 70 years ago in 1949 with Max McCready overcoming Willie Turnesa 2&1 in the Final.
Situated on its own peninsula Portmarnock G.C., which was opened in 1894, will play to 7,422 yards and a par of 72. Whilst the front nine is longer by 150 yards it is the strong finishing holes for which the links are renowned.
The Island G.C. was founded in 1890 and as its name suggests was originally only accessible by ferry boat. It plays to 7,019 yards from the back tees and has a par of 71.
13th hole, The Island Golf Club (Photo: The Island G.C.)
Weather Forecast (as at Monday 16th June)
The weather forecast looks resonable, with little rain and a fairly consistent south westerly wind expected: –
Mon 17th June – Sunny. Wind 17 mph SW. Temp. Max. 17°C / Min 10°C.
Tue 18th June – Sunny. Wind 10 mph SW. Temp. Max. 18°C / Min 9°C.
Wed 19th June – Showers PM. Wind 12 mph SW. Temp. Max. 16°C / Min 9°C.
Thu 20th June – Cloudy. Wind 13 mph W. Temp. Max. 15°C / Min 7°C.
Fri 21st June – Sunny. Wind 12 mph SW. Temp. Max. 16°C / Min 9°C.
Sat 22nd June – Cloudy. Wind 13 mph SE. Temp. Max. 17°C / Min 11°C.
Click here to view the – Latest BBC Weather Forecast For Dublin
Players will tee off between 7.00am and 3.52pm on Monday and Tuesday so changes in the weather and wind speed may have a role to play in the stroke play qualifying scoring.
Prizes / Exemptions
A momento is presented by The R&A to the leading player in the stroke play qualifying competition, with a tie decided on the lowest aggregate score for the second nine holes on both courses (or six or three or one).
The winner of the match play stage will become the Champion Amateur Golfer for the year and is awarded the Championship Trophy and a Gold Medal. The runner-up receives a Silver Medal and each losing semi-finalist a Bronze Medal.
The winner of The Amateur Championship will be exempt into next month’s 148th Open Championship being staged at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.
Traditionally, the champion is also invited to compete in the following year’s Masters Tournament at Augusta National G.C. and also exempted into the 2020 U.S. Open Championship which is being held at Winged Foot G.C. in Mamaroneck, New York.
Finally, there is an informal rule that any GB&I player who wins the Amateur Championship in a Walker Cup year will be automatically selected for our team.
2018 Amateur Championship
Jovan REBULA (RSA) won the 2018 Amateur Championship beating Robin DAWSON (IRE) 3&2 in the 36 hole Final played at Royal Aberdeen G.C.
He was the first South African winner since Bobby Cole in 1966.
Jovan Rebula (Photo: The R&A / Mark Runnacles / Getty Images)
Click here to view the – 2018 Amateur Championship Match Play Results
Fellow South African Wilco NIENABER was medalist in the preceeding Stroke Play Qualifying. He shot a 66 at Murcar Links and a 67 at Royal Aberdeen G.C. for a 133 (-8) total.
The top 64 and ties match play cut fell at +6 with 77 players progressing. There were 30 GB&I qualifiers amongst this number.
Click here to view the – 2018 Amateur Championship Stroke Play Qualifying Results
A Short History of The Amateur
The Amateur Championship was first played in April 1885 at Royal Liverpool G.C. Allan Macfie (SCO) was the first champion beating Horace Hutchinson (ENG) 7&6 in the Final.
Up until the Second World War it was a hugely prestigious event and in many of these early years was afforded a much higher standing in the game than The Open. Players like Johnny Ball (ENG), Harold Hilton (ENG) and Freddie Tait (SCO) were all amateurs and as good if not better than most of the professionals of the day.
With only modest rewards available in the professional game many of the better players simply stayed amateur. The great American Bobby Jones, who won The Amateur in 1930 on the way to his Grand Slam, remains the most well known career amateur.
Even after the war players remained amateur for much longer and famous names like Frank Stranahan (USA), Joe Carr (IRE), Sir Michael Bonallack (ENG) and Peter McEvoy (ENG) all built their reputations on Amateur Championship wins.
With the growth and transformation of the professional game from the early 1980s onwards both the better players and the media increasingly started to turn their backs on the amateur game.
Save for exceptional cases like Gary Wolstenholme (ENG) all continuity has been lost over the last 30 years and most of the young golfing stars of today rarely play any more than 2 or 3 Amateurs before being lured into the pro ranks by the huge rewards on offer.
The Amateur Championship Trophy (Photo: Dominik Holyer)
The greatest player in the history of The Amateur is Johnny Ball. The Hoylake man won the Championship a record 8 times between 1888 and 1912.
Only three other players have won the competition more than twice; Sir Michael Bonallack (5), Harold Hilton (4) and Joe Carr (3). Bonallack amazingly won it three years in a row between 1968-1970. The last person to retain The Amateur was Peter McEvoy in 1977 and ’78.
Prior to Jovan Rebula’s win in 2018 the previous 10 winners of The Amateur Championship were: –
2017 Harry Ellis (ENG) – Royal St. George’s G.C.
2016 Scott Gregory (ENG) – Royal Porthcawl G.C.
2015 Romain Langasque (FRA) – Carnoustie G.L.
2014 Bradley Neil (SCO) – Royal Portrush G.C.
2013 Garrick Porteous (ENG) – Royal Cinque Ports G.C.
2012 Alan Dunbar (IRE) – Royal Troon G.C.
2011 Bryden Macpherson (AUS) – Hillside G.C.
2010 Jin Jeong (KOR) – Muirfield
2009 Matteo Manassero (ITA) – Formby G.C.
2008 Reinier Sexton (NED) – Trump Tunberry
A great achievement and honour for all of the players listed above. However, it’s also another reminder of how incredibly tough golf is and that wins in the biggest events are no guarantee of success in the professional game.
Click here to view a complete list of – Amateur Championship winners
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NCAA Division I Men’s Regionals – 2019 Preview & Results
81 5-man teams and 45 individuals contested the six 54 hole Regional Tournaments played on 13th – 15th May.
The low five teams and the low individual not on those teams from each Regional advanced to the National Championships.
The 2019 National Team and Individual titles will be decided on 24th – 29th May at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas with The University of Arkansas hosting this year’s Championship.
There is more background on these NCCA Division I events at the bottom of this article.
You will find a results summary below with a full list of the teams and individuals selected to participate in the 2019 six Regional events.
20 GB&I players started the Regional stage. All of them are shown below in bold type.
Following the completion of the Regionals Alex Fitzpatrick (Wake Forest), Harry Hall (UNLV), Dev Morley (Louisville) and John Murphy (Louisville) have all qualified for the National Championships.
University of Georgia Golf Course – ATHENS, Georgia
Hosted by the University of Georgia
GOLFSTAT RESULTS – TEAM and INDIVIDUAL
TEAM QUALIFIERS: 1. Georgia -8, 2. Duke -1, 3. Vanderbilt +1, 4. SMU +16, 5. Liberty +18
INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS: Billy Tom Sargent (Western Kentucky) beat Stephen Osborne (Nevada) on the third play off hole after they both finished on -3 T4.
Teams (seeded in the following order):
Tennessee (31) – Rhys Nevin-Wharton (ENG / JR) +4 T21
Campbell (32) [Big South Conference]
SMU (44)
Memphis (80) [American Athletic Conference] – Brad Bawden (ENG / SR) -2 6th
University of North Carolina Wilmington (111) [Colonial Athletic Association]
Princeton (157) [The Ivy League]
Roland Massimino, Kansas State
Jacob Eklund, Kansas State
Eduardo Carrete, Jacksonville
Keller Harper, Furman
Jeremy Gandon, Kansas State
Billy Tom Sargent, Western Kentucky
Logan Sowell, College of Charleston
John Gough (ENG / JR), Charlotte +11 T46
Jordan Warnock, University of South Carolina Upstate
Will Halamandaris, Lafayette
University of Texas Golf Club – AUSTIN, Texas
Hosted by the University of Texas at Austin
TEAM QUALIFIERS: 1. Texas -25, 2. TCU -5, 3. Clemson -1, 4. Pepperdine +6, 5. Southern California +8
INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS: Julian Perico (Arkansas) -3 T6
Southern California (10)
Pepperdine (16) [West Coast Conference]
Clemson (21)
Arkansas (33) [Southeastern Conference]
Marquette (46) [Big East Conference] – Oliver Farrell (ENG / SR) +7 T32
San Jose State (66)
Saint Mary’s – California (59)
Sam Houston State (81) [Southland Conference]
University of Missouri-Kansas City (99) [Western Athletic Conference]
Prairie View A&M (240) [Southwestern Athletic Conference]
Army West Point (211) [Patriot League]
Blake Elliott, McNeese
Angus Flanagan (ENG / SO), Minnesota +4 T20
Cody Burrows, Oral Roberts
Jake Benson (ENG / SO), Rice +12 T47
Jeffrey Peters, Saint Peter’s
University of LOUISVILLE Golf Club – Simpsonville, Kentucky
Hosted by the University of Louisville
TEAM QUALIFIERS: 1. Oklahoma State -14, 2. Auburn -10, 3. Baylor -7, 4. LOUISVILLE +7, 5. North Florida +8
INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS: Tripp Kinney (Iowa State) -7 Medalist
Oklahoma State (1) [Big 12 Conference]
North Florida (17) [ASUN Conference]
Louisville (19) – Dev Morley (IRE / JR) +4 T29 and John Murphy (IRE / JR) -2 T12
Baylor (22)
Arkansas State (36) [Sun Belt Conference]
Iowa State (38)
Mississippi State (60)
New Mexico (57) [Mountain West Conference]
Jacksonville State (116) [Ohio Valley Conference]
Southern Illinois (112) [Missouri Valley Conference]
Jordan Hahn, Wisconsin
Jamie Stewart (SCO / SO), Missouri +11 T55
Miguel Delgado, Notre Dame
Trent Wallace, Illinois State
Jimmy Hervol, UConn
Logan Lowe, George Washington
David Rauer, Illinois State
Garrett Wood, Xavier
Duncan McNeill (SCO / SR), Toledo -2 T12
George Kneiser, Green Bay
TPC Myrtle Beach – MYRTLE BEACH Beach, South Carolina
Hosted by Coastal Carolina University and Myrtle Beach Regional Sports Alliance
TEAM QUALIFIERS: 1. Illinois -25, 2. Ohio State -20, 3. WAKE FOREST -15, 4. California -14, 5. UNLV -8
INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIER: Edwin Yi (Oregon) -14 2nd
Wake Forest (4) – Alex Fitzpatrick (ENG / FR) +3 34th
Texas Tech (18) – Sandy Scott (SCO / JR) Ev T20
Illinois (23) [Big Ten Conference]
Florida State (25) – Jamie Li (ENG / JR) -11 3rd
UNLV (34) – Harry Hall (ENG / SR) -2 T14
Ohio State (52)
Northwestern (54) – Ryan Lumsden (SCO / SR) Ev T20 and Eric McIntosh (SCO / SO) +11 T63
Oregon State (62)
Cal State Fullerton (67) [Big West Conference]
Middle Tennessee (110) [Conference USA]
VCU (134) [Atlantic 10 Conference] – Kristian Tannum Donaldson (ENG / SO) +2 T31
Robert Morris (259) [Northeast Conference]
Jack Lang, Davidson
Zack Taylor, Coastal Carolina
Stuart Easton (SCO / JR), Western Kentucky +4 T35
Kyler Tate, University of Central Florida
Florian Schroedl, Fairleigh Dickinson
Palouse Ridge Golf Club – PULLMAN, Washington
Hosted by Washington State University
TEAM QUALIFIERS: 1. Texas A&M -33, 2. Brigham Young -31, 3. Oklahoma -30, 4. Georgia Tech -22, 5. South Carolina -21 (who beat Colorado State in a play-off for 5th place)
INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS: Zach Smith (UC Santa Barbara) -13 2nd
Georgia Tech (2) [Atlantic Coast Conference]
Texas A&M (28)
Brigham Young (39)
Colorado State (42)
Michigan State (63)
Purdue (47)
Kent State (86) [Mid-American Conference]
Northern Colorado (115) [Big Sky Conference]
Wright State (209) [Horizon League]
Iona College (245) [Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference] – Oisin Devereux (IRE / JR) +9 61st
Thomas Hutchison, UC Davis
Zach Smith, UC Santa Barbara
Daniel O’Loughlin (ENG / JR), Colorado +2 T47
Tim Widing, San Francisco
Jake Chanen, Grand Canyon
Stanford Golf Course – STANFORD, California
Hosted by Stanford University
TEAM QUALIFIERS: 1. Stanford -23, T2. Arizona State -11, T2 North Carolina -11, 4. Georgia Southern -6, 5. LSU +2
INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS: Kyler Dunkle (Utah) -6 T6
Arizona State (3)
Stanford (14) [Pac-12 Conference]
NC State (24)
South Florida (37)
Ole Miss (51)
Georgia Southern (53)
UNC Greensboro (55) [Southern Conference]
Augusta University (124) [Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference]
Denver (131) [The Summit League]
Austin Squires, Cincinnati
Riley Elmes, Loyola Marymount University
James Nicholas, Yale
Kyler Dunkle, Utah
Teddy Zinsner, Yale
Guillaume Fanonnel, Louisiana-Monroe
Alex Lee, Fresno State
Jack Rhea, East Tennessee State
Shiso Go, East Tennessee State
Jake Vincent, Southern Utah
The NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Committee announced the teams and individuals they had selected to participate in the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships on 1st May.
Only teams with an overall winning record (greater than 50%) against other Division I colleges in the season were considered for selection. Leading Individuals from non-qualifying teams were also added to the overall field.
All of the teams were seeded and spread across the six Regional events to ensure each field is of equal standing.
Each Team is listed above in seed order. Therefore the earlier teams at each site could be considered to be the main favourites to win the Regional and ultimately to contest the National Championship in a few week’s time. After the College or University name you will also find the Team’s Golfweek / Sagarin national ranking and if they earned automatic qualification the Conference Championship they won to do so.
The NCAA selections were largely based on the GolfStat U.S. College 2018/19 Men’s Division I Rankings which can be viewed here – Team and Individual
Looking at the Individual GolfStat Rankings on 1st May 2019 there were 11 Great British and Irish players in the Top 200. These are Sandy SCOTT (13), Oliver FARRELL (32), Harry HALL (81), Alex FITZPATRICK (91), John MURPHY (104), Jamie STEWART (108), Daniel O’LOUGHLIN (126), Brad BAWDEN (162), Angus FLANAGAN (176), Jamie LI (185) and John GOUGH (200).
Defending champions Oklahoma State remain the outstanding team in U.S. college golf and will again enter the post season as the team to beat.
The 2018 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships were held at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
The hosting team OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY won the team title, defeating Alabama, 5-0-0 in the match play final.
Broc EVERETT of Augusta University won the individual title. He beat Brandon Mancheno of Auburn on the first play-off hole after both players had recorded a 281 (-7) total score during the 72 hole stroke play qualifying.
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World Amateur Team Championship – 2018 Preview, Reports & Results
DENMARK won the Men’s World Amateur Team Championship at Carton House in Ireland with a record 541 (-39) team score.
Denmark With The Eisenhower Trophy (Photo: International Golf Federation)
The Danes produced a -13 team score in the final round which was played on the O’Meara Course. European Amateur champion Nicolai HOJGAARD was their star man producing a 66 (-7) right on cue.
This was Denmark’s first victory in the Championship. Their previous best result was second in Argentina in 2010.
The UNITED STATES finished 2nd paying the penalty for their poor first day. In the final analysis they found themselves coming up 1-shot short on 542 (-38) after a -11 team score today.
SPAIN were third on 544 (-36) two shots further back. Alejandro DEL RAY continued his fine play this week with a 65 (-8) to help the Spaniards finish the day with a -9 team score.
The Leading Final Team Results (Photo: IGF / http://www.ghintpp.com)
ENGLAND recorded the second best team score of the day with a -12. This strong finish lifted them up to 8th on 549 (-31). MATTHEW JORDAN left the amateur game in style shooting a bogey-free 65 (-8), the joint low round of the day. Matthew is set to make his pro debut in the KLM Open in The Netherlands next week.
Matthew Jordan’s Round 4 Championship Scorecard (Photo: IGF / http://www.ghintpp.com)
IRELAND finished tied 10th on 553 (-27) after a good -9 team score on the final day. John MURPHY 68 (-5) and Robin DAWSON 69 (-4) contributed the Irish scores.
SCOTLAND also finished the Championship well with a -8 team score in Round 4. Sandy SCOTT doing the main damage today with a 67 (-6). The Scottish total of 554 (-26) was good enough for tied 12th.
WALES finished on 560 (-20) for a tied 18th result. Tom WILLIAMS 69 (-4) led the Welsh to a -7 team score on the final day.
Click here to view the – 2018 Eisenhower Trophy Team Scores
Spain’s Alejandro DEL RAY was the low individual with a superb -23 final score. It was a bit harsh on Japan’s Takumi KANAYA who did little wrong today (67 -6) but ended up second best on -22.
Robin DAWSON and Gian-Marco PETROZZI (-14) both finished tied 13th to share low GB&I honours. Matthew JORDAN, Sandy SCOTT and Ryan LUMSDEN (-12) were a couple of shots further back.
Dawson and Petrozzi will both be turning Pro in the next few weeks ahead of competing in a European Tour Qualifying Stage 1 event.
The Leading Final Individual Team Results (Photo: IGF / http://www.ghintpp.com)
Click here to view the – 2018 Eisenhower Trophy Individual Scores
NEW ZEALAND showed no nerves at all on Day 3 extending their lead over the field to 3-shots. Denzel IEREMIA showed his 66 on the Montgomerie yesterday was no fluke by following it up with a 65 (-7) today.
SPAIN, UNITED STATES and ITALY matched the leaders with a -10 team score in Round 3. With THAILAND and DENMARK still in the mix we now have five teams within 4-shots of New Zealand. A final day shoot out therefore seems assured.
The Leading Round 3 Team Scores (Photo: IGF / http://www.ghintpp.com)
ENGLAND (-19) moved into 11th after posting their best team score of the week so far; a -7 with Gian-Marco PETROZZI once again delivering the low card. Petrozzi’s 67 today took him to -12 for the Championship. He is now the leading GB&I individual with just 18 holes to play.
Gian-Marco Petrozzi’s Championship Scorecard (Photo: IGF / http://www.ghintpp.com)
IRELAND and SCOTLAND (-18) are now tied 12th. Ireland fell down the rankings with a disappointing +1 team score in Round 3. Conor PURCELL’S 71 (-1) was the best score they could produce. On the other hand Scotland continue to rise; Sandy SCOTT came to the party in Round 3 and his 67 (-5) helped them move up another 5 places on the leaderboard.
WALES (-13) had a steady day with Ben CHAMBERLAIN’S 70 leading them to a -2 team score. They will start the final round in tied 20th place.
A strong finish to their rounds on the Montgomerie Course by Daniel HILLIER 65 (-7) and Denzel IEREMIA 66 (-6) helped NEW ZEALAND rise to the top of the Men’s World Amateur Team Championship leaderboard on Day 2.
New Zealand’s 270 (-20) total has given them a 1-shot lead over DENMARK, IRELAND and THAILAND, who are all tied for 2nd place.
THAILAND enjoyed a superb day on the Montgomerie Course producing a 131 (-13) score which catapulted them up into 2nd place on 271 (-19). Sadom KAEWKANJANA contributed a 65 (-7) and Witchayanon CHOTHIRUNRUNGRUENG a 66 (-6).
The Day 1 leaders, DENMARK, delivered an entirely satisfactory 137 (-8) score on the O’Meara Course but unfortunately it was a day when many of their peers were going even lower. John AXELSEN 69 (-4) again led the way with the HOJGAARD twins, Nicolai and Rasmus, both offering up 70’s (-3).
Home team IRELAND enjoyed another strong team performance in Round 2, producing a good 137 (-9) score on the O’Meara Course. Robin DAWSON, who is still to record a bogey at the Championship, shot a 68 (-5) today and he was well supported by Conor PURCELL who had a 69 (-4).
Robin Dawson’s Championship Scorecard (Photo: IGF / http://www.ghintpp.com)
CANADA (-13 O’Meara), UNITED STATES (-13 O’Meara), SPAIN (-11 Montgomerie), ITALY (-13 O’Meara), SWEDEN (-11 Montgomerie), AUSTRIA (-10 O’Meara) and GERMANY (-12 O’Meara) all managed ‘double figure’ days to move into the Top 15 by the end of play.
Italy’s Stefano MAZZOLI had the low round of the day on the O’Meara Course with a 64 (-9). A great bounce back from a difficult day on the Montgomerie yesterday. He was 15 shots better today and amazingly -9 after 10 holes of his round.
Stefano Mazzoli’s Championship Scorecard (Photo: IGF / http://www.ghintpp.com)
Spain’s Alejandro DEL RAY also a shot a 64 (-8) on the Montgomerie which was the best of the day on this course.
Alejandro Del Ray’s Championship Scorecard (Photo: IGF / http://www.ghintpp.com)
ENGLAND, one of the last group’s out on the Montgomerie Course, battled hard for a second successive -6 score. Gian-Marco PETROZZI shot a 68 (-4) to help lead the English team into tied 12th place.
WALES followed up yesterday’s good start with an even better day on the Montgomerie Course. Jake HAPGOOD’S 68 (-4) and Tom WILLIAMS’ 70 (-2) left the Principality on 279 -11 for the Championship and tied 14th.
SCOTLAND also enjoyed an excellent day. Their 136 (-10) score, thanks to Ryan LUMSDEN’S 67 (-6) and Euan WALKER’S 69 (-4) on the O’Meara moved them through the field into a respectable tied 17th.
SOUTH AFRICA’S Championship continues to go from bad to worse. Today Malcom MITCHELL, their reserve fell ill and was unable to make his tee time. Then playing in the morning, in the worst of the day’s weather, their two remaining players Matt SAULEZ and Wilco NIENABER were only able to manage a 75 and 76 on the O’Meara Course. A 151 (+5) day took them to 294 (+4) in total and a hugely disappointing 46th place.
DENMARK lead the Men’s World Amateur Team Championship (WATC) at the end of Round 1.
Rounds of 64 (-8) and 68 (-4) on the tougher Montgomerie Course from John AXELSEN and Rasmus HOJGAARD respectively helped the Danes post an impressive 132 (-12) score.
John Axelsen’s Round 1 Scorecard (Photo: IGF / http://www.ghintpp.com)
The home nation IRELAND, who were also playing on the Montgomerie, are second on 134 (-10). Robin DAWSON shot a bogey free 65 (-7) with encouragingly both John MURPHY and Conor PURCELL backing him up with 69’s (-3).
Robin Dawson’s Round 1 Scorecard (Photo: IGF / http://www.ghintpp.com)
INDIA and SWITZERLAND are a surprise third on 137 (-9), albeit their scores were both compiled on the O’Meara Course. India’s star man Rayhan THOMAS shot a best of the day 64 (-9) on the easier par 73 track. Switzerland’s Perry COHEN produced a 65 (-8) to underpin his country’s total score.
Rayhan Thomas’s Round 1 Scorecard (Photo: IGF / http://www.ghintpp.com)
ENGLAND, who were also on the O’Meara today, finished on 140 (-6) and are tied 7th. Gian-Marco PETROZZI 70 (-3) and Mitch WAITE 70 (-3) contributed their two scores.
WALES have made an encouraging start to the Championship too. Their 141 (-5) total on the O’Meara sees them lying in tied 12th place. Ben CHAMBERLAIN 69 (-4) and Jake HAPGOOD 72 (-1) put their scores on the board.
SCOTLAND 144 (Ev) are tied 34th. On a steady day for the Scots Ryan LUMSDEN shot 71 (-1) whilst Sandy SCOTT and Euan WALKER contributed hard fought matching 73’s (+1).
Two of this year’s favourites, the U.S.A. 140 M (-4) and AUSTRALIA 141 M (-3), have work to do from tied 19th and tied 23rd respectively at the end of Day 1. There is of course plenty of time left for both of them to catch the early leaders.
SOUTH AFRICA 143 M (-1) are tied 30th. Their day got off to a bad start when Jovan REBULA, the reigning Amateur champion, was forced to withdrawal with a back injury before play had started. He was replaced by travelling reserve Malcom MITCHELL.
All of the players and their teams will move onto the other course, i.e. the one they haven’t played today, for tomorrow’s second round.
The 31st Men’s World Amateur Team Championship (WATC) starts tomorrow at the Carton House resort in County Kildare, Ireland.
The WATC is a biennial international amateur golf competition run by the International Golf Federation (IGF), formerly known as the World Amateur Golf Council.
The IGF comprises 151 national governing bodies of golf in 146 countries and 22 international professional tours. It is recognised by the International Olympic Committee as the body responsible for golf and as such, in addition to the Men’s and Women’s WATC’s it also organises the golf competitions in both the Olympics and Youth Olympics.
The competition has in recent years moved by rotation around the world taking in Asia-Pacific, the Americas and Europe-Africa in turn.
The first WATC took place in 1958 and was played over the Old Course at St. Andrews. Bobby Jones captained the United States of America famously receiving the Freedom of the Town during the trip, although his team ended up losing a play-off to Australia for the title.
The WATC will be played over Carton House’s two golf courses and will be hosted by the Golfing Union of Ireland and Irish Ladies Golf Union.
The Montgomerie is a par 72 inland-links course which measures 7,301 yards from the championship tees. The nines are relatively similar in length and follow the standard configuration with two par 3’s and two par 5’s on each side. It hosted the Irish Open Championship on the European Tour in 2005, 2006 and 2013.
The O’Meara is a par 73 parkland course which measures 7,165 yards from the championship tees. Again the two nines are similar in length, albeit the front nine includes three par 5’s.
18th hole, The Montgomerie Course, Carton House (Photo: Albrecht Golf Guide)
72 teams are competing in the 2018 WATC.
The three players from each team play 72 holes of stroke play over four days. The two lowest rounds recorded on each day count towards the team’s total score.
The winning team receive the Eisenhower Trophy. The Trophy was provided in 1958 by the American Friends of Golf through the United States Golf Association and the Royal and Ancient GolfGolf Club of St. Andrews, Scotland. It is named in honour of the then United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The inscription on the trophy reads: “To foster friendship and sportsmanship among the Peoples of the World.”
Players in the leading three teams receive gold, silver and bronze medals.
Whilst individual results are reported and the player with the lowest score is recognised at the closing ceremony there is no prize awarded for the honour.
GB&I Competitors
Each of the home nations will be represented with the following players having been selected (Age / SPWAR): –
Matt JORDAN (22 / #16), Gian-Marco PETROZZI (21 / #108) and Mitch WAITE (23 / #37)
Robin DAWSON (22 / #15), John MURPHY (20 / #94) and Conor PURCELL (21 / #34)
Ryan LUMSDEN (21 / #88 ), Euan WALKER (22 / #114 ) and Sandy SCOTT (20 / #132)
Ben CHAMBERLAIN (NK / #972), Jake HAPGOOD (NK / #395 ) and Tom WILLIAMS (NK / #728)
Good luck to all of the home nation teams competing in Ireland this week.
2018 WATC Prediction
Whilst there are 72 teams competing at the 2018 WATC just ten have a chance of a medal in my opinion.
This is my Top 10 prediction: –
1. United States of America
2. ENGLAND
3. IRELAND
4. South Africa
7. Norway
9. France
10. Italy
The U.S.A. will be represented by Cole HAMMER (SPWAR #6), Colin MORIKAWA (#2) and Justin SUH (#10). The ‘undisputed’ World No. 1 Braden THORNBERRY has either not be selected or declined the opportunity to travel to Ireland.
Jovan REBULA and Victor HOVLAND, the 2018 Amateur and U.S. Amateur champions, are in action for South Africa and Norway respectively.
Future WATC Venues
2020 – Hong Kong G.C. (composite) and The Clearwater Bay G. & C.C., Hong Kong, China
2022 – Le Golf National and Golf de Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche, near Paris, France
The choice of France in 2022 was something of a surprise as the WATC was scheduled to be played in the Americas based on the rotation system that has been in place.
From 2024 due to escalating costs the WATC will be staged at a single course with the field reduced accordingly. It is expected a new qualifying competition for the smaller and newer golfing nations will be established ahead of this Championship.
2016 WATC
AUSTRALIA won the 2016 World Amateur Team Championship in Mayakoba, Mexico by a massive 19-shots.
The team of Cameron DAVIS, Harrison ENDYCOTT and Curtis LUCK equalled the 72 hole scoring record of 534 (-38).
It was the fourth time Australia had won the Eisenhower Trophy, following victories in 1958, 1966 and 1996.
Australia – Harrison Endycott, Cameron Davis, Curtis Luck, Matt Cutler – with the Eisenhower Trophy (Photo: Golf Australia)
ENGLAND (-19) collected the silver medal with AUSTRIA and IRELAND (-18) sharing bronze.
Alfie PLANT holed a 9-foot birdie putt on the last to secure second place for England. The Irish team appeared to have second sown up but a double bogey from Jack HUME (68) and a bogey from Stuart GREHAN (72) on the 18th, in their two counting rounds, ended up costing them dear.
It was the first time that both ENGLAND and IRELAND had medalled since the home nations started competing individually rather than under the Great Britain & Ireland banner.
SCOTLAND (-11) finished in a disappointing 11th place given the strong team they put out and particularly after holding the Round 1 lead when they posted a -10 score.
WALES finished in tied 16th. David BOOTE (-9) was their mainstay but he was supported well by Owen EDWARDS and Joshua DAVIES, both of whom provided two scores over the Championship.
1. AUSTRALIA -38
2. ENGLAND -19
T3. IRELAND -18
11. SCOTLAND -11
T16. WALES -8
T6. USA -15
AUSTRALIA’s Cameron DAVIS (269 / -17) recorded the Championship’s lowest individual score. His compatriot Curtis LUCK (271 / -15) finished second, helped in no small part by a superb 63 (-9) in the third round.
England’s Alfie PLANT (-12) was GB&I’s leading player at the Championship. David BOOTE (-9), Jack HUME (-7) and Paul MCBRIDE (-5) all played very well too, finishing in the Top 20 Individual standings.
GB&I Individual Results
T3. Alfie PLANT (ENG) -12
9. David BOOTE (WAL) -9
T11. Jack HUME (IRE) -7
T20. Paul MCBRIDE (IRE) -5
T27. Robert MCINTYRE (SCO) -3
T38. Connor SYME (SCO) Ev
T38. Grant FORREST (SCO) Ev
T38. Scott GREGORY (ENG) Ev
T48. Stuart GREHAN (IRE) +2
T53. Jamie BOWER (ENG) +3
T71. Owen EDWARDS (WAL) +5
T100. Joshua DAVIES (WAL) +11
The United States of America, represented by Bryson DECHAMBEAU, Beau HOSSLER and Denny MCCARTHY won the 2014 Eisenhower Trophy in Karuizawa, Japan. The U.S. team set a new record score of 534 (-38).
U.S.A. – Bryson DeChambeau, Denny McCarthy, Jim Hyler (c) and Beau Hossler – with the Eisenhower Trophy (Photo: USGA / Steven Gibbons)
In 2014 Spain’s Jon RAHM won the Individual with a record breaking 263 (-23) total.
Historic Results
GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND (GB&I) have won the Eisenhower Trophy four times but only SCOTLAND have won it in their own right since each of the home nations started to compete separately.
The competion holds a special place in the story of English amateur Peter MCEVOY. He participated in the winning GB&I team in 1988, he also ‘won’ the Individual (284) that year and he went on to captain the GB&I team that won it again in 1998. A hat trick of Eisenhower Trophy achievements that may prove difficult for anyone else to match.
Here is the full list of historic results: –
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Article 15 – Movie Review, Ratings & Information
Story of Article 15 Movie:
In the face of a gruesome crime, a young IPS officer’s fresh posting in rural India has him facing caste disparities and unpleasant truths. In the fictional village of Lalgaon, when three girls are missing, two of them are discovered dead, and there is no trace of the third. Where is she and who is in charge of this heinous act?
Review Of Article 15:
When Ayan Ranjan (Ayushmann Khurana), a city-born IPS officer in charge of the Lalgaon Police Station in India’s heartland, realizes that he will have to tackle much more than he meets the eye quickly enough. He says his wife Aditi (Isha Talwar) on the phone at one stage early in the film, “It’s like the wild wild west.” Having studied in Delhi’s St. Stephens and previously lived in Europe, Ayan is obviously at odds with the mindsets that accost him right from the Lalgaon word go.
Even as he struggles with the powerful presence of caste discrimination and looming societal inequalities, he stumbles over the news of three women who have been missing in a local plant for the past two days.
His peers, Bhramdutt and Jatav (Manoj Pahwa and Kumud Mishra) are telling him that the girls are likely to appear. But when two of them are discovered hanging from a tree the next morning, it confirms that something went wrong.
However, the pressure to close the case as rapidly as possible is relentless. “Aap logon ka transfer ho jata hai, humein maar diya jata hain,” tells the protagonist of Pahwa as he attempts to persuade Ayan to sign off on the case file.
Ayan is dedicated to getting to the bottom of this as the police officer in control, refusing to buckle down despite barriers and threats lurking in almost every corner.
The’ Article 15′ of Anubhav Sinha is intended as a thriller for the crime. And what works for the movie is that it’s thought-provoking, hard-hitting while bringing social issues to light unflinchingly.
The movie is massive on atmospherics, adding to the mood the top-notch cinematography (Ewan Mulligan) and background score. The feeling is bleak, gritty and gray, often with palpable tension in the atmosphere bringing a chill to the bone. The pictures stand out–some provocative and awkward, like the one where a person runs deep into a drain to unblock it and gets soaked in the filth or the top shot of a group of officers searching with their torchlights in a swamp. The dialogs have left an effect. And through his characters and setting, the director brings out subtle nuances that add to the essence of the narrative.
Spread with potent and poignant moments, the plot of the film leaves you with goose bumps. The story certainly keeps you on edge, but there are moments when it feels overwhelmed by layers, political intricacies, and a variety of personalities. And the pace sometimes falls.
But of course, one of the highlights of the film is the performances by an ace collection of performers. As the sincere, determined police officer, Ayushmann Khurana has hooked you immediately, belting out a riveting performance. As he gets under his character’s skin, it’s an intense, gripping act. Other notable stealers of the scene include actors Manoj Pahwa, Kumud Mishra, and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayub as Nishad in a brief but shocking role.
‘Article 15 ‘ isn’t a light watch, but it’s undoubtedly relevant, compelling, and a movie that sparks discussion.
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Superintendent Search Updates and GO’s Role in the Search
Mirella Rangel | April 6, 2017
The application period for the superintendent search closed on March 15. In this blog you’ll find information about the timeline, process, candidate pool, and how you can stay involved.
As the Oakland school board moves to make one of the most important decisions it will make on behalf our students and educators, we will continue to share the voices of community leaders to inform that work.
Search Process to Date
This winter, the search firm Leadership Associates and the school board gathered feedback about the qualities and skills our community wants in our next Superintendent. Feedback was gathered through Town Hall Meetings, an online survey, and engagements with key stakeholders and staff.
Alongside the school board’s feedback process, more than 100 families, teachers, principals, and community leaders in GO’s network attended listening sessions to identify the qualities they are looking for the next Superintendent. Following the listening sessions, the GO network sent this open letter to the school board about the need for the following qualities in our next superintendent: a systems thinker and experienced educator who is community-driven, equity-focused, and committed to Oakland. We were happy to see the recommendations from our networks open letter reflected in the position description.
Applicant Pool
The school board received 35 applications for the position. According to OUSD, 60% (21) of applicants are from Oakland/regional Bay Area. See more about candidates’ experience, location and demographic details on the OUSD website.
The school board has stated that they will maintain the names of the candidates confidential to protect their current employment situations.
The Finalists
Leadership Associates is currently conducting reference checks and an initial screening for the 35 candidates. The Board will review the applicant pool on April 11, and decide who will move forward to finalist interviews.
Finalists interviews will take place April 22 and April 23. The proposed process for these two days includes:
A student interview panel
A panel with representatives from key stakeholder groups
Board Interviews
With 9 weeks left before the end of OUSD’s school year, the school board is moving on an aggressive timeline to approve a contract by May 10th and have the new Superintendent in place by July 1st.
If you are interested in knowing more about the final stages of the process check out OUSD’s web page and sign up to receive updates. You can also share your perspective and attend the School Board Meeting scheduled for April 12th at 5 PM, City Council Chambers, City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612.
GO’s Role in the Search
We have been asked if GO Public Schools Oakland will be formally endorsing an individual candidate. Because we will not know all the candidates applying for the job and out of respect for the hiring process and in fairness to all candidates, we will not be endorsing any one person applying to be our next superintendent.
Instead, what we will do is advocate to the school board and all candidates to focus their interview conversations on the most important and hardest parts of the job in the next few years.
To that end, over the next few weeks, we will share open letters from members of the GO network offering perspectives on some of the most urgent and important aspects of the job. We believe that these issues absolutely must be addressed, the board must assess candidates on the basis of these issues, and all candidates must interview for the job aware of these needs.
Send us your ideas about which issues our new Superintendent should focus on at mrangel@gopublicshools.org.
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Grenfell Tower fire: Response must be ‘national emergency’, say survivors
Media captionWhat do survivors and bereaved families want from the inquiry?
A survivors’ group has welcomed a report on the Grenfell Tower fire, calling for the government to treat its response as “a national emergency”.
The report, published on Wednesday, followed the first phase of an inquiry, looking at what happened on the night of 14 June 2017, when 72 people died.
It was critical of the London Fire Brigade’s response and said the tower did not meet building regulations.
The LFB said it was “disappointed” by some of the criticism of individuals.
Campaign group Grenfell United said the report showed “the immediate and real dangers” of “highly combustible cladding and insulation”.
“Lives are at risk and the government need to treat this as a national emergency,” the group said.
The report made 46 recommendations, including improvements in training for fire brigade staff and the development of national guidelines for evacuating high-rise buildings.
Grenfell United called for the recommendations to be implemented in full, saying they would save lives.
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The report condemned the LFB for “serious shortcomings” and systemic failures in its response to the fire.
Inquiry chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick said the absence of a plan to evacuate the tower was a “major omission” by the LFB and more lives could have been saved had the “stay-put” policy been abandoned sooner.
Grenfell United responded: “It is heartbreaking to read that more of our loved ones could have been saved that night if the building was evacuated earlier.”
At an emotional press conference, relatives of 20 victims of the fire called for an overhaul of the LFB, saying its leadership should resign and even face prosecution.
Nazanin Aghlani, who lost two family members in the fire, said some firefighters displayed a “serious lack of common sense” and failed to see “what was so vivid in front of them”.
“If a fire happened tonight the same thing would happen again,” she said.
‘Too little too late’
The report said evidence from London Fire Brigade Commissioner Dany Cotton that she would not have changed anything about the brigade’s response was “insensitive”.
Ms Cotton said many of the recommendations were welcome and would be “carefully considered”.
She expressed her “deepest sorrow at not being able to save all those who died in the Grenfell Tower fire”.
Media captionLondon Fire Brigade chief Dany Cotton: “We are truly sorry we couldn’t save everyone’s life that night”
She added: “We welcome the chairman’s recognition of the courage, commitment and bravery of firefighters on the night, but we are disappointed at some of the criticism of individual staff members who were placed in completely unprecedented circumstances and faced the most unimaginable conditions while trying to save the lives of others.”
However, Natasha Elcock, chairwoman of Grenfell United who was rescued with her six-year-old daughter from the 11th floor, said Dany Cotton’s statement was “too little too late”.
“She stood up in the inquiry, in a room full of bereaved and survivors and said there’s nothing she would do to change that night,” she told the BBC.
“If she’d expressed that sorrow that day in that room, that potentially would have washed with us today.”
White doves were released at a memorial service earlier this year to mark two years since the tragedy
Grenfell United expressed concern at the report’s finding that the LFB were “at risk of not learning the lessons from Grenfell”, adding that firefighters were “let down by their training, procedures, equipment and leadership”.
Other issues highlighted in the report included:
A lack of training in how to “recognise the need for an evacuation or how to organise one”
Incident commanders “of relatively junior rank” being unable to change strategy
Control room officers lacking training on when to advise callers to evacuate
An assumption that crews would reach callers, resulting in “assurances which were not well founded”
Communication between the control room and those on the ground being “improvised, uncertain and prone to error”
A lack of an organised way to share information within the control room, meaning officers had “no overall picture of the speed or pattern of fire spread”
In the House of Commons, MPs held a minutes’ silence to remember victims of the fire, before a debate on the inquiry.
Boris Johnson told MPs that survivors and the bereaved had been “overlooked and ignored” before the fire and “shamefully failed” afterwards.
The second phase of the inquiry will focus on wider circumstances of the fire, including the design of the building.
While this was not the focus of the first phase, the report found there was “compelling evidence” external walls of the building failed to comply with building regulations and “actively promoted” the spread of fire.
It said the principal reason the flames shot up the building so fiercely was the combustible aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding with polyethylene cores which acted as a “source of fuel”.
Grenfell United said the second phase of the inquiry “must now focus on where responsibility for the devastating refurbishment [of the building] lies”, with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, the tenant management organisation and the companies involved facing “serious questions”.
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Film Review: The Pack (2015)
Ben Spurling 08/14/2018 Film Reviews
In Australia’s outback, a family struggles to keep the wolves from the door when a bank tries to foreclose on their land; but it soon becomes clear the family has even bigger problems when a pack of vicious dogs literally arrives at their door – and they’re looking for something to eat.
The film begins with beautifully crafted establishing shots of the brightly lit Australian outback which give way to a dusky montage of the forest near the local farming community, quickly establishing the funereal tone of the film. Music flows up from silence into a soft hum, low notes bending into one another, and then fading out, sometimes sounding like a morose, ghostly howl passing just beyond the ridge. The basic theme of humans-as-prey is set up with a simple, but well executed, segment showing the dog’s first kill before moving onto the main focus, which is the Wilson family and their fight for survival.
The credits roll over more establishing shots, this time of the idyllic Wilson farm; each member of the family is given a brief, prosaic scene in order to familiarize themselves as characters: Henry Wilson (Hamish Phillips) as the occasionally somber and withdrawn young son, Adam Wilson (Jack Campbell) as the embattled father and farmer, Carla Wilson (Anna Lise Phillips) as the weary but stoic mother, and Sophie Wilson (Katie Moore) as the rebellious and cranky teenage daughter yearning for freedom.
Tempers flare when the slithery banker (Charles Mayer) shows up and suggests the Wilsons sell the farm due to falling income and commonly overdue mortgage payments; when Adam doggedly refuses, the banker states foreclosure will be eminent, at which point he’s booted from the house and told never to come back. Not long after leaving, the banker conveniently stops his car on the edge of the forest for a little bathroom break and is expeditiously dispatched with canine acuity, fulfilling the audience’s need for soulless-banker cathartic release.
Light fades and things calm as the scene shifts back to the Wilsons and their ever so slight bonding; this stilted domestic bliss is soon interrupted by Carla’s need to check the fuse box and the unfortunate timing of wild, man-hungry beast-dogs skulking around the perimeter of the house as Adam looks for the family dog in the woods; it’s when he’s met with several pairs of glowing eyes, low growls, menacing howls, and shadowy canine figures chasing him back home, that he realizes something dangerous might be going on.
First-time feature director from Australia, Nick Robertson, directs this literalized metaphor with mature skill and a steady eye; he brings technical nuance, storytelling precision, and rich visual style to the film, all talents he picked-up in the Australian advertising market while directing award-winning commercials. He keeps the inflection at an even, tenebrous balance throughout while at the same time expertly maintaining a high level of profluence.
The music, by Tom Schutzinger, is consistently haunting; it crawls under the skin and seductively draws the viewer into the compressed darkness of the surrounding woodlands without making itself obvious or intrusive and nudges the viewer into a deeper receptive state conducive to manufactured anxiety. Benjamin Shirley’s luscious cinematography has a complex, honeyed depth dripping with color; even in the darkest of scenes, he brings out the rich possibilities and the menacing nature of all that’s happening; obviously benefiting from a close working relationship with Robertson, he keeps the story visually tight and the camera usage fluid and engaging, which adds an energy that could easily be lost by those lesser skilled in the profession.
The acting of everyone involved is of the highest of standards, riding on a proficiency that’s all too often deemed unnecessary in the frequently slap-dash world of horror films; the choices the actors make, even in the most unoriginal of scenes, are consistent, believable, and well-considered.
On the down side, we have the script by Evan Randall Green. Unfortunately, it’s tedious, hackneyed, and derivative; it’s less an actual script than a stitched together Frankenstein monster consisting of many timeworn clichés from the horror genre: a shower scene with the lights out and the soft image of a figure on the other side of the shower curtain
– check; the shower curtain is suddenly thrown open to reveal nothing – check; a close-up of water circling down the shower drain – check; scenes where florescent lights aren’t working properly and flicker on and off for no apparent reason – check; scenes where, for no apparent reason, flashlights and radios stop working at the most inopportune time – check; scenes where, for no apparent reason, flashlights and radios start working at the most inopportune time – check; trite, moth-eaten family dynamics where the father is obstinate, the mother is weary, the teenage daughter is lippy, and the son is slightly knowing and withdrawn – check.
Even though this is only his third outing as a scriptwriter, Evan Green can do better. Or at least I hope he can; the premise for this film is good, it’s solid, and it could have been a good story if Evan had tried to sidestep at least some of the overworked themes and ideas. Hopefully, he’ll do so next time, because, if there’s any justice in the filmmaking world, the first-class talent involved with The Pack should never be wasted on another unimaginative script like this again. Check, please!
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Abe and Ella’s desperation grows as followers drop off
With followers abandoning the Hampstead hoax like yesterday’s leftover porridge, Abe and Ella are scrambling to rebuild their fan-base while they attempt to squelch any visible dissent. It’s actually pretty funny, if the thought of a tiny enraged man playing Whack-a-Mole is your cup of tea.
On their Hampstead CoverUp YouTube page, Abrella have carefully erased any comments that don’t actively support them, but have left their own comments intact…which leaves one with the impression of a madman mumbling to himself in an empty room:
When anyone does venture a dissenting voice, their efforts are almost instantaneously removed. Shades of Abrella’s old blog! But we suppose no one’s visiting their new one, so Abrella must get their fun where they can.
Clearly, Abe is not about to allow the idea that Dr Hodes’ findings of RAD might just as easily be attributed to him…so this gem from Pookster78 was hastily removed within minutes of its having been posted.
That’s par for the course when it comes to Abe. We all know he cannot stand to be challenged, as he is incapable of defending his indefensible actions.
But things get even weirder: reader Deb C. pointed out the other day that Abrella seem to have taken to visiting YouTube users whom they perceive as possible allies, and trying to suck up to them:
We wonder whether Abrella even bothered watching the video upon which they are heaping such fulsome praise.
In fact, repulsive troofer Chris Everard, who recently jumped back aboard the Hoaxtead bandwagon (presumably not noticing that the wheels had fallen off several months ago) is the target of Deb C.’s video, and she has nothing kind to say about him. Why Abrella would deduce from this that she’d be amenable to their approaches, we really cannot say.
However, the word ‘desperation’ does come to mind.
Here, they’re claiming to be fans of vEnUs LuCiFeR’s work…though five will get you ten they’d never seen anything s/he’s done.
In fact, Abrella is jumping into a month-old conversation, in a pathetic attempt to suck up to someone they don’t know…because they’ve run out of suckers who’ll believe their ludicrous story. Well, other than Everard, that is.
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37 thoughts on “Abe and Ella’s desperation grows as followers drop off”
Mister Tickle says:
He’s been sucking up to various nutters on both YouTube and Twitter 😀
Abraham Christie is good at losing friends.
Indeed, yet more evidence that Abraham is practically isolated now. The more he posts, the more desperate he appears.
I wonder what Ella thinks of all this? Assuming she is capable of independent thought she must secretly be thinking to herself, what have I done?
I reckon she’ll eventually dump Abe, latching onto the first bloke that comes along.
Great post, thank you all for collating stuff I would otherwise miss, and for keeping it all together for the future.
I think this case originated in Ella’s narcissistic rage against her ex, RD. He left her. Yet she was ‘special’. How dare he! He would have to pay. Ella recruited Abe who happened to share some of her whacky ideas. Kill two birds with one stone. He could juice, baby sit and control her children who were now displaying signs of discontent/rebellion at her cold parenting style and her other (major) deficits.
The few facts that emerged shine a light on the reality of the children’s lives when they lived with her: She denied them the food they wanted/needed, starving them, essentially, till they had to rummage through bins for sustenance. She pushed them out onto cold balconies in their underwear despite tears and crying. What type of mother is capable of this? She allowed a criminal thug into the intimate environment of her vulnerable children.
Instead of protecting them when she saw his behaviour, she tolerated it. She even encouraged and supported him. She saw him hitting, intimidating, and even sexually abusing them. (Talking inappropriately about sexual matters to a child is considered sexual abuse). As RD’s child said at the police interview: ‘My mum thinks this is a GOOD thing’.
Abe is someone who has a lifelong history of dishonesty and violence. Even firearms. Everything that he is doing now is a cover for his own fuck ups. (Hampstead Coverup: Really apt, Abe!).
The coverup attempted by Abe is just part of his repertoire of manipulation tactics, his method of survival. He is probably reliant on Ella for money. He is on the run, too old. Unskilled. He has to be seen to be useful to Ella. He probably deliberately makes her feel dependent on him. So he falsely gives her hope, sets up interviews, writes the blog, comments. At the same time these efforts have a dual role, he attempts to defelct any blame away from himself. He creates doubts in the minds of those who want to believe in conspiracies.
Abe is desperate to point away the finger of suspicion from himself. He needs to be doing something to keep the anxiety at bay. So he writes crap, tries to use big words, fails.
What is really behind this all? Fear.
Fear is the mindkiller, Abe.
Abe is very, very frightened, truth be told.
His paranoia makes him sabotage any relationships he has. I can only think the reason he has been with Ella so long is that he is keeping her drugged and compliant to his wishes.
Things really haven’t gone the way that Abe planned have they?
He probably thought he would be the big new name in troofer media and everyone falling over themselves to talk to him.
Due to his paranoid behaviour he has lost his main supporters and now it is funny to watch him scrambling around in the gutter trying to find a new friend.
What a long post but a very good one. I agree and I think it would take a team of shrinks led by the eminent Sigmund Freud to unravel the mysteries of Ella’s mind.
As for Abe- just your everyday garden variety sociopath but influenced by too much indulgence in wacky baccy. After all, there is no point in indulging in the weed unless it has an effect and I reckon with a true psychopath, those affects will enhance the darkness within, as opposed to say, your every day trippy hippy.
Abe is discovering that with the nutbag truther troopers, they are a movable feast and soon tire of one drama and move onto the next exciting conspiracy.
The vast majority of times I have commented directly to Abraham, he has ignored it. In the last few days he has started replying to comments I made months ago, on various videos. Abraham has also been commenting and replying to other commenters. It must be pure desperation. There are only so many interviews he can do, peddling the same stuff over an over. He has also burnt bridges with so many people that he hasn’t many avenues left.
The fact he has regurgitated the ‘ CRIS analysis’ again is another sign of how desperate he is, along with releasing the JC recording. Abe is finding out the hard way that these conspiracy nuts need constant feeding, and he is really struggling to provide the food. There’s only so much hemp juice they can take,lol.
It’s a gift, that’s for sure.
I’m not so sure that she’d dump him that quickly, as they’ve both put a great deal of time and energy into this little project. However, her inherent narcissism and vanity may eventually drive her to reassess why she’s with an old, ugly little troll like him.
I think he’s discovering that without a constant stream of new material to dangle in front of his intended audience, he quickly loses their attention. They’ve all gone on to flat earth theories now, leaving him in the dust.
I once knew an old, ugly, bad-tempered man whose wife was young and attractive. We used to call him ‘John Crook-Dick’ as no one could imagine what else might keep her interested in him.
I think you’ve hit on something important here: Abrella have wrung every last drop of drama out of this thing, and have become boring and repetitious.
It sounds wrong to say, “He must be desperate, he’s started talking to you!” but yes. In the past he could ignore pointed questions because he had a willing audience that didn’t care whether he could justify his ridiculous claims. Now he’s nearing the end of the road, he’s become Captain Try-hard, but that’s not working for him either.
I agree, Emma. Very well said. Ella’s coldness toward her children can be easily seen, as you say; and her rage at RD pre-dated this hoax by a long time. Like the proverbial dog in the manger, she didn’t really want the kids, but she was damned if RD could have them.
They can’t provide new material as it would be blatantly obvious that it had been manufactured after the alleged events – just like the “diaries” and the drawings.
So the flat Earth nonsense is now more plausible than Abe!
One really must not gloat, but it is rather delicious to watch him squirm!
Oh…I’m not supposed to gloat? Damn. 😉
Yes, even they realise there’s a limit to how much they can make up.
Fairies and unicorns are more plausible than Abe.
i must not gloat either, but goats can’t help it, goat love, and unicorns, and angels, and rainbows, aunks and all those lucy fairyian things
Deb C says:
I was shocked to see them commenting on my YouTube channel. They obviously never watched any of my videos HAHA All of my videos are dedicated to putting Everard behind bars. I’ve blocked them from my YouTube channel.
That’ll be a good dose of reality for them, Deb. And again, thanks for letting us know. 🙂
You’re very welcome. Another thing Everard has in common with Abrella is the fact that they all flee locations (countries even) when they feel law enforcement is closing in on them. Everard fled locations three times in less than three years.
Impressive. Abrella has been in Spain until recently, but we’ve had word that they’re on the move again….
Everard was in Spain in 2013, then France, and now we think he’s in another location in France. The way they run from the law just screams GUILT!
Moving up in the world with all the money they made selling their T-Shirts and tickets for their online seminar I presume? LOLOLOL!!
A friend said to me recently, “You can tell they’ve lost when they start trying to sell t-shirts”. Looks like he was right, LOL!
In all this time, Abe has never replied to any of my comments and even blocked me from one of his many profiles…until a few days ago, when he at last answered me, to call me RD! LOL! Then he promptly deleted my comments and left his own up.
Looks like we’re virtually the only people for him to talk to now. 🙂
Hmm. Maybe we should stop. Without an audience, he’ll shrivel up (even more) and go away.
According to Barmy Bronny (yes, that font of all knowledge and wisdom), “Ella continues to live in exile in her Russian homeland with her English partner Abraham Christie.”
http://co-creatingournewearth.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/hampstead-london-england-satanic-ritual.html
As usual, Bronny is talking through her hat.
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Is Belinda planning a kangaroo court?
Belinda has been doing a lot of gloating and gleeful rubbing of hands over the past couple of weeks, and we suspect we might know why.
About a week and a half ago, she began making references to a “very secret conclave” she’d attended:
Have been at a very secret conclave all day today (19 May 2018) since 11am, woohoo! ….At the said Conclave we had TV on from the late morning so I caught the tail-end of the footage from Windsor but we had a great deal else to discuss.
The references to the royal wedding and her deceased sister seem a bit odd in this context, but clearly Belinda was feeling quite jolly—always a sign that she’s cooking up some sort of plot. We decided to watch and wait.
On Monday, she dropped another subtle hint:
Am getting a bit old now but am nowhere near done and still have a trick or two up my sleeve (sshh!) so am hoping lots more will join me and me them in the upcoming new year of my life.
Of course it’s possible that in her dotage Belinda has decided to learn how to do conjuring tricks for the entertainment of her grandchildren. But the reference to “something up her sleeve” sounded more like confirmation of her earlier post: Belinda is almost certainly hatching some sort of plan.
Lee Cant spills the beans
Sadly for Belinda, we suspect we have some idea what she and her fellow “secret conclave” members have in mind. In fact, one of her minions, Lee Cant, emailed us last week to tell us:
We’ve tried to remove any personal information about recipients of this email, excluding publicly available media and police (!).
yes we are ORG. a JURY of 24 folk to do retrial on the Hampstead Children in a Common Law Court of record so the Public can see and be able to judge
to be posted all over……..
To be fair, Lee probably didn’t send us this fascinating announcement intentionally. It was meant to answer a question from Andy Devine, in a seemingly interminable email thread begun by John ‘The Schnozz’ Paterson. Lee probably just forgot to check who was on the recipients list when he hit “reply all”.
Here’s Andy’s question:
ps do you still not think there should be a retrial on the Hampstead Children in a Common Law Court of record so the Public can see and be able to judge for them selves (sic), do you still think it irrelevant the people accused of having Tattoo’s-Birthmarks-Piercings-scares (sic) by the children in places the children should not have known? I for one would like that accusation proven wrong then I might think like you, however the fact that simple process wasn’t done leads me to believe this needs a retrial, so why “DONT” (sic) You????
Let’s leave aside for the moment the fact that there was no “trial” on this case, as no one was ever charged following the police investigation—though in our opinion Ella and Abe should have been charged, if not with child abuse, then at least with attempting to pervert the course of justice.
Fortunately for Ella, Abe, and Sabine, the court hearing was not in a Crown court, but in the family division of the High Court; and it was a fact-finding hearing, not a criminal trial.
Andy and Lee are dredging up the ludicrous issue of the tattoos yet again, failing to recognise that that particular horse has been deceased for the past three years, and that there is absolutely no point in continuing to flog it.
So how will a “jury in a Common Law Court of record” solve anything? And why will said jury consist of 24 people rather than the usual 12?
According to a site called Freeman Legal Services,
The Grand Jury of Peers is the most potent and lawful force which mas (sic) can assemble to hear wrongdoing. There is NO legal fiction, persona, corporation or entity which can withstand its judgment and is composed of “men and women” not legal fictions, and requires no authority from any external source. It trumps the Supreme Courts of England and the USA and the ICJ and any other fiction court which sits is finery on this planet.It’s yours, it’s here now and you are going to love it because you will understand it. The Grand Jury has the power and authority and precedence to judge facts as well as law – AS ALL JURIES HAVE. It is a deliberate falsehood to purvey that they can only decide fact!
Note to Lee, Andy, and Belinda: no amount of Freeman on the Land woo can make such a court “lawful”.
Holding any sort of public pretend court to “prove” that the Hampstead SRA hoax was somehow real is against the law, for the simple reason that victims and complainants in cases involving sex offence victims are automatically given lifelong anonymity under UK law. If their names or images are dragged out in public yet again, this will constitute contempt of court (the real court, not the pretend one). And we all know what recently happened to Tommy Robinson. ‘Nuff said?
As for the issue of the tattoos, aside from the fact that it would have been illegal for the police to demand that people reveal any distinguishing marks without their having been charged with a crime, it sounds very much like Lee and friends are contemplating some form of vigilantism.
Are they planning to somehow force the people of Hampstead to demonstrate their lack of tattoos, etc.? If so, we’re afraid they can look forward to being charged with assault, at the very least.
If all of this is the subject of the “very secret conclave” which Belinda attended on 19 May, it sounds an awful lot like a group of people might be conspiring to commit a number of crimes.
Whether it involves assaulting the innocent people of Hampstead, or illegally publicising the names of RD’s and other people’s children, any “public Common Law Court of record” would be very much against the (real) law.
Just to be on the safe side, we’ve informed the police of our suspicions. You’re welcome.
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133 thoughts on “Is Belinda planning a kangaroo court?”
I’m sure the boys and girls in blue will be overjoyed to hear about this!
A “secret conclave”?. Yes there it is confirmed: a conspiracy is being hatched to yet again to attempt to pervert the course of justice and harass innocent people.
That’s if “lee cant” is to be believed but as this mob is like a dog with a bone it seems likely. There is an opportunity for the authorities to nip this conspiracy in the bud before it gets out of hand again. The real victims in this case have been through enough. The few short years that this has ghastly hoax has run must have been harrowing for them and to even hint that a group of misfits are planning to assault their innocence again must be a debilitating. thought.
When will they ever be allowed to live their lives free of this demeaning organized harassment?. And will this mob ever let the 2 children involved retain their innocence for even a few short years?. Must they go into their teens and adult life with an endless repeating series of videos and photos of them being tortured into telling tales of sordid sex and murder popping up on Youtube?
Surely a libel action against the main instigators would focus their thoughts?. We have evidence that any deranged mind can be spurred into action: just as a gunman decided to visit a Washington pizza parlor and fire a gun in the place while customers were there, Hampstead had someone travel from the USA to confront victims and turn up armed with a knife at a named location.
And about bloody time local MPs were badgered into protecting their constituents from harassment. It makes me angry that politicians are lagging so far behind in the rapidly developing world of internet fantasy where innocents are attacked on a daily basis and physically threatened. Why are they so ignorant and frightened of these net entities like Youtube, Facebook etc – they don’t pay their fair share of tax and we are left paying to try and clean up the mess they help create.
Oh, I should think so, yes.
Weborah the Spider says:
So let me get this straight. The truthers trust in a woman, who houses convicted paedophiles (nope sorry not whistleblowers), has a history of involvement in very dubious charity/criminal scams, was a key person who orchestrated the Hampstead child abuse hoax, has promoted no end of alien/star child and conspiracy nonsense (whilst taking donations), and yet they still associate with this vile beast!!!
Words fail me. Bellnder has some nerce to even show her face in public, a complete narcissist and most likey a psycho.
I think it’s apt to bring up the Tommy Robinson case. When you read the Secret Barrister’s report on it he makes some excellent points about Contempt of Court which has some far reaching powers. Are we seeing the plotting of an attempt to bring about such a Contempt?
https://thesecretbarrister.com/2018/05/25/what-has-happened-to-poor-tommy-robinson/
wallop says:
Wasn’t Belinda served with a gagging order about this case? Seems to me she is on the verge of breaching it if she has not done so already. The police should start by questioning Lee Cant about these plans.
Pah! Secret court schmecret court. Nice work, EC 🙂
And up yours, McKenzie, Cant and Devine
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1n7LUTUC1QGKDwGZ-7VagWhLvW9re3HIC
I’m still laughing that Hope Girl fell got scammed out of her crypto currency, LMAO!
A scammer getting scammed by a a speculative negative sum game, that is even worse than a Ponzi/Pyramid scheme, closer to the ‘greater fool theory’ than anything else.
Anyone who makes money off of crypto is at the expense of other making losses later on.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/greaterfooltheory.asp
Did dummy fake new age christian/ex witch not know that there is no safe way to store crypto? Even if you take every precaution imaginable, hold a degree in cryptography and computer security, the developers, miners, markets and wallet holders can all exit not to mention that the crash is imminent as Bitcoin becomes less efficient as time passes, and magic internet beans mined using tons of energy to solve puzzles, is of no value to anyone except those running the scams.
Another double 🙂
Aww, poor Malk 😦
He only opened that account because we got him a ban on his main one 😂
From Sunday:
Vive le Hoaxtead says:
Oh well, at least he’ll have more time to go arse-kissing on Naima’s videos now. Bless 🙂
Not sure why you veered off into a rant about politicians. There are plenty of existing laws in the UK dealing effectively with contempt of court and harassment and menacing digital communications. In almost all cases I see here, that threshold has been crossed and it is legitimate to ask why they aren’t being prosecuted. BUT prosecutions are a matter for the police and CPS and long may it remain that way. The day that we slide into the quagmire that we are seeing over the pond where politicians are able to direct the police and judiciary to act on their orders will be a dangerous day for all. The UK’s constitutional separation of powers is important for a very good reason.
A case of be careful what you wish for lest you are given it.
Some of this is intentional. I don’t know about Hampstead but some of it is intentional
The Crying Scotsman says:
Ogilfail’s final words before he went down:
HUh? Where’s Equador?
Good luck with that, Neelu 😂
http://wideshut.co.uk/tommy-robinson-arrested-contempt-of-court
I’ve been waiting for that. Tommy and the vicious pseudo ‘Christian’ , who harass a clergyman and his flock, have so much in common.
Debs has been at the funny fags again, I see.
I don’t think Mr. Marley would approve of your online activities, Debs. Sorry
Roseanne doesn’t sound that sorry to me.
https://twitter.com /therealroseanne
I think it’s hilarious that he would include the Police and media in that list of email recipients.
PC Grimwood is even on that list. They honestly think they will get away with this common law Hampstead “retrial” harassment? LOL!
Mad bint update
Oh and as usual, Angela’s accompanied that post with a random pic so it can’t be reported.
She’s a Christian, you know.
Normal Wisdom says:
Didn’t they try this “Grand Jury” nonsense three years ago? – 01.45 of attached – that obviously went well …
Ah, Belinda’s grand goodbye, well remembered, NW.
Wait – Christians believe in karma now?
I fail to see the issue with GoS saying that MPs should be “badgered into protecting their constituents from harassment.” Ensuring that the police/CPS are acting upon a constituents concern is one of the roles of an MP.
An MP needs to understand the impact inaction by the police, CPS or outdated laws have on their constituents. This may be given time in Parliament as that is where laws come from in the first place!
It’s kind-of how it has worked in the UK for quite a while now…
Karma, astrology, hatred, murder, water dowsing, spirit channelling, false idolatry, clairvoyance, fraud, arrogance, bearing false witness, casting spells and curses… All ok for Christians now, apparently. Let’s just say things have changed a lot since my Sunday school days.
I see one of her creepy followers made their thoughts known under that video:
Same ol’ same ol’…
Looks like Hope Girl’s anti-MKD trolling video (that several people from here reported) has come down.
This one:
Great work, folks. As JournoAngie said, “Karma’s a bitch.” Hehe 🙂
Perhaps I didn’t explain my politician angle too well.
I think on the whole they have been woefully left behind by the onslaught of the internet and the large net entities like Google, Facebook, Youtube etc who thumb their noses at the notion of citizens having the right to privacy, the right not to be harassed and defamed etc. and what galls me is that they are huge tax avoiding entities with their falsely constructed “debts” by which they cream of advertising in the $Billions, paying little or no tax, using the infrastructure of a country but owing zilch loyalty to where they make their profits and in the end always without fail, claim that hokey US mantra of “free speech” as a get out clause.
It gets so insane that the Irish government went into a swoon when the EU ordered Apple to repay Ireland €13 billion in taxes and said they didn’t want it: in other words their craven loyalty was to a giant corporation rather than Irish citizens. That’s an awful lot of money that could be used in a small country. The notion that Apple’s HQ (like Facebook) is “based” in Ireland is a sham.
And that’s quite apart from how these tax avoiding scams are demolishing publishing and 100,000s of jobs yearly.
Think back 20 years : could Britain’s newspapers have got away with publishing day after day the photos of the 2 Hoaxtead kids and re-telling their stories without a huge controversy band outrage from our elected representatives?. Our current load of politicians are like deer caught in the spotlight while these corporations walk all over them to the detriment of citizens.
And yes I think politicians also on a local level have a duty to ensure the police are pro-active.
Seems someone’s missed the sodding point as always, Sam:
I’ve often wondered what George Jamaican Trucker’s up to these days…
LOL, they’ve all gone now:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcu1P-bSXIb5UmpGxLNucQ
Someone’s nervous about a second/third strike, methinks 🙂
The Grand Fubar says:
Far be it from me to diagnose someone with a mental disorder. I have to say though that Belinda’s housing a convicted sex offender was the last straw and brought home to me how deluded she must be.
If anyone reading this believes what happened in Hampstead wasn’t a hoax, at least consider the fact that Ms McKenzie housed (actually HOUSED) a man who had been convicted of sex offences by the Courts. Would you do it? I know I wouldn’t. And she has been one of the main players promoting the shenanigans re Hampstead. You don’t have to believe me. Check for yourselves.
Fascinating article on the Tommy Robinson arrest by our old mate Keelan Balderson:
You forgot drinking menstrual blood. I can’t imagine what Brown Owl would have said about that on a Sunday.
Thank you for the best laugh I’ve had so far this week. 🙂 🙂 🙂
How’s this for irony? Hoax Girl’s just uploaded two ‘cute kitten’ videos which are uncredited copies of someone else’s. Let’s hope no one tells the owners of the original videos about her blatant copyright infringement 😉
See, I said it was a tough gig this week! OK Debs, you win 😀
Ogilvy’s latched on to your link, Lisa – and he’s not happy 😀
Who the fudge is Kellan Balderstone???
Many issues here which go way beyond that of failure to apply existing laws. I’m sure as well as a wide range of religious/non-religion views held by fellow posters, there is a wide range of political ones too. Politics is beyond my GCHQ pay grade so I’ll leave it well alone.
We’ll just have to agree to disagree. 😎
That’d be a real shame.
I hope I get a jury service notification from Belinda! Come to think of it who will be selecting those jurors….and will they be unbiased?
Secret meetings….doting over the Royals….has Belinda joined the Order of the Eastern Star and is teaming up with Rothschilds and Bilderberg Group?….It’s a conspiracuh.
A common law court case in which a bunch of unprofessional biased conspiracy nuts choose which evidence is heard without any defense present and nobody of any relevance or importance being questioned or cross examined. Pointless nonsense!
It’s pointless, but if it takes place prior to or concurrent with Sabine’s trial, they could find themselves doing a Tommy Robinson. Among other things.
Okay. I watched it. It made me laugh. Yes, the police car slowed down but it was probably an officer pointing out the nutter’s address to a new colleague. The other cars just drove by normally.
My maths is a little rusty but if she claims that there is only one car every 5 minutes in that road, then assuming standard distribution three within a minute has a 16% probability or the same as throwing a six on a die. Hardly an unusual event.
Must be those paranoia inducing chem-trails.
I think they should put Angie in charge of the whole thing.
I’m still laughing that Hope Girl fell got scammed out of her crypto currency
For reals? Or as an explanation for why she can’t account for funds that someone lend to her?
Karma, astrology, hatred, murder, water dowsing, spirit channelling, false idolatry, clairvoyance, fraud, arrogance, bearing false witness, casting spells and curses…
And stampeding cattle.
That’s not much of a crime.
…through the Vatican?
Lurker from the 5th floor (GCHQ) says:
Thou can just turn up if you want. Methinks they are desperate to get people involved. It’s going to be held in afield near Glastonbury. Google common law court for all the details.
“…in which a bunch of unprofessional biased conspiracy nuts choose which evidence is heard without any defense present and nobody of any relevance or importance being questioned or cross examined.”
That is justice in many countries, scary eh?
This court perhaps?
https://www.commonlawcourt.com/
It’s the current favourite amongst the ‘Lawful Rebels’ https://www.facebook.com/groups/practicallawfuldissent/?ref=group_header who have been using it to good effect to get out of paying council tax and hide their assets from bankruptcy practitioners… Well… When I say good effect I mean no effect whatsoever but there’s been commercial liens and Lis Pendens and plenty of other Footler favourites. You can even get a common law birth certificate which lets you reclaim your something, something, something.
The best bit about it is … And I quote…
“The final verdict of the Common Law Court Jury is final and not subject to appeal.”
So that should be the end for the satanic powers of satanic satanism.
In reality the ‘Common Law Court’ is one man who appears to be John Smith of somewhere in Scotland. John seems to be the judge, court clerk, prosecution counsel and all twelve members of the the court. As often as not he’s the plaintiff too so a lot of the final and non-appealable judgements work in his favour.
As of late he’s been doing a roaring trade… Well… A trade anyway in ‘official’; court documents at £7.00 a go. Yes folks… A mere seven of your English pounds will buy you a certified copy of the CLC’s judgement overturning council tax… Think of all the money you could save.
Oh… You can even get a medical marijuana get out of jail free card for the same low, low price…
“There is NO CHARGE for recording this information however you may purchase an A4 extract for £7.00. This extract will be embossed with the Common Law Court Seal and will confirm that it is lawful for the named individual to use and grow the marijuana plant under Common Law.”
https://www.commonlawcourt.com/medicinalmarijuana
Perhaps Belinda is wanting to spend some time in Prison alongside Sabine?
I’ve never knowingly met a paedophile in my life. These folk have proved connections to convicted paedophiles and have even housed one. Are they always shouting out about paedophilia just in case fingers start pointing their way? Is it a case of protesting too much?
Oh for crying out loud !. Why didn’t someone tell me she’s a Flat Earther?. Explains everything.
She really is a fuckwit isn’t she?. Despite probably 1000s of hours of complicated investigations by numerous police officers, the complications of gathering evidence, 100s of interviews of witnesses and victims and alleged perps..it’s a berk like “Tommy Robinson” actually exposing abuse. Even though there are several trials going on.
Power-Disney does this all the time- she posts links to reports of arrests and convictions and thinks she’s the one exposing it all and then moans “something must be done” while others are actually doing something while she sits at home begging for fag & beer money.
Does she really think that there is a “Planet Earth Planing & Tech. Dept” responsible for the weather? I assume it is a joke, but you can’t be sure. Maybe she really is that mad.
A woman who once met Malcolm Ogilvy and still has nightmares says:
I’ve met Malcolm Ogilvy. Does that count?
Well said, Sam. Plus Robinson hates Muslims, so Angie sees him as a kindred spirit.
ShevaBurtonRealFreshStart says:
Couldn’t help being a bit catty ….meeeow 🙂
Nice work, Sheva 🙂
😂 😂 😂
Great results TSLF.
Is she removing evidence of fraudulent claims, too ?
No, I think when we got that first one taken down this morning, she shat herself and took down the others to avoid a second/third strike.
Then she thought she’d be safe putting up two kitten videos but as soon as she saw us talking about letting the owners of the videos she’d (rather hypocritically) stolen know about it so they could report her for copyright infringement, she shat herself again and took those down too.
I did tell the owners, btw 🙂
I think she was also taken aback and monumentally embarrassed after spending all night bragging to all and sundry about how she’d had my channel removed (she hadn’t) and then I replied to her on the very thread where she was shouting about how my channel no longer existed. So I think there’s also an element of saving face here 🙂
Didn’t she lie some more the other day, saying that she’s never made fake medical or health benefit claims?
Title of this video (reported): What is Shungite and Why its so powerful for your health
Got your back, hehe:
She’s made loads of false medical claims. We have a screenshot somewhere of her listing all the things orgonite can cure. Total bullshit, of course.
Cos she likes to stay smug……. We should invent something Smugonite or something …. lol 🙂
Oooh, lets see it, please TOT
Equador is obviously a country on the planet Zog where they happily exchange certificates from SwissIndo for cash.
I’m not convinced you would get much for them in Ecuador. However; it you send them to me I will pay the equivalent of 100 Venezuelan Bolívar for each one.
Too funny, what a fcking hypocrite….. As it goes, I think Naima is making out that I also run all the MKD channels…. which obviously I don’t, or that I am Sophie Green or you or anyone she fancies calling me……. I havn’t taken any videos down…… HopeGirl acting as agent for Angela Power Disney made a third strike on the new Real Fresh Start Foundation, to protect her buddies on Fresh Farts…….. she hopes ! lol….
And no, I don’t think she is really a christian….. I am fortunate to have met many christians along the way and each one of them would be as disgusted with her evil practices as I am. She is fake and rotten to the core and just uses any self image that she thinks will help her fool people.
Angie still has one fan left, then:
Looking at some old footage of Kevin Annett the other day, I suddenly realised that it was probably HIS skull that the starchild skull was a model of,,,,, it just looks very similar in size and shape 🙂
Wait till you’re in court Angie, then see how you like it ! Only none of us will be daft enough to stop the wheels of justice turn for you, but the press will have a field day afterwards 🙂
OK, brace yourselves and try not to chuck bricks at the screen or lose the will to live…
http://angelascaches.org/tommyrobinson-sabinemcneill-melanie-shaw-uncut-unplugged/
Thankyou very much, are you one of my devotees, by any chance TOT ? lol
If only we could arrange for Debs to be exempt from the law of gravity. We could all wave goodbye to her as she floated off into the cosmos.
2:10 – “Richie Allen says in his broadcast he thinks he’s exposing paedos. Well, he’s never exposed anything except for I’m sure he’s exposed himself a few times.”
Not to be confused with Tom Robinson:
2:36 – “If that’s the standard for professional journalism, I’m horrified, Richie. I’m disgusted.”
Sounds a real bargain.
Never one to exaggerate is she? How many times has she been the victim of attempted kidnaps?
I like how Angie has used a photo of her younger self in the video’s thumbnail.
HypeGirl got scammed ?
*Vive
*Hoaxtead
*you’re
14:01 – “The Muslim invasion of Europe”
Yep. She actually said that.
Did some scientific research and this is as close as I got to Shungite
She’s ranting about immigrants but…er…she is one, isn’t she?
Thanks…on it.
Lyrical Larry says:
Belinda, the cow
Was sure she knew how
To set up a kangaroo court.
When she heard Hoaxtead shout
That her secret was out,
She cried and reached for her passport.
Thanks for the information, mate. By the way, is this you in this top secret surveillance footage?
100th Monkey business
Disappearing is the order of the day it seems. Yet there’s plenty of whistleblowers and GCHQ Trolls around as far as I see it.
What’s everyone else spending their Illuminati Shadow Government Black Op Paycheque on this week ? I was thinking black tinted windows in my car so the truthers can’t see me on CCTV. Maybe some white Shorunite crystals to give my braincancer microwave cannon an extended range. I’ve had it pointed at Mad Deb;s shack for the last month and she’s raising her tolerance.
Lawful Rebels? Imma Chaotic Rebel myself.
Both of them, Treyvon too.
Hahahahaha deadlegged with a makeshift pirate flag
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Bahahahahaha!
The worst part is that she promoted bitcoin which is terrible for the environment, requiring an absurd amount of energy to mine a single bitcoin, and at the same time she’s promoting a supposedly environmentally friendly free energy machine that will never work and needs plugging in, lol.
Have you seen how many posts are on her blog about 5G? Debs is another one obsessed with 5G! It’s like the conspiracy sheep are all brainwashed into following each other. I wouldn’t be surprised if they both subscribed to this magazine:
She loves 5G, because it’s dangerous radiation, along with chem trails and undersized carrots, can be cured by using their awful plastic crystals and stupid pyramids. She’ll jump on any conspiracy she can make money from,
On another note . . . . https://s15.postimg.cc/4q7lxdq6j/fiddler_s_green.jpg
OMG, it’s a Fotler scam on a bun, it’s all there. At bottom though It appears to be all about Mr Smith’s problems with council tax, his mortgage and other debts, so he declares them void in his common law court and tries to make a little £££ by selling useless documents to other people.
The usual mystery (Neelu is the same) about how people appear to be simultaneously fooled by this stuff, and cynically using it to scam other people. He appears in the Quatloos thread Practical Lawful Dissent FMOTL Antics, and I think one of the cases discusssed on the site by two creepy avatars (one with disturbingly rolling eyes) may be a case followed in a BBC Radio 4 documentary about freemen.
Landline telephony has problems of its own, but no-one ever mentions those, because of Big Wire.
OMG, does she look more vile than ever and done, reported. Any headline will do for Angie, nothing said about the fact that Tommy put the victims in the case at risk and also the case itself……. cos She doesn’t know and she doesn’t care about any real victims only those like her who make shit up about famous people or politicians.
That alleged journalism course she did in university was a waste of time. She is still ignorant to the fact that D-Notices are not compulsory.
There are times when you can laugh at idiots like Neelu but she really is a bloody creep. The “Disappeared” was a term originated by the desperate families of young activists who were kidnapped by the dreadful murderous Pinochet regime in Chile and who were never found. Stories abounded of young people rounded up and machine gunned in a stadium, of being hog-tied and flung out of helicopters over the sea.
These vile people appropriate a term that is so meaningful to the mothers who “coined” the term to try and describe their sheer desperation of never knowing what happened to their child.
But as in the way they steal the term “whistle blower”, they reduce the seriousness of an important subject with their own selfish & petty claptrap.
I love Quatloos. It shows there are sensible people among all these loonies.
Blast from the Past !. Great song and way ahead of his time. I marveled at this song when it first came out and the fact he performed it on Top of The Pops was amazing and a credit to the BBC then.
Reminds me of how music could be powerful and have a real message before it dissolved into financial mediocrity.
That’s an excellent point, Sam. Disgusting behaviour.
For anyone who missed the gag there, read the full song title and then watch/listen to any random snippet of Angie above.
What she’s not revealing here is that Bitcoins are actually made out of re-cycled Organite and this pair are counterfeiting Bitcoins with Organite which they have actually counterfeited.
Scamming can get complicated.
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Video is still up, so much for YouTube’s 24/7 flagging service. Actually it’s bollocks and only a small percentage of reports are acted upon.
It’s just there so you can feel like you did something.
If they did act Free the Hampstead 2 would be wiped off the site completely.
We need to stage a coordinated operation to flag every single interview video numerous times till the whole channel is taken down, that should be the number one priority.
I agree in principle, but here are some numbers to think about:
YouTube videos tagged “Hampstead Cover up”: 17,800
YouTube videos tagged with the names of the two children: 30,800
YouTube videos tagged with father’s name: 1,390
YouTube videos tagged “Hampstead Satanic”: 8,900
Yes, there will be overlap amongst those categories, but this gives a sense of what we’re up against. What we really need is a concerted legal effort to force YouTube to obey the court order which was made in February 2015. They need to take down the videos wholesale. While it’s satisfying on an individual level to remove them one at a time, it’s really like farting against thunder.
You don’t say. If only the legal guardian lodged the correct claim and YouTube added it to an auto flagging digital fingerprint doodah then it’d have an effect. I blame a lot of Americans with poor cognition knee jerking this thing seven ways to Sunday
I know, if YouTube can ‘sense’ a music copyright violation at 1,000 paces, how are they unable to notice when thousands of illegal videos are being uploaded and shared? And even if they can’t use some kind of visual flagging, it’s a simple matter to write a programme which would sort videos by keyword and create an ongoing database for them.
If it was legally required that they detect and remove it they would. But that’d take a lawyer badgering them, or a much bigger campaign that a few dozen of us can muster. It’s pretty much an unregulated free for all and paradise for idiots posting crap.
That is what they do…… I’m sad that it still boils down to mass reporting. I’ve been thinking that there needs to be a mechanism for a case like this………… once a restraining order is in place, especially if children are involved, then it should get all an automatic wipe …………The amount of vralised vile still out there about Hollie and the children, all generated by certain platforms, colluding and with clickalottys and bots galore at the ready…… surely tech wizards can sort this ?
We could possibly contact a Hampstead MP or counsellor ? If it was a Metallica song or Star Wars clip it’d go down. I’m sure YouTube would act if it was done properly. Mere flagging is pointless.
What some call people’s courts and justice, other’s call extremists and lynchings
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Video share: Who is Abraham Christie?
In today’s video, we take a look at Abraham Christie, and examine some of his motivations for torturing and brutalising two children in August 2014.
The facts about Abraham are uncomfortable for anybody who still supports this sick and evil hoax: it turns out he had a very clear and obvious motive for what he did, and it all came down to money.
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22/04/2019 in Abraham Christie. Tags: Abraham Christie, Ella Draper, Hampstead hoax, Hoaxtead Research on YouTube, video
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I see that the new Youtube channel is picking up subscribers very quickly. Great work indeed. Now even more people will get to hear the facts of this case rather than some bullcrap off some dumb troofer.
Was it not mentioned somewhere that this Christie person had done something similar before in that one of his ex girlfriends, he had said that their ex was a pedo?
So this wasn’t the first time that he had come out with this garbage.
That’s one of the main things that makes this all hoax even more nonsense and also that you never hear the truthers mention this.
Yes, I’m pleased that so many people seem to be watching our videos and subscribing. 🙂
I do think that a lot of people only saw the original “airport videos”, and accepted at face value what they heard. But as more and more people discover the sordid facts behind the hoax, they are realising that they were conned.
“In today’s video, we take a look at Abraham Christie, and examine some of his motivations for torturing and brutalising two children”
Excellent. Thanks, EC.
This puts another question into my mind – what are the motivations for the hoaxer fruitloops who support a guy who tortured and brutalised two children? 🤔
…And why Angie described Abe’s methods as “unorthodox but effective” 🤔
For anyone who missed it at the tail end of the last post, yesterday’s Devine rant was pretty revealing:
Among other highlights, he lets slip that he doesn’t know if the Hampstead allegations are true, claims that we work for GCHQ, MI5, MI6 and Mossad and admits that some years ago he almost became a serial killer.
There’s also a cringe-worthy interview with Neelu. Neelu’s in trouble with the bailiffs again. And she’s lying through her arse about why. It’s to do with her congestion charge fine and she’s saying she drove through several London councils and got fined by each one. That’s categorically not who imposes the cc fine.
Oh and she’s once again saying that those two security guards lifted her up and carried her out of that auction. Her own footage shows clearly that that didn’t happen!
Another one who’s on the rampage again is John Pratersod. He’s stopped naming about 20 different people as the person who supposedly thumped him outside the court and now reckons that it was him who beat the guy up, not the other way round 😆
“Andrew Devine’s account was deleted”
Oh my God! Facebook, I take it all back – I love you 😀
https://www.facebook.com/andrew.devine.90260
The post that broke the scammer’s back, for anyone who missed it last night:
(No idea what the Brian Harvey connection is, btw.)
He’s dumb enough to have punched himself. It is possible and plausible that he gave himself one hell of a beating!
The office tapir and tidier-upper says:
So to summarise, he’s lost one account, he’s suspended from his other three (so has now resorted to using his wife’s again) and he’s opened a new account in his own name but got suspended within minutes. Nice 🙂
He’s added to that comment now, lol:
I think I said something along the same lines when it first happened, that I didn’t find it entirely implausible that he would literally beat himself up and try and blame it on someone else, that’s how little I think of his morals…
November Uniform Tango says:
At least Brian has finally decided to take the dogs out for a shit in the park.
I’m so impressed with Hoaxtead’s Youtube channel and the obvious very professional presenter who fronts it..is her name Karen Irvine?. Was she imported from Canada at great expense?.
Fascinating that Jon Wedger & Anna Brees have both said they will chat to EC. I’ve been pretty tough on them so I’ll now reserve judgement until further developments. But they did both weigh in on the Hampstead hoax and I still think a lot of people are ignorant to the fact the Hampstead residents affected were just ordinary people going about their lives until suddenly, they found themselves accused of the most despicable crimes and no matter how many courts find them innocent, they still get flack.
Cannot be easy.
Yes, that’s right, I should have mentioned that.
In the previous video, I talked about how his step-daughter had tried to contact Ella, and had contacted Sabine, to tell them that Abraham was an abuser who had beaten her and her siblings when they wouldn’t go along with his plan to claim their dad had molested them.
As you say, you never hear this from the other side. They consistently downplay his violence to the Hampstead children, and fail to even mention that he tried to do this before.
I think those will be good topics for a future video. A number of people have been “Abraham apologists”, overlooking the terrible things he did. One has to wonder why.
I think he said something to the effect of “I got up and got a few good punches in, and then chased him but he got away” early on. He’s changed his story more often, one might guess, than he’s changed his underpants in the past few months.
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen Facebook actually delete an account before, though I’ve seen plenty disabled until their owners coughed up some form of identification. This is quite the achievement!
Thanks, GoS. I find it interesting that Wedger and Brees both commented, but Wedger has now deleted his comments. Not sure what that is about, but I suppose it will all come out in the wash.
I’m not threatening violence but would like to say to anyone who thinks what Abraham did was ok – you’re welcome to come round to mine and I’ll hit you repeatedly on the head with a heated spoon of an equivalent size (i.e. adults have bigger heads so we’re talking serving spoon), I’ll kick you in the privates while wearing big boots, slap you on the side of the head so hard you lose your hearing and I’ll call you a ‘cxxt’. Then I’ll threaten to bury you in the back garden.
We’ll see how you feel afterwards and whether you think my behaviour is unorthodox or just plain cruel?
I have said this many times. What kind of person would try to beat a ‘confession’ out of a child who they think might have been abused? What kind of nature does this person have? I think EC has nailed it.
that sick perv is still on YouTube attacking ppl in the comments and being applauded by others who are either oblivious to what he is or compliant in it, I hope you really put the boot in with your channel el coyote and make him fk off for good
I saw that video. Is he one of those who loads the gun but leaves it to others to fire? I only discovered Magick Koolaid recently and I may not agree with everything he says but I’m glad he exposes these fake truthers for what they are. (Are there any sincere truthers?) I had a look at OG Wan Kenobi’s channel and he has mentioned some cases where conspiritards turned violent. I heard something about somebody threatening a Sandy Hook parent (I think she got jailed for a time) and “Jahweh Rules” was an alias of the guy that shot up the restaurant in Oklahoma (I may have said that before).
Yellow Vest Update:
One of our more vocal “truthers” Based Amy has been arrested at the climate protests. Someone told me how she was abusing & mocking the youngsters as “middle class no-hopers” in her, errr Middle Class accent.
She’s still in jail (3 days now) if anyone wishes to bake a cake with a file in it. Or not.
She’s setting up a Mass Remedy Grievance Portal with Equity Lawyer Edward Ellis ?. Barking. Absolutely barking.
Do you think Andy believes himself when he says he warned off the coppers who said he couldn’t set up his flag and told them the Army would be coming after them if they didn’t back off? .
There’s something almost child like with Andy when he says to the other kid in the playground “my big brother’s a Kung Fu Black belt & is going to come and beat you up”.
Physical appearance: slowly deteriorating. It’s a real sign of the mind slowly doing likewise.
Would a spoon like this one be suitable Fnord?
We all know what a tough guy he must be. After all, he hangs about with south London gangsters and ex-special forces soldiers. John certainly does have a bit of a thing for tough macho men, doesn’t he?
Brilliant news, thanks for letting us know Tinribs. Devine must be seething with anger.
Perhaps Wedger put his post up and took a screenshot before deleting the post. Now if asked, Wedger can show the screenshot and say ‘well I did offer to talk to EC but she never got back to me’?
Haha, thanks for sharing the video GOS. Based Amy seems to be at every event in London even if they are on the same day and at the same time, she gets everywhere. The last video I watched of hers was when she was being escorted out of the Houses of Parliament. I must admit that it did give me a good chuckle. 😄
A video needs to be done on that, or added to it.
It shows just how obvious and absurd these lies are when you know the proper real facts, and not the pie in the Sky fairy tale facts these troofers blast out for their own sick agendas.
It’ll do. :O
Don’t forget to douse them in ice cold water for the complete Christie treatment
But they must first be stripped down to their underwear and kneeling before him.
Ah, but I did! And I have screenshots of it. 🙂
I think that those who support him ought to be informed of who he really is—it might help them change their minds.
Aha, well done EC. I should have known that you would be a step ahead of him. 👍🏻
I shall add that to my list, thanks!
I have an addition to my vocabulary:
I see some of the hoaxer fruitloops are still in denial and insisting that Abe never hit the kids. The fact that he admitted to it doesn’t phase them one bit, it seems 🙄
😃🤭😆
Not only that but it seems he has been in the UK recently.
I think that might not be the same “Papa Hemp”–this one has a picture of his son, who looks nothing Christie’s son.
Also, Araya Soma did write a post on FB saying that some child porn had been found on Abe’s phone, iirc. This could have been after his flat got raided.
Finding the video’s very good, enjoying your personality, EC, tickled pink. Youtube channel is a great extension of Hoaxtead Research and probably captures a much greater audience at just the right time. Hope to see loads more of you on video.
Stay another day says:
Trouble in Harveyland (again). Being nicked for malicious communications shock horror.At least he gets a bit of fresh air.
Thanks so much, Mark! I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos. In fact, I just posted another one, this time about Ella. 🙂
Apparently the papers have got this wrong. This isn’t a new one, it’s from when he was arrested for threatening to hang himself last month.
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What’s the Attorney General got on Paterson?
Well, it’s just like old times again—after a few weeks of relative radio silence, Neelu Berry did a live-stream from her old stomping grounds outside the Royal Courts of Justice a couple of days ago, waffling on about David Noakes and mass remedies and corruption processes and whatnot.
Frankly, we didn’t pay all that much attention to most of the video, but we did note her comments about our old friend Pavement-licker Paterson (one t, no sugar):
We’re here to file the paperwork for John Paterson, for a contempt kind of trial I guess, where the Attorney General has been caught out…erm, is going to get caught out, has been caught out prosecuting whistleblowers and people who are meant to be protected by the Attorney General, by the state. and this has been going the wrong way for all the whistleblowers, they’ve all been falsely prosecuted, because the corrupt state sees…deems all good people who are anti-corruption as enemies of the state.
So we’re going to change all that here on that hearing, I think 14th of May, so because we’re going through the massive publicity stage of this corruption, the mass remedy process, it’s in the unfitness test. So all judges are on unfitness tests, all councils are on unfitness tests, the whole Parliament is on unfitness tests for the mass remedy process. So we’re at the stage where we have 200 corruption claims …
….wibble wibble wibble kazoo. Repeat ad nauseam.
It’s the part about “Attorney General” which interested us: by “contempt kind of thing I guess”, Neelu seems to be implying that Paterson is facing a contempt of court hearing.
What sort of contempt? Which court? The Magic 8 Ball says: “Reply hazy, try again”.
And by “the Attorney General has been caught out…erm is going to get caught out”, we presume she means that she and her wacky gang of friends believe that Paterson’s upcoming hearing will offer them another opportunity to arrest judges and generally make nuisances of themselves.
All Neelu-isms aside, though, it seems reasonable to infer from all of this that Paterson will be facing some sort of legal action by the Attorney General—generally considered a fairly serious matter by those of us who are not complete wackadoos.
If we come across anything which offers a more informative view, we’ll be sure to let you know.
Meanwhile, Paterson has been on another hate-mail rampage against this blog, sending us subtle missives like this one:
Hey ho, all in a day’s collection of death threats.
p.s. We liked Neelu’s choice of background here; the wrought iron antennae are rather fetching, don’t you think?
25/04/2019 in Assorted knobheads. Tags: contempt of court, John Paterson, Neelu Berry
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Neelu
My favourite Martian
Hmmmm. well she is off the planet….
In the course of his time in the Cameron Highlanders, my grandfather was once promoted to the rank of Attorney-Lieutenant-Major, but it turned out to be a clerical error.
Dont know if you have seen this. Remember when this twat threatened to hack us? he said we had better change our passwords.
the wrought iron antennae are rather fetching, don’t you think?
It would be more apt if they were over-wrought.
Perhaps someone with Photoshop skills can turn the photo into an animated GIF, with the flowers spinning around like little buzzsaws.
Paterson’s contempt allegation is about filming in court and recording the action which is a big no-no. I don’t think he denies he filmed rather claims he has the right as courts are “a court of record” even though they career from claiming said courts have no jurisdiction over them to at other times, saying these are real courts that will provide Remedy.
Not only that his recent videos on YT are of him in the court precinct filming (I think that might be illegal as well ?) and then boasting of how he slipped the camera to a pal (Lee Cant can be seen lurking nearby) when a guard approached and they smuggled the camera out of the courts.
Members of This Mob not only think as a collective when it comes to their bizarre interpretation of the law they often offer themselves on a platter to the prosecution by kindly presenting them evidence of their own malfeasance.
All we need is for Edward Ellis Equity Lawyer to present himself to the court as Paterson’s defending counsel and the Comedy Capers will be complete.
LOL wut? We tried to extort him by threatening to put his social security number online? When did this happen? Also, I don’t think he knows what “defamation per se” means.
Ah, that makes sense, thanks GoS. I wonder whether this had to do with Matt Taylor’s trial last year, as Paterson is constantly claiming (falsely) that someone from this blog was there. He “proves” this by stating that he asked some poor bystander whether they worked for us, and noting that the fellow looked startled.
As one would, perhaps, if some stranger got all up in one’s grill and demanded to know who one worked for.
From Devine’s channel – Wanoa calling for war veterans to hang people at 42:15. Reported:
I suppose it would be futile to point out the irony of Wanoa (now the Son of the King – surely will be Son of Man soon them Son of God and ultimately Jesus?) giving Veterans permission to execute people willy nilly when the whole reason they recently demonstrated was because one of them is accused of murdering an Irish civilian?.
I’m no fan of Benjamin Netanyahu but summary execution without trial was surely not in the power of even King William when he was responsible to Parliament ?. Perhaps it’s William’s views that slavery was a wonderful thing that maybe attracts Wanoa.
Wanoa seems to believe writing something down and making a nice little folder of his rantings gives them credence but can anyone explain what crimes the Post Master General is guilty off that means he is to be shot at dawn?
## Wanoa’s published documents always come out backwards on the internet (why does this happen ?) but has he pondered on the thought that his pronouncement that 2 cleaning workers in the Royal Courts of Justice- nice chaps who I know : Uleen Yrreb and Ydna Enived ( African immigrants I think) may well escape summary execution and others could well find themselves in their place because of a Wanoa clerical error? (think about it)
They genuinely believe (or do they?) that all who dare to criticise them or point out their inaccuracies or blatant falsehoods are are all connected in some way and in the employ of GCHQ (it’s now even spread to Donald Trump claiming GCHQ have meddled with him) or MI5 or some secret society. As in the way they call anyone with the temerity to demand proof of their accusations a “troll”.
They just cannot perceive that disparate people all over the world either in groups or singularly can arrive at the same conclusion after viewing this arrogant dill’s videos: that Titus Frost is a creepy fuckwit obsessed with child abuse and The Devil and has a worrying one-track mind and it’s clearly obsessional.
i use John Wanoa vids to help me sleep nothing has ever worked as good as him at hypnotising me, ty to king crusty keep those sleep aids coming
would be a true crime…
I know a nice lawyer that would get them off quick smart, Mr D.W. Sille
True master of the art
Has never lost a case that he won!
I’m not sure Neelu being outside the RCJ or ‘filing the paperwork’, means there’s actually a court case coming up. I suspect she turns up, hands a load of rambling, incoherent, pseudo-legal gibberish to the receptionist who then places it in the round file on the floor.with all of the other gobbledegook from nutters.
She’s subject to a civil restraint order anyway so the courts are not going to even let her file papers without permission of a judge.
This is the same shit she’s been making videos about for years…. Blah, blah oath to god blah, blah protect god’s children blah, blah treason.
every action Neelu takes seems to be to her own detriment. If she is as mentally ill as she appears to be she needs to be taken into care. If she isn’t mentally ill then either she is incredibly stupid to the level of self destruction (unlikely given her former occupation as a pharmacist) or she just enjoys being an irritant to the legal system.
With the house repossession saga it did briefly look like she could turn the situation to her advantage and walk away with a decent sum of cash. She didn’t do that. Eric Berne would have had a whole chapter on her behaviour: Neelu goes to court to get “stroked”.
A Berrly British Coup says:
When she put that video up, I did wonder whether she meant it was her and Praterson trying to prosecute the attorney general for contempt, rather than the other way round.
For anyone who missed it, this is Neelu’s bizarre interview with Devine from last week (go to 3:31):
She’s being pursued by bailiffs again, it seems, this time over her congestion charge fines. She’s saying she drove through several London councils and got fined by each one. That’s categorically not how it works and it’s not even councils who impose the CC fine anyway.
Oh and she’s once again saying that those two security guards lifted her up and carried her out of that auction. Her own footage shows clearly that that didn’t happen.
Neelu: “I’m not looking very pretty.”
Devine: “Hahaha. Not ready? Spur of the moment thing?”
Jesus, Devine, come on – when a lady says she’s not looking pretty, you’re supposed to disagree with her! Page one, mate – even I know that.
She says councils issue road tax fines as well! And that they cloned her van in order to frame her. Can’t she even try to keep her lies believable?
Oh dear, Fatty Catty appears to have missed the fact that in this video (and in previous ones) Brian calls the Hampstead case a hoax (go to 3:53) 😂
He really thinks someone would pay people to get his videos taken down.
Delusions of grandeur.
It wasn’t her van before-it was Edward Ellis’. She had her son’s BMW but that got carted off by the council.
Thanks for the belly laughs especially Neelus new headgear 😂 😝
He also likes to make videos about comments cherrypicking a couple of lines and not the real meat of the comment his waste of mental health resources with it being stretched to the bone as it is has done it for me he is an e-begger nothing more everything he says is tainted he’s lost all credibility
Yes, that’s what she seems to be saying, but if you dig through the Neelu-speak, I suspect the truth is the other way round.
I know for a fact she has been sectioned at least once for assessment and the mental health services decided she was delusional but not mentally ill enough to be held for treatment. Unfortunately the state of mental health provision these days means you have to be a credible risk to yourself or others to even get treatment as a voluntary patient and you have to be pretty bat-shit (to use the medical term) to be held on a section.
I wouldn’t say she’s mentally ill in a medical sense. I’d say she’s just an unrestrained egotist who thinks the world should run according to whatever moronic principles she’s embracing that day. She has a massive sense of her own importance and she’s very, very gullible which is why she believes all of that Swiss Indo crap. But ultimately she’s pretty harmless if very annoying.
Being determined to throw your life down the toilet is not *necessarily* a sign of mental illness.
Oh I know but what I mean is Cat has a rabid hatred of anyone who calls the Hampstead thing a hoax, yet recently she’s been promoting Harvey with gay abandon, blissfully unaware that he’s repeatedly called it a hoax, even in the very videos of his that she’s sharing (proving once again that she doesn’t actually watch the videos she promotes 😂).
Ooh Gawd, eez eer agen…
Pardon my dimissitude but I’m three and a half minutes in and I still haven’t got a clue what he’s banging on about.
It’s mostly freeman on the land woo. (Strawmen, statutes, flesh and blood man, common law etc) . He doesn’t believe in kings and we’re all kings and we should live in a kingdom, which is nicer than a queendom, and that’s what the jurisdiction is We are in the kings domain.
(He really does sound ill.)
People should act in correctness and have philotemon (what?).
(Is he driving while he’s talking to the camera? Which he says he can’t see as he’s not wearing his glasses.)
Finally the great insight he has to risk the life of everyone on the road: that it’s mindset and stepping out of the jurisdictions, the ones that “they” (who?) trapped you in which is the corporate jurisdiction. “They” are in power and enforce their law (true dat). But if we were in the king’s domain we’ll have the military to enforce it (a military dictatorship hooray).
He is perfecting himself and then perfecting everyone else he sees. And he finds it hard to be polite, or nice or kind (true dat too) when he sees what’s going on. I think he says something about goats balls, but I’m not sure.
We can have paradise on earth. We can beat these people. Very easily. “They’re thick as anything really; they’re very clever”. (No he really said that.) But they’ve lost, and God bless John Wanoa as he’s given us all the opportunity to make this world a beautiful place.
Roll call of the usual people, Paterson, Brian Harvey etc.
FINALLY a summary of his insight: “Get that mindset like mine, just be coming, the realisation is it’s there, we need to start making it happen, but it’s there, we’ve got back our common law, it’s up to us to take it and make this world a beautiful place.” And his followers made him what he is.
Because you are watching a man whose mental abilities are slowly deteriorating over time and we are watching it in real time. He’s filming his own self destruction. In decades to come Psychiatric schools will use these videos to teach students how the visible signs of the barking syndrome can be seen by watching the patient over a long period of time.
Much as they use the famous cat paintings of Louis Wain who sadly had schizophrenia and it began to be seen in his paintings as in the first 2 in this triptych.
(The last one is the passport photo of my puss when she’s the worse for wear- for comparison.)
And the UK government are trying to cover up an American “false flag” because…?
Yes, but they are truthers, so……..
Hehe I see what you did there 🤭
WTF was that pathetic offering?
Philotimon?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philotimo
To be fair to Louis Wain, the idea that his paintings match his schizophrenic deterioration is fake.
https://mindhacks.com/2007/09/26/the-false-progression-of-louis-wain/
Could be! Trouble is it would make sense, and I’m not sure that’s likely. I can’t bring myself to listen again and find out.
Your wish is my command.@SmutClyde pic.twitter.com/k23sWRmVC9
— Michael of the Mouse Family (@MichaeloftheMo1) April 25, 2019
Yes I made that up for dramatic effect. In fact the 3 pics are of my beloved pussy that show how she has deteriorated over the year she has been watching John Wanoa and Andy Devine videos on my behalf.
Can I just point out that he’s mentioned “philotimo” quite a lot in his videos over a month?
Aliens at the RCJ@SmutClyde pic.twitter.com/uzeORT1tep
mayfair says:
you can always tell a TDOR video ,another guy in a basement who has lost the plot ,
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IT'S ALL IN THE FAMILY by Barbara Biddison
Musing on 3 decades with Hamilton-Gibson. I've been fortunate to spend a few months here and there with what becomes my HG family for the duration of the rehearsal/performance time of a production. It's always different, and always special, and always something that I miss when it's over.
So, in 2000, 2 decades ago there was GOODBYE, HOWARD, a comedy in which Juanita Jobst, Nan Bowser, and I played sisters. I knew them sorta before the rehearsals, but all that laughing drew us together in a whole new way as we said goodbye to Howard. The sisterhood and the belly laughs continued long after the final performance. We rehearsed most of the early run-throughs in the fireplace room at my house. I can still hear it.
Then in 2007 Larry and I were asked to play the only two adults in a show, ONCE UPON A SHOE, cast with mostly middle-school kids and performed for area schools. We took the show on-the-road and set up our huge, much larger-than-life shoe in cafeterias and gyms and all-purpose rooms where the young audiences sat cross-legged on the floor. I think we did 15 shows. As Mother Goose I was "mother" for 8 kids as we all performed amongst the children on the floor. You never forget that kind of family. I think one of those kids (Josh Allen) is in A POUND OF FLESH now.
On to 2009 and the OUR TOWN/LARAMIE PROJECT, performed "in rep" or as close as H-G will ever get. We alternated those shows for two weeks and almost all of us were in both of them. Talk about family!!! We'd see each other on the street in Wellsboro and stop to talk like long-lost friends. It was performed in 3/4 round in the Fifth Season space that once served as the H-G theatre, an intimate space, for a close-knit group of actors Family.
One last one. Though I could go on forever, I won't. It's HE HELD ME GRAND, in 2011 in the Warehouse Theatre. A huge cast. The most racially diverse we've ever had I think, and covering all ages. I'm pretty sure I was the oldest in the cast. Charla and I played best friends since childhood and still living next-door to each other....and I felt like we really were . The youngest was a third-grader who played my character's mother as a young girl. There were the sisters April, May, and June, and the brother Pete, and a grandson who showed up. And this group of actors became family on-stage and off as far as I was concerned.
Since I'm an "only child" in real life, I am grateful for the opportunity to be able to claim so many families.
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Today 90 kids from all over Southern Tioga School District and Wellsboro 17 January 2020
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The Curious Incident leaves me (almost) speechless by Barbara Biddison 03 November 2019
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Class of 2019 celebrates graduation at Mountain Winery
The class of 2019 toss their mortarboards in the air to celebrate their graduation yesterday at Mountain Winery. The commencement ceremony began at 5 p.m. and included speeches from valedictorian Kaushik Shivakumar ('19) and keynote speaker Judge John B. Owens ('85).
by Nicole Tian, Emily Tan, and Sriya Batchu
With a sprawling backdrop of the Stevens Creek Preserve nestled among layers of lush hills, the Class of 2019 graduated yesterday at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga.
Starting at 5 p.m, the ceremony lasted for two hours and include multiple performances and speakers, with members of the National Honor Society handing out programs to the audience members. Seniors decorated their graduation caps with school logos and colors before the event to display the colleges they were planning on attending, and the amphitheater was packed with friends and family, many of whom had brought along balloons, signs and bouquets of flowers while some even brought blown up pictures of a senior’s face.
The event began with a musical prelude by the upper School graduation orchestra conducted by director Dr. David Hart, followed by their rendition of “Pomp and Circumstance” by Sir Edward Elgar, which accompanied the seniors as they proceeded to their seats. The graduates were then followed by faculty, who took their seats onstage.
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Graduates Jessica Pan, Ally Wang, Stephanie Xiao, Anna Wang, Constance Horng and Kelly Shen pose for a photo with their mortarboards before the commencement ceremony yesterday.
After a performance of Francis Scott Key’s “Star Spangled Banner” by choir groups Cantilena, Camarata, Downbeat and Bel Canto, who were directed by music teacher Jennifer Sandusky, 2019 valedictorian Kaushik Shivakumar delivered his farewell address to the seniors. His speech involved his experience in facilitating robotics workshops as well as references to scientific achievements while he spoke about his 13 years of experience at Harker and encouraged his peers to stay curious.
“I certainly hope this isn’t the last time we see each other, because saying goodbye isn’t going to be easy,” Kaushik said. “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be… the best we can possibly be is up to us, and only us. In that time, let’s be grateful and make the most of it.”
The keynote speaker this year was John B. Owens, a Harker alumnus from the class of 1985 who now works as a federal judge. Some memorable experiences he mentioned were joining lower school Primary Division Head Sarah Leonard’s class after attending a rough public school and having an eraser thrown at him by retired math teacher Pat Walsh.
Harker alum and federal judge John B. Owens ('85) speaks to the student body about his own high school experiences at yesterday's graduation ceremony. Owens, who was this year's keynote speaker, stressed the influence of Harker on his life, urging students to appreciate the opportunities around them.
Once the guest address had finished, the choir sang the Harker School Song, and Head of School Brian Yager addressed the seniors in a speech about the history of California and the Bay Area, specifically noting the writings of 19th century lawyer and politician Richard Henry Dana and the achievements of Walt Disney.
Row by row, the seniors enthusiastically lined up to the left of the stage to receive their diplomas. Once senior class dean and upper school math teacher Victor Adler called their names, they shook hands and received their diplomas from Head of School Brian Yager. As faculty began filing out of the venue, the graduation orchestra performed “Pomp and Circumstance” by Sir Edward Elgar once again, filling the amphitheater with ambient music as the ceremony came to a close.
With wide smiles, the seniors exchanged congratulations, bearing their diplomas proudly. Friends, family and faculty surrounded the new graduates, taking pictures and wishing each other the best of luck. Anna Wang (12) and Constance Horng (12) described the entire experience as “surreal,” and Mitchell Granados (12) advises underclassmen to “enjoy high school” and to not “stress about things you can’t control.”
“I’m feeling very, very happy and emotional that [Devanshi] has graduated from a great school, and she has made a lot of effort and hard work from the start, and I think she’ll carry [that] over to the next step in her life,” her mother, Rupali Mehta, said.
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Enya Lu ('19) adjusts her graduation cap before lining up to ascend the stage and accept her diploma from Head of School Brian Yager. At yesterday's graduation ceremony, the 192 seniors of the class of 2019 received their diplomas and celebrated their graduation from high school
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HOGS OPEN 3-GAME HOMESTAND WITH TACO TUESDAY
ROCKFORD, Ill. – The Rockford IceHogs open a three-game homestand at the BMO Harris Bank Center with a Fas Fuel Winning Weekday and Taco Tuesday contest against the Cleveland Monsters on Tuesday. Fans who attended last Wednesday’s Winning Weekday game (Feb. 7) against the San Antonio Rampage may redeem their ticket stub from that contest for a free ticket of equal or lesser value to Tuesday’s game against the Monsters.
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Fas Fuel Winning Weekday: If the Hogs win, tickets from Tuesday’s game can be redeemed for a ticket of equal or lesser value to the next Fas Fuel Winning Weekdays game on Wednesday, Feb. 28 against the Texas Stars. One lucky fan will also win a $50 gift card, courtesy of Fas Fuel, at the game.
*NOTE: Fans who attended last Wednesday’s game (Feb. 7) may redeem their ticket stub from that game for a free ticket or equal or lesser value to Tuesday’s contest against San Antonio.
Taco Tuesday: Fans can enjoy $2 tacos, select beer, and companion tickets as part of Taco Tuesday. The $2 beers will be available in the “X Beer Garden,” which is located in Hog Heaven above Backyard BBQ. The $2 tacos can be purchased in the Mountain Dew Food Zone.
Tickets: Tickets can be purchased at the BMO Harris Bank Center Box Office or any Ticketmaster location, by phone (815 968-5222) or online at www.IceHogs.com.
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Does Exchange of Information Between Tax Authorities Influence Multinationals' Use of Tax Havens?
Braun, Julia
Weichenrieder, Alfons
Alfons J. Weichenrieder
Since the mid-1990s, countries offering tax systems that facilitate international tax avoidance and evasion have been facing growing political pressure to comply with the internationally agreed standards of exchange of tax information. Using data of German investments in tax havens, we find evidence that the conclusion of a bilateral tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) is associated with fewer operations in tax havens and the number of German affiliates has on average decreased by 46% compared to a control group. This suggests that firms invest in tax havens not only for their low tax rates but also for the secrecy they offer.
Braun, Julia & Weichenrieder, Alfons, 2015. "Does Exchange of Information Between Tax Authorities Influence Multinationals' Use of Tax Havens?," Annual Conference 2015 (Muenster): Economic Development - Theory and Policy 113121, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
Handle: RePEc:zbw:vfsc15:113121
File URL: https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/113121/1/VfS_2015_pid_512.pdf
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Mikel Obi Retires From International Football
July 18, 2019 Roland Arum 0 Comment Africa Cup of Nations, Mikel Obi, Nigeria, retire, Trabzonspor
John Mikel Ibi has announced his retirement from International football and will seize representing the Nigerian National team from henceforth.
The 32 year old midfielder had 89 caps to his name between the years 2005 and 2019 whence adorned the green and white colours, finding the back of the net six times.
The Nigerian captain who now plies his trade in Turkey for Trabzonspor has revealed that the 2019 African Cup of Nations would be his last appearance at the continental event.
“At the age of 32 it’s time for me to retire from the national team and let the youth take over, (sic) who’ve done an amazing job securing a bronze medal at AFCON 2019,” the midfielder wrote on social media.
“Egypt is a country where I’ve started and have finished my national career. In 2006 I played my first official championship for my country.
“The 2019 African Cup of Nations marks my last championship for national team with Super Eagles.”
This didn’t come as a surprise to many Nigerians in spite of Gernot Rohr’s comments about the experienced midfielder where the German said Mikel Obi could guide his young team for a few more years in their quest to reach the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
“My national career started in 2003 under 17 World Cup and I’m grateful for the national team for placing me on the world arena and giving me an opportunity to show my skill and have an incredible National and International career,” Mikel added.
“Thank you to all my Nigerian supporters and to my country for all the trust, support and love you’ve shown me over the past 15 years.”
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The 32 year old Nigerian International represented the West African country in the last two World Cups before helping the Super Eagles to winning the 2013 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations.
Mikel made two appearances for the Super Eagles of Nigeria at the ongoing continental competition in Egypt where they sealed a third place finish with a 1-0 win over Tunisia.
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More disturbing Screech sextape details
I was going to write about this sooner, however on the Howard Stern Show last week the porn monger David Hans Schmidt let Stern preview the tape and comment on it as it was going on.
Nothing notable, except that both Howard and his sidekick Robin Quivers commented on how huge Screech’s endowment is. At some point it was referred to as a tree-trunk.
Nothing else was notable about the interview, except everyone found out how greasy and discomforting David Hans Schmidt is. He is a celebrity in his own right being behind other celebrity sex-interest paraphernalia like O. J. Simpson’s sextape, Tonya Harding’s sextape, and apparently he tried to sell the contents of Paris Hilton’s locker once. A really creepy guy.
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Alec Baldwin on Howard Stern
Another entry on Alec Baldwin. He was on the Howard Stern Show yestreday and spilled the beans about lots of interesting things. Howard always has the best interviews. Celebrities just let loose when they are on.
First, when asked about his idiot brother Stephen Baldwin, Alec insisted that his sibling’s religious conversion wasn’t a fake. Alec said that he himself believed that Stephen was a fake born-again Christian, but has since changed his mind. I continue to believe that Stephen Baldwin is just trying to climb the F-List up to at least E or hopefully D-List position.
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Screech is pathetic
That is Dustin Diamond. He is just lucky to have released his sextape in between the releases of much bigger stars. I’m sure that the next sextape, no matter who it is by, will over shadow the below-Z-list celebrity of Screech.
But the man is milking this sextape for all he’s got. I guess that you can’t really fault him. What else could he do to at least get his name back into the news? Nothing. So he sold his tape to some really sleazy guy named David Schmidt.
I don’t know who Schmidt is but you can surmise that he’s not unlike those fellas a couple of years ago that helped distribute Paris Hilton’s sextape when she wasn’t exactly burning up the gossip front pages. Schmidt is due to appear on the Howard Stern Show to give an accounting live, as the sextape plays, of various scenes. Sleazy, to say the least.
It’ll be amusing to see this sextape do the same for Screech as it did for Paris Hilton. I can’t wait (or maybe I can) to see Screech in tight little outfits on the red carpet, letting out accidental vagina slips, putting out dance music singles, and his own line of Dirty Sanchez perfume for women.
Fascinating. Well not really, fascinating… What’s the world that I’m looking forward? … Um.. Oh yes! Sad. Very very sad.
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Jackie Martling Sirius rumours
Speaking of Z-List Celebrities: have you ever heard of Jackie Martling?
Jackie is an old Howard Stern Show stalwart who purportedly quit the show because of money differences. According to Howard Stern he’s one greedy bastard. Apparently, during a contract negotiation while Howard Stern was on terrestrial radio, Jackie “the Jokeman” Martling requested more money than Howard Stern himself was earning and refused to go on the air. Well that was that, Martling hasn’t been on the show for almost 9 or 10 years and his spot his instead been taken up by the morbidly obese Artie Lange.
This is all, by the way, only interesting to Howard Stern fans, so if you are not one you are probably wondering about who cares about crap like this.
Well I used to be into Howard Stern quite a bit, so it’s interesting that now Jackie Martling is reported to be signing a deal to have his own show on Sirius. Some kind of talk hour where he will no doubt hock his crappy joke wares like joke toys, mugs, and rubber bananas.
Who cares right? Well the interesting thing is that he’s going to get on channel 101 on Sirius, which is one of two channels allotted to Howard Stern. What does this tell me? It tells me that things aren’t going so well for Stern. It’s not enough that the channels are constantly filled with replayed shows and boring banter with retarded people, he has to bring in untalented former comedy writers to fill in his programming.
Indeed, this follows on news of Sirius subscriptions not growing at quite the nice clip they were for the first quarter of 2006 and the rumours of stock problems and Howard Stern’s own purported worries about the health of his Show.
So we have to wait and see whether the Jackie Martling rumours are true. And if they are, what does this mean for the end of Stern’s career and his slide into obscurity?
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Screech has a sex tape
Rush & Malloy report that Screech (from Saved by the Bell) also known as Dustin Diamond has apparently starred in a sex tape with two women.
Screech was recently on Howard Stern, lamenting to the world about how broke he is, telling everyone about his comedy career, and how he is looking to break out of the Screech role once and for all.
Making a sex tape is one way to launch your career. Look what it did for Paris Hilton. In the tape, Screech is apparently engaging in intercourse with two women and acts worthy of a serious porno video. Apparently a Dirty Sanchez is involved. Check out wikipedia for a reference to what a Dirty Sanchez is.
I’ve heard of celebrity desperation to climb out of the D-List, but this is just play silly. Screech is not even on a Z-List. Well maybe he is on a Z-List since we know his name and all that, but still.
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Tommy Lee on Ellen DeGeneres show
Following up on a whole host of D-List celebrities (among them the abominable K-Fed), Ellen DeGeneres most recently had Tommy Lee on her show. Tommy admitted that he found about Pam Anderson wedding by text message.
Well that’s because you’re a loser Tommy. You always were, and now that you are losing your dashing looks everyone can see it that much clearer.
But in Tommy Lee’s defense, one must say that the wedding was a bit of a surprise to most people who knew Pamela. Even Howard Stern, who purports to be good friends with her (probably having had dipped his beak in that honey pot, though he denies that rumour completely), found out on the eve of the wedding to Kid Rock.
So to sum up: Tommy Lee is a loser. Ellen DeGeneres has a crappy show that only attracts D-Listers, and the only reason it is still around is because some coked-up TV exec believed in his own hype and his licking his bosses’ Warner Bros. butt to keep the show on life support. And Pam Anderson and Kid Rock are probably doing magic mushrooms or something — that wedding was a surprise to even them probably when they were coming down. And I’m pretty sure that Howard Stern had sex with Pamela Anderson.
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Awards | December 17, 2019
All claims dismissed by ICSID tribunal in energy investor’s ECT case against Italy
Belenergia S.A. v. Italian Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/40
Colombia is ordered to pay over USD 19 million for frustrating Glencore’s legitimate expectations
Glencore International A.G. and C.I. Prodeco S.A. v. Republic of Colombia, ICSID Case No. ARB/16/6
In yet another renewable energy case, Spain held liable for FET breach for frustrating French and Luxembourger investors’ legitimate expectations under the ECT
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Despite a win for Estonia, ICSID arbitrators continue to resist CJEU’s Achmea judgment
United Utilities (Tallinn) BV and Aktsiaselts Tallinna Vesi v. Republic of Estonia, ICSID Case No. ARB/14/24
Awards | September 19, 2019
Spain held liable for breach of FET under the ECT for frustrating legitimate expectations of 9REN, a Luxembourg-based renewable energy investor
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CMS v. Argentina
CMS Gas Transmission Co. v. Republic of Argentina, ICSID Case No. ARB/01/8 (Originally published in 2011 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from 2000–2010; republished on this website on October 18, 2018. Read more here.) Decisions and award available at https://www.italaw.com/cases/288 Keywords Fair and equitable treatment, jurisdiction, minority shareholders, multiple/parallel proceedings, necessity defence, standard for […]
Continental Casualty v. Argentina
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Argentina ordered to pay over USD320 million for unlawful expropriation in airlines case
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WNC v. Czechia: tribunal dismisses expropriation claim and determines that it has no jurisdiction over all other claims
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Analysis | December 12, 2016
The Government of India has proposed a Joint Interpretative Statement to its bilateral investment treaty (BIT) partners. The statement clarifies key substantive and procedural provisions, bringing them more in line with India’s new foreign investment policy.
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The Brazil–Mozambique and Brazil–Angola Cooperation and Investment Facilitation Agreements (CIFAs): A Descriptive Overview
Brazil and Mozambique signed on March 30, 2015 the first Cooperation and Investment Facilitation Agreement (CIFA) based on Brazil’s new model bilateral investment treaty (BIT). The second was signed on April 1, 2015 between Brazil and Angola. Unlike traditional BITs, which are geared towards investor protection, the CIFAs focus primarily on cooperation and investment facilitation. They promote amicable ways to settle disputes and propose state–state dispute settlement as a backup; notably, they do not include provisions on investor–state arbitration.
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Awards and Decisions
US$1.76 billion dollar award levied against Ecuador in dispute with Occidental; tribunal split over damages Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Occidental Exploration and Production Company v. The Republic of Ecuador, ICSID Case No. ARB/06/11 Damon Vis-Dunbar The Republic of Ecuador has been ordered to pay US$1,769,625,000 billion in damages—the largest award to be handed down […]
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Analysis | October 30, 2012
The SADC MODEL BIT Template: Investment for Sustainable Development
The South African Development Community (SADC) Model Bilateral Investment Treaty Template and Commentary was completed in June 2012 by Member States of the Community. Its completion marks the end of an 18 month process of consultations and drafting among government representatives and is intended as a guide for member states in future investment treaty negotiations.
Analysis, ITN | July 19, 2012
Investment Law and Public Services: Clashes of Interests or Peaceful Coexistence?
[T]he Tribunal must balance the legitimate and reasonable expectations of the Claimants with […] [the] right to regulate the provision of a vital public service.[1] This quote from an investment arbitration tribunal highlights the relationship between international investment law and the regulation of public services. This essay illustrates areas of contention between the requirements of […]
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Argentina on the hook for breach of Fair and Equitable Treatment Suez, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona S.A., and Vivendi Universal v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/19) Lise Johnson On 30 July 2010, the ICSID tribunal in Suez, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona S.A., and Vivendi Universal v. Argentina issued a decision […]
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By Damon Vis-Dunbar 2 October 2009 Correction: The original headline in this article stated that Chevron Corporation alleges a denial of justice on the part of Ecuador. Chevron explains that this is incorrect. While Chevron claims that Ecuador “abuses the criminal justice system”, its notice of arbitration does not assert a denial of justice. The world’s second […]
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Duke Energy Electroquil Partners and Electroquil SA v Ecuador: Ecuador found liable for breaches of power purchase agreements and investment treaty
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In Delhi’s Anaj Mandi fire, the only question: Is my relative alive?
Aranya Shankar, Ananya Tiwari
The Indian Express 9 December 2019
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Outside Lok Nayak and Lady Hardinge hospitals. Hours after the fire at a factory in Anaj Mandi left 43 dead, families ran from hospital to hospital in search of their relatives. (Express Photo: Gajendra Yadav)
Early Sunday morning, panicked phone calls had started going to various people in Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. Mohd Ilyas (40) from Kori Rawana village in UP’s Moradabad district had just woken up around 5.30 am when his cousin called him.
“Dilli ki building me aag lag gayi hai, bhai andar the. Fauran nikalna padega (a building in Delhi has caught fire. Our brothers were inside; we will need to leave immediately),” he said.
Three hours later, Ilyas was in Delhi with 15 others from his village, not knowing that he would have to spend the next eight hours looking for his younger brother Sajjad (19), who made school bags at the factory in North Delhi’s Anaj Mandi. The bodies of his cousins, Mohd Imran, Mohd Ikram and Sameer, were identified after a lot of running around, but there is no news of Sajjad anywhere.
“I went to all three hospitals and checked the wards but I couldn’t find him. After losing hope, I finally came to the mortuary at Lok Nayak Hospital but he isn’t here either,” said Ilyas.
For many, there was no closure even as the day to drew to a close.
His helplessness and confusion was shared by many family members at the three hospitals — Lok Nayak, Lady Hardinge and Ram Manohar Lohia — where people ran pillar to post looking for the answer to just one question: Is my relative alive or dead? A question that, for many, remained unanswered even as the day ended.
At Lok Nayak Hospital, where the bulk of victims were taken, relatives who had started gathering near the Emergency ward around 7 am had to wait till 3 pm before they were allowed inside the mortuary to identify bodies. Access to the burn ward was also restricted.
The identification process itself was marred by confusion. Hazy photos of the body from inside the mortuary would be clicked by a relative, as several others huddled around, staring at the phone in an attempt to identify if it was indeed someone they knew.
Around 1 pm, at the Emergency ward in Lady Hardinge, only two bodies out of nine had been identified. As police tried to trace the next of kin, families kept shuffling between hospitals for clarity.
Rescue operations at the site. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
“I am looking for my minor son and have already visited Lok Nayak. We were not allowed to see the bodies and had to come here. No one is answering clearly. He is just a child and all I want to know is what happened. At this point, we don’t even know if he is alive or not,” said Mohammad Ainul, father of 15-year-old Sehmat, whose whereabouts could not be ascertained till evening.
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Sehmat, who was from Samastipur, had arrived in the capital a few months ago to earn money and support his family. With no phone to get in touch with his family, it was through word of mouth in the village that prompted a search for Sehmat, initiated by a relative who rushed from Sonepat.
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Manoj (23), a resident of Begusarai in Bihar, said his brother Naveen (18) was working in a handbag manufacturing unit operating from the premises. (Express photo: Praveen Khanna)
Brothers and sister-in-law of victim Mohammad Naushad, from Samastipur, Bihar, came agitated to the medical ICU at Lady Hardinge. They had visited all three hospitals, but in vain. “We have come from the Emergency ward, and they told us there is one survivor here. I don’t know if my brother is alive or dead. I don’t even know where he’s been admitted,” said Naushad’s brother.
Rukhsana Khartoum’s two brothers, Mubarak (25), and Ghiyasuddin (18), were caught in the fire, and like others, she was unsure where to go. She said she got a call from her relatives in Nariyar village, Saharsa, only in the afternoon, after which she and her husband, who work as labourers and stay in Noida, rushed to the hospital.
While Khartoum knew early on that Mubarak had passed away, it was much later that she was handed a photo of her younger brother from the police, informing her that he was dead.
For many, there was no closure even as the day to drew to a close. Raees (45), who was looking for his nephew Gannu (18), found no trace of him. “I will make rounds of the hospitals again tomorrow. He has to be somewhere. He cannot just disappear. At this point, all we want is some clarity. That's the most I can hope for,” he said.
(With inputs from Amil Bhatnagar)
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Hotel Arpit palace fire, 2019
Fire at the 37-room hotel broke out early in the morning, in the AC unit of a room where two people were staying. Enquiry report said the hotel was operating without any approved building plan since it opened in 1993, and its owner had “managed” licences over the years with the “connivance” of officials
Women Seen Cleaning Rajkot Pitch Manually, BCCI & Ganguly Slammed
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Customer cancels Zomato food order over religion, gets a taste of tolerance
It all began when Jabalpur-based Amit Shukla complained to Zomato about how the service had “allocated a non-Hindu rider” to deliver his order.
By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: August 1, 2019 7:08:54 am
“Food doesn’t have a religion. It is a religion,” the company tweeted. (Illustration by Suvajit Dey)
A CUSTOMER in Jabalpur who cancelled his food order after he found it was being delivered by a non-Hindu got some food for thought — and bared open a divide.
Winning the Internet was Zomato’s response to the man who had cancelled his order on the app-based food delivery service, because the delivery person was a Muslim. “Food doesn’t have a religion. It is a religion,” the company tweeted in response to the man’s complaint of the delivery person’s religion, and demand for a refund.
The company’s CEO, Deepinder Goyal, weighed in with a tweet. “We are proud of the idea of India — and the diversity of our esteemed customers and partners. We aren’t sorry to lose any business that comes in the way of our values,” he wrote.
Congress leader and former Union minister P Chidambaram said in a tweet: “I’ve not ordered food so far but I think I will do so now from Zomato.” Former Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi was equally appreciative of the food aggregator’s stand: “Salute Deepinder Goyal! You are the real face of India! Proud of you.”
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted: “Respect. I love your app. Thank you for giving me a reason to admire the company behind it.”
It all began when Jabalpur-based Amit Shukla complained to Zomato about how the service had “allocated a non-Hindu rider” to deliver his order. Shukla added that the company said “they can’t change rider and can’t refund on cancellation”. Infuriated with the cancellation charges, the man threatened the service with legal action.
“@ZomatoIN is forcing us to take deliveries from people we don’t want else they won’t refund and won’t cooperate I am removing this app and will discuss the issue with my lawyers,” the user tweeted.
Shukla also shared a conversation with the company’s helpdesk, which had wanted to know what the issue with the rider was. “We have Shrawan and I don’t need a delivery from a Muslim fellow,” he wrote in the conversation.
Zomato responded that the cancellation after the delivery person has picked the order would cost the user Rs 237. The user alleged that the company blocked him from accessing the details of his order on the site.
Meanwhile, Faiyaz, the food delivery executive, said he was hurt by the customer’s refusal. “Yes, I feel hurt. What can I say? We are poor, we have to suffer,” he said.
Shukla, however, stuck to his stand. “Do my freedom of expression and religion not fall under the idea of India?” he asked a news channel.
Similar Twitter storms have engulfed several companies before. Last year, after a VHP member tweeted about cancelling an Ola cab ride because of a Muslim driver, the company issued a statement reiterating that it is a secular platform and against discrimination. Twitter users mocked the VHP member’s tweet with their own versions of “canceled an Ola Cab booking today because…”
Food e-commerce has grown tremendously in recent years. A recent study by Unomer showed that the penetration of food delivery apps in tier-2 cities was higher than metros when expressed as a proportion of the smartphone users.
On Wednesday, however, along with all the praise were two hashtags that were trending late in the day: #BoycottZomato and #IStandWithAmit.
— With PTI in Jabalpur
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IMF Survey, Volume 37, Issue 13
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Annual Meetings, IMFC Communiqué, Global Financial Stability Report, Sovereign Wealth Fund Principles, Global Financial Crisis, Fair Value Accounting, Financial Stress and Downturns, Subprime Crisis, What Next for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac?, Exchange Rate Analysis, IMF Technical Assistance Centers, TA Trust Funds, African Economic Outlook, Exogenous Shocks Facility, News Briefs.
IMF Survey Vol.37, No.10 October 2008
Global Financial Crisis: IMF Backs Coordinated Action to Combat Crisis
IMF Predicts Major Global Slowdown
IMF Asked to Take Lead on Crisis Lessons
IMFC Communiqué: World Finance Chiefs Endorse Action Plan to Counter Crisis
GFSR: IMF Warns About Need to Contain Crisis, Rethink Financial System
IMF Analysis: Financial Stress Likely to Hit Real Economy Hard
Subprime Crisis: What Next for Fannie and Freddie?
IMF Survey Interview: IMF Brings Multilateral Perspective to Exchange Rate Analysis
Capacity Building: IMF Plans Four New Regional Technical Assistance Centers
African Economic Outlook: African Growth Eases as Region Responds to Price Shocks
Very gradual recovery
Inflation easing in advanced economies
Wage increases
Risks to baseline projections
Prospects for a turnaround
Commodity market strains
The world economy is decelerating quickly—buffeted by an extraordinary financial shock and by still-high energy and commodity prices—and many advanced economies are close to or moving into recession, the IMF says in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO).
The October 2008 report, which was released two days prior to the IMF–World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington, said that growth in emerging economies is also weakening after years of strong performance, though emerging markets will still drive global growth.
Speaking at the WEO press conference, IMF Chief Economist Olivier Blanchard emphasized the importance of implementing joint financial and macroeconomic policies at this point “to stem the negative momentum on multiple fronts.” On the financial side, “this implies the design of comprehensive programs to deal with systemic problems,” while on the macroeconomic side, “this implies the use of monetary and fiscal policies to support growth and break negative feedback loops between the financial and real sectors,” he said.
“With the right macro and financial policies—and these policies are available—we can ride the storm, and expect a recovery to start in the course of 2009,” he added.
The world economy is entering a major downturn in the face of the most dangerous financial shock in mature financial markets since the 1930s, according to the WEO, which now expects world growth to slow to 3.0 percent in 2009—0.9 percentage point lower than forecast in the July 2008 WEO Update.
Following sluggish growth through the remainder of 2008 and early 2009, the anticipated recovery later in 2009 will be exceptionally gradual by past standards. This is because financial conditions are expected to remain very difficult, even assuming that actions by the U.S. and European authorities succeed in stabilizing financial conditions and in avoiding further systemic events.
“In advanced countries, the crisis is now being driven by a downward spiral of loss of confidence and trust,” Blanchard said. The effects are spreading to consumers and firms, he warned, which had so far weathered the recent price hikes in oil and commodities well but are now experiencing sharply slowing demand.
However, despite the emerging economies’ cooling momentum, they are still expected to provide a source of resilience, benefiting from strong productivity growth and improved policy frameworks. But the longer the financial crisis lasts, the more the emerging economies’ growth is likely to be affected, Blanchard said.
The combination of rising economic slack and stabilizing commodity prices is expected to contain the pace of price increases in advanced economies. But in many emerging and developing economies, inflation is projected to remain elevated through the end of 2008 as recent commodity price increases continue to feed through to consumers, before easing somewhat by the end of 2009.
Despite the deceleration of global growth, headline inflation has risen around the world to the highest rates since the late 1990s, pushed up by the surge in fuel and food prices. In the advanced economies, 12-month headline inflation registered at 4¼ percent in August 2008, down modestly from a peak in July in the wake of some commodity price easing.
The resurgence in inflation has been more marked in the emerging and developing economies, with headline inflation reaching 8¼ percent in the aggregate in August and with a wide swath of countries now experiencing double-digit inflation.
To some extent, the difference reflects the considerably greater weight of food prices in consumption baskets in these economies—typically in the range of 30–45 percent, as opposed to 10–15 percent in the advanced economies. However, inflation—excluding food and fuel—has also accelerated markedly, and there are signs of rising inflation expectations and wage increases, although such data are not as systematically available as in the advanced economies.
The WEO notes that commodity prices remain at much higher levels in real terms than at any time in the past 20 years, despite some decline since mid-July amid the slowdown of the global economy. The driving force behind the sustained run-up in commodity prices has been the tightness of demand-supply balances for many key products and the realization that markets are likely to remain tight for the foreseeable future, after many years of ample capacity.
The latest report sees the principal downside risk to growth from two related financial concerns: persistent financial stress and the credit constraints from deleveraging, which could be deeper and more protracted than in the baseline scenario; and the U.S. housing market deterioration, which could be deeper than forecast, while European housing markets could weaken more broadly than envisaged in the baseline.
As noted in the October 2008 Global Financial Stability Report released on October 7, a failure to restore confidence in the global financial system through internationally coherent and decisive policy measures could lead to an increasingly disorderly unwinding of leverage. This, in turn, would imply greater costs to the real economy than are built into the baseline projections of the WEO.
In this exceptionally uncertain situation, there are substantial downside risks to the baseline outlook. In addition to concerns related to protracted financial stress and the deteriorating U.S. housing market, potential disruptions to capital flows to emerging economies and the risks of rising protectionism represent additional risks to the recovery. Inflation risks to growth, however, are now more balanced because commodity prices have retreated in response to slowing global growth.
The advanced economies grew at a collective annualized rate of only 1 percent from the fourth quarter of 2007 through the second quarter of 2008. The U.S. economy suffered the most from the financial crisis that originated in its subprime mortgage market, which has tightened credit conditions and amplified the housing correction that has been under way since 2006.
Emerging and developing economies have not decoupled from this downturn. The WEO notes that growth has also eased for this group of countries as a whole. Growth has been most resilient in commodity-exporting countries, while countries with strong trade links to the United States and Europe are slowing markedly. Also, some countries that rely heavily on bank-related or portfolio inflows to finance large current account deficits have been hit hard by an abrupt tightening of external financing.
The baseline projections show the global economy undergoing a major downturn, with growth falling to its slowest pace since the 2001–02 recession. Although a gradual recovery is envisaged in late 2009, global growth is not expected to return to trend until 2010. The report sees the eventual recovery as being supported by the unwinding of adverse terms-of-trade effects as commodity prices stabilize, a turnaround in the U.S. housing market, and rising confidence that the liquidity and solvency problems in core financial institutions are being resolved.
On an annual basis, global growth is expected to moderate from 5.0 percent in 2007 to 3.9 percent in 2008 and 3.0 percent in 2009 (see table).
For the remainder of 2008 and early 2009, the U.S. economy faces flat to negative growth as support from the fiscal stimulus ebbs, export momentum moderates, and tight financial conditions take an increasing toll. An emerging turnaround in the housing sector and more stable oil prices should help lay the basis for incipient recovery in the second half of 2009, but the revival is expected to be much more gradual than in previous business cycles, as tight credit conditions continue to weigh heavily on domestic demand.
Most other advanced economies are also expected to go through a period of extremely sluggish growth or contraction in 2008 and the first half of 2009, and experience only a modest upturn in the latter part of the year.
Growth in emerging and developing economies is also projected to continue to decelerate, falling somewhat below trend during the second half of 2008 and early 2009, before picking up in the course of the year. During this period, overall growth in these countries is projected to remain well above rates experienced in the 2001–02 global downturn.
Serious global downturn
A deep financial crisis and continuing high commodity prices have led to fast deteriorating global growth.
(percent change, unless otherwise noted)
Year-on-Year
World output 5.0 3.9 3.0
Advanced economies 2.6 1.5 0.5
United States 2.0 1.6 0.1
Euro area 2.6 1.3 0.2
Germany 2.5 1.8 —
France 2.2 0.8 0.2
Italy 1.5 -0.1 -0.2
Spain 3.7 1.4 -0.2
Japan 2.1 0.7 0.5
United Kingdom 3.0 1.0 -0.1
Canada 2.7 0.7 -1.2
Emerging and developing economies 8.0 6.9 -6.1
China 11.9 9.7 9.3
India 9.3 7.9 6.9
Western Hemisphere 5.6 4.6 3.2
Source: World Economic Outlook, October 2008.Note: Real effective exchange rates are assumed to remain constant at the levels prevailing during August 18–September 15, 2008.
Export growth will continue to slow and domestic demand will also moderate, although demand will continue to be supported by the strong productivity gains made in recent years. Commodity-exporting countries—particularly oil exporters—are expected to maintain their momentum, but growth in countries dependent on food and fuel imports or external financing will slow quite sharply. Net external capital inflows are projected to fall by half in the aggregate, and some countries could face substantial pressure on reserve positions.
The WEO underscores that policymakers around the world face the imperative of stabilizing global financial markets, while nursing their economies through a global downturn and tight credit and ensuring that the recent rise in inflation is reversed.
Policymakers also face the enormous challenge of dealing with the immediate threat to financial stability, while also paving the way for rebuilding a firm underpinning for financial intermediation. Achieving this daunting task will require comprehensive solutions that address the systemic problems–the proliferation of illiquid problem assets, the shortage of capital, and the collapse of counterparty confidence–while dealing rapidly and effectively with emerging problems in individual institutions.
Macroeconomic policymakers are seeking to find a balance between supporting activity during a global downturn and extremely difficult financial conditions and ensuring that the sustained shift in relative prices implied by the surge in commodity prices does not drive a ratcheting-up of inflation, as occurred in the 1970s.
The appropriate policy approach will vary across countries. A turn to more supportive stances is justified in some economies now facing recession as a result of financial strains, housing downturns, and terms-of-trade losses. Nevertheless, policy tightening is still called for in a number of countries that are still growing well above their speed limits.
The recent decline in commodity prices as the world economy slowed should not be allowed to undercut policy efforts to relieve strains in commodity markets. The focus should be on policies to improve supply and demand responsiveness, while avoiding measures that could exacerbate market tightness in the short term.
Finally, it will be important to ensure that large imbalances in trade flows do not lead to a buildup in protectionist measures on either the current or capital account. Breaking the current deadlock on the Doha Round of multilateral trade talks would help strengthen the open multilateral trading system.
Subir Lall
IMF Research Department
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Identification of amyloid beta protein in the brain of the small, short-lived lemurian primate Microcebus murinus
The deposition of amyloid beta (A beta) protein in the brain has been demonstrated immunocytochemically in the small Lemurian primate Microcebus murinus. Both meningocerebral vascular deposits and cortical parenchymal deposits occur. All eight aged (> 8 years old) Microcebus examined showed vascular amyloid deposits, whereas only four exhibited parenchymal plaques. The vascular amyloid infiltrated the tunica media of the leptomeningeal and cortical arteries and arterioles and was also found in capillaries. A beta was observed to be deposited in three general forms in the cortical neuropil: round or elliptical plaques that were thioflavin-negative but sometimes showed a central concentration of A beta immunoreactivity; round plaques with a densely immunoreactive core that was thioflavin-positive; extensive ribbon-like infiltrations enclosing multiple cortical blood vessels. These observations, taken together with previous descriptions of age-related neurodegenerative changes in Microcebus, indicate that this species undergoes a beta-amyloid-associated neuropathology highly similar to that seen in Alzheimer's disease. We conclude that this lemurian primate of small size and relatively short life expectancy, provides a compelling animal model of some principal features of Alzheimer's disease.
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Mestre N
Petter A
Podlisny M
Selkoe D
Neurobiol Aging
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Insult and Injury
Practicing occupational physician, Dr Peter Sharman writes about using the evidence base to guide clinical practice and improve health outcomes in compensation systems
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More on Medical Panels
Posted on January 17, 2015 by Tasworkdoc
The following article I prepared was published in the AMA Newsletter last year. The Supreme Court decision referred to in the article had highlighted some of the issues about the use of Medical Panels in Tasmania that deserved some commentary.
I thought there may be some wider interest in the article.
THE MERITS OF MEDICAL PANELS
A suitably convened panel of qualified and experienced doctors can assist with the resolution of disputes about medical issues in workers compensation matters (or other legal jurisdictions). This approach is more closely aligned to normal medical decision-making and has the potential to avoid the ‘collateral’ damage to injured workers from the stresses and delays associated with traditional medico legal decision-making where a legal practitioner decides the merits of opposing independent medical opinions.
In an article published on my personal blog earlier this year, the benefits of Medical Panels are discussed. Here is a link to that article PANELS PANELS PANELS OI! OI! OI!
One of the debates underway at present is whether a small state like Tasmania can support a fully functioning Medical Panel system. Although Tasmanian Workers Compensation Legislation makes provision for Medical Panels very few panels have been convened since 1988 when the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act first made provision for panels (initially referred to as Medical Boards).
On the other hand, the Medical Panel formed to make decisions about compensation under the Tasmanian asbestos compensation legislation has seemed to work well with local respiratory physicians successfully the panel and apparently avoiding issues of conflict of interest. Although there was provision to use panelists from interstate this has apparently not been necessary.
Section 50 of the current Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act states:
‘(1) The Tribunal is to keep and maintain a register of suitably qualified medical practitioners who are willing to be selected on a medical panel.
(2) On the referral of a medical question to a medical panel, the Tribunal is to select 2 or 3 practitioners, at least one of whom is to be a general practitioner, from the register to form the medical panel.
(3) At least one of the medical practitioners is to have particular expertise in the medical field to which the question relates.
(4) The Tribunal must appoint one of the medical practitioners to be chairperson of the panel.
(5) The Tribunal must not nominate a medical practitioner to be a member of a medical panel for the purpose of obtaining a determination in response to a medical question in respect of a worker if the medical practitioner –
(a) has, in any capacity other than as a member of a medical panel, been involved in the examination or treatment of, or has provided medical services (including an assessment of impairment) to, the worker in relation to the injury in respect of which the medical advice or opinion is sought by the Tribunal; or
(b) informs the Tribunal that, for any reason, the medical practitioner’s appointment to the medical panel could give rise to a conflict of interest.
(6) The Tribunal is to ensure that the medical panel is provided with any information in its possession likely to assist in determining the medical question.’
A recent decision in the Supreme Court of Tasmania – State of Tasmania v Treloar [2014] TASSC 51 (19 September 2014) has illustrated some of the issues with the appointment of Medical Panels in Tasmania.
Commentary in Curwood’s casenotes states:
WorkCover Tasmania medical accreditation not required for assessments of permanent impairment – State of Tasmania v Treloar [2014] TASSC 51
‘The Chief Commissioner initially referred the matter to a medical panel, but before nominating the panel members changed his mind and determined that the Tribunal was unable to refer the question to a medical panel. Under s 50 of the Act, the Tribunal is required to select members from a register to form a medical panel, and must include at least one general practitioner. The Chief Commissioner considered none of the general practitioners had psychiatric expertise, nor were they qualified ‘medical assessors’, and accordingly, could not assess impairment of a psychiatric condition. As such, a medical panel could not be formed, and the Chief Commissioner referred the matter to an arbitrated hearing instead.’
However the Supreme Court found that the Commissioner had erred:
‘His Honour held that the Chief Commissioner had erred in law in determining that the assessment of impairment could not be referred to a medical panel. According to his Honour, it was clear from the wording of s 50 of the Act that it was not necessary for every member of a medical panel to have particular expertise in a relevant medical field, and that a general practitioner could be elected onto a medical panel without being accredited for psychiatric assessments of permanent impairment. Section 50(3) of the Act required that only one of the medical panel members had a particular expertise.’
The decision has implications for legal practice:
Members of a medical panel pursuant to s 50 of the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Tas) (theAct) who are assessing permanent impairment are not required to be accredited medical assessors by the Tasmanian WorkCover Board. All that is required is that at least one member is a general practitioner, and at least one member holds particular expertise in the medical field referred to.
The system of appointment of medical practitioners making up the members of a medical panel pursuant to s 50 of the Act, is independent from the Tasmanian WorkCover Board’s system of accreditation for medical assessors pursuant to s 3 of the Act.
The Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Tribunal of Tasmania (the Tribunal), is in a better position than the Court to determine whether medical questions should be referred to a medical panel, given the Tribunal’s knowledge of the expertise held by medical practitioners on the register.
From the perspective of optimum medical decision-making, the Tribunal’s reluctance to put together a Medical Panel and the Supreme Court’s decision does illustrate the difficulties with resourcing medical panels with suitably qualified and independent practitioners in a state like Tasmania. While the legal decision is that Medical Panel members do not need to be accredited by WorkCover Tasmania, it is clearly desirable that panelists should have qualifications and experience relevant to the task they are being asked to perform. Impairment assessment, for example, is a complex area requiring training and accreditation to be able to properly provide opinions. The Commissioner’s decision to not form a panel was understandable in the circumstances even though a higher court ruled otherwise with the clarification, that only one member of a two or three member Medical Panel needs to have the necessary qualifications and experience.
The fundamental underlying problem with creating a system of effective Medical Panels is that there are relatively small numbers of appropriately qualified doctors in the pool of practitioners willing to serve on panels from which to choose, combined with potential for conflict of interest for those doctors that had already been involved in treatment or providing independent assessments.
Apart from the relatively small numbers of medical practitioners in Tasmania, a likely reason for the dearth of interested practitioners is the general reluctance by doctors to be involved in workers compensation compounded by lack of clarity about what is expected and the control of registers of accredited doctors and potential panelists by the Tribunal and WorkCover Tasmania.
The wording of the Act suggests that the Tribunal has knowledge of the state’s medical expertise as follows:
‘…….given the Tribunal’s knowledge of the expertise held by medical practitioners on the register’
The medical profession however itself would have the best knowledge and understanding of the expertise required to consider any particular medical question that may be put by the Tribunal.
One initiative would be to amend the legislation to require the Commissioner to consult with the medical profession about the appointment of panels. The Tasmanian AMA Workers Compensation Reform Committee has identified benefits if Government appointed a ‘Medical Standards Committee’. One function would be to provide such advice to the Tribunal.
The proposed committee could also have a role in encouraging doctors to be involved in Workers Compensation matters, serve on panels and participate in training to be accredited in various facets of workers compensation. Where there are insufficient local practitioners arrangements to utilise interstate Medical Panels could be considered. The involvement of respected local senior clinicians would greatly assist the engagement of the medical profession in workers compensation matters.
The key is for the medical profession to have greater input into the decision-making system in disputed workers’ compensation matters.
About Tasworkdoc
As an occupational physician in private medical practice in Hobart, Tasmania - the southernmost state of Australia, I see workers referred by their general practitioners with various types of work-related injuries and diseases. These are mostly musculoskeletal injuries, both of traumatic and gradual onset as well as various associated psychological disorders. With interaction with patients for treatment and providing advice about rehabilitation, I have the opportunity, first-hand, to observe interactions between individual patients and compensation systems. I also conduct independent medical assessments, including impairment assessments for musculoskeletal injuries and asbestos-related disease compensation. This provides another perspective of workers within compensation systems.
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1 Response to More on Medical Panels
John Quintner says:
Peter, thank you for posting your article. As you know, those who design and administer our systems of Workers’ Compensation do not like living with uncertainty of medical diagnosis. But Medicine, at least in the area of my specialty of Pain Medicine, cannot deliver such certainty without compromising its ethos and scientific integrity. The question then becomes – why should members of the medical profession be encouraged to have greater input into the decision-making system in disputed workers’ compensation matters?
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Can Sound Waves Be Used to Hack into Smartphones?
By Shelby Rogers
When one thinks of modern hacking, most people immediately think of cracking into software. However, one team of researchers took a look at the disturbing possibilities through sound waves and smartphone hardware.
Engineers from the University of Michigan and University of South Carolina developed a way to use sound waves to control various hardware. They successfully hacked into a smartphone and proposed theoretical hacking of larger equipment - like a car. All it took was a small $5 speaker.
The research focused on inertial sensors called capacitive MEMS accelerometers. These devices measure the change in an object's speed in three dimensions. MEMS tell car systems when to deploy airbags and how to keep a smartphone screen oriented. The team used the cheap speaker to blast sound waves at 20 different accelerometers using waves from malicious music files. Those frequencies messed with the MEMS sensors enough to give the researchers leverage in controlling the devices.
"It’s like the opera singer who hits the note to break a wine glass, only in our case, we can spell out words [and send commands to a smartphone]," Kevin Fu, a Michigan associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science told The New York Times. "You can think of it as a musical virus."
[Image Source: University of Michigan]
Rather than shatter the chips like an opera singer shattering glass, the team tricked the MEMS into falsely reading the sounds and then delivered those readings to the microprocessor.
Possible dangers of controlling hardware with sound waves
Fu said this fresh risk isn't something people typically think about regarding security.
"Analog is the new digital when it comes to cybersecurity,” Fu said. "Thousands of everyday devices already contain tiny MEMS accelerometers. Tomorrow’s devices will aggressively rely on sensors to make automated decisions with kinetic consequences."
This could be especially dangerous with regard to autonomous systems like up-and-coming self-driving cars and package drones. Timothy Trippel, a doctoral student in computer science and engineering, said hacking these sensors are the equivalent of controlling human senses.
"We trust our senses and we use them to make decisions. If autonomous systems can’t trust their senses, then the security and reliability of those systems will fail."
The team said it will present the information to the IEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy next month. They're also looking to get patent protection for intellectual property so that they might further the research and develop innovative ways to combat this possible cyber-threat.
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Query Hack: Critique #21 – Adult Historical Fiction
Dear Query Hack,
The world of historical fiction is filled with vibrant stories of female empowerment. However, there is a huge omission in this world: the rich, uplifting stories of Black women as a powerful force of change. The Booker T Washington Wives Club, will add to this world. My story features a powerful triad of Black daughters of the South and their marriage to one important man: Booker T. Washington.
In general, I caution writers against opening their queries with themes (or including themes at all in queries)—in this instance it’s female empowerment. However, because I think it’s so important to bring more diversity into writing (and I like how you’re working it), I think it works great here! I would tweak some of the wording though:
Historical fiction is filled with vibrant stories of female empowerment. However, this genre lacks the rich, uplifting stories of Black women as a powerful force of change. THE BOOKER T WASHINGTON WIVES CLUB features a triad of Black daughters from the South and their marriage to one important man: Booker T. Washington.
Queries are usually tight on space, so I took out a few words and sections that I didn’t think were necessary.
Remember to write your manuscript title in ALL CAPS.
Also, consider starting your query with personalization. Is this agent seeking historical fiction? Did they express a desire for diverse writing? Highlight that right at the beginning!
Washington married three women within the span of a little more than ten years. Fannie, his first wife and childhood sweetheart, died under mysterious circumstances; Wife number two, Olivia, literally worked herself to death for his dream.
My first thought after reading this section is: who’s the protagonist? Usually, plot summaries are told from the protagonist’s perspective. Right now, it feels like a listing of events/background info. For example, if the story is from Maggie’s perspective, you might start the plot summary with her story: when she meets (and marries?) Washington. I’m guessing that’s the inciting incident? You could then show her being wary of the marriage or feeling like she has to go through it despite the above history you have here.
Three months after Olivia’s death, Maggie Murray comes to Tuskegee Normal School for Colored Teachers. With so much death occurring within a few short years, Tuskegee is floundering but Maggie determines to put the school back on the right path. Not everyone is glad for her arrival, but she is compelled to help Booker with his grief and find out what happened to Fannie and Olivia. As she finds out about the other wives, Maggie finds herself falling in love with him. How she becomes part of The Booker T. Washington Wives Club is a fascinating, and true, story.
In this section, it felt unclear if Maggie was attending the school or teaching at it. Also, I’d like to see more voice from Maggie. What does she want? What brings her to this town? Why does she feel called to put the school on the right path? (Also, try to be more specific of what you mean by “right path.”)
If you can, show how Maggie and Booker meet for the first time. What is Maggie’s intention for Booker? Does he express his intentions toward her? Why does she want to help him with his grief? What does this have to do with the school?
In general, you want to show (vs. tell) and provide specific (vs. vague) conflict in a query. So, how is Maggie falling in love with him? Does he rescue her during some conflict? Is he supportive of her wanting to work at the school and helping her to achieve her dreams (at his own expense)? In as few words as you can, try to provide more specific examples in your query.
What is The Booker T. Washington Wives Club? I think that needs to be clearer in the plot summary, especially if it’s the title and has historical meaning.
In addition, usually plot summaries are ended with the ultimate stakes. What’s at stake for Maggie and her world? End with her needing to make a decision or take action: what happens if Maggie succeeds? What happens if she fails?
There have been scholarly non-fiction attempts to tell the stories of these three women, but there have not been an #ownvoices author to tell this story from a fictitious point of view. Booker T. Washington spent as much as six months of the year on the road to raise funds for the school. His powerful wives were the ones who held the school in check while he was away and gave their all to building a lasting educational legacy.
Love this background information! I might rework the first sentence to something like:
Unlike the scholarly, non-fiction recounting of the lives of [name], [name], and [name], THE BOOKER T WASHINGTON WIVES CLUB is the first fictitious retelling of this powerful story of three Black wives who upheld a school…
I’m a professor of United States literature at Spelman College and a two-time Golden Heart Finalist in historical and inspirational romance. I’m also a finalist this year in the GRW Maggie Awards. If you are interested in reading more of this real-life women’s historical fiction I can send the complete story which is 100,00 words long. Thank you for your attention to my work.
What a great bio!
I might include your metadata in the first paragraph or the paragraph before this. Remember, queries are usually structured in one of the two following ways:
QUERY FORMAT #1
Dear [name of agent],
Paragraph 1: Plot summary
Paragraph 4: Metadata, title, personalization
Paragraph 5: Bio
Usually metadata is written like: THE BOOKER T WASHINGTON WIVES CLUB is an adult historical fiction, complete at 100,000 words, and told from an #ownvoices perspective.
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Investigating the Relationships Between Perceived Mattering, Role Stress, and Psychological Need Satisfaction in Physical Education Teachers
Nicholas S. Washburn, K. Andrew R. Richards and Oleg A. Sinelnikov
, anchored at one end by those that are highly autonomy-supportive and at the other by those that are highly controlling ( Reeve, 2009 ). Autonomy-supportive teachers generally act in ways that support students’ innate desire for psychological need satisfaction (PNS; Reeve, 2009 ). In application, these
In Journal of Teaching in Physical Education Volume 39 (2020): Issue 1 (Jan 2020)
Autonomic Dysreflexia and Boosting in Wheelchair Athletes
Kimberly Long, Shawn Meredith and Gerald W. Bell
Autonomic dysreflexia (AD), which occurs in individuals with spinal cord injuries (SCI) above T-6, is caused by an exaggerated sympathetic nervous system (SNS) response to a noxious stimulus. Blood pressure (BP) elevation is a chief symptom of acute AD; this rise in BP makes AD potentially life threatening. Autonomic dysreflexia is also referred to as autonomic hyperreflexia. For this discussion, autonomic dysreflexia will be the term used. It is estimated that approximately 90% of competitive athletes with quadriplegia have intentionally induced AD in order to enhance performance (Burnham et al., 1994). This practice, which is called “boosting,” appears to be an effective, but potentially dangerous, performance enhancement technique. Individuals who work with athletes with SCI above T-6 should be aware of the symptoms, dangers, and treatment of AD, as well as the practice of boosting in order to ensure the safety of these athletes.
In Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly Volume 14 (1997): Issue 3 (Jan 1997)
Does Night Training Load Affect Sleep Patterns and Nocturnal Cardiac Autonomic Activity in High-Level Female Soccer Players?
Júlio A. Costa, João Brito, Fábio Y. Nakamura, Eduardo M. Oliveira, Ovidio P. Costa and António N. Rebelo
In fact, monitoring training-related cardiac autonomic responses has been facilitated by the use of ultra-short-term HRV measurement after waking. 8 In spite of its usefulness, this method does not allow analysis of the time course of cardiac autonomic recovery postexercise or quantification of HRV
In International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance Volume 14 (2019): Issue 6 (Jul 2019)
Effects of Choice on Student Motivation and Physical Activity Behavior in Physical Education
Jillian Ward, Carol Wilkinson, Susan Vincent Graser and Keven A. Prusak
This study examined the effects of increased autonomy on (a) self-determination and (b) physical activity levels. Seventh- and eighth-grade girls (N = 122) in four classes participated in two fitness units (one allowing choice of activities, the other no-choice). The order of the units was counterbalanced, so that two classes participated in the choice unit first, and the other two participated in the no-choice unit first. The abridged Situational Intrinsic Motivation Scale (SIMS) was administered after each unit. Pedometers were used to measure step counts during both units. Overall, self-determination was higher in the choice unit. The repeated measures analysis also indicated that girls who experienced the choice unit first, and then were denied the opportunity to make choices had the lowest levels of self-determination. The results provide empirical support for the theoretical prediction that increased autonomy yields higher levels of self-determination.
Cardiac Autonomic Adaptations in Elite Spanish Soccer Players During Preseason
Daniel A. Boullosa, Laurinda Abreu, Fábio Y. Nakamura, Víctor E. Muñoz, Eduardo Domínguez and Anthony S. Leicht
The purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in autonomic control of heart rate (HR) and fitness in a group of elite soccer players during the preseason.
Eight professional male soccer players competing in the Spanish First Division were evaluated in July (wk 1) and September (wk 8) with night-time HR variability (HRV) over 4 different days, ultra-short-term HR recovery (HRR) during a small-sided-games session, Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery test level 1 (Yo-Yo IR1), and a field test for determination of maximum aerobic speed.
Players exhibited a greater HRV and a faster ultra-short-term HRR at wk 8, with the players with a lower HRV at wk 1 exhibiting the greatest improvements at wk 8. However, there were unclear improvements in performance parameters, with maximum HR (HRmax) being reduced over the preseason period. This change in HRmax was correlated with the change in short-term HRV parameters (ρ = 0.829, P = .042). Large correlations were observed among HRV, ultra-short-term HRR, and field performance parameters only at wk 8. Furthermore, the variation (%) of the root-mean-square of successive differences between R-R intervals was increased during the preseason (12.95% ± 15.14% to 29.39% ± 21.93%, P = .013) and significantly correlated (r = .898, P = .006) with Yo-Yo IR1 performance (~2600 ± 786 m) at wk 8.
The current results support the appropriateness and practicality of night-time HRV and ultra-short-term HRR for evaluation of autonomic adaptations in professional soccer players, despite the unclear improvements in specific field performance parameters.
In International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance Volume 8 (2013): Issue 4 (Jan 2013)
Effects of Late-Night Training on “Slow-Wave Sleep Episode” and Hour-by-Hour-Derived Nocturnal Cardiac Autonomic Activity in Female Soccer Players
Júlio A. Costa, João Brito, Fábio Y. Nakamura, Eduardo M. Oliveira and António N. Rebelo
cardiac autonomic adaptation, 2 , 4 – 6 whereas persistent reduction of these indices is associated to fatigue accumulation. 7 , 8 However, in some cases (eg, endurance sports), the increase in the parasympathetic activity can indicate an excessive overload leading to loss of performance and
In International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance Volume 13 (2018): Issue 5 (May 2018)
Development and Implementation of an Autonomy Supportive Training Program among Youth Sport Coaches
Jody Langdon, Brandonn S. Harris, Glenn P. Burdette III and Sara Rothberger
Studying perceived autonomy support, a basic tenet of self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000), provides some understanding as to how coaches can more positively influence youth athletes to enjoy and persist in youth sport. Borrowing insights from success in physical education and coaching-oriented interventions, the purpose of this paper was to highlight positive aspects and challenges of an innovative youth sport autonomy supportive training program for coaches. Positives included the initial training session and the use of an online training component. Challenges were the structure of the season, other coaches, and possibly the age of the athletes. Future training programs in youth sport coaching should increase in duration, provide specific examples of how to implement autonomy supportive coaching behaviors, as well as address solutions to the time constraints of the youth sport setting.
In International Sport Coaching Journal Volume 2 (2015): Issue 2 (Jan 2015)
Moderated and Mediated Effects of Coach Autonomy Support, Coach Involvement, and Psychological Need Satisfaction on Motivation in Youth Soccer
Amanda J. Reynolds and Meghan H. McDonough
We examined whether coach involvement moderated the predictive effect of coach autonomy support on motivation both directly and indirectly via need satisfaction. 142 soccer players (106 female; 12-15 years) completed measures of coach autonomy support and involvement, need satisfaction, and motivation. For intrinsic motivation and identified regulation, need satisfaction mediated the effect of autonomy support, but there was also a moderated direct effect whereby autonomy support had a positive effect only when involvement was moderate to high. Autonomy support also positively predicted external regulation and negatively predicted amotivation via need satisfaction. Coach-athlete relationships that are both autonomy supportive and involved are associated with more adaptive forms of motivation, and findings suggest that lack of autonomy support may undermine need satisfaction and motivation.
In The Sport Psychologist Volume 29 (2015): Issue 1 (Mar 2015)
Autonomic-Nervous-System Activity During the Preparation Phase for the Snatch in Olympic Weight Lifting
Christian Collet, Aymeric Guillot, Olivier Bolliet and André Dittmar
To examine the preparation phase for the snatch lift in Olympic weight lifting. Two behavioral periods were studied, each corresponding to specific mental processes: a stance in front of the bar and placement of hands on the bar. Each period was hypothesized to elicit different responses of autonomic-nervous-system activity.
Twelve elite male subjects completed 12 lifts at 90% to 95% of their best grade after warm-up (80% of their best grade). Because peripheral autonomic-nervous-system activity is related to arousal and activation variation, 6 variables were continuously recorded: electrodermal (skin resistance and potential), thermovascular (skin temperature and skin blood flow), and cardiorespiratory (heart rate and respiratory frequency).
Responses (ie, phasic activities) were evident during the fi rst behavioral period. Decrease in heart rate (mean = 19 beats/min) or in respiratory frequency (mean = 8.6 beats/min) was related to attention processes. These responses were weaker (−0.16°C vs −0.25°C in skin temperature) and shorter (2.7 seconds vs 4.3 seconds in skin resistance) than those recorded during execution. The second phase showed variations in basal levels (mean increase in heart rate of 25%), related to increase in activation, thus attesting the muscle system’s process of preparation for effort.
Weight lifters separated the preparation phase into 2 stages that were closely matched by different physiological activities. Weight lifting requires participants to share their mental resources among the 2 demanding concentration phases by first focusing their attention on the execution and then mobilizing energizing resources.
The Aging Cardiovascular System: Changes in Autonomic Function at Rest and in Response to Exercise
Douglas R. Seals, Kevin D. Monahan, Christopher Bell, Hirofumi Tanaka and Pamela P. Jones
Tonic vagal modulation of cardiac period (R-R interval) decreases with advancing age, but is greater in middle-aged and older adults who habitually perform aerobic exercise compared with their sedentary peers. Cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity also declines markedly with age in sedentary adults but only 50% as much in regularly exercising adults. In previously sedentary middle-aged and older adults, a 3-month program of moderate aerobic exercise increases cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity by 25%. Tonic (basal) sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity increases with advancing age in both sedentary and habitually exercising adults. Despite this, SNS b-adrenergic support of energy metabolism (resting metabolic rate-RMR) declines with age in sedentary individuals. However, SNS b-adrenergic support of RMR is maintained with age inenduranceexercise-trainedadultsandthereforeismuchgreaterinmiddle-aged and older individuals who exercise regularly compared with their sedentary peers. Thus, regular aerobic (endurance) exercise modulates selective age associated impairments in autonomic nervous system-physiological function.
In International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism Volume 11 (2001): Issue s1 (Dec 2001): Issue s1
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Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Starring: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Harrison Ford
Directed by J.J. Abrams
Early marketing for The Force Awakens made it relatively clear J.J. Abrams and the Disney Corp would not be reinventing the wheel for this entry. And why would they? Even the sacred original Star Wars films closely mimic one another. All open in some barren wasteland, all feature dwarfish scavenging weirdos, all allow an otherwise goofy robot to play hero in a clutch moment. And so, seventh verse, same as the first: desert orphan, precocious droid, masked villain with red glowing rod, geometrically opposed spaceships.
It’s not the material, though, it’s the delivery, and Force Awakens delivers, effortlessly weaving visual potency, emotional conviction, unexpected humor, and raw excitement into a crackerjack package that provides antidote to the prequel trilogy’s turgid masturbation. Set thirty years after Return of The Jedi, the film brings us up to speed quickly: Luke Skywalker has disappeared, the Rebels have failed to consolidate their power, the Empire has not remained in defeat. That evil reich, now known as the First Order, counts amongst its ranks a brooding and violent Darth Vader disciple named Kylo Ren (Adam Driver). When a map pointing to the whereabouts of Luke fumbles out into the cosmos, Ren believes it’s his key to restoring Vader’s galactic vision.
Fate (or dumb luck) brings together the heroic team that quickly becomes Kylo Ren’s biggest headache. The AWOL Stormtrooper Finn (John Boyega) and isolated junk trader Rey (Daisy Ridley), both barely out of their teens, are a little overwhelmed as they inadvertently become swept up in the search for Skywalker (a figure neither can believe is real). Lucky for das kinder, another storied figure of lore (Harrison Ford) crashes the party and offers a lending hand (and wookiee). Meanwhile, the First Order turns an entire planet into a makeshift Death Star powered by the sun, and of course our band of outlaws winds up in an assault on that enormous menace, because what, are they not gonna help Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and Admiral Ackbar?
Critics dog J.J. Abrams for doing little more than heating up other people’s leftovers in lens flare, but The Force Awakens proves when elements like a supremely talented cast and snappy scripting align the guy can slam dunk. Any bits that seem to defy whatever logic exists in this starry fantasy you forgive because the film’s whizzing you on a spirited, satisfying ride. The wonder and fun have returned to Star Wars, and not a moment too soon.
FINAL SCORE: Four precocious droids (out of four).
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The Content Coverage of Clinical Classifications
Christopher Chute, Simon P. Cohn, Keith E. Campbell, Diane E. Oliver, James R. Campbell
Background and Objective: Patient conditions and events are the core of patient record content. Computer-based records will require standard vocabularies to represent these data consistently, thereby facilitating clinical decision support, research, and efficient care delivery. To address whether existing major coding systems can serve this function, the authors evaluated major clinical classifications for their content coverage. Methods: Clinical text from four medical centers was sampled from inpatient and outpatient settings. The resultant corpus of 14,247 words was parsed into 3,061 distinct concepts. These concepts were grouped into Diagnoses, Modifiers, Findings, Treatments and Procedures, and Other. Each concept was coded into ICD 9-CM, ICD-10, CPT, SNOMED III, Read V2, UMLS 1.3, and NANDA; a secondary reviewer ensured consistency. While coding, the information was scored: 0 = no match, 1 = fair match, 2 = complete match. Results: ICD-9-CM had an overall mean score of 0.77 out of 2; its highest subscore was 1.61 for Diagnoses. ICD-10 scored 1.60 for Diagnoses, and 0.62 overall. The overall score of ICD-9-CM augmented by CPT was not materially improved at 0.82. The SNOMED International system demonstrated the highest score in every category, including Diagnoses (1.90), and had an overall score of 1.74. Conclusion: No classification captured all concepts, although SNOMED did notably the most complete job. The systems in major use in the United States, ICD-9-CM and CPT, fail to capture substantial clinical content. ICD-10 does not perform better than ICD-9-CM. The major clinical classifications in use today incompletely cover the clinical content of patient records; thus analytic conclusions that depend on these systems may be suspect.
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Chute, C., Cohn, S. P., Campbell, K. E., Oliver, D. E., & Campbell, J. R. (1996). The Content Coverage of Clinical Classifications. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 3(3), 224-233.
The Content Coverage of Clinical Classifications. / Chute, Christopher; Cohn, Simon P.; Campbell, Keith E.; Oliver, Diane E.; Campbell, James R.
In: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol. 3, No. 3, 05.1996, p. 224-233.
Chute, C, Cohn, SP, Campbell, KE, Oliver, DE & Campbell, JR 1996, 'The Content Coverage of Clinical Classifications', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 224-233.
Chute C, Cohn SP, Campbell KE, Oliver DE, Campbell JR. The Content Coverage of Clinical Classifications. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 1996 May;3(3):224-233.
Chute, Christopher ; Cohn, Simon P. ; Campbell, Keith E. ; Oliver, Diane E. ; Campbell, James R. / The Content Coverage of Clinical Classifications. In: Emerging Infectious Diseases. 1996 ; Vol. 3, No. 3. pp. 224-233.
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A comparison between the novel and film versions of lord of the flies
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Would you like to merge this question into it? MERGE already exists as an alternate of this question. Would you like to make it the primary and merge this question into it? MERGE exists and is an alternate of. Notable differences are that Simon has very pale blonde hair in the movie but black hair in the book.
Jack is quite well built in the movie but describe as being bony and skinny in the book.
The second movie version, released inis total reworking of the story. There is an injured adult on the island with them, who never appeared in the book. Jack has blonde hair and Ralph has black hair, although in the book Ralph was described as being fair and Jack had red hair.
The underlying symbolism of the story is completely lost and Jack is made far too likable and his reasoning for his actions seems perfectly logical.
Jack in the book was an aggressive obsessive boy and his actions were not reasonable. Of the two movies the original black and white version sticks most closely to the book. Hey this is Kai, The differences between the boys are that jack is savage, mean, has leadership qualities, represents dictatorship, he has no regard for others, he is also arrogant, strategist, careless, destructive, fixated on hunting, uses fear from the beastie to his advantage, he is also manipulative.
Ralph is civilized, democratic, mature, authoritive, he cares, worries, self-concious, weak leader. They both posses leadership qualities, both want control, and are both neive But I wanted to know the answer to this question myself.
The moral of the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is thatpower must be handled delicately. The reader is shown that evil may dwell within each of us, and thatit is up to each person to control their own actions and fate. In Lord of the Flies what are the similarities and differences between Jack and Ralph?
Both Jack and Ralph are natural leaders. They are also boys who like to act on their decision as soon as they are made. They differ in the objectives and their styles of leadership. Ralph seeks to lead by persuasion and a consensus of opinion.
He believes in setting an example that others will follow, he is prepared to work alongside the boys. Jack believes in absolute rule. He dresses like a pagan idol and expects the other boys to serve him with food and instantly obey his orders.
Ralph wants them all to be rescued and believes that they should try to make their existence comfortable while they are stuck on the island. Jack simply wants power, exemplified by his obsession with hunting and killing pigs, the ultimate power over life and death.
When was the novel Lord of the Flies written? Red hair is often used in books, paintings and movies to symbolise people of a tempestous or violent nature.
Why did William Golding write the novel Lord of the flies? Tto show how much civilization plays a huge role in our life and to show that human nature takes over in times of distress otherwise our inner savage would take control.
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Editorial Reviews. J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King) -- plus the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, as told in the trilogy's classic prelude, The Hobbit-- is a genuine vetconnexx.com than the most widely read and influential fantasy story of all time, it is arguably the most memorable and endearing tale ever written.
A Comparison of the Film Versions of William Golding's Lord of the Flies We have read Lord of the Flies by William Golding () and also seen the scene “the death of Piggy” in the two film versions directed by Peter Brook () and Harry Hook ().
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Living With Lactose Intolerance
A person may be or may become lactose intolerant for different reasons:
Ethnic background. People of Asian, African, Native American, and Hispanic backgrounds are more likely to develop lactose intolerance at a young age.
Other problems with the digestive tract. People who have inflammation of their upper small intestine, such as celiac disease or Crohn's disease, have a reduced level of the lactase enzyme.
Medicines. Certain antibiotics can trigger temporary lactose intolerance by interfering with the intestine's ability to produce the lactase enzyme.
Infection. After a bout of infectious diarrhea, some kids can develop a temporary lactose intolerance that usually improves after a few days or weeks.
Age. As people get older, their bodies usually stop producing the lactase enzyme, and most people will naturally become lactose intolerant over time.
People with lactose intolerance may have a variety of symptoms. It all depends on how much dairy or how many milk-containing foods the person eats and how little lactase the body produces.
Usually within 30 minutes to 2 hours after eating, someone with lactose intolerance will experience nausea, stomach cramps, bloating, gas, and diarrhea. This can be unpleasant, not to mention embarrassing if you're at school or out with friends.
Because many people may think they're lactose intolerant when they really aren't, it helps to see a doctor who can diagnose the condition correctly and advise you on ways to manage it.
Doctors also can find out if you're able to digest lactose by testing for the presence of lactase with an endoscopy. During this procedure, doctors view the inside of the intestines by inserting a long tube with a light and a tiny camera on the end into the mouth.
A doctor can then take tissue samples and pictures of the inside of your gut and look for clues to why you've been having problems with what you're eating. The amount of lactase enzyme can be measured in one of these tissue samples.
Lactose usually can be easily managed if you're in tune with your body. Everyone's different, but most people with lactose intolerance can eat a small amount of dairy. The trick is to eat dairy products in combination with other foods that don't contain lactose and not to eat too much dairy at once. It can also help to keep a food diary to learn which foods your body can or can't tolerate.
Dairy foods are the best source of calcium, a mineral that's important for bone growth. Because growing teens need about 1,300 milligrams (mg) of calcium each day, experts recommend that even teens who have lactose intolerance continue to include some dairy in their diet.
Foods like cheese or yogurt may be easier to digest than milk, so try a cup of yogurt for dessert or add a piece of cheese to your sandwich. Lactose-free milk is also a great way to get calcium in your diet without the problems that can come with lactose.
Taking a lactase enzyme supplement might help too. Taking this before eating foods that contain dairy will help the body digest the lactose sugar in dairy so you don't develop the symptoms of lactose intolerance, like pain, cramping, bloating, gas, and diarrhea.
Teens with the most severe symptoms of lactose intolerance might have to avoid all dairy products. It's extra important that these teens find other good calcium sources, so talking to a registered dietitian is a good idea. Dietitians are trained in nutrition and they can help people who are lactose intolerant come up with eating alternatives and develop a well-balanced diet that provides lots of calcium for developing strong bones.
Here are some tips for dealing with lactose intolerance:
Choose lactose-reduced or lactose-free milk.
Take a lactase enzyme supplement (such as Lactaid) just before you eat dairy products. These can be taken in drops or tablets and even added directly to milk.
When you do drink milk or eat lactose-containing foods, eat other non-lactose foods at the same meal to slow digestion and avoid problems. (For example, if you are going to have a milkshake, don't drink it by itself. Have something else with it, like a healthy sandwich.)
Drink juices that are fortified with calcium.
Eat a variety of dairy-free foods that are rich in calcium, such as broccoli, beans, tofu, or soy milk. Consider hard cheeses such as cheddar, which are lower in lactose.
Yogurts that contain active cultures are easier to digest and much less likely to cause lactose problems.
Learn to read food labels. Lactose is added to some boxed, canned, frozen, and prepared foods like bread, cereal, lunchmeats, salad dressings, mixes for cakes and cookies, and coffee creamers. Be aware of certain words that might mean the food has lactose in it: butter, cheese, cream, dried milk, milk solids, powdered milk, and whey, for example.
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Date reviewed: January 2015
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Tag: Mountain
Now that the gloves are off, I thought it a good time to finally weigh in on the ever-rocking Ace Frehley‘s latest voyage, the self-produced Entertainment One release Spaceman, yet another aural sortie that finds the celestial one in a good place making vibrant new rock.
If you’ve been hiding under a rock, or have given up on new rock & roll altogether, you may need a wake up call — Ace Frehley is one of the few old school true hard rock cats left carrying the torch with any efficiency. In the past decade, Frehley has put out (countem’) four albums, all with stellar cuts & euphoric rock moments worthy of his ever-ascending pedigree and any playlist.
Reality is, a lot of folks sold out, gave up or can’t quite give a fuck enough to figure out how to get their fans new music. Ace …you know, the notoriously lazy drunken lay-about, decided when he got truly sober years ago to take over the main command deck, learn the new tech cold and bring it on home ….to his home studio. He’s cut out the flack and has been doing what he loves to do most, and you can feel it in his records; Ace is in his element. With what he’s endured, it’s a miracle he’s alive, not jaded and is still in love with rock & roll.
Spaceman may not be the very best of the four, but it’s f-close at moments and is as endearing as anything he’s ever released. In fact, when the final chapters of KISStory are written, I believe there a number of songs, sentiments & performances on Spaceman that will end up as major notches on the time capsule.
Relistening to it here today, a smile came over my face as I found myself breaking on through the turbulent atmosphere to the other side …kinda like the gravity that used to hold me down somehow just didn’t exist no more?!
The album features long-time, par-excellence Ace Frehley Band member Scot Coogan on drums on most of the record with the exception of the re-appearance of Anton Fig on “Pursuit of Rock & Roll” and guest jams by Matt Starr on “Rockin’ With The Boys’, “I Wanna Go Back” & “Quantum Flux”. Ace plays most of the guitars and bass, minus Gene SImmons’ singular playing on “Without You I’m Nothing” …count down’s comin’ on, here we go:
WITHOUT YOU I’M NOTHING > A ballsy, earnest rocker co-written with former band mate Gene Simmons that wouldn’t have worked (ie – been convincing) coming from Simmons or KISS. Frehley though knocks it out of the park with a great lead vocal, edgy semi-autobiographical verse lyrics and a bitchin’ solo that quickly re-affirms why you developed a taste for the Blue Koolaid way back.
“Now through the years, I’ve hit some walls, with no regrets .. when we’re apart I get the blues””
ROCKIN’ WITH THE BOYS > More straight talk from Ace delivered with customary ‘don’t sweat it’ chill. This one grows on you like a new pair of favorite jeans and the comfy feel continues into the solo as Ace eases back on the throttle, laying in behind the beat to get ‘back’ in NY groove.
“We’ve had our differences, now don’t make a fuss, we’ve had the best of times”
YOUR WISH IS MY COMMAND > Co-written also with Simmons, ‘Wish’ features a similarly luke-warm Simmons chorus / title benefiting again significantly from Ace’s well-honed pop sensibility on the verse melody & lyric. An ill-fated reunion of sorts, no surprise this is the only tune on the album that feels a little forced. Like with most old flames, you often find once is enough.
“Seen many miracles, don’t be concerned, so few are chosen”
BRONX BOY > More street cred and a great P&L statement from Ace that takes us back to the ‘hard times’ as a teenage gangbanger that he may not have escaped were it not for his guitar & considerable swagger, drunk or sober!
“I’m just a street kid, we seek and destroy, I lived so much of it, I’m just a Bronx Boy.”
PURSUIT OF ROCK & ROLL > A rock anthem to rival KISS’s many arena driven-forays over the years. Ace’s ‘State Of The Union’ is a rocket ride with Anton Fig burnin’ up the drum kit and Frehley high on the fumes, literally shouting out to The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard and even The Beatles.
“Don’t want no strife, ‘cuz it’s the enemy, that gets into your soul”
I WANNA GO BACK > It’s almost impossible not to love this cover of the Eddie Money hit. The choice, and Ace’s delivery of the bitter-sweet Money lament, is flat-out charming, further illuminating Ace’s range and deep love for a great hook, regardless the artist or era. It wasn’t a guitar tune until now, and it’s a fucking cool departure.
“I wanna go back, and do it all over, but I can’t go back I know”
MISSION TO MARS > Were I Ace’s manager I would have tapped the glorious “Mission To Mars” as the lead single (or “I Wanna Go Back”?) as it’s perhaps Ace’s best vocal since “Rip It Out” and tracks us on radar somewhere between ’74’s “Parasite”, ’89’s “Lost In Limbo”, 2009’s “Outer Space” and Elon Musk’s flying Tesla. Wonder how many times Frehley left the pavement in his DeLorean?
“My ships off course, by some unknown force ….Between heaven and earth, you know we’ll always be first, and that’s why”
OFF MY BACK > Even if it’s now clear Ace never heard Spinal Taps’ “Bitch School”, this tune is super catchy and boasts the hottest solo on the album. If not Ace’s rawest Frehley fret attack ever from the get-go, the solo outro shifts to urgent blues phrasing reminiscent of Leslie West of Mountain or Rory Gallagher!
“We go in circles with no end in sight”
QUANTUM FLUX > The closer is, as is tradition for Ace, a continuation of the instrumental epics that started in ’78 with the haunting powerhouse that is ‘Fractured Mirror’. No exception to the fleet, ‘Flux’ is transcendent and takes Ace and us out of orbit into emotional time-scapes, reverberating key influences Jeff Beck & Jimmy Page while remaining pure Ace Frehley through and through.
The crazy thing is that, with Ace, you can go back. He still gives me that feeling. There’s ‘Space’ on board …Ace’s got you.
February 26, 2019 February 27, 2019 CHICAGO 'N BEYOND2018, Ace Frehley, Anton Fig, Elon Musk, Flying Car, Frehley's Comet, Gene Simmons, Gloves Off, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Kiss, KISStorian, kisstory, LES PAUL GIBSON GUITARS, Leslie West, Matt Starr, MISSION TO MARS, Mountain, NASA, Parasite, Rip It Out, rock music, Scot Coogan, Space, SPACEMAN, Tesla, The Bronx, time travelLeave a comment
RICHIE SCARLET talks shop
When did you first fall in love with the guitar?
The day I heard “Purple Haze” by Jimi Hendrix.
Who did you first try and emulate when you picked up the guitar?
Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck.
What are your favorite five guitar solos of all-time?
1) “Child in Time”, Richie Blackmore- Deep Purple
2) “Theme for An Imaginary Western”, Leslie West – Mountain
3) “Machine Gun”- Jimi Hendrix – Band of Gypsies
4) “Dazed and Confused”, Jimmy Page – Led Zeppelin
5) “Shapes of Things”, Jeff Beck – Yard Birds
How has 2012 been treating ‘The Emperor of Rock & Roll”?
2012 has been an extraordinary year. Between playing out in the North East with my show. Playing lead guitar on Rockabilly Legend Charlie Gracie‘s new single, “Baby Doll” which went to umber one. Appearing in Dee Sniders latest video “Mack The Knife”, Producing Dez Cadena of the Legendary Horror/Punk/Cult Band The Misfits. Playing all guitars on legendary Rock and Roll Chubby Checker’s newest single. Started to record my new CD. Due out October 2012. Also, I have been doing many other studio projects. It has been very creative year. The icing on the cake was joining Ace Frehley on stage in NYC with Anton Fig, after 10 years.
Ace invited me down and my wife Joann spoke with his people. The next thing was Ace asked me to join him on stage. It all happened very quickly….”AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL THING”.
Did you read Ace’s book, “No Regrets”?
Yes I did…. I enjoyed the first 3 chapters the most, before Ace was in KISS. Overall, I enjoyed the entire book.
You’ve been working with Dez Cadena w/ Black Flag and The Misfits, how’s that going?
It was a blast with Dez. We are still working together.
Which track on your recent disc“Fever” is your fav and which ones do fans gravitate to?
My favorite track is “Radio Dreams”. Fans seem to be drawn to “I’m No Good” and “Standing in the Rain”.
What was it like playing with Leslie West? learn any new licks from him?
I was able to tour the world for 8 years with Leslie West & Corky Laing ofMountain. I already knew the Licks (LOL)
Is there anyone you haven’t jammed with that you would like to someday?
December 1, 2013 March 24, 2014 CHICAGO 'N BEYONDAce Frehley, Frehley's Comet, Jeff Beck, Kiss, MountainLeave a comment
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Tag: MTV Unplugged
I hope you aren’t too jealous when I tell you this was one of the hottest shows ever performed by the band in any line-up configuration because, if you missed it, your KISStory timeline lacks a key ingredient. Thank god for Youtube — we can go back!!
It was April of ’94, the Revenge Tour was over, MTV Unplugged would be in August, and soon there after KISS would re-unite with Ace & Peter to conquer earth a second time. Of course, we had no clue then.
See, KISS always finds a way to stay in front of their audience. This was just another example of them being creative in coming up with cost effective solutions to do so while biding there time for, as always, what’s coming next.
The band had decided to do a couple of radio-sponsored one-off’s as it were to help promote the new venture / album, KISS MY ASS, in which a host of music legends would be performing & recording their favorite KISS songs at Gene’s behest including Toad The Wet Sprocket, Anthrax, The Gin Blossoms, Lenny Kravitz, Garth Brooks and even (yup) Stevie Wonder! Only KISS sets up their own tribute album. Well, at least then anyway; the duets may be coming soon.
Little did we know, and let me know if I am wrong, but this show may be the very last time Bruce Kulick performed live in concert with the band ‘plugged’ as it were and the very last performance of the Kulick/Singer/Stanley/Simmons roster.
Maybe that’s why they gave it so much love but it makes me wonder (yes, it makes me wonder) if they knew this might be the case. Or, maybe they were just rarin’ to play, having been off the road a bit and now performing without, as Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap once said, “all the mucky-muck” of a full blown tour scenario.
Another cool thing was that the boyz performed a set list picked entirely by fan voting that unearthed GOIN’ BLIND, I STOLE YOUR LOVE, STRUTTER, and, a major highlight, a hot version of GOT TO CHOOSE. As I recall, and listen back now, Bruce played his very best and seemed way more comfortable in this setting, on a small stage with encroaching amps and an audience he could reach out and touch. Eric Singer, who is always solid anyway, played seemingly inspired getting to play some of the cuts that he and Bruce had perhaps never played live with the band.
Want more gravitas? The band performed on a completely stark stage with no effects whatsoever: no KISS sign, no smoke, no blood, Only the banner of the now-defunct Chicago station The Blaze that stood behind them. For us Chicagoans it was refreshingly blue collar and natural, like seeing Cheap Trick @ Cubby Bear or something. This was like a gym with a stage on one wall, no seating, no stands. A mid-western barn-burner of sorts.
At the time, it was the best I had ever heard them. And so was the sound itself. Given the fact that they just flew in with guitars, the less robust PA resulted in a way warmer sound than the typical KISS concert. But what really struck me as a KISSTorrian was seeing and hearing the living breathing proof that KISS, with no frills, in an intimate setting, were simply a top flight rock & roll band firing on all cylinders. That night it felt to me like they had finally become as close to classic KISS as possible with the new line-up. They had seasoned as a group. Even KISStory has it’s irony.
March 22, 2014 September 4, 2017 CHICAGO 'N BEYOND1985, Anthrax, Blazefest, Bruce Kulick, Chicago, Eric Singer, Garth Brooks, Gene Simmons, Gin Blossoms, Kiss, Lenny Kravitz, MTV Unplugged, Nigel Tufnel, Paul Stanley, Revenge, Spinal Tap, Stevie Wonder, Toad The Wet Sprocket3 Comments
BRUCE KULICK talks shop
Congrats on BK3 Bruce, are you happy with how it has been received? I am very pleased with the CD and the reviews and the fans reactions. They could all tell I really put my best foot forward shall I say. It has distribution but at the same time you can buy it from me. What concerns me are the BK fans who don’t know about it! They are missing out.
What is your favorite hook on the record? So many really…. I think “No Friend Of Mine” has a great hook and John Corabi really sells the song with his vocals.
How does the writing process work for you? It is different all the time, but it does usually start with just jamming something on the guitar and things start to happen. When I collaborate, things can really pick up speed quickly and suddenly there is a song.
Gene’s son Nick Simmons sang on the single “Hand Of The King”, is there any irony in that? I guess you could say the title has something ironic in it! He did a great job and it was his lyrics.
You have had a long relationship with ESP Guitars, why ESP? They are really like the LEXUS of guitars. Quality and durability. I have been using them for many years now.
Is Brian May of Queen an influence of yours? He is one of the best of the best. What tone and note choice. YES.
Have you gone full-on digital or is there still a place for analog in your world? I have my turntable out now! But recording-wise it is digital. I do use lots of vintage gear to record though…
Do you have a favorite Beatle? I would have to say Paul for his amazing body of work and talent, but John is there only a fraction behind him.
Any tips on surviving a world tour? Don’t eat the mayo! Seriously. Take care of yourself, and pace yourself. Traveling is hard sometimes.
You are ‘tweeting’, how’s that going for you? Good… I don’t do obsessively like some, but I do update things that are going on for me. Not the “what I had for breakfast” kind of tweets! But people want to know what’s up ~
December 1, 2013 March 24, 2014 CHICAGO 'N BEYONDAnimalize, asylum, Bruce Kulick, Crazy Nights, Gene Simmons, Grand Funk, Kiss, MTV Unplugged, RevengeLeave a comment
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Sonic Forces – Did You Know Gaming? Feat. Chadtronic
Did you know? Sonic Forces began development in 2013 Around the release of Sonic Lost World With this new game, Sonic Team wanted to explore a more serious world moving past the series typical fantasy setting The games story initially came from the idea of Eggman ruling 99% of the world and going to war with the Resistance Force The title Sonic Forces was meant to play with the idea that force meant both power and an army A new engine dubbed Hedgehog Engine 2 was developed hand-in-hand with the game. The engine was intended to make lighting behave realistically, saving the artist from having to render light and shadow manually While the team were capable of creating almost photo-realistic images with the new engine, they were instructed by art director Yoshitaka Miura to stylize the world to make sure that it worked with the series exaggerated character designs. To further give the idea that this was not a human world Alien writing was added to the backgrounds rather than any recognizable alphabet or symbols. Miura jokingly lamented that players would miss some of these details as they sped past. The art team were also guided by director Morio Kishimoto, and would design each levels themes and aesthetics around how the level was meant to be played Many levels were changed between their initial concept and the final game The Resistance hideout was originally in a casino in the middle of a forest. As the stages and story developed, the hideout became more conventional but the casino forest idea seemed to have been reworked into the level Mystic Jungle for the final game Another concept was for a prison camp in Green Hill Zone. the idea was intended to subvert the levels iconic appearance being dark and eerie rather than sunny and refreshing. This idea was scrapped for unknown reasons and Green Hill was instead given a desert theme Forces was partially inspired by the success of Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations Sonic Team didn’t want to just retread old ground though They wanted to come up with new features like the custom hero Producer Takashi Izuka had received a lot of fan art work over the years and knew that Sonic fans enjoyed creating their own original characters The custom hero was inspired by the passion of these fans Asuka wanted to let players bring their own characters to life in the game It was also intended to appeal to younger children who enjoy customization features in games The Custom Hero was designed to accommodate people that wanted to take designing of their own original Sonic character seriously as well as those who wanted to make something more comedic However, it was still limited enough so that characters would still feel like an authentic part of Sonic’s universe When designing costumes that the player’s avatar could wear Sonic Team exchanged a lot of ideas with the overseas Sega staff Western staff came up with a number of concepts that wouldn’t have occurred to the Japanese team such as Cowboy and Pirate outfits Some have speculated that the third playable character in Sonic Forces was originally intended to be a third Sonic This one from the Sonic Boom sub-series Evidence to suggest this includes the 25th anniversary poster Which included all three Sonic’s, a similar body shape of the custom hero the fact that the classic Sonic was retconned to be from an alternate universe And the grappel ability, which bears a resemblance to the enerbeam used by the characters in Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric However, this was never the case. According to Sonic Stadium contributor HogFather The custom hero was pitched early on in Forces’ development cycle The feature was not well received with many staff members having little to no faith in the idea Originally the avatar was to have played a much larger role in the game, to the point of being a main character But these plans were scaled back due to the internal misgivings Bonus costumes for the custom hero reference other Sega and Atlas properties Namely Jet Set Radio, Persona 5, Puyo Puyo, Super Monkey Ball and Nights Additionally, a Sanic T-Shirt was released as free DLC referencing the popular meme The Custom Hero’s Wispen weapon was intended to encourage sequence breaking and speedrunning By choosing different Wisps to fit the weapon, the player could come up with their own paths and strategies to advance through the level The team even figured out shortcuts of their own while designing and testing the game While Sonic Mania entered development in 2015 Two Years after Forces, Mania had some influence over Forces Takashi Izuka acted as a liaison between the two teams, which otherwise remained seperate for the most part Izuka would make suggestions to the forces team to tie it In more closely into Mania One ability that seems to have originated in Mania was the Drop Dash which was later incorporated into Forces The two games weren’t intended to compete with one another Instead, Sonic Team hoped to entice fans of Classic Sonic by including him in Forces Which would then lead them to trying out Modern Sonic gameplay as well Forces was set to appeal to fans of Unleashed, Colors, and Generations with its Modern Sonic gameplay But Sonic Team also wanted to please fans of the adventure titles by including episode shadow as free DLC The game marked the first time the fan favorite character had been playable in a mainstream Sonic game since 2006 In the lead up to Sonic Forces the Sonic Twitter account released four short tie in comics by Ian Flynn and Adam Bryce Thomas Both of whom who had worked on the Archie Comics adaptation before it’s cancellation Flynn asked Thomas to include a sneaky reference to Bean the Dynamite in the comic Moment of Truth The bomb that the Resistance Soldier uses is colored Red, Green, and Yellow, like Bean who is known for using explosives Bean was one of Flynn’s breakout characters in the Archie comics earning a lot of appreciation for the otherwise forgotten character Thomas also added an Easter Egg of his own, a cameo from the character Poppy Opossum from the web comic of the same name When Orbot and Cubot are naming the Phantom Ruby in the comic Rise of Infinite two of their suggestions are nods to the other gems from the series Anarchy Barrel are the Chaos Emeralds from the parallel universe Anti Mobius from the Archie Comics and Precious Stones are the main collectible in the Dreamcast party game Sonic Shuffle To promote forces in Japan, Sega teamed up with Hooters, a restaurant chain known for its use of sex appeal The chain employs attractive young women as waitresses who are known as Hooters girls The Collaboration saw Three of the Six Hooters restaurants in Japan serves sonic themed food between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m. Such as Chili Dogs and Blue Carbonated Drinks. The restaurant also used Sonic themed coasters In December 2017, Sega also released Super Sonic as DLC Free for a limited time This attracted ire from the community who argued that Super Sonic had been a 100% free staple of the series since Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Many considered Forces to be lacking in content, and paying for Super Sonic was seen as more evidence of cut corners Sega responded to the complaints by confirming that Super Sonic would remain free forever Did you also know that Sonic 3’s get blue spheres message at the start of special stages originally said get blue balls? Or that many Sonic games have been censored? For more facts check out the Didyouknowgaming? video on Sonic Secrets and Censorship Speaking of chili dogs and customizable characters you should check out this video on my channel that showcases an invention that turns a hot dog into the shape of a person. That’s on my channel Chadtronic Thanks for listening friends
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Volume 8, Nos. 1&2 (2018)
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David Herman. Narratology beyond the Human: Storytelling and Animal Life. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2018. Hardcover. ISBN: 978-0190850401.
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Preliminary Report on the Fact Finding , on terrors of the Armed Forces , #Chhattisgarh #Operationgreenhunt
by kracktivist in Advocacy, Announcements, Human Rights, Justice, Kractivism, Law, Minority Rights, Prison, Violence against Women, Women Rights Tags: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarh Police, Operation Green Hunt, Orissa, Salwa Judum, Singham, States and territories of India
(Released in a Press Conference at Women’s Press Corps on 15 March 2013)
In the three weeks from mid-January till the first week of February, several villages in the Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh experienced the terror of the armed forces of the Indian state. The CRPF, Chhattisgarh state police, erstwhile SPO’s of the Salwa Judum along with various coercive arms of the state orchestrated a systematic targeting of villages, burnt down hundreds of homes, ostensibly in random, further, burnt down the schools built by the people, picked up villagers, young and old, and physically tortured them while their homes burned to the ground. The affected villages are Pidia, Tomnaka, Singham, Lingham, Komati, Tomudum, and Kondapadu, and in each of these between eight and thirty homes were burnt down by the armed forces. In the village of Dodi-Tumnar, a school with hostel facility for about a hundred children, both girls and boys, run by the Janatana Sarkar was looted and then burnt down by the invading forces in the last week of January. Two battalions of about 1000 CRPF personnel each, besides Koya commandos and SPO’s arrived at the village school at 9 am on that day. They systematically proceeded to destroy the school after firing into the air twice. Even as the students and the schoolmaster fled into the forest, the armed forces caught an old man on his way to the field and chopped off his hand with his own sickle. Following this, the forces looted the storeroom and the kitchen of the school, poisoned the water well, and destroyed the roof, walls, and furniture of the school before finally burning it to the ground. They then marched to the nearby village of Pidia. This village, that houses approximately 265 homes, witnessed first hand the ruthlessness with which the armed force burn down the homes and livelihood of those who stand up for their right to life and liberty. Close to thirty homes were burnt down in one part of this village alone. The charred remains of the homes, cattle sheds, storerooms, utensils can be seen littered with empty bottles of beer and other brands of alcohol.
By burning schools and homes, looting sources of livelihood, and physically torturing hundreds of adivasis, the state attempted to legitimize this violence in the name of ‘development’. This methodical burning of homes and schools reveals the carnival of violence practiced by the forces to intimidate, brutalize and squash the spirit of those living in these parts without any concern for consequences. The villagers were forced to remain in the forest for three days as the force camped in the hills surrounding the village. A few young men were picked up by the armed force and brutally beaten. Most of the men were released while one still remains in jail. They looted the means of livelihood and sustenance and camped in the village for three days. Before leaving, they burnt the leftover rations and supplies of the villagers that they had looted. Here, it is the Janatana Sarkar to whom the villagers turn to in times like these. The Janatana Sarkar provided medicines and food to the affected villagers. It is now also helping them rebuild the burnt homes. Even as the bare frames of the homes are being rebuilt pillar by pillar and brick by brick, the spirit of resistance is visible for all to see.
The Indian state orchestrates these operations in states like Chhattisgarh in the name of ‘developing’ the area. These are also done as measures to counter the rise of revolutionary forces that have organized the people to stand united against such forms of oppression and practice policies that give primacy to the development of the people living here. Here, development does not mean filling the coffers of the state. In these policies for development, the people are the primary concern. When these forces attack the people, their homes, their schools, and their livelihood, they are attacking their right to life. This right to life that should be most fundamental and universal for all within this apparently democratic country is being denied to those who have remained historically deprived and marginalized in the fringe of the concern of the state. Today, these people are paying the price for resisting the injustice inflicted on them by being forced to live without any assurance of the most basic rights this country accords to its citizens, losing all means of livelihood, and most crucially, in blood.
In the name of developing the country the Indian state officially launched a massive operation of plunder of natural resources in 2009 by displacing thousands of communities living in the states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and parts of Bihar, West Bengal and Karnataka. This ‘operation’, ironically called Operation Green Hunt by the corporate run media, undertaken by the current Central Government, expropriates the wealth of the country that rightfully belongs to the people for the benefit of imperialist forces. This wealth, in the form of resources of land, water and forests, is sold to exploitative multinational companies and comprador bourgeoisie. In turn, the resistance of the people has been termed an ‘internal security threat’ by the current Prime Minister who expresses his loyalty to the model of ‘development’ that feeds these corporate sharks. The revolutionary forces along with the people in these parts strive to fight this war waged by the Indian state against its own people. In keeping with the spirit of resistance against injustice, the people have consistently stood up against the machinations of the Indian state even as it signs hundreds of MOU’s that sell-out land, mineral and forest resources of the country. The price paid for these corporate deals is the blood of those who stand up for their right to life, livelihood and liberty against the oppressive Indian state. This resistance by the people represents an alternative model for people’s development, which aims at collectivization of resources in opposition to the Indian state’s model of corporate development. It is this revolutionary change that the Indian state aims to crush by calling it ‘terrorism’ and ‘internal security threat’.
The state sponsored ‘cleansing’ programme like the armed vigilante gangs of the Salwa Judum began their operations in 2005. The state officially declared its programme a ‘hunt’ in 2009. This hunt, since its inception, resulted in large-scale violence on people. There is a need to recognize the overlap between the official ‘hunt’ and the ‘cleansing’ done by these state funded vigilante groups that are nurtured and endorsed by the state to split the people from within as they stand up against the anti-people policies of the state by asserting their right to land, livelihood and resources. Even as the media projects this ‘operation’ as part of the effort to wipe out the ‘Naxal infestation’, the very form that this resistance takes militates against this projection. The resistance has roots among the people who have faced the worst atrocities at the hands of this state. These are not mere victims of displacement, deprivation and destruction. These forms of resistance have historically taken root among people who recognize the violence inflicted on them by forces that expropriate land and resources to feed the bottomless pit of corporate greed.
The armed forces use the government school buildings in the area as camps in the name of fighting Maoists. These schools become the centres from which the armed forces operate in the area. It creates conditions where access to education is rendered near impossible for those living in these parts. This has affected the basic right of education for the entire adivasi community and specifically the children in the region. Further, in regions where these governmental institutions do not exist and are built by the people themselves, the armed forces attack such schools, shelters, irrigation tanks, wells, and basic amenities of those living in these densely forested areas. These are wanton actions of destruction. This is not merely a question of ‘law and order’ or state control. By attacking homes, means of livelihood, and schools, the armed forces of the state inflict not merely physical violence that has become the norm in the region, but this is part of systemic violence of deprivation, displacement and destruction. This exposes the ‘development’ rhetoric of the state as an open farce.
The armed forces continue to commit such atrocities with impunity to displace the people living in the area to fulfill the State’s agenda of ‘development’ as seen in the hundreds of MOU’s signed with corporate houses, agencies, and MNCs. This clears the path to exploit the resource-rich land, water, minerals and forests of Chhattisgarh. This onslaught of violence and exploitation of the people and their resources by the state machinery in the name of development and fighting revolutionary forces exposes the nexus between the state, coercive forces and the corporations that aim to exploit the land and its resources. The casualty of this ‘development model’ has been the adivasi community as they are denied the most basic rights of education, livelihood and liberty. This form of state repression on the people has been visible over the course of ‘Operation Green Hunt’ and visible in the anti-people policies adopted by the state. We must recognize the atrocities committed by the state, expose this nexus of imperialist exploitation and stand by the people who have organized themselves against the state as it attempts to displace them.
These people have resolved to fight back by developing schools, shelters, tanks, wells, and such amenities. These are everyday forms of resistance that the state aims to break, by burning down homes and schools and torturing some physically while inflicting collective violence on the lives of people. The collective development of people adopted by those fighting back the ‘model of development’ of the state provides the revolutionary alternative to the imperialist and feudal designs of corporations and the landed bourgeoisie. As the state commits such atrocities against the people everyday and normalizes its forms of violence, the people have militantly resisted such as it speaks the imperialist language of ‘freedom’ and ‘development’ on one hand and participates in wanton destruction of life, livelihood and liberty on another depends on our silence and implied consent. We need to break this silence and stand up against the injustice inflicted on the hundreds. We need to stand together with the struggling masses; the thousands of displaced and deprived people who have resolved to fight back. Today and everyday hence, we must condemn the atrocities committed by the armed forces of the state on the adivasis of Chhattisgarh and elsewhere; expose the nexus between the state, feudal landed interests and corporate houses in these resource rich areas; recognize that this war on people is being fought by those who recognize their right to jal, jangal, jameen and against the Indian state in its effort to displace people to expropriate their land, livelihood and resources for its imperialist designs.
DSU members if the Fact Finding Team: Ayantika Das, J. K. Vidhya, Sourabh Kumar, Sushil Kumar.
Democratic Students’ Union (DSU)
Contact:dsuatdu@gmail.com
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#India- Open letter to #BenRattray, #CEO, #Change.org – “Et tu Brutus” #kracktivism
by kracktivist in Advocacy, Announcements, Human Rights, Justice, Kractivism, Minority Rights, Political Prisoners, Prison, Violence against Women, Women Rights Tags: Activism, Amnesty International, Arun Ferreira, Ben Rattray, change.org, Chhattisgarh Police, David, discrimination, Goliath, Huffington Post, Human Rights, India, Internet petition, Justice Bhaktavatsala, Kracktivism, kractivism, Soni Sori, Southern Poverty Law Center
Dear Ben Rattray
You started change.org ,to change the world, you did made an impact on social change in last five years,in US. In the developing world especially in India , there was mutli-fold increase in petitions, in last one year. So what was different about change, which made it so popular? The fact it was a business model, which was entering social change with a very transparent and accountable agenda . You are not a non profit organisation claiming anything, true, but you were representing a progressive community fighting for social justice and change, fighting for human rights of people across the globe. You were using the power of business for social good. Also the fact that each petition was checked and there was a coordination between offline protest , campaigns and the online petition.
I invested my time at change.org by creating many human rights and petitions on change.org in past one year. There have been small victories Paypal apologises. There have been some big victories ,Family Matters taken away from Justice Bhaktavatsala, Amnesty International intervenes to Free Waqar, The Kashmiri Youth, Freedom for Arun Ferreira behind bars for 4 years under draconian laws , and some still continue to create impact like the petition for a To Save Soni Sori and Punish Chhattisgarh Police & has had impact for international mobilization .
I have closely worked with change.org team on many petitions, and also guided them time and again on some other petitions as well, as I strongly believed ,in the fact, that they had taken a stand for social justice and human rights. Change.org, meant business, yes business to take stand for human rights . I used to laugh at some of the inane petitions, which were totally ridiculous e.g. homophobic, anti abortion petition, as I was sure change.org will not give any support, neither a push and the petition will die its own death. But your decision to change your advertising policy in the name of openness, democracy and empowerment is nothing more than a facade. There was a certain element of trust which has been broken by the new changes in your advertising policy. Change.org built its reputation on arming Davids to take on the Goliaths, now it seems that you think David and Goliath should be on the same team.
After reading the leaked documents, I was very disturbed and angry and asked the change.org team in India about it and I got the following email, by country head of change.org in India on Oct 25th 2012
Hi Kamayani,
as you are one of our most active users I wanted to reach out to you to clarify things in light of the Huffington Post and other pieces regarding our advertising guidelines.
Change.org’s mission is to empower people everywhere to create the change they want to see. Our vision is a world in which no one is powerless and making change is a part of daily life.
We believe the best way to achieve this is to have a platform that is truly open (like a true democracy) to all points of view as long as they don’t violate our terms of service – eg: hateful, violent, fraudulent etc. (full details here http://www.change.org/en-IN/about/terms-of-service).
We’re also extending this to our advertisers as long as they do not violate advertising guidelines http://www.change.org/en-IN/about/advertising-guidelines
This is the same yardstick that every tech platform uses – from FB and Google to Huffington Post itself.
Finally, I would encourage you to read the leaked document as it serves as it clearly explains our position on a number of questions that people might have. It is not as dramatic as the HuffPo article 🙂
I hope that clarifies. Please let me know if you have further questions.
Avijit
I have read all internal documents word by word, the fact remains you did not plan to reach to me and many other progressive users about the change you were going to embark upon. What these leaked documents revealed goes much beyond that, inclusive of embracing those who want to work against those very causes. This part of internal document which I produce below proves how your are turning from left to right . How will you justify while accepting paid promotions from conservative organizations. After all, conservatives don’t want change. That’s a progressive value. Conservatives want things to remain the same. Corporations don’t have to run successful campaigns on Change.org in order to defeat the good that’s been done. All they have to do is pay to run so many petitions that current users dislike to get those users to go away or simply stop opening e-mails about petitions.
The full internal Faqs are available here-rebrand-internalfaqs-change.pdf
Your Article in HuffiiPost on Oct 25 also has nothing new to add to the understanding at all . In the name of openness now you say YES to-Republican campaigns, soon I will find a campaign to endorse a legitimate rape , Astroturfing campaigns, Corporations. About Hate groups – you say If a large organization like the The Southern Poverty Law Center( SPLC )says they’re a hate group its a NO , but otherwise yes. For change.org –Anti-abortion, Pro-gun, Union-busting, Animal cruelty is Yes. and you say “We are open to organizations that represent all points of view, including those with which we personally (and strongly) disagree.”
Your advertising policy shift demonstrates the potential perils of for-profit companies founded on progressive values, and shows the power of money . You have literally betrayed all the active users of change.org, including me and taken advantage of our issues and petitions for increasing your own database. As a business and a company you have every right to pivot and change your brand positioning. However, under the garb of ‘ you are actually helping further the work of those who we are working to organize against. For eg – with this new Change.org openness, now anyone is eligible to advertise with you for profit. So after I sign a petition for gay rights, women’s rights and all of the other human rights issues, I might find a link to a sponsored petition that I wasn’t expecting. Stop Gay Marriages ! Give Legal recognition to Khap Panchayats ! Legalise ‘ Legitimate Rape ” ! Women should stop wearing skirts !
Its a big thanks to the Whistle -blower who leaked the documents for opening our eyes, and you fire him from work, Wow, that’s very Ethical, and you do not mention this at all in your article . Is it change.org’s policy not to discuss internal matters even if they are public . I must say, and the fact we are having a debate, is because of him or her , and my eternal gratitude to the concerned person .
You used to call the non-profits who have spent millions to support you succeed “partners”, and now you call them “advertisers”. Nice attempt to make it sound like these were simply commercial transactions. You make it sound like selling names to the radical right is a grand vision for ’empowerment'”. Since when is suppressing the rights of women, ’empowerment’? That’s not a grand vision for good. That’s a grand vision for greed. It’s genius, but let’s be clear. It’s not change. It’s just doubling-down on conflict—clickable, lucrative, conflict-mongering—and calling it a business model. Isn’t selling opt- ins (a user opts in with an email addresses when they sign a petition) to anti-women or anti-gay organizations a corrupt act no matter how you sugar coat it? With a very liberal base of users on your sight. Your claim that you’ve simply grown too big to devote the necessary time to check out each petition is a betrayal of your origin, which was based on making this a voice for the voiceless, for those who couldn’t make themselves heard elsewhere over the money. What’s changed ? You seem to have eliminated change in favor of more of the usual. You may not think that you’re selling out, but at you’ve made a Faustian deal.
Its time to bid good bye, and I do so with by my last petition addressed to you only, to reinstate the Whistle- Blower and come out . I will not be participating in change.org petitions from now, but I will definitely will be watching you , as you say in your article
“If it’s still not clear to you which version is accurate, I’d ask you consider suspending final judgment until you see the impact of our actions once the heat of the rhetoric subsides. Because while the impact that Change.org users have had around the world has been growing rapidly, we’re just getting started. And we’d love to work together to change the world.”
It’s very clear to me where you are heading, and there is no confusion , now you are not a business for a social cause but like any for profit , you are making money on our database .
Was a change.org petitioner organizer in India
Kamayani Bali Mahabal, Mumbai
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Immediate Release: Women’s Delegation meets President Pratibha Patil # Sonisori
by kracktivist in Advocacy, Announcements, Health Care, Human Rights, Justice, Kractivism, Law, Press Release, Violence against Women, Women Rights Tags: Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarh Police, Delhi High Court, India, Naxalite, Soni Sori, Sori, Supreme Court
President of India (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A delegation of women comprising of, Beinda Karat (M.P.), Annie Raja (NFIW), Uma Chakravarty, Vrinda Grover and Indira C, met with President Pratibha Patil today (14th May), and handed over a memorandum, detailing the gross violation of the human rights of tribal teacher, Soni Sori. The memorandum was also signed by Aruna Roy (MKSS),Kavita Srivastava (PUCL) and Vani S.on behalf of Saheli.
The delegation drew the attention of the President to the brutal custodial sexual torture inflicted on Soni Sori by the Chhattisgarh police and the medical report of Kolkata Hospital which had confirmed the same. The President expressed surprise when she heard that S.P. Ankit Garg, under whose direction the custodial sexual violence was alleged to have been inflicted, had received the President’s Gallantry award. The delegation suggested that an independent enquiry be initiated into the gallantry award given to S.P. Ankit Garg. The delegation also expressed apprehension that many other tribal women prisoners in Chhattisgarh jails had suffered similar violations.
The President heard the delegation attentively and assured them that she would write to the concerned governments and authorities.
The Memorandum submitted by the delegation
The Honourable President of India
Ms. Pratibha DeviSingh Patil
Subject: Violation of rights of tribal woman Soni Sori; conferment of President’s Gallantry Award on S.P. Ankit Garg facing allegations of custodial sexual torture
Honourable President,
We thank you for giving us an audience to personally convey to you our concerns, regarding the sexual torture, persecution and violation of the rights of Ms Soni Sori, on behalf of many individuals, women’s groups and other democratic organisations.
Ms. Soni Sori has been working as an adivasi teacher at the government-run Jabeli ashram school, in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. Ms. Sori was subjected to brutal custodial torture, including sexual violence, by several policemen inside the Dantewada Police Station in October 2011. The facts regarding her persecution by the local police for more than a year preceding her arrest, the charges filed against her, the heinousness of her torture, and the subsequent events are all appended, for your kind consideration, in the form of a FACT SHEET (Annexure I). Ms. Sori has filed a petition before the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution of India seeking a direction for the setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of police officers from outside the state of Chhattisgarh, to investigate the criminal prosecutions against her, as well as her allegation regarding the attempt by the Chhattisgarh police to murder her on 11th September 2011 (WRIT PETITION (CRL) NO. 206 OF 2011).
Briefly stated the facts are as follows. Ms Sori was arrested in Delhi on October 4th 2011 and remanded to the custody of Chhattisgarh Police by the Delhi High Court on October 7th. Taking cognizance of the grave apprehension and well-grounded fears expressed by Ms Sori, about her safety in hands of the Chhattisgarh police, the Delhi High Court issued directions to the Chhattisgarh police to ensure her safety while in their custody and had specifically ordered the Commissioner of Police in Chhattisgarh to file an affidavit in the Delhi High Court outlining steps taken to keep Ms Sori safe.
But, in what can only be termed to be an act of flagrant contempt of court and of all constitutional safeguards, the Chhattisgarh police brutally tortured her on the night of October 8th / 9th, when she was in their custody. Ms. Sori has written to the Supreme Court that while she was in police custody, she was stripped before the Superintendent of Police, Ankit Garg, and given electric shocks under his directions. Furthermore, not only did he use abusive language against her, he ordered three police personnel to “punish her” by sexually torturing her for disobeying his command to name well-known social activists, such as Swami Agnivesh and Medha Patkar, as Naxal supporters (Copy of Ms Soni’s letter enclosed asAnnexure II). The brutal torture went to the extent of inserting stones and batons into her private parts. An independent medical examination carried out by the NRS government hospital in Kolkata, under the direction of the Supreme Court, has confirmed her sexual torture by recovering stones embedded in her vagina and rectum. (Medical Report of NRS Hospital Kolkata enclosed as Annexure III).
Ms Sori was fearful of torture by the Chhattisgarh police, as she was being severely harassed by them since mid-2010, to reveal the whereabouts of her nephew Mr Lingaram Kodopi, who in turn was also being framed by the Chhattisgarh Police after he refused to comply with their directive to enrol as a Special Police Officer (SPO). Ms Sori too had resisted pressure from the Chhattisgarh police to give false evidence implicating her fellow villagers as Maoists. In order to compel and coerce Ms Soni, the local police implicated her in several false criminal cases of naxalite violence, and even arrested her husband in one such fabricated case. In December 2010 the Chhattisgarh police declared Ms Sori an “absconder”, even though throughout this time the police continued to meet her frequently to know the whereabouts of Mr Lingaram. Further, official records show that Ms Sori was present in her school regularly and attending to all her duties, during the same period. Ironically while the police were harassing and intimidating her on the trumped up charge ofsupporting Naxalites, Naxalites attacked her father and uncle’s houses, looted them, and grievously wounded her father in the attack.
Following the arrest of her nephew Mr Lingaram on September 9 2011, Ms Sori came to Delhi to seek legal help, and fearing for her life, particularly because the Chhattisgarh police had tried to eliminate her on 11th September 2011. Mr. Lingaram is now accused of being a conduit for bribe allegedly being paid by the company Essar to the Maoists. The police claim that Ms Sori is also involved in this case, and have also framed her in other false cases. But Ms Sori has evidence to expose that false cases have been registered against her and Mr. Lingaram.
Her case is of national importance and urgency for several reasons. Firstly, such unlawful and barbaric conduct by Chhattisgarh police had been foreseen and feared by Ms. Sori before she was handed over to their custody, and had been explicitly stated before the Sessions Court and High Court in Delhi. By itself such custodial sexual torture is a matter ofgreat concern – the fact that it can happen despite judicial scrutiny and monitoring is deeply disturbing and worrisome. This raises serious concerns about the condition of other women prisoners in police or judicial custody whose cases have not received attention, a matter highlighted by Ms Sori in one of her letters (Annexure IV).
Secondly, there is incontrovertible evidence of inhuman custodial torture and sexual violence by the police, in the form of the independent medical report of the NRS MedicalCollege and Hospital, Kolkata (Annexure III). Such intimidation of ordinary citizens who are only exercising their guaranteed rights, and such custodial violence and brazen disregard of the constitutional safeguards is of grave concern, especially when meted out by the protectors of the law. If ignored and left unpunished, it sets dangerous precedents for thesubversion of rule of law and human rights of disadvantaged and marginalized citizens. In a civilized, constitutional democracy there is no place and there can be no excuse,whatsoever, for torture including sexual violence under any circumstances. It raises serious concerns about the security and dignity of women.
We are approaching you with deep dismay at Ms Soni Sori’s continued vulnerability despite her repeated pleas for protection from various courts, and the grave violation of her rights as an under-trial. Despite repeated petitioning, other statutory national human rights institutions for protection of citizens’ rights have been indifferent towards these violations and the contempt for court orders by the police (Letters to NHRC, NCW, CM, and SC in Annexures V, VI, VII). This raises grave concerns regarding impunity and lack of accountabilityof police and other public servants.
Not only has no action or inquiry been initiated against the S.P. Ankit Garg, who has been named by Ms Sori as as being responsible for the torture, it is deeply shocking that on this 26th January 2012 he has been conferred with the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry. It is disturbing to note that in spite of a large number of citizens’ groups, nationally and internationally, protesting against SP Ankit Garg’s unlawful and criminal conduct, the government has deemed it fit to confer him with a gallantry award, especially while the Honourable Supreme Court is still examining her complaints. Conferring an award in the face of these complaints, which have not even received a cursory investigation, amounts to condoning the sexual torture inflicted on Ms Sori and the violence which is being perpetrated on tribal population of this country, in the name of anti-Naxal operations.
As the constitutional head of this country, we approach you with deep regard and faith that you shall ensure that the rights and dignity of the most vulnerable and marginalized will be upheld and the fundamental guarantees promised by the Indian Constitution, of justice, equality and right to life enforced.
We seek your urgent intervention to:-
i) Initiate a credible inquiry into the custodial violence suffered by Soni Sori
ii) Promptly recall the President’s Gallantry award bestowed on S.P. Ankit Garg, facing serious allegations of custodial torture and sexual violence
iii) Constitute a comprehensive and credible inquiry to ensure protection of rights and dignity of the large number of tribal women, like Ms Sori, languishing in jails in Chhattisgarh
iv) Ensure an immediate halt and initiate exemplary punitive action against police and other security forces indulging in widespread and systematic violationof rights of tribal women, in the name of anti Maoist operations.
Annie Raja, National Federation of Indian Women
Brinda Karat, ex-MP, Rajya Sabha and All India Democratic Women’s Association
Uma Chakravarti, Retired Professor, Delhi University
Aruna Roy, Member National Advisory Council and member MKSS
Advocate Vrinda Grover
Kavita Srivastava, General Secretary, PUCL
Vani Subramanian SAHELI, Delhi
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Maoist-hit cop’s wife hurls bribe salvo at seniors
by kracktivist in Announcements, Disability, Human Rights, Justice, Kractivism, Law, Minority Rights Tags: Chhattisgarh Police, Dantewada, Maoism, Maoist, Marawi, Police, Radha, Sukma
By Sahar Khan, Feb 12, 2012-The wife of a senior police officer critically wounded in a landmine blast, has alleged that the Chhattisgarh Police ‘forced’ her husband to remain in a Maoist-hit area for 10 years because they could not pay up for a transfer. Additional superintendent of police D.S. Marawi‘s wife Radha lashed out at senior officers for not heeding her husband’s pleas seeking transfer out of the Maoistshit areas because he did not pay a bribe. Two constables were killed and three others were wounded including the ASP in a blast triggered by Maoists in Sukma district on Thursday. The injured were air-lifted to Raipur from Bastar for medical treatment.
‘He (Marawi) had twice written to higher authorities seeking transfer but no one listened. We don’t have “illegally earned” money and since we couldn’t pay he remained deployed in the Maoists stronghold for 10 years,’ Radha said pointing fingers at police officers responsible for transfer of police personnel in the state.
Tears welling in her eyes sitting outside the intensive care unit of Ram Krishna Care Hospital where her husband is admitted she recollected how her children always insisted their father not venture into the interior areas and seek a transfer to a secure place since he is on Maoists’ hit list.
‘This is his third miraculous escape from a attack by the Maoists,’ she said.
‘It is ridiculous to blame the transparent transfer process and policy. These are undertaken in accordance with the rules and at the government level,’ said Ram Niwas, additional director general of police (anti-Maoist operation).
Admitting that Marawi had sought a transfer the ADG said he was given a safer position equivalent to a commandant of armed police training centre in Bastar.
‘He was not deployed on the field. Rather what surprised us was his choice to follow a risky route and visit Polampalli from Dornapal, a known Maoist hotbed, by road instead of using the chopper to return in the evening,’ Ram Niwas said.
A senior officer based in Bastar stated that Marawi’s decision itself becomes a matter of investigation since it led to the death of two policemen.
Marawi was reportedly called by a visiting team of CBI in Dantewada to depose before it in connection with the attack on activist Swami Agnivesh by a mob in March 2011.
After the blast the guerrillas opened firing on the jeep in which Marawi was travelling with the police team. But top police officers rubbished the allegation.
Face of Salwa Judum killed in Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh (kractivist.wordpress.com)
Complaint of rape against Kartam Surya the Hero SPO mentor and Court Order (kractivist.wordpress.com)
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#India -GALLANTRY AWARD FOR SEXUAL TORTURE – #WTF #Republicday #Vaw
by kracktivist in Advocacy, Announcements, Censorship, Disability, Human Rights, Justice, Kractivism, Violence against Women, Women Rights Tags: Central Reserve Police Force, Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarh High Court, Dantewada, India, Kalluri, Maoism, Police, Raipur, Republic Day, Shankargarh
I AM ASHAMED TO BE AN INDIAN
I AM ASHAMED OF THE DEATH OF DEMOCRACY OF OUR COUNTRY
I AM ASHAMED OF THE POLICE FORCE OF OUR COUNTRY
While, we women groups are still fighting for more than a year to strip S P Ankit garg, of gallantry award given to him on Jan 26,2012, as no one heard including NHRC, NCW, we started again the pettion online to President of India with more than 500 signatures http://petitions.halabol.com/2013/01/21/take-back-president%E2%80%99s-police-medal-gallantry-awarded-ankit-garg. Here comes the news, S R P Kalluri , INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, RAIPUR,CHHATTISGARH , another rapist cop, whose reputation surpases that of S P Ankit Garg has been decorated with a gallantry award for Jan 26, 2013, the 64th Republic day of India.
In July 2012, Kalluri named one Lingaram Kopodi as the mastermind of a Maoist attack. Kopodi turned out to be a journalism student in Noida Kalluri’s tenure in Dantewada has coincided with a string of horror stories. In February 2011, Kalmu, an 18-year-old insurance agent with Bajaj Allianz, was picked up, beaten, locked up for 21 days and accused of being the mastermind of the killing in the murga bazaar kaand. The “kaand” is how villagers around Sukma remember the events of January 24, when Ismail Khan, the leader of a group of SPOs, was shot dead.All hell broke loose after the killing. “The SPOs began to indiscriminately round up and beat the adivasis. The entire market downed shutters and rushed home.
This notorious police officer has been intimidating and torturing innocent tribals and ultimately pushing them to the fold of the Maoists.
S.R.P. Kalluri, has been implicated in Custodial rape of Ledha Bai and murder of her husband, Police beatings in Ambikapur, Lathicharge of Rozgar Adhikar Yatra (March for Right to Employment), custodial torture, fake encounters and Intimidation of Lawyers. Kalluri has been promoted regularly , promptly , now he has been given Presiendents Gallantry Award, for these meritious services ? Mr President ??
PLEASE SIGN PETITION AGAINST MEDLA FOR KALLURI HERE
http://petitions.halabol.com/2013/01/26/president-india-withdraw-gallantry-award-srp-kalluri
S R P KALLURI AND custodial death and rape of tribal woman in Sarguja dist of Chattisgarh
The incident: Ledha a tribal woman was married to Ramesh Nageshia, who was a member of a Maoist party. Some time back she was arrested on the charge of being a squad member and having participated in a land mine blast that killed three CRPF personnel. After spending one and a half years in jail and having delivered a child in this period, she was finally acquitted from the case.
After the acquittal she was advised by her advocate to show her acquittal order to the police to prevent harassment in future. When she went to the police for this, she was pressurized to make her husband surrender. She was offered money and job if she did that. She was told that her husband at the most would face imprisonment.
The S.P of Sarguja District, S.R.P.Kalluri arranged for the surrender on 28th May 2006. As per his plans, the police force from Shankergarh, led by Mr. Kalluri himself, started off on the task. An additional force joined them in Kusmi. Ledha accompanied them. They got down from the vehicles in Kasmaar and went up to Civildagh village on foot. Ramesh Nageshia was waiting there. The police beat him up black and blue. Then S.P. Kalluri asked both of them to sit in the Gram Panchayat secretary’s house. As the two were sitting there, the Assistant Platoon Commander Brijesh Tiwari of the Special Armed Forces came into the house. He suddenly shot Ramesh at point blank range. Ramesh died on the spot.
Ledha was then brought to S.P Kalluri. He ordered the policemen to kill her also. But someone said why kill her, she was after all a woman. Everyone laughed at this. She was taken to Shankergarh Police station and let off from there after thoroughly terrorizing her of dire consequences if she revealed the killing of her husband outside.
The news papers reported the incident as killing of a naxalite in Shankergarh Police Station limits in an encounter.
Ledha went back to her relatives’ place and did not dare to come out for some days. On going back to her village on 30th September 2006, she came to know that the police were searching for her. She was picked up by the police on Dusserah. In the police station she was asked to remove her clothes. On refusing, her parents were also brought there and her father was severely beaten up. S.P Kalluri came and slapped her on her face. Ledha fell on the ground along with her child; she was then raped by S.P. Kulluri in front of her child who was crying uncontrollably and the old parents begging him to leave her. The SP also inserted green chillies into to her vagina. She was kept in the lock up and the next day Dheeraj Jaiswal, the S.P.O came to her along with four other constables in a drunken state. They all gang raped her. This went on for ten days. All this happened in front of her child. Finally she was let off. Ledha met the lawyer with great difficulty in January 2007. She filed a case against S.P. Kalluri and others in the Chhattisgarh High Court.
IN HER STATEMNET SHE SAYS
They completely stripped me. They stripped me. My child was wailing uncontrollably on the ground. Then Kalluri said, “Take her inside the room, I will interrogate her.” In my nude condition, they took me inside the room in the police station. Then Kalluri raped me inside the police station. He brought me outside after an hour and got green chillies shoved into my vagina. Before leaving the police station, Kalluritold the policemen to rape me everyday. In the Shankargarh police station, the policemen used to rape me everyday. Dhiraj Jaiswal came with the policemen three times to rape me and once Brijesh Tiwari raped me.
Complaint (Parivaad) C.A. No. 624/09
Witness no. …1… for (panjiyan poorva saakshya) Deposition taken on the …..27-6-07……. day of ……. Witness’s apparent age …..22…… States on affirmation ……………. My name is ……….Mrs. Leda…….wife of Ramesh…… Occupation ….housewife… address …..Village Tarangava, Police Station Shankargarh, Distt. Sarguja Chhattisgarh……..
This happened around one year ago. I am illiterate. I do not know the date. Israel used to come to our village. His mother also belonged to our Oraon tribe. His mother was from our village. Israel loved me and I became pregnant from him. The foetus got aborted after I was beaten in the village. He always promised to marry me in one or two months. Thus I became pregnant again. He got that pregnancy terminated also. When he did not meet for one month, I enquired about him and came to know that he had married a girl from his own tribe.
When I called Israel and talked to him, Israel assured me that in his tribe, one can have a junior wife and a senior wife (chotki-badki) and that he will me after five months. I kept quiet for five months. After five months, I called Israel again. He told me that he would not keep me and I could go wherever I wanted. I returned to my father and told him that Israel would not marry me now. Then I went with my father to Shankargarh police station where Nasar Siddiqui was the thana-in-charge. Israel had already met him because of which Nasar Siddiqui did not register my report and threw us out of the thana. We returned to our home. A boy named Ramesh used to come to our village. He asked my father what Israel had done to his daughter (me). My father told him to inquire from his daughter (me) instead. Later my father arranged my meeting with Ramesh. Ramesh asked me about everything. So I had told Ramesh whatever Israel had said and done. Ramesh told me that he was in touch with the Naxalites and after talking to them, he would get me married to Israel. After this, Ramesh started coming to my home quite often. In the meantime, one day Ramesh asked my father why we were so keen on my marriage with Israel while Ramesh himself was also a tribal and my father should get his daughter (me) married to Ramesh. When Ramesh talked to me about marriage, I agreed to marry him. Then during sarnapuja, Vikram baba of the village got me and Ramesh married.
After the wedding, Ramesh came with us to my parents’ home and stayed there for two-three days. Then he said that he was going in search of some employment and that when he found some work, he would come and take me with him. One month later, Brijesh Tiwari from Shankargarh police station came to our house and asked him to accompany him as sahib had called me to the police station. In the Shankargarh police station, the thana-in-charge Nasar Siddiqui said about me that I was a Naxalite and if I were not sent to jail, then I would surely file a case against Israel.
Thereafter I was sent to jail. At that time, I was pregnant. My child is very weak. After eight months, when my delivery was due, I was granted bail. I delivered my child at home. After my delivery, when I appeared in the court for hearing, I was again sent to jail. After six months, the judgment was delivered in my case and the court acquitted me. When I released from the jail, my lawyer advised me that I should inform the Shankargarh police station about my release. After three days, I went to the Shankargarh police station with my father. When I went there, I met thana-in-charge Sapan Choudhary who asked me if I knew Ramesh. I said yes, he was my husband. He asked me what sort of work he was engaged in. I told him that he said that he worked as a labourer and did some farming also.
Shankargarh thana-in-charge Sapan Choudhary told me that Ramesh was a Naxalite. Before this, I did not know that Ramesh was a Naxalite. Sapan Choudhary advised me that I should make Ramesh surrender before the police and that if he surrendered before them, the police would help him and the government will also give him some money. Otherwise, one day he would come and kill Ramesh in front of me in my house.
After one month, Ramesh came to our home. I asked him if he was a Naxalite. He said yes. I told him that the thana-in-charge had suggested that I should ask him to surrender. If he was made to surrender then the government will give us money for our living expenses. Ramesh said that he would be coming next month on leave and then he would tell me about his decision. Next month, Ramesh came to Sivildag and informed me through the secretary that he had arrived. After receiving the information from the secretary that Ramesh had come to Sivildag, my father and I went to Shankargarh police station to inform them that Ramesh had come to surrender. At that time, Sapan Chaudhary, thana-in-charge, was not present at the police station; the other policemen were there. We told the police men that Ramesh had come to surrender. The policemen told us to sit, the senior officer will talk to the SP and tell us. Then the policemen told us to go back home and return to the police station at the crack of dawn the next day. Next morning, I went to the Shankargarh police station where I met Mr. Kalluri who told me that I was lying that Ramesh would surrender. I told him with folded hands that I was telling him the truth and that Ramesh had come to Sivildag for surrendering.
Then I was taken in a police van from police station Shankargarh to police station Kusumi. More policemen joined us at police station Kusumi and from there all of us when to Kasamaar. At Kasamaar, all of us alighted from the van and walked on foot. From Kasamaar, we reached Sivildag on foot. On reaching Sivildag, Kalluri sahib asked that Ramesh be brought. Then Ramesh was brought. Then the policemen beat Ramesh with lathis (sticks). After beating Ramesh, Kalluri sahib interrogated Ramesh and after interrogation, he told Ramesh and me that we should go to the house of the secretary and discuss with each other. We were talking in the room. At that time Ramesh told me that “the bag hung on the peg contained (saade lakh) rupees. These police men are going to take me to jail, you should use that money for my bail etc.” (The witness starts crying at this point.) Brijesh Tiwari came in the meantime and shot at my husband Ramesh three times. When Brijesh Tiwari shot at my husband, I started crying loudly. Then the policemen dragged me out of the room. (The witness is crying.) The policemen told Kalluri sahib that they should kill me also. Then Kalluri said yes, kill her. Then the villagers present there opposed it. Then they took me to police station Shankargarh in a police van. I was imprisoned in police station Shankargarh. At night, Kalluri sahib came to police station Shankargarh and warned me not to speak about this to anyone. “We took pity on you because of your child and let you go. If you complain anywhere, we will shoot you.” They let me out at noon on the next day. It was Monday. It was the day of the weekly market in Shankargarh. When they let me out of of the police station then I wondered where to go. Thinking this, I went to Shankargarh market. There I met Shankar. He told me that the policemen had shot Ramesh dead. I already knew about. I went crying to my home in village Sarangava. After reaching home, I told my parents about the incident. My father asked me to stay at home for ten days and not go anywhere, because in our community (after a death in the family) no one goes out anywhere for ten days.
After ten days, I came to Ambikapur and told my lawyer about the entire incident relating to my husband’s murder. Then my lawyer prepared a petition on my behalf and sent it to the Chief Minister. After filing the complaint, I started living in Ambikapur. I used to work in Suresh’s house as a house maid. When I returned to my village around the time of panchpujai dussehra, my parents informed me that the police was looking for me. After consulting my parents, I went to Chainpur to stay with my sister. The next day, policemen from the Shankargarh police station arrested my father and brought him to the police station. My aya (mother) sent a message to my sister’s house that the Shankargarh police had taken my father into custody. Then I returned home. I reached my home in the evening. Soon after, the policemen from Shankargarh police station came in three vans and took me to the Shankargarh police station. When I reached Shankargarh police station, I saw Kalluri sahib who, upon seeing me, asked if I knew who he was. Then I said, “You are Kalluri Sahib. I made my husband surrender before you and you got him shot.” Then Kalluri slapped me twice. I was carrying my daughter. I fell on the ground with my daughter. Kalluri asked me to take off my clothes. When I refused, two policemen twisted my father’s arms and made him stand up, and started beating him. They beat my father mercilessly. Then Brijesh Tiwari unfastened my saree and took off all the other garments. When I was resisting the taking off of my clothes, they started hitting my father forcefully. I took off my clothes. They completely stripped me. They stripped me. My child was wailing uncontrollably on the ground. Then Kalluri said, “Take her inside the room, I will interrogate her.” In my nude condition, they took me inside the room in the police station. Then Kalluri raped me inside the police station. He brought me outside after an hour and got green chillies shoved into my vagina. Before leaving the police station, Kalluri told the policemen to rape me everyday. In the Shankargarh police station, the policemen used to rape me everyday. Dhiraj Jaiswal came with the policemen three times to rape me and once Brijesh Tiwari raped me.
For ten days, my father, my mother and I were detained in the police station. My mother was also taken to the Shankargarh police station the same day when I was also taken there. After ten days, they took us to Ramanujganj police station. In the Ramanujganj police station, they made us sign some papers on the threat of shooting us. After releasing us, they put four policemen on duty to keep a watch on me. Even when I went for relieving myself or taking a bath, the policemen would accompany me. On the occasion of Chherta, the said policemen went away to celebrate Chherta. They started drinking liquor. Then I ran away on foot and reached Rajpur. From there, I caught a bus to Ambikapur. As I reached Ambikapur at night, I stayed in a dharmshala (resthouse). In the morning, I went to my lawyer’s place. When I reached my lawyer’s place in the morning, his wife informed me that he had gone to Bilaspur. The lawyer’s wife told me that he would return after two days, so I waited for two days for him. I had no money, so I went to Suresh’s house where I used to work earlier and took Rs 200 from him to go to Bilaspur. When I was in jail, a lady had visited me who had given me her contact number to me. I searched for her in Bilaspur. I looked for her in the Bilaspur high court and I asked about her from a male lawyer. When he enquired, I told him about the whole incident. That lawyer said he will take up my case, so I got him to prepare my case and file it in the Honourable High Court.
One week ago, some people from Delhi had come to ask me some questions, so I told them about the incident. I told the people from Delhi that I had not visited my village since I had filed the case. I want to go to my village. Please arrange for me to go to my village. They assured me that they will make arrangements for sending me to my village in one week. I have presented papers in this case.
AND YES I WANNA SAY FUCK THE REPUBLIC DAY AND THE GALLANTRY AWARDS !!
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#India-Rape cases we forgot: Soni Sori, Chhattisgarh’s prisoner of conscience (kractivist.wordpress.com)
Supreme Court relief for #Chhattisgarh activist accused of helping Naxals #Vaw #Sonisori (kractivist.wordpress.com)
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#India -Republic Day tableau calls disabled ‘powerless’ #WTFnews #disability
by kracktivist in Advocacy, Announcements, Disability, Health Care, Human Rights, Justice, Kractivism Tags: Bihar, Disability, disabled, Javed Abidi, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, New Delhi, Republic Day, United Nations
By Jayashree Nandi, TNN | Jan 23, 2013,
A tableau at the Republic Day rehearsal on Tuesday
NEW DELHI: It’s supposed to empower the disabled, but if the newly formed department of disability affairs has its way, it would call itself the ‘department of the powerless’. At least that’s the name it has given itself in Hindi — nishaktata karya vibhag. Now, to the anger of activists, even a tableau for people with disabilities that will be part of this year’s Republic Day parade has the same inscription in Hindi.The activists, who noticed the name on the tableau three days ago, want it changed immediately. But that is easier demanded than done.
“With difficulty we had managed to convince the government to have a tableau on the disabled. When we finally have one, the inscription on it is so offensive that it has ruined all the work we had done on the issue. To add further insult, the commentator will repeat the word nishakt constantly and the entire country will listen to it. It’s an abusive word,” said Javed Abidi, convener of Disability Rights Group.
The defence ministry has agreed to change the word on the tableau but says it needs a written request from the department of disability affairs. Stuti Kacker, secretary, ministry of social justice and empowerment, said the department was trying its best to change the name. “I can only refer the matter. We hope a decision will be taken quickly,” she said.
Activists say it’s derogatory, demand change of name
Even if the inscription on the tableau is changed, the name of the department will remain till a change is approved by the Cabinet. Poonam Natarajan, chairwoman of National Trust, agreed that nishaktata is an inappropriate term. “Of course, it has to be changed. I think they are trying to change it to viklang jan karyashala. But the change has to be made at the Cabinet level,” she said.
“We noticed the word a few days ago while rehearsing. It’s very derogatory. In fact, state governments such as Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh still use the word apang (crippled), which is also demeaning. There is very little awareness about disability righ8ts,” said Pradeep Raj, a disability rights activist who is rehearsing for the Republic Day with 22 other youths with disabilities. Pradeep’s group first noticed the inscription on the tableau.
Abidi felt ‘nishaktata’ reminded him of the word ‘handicapped’, which was also considered offensive by disability rights activists. “We have moved on. No one uses the word handicapped anymore. It originated after the world war when disabled soldiers used to beg on the streets of Europe with a cap in their hands. In the 1990s, the term was phased out as it was considered offensive. Now even United Nations uses the word ‘disability’. In Hindi it should be viklang and definitely not nishakt,” he said.
#India- Enabling the disabled (kractivist.wordpress.com)
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Indian State honours monster – Justice for #SoniSori #Vaw
by kracktivist in Advocacy, Health Care, Human Rights, Justice, Kractivism, Law, Minority Rights, Political Prisoners, Prison, Violence against Women, Women Rights Tags: Armed Forces, Chhattisgarh, Dantewada, Delhi, Republic Day, Soni Sori, Superintendent (police), Supreme Court
There was a recent gathering at Jantar Mantar to protest against the gruesome sexual violence committed on Soni Sori while in custody in Chhattisgarh under the supervision of Ankit Garg.
Superintendent of Police, Dantewada. Ankit Garg was awarded with a presidential police medal on Republic Day (January 26) in 2012.
Soni Sori’s petition at the Supreme Court is due to be heard .
While politicians from many parties in parliament have demanded fast track courts to deal with the Delhi Gang Rape case, there has been no clear response so far to the demand made by several women’s organisations for fast-track proceedings with regard to the 100,000 cases of sexual assault pending within the judicial system.
Amongst these are numerous cases of sexual assault conducted by members of the Armed Forces, Paramilitary Forces and other Police Forces, especially, but not only in states governed by the draconian Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.
Soni Sori’s case, where, armed policemen use sexual torture and humiliation on a woman in custody has been repeatedly invoked in demonstrations and gatherings in Delhi to protest against the gang-rape of the 23 year old paramedical student which resulted in her death.
Justice for the unknown citizen can only be done when Soni Sori and many others like her also get justice.
#SoniSori needs psychological counselling: NCW #Vaw #Torture (kractivist.wordpress.com)
https://kractivist.wordpress.com/2012/06/01/sp-ankit-garg-do-you-have-the-balls-sonisori-rape-prison/
Thinking about Rape from India Gate #Vaw #Delhigangrape #mustread
by kracktivist in Advocacy, Announcements, Censorship, Health Care, Human Rights, Justice, Kractivism, Law, Minority Rights, Violence against Women, Women Rights Tags: Delhi, India, India Gate, Raisina Hill, Rajpath, Republic Day, Sushma Swaraj, Young Women
( pic courtesy hindu )
tags: Delhi Gang Rape, India Gate protests., police, youth
by Shuddhabrata Sengupta, Kafila.org
Dear young women and men of Delhi,
Thank you for the courage and the honour you have brought to Rajpath, the most dishonorable street in our city. You changed Delhi yesterday, and you are changing it today. Your presence, of all twelve thousand of you, yesterday, on Rajpath, that street that climbs down from the presidential palace on Raisina Hill to India Gate, getting soiled by the excreta of the tanks and missiles on Republic Day each year, was for me a kind of purificatory ritual. It made a claim to the central vista of ‘Lutyen’s Delhi’ as a space for democratic assertion in contravention of the completely draconian, elitist and undemocratic prohibitory orders that make the heart of this republic, a zone of the death, not the life and sustenance, of democracy.
From now onwards, consider the heart of Delhi to be a space that belongs, first of all, to its citizens. Yesterday, when thousands of you gathered peacefully, intending to march up Raisina Hill to the president’s palace, you were charged with batons, tear gas and subjected to jets from water cannons. The violence began, not when protestors threw stones, but when the police started attacking people. Stones were thrown in retaliation. The television cameras that recorded what happened show us the exact chronology. The police were clearly under orders not to let people up Raisina Hill. Why? What is so sacred about Raisina Hill? Why can a group of unarmed, peaceful young people not walk to the gates of the president’s palace? So, lets be clear. Violence began when the state acted. Of course, the protest got hijacked by hooligans. But of course it had to be. When hooligans in uniform are let loose on an unarmed crowed, there can be no possibility of averting the possibility that hooligans out of uniform will respond in kind.
But do not let this stop you, or distract you. Do not be scared away from the heart of the city by this violence. Prevent the hijackers from taking over your anger and twisting it to their purposes. But most importantly, never, ever be scared again. You have all given us the gift of a fearlessness. This city is no longer what it used to be, and it is so because of you. Rajpath is yours. This city is yours. its days and nights are yours. Do not let anyone take this back from you. Keep the city. Keep the city safe, make it safe. Make it yours and mine again.
Thank you for doing this in the name of an anonymous 23 year old woman. She is someone like you, like millions of others who wants to lay claim to this city, by day and by night. You demonstrated that the presence of women and men, out on the streets, in public, is the only guarantee by which everyone can feel safe in this city, or in an city for that matter. It is not by making pubs close early that this city will be made safe. It is by ensuring that as many women can be out and about in any place in the city, at any time of day and night, in buses, on the metro, in public spaces, in work spaces, cinemas, theaters, at home, and even in pubs, that this city will be safe for all of its citizens. By being together, in public, as free and equal men and women, in the place where prohibitory orders and Section 144 forbid you from being, you made sure that this city belonged to the 23 old woman who was asked by the men who raped her (Sharma, Sharma, Thakur, Gupta and Singh) what she was doing out and about at nine at night. You were together, as young women and men, safe, secure in each others company, drawn together by friendship and solidarity, and by your friendship and solidarity with the 23 year old woman who is fighting so bravely for her life. She could have been one of you. Any one of you could have been her, or her injured and brave friend.The young men amongst you demonstrated that you were not there to assert your control over women. The young women amongst you demonstrated that you could hold your own with young men, and feel the opposite of being threatened and insecure. Our city, so ashamed of its reputation for misogyny, can only be grateful for this organic, spontaneous and public demonstration of the solidarity between the bodies of young women and men.
You made me proud of Delhi again, just as much as the men named Sharma, Sharma, Thakur, Gupta and Singh had made me ashamed a few days ago by the way in which they brutally raped and nearly killed that anonymous young woman, and assaulted her companion.They cannot be called beasts, because no animals behave as terribly as these men did. They make us ashamed to be human, and make me ashamed to be a man. I am ashamed by them just as much as I was ashamed by the bystanders on a busy street who pulled down the windows of their cars to gape at a nearly naked and clearly injured woman and man, or just stood around, staring, but could not find enough humanity within themselves to come up and offer help, or comfort, or even cover the two young people on a cold December night.
But yesterday, you, the twelve thousand mostly young men and women who came to Rajpath to express your anger showed the world that Delhi has a different face as well. Thank you for restoring humanity to this city.Today, the several more than yesterday’s twelve thousand have been joined by a fringe consisting of the storm troopers of some political parties, especially the BJP, and the agent-provocateurs of the Congress, neither of whom have any hesitation in fielding people with accusations of rape against them for elections. Here, in this fringe, you will find the ABVP, the Bajrang Dal, the NSUI, the Ramdev Wallas, the hooligans of the unfortunately named Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena, the anti-corruption brigade, all manner of busy-bodies, goondas and do-gooders, and some goondas who are do gooders. Do not let them distract you. Overwhelm them with your numbers, make your protests decentralized, and impossible for them or the police to direct and control. Do not, under any circumstances let them speak for you, or tell you what to do, or dictate the agenda. Take back the protest by making it go viral all over the city.
Do not forget that when Sushma Swaraj, the BJP leader made the disgusting comment ‘ uski zindagi maut se badtar ho chuki hai’ (‘her life is now worse than death’), in Parliament, she was actually endorsing the Patriarchal value system that produces rape. It is your responsibility, and the responsibility of all of us, to ensure that Sushma Swaraj’s political career dies it’s deserved and timely death just for that one remark. Let us make sure that she can never be elected to any office again, that she can never insult and humiliate the young women of this country with her patronizing platitudes. She, and other politicians like Mamata Bannerjee, who have questioned rape victims testimonies in recent times, do not deserve our confidence, they deserve an eternal political exile. Just as brutal rapists only deserve an eternity of imprisonment and confinement in solitude in order to reflect on the violence that they have committed.
Remember, the rapist’s intention is not sexual pleasure (because the ONLY way in which pleasure can be had is through the reciprocity of desire, through love, through erotic engagement, not through taking away someone’s agency by force and without consent). Rape is not about sex, it is about humiliation, its intention is precisely to make the raped person think that now that they have been subjected to sexual violence, their life will no longer be worth living. The rapist and Sushma Swaraj are in perfect agreement about the worth of the life of a rape victim.The reason why some men rape women or others who are in their power is because they believe that some lives are more important, worth more, than others. That is the key to patriarchy.
Dear young women and men of Delhi, I am writing this to you so that in the middle of all your anger you can find a space to reflect on the force that patriarchy has over all our lives, and I hope that you will find the means, burnished by your anger to dethrone it from its underserved position of power in this city. I want yours to be the generation that changed Delhi forever. And i know you can make that happen, and that is why I am writing to you.
Let us think about patriarchy together. Patriarchy is what makes you ashamed, not delighted when you have a period, because your traditions teach you that a menstruating body is a polluting body. Patriarchy is what tells you that there are things you cannot or should not do because of the way your body or your desires are shaped. Patriarchy is the secret to your nightmares, the reason for your deepest, most personal fears and anxieties. It seeks control of your body, your mind, your speech, your behavior, even the ways in which you raise and lower your eyes. Behind this lies a clear identification between property and the sexual body that patriarchy tries to perpetuate at any cost. When anyone says that a raped person, say a woman, is defiled, what they mean is that the violence done to her sexually is identical to the violation of their personhood, which ‘properly’ understood, is the property of someone who can legitimately ‘husband’ her body and being. Any woman, according to this view, either is, or will eventually become some man’s property. If she is ‘defiled’ she will become ‘broken goods’, the legitimate claimant to the property which her body constitutes will no longer have any interest in ‘husbanding’ her. That is why they say that her life, laid fallow and waste by rape, will no longer be worth living.
That is why courts in India are so reluctant to admit marital rape. They are bewildered by the reality of marital rape because they cannot understand how someone can ‘violate’ their own property. To understand clearly this you have to think about kinds of injury other than rape.
How is it that violent attacks, or injuries that are non-sexual in nature, do not lead anyone to say that their ‘life is now worse than death’. Imagine an injured soldier, a war veteran whose legs have been blown off, being told by a mainstream politician his ‘life is now worse than death’, and you will immediately see how ridiculous the identification between the destiny of your sexual being and the worth of life is. The injured soldier is feted, decorated, celebrated. The rape survivor is made to feel something quite different. An episode of rape is horrible, but it is not necessarily always more physically painful than a blown off limb. The only reason why women are disciplined and made to fall in line with the threat of rape dangling over them (either by their rapists, or by their would be ‘protectors’) is because rape is seen as a crime against property. And the property in question is inevitably patriarchy’s right over the woman’s body, over the body of any person that patriarchy deems to be without agency. The woman who is raped is made to feel ashamed because she was not vigilant enough to safeguard the orifices of her body from being accessed by an inappropriate other, or a stranger against her will (not that her will counts, necessarily). Had it been an ‘appropriate’ other, say a husband, or a boy-friend, she could be made to feel equally ashamed for the revulsion she might feel in submitting to his sexual will, on occasion, or at any time at all, against her own wishes and desires.
The reason why Sushma Swaraj and others like her hyper-ventilate in this way is because they are the architects of the patriarchal order that produces rape. If Thakur, Sharma, Sharma, Singh and Gupta have committed the rape that needs to be condemned by everyone, than Swaraj needs to be held accountable for perpetuating the value system that leads Thakur, Sharma, Sharma, Singh and Gupta to think that rape is the natural and normal thing for them to do. After all a vast number of men in India, routinely rape their wives. And Sushma Swaraj throws Karwa Chaut parties to celebrate the thrall which patriarchy allows husbands to hold over their wives. No young self respecting woman in Delhi should ever take anything that someone like Sushma Swaraj ever says seriously.
Dear young men and women of Delhi, When you see your legitimate protest contaminated by the BJP cadre, ask them about how they are going to deal with their misogynist leadership. How are they going to deal with those who justified the rape and murder of Muslim women in Gujarat? Ask them about how they intend to deal with the fact that even in the recent Gujarat elections, one of the victorious MLAs (the sitting MLA for Dhari) Mansukh Bhuva, has a charge of leading and participating in the gang-rape of the wife of a panchayat member of Amreli district by seven people.
Investigation in this case is currently in progress, and while the MLA has said that the charges are false and politically motivated, does it not indicate that a party like the BJP is actually not committed in any way to taking the rights of women seriously when it gives a ticket to a man who stands accused of gang rape. Should it not have waited for this man’s innocence to be proven before blessing him with an election ticket? Ask Sushma Swaraj, ask Narendra Modi, dreaming of Raisina Hill and Lutyens Delhi, what they have to say about Mansukh Bhuva.
Even as I write this, some people are expressing their concern at the way in which your protest is getting out of hand. They are saying that you should not be indulging in violence. On Facebook, I see young Kashmiri men and women ask whether or not the authorities in Delhi will now begin to say that you have been paid to throw stones at the buses of the Delhi police by the Pakistani ISI (after all, that is what was said when young people in Kashmir throw stones at the forces of law and order after the administrations insensitivity in rape cases forced young people to take to the streets, so it is quite natural that they should ask this question when you throw stones in Delhi.)
Learning from your peers in the frontiers of this unfortunate union (governed in part by an unwieldy, creaking but sort-of-working constitution and in part by the precise and lethally efficient Armed Forces Special Powers Act), to throw stones at the force that needs stones thrown at them is not something I feel you need necessarily to be ashamed of. A Tehelka investigation (‘The Rapes Will Go On’) by G. Vishnu and Abhishek Bhalla pointed out in April 2012, that several police officers in positions of responsibility in this city and in the National Capital Region (Gurgaon, Noida, Ghaziabad and Faridabad) think that when women get attacked it is their fault. While writing this, I checked with one of the correspondents who had filed this story. He told me what I had suspected. The Delhi police did order a departmental enquiry, and the concerned officer was ‘transferred’. Not suspended, demoted, punished or reprimanded. No disciplinary action of any consequence was taken. The Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Faridabad and Noida police were even more ‘sensitive’ to the morale of men in uniform. They did nothing at all. A force that does not punish those amongst its ranks guilty of making such statements, and thereby perpetuates a naked sexism, deserves all the stones that get thrown at it in retaliation for its egregious use of batons, tear gas and water cannons against a peaceful gathering.
But throwing stones at policemen is one thing, and having your protest hijacked by the storm troopers of political parties like the BJP and the Congress is quite another. I think you need to think carefully about how you can prevent your anger from being abused by political opportunists of all stripes for their own ends. Do not lose your resolve. Do not let lumpen political mercenaries ride the wave in the the upsurge that is your anger.
Many of you carried banners that asked men to think, with which I whole heartedly agree (and I am writing this in order to do this thinking with you, and as the mark of my gratitude to you) and some of you asked for capital punishment for the rapists, a demand that i cannot agree to, but am willing to argue with you about, in friendship and in solidarity. The rapists should in my view, spend their entire lives in prison, in isolation, considering what made them do what they did. Hanging, (which one of the accused has even demanded for himself) is the easiest way out for them. It will be the least severe punishment that we can imagine for these horrible and violent men. Moreover, if would-be rapists think they might be hanged, they will go the extra mile to kill their victims, in order to destroy the possibility that someone may testify against them. Under no circumstances has the death penalty ever been known to reduce any crime. It is not the death penalty that will stop rape. To stop rape we have to think about the attitudes that make rape imaginable, that normalize rape. But we can debate this question in depth at another time (and I will be thinking with you a little bit about what these attitudes might be and where they come from later in this piece). Right now I want to think about what your presence on Raisina Hill means to me.
The water cannons that dowsed all of you on today and yesterday’s cold december mornings were cleansing – not you, but this filthy, disgusting state, that can guarantee only the insecurity of its citizens. Remember, that this is not the only rape and murder that has shocked our conscience in recent years. Remember, Manorama, a woman in Manipur who was allegedly raped and then murdered by soldiers of the 17th Assam Rifles Regiment. This happened in 2004, a full eight years ago. Eight years have passed and the rapists and murderers of Manorama have not even been produced in court. They have not been produced in court because they are not civilians like Sharma, Sharma, Thakur, Gupta and Singh. They are men in uniform, not bus drivers, fruit juice vendors, cleaners and gym instructors. An enquiry was ordered and conducted, and its contents still remain secret.
Here is a link on NDTV’s youtube channel to a report on the Guwahati high court’s decision on August 2010 to open the Upendra Commission of enquiry report.
But immediately afterwards, the defense authorities, petitioned the Supreme Court with a ‘Special Leave Petition’ against further proceedings in this case. Here was the state, and the army, doing the opposite of what needed to be done to speed up the course of justice in a matter that had to do with rape and murder. In the summer of this year, eight years after Manorama was raped and murdered, the Supreme Court permitted the special leave petition to be heard, and the proceedings in the Imphal bench of the Guwahati High Court, and the opening of the Upendra Commission enquiry had to be suspended. This enquiry into her rape and murder remains, as far as I know, suspended and wrapped within secrecy. Manorama’s family are exactly where they were eight years ago, as far from justice as it is possible for anyone to be. I do not know what progress there has been on the hearing of the Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court. There seems to be little information available on the matter apart from stray reports that the Supreme Court was hearing the SLP. I would be curious to know what the apex court decided. Whatever be the outcome, we can say this much for certain – the Manorama case did not get ‘fast track treatment’.
So when Sushma Swaraj demands ‘fast track courts’ to treat cases of rape and sexual violence, ask her why she is so disinterested in making sure that ‘fast track courts’ can track Manorama’s rape and murder. Is it because the fact that when rape and murder are deployed as instruments of national security policy in order to contain insurgency, different standards are automatically assumed to apply? Is it because the BJP thinks that rape is ok as long as it is done in the interests of national security (as in Manipur and Kashmir) and in order to uphold the honour of Hindutva (as in Gujarat)?
Remember the Kunan-Pushpora rapes in Kashmir, which occurred on February 23, 1991, twenty one years ago? You probably don’t, because Sushma Swaraj, nor any other prominent politician for that matter, has never thought it necessary to demand ‘fast track courts’ to try the guilty rapists of Kunan Poshpora. At least fifty three women were raped on that night by soldiers of the Fourth Rajputana Rifles. No police investigation was conducted, despite a complaint by the villagers. A district magistrate and a sitting chief justice of the Jammu and Kashmir high court conducted their own enquiries and found that the soldiers of the 4th Rajputana Rifles had ‘acted like beasts that night’. But no cognizance of their reports was taken by the civil or military authorities in Jammu and Kashmir, or at the centre.
The charges were dismissed as ‘baseless’. Three months after that incident, the Press Council of India was invited by the Army to conduct an enquiry, and the Press Council of India found that the charges were baseless. Not a single soldier of the Indian army has ever been booked for Kunan Poshpora for all of these twenty one years. Now imagine that the Delhi police and administration invite the Press Council of India, or let us say, the Metereological Survey of India to determine whether or not the unnamed 23 year paramedic was raped on a Delhi bus. How can a mass rape by soldiers be investigated and judged by a body designed to look into complaints regarding the running of newspapers and media organizations? This is what ‘justice’ in cases of rape has by and large meant in the outlying territories where the writ of the Indian Union runs. Now, we are facing a situation that alarms us in the very heart of the republic. Perhaps it is time we learnt that we cannot have different standards at play in Delhi and Kunan Poshpora. And that if that is how they do play out, then it is time to admit that those who run this country run large parts of it as if they were colonies. If you, the young women and men of Delhi can begin to understand this, as a result of what you have been experiencing today and yesterday, then all the tear gas and water cannon jets that you faced may well have been worth the while.
Granted, public memory is short, but how short? Remember the rape and murder of Nilofer Jaan and Aasiya Jaan in Shopian, Kashmir, as recently as May 2009, which saw a cover up and reversal of forensic findings at the highest level, with the connivance of the highest levels of the security forces, bureaucracy and the political establishment, so that two raped, killed women could be shown to have ‘drowned in ankle deep water’ in an apparent ‘accident’. You can read the entire contents of a carefully written ‘citizens’ report on the Shopian Rape and Murder case here
Remember how the enquiry report on Nilofer and Aasiya Jan’s rape and death was tampered with so that suspicions about the women’s ‘character’ could be inserted to make it appear that any evidence of sexual abuse could be wished away as the natural consequences of the ‘waywardness’ of young women? Remember, that Omar Abdullah, Rahul Gandhi’s dear friend, who sanctioned and endorsed these lies, continues to be in office, presiding over the violent occupation of Kashmir. Remember that the denial of rape and murder is a key element in his strategy of governance. Remember all of this when politicians and the media praise you for your idealism, and condemn you for throwing stones. Remember that when your peers in Kashmir or Manipur throw stones out of the same anger that motivates you today, their stone throwing is met not with water cannons and tear gas but with bullets and condemnation, but their ‘idealism’ never finds praise in the salons and studios of New Delhi. Remember now that here, now, this winter of 2012, is the time for you, in the streets of Delhi to find a kinship with your friends, your peers, in Srinagar and Imphal. Remember that the safety and freedom of a young woman is always more important than the safety and security of the abstraction that you have been taught to think of as a nation. Remember that a raped woman is deserving of your friendship, your solidarity, you courage and love, wherever she may be, in Delhi, Srinagar or Imphal.
For the last few days, I have been wondering how I can even begin to think about the rape and assault that the brave twenty three year old paramedic (who is now fighting to live, and to live well in a Delhi hospital) and her friend had to undergo. You have asked all men to think. I am a man. I am not a celibate man who can wish away his sexuality. And so I am trying to think this through with you. I hope that all men in Delhi join me in this exercise.
As a man, I have looked at myself in the mirror, each of the past days, and thought about whether, ever, under any circumstances, in any condition of sobriety or intoxication, I have ever entertained even the thought of compelling a woman, a man, a boy or a girl – a lover, a friend, an acquaintance, a colleague, a neighbor, a relative, a stranger to act against her (or his) consent. I think every man should look at himself and think hard. All of us men have to think because only men rape. Only men entertain the thought of rape. They (we) rape mostly women, and girls, but they (we) also rape other men, and boys, and those of indeterminate gender.
They (we) rape, not because rape has anything to do, as I have said already, with sexual relations, but because rape has to do with the assertion of power, of the compelling power that can make one body do what another body wants against its will. And just as only upper caste men and women can insult and commit violence on to those they consider lower than themselves in a specifically ‘castiest’ way, so too only men can rape, because they (we) think of themselves as occupying the summit of a sexual pyramid.
This pyramid, which we could call patriarchy, is built out of the sexual equivalent of slavery. The protocols of slavery indicate that some bodies be seen as being bereft of agency. Sometimes these bodies are marked by racial difference, at other times by gender, or by other markers. What is understood is that these agency-less bodies (howsoever their agency-lessness is constituted) can be transacted at will by other bodies that are deemed worthy of agency.
Wherever and whenever a certain kind of body (a woman’s body, a child’s body, a prisoner or captive’s body, a slave’s body, a ‘junior’s’ of ‘freshet’s’ body in the ritual of ragging or hazing on campus, a gay man’s body, the body of a caste or race ‘other’) can be thought of automatically as an object that one can bend or break or punish at will, just because of what it is, there and then lie the foundations of rape. The reason why an upper caste landlord can demand his ‘right’ over a lower caste woman’s body and simultaneously insist that she is ‘untouchable’ has to do with how he understands the difference between his body and hers. He rapes her to punish her husband for trying to assert his rights as a tiller over the land he thinks he owns. Or he rapes her because the thinks he can, and because she is there. Thakur, Singh, Sharma, Sharma and Gupta, the men who raped the unnamed paramedic, did not do anything that has not been done before. Men like them did it in cities and in villages, in fields, warehouses, plantations and factories, under trees, beside wells and rivers, in thickets and in clearings, in public and in private, in ruins and bedrooms, even in temples and kitchens, for thousands of years. They did it, not only to strangers and captives, but to their wives and their sisters and their daughters too.
This understanding has nothing biological about it. It is hard-coded into the cultural protocols that teach a man, even as a young boy, which kind of body has agency, and which kind of body is there for the taking.
Our dominant traditions denigrate a character like Ravana who would not touch the abducted Sita without her consent. At the same time it valorizes the Rama who exiles the same Sita when his advisers suggest that the population is not convinced of her ‘purity’ because she had spent such a long time in the home of her abductor, the same Ravana. Here, Rama is the one who underlies the code of rape. He cannot understand that a man can actually not rape a woman within his ‘power’. His decision to abandon Sita is based on the idea that she cannot not have been in sexual contact with Ravana. Ergo, either she willingly had sex with her captor, or if she did not, she must have been raped. In either case, being thus defiled, and broken, she is no longer fit to be his ‘property’. In other words, just as Sushma Swaraj said, her life, either is, or must be made, worse than death.
The assumption that women are automatically available for sex at the appropriate ‘clean’ time is hard-coded into the Hindu tradition. Rama as an upholder of that tradition, cannot act outside its dictates in the way in which women’s agency is viewed. Remember that the Brhadarankya Upanishad says – “..surely a woman who has changed her clothes at the end of her menstrual period is the most auspicious of women. When she has changed her clothes at the end of her menstrual period, therefore one should approach that splendid woman and invite her to have sex. Should she refuse to consent, he should bribe her, if she still still refuses, he should beat her with a stick or with his fists and overpower her, saying – ‘I take away the splendour from you with my virility and splendor’
(Bradaranyaka Upanishad, Chapter 6.4.6 – see especially pages 88 and 89 of the Patrick Olivelle translation of the Upanishads published by the Oxford University Press, 1996)
When one thinks this passage through, it is not difficult to understand why rape should be such an endemic practice within our society. Marital rape is the original, scripturally sanctioned template on which all rape is founded. The fear of death penalty can never be a deterrent when you have scriptural and cultural sanction for the codes of property and agency that underlie the control that some bodies are armed with over and above others. In our society, this includes the sanction for the control that men have over women, adults have over children, and that dominant castes have over others. This normalization of domination and control is the key to the phenomenon of rape and humiliation. In such a situation, carrying placards that demand death penalty for rapists is the easiest thing to do. The difficult, challenging and interesting thing to do, the real thing to do, is to try and understand what are the cultural factors that actually go into the making of a rapists mind. Thakur, Sharma, Sharma, Singh and Gupta were not eccentric, abnormal characters. They were normal young men. One of them even functioned as an occasional priest in a neighborhood temple. Think carefully of the traditions that he would have imbibed that would have helped, not hindered him in doing what he did.
On the very day after Thakur, Singh, Sharma, Sharma and Gupta did what they felt like doing. We had reports of a Mohammad Rashid who raped a six year old in Turkman Gate in Delhi. A father was found to have raped his daughter in Kerala for over a year. All of these men had found ways of telling themselves that whatever they were doing could be done. A few days ago, a garment trader in Metiabruz, Kolkata, cut off his sister’s head because he suspected her of having an affair with someone he did not approve of and walked with her decapitated head, sword in hand, to the police station, in defense of his family’s honour. There are people who have praised him for his commitment to his family’s honor. None of these men were deranged, or otherwise criminally inclined. They were all, all honorable men. We need to figure out what gives them this idea of honor. We need to understand and confront the ways in which men read codes of tradition and honor and translate them into the grossest forms of misogyny and the generalized hatred of women.
Dear young women and men of Delhi, if you want rape to end, you will have to confront those traditions. Confronting those traditions, confronting the known history of patriarchy is not the same thing as demanding capital punishment. In fact, they can be the opposites of each other. By demanding ‘death’ for the rapist, you are tacitly entering into a compact with those who see rape not necessarily as a crime against a free agent, but also as a property crime, as an assault on honor and dignity. My understanding is, and my appeal to all of you is – stop treating rape as a matter of honor and dishonor altogether, and expose and boycott those who would insist it is a matter of honor and dishonour. Treat it as ordinary, disgusting, evil violence, as the naked expression of power, and you will see that the expression of power is never challenged by the demand for death. It is easy for those who think of women as property to demand death for those who violate their property rights over women. That is why many men who will demand death penalty for rapists will happily go home and rape their wives. (Because in their understanding they cannot ‘rape’ their wives, only strangers can rape ‘their’ wives.)If you want to end rape, to end the forced sexual subjugation of one human being by another. You will have to look elsewhere than the gallows for comfort.
Rape and sexual assault, and other kinds of violence centered on the enjoyment of humiliation are different from other kinds of violence. You could be in the company of violent men, as a man, in a bus, and they would not necessarily slap you around just for the heck of it (unless you ‘looked’ racially different, or were different because of the way you expressed your sexual orientation). But imagine or remember what it is to be a woman on that bus, or to be the ‘wrong’ kind of male – queer, child, racially other, submissive because you are held captive – and things can suddenly go wrong. This is what happened on that bus that the 23 year old paramedic and her friend had boarded. This is what happened when Sharma, Sharma, Singh, Gupta and Thakur and their unnamed juvenile accomplice, decided to assert their position as bipedal upper primates on top of their imagined sexual pyramid. Let us not forget that the matter spiraled when one of the assaulters taunted the woman and her friend for being together at night in Delhi. In their eyes, she had broken the code of sexual slavery, by being a person who had acted as a free agent, as someone who could choose to enjoy her claim to the city, its entertainments, with a companion who happened to be male.
Of course she need not have acted as this free agent for this horrible event to happen. She could have been at home, confined within narrow domestic walls where most rapes in Delhi, and India occur. (I have yet to hear of policemen and politicians advocate the abolition of marriage in the same breath as the closure of pubs, although more rapes happen within marriage than do at or around pubs, clearly neither marriage nor pubs are in themselves the causes of rape, but it is always curious that one should be asked to be banned, though sometimes judges do ask rapists to marry their victims, though no one has yet asked a woman who was attacked or molested at a pub to return to the place where she was assaulted). In this instance, were we to go by the law of statistical averages, the brave 23 year old paramedic was not, but could easily have been the sister, niece, daughter, daughter-in-law or wife of one of the accused. Because the majority of those who get raped in our society are sisters, daughters, daughters-in-law, nieces and wives – and they are raped by brothers, fathers, uncles, fathers-in-law and husbands. Or she could have been a worker raped by her boss, or her colleague. She could have been a student raped by a teacher, a patient raped by a doctor or a warden in a hospital or clinic, an undertrial raped by a policeman, an insurgent or suspect raped by a soldier. She could have been dressed in clothes that she felt helped her enjoy and assert her sexuality, or she could have been dressed in work clothes, she could have been dressed in a burqa, a sari, salwar kameez or in a nun’s habit. She could have been a three year old infant, a teenager, a young woman, a post menopausal woman, even a grandmother.
Anybody at all, other than a man in a position of real or imagined power, can be raped by a man in a position of real or imagined power. We might as well call this the first and most important law of rape.
This means that you can be raped in order to punish you for having broken the code of sexual slavery (patriarchy) – which is what happens when you are ‘accused’ of being up and about in the night in the city with a man who is not related to you. Or, on the other hand, you can be raped, in order to enforce it, maintain it, irrigate it, generally show the world – how it works, who’s on top – which is what happens when rapes happen within the four walls of homes, work places, institutions and prisons.
Where does this sense of impunity that seems to govern the actions of so many men come from? It cannot come from biology alone. Because, thankfully, not all men, not even all men in positions of real or imagined power, are rapists. Rapists choose to access a cultural code of permission. There is something in the cultural baggage or vocabulary available to us all that normalizes sexual violence, even renders it trivial, as a bit of horseplay at worst, or the hallowed order sanctified by tradition, at best.
Dear young men and women of Delhi. There are things you can do to stop rape.
Shame any man who casually passes misogynist, sexist, remarks. Shame all those cowards who try to humiliate anyone because of the way their bodies or desires are. Shame them in public.
Young women, do not retreat from public space. Take back the night. Insist on being out and about. Insist on the conditions that enable your safety. Ask why there are no women bus drivers, women cab drivers. Ask what the Delhi police is doing to punish misogynist officers and constables.
Young women, please understand that when you hear songs that are violent and misogynist, you can choose to boycott the radio stations and recording companies that put them out. Leave a party or a celebration that plays a Honey Singh song. If you are young man who is a friend of a young woman at any such gathering, leave the celebration with your friend. Call the radio stations, phone in and demand that they stop playing misogynist songs.
Demand more public transport. Demand a thousand more buses that ply all night. Demand a metro system that stays open late into the night. Demand street lighting. Ask why the car lobby in Delhi can systematically stymie the expansion of public transport in Delhi. If there are not more public buses and metro trains, understand that those who run this city are responsible for rape and assault.
Take your traditions seriously, and recognize that every religion teaches the subjugation and humiliation of women. Ask men and women of religion what they are going to do to recognize the misogyny in their traditions, to confront and challenge them. Insist that under no conditions can any woman pollute anything around her. insist that women are not property. Not of their fathers, brothers, boy-friends or husbands. Not of the state. Not of God. Understand that people can never be property and must never be viewed as such.Combat and confront anyone who says they can be.
Shame and expose those politicians and police or army officers who try to cover up cases of sexual assault and rape in Kashmir and the North East and elsewhere. Do not create a hierarchy of more and less important victims.
Young men, decide now, and for all time, that you will treat the women you encounter first of all as friends, as equals, as people who have as much right to your city as you. Learn to respect a woman’s right to pleasure. To her right to say yes and no. Do not think that ‘no’ means ‘yes’.
Young men, if you confront a situation in which any man harasses another woman, or any other person, make sure that you will stand up and protest, call attention to what is going on, and make sure that this stops.
Young men, and young women, do not reduce the matter of confronting rape and molestation to one of asking the attacker whether or not he has ‘sisters and daughters’ at home. Rapists prey on their sisters and daughters just as easily as they do on strangers.
Young men and young women, do not ever let anyone tell you that under any circumstances, that your life is not worth living.
I hope you change Delhi forever. I hope that the rest of the country follows your example.
I remain hopeful because of what you did yesterday and today. Do not disappoint me, do not disappoint yourselves. Make your protest viral. Take it everywhere, to workplaces, schools, streets, parks, the metro, to dark and unlit streets, to lit streets and corners. Take over the city. Make it a city that belongs to you and me and the brave 23 year old paramedic still fighting for her life.
No crime to rape wife under sex assault bill #WTFnews #Vaw #Nocountryforwomen (kractivist.wordpress.com)
Delhi gang rape: Police use water cannons on protesters – Times of India (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Police use teargas, water cannons against protesters – The Hindu (thehindu.com)
SP Ankit Garg , Do you have the Balls ? #SoniSori #Rape #Prison
01 Jun 2012 16 Comments
by kracktivist in Advocacy, Announcements, Health Care, Human Rights, Justice, Kractivism, Law, Minority Rights, Poetry, Political Prisoners, Prison, Violence against Women, Women Rights Tags: Ankit Garg, Asia, Chhattisgarh, Dantewada, Delhi, discrimination, Electric current, gender, Human Rights, India, Maoism, National Commission for Women, Prison, Rape Me, Republic Day, Sexual Assault, sexual violence, Soni Sori, Superintendent, torture, Tribal rights, United States, Women Rights
S.P .Ankit Garg,
Rape Me
Do you have the Balls ?
Stripping Soni Sori in Prison.
Inserting stones in her vagina and rectum
Showing off your Manhood in a Prison
You called her a whore, a bitch,
Torturing her with electric currents
In your Torture Haven,
I Dare you ,
S.P .Ankit Garg
Rape Me,
You told Soni Sori
You are administration, authority and the Government.
You run the government from the Prison
You have the magic wand for all operations
Slap false cases, and arrest adivasis in the name of ‘ Maoism’
Who will believe an adivasi teacher as against an IPS officer ?
To sign on a blank paper and name human rights activists as Maoists
If she did not listen to you,
she would die beating her head against the prison walls with shame
S.P. Ankit Garg
You are a Sadistic Bastard
You made Soni Sori stand naked in front of you
You verbally abused her and tortured her psychologically.
You made three men insert stones in her vagina and rectum
You have risen to the Ranks so fast on the blood and bones of tribals
On the 63rd Republic Day on 26th Jan 2012 ,
You were conferred with President’s Police Medal for Gallantry
A Gallantry award for Sexual Violence ?
The Darkest day for the Indian Democracy
I will not rest till the medal is recalled
I will not rest till you are behind bars
I will not rest till women scream in pain from prisons
I will only rest when there is an end to custodial torture and sexual violence
By- Kamayani Bali Mahabal- for Justice for Soni Sori Campaign
( 1000 th post on my blog for Soni Sori and many other Women Prisoners behind bars facing sexual violence )
The jails are full of Soni Soris (kractivist.wordpress.com)
Soni Sori’s “Crime” in the Land of the Robber Barons (kractivist.wordpress.com)
Immediate Release: Women’s Delegation meets President Pratibha Patil # Sonisori (kractivist.wordpress.com)
Immediate Release-Reading Soni Sori’s Letters from Prison – Video Montage Marks International Women’s Day (kractivist.wordpress.com)
Awards for alleged killers
by kracktivist in Human Rights, Justice, Kractivism, Law, Minority Rights Tags: Central Reserve Police Force, Chhattisgarh, Communist Party of India, discrimination, Human Rights, India, Kashmir, Maoism, Republic Day, Sopore, torture
Ugly mechanism that feeds into a vicious cycle of Human Rights abuse
Kashmir Times, Editorial
It can’t be a case of setting a bad precedent. That was already set when Mumma Kana, an unknown informer of the security agencies made it to the list of the officially prestigious Padma awards, two years ago, for what was described as his ‘service in the social sector.’ So when cops known for having unleashed a rein of terror in their areas and of having engaged in brutal actions, not legitimised by the law of the country, get prestigious national honours for the contributions, it is already a case of well accepted norm. Much before Mumma Kana was conferred with the Padma award, who finally still got it despite much outcry against it, officers known for their brutalities and poor human rights track record have known to be decorated, promoted and given undue benefits. Two cops accused of killing of a youth in Sopore, investigation of which never reached its logical conclusion, have made it to the list of gallantry awards this Republic Day. So did the Chhattisgarh cadre police officer who allegedly supervised the torture of Soni Sori, a school teacher accused of assisting the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist). Soni Sori was stripped naked, administered electric shocks and assaulted in police custody under this very officer. According to her lawyers, a medical examination found two stones in Soni’s genital tract and another in her rectum. While her legal battle goes on in court, her tormentors have been rewarded for the kind of gallantry which should hang in shame the head of any Indian who has some respect for basic civil liberties.
In conflict areas, it is already a norm that promotions and awards are doled out on the basis of number of kills and arrests, irrespective of whether the slain, detained or tortured were innocent and whether the actions were taken as prescribed by the law. The history of conflict areas – from Kashmir and north-east to the Maoist hit areas – is replete with incidents of accused men in uniform not just escaping prosecution and punishment but instead getting rewarded with honours and promotions. The Brigadier accused in Pathribal fake encounter case, which is one of the most publicised cases from Kashmir, rose to become a Major General. The General slated to become the next army chief too has been accused of having stains on his hands of innocent blood. There is enough evidence and statistics to prove that men in uniform guilty of crimes of humanity do not only get protection from the government but many of them are also rewarded, demonstrating the ugly institutionalised mechanism that feeds into a vicious cycle of abuse, encouraging a rising graph of atrocities against the citizens.
It is therefore, not surprising that Human Rights Watch has found India’s track record of human rights very disappointing. It has especially maintained that 2011 has been a dismal year as far as human rights in the country are concerned, while stating that there has been a continuum of custodial killings, police abuses as well as failure to implement policies to protect vulnerable communities. It is nobody’s case that the head of the government in India, or people at the helm of affairs, direct their security agencies to perpetuate a cycle of human rights abuse and engage in atrocities and brutalities against their own citizens. But what adds to the dismay is the fact that beyond the criminal silence that the top helm of affairs maintains over human rights abuse by its security personnel, the government bends out of its way to honour and benefit those accused of the same atrocities. It is a shame that every year the Republic Day should become an occasion of controversy that stirs up over the announcement of national awards. Instead of turning a day, whose sanctity is further eroded by such insensitive distribution of honours, into a controversial one and betraying its patronage to violators of human rights, Republic Day should have been an occasion to pledge, in keeping with the fundamental rights enshrined in the constitution, for investigating fairly allegations of abuse and taking action against men guilty of such crimes.
For Immediate Release India: Prosecute Security Forces for Torture (kractivist.wordpress.com)
Video of Republic Day protest against Gallantry awards in San Francisco (kractivist.wordpress.com)
S.P Ankit Garg gets gallantry awards- BLACK REPUBLIC DAY (kractivist.wordpress.com)
वीरता पदक देकर अंकित गर्ग को… कलंकित किया है हर एक मर्द को-
by kracktivist in Human Rights, Justice, Kractivism, Law, Poetry, Violence against Women, Women Rights Tags: Ankit Garg, Arts, Chhattisgarh, discrimination, feminism, Freedom Movement, gallantry award, Government, Human Rights, India, Republic Day, Sexual Assault, Soni Sori, Sports Related, Standard Hindi, Television, Tribal rights, Unique Identification Authority of India, Web Design and Development, Women Rights
सोनी सोरी की कहानी सुनो
सोनी सोरी की ज़ुबानी सुनो
पढ़ी है लिखी है पढ़ाती भी है
एक माँ है, पत्नी है, साथी भी है
भारत की नारी है, वासी भी है
अधिकार से आदिवासी भी है
तिरंगे का इतना उसे मान है
लड़कर के लहराया पहचान है
भले ही अभी लोग अनजान हैं
मगर ये भारत की असल शान है
लिंगा कोडोपी की हैं ये बुआ
सुनो के इक दिन कुछ ऐसा हुआ
गाँव में तीन सौ घर जल उठा
हुए बालात्कार और सबकुछ लुटा
हत्यारा पुलिस बल था पता जो चला
लिंगा ने जाकर के सब सच लिखा
सबूतों से लिंगा के रमण सिंह हिला
यहीं से शुरू हुआ नया सिलसिला
पहले तो लिंगा को दोषी कहा
नहीं बस चला तो उसे अगवा किया
प्रताड़ित किया और भूखा रखा
फिर सोनी सोरी पर इलज़ाम गढ़ा
पैसों के लालच से बिक न सकी
तो सोनी भी बलि की बकरी बनी
उठा लाए दिल्ली से सोनी को वो
फिर सुन न सकोगे आगे है जो
अंकित गर्ग नामक एस पी है एक
वहशी दरिंदा है इन्सां के भेस
अकेली नारी को बंदी बना कर
अपने कमीनो की टोली बुला कर
सोनी सोरी को नंगा किया
माता को गाली देता गया
जब बिजली के झटकों से दिल न भरा
तो सोनी की इज्ज़त पर वो टूट पड़ा
पीड़ा से सोनी बेहोश हो गई
अत्याचार इसपर भी न रुक सका
सोनी की कोख में पत्थर भरा
सुबह को सोनी थी आधी मरी
दर्द से कराहती वो चल न सकी
चक्कर जो आया तो फिर गिर पड़ी
शरीर से निर्बल थी, मगर वाह रे वाह
टूटा न मर्दानी का हौसला
उच्चतम न्यायलय में अर्ज़ी लिखी
रमण सिंह की सरकार हिलने लगी
सीबीआई तक बातें पहुँचने लगी
हर एक अत्याचार सबूत बन गए
आईपीएस के अफसर कपूत बन गए
वीरता पदक देकर अंकित गर्ग को
कलंकित किया है हर एक मर्द को
धिक्कार है ऐसी सरकार पर
फिटकार है ऐसी सरकार पर
जिस कोख से जन्मे हैं सब के सब
उस कोख के लाज की बात है
लड़ेंगे, क़सम से हम मर जायेंगे
इन्साफ़ माता को दिलवाएंगे——– by Rizvi Amir Abbas Syed
Letter to Editor- Gallantry Award to mr Ankit Garg
by kracktivist in Human Rights, Justice, Kractivism, Law, Minority Rights, Violence against Women, Women Rights Tags: Ankit Garg, Asia, Central Reserve Police Force, Chhattisgarh, discrimination, equality, gender, India, Maoism, Naxal, Naxalite, Republic Day, Sexual Assault, Supreme Court, torture, Tribal rights, Types of rape, United States, Vishwa Ranjan, Women Rights
The Letter Section
In his article (article2834675.ece) on the Republic Day gallantry award given to Chhattisgarh police officer Ankit Garg who reportedly tormented, tortured and raped school teacher Soni Sori, Aman Sethi quotes Vishwa Ranjan, Director-General of Police (Home Guards), as follows:
“The Police Medal for Gallantry is for a specific instance … it is not like the award for Meritorious Service … Ankit Garg led one of the teams in the Mahasamund [encounter].” Vishwa Ranjan also added that “the Soni Sori case was a separate issue that was now sub judice.” Apart from Mr Vishwa Ranjan’s bizarre reasoning that it is legitimate to give a gallantry award to a rapist and torturer, as long as the awardee has shown his mettle in a separate incident, what is the real truth behind the Mahasamund ‘encounter’ where his supposed ‘acts of bravery’ have earned Mr Garg the award? The murky details of this ‘encounter’ were scrupulously laid out in the report Just a little collateral damage (Just_a_little_collateral_damage.pdf) by an All India Fact Finding team.
According to the report, “On 9th October, 2010, Saturday, various evening newspapers carried reports of a fierce encounter that happened on the same day, between the Naxals and the state police force at Padakipali [in the Mahasamund district], near the Orissa border, in which it was claimed that 8 Naxals were killed and 2 police injured. Later, it was admitted that 2 of the persons killed were actually villagers of Ledgidipa, who were said to have been caught in the crossfire. Inspector General of Police RK Vij told PTI that the two villagers were used as a shield by the Maoists in the gunfight (chhattisgarh-6-naxals-killed-in-encounter-58547). Reports also carried news of a large quantity of arms and ammunitions having been recovered after the encounter, including a ―huge cache of explosives (six-maoists-killed-in-chhattisgarh-encounter_100443592.html). The entire episode was hailed as a great achievement by Director General of Police (DGP), Vishwa Ranjan. chhattisgarh_police_kill_eight_maoits_in_encounter_N98249.htm.”
However it did not take long before cracks started appearing in the official version of the story. According to the report
“Two villagers had died in this encounter. Confusing and contradictory reports were presented in the media on the circumstances surrounding these deaths – from the initial allegations of the villagers being Naxals, to their being unfortunate victims caught in crossfire, to their being used as human shields by the alleged Maoists. By and large, most of the media reported the official version of what occurred during the encounter. However, around 12th October, different reports began to appear in which the responsibility of civilian death began to be laid on the security personnel.”
The Fact Finding Mission was easily able to track down the family of one of the victims, Gautam Patel. According to the family, “Gautam was eating his lunch in the aangan, being served by his wife Himadri [when] they saw Dau [a deaf and mute helper of Gautam] run inside the kitchen in a state of fear, and a huge commotion and sounds of firing from outside. Gautam reacted in fear by following Dau into the dark kitchen and hiding underneath the kitchen shelf. Meanwhile 50-60 police had entered the home following Dau. They accosted Uttam, the youngest brother, and asked him where they were hiding the Naxalites. Uttam pleaded with them that there were no Naxals inside the house; only Gautam, his brother, and their servant Dau….Despite Himadri‟s pleading and crying that there were no Naxals in their home, only her husband and Dau, four of the security personnel forcibly entered the kitchen and started shooting in the dark, killing both Gautam and Dau.”
The security personnel later told other members of the security force and the gathered villagers that “both Gautam and Dau had been killed by Naxals, but the family loudly refuted this, pointing to the particular force members who had entered the kitchen and killed Gautam and Dau.”
One might naturally ask what the much feted Mr Ankit Garg had to say about this horror show, and for which he has won the much coveted gallantry award. According to the Fact Finding report, the authors tried to “meet the Superintendent of Police Ankit Garg, DSP DK Sharma and Collector (Ms) D. Alarmelmangai. However, none of them were available at Mahasamund on the day of our visit. We could only meet Shri Bipin Manjhi, Additional Collector, in charge of the magisterial enquiry, who did not share any information with us, claiming that he knew only as much as we did from media reports!”
If Mr Garg deserves the gallantry award for raping and torturing a hapless woman in his custody, and for supervising the killing of innocent people, the BSF soldiers who tortured an emaciated and helpless man, at the same time videotaping their enviable act of bravery (http://youtu.be/e5kBqutAcio) also deserve a medal for their extreme sadism, and for ensuring that the poor and the indigent of this great democratic country do not become too uppity and demand that they be allowed to live with dignity.
Sanjeev Mahajan
365 Walker Drive A
contact at – veejnasnajaham@gmail.com
Rights groups protest gallantry award for Chhattisgarh police official (thehindu.com)
Gallantry Award for Sexual Torture (kractivist.wordpress.com)
Soni Sori’s letter from Raipur Central Jail- Audio-Hindi and English (kractivist.wordpress.com)
Video- Outrage over Gallantry Award for Chhattsigarh Police Officer (kractivist.wordpress.com)
Republic Day gallantry award to alleged torturer of Soni Sori! (kractivist.wordpress.com)
Dalit panchayat chief prevented from hoisting the tricolour
by kracktivist in Advocacy, Human Rights, Justice, Kractivism, Law, Minority Rights, Violence against Women, Women Rights Tags: Dalit, discrimination, equality, gender, Government, Gram panchayat, Hindu, Kalaimani, Kallar, Panchayati raj, Republic Day, Tribal rights, Vadakadu, Women Rights
A. Kalaimani, Dalit village panchayat president addresses presspersons at Pudukottai.
PUDUKOTTAI, January 29, 2012
M. Balaganessin
A. Kalaimani, a Dalit woman village panchayat president of Karu Vadatheru village panchayat near Vadakadu, was allegedly prevented from hoisting the tricolour on the Republic Day by a group of caste Hindus.
The group belonging to the Kallar community, led by Kumar, son of Rangammal, who is the vice-president of the village panchayat, allegedly pushed aside Ms. Kalaimani when she was about to hoist the national flag on the village panchayat office campus.
The village panchayat president told The Hindu on Saturday that she planned to hoist the tricolour at three places – the village panchayat office campus; Raja Kudiyiruppu, a residential colony; and the panchayat union primary school at Kanniyankollai.
But, in view of the problem at the village panchayat office, she allowed the group to hoist the flag at the school and cancelled her programme at the residential colony.
She has lodged a complaint with the Vadakadu police and submitted petitions to District Collector B. Maheswari and Superintendent of Police R. Tamil Chandran.
MGNREGA Worker Jagu Bhuiyan’s Suicide case (kractivist.wordpress.com)
Reservation for Women in Panchayats (equalityindia.wordpress.com)
Video of Republic Day protest against Gallantry awards in San Francisco
by kracktivist in Advocacy, Announcements, Human Rights, Justice, Kractivism, Law, Minority Rights, Poetry, Political Prisoners, Violence against Women, Women Rights Tags: Business and Economy, California, Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act, Constitution of India, Dantewada, discrimination, Government, Human Rights, India, Kartam Joga, Maoist, Metro Areas, Naxalite, New Delhi, Prison, Raipur, Rape, Republic Day, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, Soni Sori, Supreme Court, torture, Tribal rights, United Nations Special Rapporteur, United States, Women Rights
Concerned citizens and friends of India organized a peaceful protest in San Francisco outside the venue of the official Republic Day function hosted by the Indian Consulate which was expected to be attended by around 400 invitees – the movers and shakers of the Indian community as well as local politicians. Much to our satisfaction, we were able to engage in one-on-one conversations with many of the attendees outside the venue and distribute flyers. Many of them signed our petition and many more were sympathetic.
The petition is as follows
Every year on the 26th of January, we celebrate the Constitution of India [1]. Every 30th of January, we remember the martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi, who led India to freedom. However, for the vast majority of the people of India, even the most basic of the rights guaranteed by the Constitution – the right to life and personal liberty and due legal process if these rights are to be abridged – remain unrealized promises. And the ideals of the independence struggle, as articulated by Gandhi, stand indelibly tarnished.
One of the most shocking recent instances of this trampling upon the Indian constitution is the torture and sexual abuse of prisoner Soni Sori [2,3]. An adivasi school teacher from the Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, Sori had exposed evidence of police misconduct in the framing of several cases against her [4]. Police intimidation forced her to flee, and she reached Delhi seeking legal assistance, but was arrested before she could file a petition in the Supreme Court. Fearing for her life in Chhattisgarh, she asked to be held in custody in Delhi, despite which she was handed over to the Chhattisgarh police [5]. In custody, Soni Sori was brutally tortured by the Chhattisgarh police, because of her refusal to corroborate their false statements. A subsequent independent medical examination found sizable stones lodged in her vagina and her rectum and severe damage to her spinal cord [6].
Another instance is the case of Lingaram Kodopi. In 2009, Kodopi was locked up by the police in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh for 40 days, tortured and pressured to join a vigilante force [7]. After the High Court ordered his release, Lingaram went on to complete a course in journalism, and later documented villagers’ accounts of arson, murder and rape during a three-day police operation in March 2011. In September 2011, Lingaram was arrested on charges of collecting ‘protection’ money for the Maoists from Essar, a large business conglomerate. Sori, his aunt, came under pressure from the police to persuade Lingaram to accept the charges. She refused, saying the charges were false and ended up being an accused herself. Amnesty International has pronounced both Sori and Kodopi, Prisoners of Conscience [8].
Sori’s and Kodopi’s are not isolated cases. Authorities in various parts of India have a record of imprisoning innocent people, including human rights workers, on false charges, the most notable case being that of Dr. Binayak Sen. Dr. Sen was convicted of ‘sedition’, and sentenced to life imprisonment, but released by the Supreme Court on bail, pending appeal [9]. Many other innocent people, mostly from marginalized sections of the society, continue to languish in India’s jails; Adivasi activist Kartam Joga [10] and labor leaders, Bhagwati Sahu [11] and Abhay Sahoo [12], are just some of them. Others like Kopa Kunjam [13] and documentarian Ajay TG [14] were released on bail and are awaiting trial. Arun Ferreira, a social and human rights activist, was acquitted in 11 different cases for lack of evidence, but re-arrested each time on a fresh set of charges, until he was finally released on bail on the 4th January [15].
In custody, Soni Sori was pressured by the police to implicate many prominent human rights activists as Maoists [16]. Though Sori resisted the pressure, other news reports indicate a concerted attempt on the part of the state to stigmatize human rights defenders [17]. This was a serious concern placed on record by Margaret Sekaggya, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, after the completion of a mission to India a year ago [18].
The gross misconduct of the police is enabled by several draconian laws of questionable Constitutional validity, such as the law against sedition in the Indian Penal Code [19], the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act [20], the Armed Forces Special Powers Act [21] and state-specific laws such as the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act (CSPSA) [22]. These laws are intended to help the police to bring charges against anyone on no or the flimsiest of evidence or to arrest and detain people for extended periods without charges or evidence. This process of filing false charges and detention based on them, is being used as a punitive tool in itself.
Where there are credible reports of torture or of other grave misconduct by the police, rarely have the police authorities been investigated, or the democratically elected representatives sanctioning systemic abuses held accountable [23].
Therefore, we demand that:
Torture and other prisoner abuses must stop
Intimidation of Human Rights Defenders must end
The practice of filing false charges, extended detentions without trial, and “arrest, detention and trial” as punishment must end
The law against sedition (Section 124A of Indian Penal Code) be abolished
Laws which give unconditional and unchecked power to the authorities, such as UAPA, AFSPA and CSPSA, be abolished
Soni Sori and Lingaram Kodopi be released immediately and unconditionally
Police and higher level government officials responsible for torturing and pressuring Soni Sori be prosecuted
Pl sign petition here
Below is a short video (3 min) of the Republic Day protest against Gallantry awards in San Francisco
Cops Brutally suppress peaceful protest at Chhattisgarh Bhavan, New Delhi (icrindia.wordpress.com)
Save Soni Sori and Punish Chattisgarh police for her torture (kractivist.wordpress.com)
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Or, at least, she did. That was before she left the pop-idol life behind after she gained a dress size or two -- and lost a boyfriend, a recording contract, and her life savings (when Mom took the money and ran off to Argentina). Now that the glamour and glory days of endless mall appearances are in the past, Heather's perfectly happy with her new size 12 shape (the average for the American woman ) and her new job as an assistant dorm director at one of New York's top colleges. That is, until the dead body of a female student from Heather's residence...
Or, at least, she did. That was before she left the pop-idol life behind after she gained a dress size or two -...
Size 14 Is Not Fat Either
Former pop star Heather Wells has settled nicely into her new life as assistant dorm director at New York College--a career that does not require her to drape her size 12 body in embarrassingly skimpy outfits. She can even cope (sort of) with her rocker ex-boyfriend's upcoming nuptials, which the press has dubbed The Celebrity Wedding of the Decade. But she's definitely having a hard time dealing with the situation in the dormitory kitchen--where a cheerleader has lost her head on the first day of the semester. (Actually, her head is accounted for--it's her torso that's...
Former pop star Heather Wells has settled nicely into her new life as assistant dorm director at New York College--a career that does not ...
Big Boned
Life is reasonably rosy for plus-size ex-pop star turned Assistant Dormitory Director and sometime sleuth Heather Wells. Her freeloading ex-con dad is finally moving out. She still yearns for her hot landlord, Cooper Cartwright, but her relationship with "rebound beau," vigorous vegan math professor Tad Tocco, is more than satisfactory. Best of all, nobody has died lately in "Death Dorm," the aptly nicknamed student residence that Heather assistant-directs. Of course every silver lining ultimately has some black cloud attached. And when the latest murdered corpse to clutter up her...
Life is reasonably rosy for plus-size ex-pop star turned Assistant Dormitory Director and sometime sleuth Heather Wells. Her freeloading ex-con dad...
Dark Tort
ISBN: 9780060527327 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 449 str.
ISBN: 9780060527327/Angielski/Miękka (mass market paperbound/449 str.
Caterer Goldy Schulz's lucrative new gig, preparing breakfasts and conference room snacks for a local law firm, is time-consuming, but she's enjoying it . . . until the night she arrives to find Dusty, the firm's paralegal, dead. The deceased also happened to be Goldy's friend and neighbor, and now Dusty's grieving mother is begging Goldy to find out who murdered her daughter.
Just because the police are on the case doesn't mean Goldy can't do a little snooping herself. While catering a party at the home of one of the firm's lawyers, she just happens to overhear an incriminating...
Caterer Goldy Schulz's lucrative new gig, preparing breakfasts and conference room snacks for a local law firm, is time-consuming, but she's enjoyi...
Dead Wrong
Juggling a family and a career has never been easy for Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady. Now the impending birth of her second child only adds to her burden, especially when two brutal crimes fall under her jurisdiction.
A corpse is discovered in the Arizona desert with the fingers severed from both hands--the body of an ex-con who served twenty years for a murder he claimed not to remember. Soon after, one of Joanna's female officers is savagely assaulted and left for dead while on an unauthorized stakeout. Since the victim is one of their own, the department directs the bulk of...
Juggling a family and a career has never been easy for Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady. Now the impending birth of her second child only adds t...
Dead Man Docking
Mary Daheim
B&B hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn and her closer-than-a-sibling cousin Renie would be crazy to turn down a free, 1930s-themed South Pacific islands cruise aboard the magnificent San Rafael, the pride of the Cruz Cruises fleet. Unfortunately, the fabulous pre-launch party is as far out to sea as the passengers are likely to get, after the body of their VIP host, Magglio Cruz, is discovered stuffed in the piano and the cruise is cancelled.
Suddenly free to gad about San Francisco with their marooned shipmates -- at least one of whom is possibly homicidal -- the cousins decide to join...
B&B hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn and her closer-than-a-sibling cousin Renie would be crazy to turn down a free, 1930s-themed South Pacific island...
Metro Girl
Alexandra (Barney) Barnaby roars onto the Miami Beach scene in hot pursuit of her missing baby brother, -Wild- Bill. Leave it to the maverick of the family to get Barney involved with high-speed car chases, a search for sunken treasure, and Sam Hooker, a NASCAR driver who's good at revving a woman's engine.
Engaged in a deadly race, Bill has -borrowed- Hooker's sixty-five-foot Hatteras and sailed off into the sunset...just when Hooker has plans for the boat. Hooker figures he'll attach himself to Barney and maybe run into scumbag Bill. And better yet, maybe he'll get lucky in love...
Alexandra (Barney) Barnaby roars onto the Miami Beach scene in hot pursuit of her missing baby brother, -Wild- Bill. Leave it to the maverick of th...
Motor Mouth LP
It's the last race of the season, and the wheels are smoking and the temperature is rising at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Alexandra Barnaby is NASCAR driver Sam Hooker's raceday spotter, his eye-in-the-sky, telling Hooker when to pass and when to get off the gas. From her vantage point high above the grandstand, she's also seeing things going on in the infield that will change her life. Things that will lead to a stolen racecar hauler, a kidnapped Saint Bernard, and a bizarre murder.
From Miami, Florida, to Concord, North Carolina, and back to Miami, this is everything you always...
It's the last race of the season, and the wheels are smoking and the temperature is rising at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Alexandra Barnaby is NASCAR...
Motor Mouth: A Barnaby Novel
Miami is still freakin' humid. The nights are even hotter. And there's a body on ice. And that's just the beginning of this adrenaline-rush of a hot-wired ride from phenomenal number one New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich.
A woman with a taste for speed and a talent for breaking the rules, Barney also knows a little too much about cheating. First there was Hooker and that salesclerk. Now she's convinced one of the competitors is up to no good on the track. Snooping to find evidence, Hooker and Barney "borrow" a NASCAR hauler. Turns out, the hauler is carrying...
Miami is still freakin' humid. The nights are even hotter. And there's a body on ice. And that's just the beginning of this adrenaline-rush of a ho...
Tomb of the Golden Bird
Banned forever from the eastern end of the Valley of the Kings, eminent Egyptologist Radcliffe Emerson's desperate attempt to regain digging rights backfires--and his dream of unearthing the tomb of the little-known king Tutankhamon is dashed. Now Emerson, his archaeologist wife, Amelia Peabody, and their family must watch from the sidelines as Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter "discover" the greatest Egyptian treasure of all time.
But the Emersons' own less impressive excavations are interrupted when father and son Ramses are lured into a trap by a strange group of villains ominously...
Banned forever from the eastern end of the Valley of the Kings, eminent Egyptologist Radcliffe Emerson's desperate attempt to regain digging rights...
The Pearl Diver
The seventh book in Sujata Massey's Agatha and Macavity Award-winning mystery series is a witty, suspenseful story that takes its young sleuth into the Washington DC restaurant world.
A dazzling engagement ring and the promise of a fresh start bring antiques dealer and sometime sleuth Rei Shimura to Washington, DC. But just as she's starting to settle down -catching up with a long-lost cousin and undertaking a lucrative commission furnishing a trendy Japanese restaurant nearby - things begin to go haywire. First, her cousin vanishes from the restaurant's opening-night party, and...
The seventh book in Sujata Massey's Agatha and Macavity Award-winning mystery series is a witty, suspenseful story that takes its young sleuth into...
Cate Fante is strong and sexy and wears designer suits like overpriced armor. She's just become a judge but leads a dark double life that she hides from everyone.
Her cover is blown when a high-profile case in her courtroom takes a stunning turn. Overnight the tabloids tell her secret, her boyfriend dumps her, and her new career hangs in tatters. But Cate's troubles are only beginning. An enemy no one anticipated sends her running for her life, and she'll have to fight her way back to the truth . . . or die trying.
Cate Fante is strong and sexy and wears designer suits like overpriced armor. She's just become a judge but leads a dark double life that she hides...
The Typhoon Lover: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
A young woman with a foothold in two cultures, Rei Shimura has gone wherever fortune and her unruly passions have led her throughout her chaotic twenties. Now, after the streamers for her thirtieth birthday celebration have been taken down, the Japanese-American antiques dealer and part-time sleuth finds herself with an assignment to find and authenticate an ancient Middle Eastern pitcher that disappeared from Iraq's national museum.
The piece is believed to be in the hands of a wealthy Japanese collector, whose passion for beauty extends to Rei herself. But when a devastating...
A young woman with a foothold in two cultures, Rei Shimura has gone wherever fortune and her unruly passions have led her throughout her chaotic tw...
Girl in a Box
Chronically underemployed Japanese-American sleuth Rei Shimura has taken a freelance gig with a Washington, D.C., alphabet agency that just might have ties to the CIA. Her mission, should she choose to accept it, is to go undercover as a clerk in a big Tokyo department store. It's a risky assignment, but it also gives Rei a store discount that allows her to freely indulge her shopaholic tendencies.
Meanwhile, she's listening in on private conversations, crashing a conference, and fending off the unwanted advances of a couple of the store's executives who seem fascinated by her navel...
Chronically underemployed Japanese-American sleuth Rei Shimura has taken a freelance gig with a Washington, D.C., alphabet agency that just might h...
The Patricia Cornwell CD Audio Treasury Low Price: Contains All That Remains and Cruel and Unusual
ISBN: 9780060791216 / Angielski / Compact Disc
ISBN: 9780060791216/Angielski/Compact Disc
Patricia Cornwell; Kate Burton
Two great Patricia Cornwell audio titles for the price of one. All that Remains and Cruel and Unusual.
A serial killer is loose in Richmond, specializing in attractive young couples whose bodies are invariably found in the woods months later -- minus their shoes and socks. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself tracking a killer who scrupulously eliminates every clue, rendering all her
forensic skills useless. This time it's her courage and intuition on the line in a race against time.
Cruel and...
All that Remai...
I Gave You My Heart, But You Sold It Online
Dixie Cash
To single mom Allison Barker, men are a heap of heartbreak. So when her twelve-year-old daughter confesses that she's posted Allison's profile on an Internet matchmaking service and has been pretending to be her mom, Allison hits the roof . . . just before the doorbell rings. Standing on the porch is her date--he's Hollywood handsome and all male and he looks somehow familiar.
Turns out he's famed ProRodeo bull-riding champion Quint Matthews. He whisks Allison off to dinner, but it's not Quint who captures her interest--it's his old friend, rodeo bull fighter Tag Freeman....
To single mom Allison Barker, men are a heap of heartbreak. So when her twelve-year-old daughter confesses that she's posted Allison's profile on a...
Natalie Greco loves being a teacher, even though she can't keep her students from cruising sex.com during class. She loves her family, too, but her boyfriend fits in better with the football-crazy Grecos than she does. Then a colleague, handsome Angus Holt, talks Nat into teaching a class at a local prison, and her world turns upside down.
A violent prison riot breaks out, and Nat rushes to save the life of a mortally wounded guard whose last words are: "Tell my wife it's under the floor." Nat delivers the cryptic message, but before she knows it, she's suspected of murder...
Natalie Greco loves being a teacher, even though she can't keep her students from cruising sex.com during class. She loves her family, too, but her...
Zen Attitude
Life in modern Tokyo is a blast for Rei Shimura, a young Japanese-American woman who enjoys busy days as an antiques dealer and steamy nights with a devoted new boyfriend. But things come to a standstill when Rei overpays for a rare old chest of drawers for a wealthy client, the owner of a famous Zen temple in Kamakura. The exquisite tansu turns out to be a fake: the worst deal Rei has ever made. When the temple family turns on Rei -- and the con man who sold the tansu is murdered -- she realizes she's opened a Pandora's box of deception and murder. A young martial...
Life in modern Tokyo is a blast for Rei Shimura, a young Japanese-American woman who enjoys busy days as an antiques dealer and steamy nights with ...
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by James Bailey, Sarah Kellogg | May 1, 2019
At this week’s Milken Institute Global Conference, CEOs from five of the world’s most respected companies discussed how to navigate a changing world filled with volatility and uncertainty. The executives represented companies that are not the hothouse disruptors of the technology industry, but some of the world’s largest corporate titans — EY, Goldman Sachs, General Mills, Siemens USA and Viacom. And that’s what made these CEO’s responses all the more interesting.
Progress and Profit: Women Leaders in Big Law Firms
by James Bailey and Jane Azzinaro | Apr 29, 2019
Women’s issues in corporate America are on center stage. Topics such as the number of women among senior executives and pay differences between genders are news stories that resonate have become the subject of policy debate. But “big law,” an industry nickname for the nation’s hundred largest law firms, largely has avoided this attention.
In the 1999 film The Matrix, the sage Morpheus offered the neophyte Neo a bargain. He presented two pills, one red, one blue. One brought enlightenment, one obliviousness. In the political landscape of today, it seems as if everyone has accepted that bargain and swallowed one or the other pill. Whether red or blue pill is incidental. It’s irrevocable. There’s no turning back.
The World Economic Forum’s annual Davos gathering—the most celebrated of all the international policy conferences—is so coveted an invitation that it is on the bucket list of almost every industry executive and government leader with global ambitions.
The Return of the Larger than Life Leader
by James Bailey | Jul 14, 2018
Inevitably and rightly so, a New Year summons reflection. What happened, why it happened, and what can be done about it will be a prevalent theme. The focus is typically on specific events, as specific events allow for clear diagnoses, prognoses, and prescriptions....
4 Self-Improvement Myths That May Be Holding You Back
by James Bailey | Feb 2, 2018
Advice on how to improve one’s self is everywhere. It accounts for about 2.5% of all book sales in the United States. Add in speeches, training programs, TV programs, online-products, coaches, yoga, and the like, self-help is a $10 billion industry per year, and...
How Acting Perfect Undermines Your Ability to Lead
by James Bailey | Dec 13, 2017
We like our leaders flawed, just like we like ourselves.
Building the Cannabis Dream Team: Better People, Better Training, Better Experience, Better Business
by James Bailey | Nov 3, 2017
The cannabis industry, worth an estimated $7.2 billion in 2016, precariously straddles the recreational and medicinal market. To balance itself, the industry must put a premium on talent management.
Cause Célèbre? The Question of Women CEO Compensation
by James Bailey, Margaret Ormiston | Jul 10, 2017
Women CEOs need to be vigilant about their impact.
A State of Organizational Grace
by James Bailey | Jun 11, 2017
The two most difficult sentences to utter are "I am sorry" and "You are forgiven."
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Bernanke flunked it – and we will all suffer
“As a practitioner of markets, I love this stuff,” said Stanley Druckenmiller. “This stuff is fantastic for every rich person. It’s the biggest distribution of wealth from the poor and the middle classes to the rich ever.”
Druckenmiller is among Wall Street’s most fabled investors. He started Duquesne Capital in the early 1980s then teamed up with George Soros, running the legendary Quantum Fund. Together they made billions by “breaking the Bank of England”, shorting the pound in massive volumes and forcing sterling out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism. That was in 1992.
The quotation above is more recent. Druckenmiller said these words on CNBC television last Thursday and the “stuff” was quantitative easing. While extremely critical of America’s $85bn-a-month money-printing habit, Druckenmiller is at least decent enough to acknowledge that, as a wealthy chap with a bucket-load of equities, the Federal Reserve’s asset-buying programme has made him even richer.
Yet, still, Druckenmiller refers to QE as “dope”. He pans the Fed’s prolonged use of “extraordinary measures” and the impact on ordinary savers. He also describes the recent efforts of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to engineer a smooth QE exit as nothing short of “a fiasco”. As a retired plutocrat, rich enough to be almost untouchable, Druckenmiller’s language may be more colourful than most. But his criticisms are increasingly widely-held.
Last Thursday, contrary to nearly all expectations, Bernanke announced that now was not the time to start reducing, or “tapering”, that rate at which the US central bank buys bonds under QE. Financial markets were dumb-founded. Since May, Bernanke has been heavily hinting that QE could soon end, or at least begin to end. Investors have taken him and his tapering overtures seriously. As a result, the US Treasury yield has risen sharply over the last few months, doubling to almost 3pc.
So, the fact that tapering would soon begin, with the Fed slowing down its rate of funny-money expansion, was already baked into the market. That’s hardly surprising, given the constant parade of policy-makers and former policy-makers who’ve lately been saying that now is the time to act. Yet, when it came to it, Bernanke confounded the very expectations that he himself did more than anyone to create.
On this news, of course, global equities rallied. The pound and the euro also benefitted as the dollar fell on the expectation that US money-printing would now continue at its current rate for longer than expected. Pretty soon, though, the head-scratching began. Why did the Fed create expectations only to deny them, investors wondered aloud. Does the central bank know bad things about the US economy that aren’t yet public? Is it really wise to keep printing money willy-nilly and can this rally go on forever? Is the Fed now panicking – and should we be panicking too?
In trying to explain this “no tapering” decision, Bernanke ended-up sowing further seeds of confusion. It’s true that the US recovery remains sluggish. Employment is rising slower than expected as the economy struggles to gain momentum. Having said that, America’s main stock index, up some 120pc since QE began in early 2009, is close to an all-time high. Is there really a need to pump up the markets even more?
Also, given that growth remains pretty anemic after almost 5 years of QE, even the most craven bank-financed analysts are now asking whether the policy is doing any good, beyond the short-term interests of the equity market. Economic Agenda has argued, since the earliest days of QE, that the benefits in terms of jobs and growth would be minimal. I wasn’t the first – far from it. After all, Keynes remarked in a letter to President Roosevelt in 1933: “To think output and income can be raised by increasing the quantity of money is rather like trying to get fat by buying a larger belt.”
Yet this is a truth that even the most consensual of economic thinkers are now starting to acknowledge – despite the powerful nexus of myopic financial and government interests that want QE to go on forever, just as long as this incredibly risky policy doesn’t backfire before they’ve sold or on their political watch.
Perhaps the strangest part of Bernanke’s remarks last week was that tapering didn’t happen due to the “rapid tightening” of financial conditions caused by the Fed’s attempts “to provide more guidance on how the pace of purchases might be adjusted over time”. In other words, the Fed didn’t move on tapering because Treasury yields have recently risen as a direct result of the Fed deliberately indicating that it would soon be moving on tapering.
Confused? I don’t blame you. It wasn’t long ago, after all, that Bernanke said rising yields were helping to take some “speculative excess” out of the US economy. Now the fall in government debt prices is being used as a justification to carry on ballooning the Fed’s balance sheet in order to prop them up – and Treasury prices certainly spiked, with yields plunging, on the “no taper” news.
At the very least, Bernanke looks as if he “bottled it” – and/or was sat on by his political masters. Perhaps the loss of nerve went all the way up to the White House? After all, we’re in “debt ceiling” season, with Democrats and Republicans now once again indulging in their annual game of buck-passing and posturing. Are we in for yet another round of political gridlock, as Washington plays chicken over the prospect of a US default? Maybe Obama sees that happening – so took a tapering “rain-check”.
Many investors are tiring of these political games. “Stop the talking and just get on with it,” is a refrain I’m increasingly starting to hear. Some experienced hands are now openly calling for a modern-day Paul Volcker, the no-nonsense Fed Chairman who squeezed inflation out of the US economy during the 1980s. Instead, while it’s good news that Larry Summers bowed-out of the race to replace Bernanke last week, we’re now left with the default option of Fed Deputy Janet Yellen – who makes uber-dovish Bernanke look like a hawk. Hardly inspiring.
While there was some justification for a rapid liquidity expansion in the immediate aftermath of the sub-prime collapse, both here in the UK and the US, this policy long ago turned from crash mat into comfort blanket. QE pumps up oil prices, hiking our fuel costs. It punished savers, robbing them of returns. It’s causing trade disputes, as we debase our currencies and the debts we owe the emerging giants of the East. Yet, the West is addicted to QE – and nothing illustrates that better than the Fed’s failure last week, despite months of preparation, to take the first steps on the road to normality.
Interest rates on both sides of the Atlantic will now stay lower, for longer, we’re told. Maybe that’s true. Or maybe, when QE does end, and the party is over, the hangover will be even worse. “This is a tragedy,” said Druckenmiller, of the Fed’s refusal to light the tapering touch-paper. “They blew it, and this will make life so much harder when we do actually start this process”.
The word “taper” can also be used to describe the wick on a candle or the fuse of a bomb. Will the Fed’s communication tactics be a source of guidance or set-off a financial explosion? That crucial question, once the preserve of alarmists and cranks, has now moved centre-stage.
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Thursday 15th November 2018 – RTE PrimeTime
Thursday 15th November 2018, BBC This Week with Andrew Neil
Tuesday 22nd August 2018 – Channel 4 Dispatches “Carillion: How to Lose Seven Billion Pounds”
Thursday 19th July 2018, BBC “This Week” , “Austin Powers – International Man of Mockery”
Thursday 24th May 2018, BBC “This Week”, “Challenge Liam”
Tuesday 19th September, ‘Clean Brexit’, CNBC with Geoff Cutmore
Monday 18th September, ‘Stuff that interests me’, with Dominic Frisby
Tuesday 12th September 2017 – BBC Daily Politics, with Jo Coburn, Giles Fraser and Linda Yueh
Sunday 2nd July 2017 – BBC Westminster House, with Carolyn Quinn
Saturday 17th June 2017 – Any Questions, with Jonathan Dimbleby
Thursday 15th June 2017 – This Week, with Nick Ferrari
Monday 8th May 2017 – BBC Paper Review – with Clive Myrie and Jo Phillips
Friday 31st March 2017 – BBC Paper Review – with Julian Worricker and Jo Phillips
Tuesday 28th March 2017 – The Long View, BBC Radio 4, Brexit and the Elizabethan Age of Trade, with Jonathan Freedland
Thursday 9th February 2017 – BBC Paper Review – with Martine Croxall and Benedicte Paviot
Thursday 9th February 2017 – BBC “This Week” – with Andrew Neil, Michael Portillo and Liz Kendall
Thursday 26th January 2017 – BBC “Daily Politics” with Andrew Neil, Louise Cooper and “Danny” Blanchflower
Sunday 13th November 2016 – RTE “Agenda” with David McWilliams
Monday 7th November 2016 – Channel 4 Dispatches “Britain’s Home-Building Scandal”
Thursday 3rd November 2016 – BBC Paper Review with Chris Rogers
Monday 10th October 2016 – BBC Paper Review, with Pippa Crear & Shaun Ley
Thurs 8th September 2016 – Keiser Report, RT – “What does Brexit mean?” with Max Keiser
Thurs 1st September 2016 – BBC Paper Review with Dame Joan Bakewell and Julian Worricker
Tuesday 19th July 2016 – BBC Paper Review with Rachel Shabi and Rachel Schofield
Wednesday 29th June – “An EU Implosion?” RT Cross Talk with Peter Lavelle, debating Mary Dejevsky & George Szamuely
Thursday 23rd June – LBC, with Iain Dale & Shelagh Fogarty – All-night referendum coverage
Wednesday 22nd June – BBC Paper Review with Miranda Green & Julian Worricker
Fri 10 June 2016 – “Debating Brexit” on Sean O’Rourke radio show, RTE1
Sat 28 May 2016 – Going Underground, RT – on G7 meeting in Japan
Thurs 26 May 2016 – BBC News Paper Review, with Ben Chu
Thursday 12th May 2016 – Bank of England Inflation Report, CNBC, with Geoff Cutmore
Thurs 21 April 2016 – BBC News Paper Review, with Ayesha Hazariki
Tues 16 February 2016 – Debating Brexit with Dan O’Brien, on RTE1’s Sean O’Rourke show
Thurs 11 February 2016 – BBC Paper Review with Penny Smith and Martine Croxall
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Christie has over 20 years of experience in the Research and Media Industry, spanning careers in Academia, Research and Consultancy Services, and TV/Media companies. Currently, Christie leads the Content Innovation Analytics Research department at Viacom, which provides Data Science and Analytics / Insights / Platform Architecture support across all the Viacom brands. Her role is to create new analytical products and tools, built on the combination of data and insight innovation… with the aim to not only create new sets of longitudinal data on our evolving TV viewers, but also to manage / store / analyze the data in one central place, and to turn millions of data points into actionable insights for the brands. She is a TV and media expert that has a background in programming and content research, large scale audience and platform consumption research, quantitative theory and data science, and product innovation.
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Short Story: 'Keesh' by Jack London
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SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Now, the Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES.
Our story this week is "Keesh." It was written by Jack London. Here is Shep O’Neal to tell you the story.
SHEP O'NEAL: Keesh lived at the edge of the polar sea. He had seen thirteen suns in the Eskimo way of keeping time. Among the Eskimos, the sun each winter leaves the land in darkness. And the next year, a new sun returns, so it might be warm again.
The father of Keesh had been a brave man. But he had died hunting for food. Keesh was his only son. Keesh lived along with his mother, Ikeega.
One night, the village council met in the big igloo of Klosh-kwan, the chief. Keesh was there with the others. He listened, then waited for silence.
He said, “It is true that you give us some meat. But it is often old and tough meat, and has many bones.”
The hunters were surprised. This was a child speaking against them. A child talking like a grown man!
Keesh said, “My father, Bok, was a great hunter. It is said that Bok brought home more meat than any of the two best hunters. And that he divided the meat so that all got an equal share.”
“Naah! Naah!” the hunters cried. “Put the child out! Send him to bed. He should not talk to gray-beards this way!”
Keesh waited until the noise stopped. “You have a wife, Ugh-gluk,” he said. “And you speak for her. My mother has no one but me. So I speak. As I say, Bok hunted greatly, but is now dead. It is only fair then that my mother, who was his wife, and I, his son, should have meat when the tribe has meat. I, Keesh, son of Bok, have spoken.”
Again, there was a great noise in the igloo. The council ordered Keesh to bed. It even talked of giving him no food.
Keesh jumped to his feet. “Hear me!” he cried. “Never shall I speak in the council igloo again. I shall go hunt meat like my father, Bok.”
There was much laughter when Keesh spoke of hunting. The laughter followed Keesh as he left the council meeting.
The next day, Keesh started out for the shore, where the land meets the ice. Those who watched saw that he carried his bow and many arrows. Across his shoulder was his father’s big hunting spear. Again there was laughter.
One day passed, then a second. On the third day, a great wind blew. There was no sign of Keesh. His mother, Ikeega, put burned seal oil on her face to show her sorrow. The women shouted at their men for letting the little boy go. The men made no answer, but got ready to search for the body of Keesh.
Early next morning, Keesh walked into the village. Across his shoulders was fresh meat. “Go you men, with dogs and sleds. Follow my footsteps. Travel for a day,” he said. “There is much meat on the ice. A she-bear and her two cubs.”
His mother was very happy. Keesh, trying to be a man, said to her, “Come, Ikeega, let us eat. And after that, I shall sleep. For I am tired.”
There was much talk after Keesh went to his igloo. The killing of a bear was dangerous. But it was three times more dangerous to kill a mother bear with cubs. The men did not believe Keesh had done so. But the women pointed to the fresh meat. At last, the men agreed to go for the meat that was left. But they were not very happy.
One said that even if Keesh had killed the bear, he probably had not cut the meat into pieces. But when the men arrived, they found that Keesh had not only killed the bear, but had also cut it into pieces, just like a grown hunter.
So began the mystery of Keesh.
On his next trip, he killed a young bear…and on the following trip, a large male bear and its mate.
Then there was talk of magic and witchcraft in the village. “He hunts with evil spirits,” said one. “Maybe his father’s spirit hunts with him,” said another.
Keesh continued to bring meat to the village. Some people thought he was a great hunter. There was talk of making him chief, after old Klosh-kwan. They waited, hoping he would come to council meetings. But he never came.
“I would like to build an igloo.” Keesh said one day, “but I have no time. My job is hunting. So it would be just if the men and women of the village who eat my meat, build my igloo.” And the igloo was built. It was even bigger than the igloo of the Chief Klosh-kwan.
One day, Ugh-gluk talked to Keesh. “It is said that you hunt with evil spirits, and they help you kill the bear.”
“Is not the meat good?” Keesh answered. “Has anyone in the village yet become sick after eating it? How do you know evil spirits are with me? Or do you say it because I am a good hunter?”
Ugh-gluk had no answer.
The council sat up late talking about Keesh and the meat. They decided to spy on him.
On Keesh’s next trip, two young hunters, Bim and Bawn, followed him. After five days, they returned. The council met to hear their story.
“Brothers,” Bim said, “we followed Keesh, and he did not see us. The first day he came to a great bear. Keesh shouted at the bear, loudly. The bear saw him and became angry. It rose high on its legs and growled. But Keesh walked up to it.”
“We saw it,” Bawn, the other hunter, said. “The bear began to run toward Keesh. Keesh ran away. But as he ran, he dropped a little round ball on the ice. The bear stopped and smelled the ball, then ate it. Keesh continued to run, dropping more balls on the ice. The bear followed and ate the balls.”
The council members listened to every word. Bim continued the story. “The bear suddenly stood up straight and began to shout in pain.
“Evil spirits,” said Ugh-gluk.
I do not know,” said Bawn. “I can tell only what my eyes saw. The bear grew weak. Then it sat down and pulled at its own fur with its sharp claws. Keesh watched the bear that whole day.”
“For three more days, Keesh continued to watch the bear. It was getting weaker and weaker. Keesh moved carefully up to the bear and pushed his father’s spear into it.”
“And then?” asked Klosh-kwan.
“And then we left.”
That afternoon, the council talked and talked. When Keesh arrived in the village, the council sent a messenger to ask him to come to the meeting. But Keesh said he was tired and hungry. He said his igloo was big and could hold many people, if the council wanted a meeting.
Klosh-kwan led the council to the igloo of Keesh. Keesh was eating, but he welcomed them. Klosh-kwan told Keesh that two hunters had seen him kill a bear. And then, in a serious voice to Keesh, he said, “We want to know how you did it.” Did you use magic and witchcraft?”
Keesh looked up and smiled. “No, Klosh-kwan. I am a boy. I know nothing of magic or witchcraft. But I have found an easy way to kill the ice-bear. It is head-craft, not witchcraft.”
“And will you tell us, O Keesh?” Klosh-kwan asked in a shaking voice.
“I will tell you. It is very simple. Watch.”
Keesh picked up a thin piece of whalebone. The ends were pointed and sharp as a knife. Keesh bent the bone into a circle. Suddenly he let the bone go, and it became straight with a sharp snap. He picked up a piece of seal meat.
“So,” he said, “first make a circle with a sharp, thin piece of whale bone. Put the circle of bone inside some seal meat. Put it in the snow to freeze. The bear eats the ball of meat with the circle of bone inside. When the meat gets inside the bear, the meat gets warm, and the bone goes snap! The sharp points make the bear sick. It is easy to kill then. It is simple.”
Ugh-gluk said, “Ohhh!” Klosh-kwan said “Ahh!” Each said something in his own way. And all understood.
That is the story of Keesh, who lived long ago on the edge of the polar sea. Because he used head-craft, instead of witchcraft, he rose from the poorest igloo to be the chief in the village. And for all the years that followed, his people were happy. No one cried at night with pains of hunger.
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: You have just heard the story, "Keesh." It was written by Jack London. Your storyteller was Shep O’Neal. This is Shirley Griffith.
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The Wrong Proposal (a Sand and Storm story)
be careful what you ask for …
Rahbi Cairnah has made a career out of asking women to marry him—when he’s sure they’ll say no. It’s a creative way of resisting his father’s pressure to marry. But when he proposes to his mother’s dowdy, man-hating secretary Miska, his career comes to a screeching halt. Because she says yes. Now Rahbi’s got to convince Miska to release him—before his father finds out and ensures Rahbi’s carefree bachelor days are over forever.
The Wrong Proposal is a 10,000 word novelette set after Sand and Storm. It may be read on its own (contains minor spoilers).
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File #: Int 1064-2018 Version: * A B Name: Nutritional standards for beverages included in meals aimed at children.
Committee: Committee on Health
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to selections for beverages included in children's meals
Sponsors: Ben Kallos, Mark Levine, Rafael L. Espinal, Jr., Diana Ayala , Deborah L. Rose, Antonio Reynoso, Helen K. Rosenthal, Donovan J. Richards, Carlina Rivera , Andrew Cohen, Keith Powers , Inez D. Barron, Mark Treyger, Stephen T. Levin, I. Daneek Miller, Eric A. Ulrich
Summary: This bill would require that restaurants in New York City that serve children’s meals limit the selection of drinks that contain added sugars or sweeteners. Specifically, combination children’s meals may only offer water, sparkling water, flavored water, nonfat or one percent milk, non-dairy milk, 100% fruit or vegetable juice, or fruit or vegetable juice combined with water or carbonated water as the default option. However, a customer could substitute a different drink of their choice by request, rather than selecting one of the default options. The bill would impose monetary penalties on restaurants that violate this law.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1064-B, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1064-A, 3. Summary of Int. No. 1064, 4. Int. No. 1064, 5. August 8, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 6. Committee Report 2/25/19, 7. Hearing Testimony 2/25/19, 8. Hearing Transcript 2/25/19, 9. Proposed Int. No. 1064-A - 3/5/19, 10. Proposed Int. No. 1064-B - 3/21/19, 11. Committee Report 3/26/19, 12. Hearing Transcript 3/26/19, 13. March 28, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 14. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-28-19, 15. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 28, 2019, 16. Int. No. 1064-B (FINAL), 17. Fiscal Impact Statement, 18. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 19. Local Law 75
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Int. No. 1064-B
By Council Members Kallos, Levine, Espinal, Ayala, Rose, Reynoso, Rosenthal, Richards, Rivera, Cohen, Powers, Barron, Treyger, Levin, Miller and Ulrich
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to selections for beverages included in children’s meals
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 17-199.11 to read as follows:
§ 17-199.11 Food service establishment beverage options for children’s meals. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Children’s meal. The term “children’s meal” means a food or combination of food items listed on a menu or menu board and intended for consumption by children to which the presumption described in subdivision e attaches.
Food. The term “food” has the same meaning as in article 71 of the New York city health code.
Food service establishment. The term “food service establishment” means any establishment inspected pursuant to the restaurant grading program established pursuant to subdivision a of section 81.51 of the New York city health code.
Menu or menu board. The term “menu or menu board” has the same meaning as in section 81.49 of the New York city health code.
b. The selection of beverages listed as part of the children’s meal shall be limited to the following:
1. Water, sparkling water or flavored water, with no added natural or artificial sweeteners;
2. Flavored or unflavored nonfat or one percent fat dairy milk, or flavored or unflavored non-dairy beverage that is nutritionally equivalent to fluid milk, in a serving size of eight ounces or less; or
3. One hundred percent fruit or vegetable juice, or any combination thereof, with no added natural or artificial sweeteners, in a serving size of eight ounces or less. Such juice may contain water or carbonated water.
c. Nothing in this section prohibits a food service establishment from providing upon request by a customer a substitute beverage other than the beverage required under subdivision b of this section.
d. Any food service establishment that violates any of the provisions of this section or any rule promulgated by the department shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $200. Where a person is found to have violated this section or any rule promulgated by the department, the department shall commence a proceeding to recover any civil penalty authorized by this section by the service of a summons returnable to the office of administrative trials and hearings.
e. It shall be a rebuttable presumption that a food item or combination of food items on a menu or menu board is intended for consumption by children if the item or items are shown on the menu or menu board in any one of the following ways:
1. Alongside any of the following words: “child,” “children,” “kids,” “junior,” “little,” “kiddie,” “kiddo,” “tyke,” any synonym or abbreviation of such words, or any word the department determines would similarly identify a children’s meal;
2. Alongside a cartoon illustration, puzzle or game;
3. Accompanied or being offered with a toy or kid’s game; or
4. With a limitation on the maximum age of a person who can select the item or items.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 1 year after it becomes law, provided that the commissioner of health and mental hygiene may take all actions necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, before such effective date.
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Black Coffee: Santa, Doctors, Policemen, Maids & Other Hard Working Taxpayers
Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week…
Merry Christmas, everyone!
For those who haven’t been paying attention, there isn’t much time left to finish your Christmas shopping.
Hopefully, you’ve already finished yours. If not, you might want to consider throwing in the towel by writing a few Christmas checks. Otherwise, enjoy the mayhem at the mall.
Now let’s get on with this week’s cup of Christmas cheer:
Blogs I’ve Been Following This Week
Northern Cheapskate – Working with Ice. Living in Southern California, the only ice I ever encounter during winter is the stuff in my freezer. Maybe that’s why I found this post on making creative — and very beautiful — ice art work projects at home absolutely fascinating.
PT Money – Hot New Toys for Christmas 2012. Number 2 on PT’s list: Something called “Doc McStuffins Doctor’s Bag Set.” I know. But it does sound like something that would come in real handy the next time I feel like playing “doctor.” (I’m sorry. I couldn’t help myself.)
Smart on Money – 5 Tips for a Successful Homemade Christmas. Says Miranda: “Your first priority with any gift is to be thoughtful. Think about (what) the recipient might enjoy, and use.” Which is why, of course, those Doc McStuffins doctor bags are flying off the shelves this holiday season. (Well … it’s true.)
Wisebread – Seven Ways to Deal with Unwanted Gifts. Then again, not all gifts can be as popular with the kids — and some adults — as a Doc McStuffins doctor bag. Thankfully, Andrea shares a few tips for helping us cope after we get stuck with things like ubiquitous Chia Pets and fresh fruitcakes. Wait. Come to think of it, “fresh fruitcake” is an oxymoron.
The Family CEO – The Great Christmas Debate: Real Trees vs. Artificial. You might be surprised to know that, somewhat ironically, most cats — and male dogs — have no preference. Unfortunately.
Why I Love Christmas: A Guest Post from My Daughter – Just yesterday, Nina lamented how she is finding it hard to get into the Christmas spirit this year. Maybe that’s just a symptom of her recently turning 13. Whatever the reason, here is a guest post she wrote for me back when she was a bit more enthusiastic about the holiday season.
Debit: According to the Legatum Institute, a London-based think tank, their 2012 Prosperity Index shows that, for the first time ever, America is no longer among the world’s ten most prosperous nations; it’s now ranked 12th.
Debit: What’s really disturbing, however, is the reason why: According to the study’s authors, you can blame the problem on “a decline in the number of US citizens who believe that hard work will get them ahead.”
Debit: I wonder if recently-retired California Highway Patrolman Jeff Talbott would agree with that assessment. According to Bloomberg, the ex-division-chief was California’s best paid trooper last year, collecting $483,581 in total compensation.
Debit: Fortunately for the 53 year-old Talbott, he won’t have to worry about eating cat food for dinner anytime soon. His taxpayer-guaranteed pension is $174,888 per year. Meanwhile, California has a $26 billion budget deficit.
Credit: The truth is, these absurd pensions would never be possible in the private sector. Any business crazy enough to offer them would eventually go bankrupt. So why do we continue to tolerate them for government employees? Just sayin’.
Debit: Despite this, a majority of Californians voted to raise taxes on “the rich” again last month, passing a proposition heavily endorsed by Governor Jerry Brown. Of course, the new law increased the state sales tax too — and that affects everyone.
Credit: Brown’s spokesman, Gareth Lacy, said the governor “is fixing the many problems that he inherited from past administrations.” Heh. Right. It was Brown who opened the door to this insanity by granting collective bargaining rights to state workers during his first tenure as California governor 30 years ago.
Credit: A Bloomberg commenter, KC Truby, had this observation: “So who’s really greedy in America? Is it the business owner (who) works 60 hours a week to get into the top 1% and now doesn’t want to pay 40% of his income in taxes? Or the government employee (who) retires at 50 or 55 when they could easily put in another 10 or 15 years of work?”
Credit: Why bother working hard if a significant chunk of our income — the fruit of our blood, sweat and tears — will be confiscated by the government through taxation and then given away to others?
Debit: Perhaps the Legatum Institute is spot on; hard work is becoming a sucker’s game now. If so, that’s extremely detrimental to society because we’re always better off when folks maximize their productivity and work as hard as they can.
Credit: Finally … A very surprised substitute teacher in California recently inherited two wheelbarrows full of gold coins after a search by officials determined she was the sole surviving cousin of a recently-deceased Nevada loner.
Credit: The hidden treasure — consisting of thousands of coins — was discovered by a cleaning crew in the garage of the dead man’s modest 3-bedroom 1200 square-foot Carson City home. The house sold for $112,000.
Credit: As for the fortune, it was valued at $7.4 million. Sweet. Heck, that booty is so big it would make even Jennifer Lopez and Kim Kardashian jealous. (What’s that? No, I’m not going to apologize for that one.)
Do you think you could be doing something better with your life right now?
I'm not sure.
By the Numbers – Contest Time: Win a $20 Starbucks Gift Card!
Yep, it’s contest time again! I’ve got a $20 Starbucks gift card for the person who can correctly pick any one of the Top 10 iTunes downloads from 2011 (listed below) that I currently have on my iPod. (For the record, I have four of them — but you just need to pick one!)
Please place your answer in the comments section; I’ll only accept one song guess per email address. If multiple folks have a correct answer, then I’ll select the winner by a random draw among everybody who got it right.
And if nobody enters, I’ll use the card myself!
The contest closes on Friday, December 28th at 5 pm, Pacific Standard Time. Good luck! I’ll announce the winner in next week’s edition of Black Coffee.
1. “Rolling in the Deep” – Adele
2. “Party Rock Anthem” – LMFAO
3. “Firework” – Katy Perry
4. “Grenade” – Bruno Mars
5. “Forget You” – Cee Lo
6. “Give Me Everything” – Pitbull
7. “E.T.” – Katy Perry
8. “Moves Like Jagger” – Maroon 5
9. “Pumped Up Kicks” – Foster the People
10. “Super Bass” – Nicki Minaj
Source: Whiotv.com
Here are the top — and bottom — 5 Canadian provinces and territories in terms of the average number of pages viewed per visit here at Len Penzo dot Com over the past 30 days:
3. Quebec (1.50)
5. Ontario (1.38)
9. Northwest Territories & Nunavut (1.20)
10. New Brunswick (1.15)
11. Yukon Territory (1.14)
12. Newfoundland (1.13)
Whether you happen to enjoy what you’re reading (like my friends in Prince Edward Island, eh) — or not (you hosers in Newfoundland — for the second month in a row) — please don’t forget to:
Every week I feature the most interesting question or comment — assuming I get one, that is. And folks who are lucky enough to have the only question in the mailbag get their letter highlighted here whether it’s interesting or not!
I got a very nice note from Gretchen this week, who included this little nugget:
If I don’t get a job soon I’m moving in with you and Honeybee and the kids. I’d make a great maid.
Gretchen, if you saw my kids’ bedrooms I guarantee you’d take that proposition back.
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28 Comments December 22, 2012
I’m guessing “moves like jagger.”
Sabz says
My guess, too, is “Moves Like Jagger” — Maroon 5” Final answer.
I’m going to go with forget you.
Deb Parker says
Me three! I guess the Maroon 5 song ” Moves Like Jagger”. It’s the only one I recognize!
Beckybeq says
I’m going for Adele.
highorderguiltcomplex says
MT says
Forget You by Cee Lo.
If you haven’t seen the Grammy performance of this with Gwyneth Paltrow, search for it on YouTube. Definitely worth a few minutes of your life. Sesame Street on LSD is the best description I can manage.
Julie @ The Family CEO says
Thanks for including me. I’m going to guess you have CeeLo on your iPod. And what’s up with Newfoundland?
Nothing says Christmas quite like “Give Me Everything” by Pitbull. 😉
CarolH says
My best guess is Grenade.
(I think you should have Adele, Cee Lo, and Maroon 5 as well as Bruno Mars, but I doubt it. I love reading your blog, but we rarely agree.
“I love reading your blog, but we rarely agree.”
Carol, that is the highest compliment any blogger could ever get from a reader. Thank you for making my day! 🙂
Monevator says
Happy Christmas Len! 🙂
Happy Christmas to you to, Investor!
After reading all the lyrics, (don’t know any of those songs) I’m going with Adele. Merry Christmas Len. Love your blog.
Merry Christmas, Margaret! 🙂
ET by Katy Perry
Frenchman says
“Pumped Up Kicks” — Foster the People
Christina @ Northern Cheapskate says
Thanks for including me in your round-up! We finally got cold enough weather to make some ice creations… still not as pretty as those pictured on Pinterest, though!
Hope you have a Merry Christmas!
Mich says
Pumped up Kicks!? Merry Christmas and many barks to “Major”!
Cherleen @ My Personal Finance Journey says
I think it’s Super Bass. I play it on my iPod to start my day.
Marc Cardaronella says
I’m thinking it’s Adele, “Rolling in the Deep.” I don’t figure you for the Nicki Minaj type.
I couldn’t care less which is a popular iTunes download. I couldn’t care less about iTunes.
I do care about saving money, which is why I do not buy from iTunes.
jane flores says
E.T. is my quess.
I’m going with Pitbull. Hope everyone had a great Christmas!
Ornella @ Moneylicious says
You had me laughing on the last (booty) “credit.” I was surprised Californians were supportive on raising taxes. They pay so much as it is. But I’m sure there were voters who didn’t realize it would raise their state taxes, too.
Daryl Bowling says
“rolling in the deep” of course because you roll out deep thoughts!!!!
I’ll guess Grenade.
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Questioning Mainstream Wisdom about Schools and the Economy
The fairy tale about the Emperor with no clothes is (and has been) a metaphor for the damages incurred from groupthink. Fear of appearing silly or losing status among peers in raising questions when a consensus–the wisdom of the group–occurs daily in all organizations. When that consensus extends to the nation and involves ideas that have consequences for the entire citizenry, then yelling out that the Emperor is naked is everyone’s duty in a democracy.
For the past thirty years the groupthink idea of public schools solving a national economic crisis and rising inequalities has been the idee fixe of civic, business, educational, and academic leaders. This “educationalizing” of an economic problem has steered school reform for three decades. Here is what President Barack Obama said in 2009:
The source of America’s prosperity has never been merely how ably we accumulate wealth, but how well we educate our people. This has never been more true than it is today. In a 21st-century world where jobs can be shipped wherever there’s an Internet connection, where a child born in Dallas is now competing with a child in New Delhi, where your best job qualification is not what you do, but what you know — education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity and success, it’s a prerequisite for success.
Not only President Obama, however. Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W.Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, governors, state legislators, and business leaders have made similar statements. This idee fixe has led to new laws, new curriculum standards, and scads of new tests. The belief that the nation’s slipping economic competitiveness and increasing inequalities between the wealthy and everyone else is largely the result of future workers being educated poorly has been reduced to a bumper sticker slogan: Strong schools=strong economy.
From time to time, an occasional voice of reason challenges that groupthink. When it is an economist who does–since most economists have contributed to and embrace this mainstream wisdom–the nakedness of the emperor gets unusually displayed. Enter Nobel Prize winning economist, Paul Krugman.
In a recent op-ed piece, he summarizes the current “wisdom.”
We live in a period of unprecedented technological change, and too many American workers lack the skills to cope with that change. This “skills gap” is holding back growth, because businesses can’t find the workers they need. It also feeds inequality, as wages soar for workers with the right skills but stagnate or decline for the less educated. So what we need is more and better education.
My guess is that this sounds familiar…. It’s repeated so widely that many people probably assume it’s unquestionably true. But it isn’t.
….[T]here’s no evidence that a skills gap is holding back employment. After all, if businesses were desperate for workers with certain skills, they would presumably be offering premium wages to attract such workers. So where are these fortunate professions? You can find some examples here and there. Interestingly, some of the biggest recent wage gains are for skilled manual labor — sewing machine operators, boilermakers — as some manufacturing production moves back to America. But the notion that highly skilled workers are generally in demand is just false.
Readers know, as does Krugman, the quality of schooling is important to each graduate’s well being, career advancement, and lifetime earnings. Public schooling, for all of its faults, still remains the best hope for the recent immigrant, the poor, and the middle class of this nation. To the degree that graduates find jobs that match their skills and motivation, they do contribute to the economy.
But other facts overwhelm what indirect contributions schools make to the economy. Schools do not generate manufacturing jobs; they do not make corporate decisions to install new technologies in factories that reduce numbers of workers; they do not decide to build plants in other countries; they do not downsize companies that send ex-employees into unemployment offices.
So saying that improving the quality of schooling will pump up a sagging economy and reduce inequalities, the prevailing wisdom of the moment, is misleading, even mischievous in redirecting attention away from corporate and governmental decisions that affect the economy directly. Again, Krugman:
Now, there’s a lot we could do to redress this inequality of power. We could levy higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy, and invest the proceeds in programs that help working families. We could raise the minimum wage and make it easier for workers to organize. It’s not hard to imagine a truly serious effort to make America less unequal.
But given the determination of one major party to move policy in exactly the opposite direction, advocating such an effort makes you sound partisan. Hence the desire to see the whole thing as an education problem instead. But we should recognize that popular evasion for what it is: a deeply unserious fantasy.
What we have had since the mid-1980s is a groupthink acceptance of “mainstream wisdom.” Much arm-waving and bellicose words about transforming schools into leaner, smarter, and efficient organizations–as corporate firms have supposedly done. Once called “restructuring,” and the rage among educators and business leaders pressing for school change, that hot rhetoric has cooled considerably in the last decade.
Now we hear far more about reauthorizing No Child Left Behind and Common Core and, of course, standardized tests accompanying the new standards that determine whether a failing school needs to be “restructured” and whether teachers are effective.
Why? Because the current “wisdom” says that the nation’s economic crisis is an educational problem that must be solved.
What is far more important, however, is the groupthink idea that drives school reform. The assumption that improving public schools will revive a weak economy and ease inequalities remains largely unexamined and, is, ultimately flawed by illogic, facts, and data. Yet it continues to fuel one fad after another to improve schools.
How many shout-outs that the emperor is naked will it take before we dump the assumption that public schools are bootcamps for the economy?
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13 responses to “Questioning Mainstream Wisdom about Schools and the Economy”
Reblogged this on David R. Taylor-Thoughts on Texas Education.
Thanks for re-blogging post on questioning mainstream wisdom, David.
Louise Kowitch
Having spent my Fulbright sabaatical studying instructional practices in India, it’s asfe to say we should be GLAD that our students are competing for jobs with students from China and India. We do a vastly superior job educating the masses and the elites of our children. That is why so many Chinese and Indian parents come here, and not visa versa. Obama got it dead wrong, and administrators buy Into this dogma because it lets the rationalize their work of perpetual policy changes masquerading as reform.
As always, Louise, I appreciate your taking the time to comment.
debmeier
How can we get this heard?? You’ve said it all and so well
Thanks for the comment, Deb. Just pass it along to all those you know. That would be a start.
Christopher Chase
Thanks Larry. Excellent observations… I’m especially concerned about the idea that current programs like Common Core will help all our youth to be college and career ready and that a test in second grade can determine that. The future is unknown and that’s something we need to prepare students for.
I appreciate your re-blogging post on challenging the conventional wisdom, Andrew.
Gary Ravani
A lesson I recall from (way, way, back) Sociology 101 concerned the history of immigrant and working class populations and family size. The “conventional wisdom” was that once families figured out that having fewer children would lead them to improved economic circumstances then birth rates declined. Actual sociological/historical analysis showed just the opposite to be the case. As conditions for the working class improved, often by labor organizing and immigrant groups found their way to increased political organizing, their economic circumstances also improved, birth rates began to go down, family size went down, and these groups entered the middle-class.
More recently the “conventional wisdom” asserted that teenage girls who were unmarried and bore children were undercutting their own chances of achieving economic independence. The proposed “solution,” besides abstinence education [sic], was to promote marriage and “family values.” Analysis by social scientists (those pesky folks again) asserted that it wasn’t failing to be married that caused poverty for these young women, it was poverty that was, for various complex reasons, causing them to remain unmarried and be single parents.
And so it goes with the prevailing “conventional wisdom” about education and poverty. Increasing educational “achievement,” and the draconian and demonstrably failed reforms to “accomplish” that, will help solve poverty and other alleged economic problems. The truth is that it is poverty that needs to be alleviated and educational achievement will follow.
Of course this means that elites and politicians must admit to the truth that poverty is the key issue and that might mean enacting policies, including tax policies, necessary to deal with poverty. And, as the man once said: “You [the elites and politicians] can’t handle the truth.”
Thanks, Gary, for the comment and pointing out earlier reversals of mainstream wisdom.
Ah politics. Political pundits don’t even know which side of the reform they come down on. Latest case in point, Gov. Hogan of MD, wants to expand charters, bust teacher unions, under-fund the education budget, and oh, cancel some of the tests those kids are taking because? they are aligned to the Common Core. Did I mention Hogan is a Republican? or is he Republicrat?
Thanks for the comment, Sandy.
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By Lesley Foottit – 06 October, 2014
Walkers Shortbread has joined the rapidly-expanding gluten-free market with the launch of three products.
All gluten-free, the new range comprises Pure Butter Shortbread Rounds, Chocolate Chip Shortbread and Ginger & Lemon Shortbread (all RSP: £2.50/140g)and all are available online. The range is produced using a specialist flour blend and has received certified accreditation from Coeliac UK.
A roll-out to multiples is expected next year. The new products represent the company’s first foray into the gluten-free market as consumer demand and food intolerances increase.
Likewise, DS-Gluten Free has added chocolate sandwich cream Mini Os to its range with an RSP of £1.20, exclusive to Sainsbury’s.
Research funded by Coeliac UK and CORE found that the level of gluten-intolerant diagnoses has increased to 24% – a four-fold rise since 1990. The research also found that three-quarters of people with the disease remain undiagnosed.
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Chocolate and bakery – a recipe for success
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We are a nation of chocaholics, but in bakery, quality shines through. Natalie Drake, Category Manager, Synergy Flavours looks at the indulgent options available for bakers to keep customers coming back time after time
With the average Brit found to have consumed 8.4 kg of chocolate in 20171, it’s undeniable that we are a nation of chocolate lovers. Chocolate flavoured baked goods appeal to those looking for a sweet treat and product innovation in this area continues apace.
More than 7,000 chocolate bakery products were launched in both 2017 and 2018. Chocolate (plain, milk, white and dark) and cocoa account for the top five flavours in bakery launches for the past five years [Mintel GNPD]. Consumers are looking for indulgence, authenticity of flavour and variety, as well as healthier options. With all of these demands, it is key for bakery manufacturers to work with flavour specialists who can help deliver unique chocolate-flavoured products that entice consumers.
Throughout history, chocolate has been a highly valued product and is one of the world’s favourite flavours. From the first discovery of the cacao tree in the tropical rainforests of Central America, to Christopher Columbus discovering cocoa beans and introducing them to Europe in 1502, chocolate has become highly sought after. It was enjoyed as a beverage until the invention of new technology in the 1700s, which changed the way chocolate was made. It allowed early pioneers to combine cocoa powder, cocoa butter and sugar to create the early modern-era chocolate, which is still being adapted and enjoyed today.
Despite new pressures for reduced-sugar products affecting the market in recent years, Mintel has forecast UK sales of chocolate to reach £5.5 billion by 2022, an increase on 2017’s sales of £5.1 billion [Mintel Reports].
Chocolate connoisseurs
Chocolate is an extremely complex product, with over 600 flavour compounds compared to the 400 compounds in red wine. Dark chocolate has roasted/bitter/nutty tones, whereas milk chocolate flavours are more caramelic/vanillic/creamy.
Figure 1 (above): Sensory evaluation maps are used to chart each of the profiles in a variety of product applications. They show the sweeter, caramelic notes in milk and white chocolate, versus the stronger taste of cocoa flavours/aromas in dark chocolate and pure cocoa.
There are also different flavour preferences to consider – different age groups and nationalities have varying flavour preferences. A study has found that older people tend to prefer stronger, more distinctive flavours, such as high cocoa-content chocolate, whereas more sweet and caramelic milk and white chocolate flavours were preferred by the younger participants2. Manufacturers are recognising this and tailoring their products as a result. For example, Cadbury recently launched its Darkmilk bar, which has over 40% cocoa, to appeal to older, more ‘sophisticated’ palates.
A melting pot of choice
With a rapidly expanding range of products on offer in the bakery category, consumers have more choice than ever before. One of the most popular market trends helping to shape innovation is ‘premiumisation’. Adding chocolate can enhance the indulgence and appeal of baked goods. For example, seasonal products such as hot cross buns have now evolved away from the traditional flavours and most retailers now stock chocolate-flavoured hot cross buns at Easter, which are considered more premium/luxury products.
Provenance is also important, particularly with chocolate, as the origin of cocoa beans can influence the flavour of the finished product3. Seventy per cent of the world’s cocoa beans come from Africa, but South American countries such as Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador all produce cocoa beans, and different harvesting and processing methods and varieties provide a diverse range of cocoa flavours. This is filtering through to the products we see in supermarkets. In 2017, Waitrose launched Waitrose 14, a range of ‘single-origin’ bars. All of the beans in each bar in the range come from one country, and the beans come from traceable locations and are marketed by Fairtrade cooperatives. Hotel Chocolat also has a range called Rare & Vintage, with 20 bars featuring beans from six countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, Honduras, Vietnam and its Caribbean base, St Lucia. This trend is likely to filter through to chocolate-flavoured products, including bakery.
Keeping it sweet
The nationwide movement, led by government guidance, to reduce levels of sugar and fat in our food and drink means that manufacturers are under pressure to reformulate products to meet these requirements. It’s easier said than done in bakery products as sugar and fat are key ingredients that not only contribute sweet taste and influence flavour perception, but have several important functional properties for baked goods, including leavening, caramelisation and browning.
However, chocolate flavourings can be used to help to compensate the reduction of these key ingredients in products. In fact, chocolate is the top flavour for bakery products carrying a reduced-sugar/sugar-free claim, and launches of these products have more than tripled since 2016 [Mintel GNPD]. As well as an increased number of retailers offering these kind of products in their bakery lines, there are also entire brands, such as Skinny Bakery, dedicated to producing products with significantly less sugar/fat in them in order to market them as lower-calorie. With 59% of UK consumers citing taste to be more important than the healthiness of a dessert, it’s important that ‘healthier brands’ and those answering the call to reduce sugar make a full impact with their flavour [Mintel Reports]. Using the Synergy flavour toolbox, we have been able to create biscuits and cakes with 20% less sugar, 30% less fat and 15% fewer calories, while maintaining flavour and mouthfeel.
Finding new flavours
Another emerging area is the development of specific chocolate flavours to meet consumer demand for something new or different.
For example, the use of ruby chocolate in bakery products isn’t yet widespread, but it has a lot of potential in terms of its visual impact and the enhanced flavour it can offer. It is made using a unique type of cocoa bean with a particular process to give it the distinctive pink colour and deliver a taste that is described as ‘sweet yet sour’. This is because it has very little of the cocoa flavour traditionally associated with other types of chocolate.
Figure 2 (right): A sensory evaluation map for ruby chocolate shows the unusual juxtaposition of sweet and sour flavours with a creamy mouthfeel and fruity notes.
Achieving authenticity
As a result of the ubiquity of chocolate, consumers have become accustomed to their favourite chocolate profiles, meaning that high-impact, authentic flavours are essential for chocolate-flavoured baked goods. Synergy Flavours has a range of chocolate flavours that are all natural, and are based on a number of market-leading chocolate products and chocolate types, including: dark, milk, white and ruby chocolate, and cocoa. They can be used in a number of applications, including chocolate cookies, biscuits, and muffins, as well as buttercream and fondant icing.
With extensive technical knowledge, application know-how and market insight, working with a flavour expert like Synergy Flavours is essential to create chocolate baked products with real flavour impact that consumers will love.
For more information, visit uk.synergytaste.com.
1 Chocolate production and consumption on the rise across the globe, says new data, (March 2018) Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/chocolate-production-easter-mintel-gnpd-europe-consumption-vegan-a8276236.html
2 Don’t ignore different flavour preferences of older consumers: study (January 2016) Food Navigator https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2016/01/21/Don-t-ignore-different-flavour-preferences-of-older-consumers-Study
3 Introducing the different fine cacao origins around the world (July 2018) Perfect Daily Grind https://www.perfectdailygrind.com/2018/07/fine-cacao-chocolate-origins-around-the-world/
4 National Chocolate Week: the rise of 'single-origin' bars (October 2016) The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/features/national-chocolate-week-the-rise-of-single-origin-bars/
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Historic Fire Evacuation
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by Daedalus Howell
Daedalus Howell A hand-made sign at the Petaluma Veterans Memorial Building welcomes evacuees.
Night has fallen on the North Bay as the historic exodus of tens of thousands of people from areas effected or endangered by the Kincade Fire continues. Due to preventative power shut-offs throughout Sonoma County, the evacuation is shrouded in relative darkness.
Mandatory evacuations are in effect for areas as disparate as Bodega Bay, Graton, Guerneville, Jenner, Healdsburg, and Windsor. A record number of people, upwards of 83,000, were fleeing their homes as a red flag warning officially went into effect for the entire North Bay at 8 p.m. tonight.
UPDATE: As of 7:47 a.m., Sunday morning, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Twitter account says that approximately 180,000 people are now under the evacuation order. "The is the largest evacuation that any of us at the Sheriff's Office can remember. Take care of each other," reads the tweet.
Approx 180,000 people under evacuation order due to #KincadeFire. This is the largest evacuation that any of us at the Sheriff’s Office can remember. Take care of each other.
— Sonoma Sheriff (@sonomasheriff) October 27, 2019
"What we expect as we approach the midnight hour, roughly between 10 and 12 p.m., a very strong burst of northeast winds are going to hit the fire area. Those winds will increase through the night and peak early Sunday morning," explained Ryan Walbrun, a National Weather Service meteorologist during a press conference streamed live to the Sonoma County Sheriff's Facebook page. "We are expecting exceptional wind speeds of 60 to 80 mile an hour wind gusts."
At present writing, the fire has consumed nearly 26,000 acres and is 10 percent contained. 77 structures have been destroyed, including 31 residential dwellings. Meanwhile, 2,831 emergency personnel are on the line. The fire began the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 23, in Geyserville and is not expected to be entirely squelched until Nov. 7.
Despite the nightfall and the fact that PG&E has shutoff power for much of the county, there is a bright spot in Petaluma at the Petaluma Veterans Memorial Building, an emergency evacuee shelter.
"We've been on generators since 10 a.m., the county was really proactive and brought a big generator unit and rewired the building to run off of the generator ahead of the power outage," said Adrian Williams, a volunteer coordinator and Petaluma resident, who also volunteered to help coordinate the shelter back during the fires of 2017. "The second we heard it was opening back up we were back down here—a lot of the same people."
By 6 p.m., Williams had already seen 56 evacuees arrive at the facility, which can accommodate up to 400 individuals.
Williams said the evacuees are coming from all points north.
A live evacuation map provided by Sonoma County's Office of Emergency Service can be seen here.
"It's a little stressful at first but then you get in a rhythm," said Williams. "You definitely feel it but it also feels good on the flip side. We saw a lot of the same families and people from last time who needed help."
Evacuees seeking shelter can find assistance at the locations below according to Sonoma County's SoCo Emergency web page:
Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building
1351 Maple Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Petaluma Fairgrounds
100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma
UPDATE:AT CAPACITY
Petaluma Veterans Building
1094 Petaluma Blvd S, Petaluma, CA 94952
Petaluma Community Center
320 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, CA 94954
Sonoma County Fairgrounds (Large animals only)
1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa
News fire kincade Bodega Bay Graton Guerneville Jenner Healdsburg and Windsor
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Home / Game Reviews / Adventure Games Review / Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom Review – A Regal Joyride
March 28, 2018 Adventure Games Review Leave a comment 2,193 Views
Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom is ambitious. It’s a character-driven RPG that doubles as a kingdom simulator and even occasionally becomes a real-time strategy game. Though these components don’t always feel like parts of the same whole, Ni No Kuni 2 compels you to care and put your best foot forward. It’s the whimsical setting; it’s the demanding combat; it’s the tangible feeling of growth that comes from being a well-rounded ruler. There’s something worthwhile around every corner, and usually something pretty to admire along the way.
You can concisely summarize Ni No Kuni 2 as the wholesome story of Evan, a boy prince ousted by traitors on the day of his coronation who wishes to unite warring nations under a banner of peace. Rather than resort to revenge, he admirably believes that cooperation is a more important goal than domination and sets out to build a new, united kingdom. Evan’s charge and passion for peace subsequently carries him from one dangerous doorstep to another. Armed with steadfast ideals, he repeatedly dismantles sinister adversaries because they, too, are actually good at heart; they’ve merely been corrupted by powerful, dark forces.
It’s familiar fantasy fare and a bit safe at times, but Ni No Kuni 2 bears no shortage of interesting moments. For example, Evan’s adult consul Roland is a dimension-tripping president from the modern day, cast into a strange time and place in the aftermath of a catastrophic military assault. While this intriguing origin story is rarely referenced after the fact, the kingdoms he and Evan visit offer up interesting qualities of their own. There’s Goldpaw, a society that worships lady luck. Her divine power is channeled through a giant multi-armed statue that rolls a six-sided die to decide everything from criminal prosecution to raising or lowering taxes. You’ll also have to navigate a kingdom where love in all forms is considered a criminal offense, and every interaction is monitored by an enormous, all-seeing eye. Ni No Kuni 2 dedicates itself to exploring these unusual societies, elevating the otherwise standard RPG tale to something far more interesting that you’d initially expect.
To do this, however, the game is forced to concede that even a king as peaceful as Evan will have to bear arms. And despite his small stature and cuddly kitten ears, Evan is a lion when backed into a corner. Considering his impassioned pleas for a world without war, the game’s simple and infrequent RTS skirmishes–large scale, rock-paper-scissor battles that require basic resource management–feel notably contradictory, but standard battles are so flashy and exciting that you’ll never think twice about the peace-loving king being in constant battle.
Ni No Kuni 2’s traditional combat takes place entirely in real time apart from pausing to consume items, and despite the game’s childish airs, fights are surprisingly demanding. Your party consists of three allies and four Higgledies–collectable miniature, goofy familiars that randomly offer buffs and attacks during battle. You only control a single person at a time, but that alone gives you three melee weapons to manage, a ranged weapon, magic skills to consider, and interlinked meters to monitor, on top of defensive concerns. You need to be aware of your surroundings at all times in order to block or dodge incoming attacks–a far cry from the first Ni No Kuni’s turn-based battles. Needless to say it can take a few hours to grow comfortable managing all of these systems at once, but you’re rarely put at a disadvantage. Your AI-controlled allies are good at self-preservation and dishing out damage, and your Higgledy friends regularly offer up a burst of healing magic or a powerful attack to keep things moving.
Ni No Kuni 2 also does a great job of simplifying things around combat to let you focus on the action at hand. While you can use gear to influence an individual character’s strengths and weaknesses, you also earn a secondary type of experience that gets funneled into the Tactics Tweaker, a tool that lets you adjust team-wide attributes and how the game rewards your victories. You have plenty of opportunities to take on quests under-leveled, and being able to slightly dial up your effectiveness against a particular element or enemy type is a valuable means of punching above your weight. When pushing yourself against an enemy 10 to 20 levels higher than you, eking out a victory through clever preparation and a masterful performance can feel downright incredible. The game also smartly limits your inventory during battle, which means you can’t rely on spamming restorative items. Only skill (or a leveled-up party) can carry you through a fight.
Given that you can find ways to overcome seemingly impossible odds, you can actually get by without intentionally grinding for experience points. To that end, the game is also designed to keep you from dulling your enthusiasm in unnecessary battles while moving about the world. Enemies appear in plain sight before an encounter with a level marker overhead, and a color denoting their threat level helps you easily discern their relative strength. Red and white labelled enemies will attack you on sight, but low-level enemies will simply ignore you unless you run into them first. Knowing you can bypass trivial fights makes the prospect of exploring the world for elusive treasure and difficult “tainted” enemies more enticing as the story carries on, and ensures that you’re only focused on things worthy of your attention.
It’s easy to imagine how Ni No Kuni 2 could get by on its quirky characters, engaging story, and real-time combat alone, but Evan isn’t just trying to unite other nations; he’s got a kingdom of his own to build. From a humble castle nestled between mountains and shore, your parcel of land will grow to contain dozens of buildings and facilities. You’ll likely have smiths who craft weapons and armor, farmers that harvest meat, dairy, and produce, and institutions that develop techniques for being a more efficient ruler and a more effective fighter. If resource management and cooldown timers aren’t your idea of fun, the good news is that there are only a few instances when the game forces you to reach certain architectural and population thresholds. And while not the most complex management sim out there, anyone who wants to push the limits of their kingdom can easily pour a dozen hours into forging new developments and reaping greater financial and practical rewards.
Ni No Kuni 2 is a robust game that offers ample ways to spend your time, and even if they aren’t all up to the same level of quality, it’s easy to appreciate how they collectively contribute to the bigger picture.
Everything in your kingdom takes money to fund and time to develop, but more than just investing in these services, you need to staff them with citizens from across the world. This means tackling a lot of sidequests, acquired either by mingling with the populace or by completing tasks for the taskmaster. By and large, sidequests are either a fetch quest or a kill-x-number-of-enemy bounty. These are common fare for RPGs, but nevertheless frustrating to see relied upon so heavily here. On the other hand, Ni No Kuni 2’s humorous writing and endearing NPCs shine through, lending something worthwhile to even the most common interactions. They aren’t all winners, to be certain, but the distinct accents and colloquialisms spread throughout the world play nicely into the visual variety on display.
In fact, many of the people you meet in passing are actually far more interesting than the four human characters that ultimately join Evan and Roland on the road: a sky-pirate father and his daughter, the former advisor to a queen, and an engineer from the one technologically advanced kingdom on the map. For whatever reason, very little time is spent developing their stories after they join your cause, but even if they offer little more than one-liners during most important events, they are at least invaluable allies in battle that introduce a wide range of skills.
Then there’s the small creature Lofty, who while not a deep character, is the game’s comic relief and an endless source of amusement. With yellow skin, a pointy head, and a red torso, he’s what you might imagine Lisa Simpson looks like if someone described her but forgot to mention she’s human. In almost every scene, be it serious or inconsequential, he often lingers just off-center with a dim-witted stare, mouth agape in blind amusement. And when he speaks, he cuts through scenes with wry wit, and even regularly calls out the team for repeatedly taking on errands and doing strangers favors. He is a massive benefit to the overall experience, even within battle. He primarily wanders aimlessly during a fight, but on rare occasions offers a ball of light that causes a character to enter a temporary state where magic can be used freely. Ni No Kuni 2 wouldn’t feel the same without him.
Despite the fact that famed Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli isn’t directly involved this time around, veteran artists from the studio have injected the sights and sounds of Ni No Kuni 2 with distinctly recognizable whimsy, of which Lofty is but one example. You see it in the characters and environments at large, and you hear it in the soundtrack composed by Joe Hisaishi, a veteran of numerous Ghibli films and the original Ni No Kuni. The feeling is often upheld by a clean and colorful cartoon aesthetic, but there are also plenty of times when Ni No Kuni 2 shifts into a different and far-less appealing style.
When exploring the world map, managing your kingdom, and diving into RTS skirmishes, the camera pulls back and everything is given a rough-hewn, super-deformed appearance. Though you can bend over backwards and call it a potentially necessary evil, that doesn’t excuse the sinking feeling that there must have been a better way, one that doesn’t require the game to hide its lovely, cel-shaded face. Near the end of your journey, this shift rears its head during a battle that’s intended to feel epic and intimidating, but is ultimately deflated by the simple presentation and impersonal perspective; one last reminder that Ni No Kuni 2, despite its outstanding qualities, bears obvious flaws.
Ni No Kuni 2 is a robust game that offers ample ways to spend your time, and even if they aren’t all up to the same level of quality, it’s easy to appreciate how they collectively contribute to the bigger picture. It’s chock full of excellent battles and surprising moments that make for a far more memorable experience than you initially expect and leaves you impressed by your own accomplishments. If you didn’t play the first game, don’t let this one pass you by too.
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"MAN IN SAN AN" by Martin Makepeace
News, Views & Politics from Ibiza
10 REASONS WHY IBIZA 2017 WILL BE THE BEST EVER
It’s only 6 weeks away from the start of ‘summer’ and 2017 is already shaping up to be the biggest in Ibiza’s relatively short hedonistic history. If you haven’t done so already, here’s 10 REASONS why you should start planning your Ibiza trip today.
1. COXY’S BACK: Forget his long drawn out, tearful exit from the club formerly known as Space, when one of the biggest names in electronic music announces a couple of ‘gigs’ at the worlds biggest club on the worlds biggest party island then you have to sit up and take notice. Expect a festival atmosphere and one of the worlds biggest parties under a hot tin roof. That’s a lot of ‘worlds biggests’ btw!
2. HÏ IBIZA OPENING: The King is dead, long live the King! Space Ibiza has gone (for now) and we all need to move on and there’s a new kid in town. There’s no denying what Ushuaia has bought to the island so a new super club backed up with their deep pockets could be another game changer. Watch this space (pun intended).
3. DEFECTED AT EDEN, SAN ANTONIO: The recent announcement has many foaming at the mouth of what should be a natural fit and something that San An has been waiting for: a big club night in a big club. Sunday will be the new Saturday on the west coast as Defected do their funky thing at the newly kitted out Eden with pre-parties galore. If you haven’t been then go, you will be surprised.
4. CRAIG DAVID AT IBIZA ROCKS: With a comeback only bettered by Lazarus (and possibly David Beckham) the cheesy 90s hipster is now a fully fledged world star and is back on the island at Ibiza Rocks Hotel for his weekly TS5 Pool Party, this time on a Thursday running from 20 July until 21 September. If you haven’t seen him perform then you haven’t seen anything so prepare to start worshipping at the church of David.
5. DAY IS THE NEW NIGHT: The relentless shift towards daytime partIes shows no signs of wavering and there’s plenty of choice for some fun in the sun. Ushuaia and Ocean Beach will continue to dominate their respective areas but expect a few upstarts to begin to make ground. Sintillate’s move at Nikki Beach is one to watch out for and should be great fun and as Craig David and Tinie Tempah have proven there’s always a breakout pool party every summer.
6. IMS10: Hard to believe that it’s 10 years since Messrs Whittle, Turner & Tong started the International Music Summit with the simple objective of bringing all the music industry’s main players under 1 ‘roof’ for a few days of networking and partying. Fast forward 10 years and it’s now one of the most important dates in the industry calendar plus the D’alt Villa party is arguably THE island party of the year with its breathtaking backdrop, it doesn’t get anymore Ibiza than this.
7. FLIGHTS, FLIGHTS AND MORE FLIGHTS!: One of the positives of everyone wanting a piece of the Ibiza pie is the proliferation of flight availability in and out of the island. Ryanair and EasyJet have more flights than ever and BA has announced a major expansion of routes into the island. Check websites for surprisingly cheap deals especially in the low and shoulder months when the White Isle is at its best.
8. NATURAL BEAUTY: I’ve said it before and I will say it again but whilst other destinations flatter to deceive (Dubai, Las Vegas anyone?) Ibiza and its sister island Formentera have some of the best beaches and sunsets in the WORLD coupled with some of the best beach and sunset bars in the world. And that, quite simply ladies and gentlemen, is the difference.
9. QUALITY HOTELS AND VILLAS: Not just the obvious ones such as El Hotel, Hard Rock, Ibiza Gran and Ushuaia but also think Es Vive, Beach Star, Atzaro and Bellamar. Not big nameless corporations but quality boutique hotels and villas run by Ibiza people. More and more are popping up every year and although prices can be reassuringly expensive in the peak season check their special offers during quiet times for a 5 star experience at 2 star money.
10. ALL CHANGE AT PACHA GROUP: The purists aren’t happy but now that it’s changed hands a major investment has been promised plus an expansion of this world famous brand. Other places may be classed as more of a wow nowadays but Pacha is where it all began and gives the island its cool gravitas. Cabaret/restaurant/club Lío is still an island benchmark (those prices though!) and Destino is now fulfilling its promise but all eyes will be on the iconic club to see if there are any major changes.
SUMMER 2017 – WE CAN’T WAIT!
Author Martin MakepeacePosted on February 19, 2017 February 21, 2017 Categories Local News10 Comments on 10 REASONS WHY IBIZA 2017 WILL BE THE BEST EVER
New Study into Ibiza ClubLife
It’s not telling us anything we didn’t know already but a new study presented to the Island Government has ‘revealed’ that Ibiza’s nightlife “differentiates” the island from other similar tourist destinations.
So whilst Costa del Sol has its golf courses, Benidorm has its value for money hotels and bars, Menorca has it’s natural beauty, Ibiza is famous the world over for it’s nocturnal pursuits which brings with it positives and negatives.
The new study entitled ‘The Pro’s and Cons of Leisure Tourism in Ibiza’ was presented by Josep Ramon of Ibiza’s University of Tourism and highlighted the positive impact that the nightlife sector brings to the island such as an ‘increased local economic resilience’ during the recent crisis and that without it Ibiza would be “a fairly common tourist product”.
The study goes on to say that “if Ibiza stopped being a world reference in nightclubs, even if it maintained a nightlife offer equivalent to that of other destinations, it would lose its economic advantages” concluding that “it does not seem sensible to hamper a sector in which Ibiza is a leader”.
Companies in the night time entertainment sector invoice more than 400 million euros per year and employ around 8000 people. The study emphasises that this sector increases demand, prices and revenues for businesses on the island and that the type of clubbing tourist who visits Ibiza “can have a very high expenditure per person” whilst the companies dedicated to this sector generate a lot of interest on social media, giving popularity to the island as a holiday destination.
It wasn’t all good news though as the study also points out the disadvantages that comes with this type of tourism saying that if it doesn’t reduce these elements then it will decay and have a negative effect on the islands economy. The report describes these as noise pollution that prevents the sleep of residents, traffic jams, parking problems, lack of public transport and customers who continue the party in the street.
The report also points to the concentration of people “under the effect of various substances” in and around these leisure facilities as one of the most disturbing aspects for local residents. Not only do they generate noise and litter but there are examples of some entering homes (whilst under the influence). The solution is a “police presence to discourage this behaviour” and Ramon used Las Vegas’s casinos as a comparison where “nothing is tolerated in the street.”
Sr Ramon acknowledged that finding a balance is difficult but said it is possible with greater control. The study admits that the nightlife sector is “a controversial activity” and points to two other obstacles to making it sustainable: the disagreements between the different entrepreneurs in the sector and the disparity of positions of the public administrations when it comes to taking measurements.
Ibiza’s director of tourism Vicente Torres ‘Benet’ said that the conclusions of these reports made you think and that they must always be taken into account.
Source: Diario de Ibiza
Author Martin MakepeacePosted on February 16, 2017 February 16, 2017 Categories Local News1 Comment on New Study into Ibiza ClubLife
DEFECTED comes to San Antonio
The build up to the summer is well on the way with plenty of Ibiza rumours however the respected music and clubbing brand ‘Defected’ has announced that it will run a weekly residency on Sundays at Eden in San Antonio kicking off on 21 May 2017.
It’s a much needed boost for San An which has seen its 2 big clubs struggle over the last few years with competition on the island at an all time high with world class DJs playing most nights in all the big venues.
Eden changed ownership in 2015 and club principle Rinco Soesman and music director Dermot Condon have been steadily chipping away at raising the clubs credibility which is now bringing rich rewards.
Defected will bring fresh impetus to the towns clubbing map, San Antonio is viewed by many as the entry point for many music minded young Brits and Defected owner Simon Dunmore will be hoping to capitalise on having a big night right on their doorstep.
Defected have a little history with Eden when they moved their opening party there in 2013 due to issues at the short lived Booom nightclub.
On paper this looks good for Defected, good for Eden and good for San An.
Author Martin MakepeacePosted on February 10, 2017 February 10, 2017 Categories Local NewsLeave a comment on DEFECTED comes to San Antonio
Pacha Group SOLD
Signed and sealed! After a little speculation it’s now official that the Pacha Group has been sold to Trilantic Capital Partners, a venture capital group with interests in Spain and Italy.
The price is around 350 million euros and includes all the assets of the Group: the Pacha nightclub, El Hotel, Lío Nightclub, Destino Pachá Ibiza Resort, international and national franchises, multimedia and everything else including Pacha Sitges.
Pacha founder Ricardo Urgell confirmed in October that negotiations were ongoing whilst lamenting about selling the company he and his family built from nothing.
The new owners have already met with the Mayors of Ibiza Town and Santa Eulalia and have plans to significantly increase the workforce on the island.
Ibiza is gearing up for its busiest ever summer and with Pacha changing hands and also brand new club Hï Ibiza opening things are warming up nicely.
Author Martin MakepeacePosted on February 2, 2017 February 2, 2017 Categories Local NewsLeave a comment on Pacha Group SOLD
CR7 to Open Ibiza Hotels?
Foto: Mojito Man Ibiza
Cristiano Ronaldo, the ‘worlds best footballer’ (according to FIFA anyway) has formed a partnership with the Hotel group Pestana to open hotels under the ‘Pestana CR7 Lifestyle Hotels’ brand and are looking at possible ventures in Ibiza.
The partnership already has projects on the go in Madeira and Lisbon plus another 2 under construction and have now turned their attention to the White Isle saying that it is a natural fit with the hotels hoping to attract a young, fashionable, affluent crowd.
Ronaldo is a big fan of the island and was spotted over the summer in the port of Ibiza Town and on a luxury yacht moored off the coast of Formentera.
Rumours that you will be obliged to wink and feign injury on arrival have so far been denied but the fake tanning salon is bound to be busy.
Source: Nou Diari
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The Day I Forgot The Rules Of Movies -Written by Louis
It was last Saturday when our team leader was helping us load all 10 of our bags into his car in route to our new apartment in Beirut, when he said, “I still can’t believe you carried all of this through the cobblestone streets of Rome for an hour at 1 in the morning looking for your hotel.” “It was probably the worst day of our lives,” I replied. He responded, “May it remain so.” Now any average film viewer knows that there are some cardinal rules to film such as: Never say, “Well at least it can’t get any worse,” lest you are immediately thrust plot first into an onslaught of tragedy. Little did I know that my declaration that our initial Rome experience was the most extreme stress we had ever encountered would jettison us into the actual worst day of our lives.
It was the trip from Heaven, which is to say that it was the trip from hell continually shown to be under the protective authority of God. It began by us realizing in Phoenix that our initial scale was inaccurate and our bags were extremely overweight. Annie’s dad was quick to jump to the rescue and help us move all of our heavy items to carry-ons which are never weighed at check-in. So we arrived at Sky Harbor Airport at 8:00 AM on Monday morning for a 10:45 AM departure only to find out that our plane was delayed for two hours. This meant that we were able to go have breakfast with our parents allowing them unexpected time with Davey that was greatly appreciated. We returned to the airport and loaded our bags only to be informed that our plane was broken, had to be flown to LAX and then to Toronto to be repaired returning to Phoenix at 8:00 PM for boarding. We were blessed with meal vouchers and so ate at the airport for free and we found a play place for Davey to spend the day waiting, though he was too stressed to eat or drink much. Then we were told that the plane was non-repairable and we were being transported to a new airline, rerouted to London, and would miss a whole day of our two day stay in Rome arriving there at 10 PM Tuesday. We e-mailed our bed and breakfast in the center of Rome to inform them and they told us the last thing we heard from them before boarding the overnight plane to London was that our new arrival time would force them to cancel our reservation. 10 hours later we touched down in London and began to try and contact the hotel owner, who did not speak English, over a payphone using credit card #1. We tried calling three times before our card was frozen having not informed the credit card company we were being rerouted to London. We then looked up on the board and saw that the connecting flight was also delayed so we rushed to the counter to see if we could get an earlier flight only to be told that the flight was not delayed but boarding right then in another terminal. After a mad rush we jumped on board at the last minute and landed four hours later in Rome at 10 PM.
We got on the phone with the hotel owner who said that he would hold the reservation for one hour. We picked up all of our luggage including 3 checked bags (50 lbs each), 3 carry on bags (30-40 lbs each), 2 backpacks (40 lbs each), a diaper bag, a car seat, and a stroller then rushed to catch the last train of the night to the center of town. We got off at the terminal at midnight and the Google Map 15 minute walk from the station to our hotel began to lengthen as paved roads quickly turned into cobblestones, sidewalks began to disappear, road signs became non-existent, and two carry-on bags broke their wheels. An hour later we arrived at the front of an apartment building in an ancient monastic section with one buzzer with the name of our hotel. Annie was in tears as we stood outside and rang the bell only to receive no response. Rang it again, no response. Time after time we buzzed the door at 1 AM with no answer. Finally a group of bikers in leather jackets came over and helped us call the number on the booking sheet. At last the owner came down yelling in broken English, “Why did you not tell me you had a baby!? I can’t have a baby staying in this room! You have too many bags, you can’t stay here with this many bags!” He eventually allowed us to come up on the condition that Davey makes no noise at all. We set Davey down in the room, and he took two steps back into a shelf corner and began to scream uncontrollably. After an hour of yelling in Italian and English from the owner and my child we all go to sleep in our bed.
We woke up the next morning to a group of Germans staying in the closely adjacent rooms who informed us that they were in no way bothered by Davey and were glad he got some rest. He could sense our anxiety and so had trouble eating and drinking that day as well. We left early with one bag and one stroller to see all of Rome in a day, and indeed we did! We went to the Coliseum, Palatine Hill, the Forum, Trevi Fountain, 5 Oblilisks, the Pantheon, Piazza Navona, St. Angelo’s Castle, the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica. We hopped on the Metro to head home when we realized how close we were to the Spanish Steps so hopped off and I climbed all the way up to the church at the top of the steps which had a service in progress. After taking a moment of reflection I began to head down only to find that my wallet had been stolen. We then began retraced our steps and discovered it had been taken by a questionable 55 year old woman on the crowded Metro who pushed through to get on at one stop and off at the next. After a considerable amount of directions from half a dozen locals we were able to locate the police station and call Visa to cancel Credit Card #2 on the only phone in the station. The American number on the back of the card wouldn’t connect internationally from the landline, but thankfully the officer happened to have the number for Visa International with whom I was connected but who had no information related to my American account. The woman was kind enough to transfer me to American Visa while the officers yelled at me in Italian to get off their only phone. The American Visa people had to transfer me to my credit union who was of course closed, but I was able to contact stolen cards and cancel the card causing us to only be out of pocket $200, a driver’s license, and some Harkins gift cards. We finished the day at the top of the Spanish Steps overlooking the city of Rome at sunset.
I exchanged the last of our saved money at the hotel for taxi fare to save our luggage and our marriage after the previous “15 minute walk” from the hotel to the station. We arrived at the airport three hours early only to discover at check-in that when our tickets were transferred from Air Canada to British Airways, Davey’s lap-infant ticket under my name did not transfer. After an hour of the lady talking on the phone she began to take a good look at our luggage and correctly assumed that our carry-on bags were overweight, our stroller was too large, and our car seat wouldn’t be allowed. An hour later we had rearranged all our weight and even found a service that could shrink wrap two of the bags together. An hour after that we had paid the fees at the counter that was still using carbon copies for credit cards. The lady eventually scribbled something on our tickets and we ran through the “dear God please help us, we’re about to miss our flight” security and hopped on the bus that took us to our plane that after the tickets were transferred over no longer had us sitting together. Thank God for Arabs who had no patience for this inconvenience and moved us around three times until we got a row together to ourselves.
Four hours later we landed in Beirut. We breezed through immigration, which was a nightmare last time, and they didn’t check any of our bags at customs. We were picked up by an old friend and taken to the apartment of our team leaders, Pierre & Gigi. Davey promptly laid down in his car seat and fell asleep having not eaten or drank well for the previous four days only to wake up at 2 AM, crawl into bed with us, and throw up everything in his stomach. He spent the next day screaming as four new teeth came in, and he continued to throw up two more times at various places in Pierre & Gigi’s home every time we put anything in his body. He woke up the next morning and we gave him water on the couch on which he promptly vomited. I then declared that it didn’t matter if we had nothing in our new apartment except a mattress we were going to move in that day and he could throw up all over the house all he wants. So we began to load all of our belongings into Pierre’s car when He said, “I still can’t believe you carried all of this through the cobblestone streets of Rome for an hour at 1 in the morning looking for your hotel.” “It was probably the worst day of our lives,” I replied. He responded, “May it remain so.” Needless to say, it didn’t remain that way.
We unloaded our bags at our apartment that only housed a 100 cm mattress for Davey and went together to buy us a mattress downtown. We put Davey on my shoulders and were joking around when Davey asked for water. Having thrown up everything for the past two days we asked him to wait until we left the store and then 30 seconds later I was holding onto his legs as he fell limp down my back. We immediately picked him up but he was unresponsive. His eyes rolled back in his head and he began to foam at the mouth. His arms tensed and shook and then went limp. I ran outside and sat on the ground with him in my arms yelling and shaking him with no response and no breathing. A worker at the mattress store screamed for me to come with him. I jumped in the car with him as he drove like a maniac through the streets of Beirut towards the nearest hospital. All he could tell me in English was, “give him breath.” I began to perform CPR on Davey whose lips had turned blue and was completely limp. After two minutes of screaming, praying, and compressions Davey woke up. The color returned to his lips and he began breathing again, but he was still unconscious as we pulled up to the hospital. They took him in and took his vitals which had begun to return to normal right before making us leave to go to a hospital with a pediatric unit. We drove continuing to pray until Davey began to cry. The sound which had been a source of stress so many times before became the sound of life that brought tears to our eyes. We brought him in to the emergency room where they performed a CAT scan and took blood work before hooking him up to an IV. Six hours later he was diagnosed as having experienced a seizure brought on by extreme dehydration compounded by every other stress experienced in the previous five days. He was released that day and we took him home and cried for the rest of the night as he slept quietly between us. He has made a full recovery.
We’re sharing this story with you for several reasons. One is that you are our family and our support system. By sending us you share in both our joys and our sufferings as we do with you. We want you to know the reality and the cost of sharing the gospel in the calling of God on our lives, but also because this is a story of God’s unending provision in times of unfathomable, crushing pain. We’ve prayed for years that God would prepare us to go and do what we have now embarked on. In so doing He has prepared stores of resilience within us that we did not know were there. As we left the first emergency room in a foreign country without any Arabic to explain what happened, without a diagnoses, carrying our unconscious child in our arms we sang this song: “God is so good, God is so good, God is so good, He’s so good to me.” That came from our most profound depths to which we know that the lamb of God is worthy of all of the honor and all the glory and all the praise forever and ever. No matter the circumstances and trials of this life the majesty of the cross cannot be shaken from its foundation. His love endures forever and his mercy is everlasting. We are ineffably thankful today that the grace of God was made manifest in such a way that we still have Davey with us. We thank you for your continued support of Jesus’ ministry here in Beirut. It is your love through Christ that sustains us and holds us as the darkness of the valley gives way to an impenetrable light of healing and salvation.
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Crossovers are associated with mutation and biased gene conversion at recombination hotspots
Arbeithuber, Barbara, Betancourt, Andrea J ORCID: 0000-0001-9351-1413, Ebner, Thomas and Tiemann-Boege, Irene ORCID: 0000-0002-3621-7020 (2015) Crossovers are associated with mutation and biased gene conversion at recombination hotspots. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112 (7). 2109 - 2114.
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<jats:p>Meiosis is a potentially important source of germline mutations, as sites of meiotic recombination experience recurrent double-strand breaks (DSBs). However, evidence for a local mutagenic effect of recombination from population sequence data has been equivocal, likely because mutation is only one of several forces shaping sequence variation. By sequencing large numbers of single crossover molecules obtained from human sperm for two recombination hotspots, we find direct evidence that recombination is mutagenic: Crossovers carry more de novo mutations than nonrecombinant DNA molecules analyzed for the same donors and hotspots. The observed mutations were primarily CG to TA transitions, with a higher frequency of transitions at CpG than non-CpGs sites. This enrichment of mutations at CpG sites at hotspots could predominate in methylated regions involving frequent single-stranded DNA processing as part of DSB repair. In addition, our data set provides evidence that GC alleles are preferentially transmitted during crossing over, opposing mutation, and shows that GC-biased gene conversion (gBGC) predominates over mutation in the sequence evolution of hotspots. These findings are consistent with the idea that gBGC could be an adaptation to counteract the mutational load of recombination.</jats:p>
10.1073/pnas.1416622112
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Tales from the crypts: Elmwood Cemetery stories
By Vivian M. Baulch
With thy rude plowshare, Death turn up the sod,
and spread the furrow from seed we sow;
This is the field and acre of our God,
This is the place where human harvest grow.
--Longfellow
A late 19th century view of the Elmwood Cemetery Gate.
A walk through Elmwood Cemetery on Detroit's near east side is a walk through 150 years of history and mysterious legend. The names on many of the 54,000 markers are names that still live on maps, building cornerstones and in our children's history books. Buried here are 28 Detroit mayors, 11 U.S. senators, seven Michigan governors, 28 Civil War generals and 15 black veterans of that war.
The dashed line shows the location of Bloody Run
But what of the others? Enter through the elaborate main gate, and you will learn of famous lives lived, tall tales and intriguing questions unanswered.
As you wander, you will find the grave of Richard "Maserati Rick" Carter, a notorious drug dealer who ordered for himself a $16,000 coffin with a Maserati grill and four tires, lies here, although the grill and tires had to be removed for burial. Surely he was no more single-minded than John Blessed, one of the last stage coach drivers in the state, and Helen Newberry Joy, who refused to concede to the internal combustion engine and drove her electric car from 1914 to 1958. You will find their graves here as well.
And you will learn of Bloody Run.
Chief Pontiac
Small animals may find refuge in the green banks of an innocuous looking quiet stream, but this is a stream that once ran red with the blood of British soldiers. In 1763, Chief Pontiac of the Ottawa Indians, abandoned by other chiefs in his attempt to create united uprising against the British, decided to go it alone and launch an attack with his own band.
Pontiac and 250 of his men hid in the trees near a bridge over Parents Creek. The creek flowed from a swamp at what is now Gratiot and Moran to the Detroit River near Adair Street, passing through the land that later became Elmwood Cemetery. When the British approached the bridge, they were cut to pieces by a solid sheet of fire from Pontiac's hidden braves.
Various accounts of the battle list redcoat casualties at 60 to 160 killed. The creek ran red with blood for days.
None of the hapless Brits are buried here, because the cemetery did not exist at the time of the battle. But there are plenty of other tales from to savor from the Elmwood crypts.
The Veiled Lady
The Veiled Lady, by Randolph Rogers
When Joshua Waterman's wife died, he commissioned world famed scuptor Randolph Rogers, a native of Ann Arbor, to carve a 12-foot Carrara marble bas-relief in 1876 as a memorial. It is a mesmerizing piece, with a woman who appears to be neither in heaven nor in earth, but somewhere in between, her face covered with a delicate veil that seems to float on the wind of her urgent flight. Is she trying to tell us something? Is she resisting her plight? The history of the gravestone's passage feeds the lore. Created in Italy, the sculpture was shipped from Rome but lost at sea when the ship sank near Spain. It was salvaged two years later, only to fall off another ship on the Hudson River.
Retrieved again, it was finally put in place at Elmwood, but toppled and broke during a fierce storm in 1919. Reassembled but flawed, she seems more an enigma than ever.
Juliet K.(Mrs. Charles) Hammond
George Hammond had a butcher shop in Detroit -- corner of Howard and Third -- in the 1800s. His invention, the refrigerated railroad car, made him so wealthy that the city of Hammond, Ind., bears his name. He died in 1883 and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery.
In 1900, his son Charles Hammond married Juliet Klous, a vivacious beauty and the darling of Detroit society. She was a charming woman, fluent in many languages, who soon became the toast of the town. Unable to live with what she called her tightfisted husband's "stinginess," she divorced him in 1924. The Michigan Supreme Court, however, disallowed the divorce.
Mrs. Hammond's luck changed after her husband's death. Her status as his widow allowed her to claim a third of his considerable estate, and in 1936 she won $75,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes. She traveled in high circles, commiserating with her good friend and divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor.
Margaret Mather Findlayson
Margaret Mather Findlayson rose from hawking newspapers on Griswold Street in Detroit to become one of the world's leading Shakespearean actresses in the late 1800s. She was famed on the world's stages for playing Juliet, Rosalind, Lady MacBeth, Imogene and Cymbelind.
Actor Otis Skinner called her "a chaos of beauty, fancy, ambition, sympathy, generosity, all ill-adjusted and treading upon the other's heels."
Suffering from a chronic illness, she died as dramatically as she lived -- on stage during a performance.
She was buried on Easter Sunday, 1898, in a white gown -- her costume from her role as Juliet. Thousands of bereaved fans listened as Jessie Bartlett Davis sang the eulogy, then mobbed her fresh grave for souvenir flower petals.
Count Cyril Petrovich Tolstoi
Count Cyril Petrovich Tolstoi, the grandson of the great Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy, was an officer in the Czar's Horse Guards and joined the Cossacks against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution. He was a child of privilege, born at the Czar's summer palace, the inheritor of titles granted to his family by Peter the Great.
When the Bolesheviks prevailed, Tolstoi fled to the U.S., where he married a Seattle heiress and then, in 1927, divorced her. His marriage to Gwendolyn Seyburn, a Grosse Pointe divorcee, brought him to Detroit during the Depression, and eventually, to a plot of earth at Elmwood.
The cemetery is also home to Robert Forsyth, a fur agent for John Jacob Astor who lived among the Potawatomi Indians and interpreted treaties for them; mining magnates Douglas and Jacob Houghton, for whom the northern Michigan lake and town were named; Samuel Zug, of Zug Island fame; and historians Silas Farmer and George W. Stark.
Information gathered from the Detroit News Reference files, and from the book Elmwood Endures: History of a Detroit Cemetery by Michael S. Franck.
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Bacteriological culture media / Types of culture media
May 14, 2013 · Bacteriology, Tests for identification of bacteria
Bacteria have to be grown for their identification and investigating other properties like antimicrobial susceptibility, test for enzyme production or test for virulent genes etc. By the use of appropriate method of isolation in culture medium, they can be obtained in pure cultures for further study.
Numerous and diverse type of culture medium are available today.In the time of Louis Pasteur, liquids like urine or meat broth were used as culture medium which has demerits of not being able to isolate the organism from mixed culture and hence the identification and study of other characteristics of an organism is not possible. However, liquid medium have their uses like in blood culture or bacteriological analysis of water (Most Probable Number method) when large volume of samples have to be tested and for preparing bulk cultures of bacterial antigens or vaccines.
Bacteria grow diffusely in liquid medium but produce discrete visible growth on solid medium. When inoculated in a solid medium in suitable dilutions, bacteria form colonies which are the clones of cells replicating from a single bacterium. Bacteria have distinct colony morphology and exhibit many other characteristic features like pigmentation or hemolysis which makes their identification easy. For example, On Mac Conkey medium, lactose fermenting organism forms pink colonies while non Lactose fermenting organism forms pale colored colonies.
The first person to use a solid medium was Robert Koch and he used cooked cut potato in the form of solid media. Later he used gelatin to solidify liquid media but it was unsatisfactory as gelatin is liquefied at 24oC and also by many proteolytic bacteria. The use of agar to solidify culture media was suggested by Frau Hesse, who was wife of one of the investigators in Koch’s laboratory, who had seen her mother using agar to prepare jellies.
Now days, Agar (agar-agar) is universally used in preparation of solid media. It is obtained from certain type of seaweed whose chief constituent is long chain polysaccharides with varying proportion of organic salts and small quantities of protein like substances. It has no nutritive value and is not affected by the growth of bacteria. It has a unique property that is melts at 98oC and solidifies at 42oC depending on the concentration of agar. Approximately, 1.5 to 2% agar is used for preparation of solid media. Another universal ingredient of common media is Peptone which is a complex mixture of partially digested proteins. Its constituents are proteoses, polypeptides and aminoacids, variety of inorganic salts including phosphates, potassium and magnesium and certain growth factors like Riboflavin.
Types of culture medium:
Media can be classified in many ways. On the basis of consistency concentration of agar in the media (consistency), it can be of three types. Namely:
1. Solid media (1.5-2% agar)
2. Semi solid media (0.2-0.5% agar)
3. Liquid media (no agar)
On the basis of constituent ingredients used in the media, it can be of two types. Namely
1. Simple media
2. Complex media
Simple media
By the name itself, it suggests that it contains only the basic ingredients required for an organism to grow. They are generally used as general purpose media. Examples are peptone broth, nutrient broth, nutrient agar.
Alpha hemolytic (greenish discoloration of the medium due to partial digestion of hemoglobin around the colonies)
Beta (clear zone around the colonies )
Gamma (no hemolysis around the colonies)
Peptone water: Peptone is a protein taken from variety of sources that has been hydrolysed to amino acids and short peptides by treatment with enzymes, acids or alkalis. When water is added to peptone, it becomes peptone water. It is commercially available.
Nutrient broth: It consists of peptone, meat extract, sodium chloride and water. It is simple basal liquid medium that supports the growth of many organisms
There are three types of nutrient broth.
a. Meat infusion broth (aqueous extract of lean meat to which peptone and NaCl is added)
b. Meat extract broth (mixture of commercial peptone and meat extract)
c. Digest broth (watery extract of lean meat that has been digested with a proteolytic enzyme so that additional peptone is not needed.)
Of these three, digest broths gives luxuriant growth of organisms and are economical.
Nutrient agar: By adding 2% agar to nutrient broth, nutrient agar can be prepared which is the simplest and most commonly used medium in routine diagnostic laboratory to grow non-fastidious organisms.
a. To detect pigment production by bacteria
b. To maintain stock cultures
c. It can be used for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (not preferably)
d. To study the biochemical characteristics of bacteria, pure growth on nutrient agar is used.
Complex media:
Media that contains certain ingredients of unknown chemical composition are known as Complex media. It contains special nutrients other than basal media.
Enriched media:
These media are prepared to meet the nutritional requirements of fastidious organisms. (e.g. Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria gonorrhoea, Neisseria meningitis, Hemophilus influenzae) These organisms are more exacting in nutritional needs and extra supplements like blood, serum or egg has to be added to a basal medium. e.g. Blood agar, Chocolate agar, Bordet-Gengou agar, Loffler’s serum slope, Dorsett’s egg medium
Blood agar: It is the most commonly used medium in diagnostic laboratory as many medically important bacteria are fastidious and require a richer medium than nutrient agar. It is prepared by adding 5% sheep blood to nutrient agar. It is used for isolation of fastidious bacteria like Streptococci, Pneumocooci and Haemophilus. Along with enriched media, it can also be called a differential media as bacteria can be differentiated on the basis of different types of hemolysis on the medium.
Chocolate agar
It is the color of the media rather than the ingredient from which its name is derived. Chocolate agar can be prepared by heating blood agar at 70-80OC for 10-15 minutes. It is used to grow more fastidious bacteria like Neisseria gonorrhoea, Neisseria meningitides, Hemophilus influenzae. .
Bordet-Gengou agar- used for isolation of Bordetella pertusisLoffler’s serum slope- used for isolation of Corynebacterium diptheriae
Dorsett’s egg medium – used for isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Corynebacterium diptheriae
Enrichment media:
It is a liquid medium to which inhibitory substances that inhibits the growth of unwanted bacteria and favors the growth of wanted bacteria. This medium provides nutrients and environmental conditions that favor the growth of a particular bacterium but not others and hence there is absolute increase of the wanted bacterium relative to other bacteria.
It is generally used in mixed cultures or in materials containing more than one type of bacteria (e.g. stool culture) where the unwanted bacteria (non pathogens or commensals) can overgrow the one that is to be isolated (pathogenic). For example, Salmonella Typhi can be overgrown by Escherichia coli in culture from faeces if enrichment media is not used. e.g. Tetrathionate broth, Selenite F(Feces) broth, Alkaline peptone water.
Tetrathionate broth: It inhibits coliforms allowing typhoid and paratyphoid bacilli to grow freely in fecal sample Selenite F (Feces) broth: It is used for Shigella sps in fecal sample (dysentery)
Alkaline peptone water: It is used for Vibrio cholerae.
Selective media: When a substance that is inhibitory to unwanted bacteria and favors the growth of wanted bacteria is added to a solid medium, that medium is known as Selective media. Inhibitory substances might be bile salts, dyes, acids, alcohols and antibiotics. These media are used to isolate a particular bacterium from a sample with mixed bacteria flora.
Selective medium
This is a type of medium inwhich an inhibitory substance is added to favor the growth of a particular bacteria of interest while inhibiting the growth of other unwanted bacteria. Inhibitory substance may be dyes, bile salts, alcohol, acids and antibiotics. These medium are used to isolate a particular bacteria from a specimen expected to have mixed bacterial flora. e.g.
Deoxycholate citrate agar (DCA) – deoxycholate in the medium acts a selective agent in isolating Shigella sps
Wilson Blair’s brilliant green bismuth sulfite agar – used for isolation of Salmonella sps
Lowenstein Jensen medium (LJ) – used for isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Thayer-Martin medium – used for isolation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Nesseria meningitidis
Potassium tellurite medium – used for isolation of Corynebacterium diptheriae
Thiosulphate Citrate Bile salts Sucrose agar (TCBS) – used for isolation of Vibrio cholerae
Mannitol Salt agar – used for isolation of Staphylococcus aureus
Mac Conkey agar- used for isolation of gram negative bacilli and inhibits the growth of gram positive bacteria.
Indicator medium
A medium in which certain indicator is or reducing subtance is added and growth of bacteria is indicated by change in color of indicator used in the medium is known as Indicator medium.e.g.
Mac Conkey agar – Lactose present in the medium is fermented by lactose fermenters as acidic pH produced during fermentation changes the color of neutral red indicator to produce pink colonies while non lactose fermenters produce pale colonies.
Wilson Blair medium- contains sulfite as an ingredient. Salmonella typhi reduces sulfite to sulphide in presence of glucose imparting bacterial colonies with black metallic sheen
Differential medium
A medium in which a substance is added that bring out differing characteristics of bacteria thus enabling to distinguish between them is known as a Differential medium.e.g.
Blood Agar: differentiates between different bacteria on the basis of lysis of blood cells in the medium
α- haemolysis – greenish discoloration around the colonies due to partial degradation of hemoglobin – Streptococcus pneumoniae, Viridans Streptococci
β- haemolysis – clear zone around the colonies due to complete lysis of the red blood cells – Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes
γ- haemolysis – no haemolysis at all. Enterococcus fecalis
Mac Conkey agar: differentiates between Lactose fermenters (pink colonies) and Non lactose fermenters (pale colonies)
Lactose fermenter- Escherichia coli, Klebsiellasps
Non Lactose fermenter- Proteus sps, Salmonella sps, Shigella sps
Late Lactose fermenter- Shigella sonnei
Sugar media
Sugar media consists of 1% sugar in peptone water along with an indicator (Andrade’s indicator- 0.05% acid fuchsin in NaOH). A small tube (durham’s tube) is kept inverted in the sugar tube to detect gas production. Initially, colour of the medium is light yellow and if the organism ferments sugar, acid is produced which is indicated by the change of colour to pink. If gas is produced, it is accumulated in the durham’s tube.It is used for characterisation and identification of bacteria.Sugar may be any fermentable substance like
Monosachharides: Pentose – arabinose, xylose, rhamnose
Hexose – glucose, fructose, galactose, mannose
Disachharides: sucrose, maltose, lactose, trehalose, cellibiose
Trisachharides: raffinose
Polysachharides: starch, inulin, dextrin, glycogen
Polyhydric alcohols: glycerol, erythritol, adonitol, mannitol, dulcitol, sorbitol, inositol
Glycosides: salicin, aesculin
Organisc acids: tartarate, citrate, gluconate, malonate
Among these glucose, sucrose, lactose, mannitol are routinely used for sugar fermentation test.
Hiss serum sugars are used for certain fastidious organisms like Pneumococci, Gonococci and Meningococci that reqiure serum for growth. It consists of 3% serum in distilled water.
Transport medium
A transport media is a holding medium designed to preserve the viability of organism in the specimen but does not allow multiplication.When specimens like throat swab, uretheral swab etc. that are likely to contain fastidious organsims (Gonococci) and any delay in transport to the laboratory is anticipated, transport media is used to make sure that they will survive during the transport and won’t be overgrown by nonpathogens.e.g.
Stuart’s transport medium and Amies transport medium – Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Cary Blair medium- Vibrio cholerae, Campylobacter sps
Alkaline Pepetone water (pH 8.6) – Vibrio cholerae
Anaerobic medium
These medium are used to grow anaerobic organisms and contain reducing substances.e.g. Thioglycolate broth, Robertson’s cooked meat medium
Thioglycolate broth:
It contains reducing substances such as sodium thioglycolate, glucose, ascorbic acid, cystiene and agar (0.1%) with methylene blue. Thioglycolate acts as a reducing agent and creates anaerobic environment deeper in the tube allowing anerobes to grow. Agar prevents convection currents of air. Methylene blue acts as an redox potential indicator which shows that that the medium is anaerobic except the surface layer.
Robertson’s cooked meat medium:
This medium consists of meat infusion or nutrient broth with cooked minced meat of beef heart. Liquid parrafin is layered over broth to prevent entry of air. Unsaturated fatty acids in the minced meat act as a reduicng agent and absorb oxygen. Sulphahydryl groups present in aminoacid cystiene and glutathione create a low redox potential. The specimen is inoculated deep in the medium in contact with the meat particles.
It also detects proteolytic and saccharolytic activities of anaerobes. Proteolytic anarobes blacken the meat particles with the formation of foul smelling sulfur compounds. Sachharolytic anaerobes turn meat red or pink with sour smell.
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Information Center > Press > Ed Trust President Kati Haycock Speaks at Mackinac Policy Conference
Ed Trust President Kati Haycock Speaks at Mackinac Policy Conference
Haycock calls on Michigan to Build on Pre-K Investment to Provide Equitable Opportunities for All Children
MACKINAC ISLAND, MICH. (May 29, 2014) – Today Kati Haycock, president of The Education Trust, told state leaders at the Mackinac Policy Conference that Michigan must build on its recent investments in quality pre-school programs to raise achievement for students at all levels — and to close troubling opportunity gaps that too often leave low-income students and students of color behind.
The path to success starts with quality pre-school programs for all children, but it simply doesn’t end there. To ensure that all Michigan students have the opportunity to reach their full academic potential they must have access to high-quality K-12 schools, too, Haycock said.
“Sending children from quality pre-school programs to low-quality K-12 schools is not only harmful to students, but it is harmful to the state of Michigan,” Haycock told the audience of business, philanthropic, and civic leaders.
One of the nation’s leading children’s advocates, Haycock made the case for Michigan to invest in proven strategies that have been shown to dramatically raise achievement levels.
“Michigan has a hugely important opportunity to invest in a strategy that has worked in other states in boosting achievement: a statewide support and evaluation system to give teachers better coaching and timely support to improve their practice,” she said. “Michigan should take this opportunity.”
“Our lawmakers deserve applause for their work on this proposed new system of improvement and fair evaluation for educators,” said Amber Arellano, executive director of The Education Trust-Midwest. “Governor Snyder and the legislature did great work last year by investing $65 million in early childhood funding. Let’s build on that success to improve K-12 school learning.”
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation hosted today’s event at the 2014 Mackinac Policy Conference.
To see Haycock’s presentation at Mackinac, find it here on the Ed Trust-Midwest’s website.
To request a presentation or host a community conversation about Haycock’s talk, and what Michigan can learn from the country’s leading education states, please contact Donnell Green at [email protected]
The Education Trust-Midwest (ETM) is the Midwest division of the national Education Trust located in Washington, D.C. To learn more about ETM’s work in Michigan, access our new 2014 State of Michigan Education report.
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Maymont Farm
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FY17 Annual Report
Message to Our Supporters
Our mission at the Maymont Foundation is to keep Maymont accessible as a museum and park for the enjoyment, education, enrichment and inspiration of everyone, just as the Dooleys intended when they gave us this extraordinary gift over 100 years ago. While there are countless things to love within the 100-acre estate, the friendly and playful animals have made the Maymont Farm one of RVA’s most popular destinations for families and animal lovers for decades. That’s why we made a point to invest in and improve the Farm during Fiscal Year 2017. Following a nearly year-long facelift, animal-loving guests – and the animals themselves – were able to enjoy updated amenities as a result of the $3 million farm renovation, funded through the Spirit of Generosity capital campaign.
Thousands of guests turned out for the official Farm reopening in March, where they were able to explore a renovated barn and new classroom building, as well as feed their favorite animals. In addition, the completion of the Farm complex included the installation of Jack’s Vegetable Garden and Marie’s Butterfly Trail, as well as a new Rain Garden to be used for environmental education. More animal-related excitement was inspired by the arrival of new wildlife residents including two young female bison and two rescued North American river otters.
While the Maymont Farm and animals were front and center, we also celebrated important milestones for the Mansion including a historic structure study, the restoration of several pieces within the Mansion collection, and the publication of Dr. Mary Lynn Bayliss’ book “The Dooleys of Richmond: Two Generations of an Irish Immigrant Family in the Old and New South.”
During Fiscal Year 2018 and beyond, we look forward to commemorating the 125th anniversary of the Mansion’s completion and making progress on additional Spirit of Generosity capital campaign projects. As always, our goal is to provide Maymont’s guests with joy, wonder and special experiences in this truly unique place. Your support makes that possible each and every day.
Clint Bowes
FY17 Board President
Parke Richeson
Family Fun Returns to the Farm
The Farm at Maymont re-opened to nearly 13,000 excited guests on March 26 after a year-long renovation project, the first major upgrade since being built in 1983. Improvements include a facelift in the barn, handicap accessibility, additional outdoor paddocks, new restrooms, additional classrooms, a new play area, expanded parking, and installation of a rain garden and bio-retention area. This well-loved corner of the estate is a hub of activity and home to goats, sheep, chickens, domestic rabbits, donkeys, cows, pigs and horses. The project was funded through the Spirit of Generosity capital campaign.
Environmental Education Makes an Impact
The environmental education team offered new in-depth programs based on Project-Based Learning (PBL) and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) initiatives, focusing especially on underserved middle and high school communities in the Richmond area. A professional development workshop, with a concentration on Project-Based Learning opportunities at Maymont, was presented for 3rd – 12th grade teachers. Maymont also worked as a partner institution with Randolph-Macon College to help prepare female Hispanic students for leadership in the STEM workforce.
More than 42,000 guests were served by Environmental Education programs, a 25% increase over last year. SOL program attendance increased by 16 percent, and the number of Title 1 school children served in SOL programs also increased by 16 percent. Summer camp registration set an all-time record.
Gardens Grow Afresh
Upon completion of Farm renovations, the horticulture and grounds staff re-installed two special educational landscapes in the area, Jack’s Vegetable Garden and Marie’s Butterfly Trail. In addition, a new rain garden and bio-retention area were established adjacent to the Farm parking lot. The landscape, planted with hardy perennials and grasses, is designed to slow and clean storm water runoff while reducing the amount of phosphorous and nitrogen that seeps into the James River watershed. The rain garden is partially funded through a $200,000 grant from the National Fisheries and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF).
A Legacy Lives On
Tremendous strides were made in preservation of the Maymont Mansion during the fiscal year. The development of a Historic Structure Report, an essential tool for preservation planning, included the creation of a full set of state-of-the-art measured drawings. Using a mixture of laser surveying and photogrammetry, a dense 3D point cloud of the building’s exterior and interior was created to document its precise shape, layout, elaborate interior detailing and overlapping building systems. Other successfully completed projects included reproduction of the Blue Drawing Room draperies and conservation of the Louis XVI-style salon suite. The publication of Dr. Mary Lynn Bayliss’ book “The Dooleys of Richmond: An Irish Immigrant Family in the Old and New South” was another landmark occasion for Maymont, marking the first-ever full-length biography of the Dooleys.
Long-Time Leader Retires
Associate Executive Director, Fred Murray, retired in March after 42 years with Maymont Foundation. He supervised countless projects during his tenure including the development of the Wildlife Habitats, the Farm and the Robins Nature & Visitor Center. He also managed various preservation and renovation projects for the estate buildings, gardens and grounds.
New Animals Arrive
Maymont welcomed several new animals in FY17. Among them, two young female bison arrived in October; five black-face sheep were introduced at the Farm for the re-opening in March; and two rescued North American river otters, named Louis and Ella, joined the animal family in May. In contrast, Maymont suffered some heartbreaking losses of long-time furry residents, including Maude the American bison (age 25), Pandora the female otter (age 17), and Neptune the male otter (age 19). All three of the well-loved animal icons died of natural causes related to their advanced ages. There was an outpouring of love, sympathy and support on social media following each loss.
The Awards Keep Coming!
One of the Best Things To Do in Richmond (US News, Travel)
One of the 25 Must-See Buildings in Virginia (USA Today)
Top Wedding Venue of 2017 (Virginia Living Weddings)
One of 8 Must-Visit Waterfalls Within 100-Miles of Dulles (DullesMoms.com)
Best Wedding Venue (Richmond Times-Dispatch – RTD The Best, October 2016)
Runner-up, Best First Date Spot (Richmond Times-Dispatch – RTD The Best, October 2016)
Best Place to Eat Your Lunch Outdoors (Richmond magazine, August 2016)
Volunteers Give Their All
Maymont is incredibly fortunate to have so many generous people willing to give their time, talent and expertise to support the estate each year. In FY17 alone, 1,449 volunteers – including 55 community and corporate groups – gave 19,238 hours to host tours, paint fences, plant gardens, educate the public, support special events and much more. It was a bittersweet year, however, with the loss of five-time Volunteer of the Year, R. Ford Reid, who passed away in October 2016. A tree was planted in the Japanese Garden in his memory.
Maymont’s award-winning volunteers for FY17:
Presidential Lifetime Achievement and Outstanding Dedication, Volunteer of the Year:
Bill Long
Corporate Citizenship Award:
Department Awards:
Sally Brown, Farm
Lynne Glasser, Mansion
Mary C. Sollog, Administration
Ken Venos, Gardens & Grounds
Libba Walter, Carriages
Kathy Warnkey, Nature Center
Rookie of the Year Awards:
Casey Blackburn, Children’s Farm
Sophia Butterworth, Administration
Dick Cullen, Mansion
Steve Gregory, Nature Center
Roger Lamanna, Gardens & Grounds
Julie O’Connel, Carriages
FY17 Financial Statement
FY17 Financials at a Glance
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Psychogenic seizures: Ictal characteristics and diagnostic pitfalls
A. Arturo Leis, Mark A Ross, Alan K. Summers
We analyzed ictal features of psychogenic seizures using video-EEG recordings in 47 patients and reviewed the medical records to determine if patients received antiepileptic drug therapy and whether they were treated pharmacologically for status epilepticus. Unresponsive behavior in the absence of motor manifestations was the single most common ictal presentation. Motor characteristics previously considered to distinguish psychogenic seizures (out-of-phase limb movements, side-to-side head movements, pelvic thrusting) were infrequent. Most patients (74%) received anticonvulsants, and six were treated as status epilepticus. Slow, subtle writhing or in-phase limb movements were most likely to be mistaken for status epilepticus. Physicians, assuming that the spells constituted a neurologic emergency, omitted the neurologic examination and chart review and proceeded with aggressive pharmacotherapy based merely on observation.
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Leis, A. A., Ross, M. A., & Summers, A. K. (1992). Psychogenic seizures: Ictal characteristics and diagnostic pitfalls. Neurology, 42(1), 95-99.
Psychogenic seizures : Ictal characteristics and diagnostic pitfalls. / Leis, A. Arturo; Ross, Mark A; Summers, Alan K.
In: Neurology, Vol. 42, No. 1, 01.1992, p. 95-99.
Leis, AA, Ross, MA & Summers, AK 1992, 'Psychogenic seizures: Ictal characteristics and diagnostic pitfalls', Neurology, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 95-99.
Leis AA, Ross MA, Summers AK. Psychogenic seizures: Ictal characteristics and diagnostic pitfalls. Neurology. 1992 Jan;42(1):95-99.
Leis, A. Arturo ; Ross, Mark A ; Summers, Alan K. / Psychogenic seizures : Ictal characteristics and diagnostic pitfalls. In: Neurology. 1992 ; Vol. 42, No. 1. pp. 95-99.
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Landolt-Börnstein - Group III Condensed Matter
3899 Chemical Shifts and Coupling Constants for C16H24NO3P
This document is part of Part 1 of Subvolume H 'Chemical Shifts and Coupling Constants for Phosphorus-31' of Landolt-Börnstein III/40 'Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Data', Group III 'Condensed Matter'.
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Data for Phosphorus-31
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Investors Are Still Less Bullish About LinkedIn
tl;dr: LinkedIn posted strong earnings and solid forward guidance. Investors still value it far below its late 2015 heights.
LinkedIn reported its first quarter financial performance today, a key moment for the company after its sequentially preceding earnings reset its valuation, causing a steep decline in its worth.
The company’s shares are up today after it reported first quarter revenue of $860.65 million and earnings per share of $0.74, using adjusted metrics. Taking into account all costs, the company lost $0.35 per share on aggregate GAAP net losses of more than $45 million. Analysts had expected LinkedIn to earn an adjusted $0.60 per share, off revenue of $828.47 million.
In after-hours trading, shares of LinkedIn are up around 7 percent. The firm’s value initially shot higher, but has since lowered its bounce.
For the current quarter, the market expects LinkedIn to earn $0.71 off revenue of $886.05 million. The company, in contrast, noted that it expects revenue between $885 and $890 million. That top line should generate adjusted profit of $0.74 to $0.77 during the period, according to the concern. Put more simply, LinkedIn guided in-line in terms of revenue, and high on the profit side of things.
Moving past the raw financials, let’s chat about a leading indicator: user growth.
Do The People Still Love LinkedIn?
This publication noted, following LinkedIn’s last earnings report, that it demonstrated unsettling user growth figures. At the time, member pageviews and unique visiting members both slipped. To quote: “A company that depends on users to monetize needs more of them over time. Slowing unique visitor growth, for example, could indicate that future revenues tied to that portion of the LinkedIn business will generate lowers incomes in the quarters to come.”
That was, in my view, a key reason why LinkedIn’s performance in the quarter was panned by investors. It wasn’t all short-term finances, in other words; what if LinkedIn couldn’t grow?
The newly reported quarter, however, shows that the company still can:
Last time around, two of those graphs were down or flat. This time they are all up. That must be heartening. LinkedIn has the ability in the current market to not only drive membership, but active membership in terms of unique visits and pageviews.
Not so bad!
Do Investors Love LinkedIn?
While beating earnings expectations, and posting solid guidance and growing usership is good, LinkedIn still trades at a discount to its prior valuation.
LinkedIn traded above $200 per share for much of January, before its earnings report knocked its share price down to nearly the $100 mark in the ensuing trading sessions. Following today’s report, its shares are trading for more than $130. That is still a steep discount.
It seems, even given today’s financial news, that investors have lost some of their enthusiasm for LinkedIn shares. If you had expected the dip to be temporary, I suppose you were wrong. To bring accountability to myself, if you had told me how LinkedIn would perform ahead of time, I would have anticipated a stronger investor response.
It’s always good to beat expectations, and see your earnings rise. But it’s also hard to trade at $131 per share after a beat when your 52 week high is $259.
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Pros and Cons of Different Types of AC Units
Choosing the right heating and cooling system for your home or property can be a dilemma, with so many available choices and price ranges. This comparison guide lists the pros and cons of each system type, along with a current estimated cost for each style. Please note that costs for each system type vary by manufacturer, and the size of the unit needed depends on several factors along with square footage such as area layout, proper insulation, and no leakage around doors and windows.
HVAC Air Conditioning and Heating System
Pros of HVAC Units:
Cons of HVAC Units:
Window Unit Air Conditioning System
Pros of Window Units:
Cons of Window Units:
Portable Air Conditioning System
Pros of Portable AC Units:
Cons of Portable AC Units:
Ductless or Mini-Split Air Conditioning and Heating System
Pros of Ductless AC Units:
Cons of Ductless AC Units:
A standard HVAC heating and cooling system is cost effective and convenient, but it also has some drawbacks to alternative systems.
HVAC systems provide overall cooling and heating to every room that is equipped with a vent connected to a network of ductwork.
Systems will cycle on and off as the interior temperature needs to be adjusted.
The standard for sizing is 1 ton per for every 500 square feet. For a 2,400 square foot property, you would need a minimum of a 5-ton unit.
For an HVAC system for a 2,400 square foot area in Los Angeles, California, the low cost is approximately $3,904.56 and the high end is $4,825.80. This is for a 3-ton unit with a Seasonal Energy Efficient Rating of 18.
Ductwork can be expensive and prone to leaking when damaged or due to deterioration from age.
If you’re having a new system installed to replace or upgrade a current system, the ductwork may need to be updated or modified as well, to ensure it is compliant with the new system.
For a new installation, you must factor in the cost of the ductwork and labor.
Unlike a ductless system, you cannot individually adjust the temperature for each room.
Whether they’re installed in a window or a wall, this unit has been heating and cooling homes and businesses for many years, and with today’s technology, they have improved in energy efficiency.
Window units come in a variety of sizes from 5,000 BTUs to 36,000 BTUs and are available for cooling only or for heating and cooling.
These units are affordable, with current prices ranging from less than $400 to approximately $1,500.
Window units are relatively easy to install—simply place in an appropriate window and provide support.
Since the unit is installed in either a window or in the wall, it is not as versatile as a portable unit.
Because the unit does not have a duct system with vents to every room, the immediate and surrounding area will feel the effects of the cooling sooner, while outlying areas will take more time to condition.
A 12,000 BTU window unit is estimated to cover between 450 and 550 square feet. For a 2,400 square foot area, at least two 18,000 BTU units (18,000 BTUs covers up to 1,000 feet) are needed or one 28,000 BTU unit, which covers 2,200 square feet plus an additional 10,000 BTU unit to cover the remaining 450 square feet.
Portable air conditioners are an option known for their versatility. Here are a few things to consider when doing comparison shopping.
The beauty of portable units is the ability to move them whenever and wherever you like. By removing the drainage tube and window kit used to vent the hot air, the system is easily moved because it’s equipped with casters.
Units are affordable, with prices ranging from less than $500 to $1,200.
Portables are available in 8,000, 10,000, 12,000, 14,000 and 16,000 BTUs.
Systems are available for cooling only, or for heating and cooling.
Homes or offices with carpet may find it difficult to roll the unit.
A 12,000 BTU covers an area of 400 square feet. Six units are necessary to accommodate a 2,400 square foot area.
Portables tend to have a lower Energy Efficiency Rating (EER).
Mini-split ductless systems are a newer option in heating and cooling. The unit is comprised of an external compressor/heat pump and internal inverter boxes that connect to the compressor. The boxes can be wall, floor, or ceiling mounted. Lines are run from the inverter box to the compressor; one copper for refrigerant, electric wiring and tubing for drainage and condensation.
Mini-splits are ductless AC systems, which save money on the installation of a network of ductwork throughout the ceiling.
A slim duct line ductless system is also an option, which uses minimal ductwork.
Each inverter box is individually regulated with a remote, meaning you can turn off units in rooms not needing heating or cooling. Systems can be ordered with 1 to 8 inverter boxes depending on your needs.
Systems use 208-230 voltage.
Ductless systems come with a high Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating (SEER) and Heating Seasonal Performance Factor (HSPF) that measures the efficiency of the heat pump.
Systems are available with 12,000, 18,000, 24,000, 30,000, 36,000, 42,000 and 48,000 BTUs.
A Multi-Zone (5 boxes) with 36,000 BTUs is estimated to cover 2,000 square feet. For homes or businesses with more square footage of 2,400 square feet, the addition of a single 12,000 BTU system with an inverter box may be necessary.
Ductless systems are available from many manufacturers. Depending on the size needed, units can range in price for $650 to $6,500 at current prices.
Units must be professionally installed due to wiring and refrigerant requirements.
What’s your preferred type of AC unit? Do you have an experience with one type over another? Tell us about it in the comments below!
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Posts Tagged ‘The Lunchbox’
Ritesh Batra’s ‘The Lunchbox’ gets a BAFTA nomination. FFI : #YouRemember
Posted: January 10, 2015 by moifightclub in Awards, cinema, Indie, News
Tags: BAFTA, Nomination, ritesh batra, The Lunchbox
After numerous fest rounds, Ritesh Batra’s critically and commercially acclaimed debut feature, The Lunchbox, is still making news. And for all the right reasons. This time, the film has bagged a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) nomination. The film is nominated in the Foreign Language Film Category (or Film Not in the English Language). It’s a tough category as the other four films are much acclaimed too.
Film Not in the English Language
Two Days, One Night
So, except the FFI, we guess everyone saw the potential of the film.
Congrats to the team Lunchbox! Click here to see the full BAFTA nomination list.
And if you want to read the script of “The Lunchbox”, click here.
Best of 2013 – Script of Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox
Posted: April 4, 2014 by moifightclub in cinema, Screenwriting, Scripts, writing, Year end special
Tags: ritesh batra, script, The Lunchbox
As we have done in the past, this year too we are trying to source the scripts of some of the best films of the year. As most of you know, the scripts of Hollywood films are easily available online, even the unreleased ones. But we don’t have any such database for Hindi or Indian films. So that has been the primary reason for this initiative. And it has been possible because some of the filmmakers have been very supportive about it. It’s only for educational purpose and much like the spirit of the blog, is a complete non-profitable exercise. Thanks to Abhishek Kapoor, Hansal Mehta, Vikramaditya Motwane and Nikhil Advani, we have been able to post the script of Kai Po Che!, Shahid, Lootera, D Day – here, here, here and here respectively.
Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox has been one of the most critically acclaimaed and successful film of the year. It’s still running in US and few other territories. It’s been a long time since an Indian film manage to go beyond the diaspora crowd and The Lunhcbox set a new benchmark in that regard.
Thanks to Ritesh Batra, we are posting the script of The Lunchbox. Since its US release was due, we could not post it earlier.
2013 Rewind – 16 film buffs on 16 most memorable movie scenes of the year
Posted: December 30, 2013 by moifightclub in bollywood, cinema, film, Hollywood, Marathi, Movie Recco, Regional, rewind, World Cinema, Year end special
Tags: 12 Years A Slave, Blue Is The Warmest Colour, Bombay Talkies, Don Jon, Fandry, Goynar Baksho, Lootera, Post Tenebras Lux, RamLeela, Short Term 12, Soodhu Kavvum, Spring Breakers, Star, The Great Beauty, The Lunchbox, The Past
If you have read this earlier post on 17 terrific films of the year, the brief was the same for this new post. And this one is collaborative too. Only film has been replaced with scenes. So here are the 16 most memorable and powerful scenes of the year as picked by 16 film fanatics.
(If you missed our earlier post in this 2013 flashback series, here’s the list – 20 Things We Learnt At The Movies and 13 Unanswered Questions is here, Top 10 Musical Gems We Discovered This Year is here, 15 Film Fanatics on 17 Terrific Films That Have Stayed With Them is here, and 14 Bollywood Song We Played in Non-stop Loop Is here.)
@kushannandy on Fandry’s climax
Fandry, Nagraj Manjule’s charming story of Jabya, a young boy battling his inner turmoil of being born a Dalit, whose only source of income is rescuing the village from droves of pigs by chasing them out, and only happiness is a teenage infatuation and perhaps a non-existent bird, reaches an inevitable, satirical climax that can truly be described as the successor of the Mahabharata scene from Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro.
Cruelly hilarious and dripping with pathos, the last scene of Fandry is a portrayal of who we truly are. As Jabya is forced to help his aging parents chase the pigs down, the village gathers to celebrate this humiliation, almost like spectators at a T20 match.
At one point, one of the characters uploads Jabya’s plight on his Facebook page. That one moment points out how technology has invaded us and yet human values remain absent.
However, Manjule’s masterstroke is Jabya doing exactly what the viewer had been wanting to do all along. He gathers his frustration and desperation to plant a sounding kick into the belly of the very society that was trying to hold him down. Match over.
Sadly though, Jabya’s non-existent bird somewhere stands for the freedom from society’s humiliation that he shall never ever get.
@mihirfadnavis on Don Jon’s confrontation scene
Joseph Gordon Levitt’s hilarious Don Jon is the single greatest commentary piece on porn. It isn’t about porn but it’s a guy’s perspective on the necessity of porn. Early in the film in Don Jon explains why he watches porn despite scoring chicks whenever he pleases. He watches porn simply because it is more exciting and entertaining than actual sex. Real women don’t do the things that the ones in the porn videos do. Which is why always slips off the bed in the middle of the night, turns on his computer, rubs one out, and returns to snuggle with the girl in his bed.
Later in the film he falls in love with the Hollywood rom-com buff Scarlett Johnasson’s character Barbara who does everything with him except have sex. This tortures him. She becomes his porn. Whenever he opens his laptop he browses FB photos of her instead of looking at porn websites. After a lot of torment Don finally has sex with her. But as he lies in his bed, his voiceover tells us that he’s in love with Barbara, and he finally got to have sex with her after weeks and weeks of waiting, and that he’s sorry to say that it was STILL not as good as porn. Don skulks off to his computer and proceeds to rub one out.
The scene that brought down the house was the one where Barbara confronts Don about his porn addiction and calls it sick. He enlightens her that firstly, every guy watches porn and those who say who don’t are lying, and she refuses to believe him. And secondly they have sex all the time, whenever she wants, and it’s not like he’s cheating on her. When she asks him how he can even watch that shit, he replies by asking how she can watch those stupid unrealistic romcoms all day. Shell-shocked, she tells him that movies and porn are different things. And they give awards for movies. He tells her they give awards for porn too.
It was a beautiful and hilarious clash of irony, ideals and cultural norms. With one single scene JGL brought down the accepted definitions of ‘decency’ and ‘addiction’. He’s addicted to enjoying a perfect and unrealistic view of fulfilment and emotional satiation. She’s addicted to enjoying a perfect and unrealistic view of fulfilment and emotional satiation. And yet he is called a sicko and is dumped.
And most importantly, JGL pulled this off without coming across as sexist. That makes him a fucking great filmmaker.
@invokeanand on The Lunchbox’s VCR scene
I always believed that the past is truly yours and no one can deny you that. It’s like a drug which you crave for (un)knowingly. And this drug called nostalgia, like a termite, can eat through your present, one moment at a time. How many times have we watched that same video from 90s on youtube just to scrape whatever little memory you can from that time and place. When Sajan Fernandez watched Ye Jo Hai Zindagi on an old VCR, it killed something inside me. There is a sweetness to it and melancholy, still, a man lost in time trying to live his present through scraps from his past. That scene has stayed with me ever since i watched the film. Like those scenes where he smoked on his balcony, Irrfan Khan here emotes with minimal muscles and no words, and yet the entire back story of the character, his pain and his longing is laced before you.
@krnx on Short Term 12’s rap song scene
The most powerful, stand out scene for me in any movie in 2013 – after careful deliberation – is from Short Term 12. Surprisingly, it doesn’t involve the lead characters, but one from the ensemble. Marcus – played by Keith Stanfield – is the standoffish kid on the verge of turning 18 and getting ‘released’ from the foster-care center for teens. He’s brooding, strong, and intense for most part of the story and, until the moment, paints himself as if pushed into a corner. When he does lash out, he does it – incredibly – with poetry. In a single, long take as his supervisor sits him down to talk, he unleashes a rap song no one knew he had the capacity to write or perform – heartfelt, expletive-ridden, and delivered with a gumption that’d give Tupac goose bumps. It is a remarkable piece of writing – not just the scene itself – but the build up to it. It is so carefully constructed, you will never see the character’s revelation coming. It leaps out at you from the pages, the screen, and yet goes with the grain of the narrative. Stanfield’s steely-yet-vulnerable performance and Destin Cretton’s choices as director only serve to heighten the experience and leaves you forgetting to breathe.
@sukanyaverma on Lootera’s father-daughter scene
Scenes are like souvenirs an audience walks out with after a gratifying, enriching or, heck, even a revolting, experience. 2013 at the movies left me wowed, tongue-tied, startled, nostalgic, affected, bored, disgusted, thrilled, the works. But the one scene that stayed with me for all the right reasons and in all probability always will is from Vikramaditya Motwane’s Lootera. Resembling O Henry’s short story The Last Leaf only in the third act, Motwane creates a unique emotional history around Sonakshi Sinha and Ranveer Singh’s star-crossed romance. It’s this melting moment between an ethereal Sonakshi and her on-screen father (played by a brilliantly benign Barun Chanda) that resonates most with me:
Following a bad bout of asthma, the concerned dad is seen comforting his sickly daughter, gently waving a fan on her recumbent frame. They share a lighthearted joke, which leads him to innocuously thwack her wrist and promptly ask, “Laga kya?” Her made-up frown quickly drowns in peals of laughter (and coughing). On cue, with the opening strain of Amit Trivedi’s mesmerising Ankahee playing in the background, he begins to recount the story of an invincible, much feared Bhil King who just wouldn’t die no matter how fiercely the British attacked him. “Phir ek din pata chala ke Raja ne apni jaan ek tote mein chhupa ke rakhi hai.” To find the whereabouts of this peculiar parrot, the British sent out a beautiful spy who lured the King in her romantic trap and the two got married. One day she discovered the truth behind the King’s immortality and smothered the parrot to death without a second’s thought. “Phir?” quizzes his only child, somewhat, uneasily. “Phir…woh mar gaya. Beta, aap mera tota ho. Agar aap ko kuch ho gaya na…,” he doesn’t complete his sentence. He doesn’t have to. There’s so much more at its core though. Apart from highlighting the hearty father-daughter bond, it constructs a context to understand the magnitude of Sonakshi’s consecutive loss, heartbreak and need for retaliation. One has to possess a certain level of sensitivity to convey tenderness that doesn’t feel manufactured. Motwane does. And he lends it to this scene, which works beautifully even as a standalone.
@varungrover on Fandry’s national anthem scene
Only in a state like Maharashtra, where right-wing is so strong that even after the death of their biggest ideologue I don’t feel confident and safe mentioning his name in a post that has no direct criticism of his easily-criticizable styles of functioning, where newspaper offices get ransacked for faintest of hurt sentiments, where people get beaten up for not standing up during the mandatory National Anthem before the film – a film like ‘Fandry’ is possible. (Just like BR Ambedkar and Vijay Tendulkar couldn’t have been anywhere else.) A state of oppression breeds an inventiveness and ferocity of protest like nothing else.
And in a protest film (though treated like a coming of age for the most part) like ‘Fandry’, comes a scene that makes all the protest scenes in the history of our cinema look tame in comparison. A Dalit family is trying to catch a pig next to a school, the Dalit kid is feeling humiliated ‘cos his friends might be watching the reality of his caste he has so carefully hidden from them, the pig evading them like a pro. After lots of chasing the pig finally seems to be cornered. The family now just has to move closer and catch it and end the misery on both sides of this hunter-hunted divide. The kid seems slightly relieved that the ordeal may be over as they encircle the pig. But, just before they could swoop down, the national anthem starts playing in the school assembly next door. Nobody can move now, except of course the pig. As the Dalit family stands in attention, paying ‘due respects’ to the nation they are equal citizens of, the pig walks away into the free morning.
The whole cinema hall jumped up and applauded the scene wildly. I guess the irreverence, cheekiness, and metaphor it stood for connected with all of us, so used to standing awkwardly before the film, one hand carrying smartphone, another carrying popcorn, thinking ‘Pandit Bhimsen Joshi ji, aalaap mat lo itna lamba. 56 second mein khatam hona chaahiye ideally!
@ghaywan on Post Tenebras Lux’s opening scene
My pick for the best scene of the year (apart from every other scene from The Great Beauty) is the 9 minute opening scene of Carlos Reygadas’ Post Tenebras Lux ( I wasn’t too impressed by the film). Reygadas has outdone the brilliant time-transition shot from his previous film, Silent Light. Here we have a little girl left out in the open in the middle of barking dogs and horses, running around merrily, unaware of the ominous shift in the sky. Shot almost through the girl’s eye level, the 4:3 frame and the blurry edges shows the constricted world of the girl and in effect, take us closer to her experience. Watch and get hypnotized.
@diaporesis on Goynar Baksho’s scooter ride scene
Towards the end of the Bengali movie “Goynar Baksho” a young woman in her 20s rides a scooter to meet a lover who has been incommunicado for a few months. The scene, in which she is accompanied on the scooter by one of the film’s protagonists – another headstrong woman who asks her to drive faster – is remarkable for a number of reasons. It’s a starkly happy contrast from one of the first scenes of the film (dated about 50 years earlier) where a 12 year-old child was married to a man much older than her; was widowed soon after and subsequently had to endure three indignities: of wearing white for the rest of her life, of remaining unmarried and of having her lustrous mane of hair chopped off. Moreover, startlingly, the year is 1971, around the time of the creation of Bangladesh; not 2011. Lastly, it’s a bittersweet reminder of progressive Bengali literary thought and the once ostensibly modern, well-educated and relatively prosperous society that influenced it. Sadly, the great Bengali dream, a burgeoning reality till the late 70s, was crushed by decades of preposterous Communist rule, aided by a general lethargy in the Bengali bhadralok. That one scene holds a mirror to our present, where many observers rightly despair about the position of women in India. In an increasingly intolerant and regressive Indian society, one can only wonder where the next well of inspiration will spring from?
@nagrathnam on Soodhu Kavvum’s confrontation scene
For me, it’s the confrontation scene between the honest minister’s errant son and the Tamilnadu Chief Minister. Only a veteran like Radha Ravi could pull off the dead pan humor with which he dispenses shakti-ka-santulan and casually hands over the mantle to his son, forcing the irritatingly honest minister into retirement. That is the turning point of the film. Fair is foul and foul is fair, Welcome to Kalyug. And followed by the kickass retro montage.
“See how he shakes his head. A minister should like him!”
@sudhishkamath on last scene of The Past
Don’t worry about the spoiler. Because this isn’t a plot twist. Or a big reveal.
A man who has been told that his ex-wife who is in a coma hasn’t reacted to the smell of perfumes, carries the box out of the hospital room. We follow him out in the corridor. Moments later, he changes his mind. He comes back to the bedside. Takes a bottle of perfume out of the box. His. The one she used to like. He sprays a little on him and leans towards her face and says: “If you can smell this, squeeze my hand.” He holds her hand. We see a solitary tear roll down a still woman’s face. He doesn’t see it. The camera is not interested in that. The camera takes us to a close up of his hand in hers and it’s waiting for the squeeze. The camera lingers on that beautiful composition. The entire film is constructed to arrive at this scene.
This ladies and lads, is the story of modern relationships. We all think we are so bloody mature to move on but the first instance when someone tells us it’s possible to revive the romance, we are quick to go and revisit it. We hold on to the undead person from the past, waiting for signs of life but are rarely in a position to see it.
Absolutely beautiful. Heartbreaking. Depressing. But also reassuring. We are not alone. This is the story of our times. Of fucked up relationships and messed up choices. I liked this film because it gave me the courage to put it all behind and let go. Completely. Cut off. And respect the dead.
@manishgaekwad on RamLeela’s colourful kiss scene
When Deepika runs into Ranveer, and they draw out their guns. That frame, that shot, those colours. Wow! The one time I must have cinegasmed at the movies this year. The song that follows. The kiss. Lahoo mooh lag gaya! Truly breathtaking. It jogged me back to how Balam Pichkari was shot in YJHD. The same Deepika, the same sort of boisterous set up, the same use of riotous holi colours, and yet, you can tell the difference in how a film-maker frames his shot. Balam was youthful, zany, messy and the colours were ‘khacha-khach bhara hua’ – no sense of symmetry in it. Look at how Bhansali co-ordinates/’arranges’ his colours – the blues, the pinks, the reds – all evenly sectioned for each one hue to stand out. This is how you separate the men from the boys.
@shripriya on 12 Years A Slave’s roll Jordan scene
To say “12 Years A Slave” is a powerful film is an understatement. Some of the scenes are very hard to watch and that is the point. But of all the scenes, a short scene, with no violence, is, perhaps, the most powerful.
What happened right before:
Solomon (Chiwetel Ejiofor) has just been betrayed by a white farm hand and had to burn a letter he very painstakingly wrote to his wife and with that, his last hopes of ending his bondage.
A slave collapses in the field due to overwork and Solomon and two others bury him. Solomon goes about the task mechanically. He’s even mildly surprised/annoyed when one of the other grave diggers wants to say a few words for the dead man.
The scene:
A group of slaves stand near the grave and start singing “Roll, Jordan, Roll”. Solomon is part of the group, standing right in front, but emotionally apart from the rest of the slaves, as he as been through most of the movie. Solomon, who was not born a slave, has always maintained his distance – protected himself by maintaining a distance.
We then switch to a shot of Solomon’s face. His face is anguished, full of despair and desperation, overwhelmed by the recent events. The camera just stays on his face as slowly, Solomon starts to sing. It is almost like the song is his lifeline and he grasps onto it, at first just mumbling the words. As he sings, his voice gets stronger and his face changes. The song powers him and finally, he accepts that he is a slave. He starts singing even louder and seems to embrace the group with whom he sings as his brothers. And finally, you can hear his voice stand out, powerful. Despite what he is acknowledging, it feels like a positive self-affirmation. Yes, I am a slave, but I will survive. Even as a slave, I will survive.
The shot of Solomon’s face lasts a minute and fifteen seconds. There is no dialog. Just the singing. For this scene alone, for all the complex emotions conveyed, Chiwetel Ejiofor needs to be a front runner for the Oscar. Brilliant.
@fattiemama on Blue Is The Warmest Colour’s break-up scene
I looked away. For a good ten minutes, I kept my eyes away from the scene. I would have loved to shut my ears too but not understanding the language helped. She kept hitting her and she kept crying, pleading for forgiveness. Tears, snot, blood all became one as the searing pain of betrayal and guilt broke through the barriers of language. I have felt all of it and in not a small degree to not acknowledge it, yet the sheer rawness was so testing I wanted to be relieved of it. They were so good together, so happy, so carefree, so intense and so young…young, I think that hurt the most…All of us love ‘happily forever afters’. The most cynical of us too, somewhere in the corner of their hearts they too believe and yearn. And to watch a love so young and so deep break in a moment hurts. It shatters all that we hold dear, dream of. Was it the beautiful performances of the two young actresses? Was it the single long take? Was it the unbridled tears and blows? Was it the resounding thud of a featherlite dream breaking? Was it my own connection to a story that wasn’t my own? The reasons could be all or any but that scene refuses to leave me. Someday it will be replaced with the eternal tenderness she feels towards her. At the end of great love does not lie emptiness or hate. At the end of great love lies great tenderness. Had the scene not escalated to that intensity the end would not have mattered as much as it did. Had the violence not been so visceral, the wound of the soul would not have been bared. Because a love as deep has to hurt as much too. I just wish the blows had not travelled beyond the screen to sear me.
@jahanbakshi on Spring Breakers: In which Alien and the Girls become ‘Soulmates’
Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers was certainly one of the most divisive films of the year, lauded and loathed in equal measure. Some found it provocative, others called it puerile. For me, it was certainly one of the most hypnotic and immersive cinematic experiences of the year, and at the center of the film were 2 of the most memorable scenes of the year, one segueing into the other seamlessly.
The first scene begins with a gun-toting Alien jumps around his bed, Brit and Candy kneeling before him, seemingly in awe.
“You like it? You like my shit? Look at you fucking bitches. You fucking love it, don’t you? You a couple of bad bitches, ain’t you?”
He thrusts and rubs wads of money in their hungry faces and then begins to kiss both the girls. One of them picks up a pistol from the bed.
“Careful with that, it’s loaded.”
We see a look on Alien’s face we haven’t seen before. It’s the look of genuine terror. Suddenly, out of nowhere, both the girls have pistols pointed at Alien. The get him down on his knees and shove a pistol in his face, then another.
“Sick motherfucker, aren’t you? You think that you can just fucking own us? Open your mouth. Open your fucking mouth…. You’re a nasty little fuck. Yeah, you are. Do you like that? You like that in there?”
Alien is shitting concrete by now. You can see it in his eyes, almost closed shut out of fear.
“We have everything we need right here. We don’t need you, Alien. What if we just used you to come here? And in five seconds we just shoot you? Blow your brains out. And you’re dead… What do you think, Brit, should we kill him?”
And just then, something happens. Alien opens his eyes and stares into the girls faces. And starts to fellate the gun with unnerving glee. First one, then two loaded guns, and he’s going at them like a seasoned pornstar.
It’s a stunning scene- sexy, shocking, gender-bending, nail-bitingly tense and unpredictable- all at once. That’s what makes it so great, apart from how crucial it is in building the characters, their relationship(s) and the trust that forms the basis of their truly twisted love story.
“Y’all my motherfuckin’ soul mates, swear to god. I just fell in love with y’all…”
This flows into what is the most talked-about scene from the film, in which Alien sings Britney Spears’ Everytime, playing a piano as the girls do a ballet around him in pink ski-masks, bikinis and sweatpants, wielding shotguns like toys. As Franco’s voice fades into Britney’s, the scene cuts to a blizzard of hedonistic violence as Alien and his Angels perform their dance of destruction.
The use of contrasting music as a counterpoint to violence in cinema is nothing new, but Spring Breakers does it exceptionally well, managing to transform Britney Spear’s pop ballad not just into something darkly humorous but also a strangely beautiful elegy to the loss of innocence. It’s one of those scenes that lift the viewer into a trance and the film into transcendence. True to his name, Mr. Korine achieves that rare thing in cinema: Absolute Harmony.
@miyaamihir on last scene of Star (Bombay Talkies)
हिन्दुस्तान की ही नहीं, शायद विश्व की सबसे प्रामाणिक ग्रामीण फिल्मों में से एक बनाने वाले निर्देशक सत्यजित राय मूलत: एक शहरी फिल्मकार थे। हमारे वर्तमान महानगर के चितेरे। उसकी अाकांक्षाअों के, उसके अपमानों के। मुझे श्याम बेनेगल के उन पर बनाये उस प्रामाणिक वृत्तचित्र का अंतिम दृश्य याद अाता है। राय अपने घर में अपने घर में, अपने कमरे में अपनी वर्किंग डेस्क पर बैठे हैं अौर अपना वही मशहूर सिगार पी रहे हैं। अौर फिर कैमरा ज़ूम-अाउट होता है। एक ही सिंगल शॉट में हम देखते हैं कि कैमरा पैन-अाउट होता हुअा खिड़की से बाहर निकलता है, अौर हालांकि राय अब भी हमारे सामने हैं लेकिन उनके साथ अब अन्य बहुत कुछ इस फ्रेम में है। एक पूरा शहर इस एक सिंगल शॉट में जैसे राय के साथ चला अाता है। एक ही फ्रेम में हम बीच में उनका घर देख रहे हैं जिसकी बीचोंबीच खिड़की में अब भी राय बैठे दिखाई दे रहे हैं, वही सिगार के साथ। लेकिन अब इस वाइड एंगल में चारों अोर से कलकत्ता की बहुमंजिला इमारतें अौर बाज़ार भी चले अाये हैं। यह एक दृश्य फिल्मकार को उसके सबजेक्ट के ठीक बीचोंबीच स्थापित करता है अौर शायद हमें यह भी बताता है कि किसी भी रचना को जैसे उसके समय से निरपेक्ष नहीं पढ़ा जा सकता, ठीक वैसे ही किसी भी रचना को उसके स्थान से निरपेक्ष रख के पढ़ना भी मुश्किल है।
दिबाकर की ‘स्टार’ के उस अंतिम पोर-पोर जादू से भरे दृश्य में जहाँ पुरंदर (नवाजुद्दीन सिद्दीक़ी) अपनी बेटी को अपने जीवन का एक दिन पुन:रचकर सुना रहे हैं, दिखा रहे हैं, ठीक ऐसे ही एक पैन-अाउट होते हुए कैमरे के साथ पूरा शहर उनके दृश्य की सीमा के भीतर चला अाता है। यहाँ वो नायकत्व है जिसका दायरा अपनी चाल की बालकनी से अागे नहीं बढ़ पाया। यहाँ वो पिता है जो अपनी बेटी के लिए रची कहानियों में भी कभी नायक नहीं हो पाया अौर उसे कल्पना की दुनिया में भी सदा किसी ‘िहृतिक’ का सहारा लेना पड़ा। यहाँ वो इंसान है जिसकी असफलता अगर गौर से देखें तो हमारे वर्तमान शहर की वो बची-कुची ईमानदारी अौर असलीपना है जिसके होने के चलते ही पुरंदर अाज भी इस शहर में मिसफिट है।
‘स्टार’ सही मायनों में बम्बई की कथा है। यहाँ मुम्बई की बन्द हुई मिलें हैं अौर बेरोज़गार हुए मजदूरों के घरों का ठंडा चूल्हा है। तमाम सिनेमा की पृष्ठभूमि पर ऊँची चिमनियाँ है उन मिलों की जिनका धुअाँ जीवन की अग्नि की तरह कब का बुझ चुका है। यहाँ कुछ सर्वश्रेष्ठ अदाकार हैं जो विदर्भ से मुम्बई तक कुछ सौ किलोमीटर की दूरी अपने जीवनकाल में कभी पाट नहीं पाये। फाकों पर होता थियेटर है अौर उसमें फिर बराबरी का स्वप्न है। यहाँ अपने बाप की पेंशन पर जीता अौर समाज की नज़रों में एक असफ़ल इंसान है, अौर फिर एक निर्णायक क्षण है जब वह खुद पिता हो जाता है। सिनेमा के दायरों से परे एक अौर दुनिया है जिसमें अाज संतुष्टि को असफलता अौर असफलता को अयोग्यता का मूल मान लिया गया है। ऐसे समय में जहाँ अापके होने से ज़्यादा दिखाई देने का महत्व हो, ‘स्टार’ इशारा करती है कि सफल-असफल के खांचों के परे भी एक संसार होगा जिसमें योग्यता प्रदर्शन की मोहताज नहीं होगी। ‘स्टार’ उस जीवन के बारे में है जिसे अपने दायरे की पहचान करनी है, अौर जानना है कि उसका ‘स्टार’ होना, न होना दुनिया की स्वीकार्यता पर नहीं, सिर्फ एक बच्ची की हंसी पर निर्भर है। अौर इसके साथ ही यह हमें समझना है कि महत्वाकांक्षा का जयगान गानेवाले इस दुर्दांत समय में ‘संतुष्टि’ एक दुर्लभ मूल्य है।
@NotSoSnob on The Great Beauty’s opening party scene
The two most memorable scenes of the year for me are the climax of Frances Ha and Ilo Ilo. Frances Ha’s climax wraps up the film beautifully as its lead character gets what she wants from a relationship. Guess? It’s simple, unusual and still profound. Ilo Ilo’s climax is bitter sweet, as a kid gets slapped, you laugh at the scene first and then you realise what the filmmaker has done – completed the loop between two strangers who fought initially, bonded later and then had to separate. But am writing about another absolute favourite scene of the year. This one is from The Great Beauty.
When you are watching the film for the first time, you keep wondering what’s happening. Where is it going? It seems like a non-stop party music video. And all you see is bodies shaking vigorously in every possible way interrupted by chants of a bald man shouting, I’ll screw you, while looking at a lady dancing on top of the table. You see striptease, a woman shouting for her lost mobile, a dog in a purse, a very short woman lost in the crowd while sipping her drink, and then a tv showgirl appears with 6-5 written on her boobs. As Jep Gambardella turns back, you realise this is his birthday party. It continues for few more minutes, and then everyone starts dancing while matching their steps on the beats of Mueve la colita. After some time the music slows down, Jep gets out of the queue slowly, looks into the camera, the camera zooms in, slowly everyone gets out of the frame and we see only his face as his voice-over starts – To this question, as kid, my friends always gave the same answer – “pussy”. Whereas i answered, “the smell of old people’s houses”. The question was :
This scene not only sets up the film but also sums it up well. As Gambardella’s search continues through Rome’s rich and boring men and fashionable women, the only word that comes to your mind is decadence. I have gone back to the film many times and specially this scene. Just to hear the opening voice-over. But the impact is lost if you don’t watch the entire party scene – the dancer number, the slowing down of music and Jep moving out of the crowd. Because that’s where the separation begins. Jep and the rest. You are going to encounter all these characters in the film through Jep only. To go back to the madness of the scene, i have even saved this image as my computer screensaver. But i still can’t get enough of Mister Jep Gambardella, his voice-over and the insane beginning of his search for The Great Beauty.
Do let us know about your favourite scenes of the year in the comments section.
‘The Good Road’ is out of the Oscar race
Posted: December 21, 2013 by moifightclub in Awards, cinema, News, World Cinema
Tags: Danis Tanovic, Foreign Language Film, Oscar, The Good Road, The Lunchbox
And who is surprised? Well, i guess esteemed members of the FFI jury who selected it as India’s entry for the Foreign Language Oscar and some other gyaani journalists who were fighting for it. This blog has always been critical about the film’s selection as a wrong choice. So i guess we are not surprised here at least.
So who all made it to the shortlist? The following 9 films.
– Belgium, “The Broken Circle Breakdown,” Felix van Groeningen, director;
– Bosnia and Herzegovina, “An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker,” Danis Tanovic, director;
– Cambodia, “The Missing Picture,” Rithy Panh, director;
– Denmark, “The Hunt,” Thomas Vinterberg, director;
– Germany, “Two Lives,” Georg Maas, director;
– Hong Kong, “The Grandmaster,” Wong Kar-wai, director;
– Hungary, “The Notebook,” Janos Szasz, director;
– Italy, “The Great Beauty,” Paolo Sorrentino, director;
– Palestine, “Omar,” Hany Abu-Assad, director.
And do you guys spot a familiar name there? Danis Tanovic. He is one of the co-producers of The Lunchbox who had proudly said that if I could give my place to The Lunchbox, I would give it. His film was selected as Bosnian entry for the same.
I guess FFI Jury members and some of the journalists understand the Oscar game plan better than Oscar winner Tanovic.
To quote a report, “You just blew it,” he said about India’s chance at the Oscar.
Film Federation Of India’s letter to Ritesh Batra on Oscar Controversy
Posted: September 30, 2013 by moifightclub in bollywood, cinema, film, gossipmongers, Indie, News, WTF
Tags: FFI, Film Federation Of India, Oscar, ritesh batra, The Lunchbox
There is a new twist in the tale. Film Federation of India has written a letter to Ritesh Batra after all the Oscar hullabaloo.
(PS – What’s with ???)
Xclusive : The 19-member FFI Jury which selected ‘The Good Road’
Posted: September 24, 2013 by moifightclub in cinema, News, Xclusive
Tags: Aarti Anand, Agni Mitra Pual, Bharathiraja, C V Redyy, controversy, FFI, Gautam Ghose, Indraneel Bose, jury, K P Kumaran, Kamlesh Pandey, Kavita Lankesh, Mahesh Kothare, N Shankar, Onir, Ramadoss Naidu, Rupa Ganguly, Sanjay Verma, Suhasini, Sujoy Ghosh, The Good Road, The Lunchbox, Vidya Sagar, Vijay Patkar
Since the last two years, FFI or Film Federation Of India has suddenly changed its stance. Earlier all the jury members used to be in the presser to announce the name of the film selected as India’s entry for the Oscars. Now, it’s all a big secret. And that’s quite baffling because nobody says why it’s a secret. More because none of the renowned film festival or prestigious film awards keeps its jury a secret. I can’t think of any. In fact, most take pride in announcing the names of their jury members. It becomes more important when a controversy like this happens – why can’t the members publicly endorse and fight for the film they picked to represent the country? I don’t have any answers.
So here’s the list of the 19 FFI jury members who picked “The Good Road”.
1. Gautam Ghose – Filmmaker, Chairman of the jury
2. Rupa Ganguly – Actor
3. Agni Mitra Paul – Fashion/Costume Designer
4. Sujoy Ghosh – Filmmaker
5. Onir – Filmmaker
6. Bharthiraja
7. N Shankar – Filmmaker
8. K P Kumaran – Filmmaker
9. Mahesh Kothare – Actor/Director
10. Suhasini Mani Ratnam – Director/writer
11. Indraneel Bose
12. Sanjay Verma
13. Kamlesh Pandey – Screenwriter
14. Ramadoss Naidu
15. Kavita Lankesh – Director/Writer
16. Vijay Patkar – Actor
17. Aarti Anand
18. Vidya Sagar – Music Director
19. C V Reddy – Filmmaker
Strangely, we spoke to at least six of them and all are repeating the same lines – it was unanimous decision to pick The Good Road. 19 people and all felt that TGR was better than everything else. or all have been told to say the same thing? Now that the names are out, am hoping at least some people will speak up why The Good Road is better than other films. Seriously, forget The Lunchbox. Just tell us what we are missing. They need to enlighten us and make us see what’s great about TGR. Some of the names are quite well known and they know much more about cinema than all of us. So it will be good to know what’s good in their books and why. Waiting.
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Timo Preece
Timo Preece is an accomplished audio technology specialist, sound designer, music programmer, playback engineer, multi-media consultant, electronic musician and performer. He has worked with a wide variety of sound enthusiasts, companies and well-known artists including Ariana Grande, Charli XCX, Troye Sivan, Camila Cabello, Beats Antique, Electronic Creatives, Rob Garza, BassNectar and DJ Shadows conceptualizing, building and operating cutting-edge setups for audio visual performance, as well as, analyzing and configuring solutions for composition, production and technology integration.
As a sound designer and content creator, Preece programs instrument and device presets. In 2018 he contributed to Ableton Live 10’s sound library and Drive and Glow, Glitch and Wash, Chop and Swing sound packs. He also created elaborate groove sets and patches for Native Instruments Kontakt Discovery Series (India and Middle East) and produced original demo tracks for NIs software instruments Form and Kinetic Treats.
One of the first Ableton Live Certified Trainers and AVID Protools Expert, Preece is a skilled educator who integrates real world experience and leading-edge techniques in his teaching approach. He’s developed curricula for several highly regarded training centers, was a course director for sound art courses at Ex’pression College and an instructor at Foothill College and Pyramind in the Bay Area.
Musically, Preece has two current projects which revolve around Ableton Live and advanced controller configurations—Gravity Terminal, a dark cinematic electronic creation/design/performance and Planetary Cymatic Resonance, a project based on tunings calculated from natural frequencies found in our universe like the movement of planets or the resonances of molecules.
Preece is also a journalist for the popular audio technology website Ask.Audio and has written articles, reviews and tutorials for products and companies including Elektron, Ableton, Roland, Keith McMillen, SubPac and others. Additionally, he creates online video courses for Ask.Video (MacProVideo) that explore creative sound design and music production/performance techniques. Preece holds degrees in Ethnomusicology from UCLA and a Masters in Sound Design from the University of Edinburgh, UK.
tpreece@usc.edu
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Review: Another Fischer Book!?
By Vanessa West|February 16, 2016|Books, News
Bobby Fischer is the player we’re somehow both fascinated by and tired of hearing about at the same time. Between Pawn Sacrifice, a Hollywood blockbuster about the genius’ rise to World Champion and fall into madness; Searching for Bobby Fischer, the movie about American chess culture’s obsession with Fischer after he disappeared; My 60 Memorable Games, one of the greatest chess books of all time written by Fischer himself; and the endless number of volumes telling his story and studying his playing style, Bobby Fischer is the most written about chess player of all time.
My first reaction to Fischer: Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala, was one of anticipation. Fischer is one of my favorite players to study. His games are masterpieces. And his eccentric life story has always provided an interesting background to his unparalleled accomplishments.
My second thought was: In the midst of the many, many books I’ve already seen about Fischer, could this one offer new material?
The answer turns out to be a resounding yes. Lakdawala offers a fresh perspective and a decent amount of previously unseen material. He finds a good balance between Fischer’s classic games (in case this is your first step into the world of Fischer) and lesser-known games (for those like me who already own several tomes).
Additionally, the energy with which Lakdawala writes about Fischer shows his genuine fascination with Fischer’s games and story: “Bobby Fischer, like Ali, grew bigger than his sport, and he bent our perceptions on how well a human can play chess.”
Lakdawala’s enthusiasm makes the book absorbing. I found myself curious of Lakdawala’s point of view of even Fischer’s most well-known games.
Lakdawala’s Unique Writing Style
Lakdawala often personifies the chess pieces, telling a story through them. Here are a few of my favorites:
“White’s once wealthy queen now finds herself cutting out 25%-off coupons for macaroni and cheese.”
“The obnoxious knight is the petulant child who screams and throws tantrums until he gets what he wants.”
“The e-pawn warbles a happy tune in celebration of its new-found freedom.”
“‘My husband’s greatest ability is his talent to consistently disappoint all those who depend on him,’ remarks Black’s queen.”
This style is going to be hit-or-miss according to personal taste, but I like the attempt to give the games significance beyond variations and principles.
The Greatest Ever?
Lakdawala doesn’t attempt to write any biographical material in the traditional sense, but he introduces Fischer by focusing on a few key points, including:
His 6-0 Match victories on the road to the World Championship
Fischer’s playing style connection to Jose Capablanca
Was Fischer the greatest player of all time?
To address the “greatest ever” question, Lakdawala shares a discussion between several titled players and prominent chess writers, categorizing the greatest players by specific abilities.
Fischer was considered one of the best in 9 out of the 13 categories:
Defence & counterattack
Strategic understanding
Feel for the initiative
Opening research
Endgame technique
Peak strength
Lakdawala ends the discussion by noting that: “I can’t say that Fischer was the best chess player of all time, but I do know that his games have almost become the standard by which other great players are judged.”
Move by Move: Question & Answer Style
Years ago, when I played through the games of My 60 Memorable Games, I’d cover the moves with a sheet of paper, analyze the position, make a guess and then compare it to Fischer’s move and thoughts. By actively participating, I felt more engrossed in the games and remembered more of the ideas. It gave me the opportunity to compare my thought process during a game to Fischer’s.
The Move by Move question and answer platform makes it easier to carry out this kind of active learning. The book is full of exercises and questions to guess Fischer’s moves, ideas, and alternate variations.
Bobby Fischer vs. Uzi Geller (1968)
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White to move.
Exercise (combination alert): A variety of motivations, which combined, can be produce a plan which is at cross purposes with our intent. With his last move, Black was too intent on his own plan, oblivious to Fischer’s coming trick. How did White seize the initiative?
Deflection/Discovered Attack.
[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1968.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Bobby"] [Black "Geller, Uzi"] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5rk1/2qnbppp/b1r1p3/pp1pP3/3p1B1P/3P2P1/PPP1QPBN/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 17"] [PlyCount "5"] [SourceDate "2015.11.12"]17. Bxd5 $1 {“The tone of the game shifts abruptly, from a whisper to a shriek. “} exd5 18. e6 Qd8 19. exd7 *
Often, Lakdawala tries to put himself in the reader’s perspective, posing their likely questions about a move and answering them clearly and thoroughly.
Continuing his discussion of Fischer-Geller (1968), Lakdawala poses this question about the move 17. Bxd5!
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Question: Isn’t this a purchase of a luxury which costs more than its worth? It seems to me that White’s plan entails grave risk on the light squares, with few other compensating qualities. What about the fact that White gave away his powerful light-squared bishop?
Answer: White regains the piece favorably, for the following reasons:
White’s central counter disorganized Black’s queenside initiative.
White’s central counter chronically weakened the d4 isolani, as well as generates potential to take d5 in an ending.
Surprisingly, Black is unable to exploit White’s light-square holes on the kingside, mainly because his d5-pawn gums up his a6-bishop’s access to the kingside.
Lakdawala’s focus on verbal explanations and principles instead of variations will suit most readers.
My Favorite Game of All Time
To finish, here’s an exercise from my favorite game of all time, Fischer’s “Immortal Game”.
Robert Byrne vs. Bobby Fischer (U.S. Championship 1963 – possible variation)
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Black to move.
Exercise (combination alert): Find the move both Byrne and Fischer saw, but everyone else missed.
[White "Byrne, Robert"] [Black "Fischer, Bobby"] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r3r1k1/pb3pbp/1p4p1/8/3N4/BPN3Pq/P4Q1P/R2R2K1 b - - 0 23"] [PlyCount "3"]23... Re1+ $3 24. Rxe1 Bxd4 *
Bobby Fischer is a challenge to write about because anyone who takes on the task is competing against hundreds of others throughout history to write something fresh, yet accurate. Lakdawala proves up the challenge.
Whether it’s your first Fischer book or your tenth, Fischer: Move by Move is worth a read.
Jimmie Beatty | February 17, 2016 at 8:39 am
Actually this is the one Fischer book I will buy. I never cared much for people’s Uncle Remus storytelling. I think the reason for that was that it seemed mostly negative. A person who is interesting in negative qualities about a persona lacks empathy. This book bypasses what we already know it seems, from the review. I’ve also flipped through some of Lakdawala’s previous contributions in the “move by move” series and I liked some of what I saw. I am a little disappointed if “new material” is given just to pique interest, but I’ll give it a go. When American players think of Fischer they have a reasonable expectation of “quality”. I am sure they have an expectation of avoiding the “I already knew that” material, but we should appreciate, a “fresh look and insight” into the player “I consider to be the best of his generation”(Kasparov shares that opinion, so I’m in good company).
Brennan Price | February 20, 2016 at 2:06 pm
First sentence rewrite:
“Bobby Fischer is the player we’re tired of hearing about.”
JR | March 7, 2016 at 6:17 am
I’m reading Endgame now…fascinating! If you’re curious about Bobby’s life, not just his games, I highly recommend it!
Christian loew | March 7, 2016 at 9:05 am
Im reading Endgame as well and it is impressively thorough!
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2013 Figawi Race Coming Up
Photo/Figawi Race Weekend
The 42nd Annual Figawi Race Weekend is set for this weekend: May 25-27, 2013. Entries include sailors from several states and 240-plus boats (including 30 powerboats). More than 3,000 sailors and visitors, as well as locals, are expected to attend this event.
The weekend begins with a Kickoff Party at Hyannis Yacht Club on Friday, May 24. Early Saturday morning, crews begin gathering. Skippers and boat owners prepare their boats, gather their crews, and head out to the start line. The first boat officially begins at 10:00 a.m. off the Hyannis Port jetty. Beginning around 8:00 a.m., the parade of sailboats heads out of Lewis Bay, passes by Kalmus Beach, and gathers off Hyannis Port. The boats depart from 10:00 a.m. until approximately noon, depending on their handicapped start time. Around 200 plus sailboats in 13 divisions compete across Nantucket Sound, in various courses, to be the first one to reach Nantucket.
Depending on the various conditions, the theory of the Pursuit Race format is that all competitors should reach the Nantucket MO(A) at around the same time. They finish at the entrance of Nantucket Harbor and parade into Nantucket Boat Basin. The remainder of the weekend is filled with festivities, a clambake, awards and other activities for racers, their families, and the many spectators who visit the island that weekend.
Racing resumes Monday morning. The newly formatted Monday Race, dubbed “Redux”, has been changed to encourage as many entrants as possible. The race now ends in a neutral location allowing skippers to head north or south towards home. The gathering at Hyannis Yacht Club in the later afternoon includes entertainment and one last time to enjoy the Figawi camaraderie until next year.
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Pastors Randy Reinhardt (Covenant Community Church) and Fred Lessans (Living Water Fellowship) became closely associated in the mid-eighties in the context of a pastors’ prayer group that met regularly for prayer and mutual support. It was in this context that a growing friendship began to emerge.
In 1995, the Lord began to indicate that perhaps He had something greater for our two congregations. A member, who had been part of each congregation at different times, shared a prophetic vision that her friend had regarding the two congregations. Amazingly, this “friend” lived in Canada and had no real knowledge about either congregation. In essence, the vision seemed to indicate that the two congregations would be brought together in a more significant way. However several years would go by before this would be fully realized.
Given our desire for more relationship between our two congregations, we began to share events together, i.e., picnics, Christmas Eve and Good Friday services. During this time, Randy and Fred also began meeting together for greater accountability and personal support thus furthering their brotherhood and preparing the way for what was to come.
Finally, in the summer of 1998, the Lord began to give further indication that He was calling the two congregations into a more profound relationship.
Over the years, both Randy and Fred had often talked about the similarities between the two congregations and “joked” about the two congregations becoming one. But in 1998, the “joking” ceased. On a retreat, Fred sensed the Lord gave him a passage of Scripture in the book of Ezekiel, chapter 37 verses 15-17…
“The word of the Lord came to me: “’Son of man, take a stick and write on it, ‘for Judah and the children of Israel associated with him’; then take another stick and write upon it, ‘For Joseph (the stick of Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him’; and join them together into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.’”
Upon returning home, Fred shared with Randy what he felt the Lord might be saying through this passage of Scripture. After more prayer and reflection, they initiated a process of prayer and consultation with the elders of each congregation as to whether God could be calling them together. A year later in August of 1999, a proposal to unite together was brought before the two congregations. Thus began a process of “courtship” to determine whether this was in fact God’s will and direction.
During the next nine months we shared Sunday services, meals, fellowship times and social events in order to better discern God’s will and direction. After covering the entire process with much prayer, discussion and consultation with congregational members, we came to a mutual decision in the Spring of 2000 that God was indeed calling us to become one congregation. On June 1, 2000, we formalized our union as New Heritage Community – to the glory of God!
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The Gray Market: Why Christie’s ‘Salvator Mundi’ Sale Is Riskier Than It Seems (and Other Insights)
This week, our columnist examines the risk inherent in Christie's da Vinci sale and an unnerving potential new trend in museum architecture.
Tim Schneider, October 16, 2017
A security personnel stands next to Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" after it was unveiled at Christie's in New York on October 10, 2017. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images.
Every Monday morning, artnet News brings you The Gray Market. The column decodes important stories from the previous week—and offers unparalleled insight into the inner workings of the art industry in the process.
Since it’s felt like a pack of tiny demons has been tending a bonfire in my throat this weekend, here are two takes on suffering and salvation in the industry…
THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU
On Tuesday morning, Christie’s revealed the two marquee lots in its November 15 postwar and contemporary evening sale: Andy Warhol’s Sixty Last Suppers, a monumental silkscreen homage to the Leonardo masterwork carrying an estimate of $50 million, and da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi, billed by Christie’s as the only painting by the Renaissance virtuoso still in private hands—and staked to an estimate of $100 million as a result. (Note: Both works have already been guaranteed by third parties.)
I could write at least three posts on the dynamics at play for the offering of Salvator Mundi. But since A) others have already called attention to the painting’s twisty attribution saga (first credited as a Leonardo in 2007!) and complicated legal history (Rybolovlev/Bouvier alert!); B) I already wrote about its past pricing curiosities a few years ago; and C) right now all I want to do is crawl into bed and pass out, let’s focus on one key component alone: namely, Christie’s marketing campaign.
Nate Freeman at ARTnews wrote that “the pomp and circumstance surrounding the announcement of both works was a display of chutzpah rarely seen from Christie’s—the auction house said it had not staged such an unveiling before.” Per my colleague Eileen Kinsella, “The consignments were announced at the auction house’s Rockefeller Center headquarters…with remarks by a host of executives including postwar and contemporary art department co-heads Loïc Gouzer and Alex Rotter, along with Old Master senior specialist Alan Wintermute and Old Master department head Francois de Poortere.”
Loïc Gouzer (center) speaks as Christie’s unveils Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi with Andy Warhol’s Sixty Last Suppers at Christie’s on October 10 in New York City. Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Christie’s Auction House.
If all that sounds too stuffy and old school for you, Christie’s attempted to sex up the Jesus by installing Salvator Mundi behind a set of gleaming metallic doors, slid away by guards for a dramatic debut at the press conference. The house’s website now hosts a plethora of content on the artwork it is meme-ing as “The Last da Vinci.” And among those digital offerings is a 33-second promo video that, contrary to the relative youth now leading its postwar and contemporary department, I can only describe as an old person’s idea of a young person’s aesthetic.
(On that last point: Which collectors are getting charged up by a score that sounds like a bargain-bin mashup of Hans Zimmer and The Chainsmokers? Why was the painting shot with a slasher-flick push-in while hanging in some shapeless void? Did someone actually pitch the title sequence to American Horror Story as an overall creative comp, or have I just suffered minor brain damage from a day of violent sneezing?)
However, the most notable plank in Christie’s spare-no-expense promotional campaign for Salvator Mundi doubles as the simplest of all—at least, conceptually. In advance of a weeklong exhibition at its Manhattan headquarters from October 28th to November 4th, the house will “tour this exceptional painting to key locations around the world, including Hong Kong (13–16 October), San Francisco (18–20 October) and London (24–26 October).”
Traveling a prized painting for clients is not a new tactic in the industry. Many, if not most, serious collectors still want to see a work of this caliber in person before deciding whether (and how much) to offer for it. And if an auction house hopes to drum up interest among a whole school of super-elite bidders rather than one or two specific whales, it makes more sense to do a roadshow than to fly the select buyers in for a viewing.
However, Salvator Mundi‘s itinerary strikes me as exceptionally ambitious, especially considering the age and rarity of the painting. I’m no more a conservator or Old Master specialist than I am a fire-and-brimstone street preacher. But I’ve worked on the gallery side long enough to know that every install, de-install, and shipment introduces risk into the life of an artwork, even if it’s fresh out of the studio. So as a general rule, very old, very valuable pieces tend to be moved around as little as possible—and when exceptions are made, no corners can be cut on handling or transport.
While this undoubtedly transforms “The Last da Vinci” into a budgetary sadist, the journey also generates pain on an entirely different level: by amplifying the prospect of physical catastrophe. Granted, I’d hand-wash my next load of laundry in a vat of hobo sweat if Christie’s hasn’t booked Salvator Mundi’s travels, start to finish, with the most expensive logistics specialists money can buy.
Still, it’s impossible to completely spend accidents out of existence. One flat tire on a dedicated art shuttle during an ugly stretch of road, one muscle twitch in an art handler’s arm at the wrong moment, and Salvator Mundi could be damaged or destroyed ahead of its blockbuster sale—no matter how much money went toward preventing exactly those scenarios.
I’m not saying Christie’s is acting irresponsibly, or even out of character, by engineering such an intense roadshow for such a historic painting. (Gouzer in particular has earned his reputation as a glutton for risk.) I’m just saying that the grand tour involves a not-insignificant gamble, no matter how strong the house’s fine-art insurance policy, third-party-guarantee parameters, and logistical prowess are.
If I had any stake in Salvator Mundi‘s pending sale, the added uncertainty would probably have me building shrines to every deity our species has ever concocted. But in the ultra-high end of the 2017 art market, Christie’s aggressive marketing efforts prove once again that sellers have to spend big money—and take some big chances—if they hope to reach the terrestrial heaven of the almighty dollar. [ARTnews, artnet News]
Security clears the Louvre following a bomb scare in May. Photo: Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images.
On Friday, Kelsey Atherton examined a grim, if increasingly necessary, trend in architecture and urban planning: design as a control for mass tragedy. Atherton elaborated on the theme through examples spanning the spectrum of loss, from the deliberately minimal visual cover given to anyone approaching the new Sandy Hook Elementary School, to installing “just so many oversized planters on a pedestrian thoroughfare to prevent an attack by car bomb from hitting the crowd or the buildings behind the barricade,” to running complex computer simulations to model the flow of panicked fans while drafting blueprints for a new arena.
In what no doubt qualifies as one of the darkest reactions I’ve ever had to an art or architecture article, my immediate thought was this: Are museum architects already designing our cultural centers with similar thoughts in mind? And if not, how much longer is it wise for them to avoid doing so?
Remember, forward-thinking institutions are already paying serious cash to try to protect themselves and their collections from climate-change catastrophe. It was also only about eight months ago that a lone man wielding a machete attacked a soldier at the underground entrance to the Louvre, setting off a volley of defensive gunfire that triggered emergency crowd-control procedures in the museum above. And worse still, indoor and outdoor music venues—from Paris to Las Vegas—have recently become staging grounds for mass violence…in the same era in which art museums have begun programming more concert series and events with mainstream appeal than ever before.
If you’re hoping I’m about to drop some kind of light-hearted zinger to alleviate the sense of foreboding, I’m sorry to disappoint you. I hate the fact that my mind had reason to go here. But given the widespread (and justified) institutional intent to attract large crowds, as well as the increasing frequency of large-scale tragedies (particularly here in the gun-mad US), this line of thinking may already be reshaping our nonprofit art spaces in ways we’re not aware of. And if not yet, I have a feeling that these equal parts sad and savvy architectural safeguards will quietly become line items in some big-budget museum plans very soon. [The Verge]
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Police in Salem, Oregon, responded to a call about a cougar invading a man's backyard. A neighbor who spotted the beast estimated it weighed 45 to 55 pounds. Police were quick to respond, as even a young cougar, or mountain lion, could pose a serious risk, were it to attack.
However, after reviewing pictures of the alleged cougar, it turns out the unwanted visitor was nothing more than a domesticated feline. That's right, the mysterious terror was just a Maine Coon, one of the most popular breed of house cats in North America.
Last month, police in Santa Monica, California, shot and killed a mountain lion that was roaming near a downtown promenade, sparking protest from animal rights activists.
Maine Coon cats are a large breed and have been surrounded by folklore for centuries, with rumors that their oversize paws and expert hunting skills came about as a result of breeding with raccoons. And the Oregon resident who called police on this fluffy creature was not alone in mistaking its origins. Despite being known for its intelligence and playful nature, some people used to think the Maine Coon came about from average cats interbreeding with American bobcats.
After the initial report of the "cougar" spotting, police reported the kitty "moved on without threatening anyone."
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by Alex Duner | September 17, 2016 3:22 pm
Over the course of ONA, many sessions have covered the different things you can do with code. Maybe you want to learn to make interactive graphics. Maybe you want to investigate government datasets for a big scoop. Maybe you just want to automate a menial task you have to do every day.
But getting started writing code can be daunting and frustrating. I talked to a few fantastic news developers here at ONA to get some of the best tips for learning to code. This advice is more focused on process and attitude, which will be useful regardless of what you’re trying to learn.
Here’s what they had to share.
Build something small
The faster you get out of a tutorial like Codecademy and start working on an actual project, the better. Pick something small that you want to learn. Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither was that fancy New York Times graphic that you want to emulate. Don’t let your ambition stymie your learning. Almost everybody I talked to at the conference talked about building something small first.
Thomas Thoren, a former developer at the Lens, said he started by making small tweaks to his campus magazine’s website. “It started with something as simple as ‘I don’t like this color’ or ‘something is aligned wrong.’” Eventually those little tweaks built up and he learned the skills to be able to make more meaningful changes to the code. “It’s kinda incremental over years until you step back and realize, ‘I am a programmer now.’”
Thomas added that a key question you need to answer is why do you want to learn to code. Having direction is key because “you can quickly spread yourself too thin in programming.”
Build something for you
This seems like a no-brainer, but having a project that excites you can be key to getting the momentum going to actually making something.
“The thing that helped me get started learning how to code was making my own website,” said Priya Krishnakumar, a graphics and data journalist at the Los Angeles Times. “It took a long time, but it helped me really understand the basics of how to set up a webpage and got my design chops flowing.”
At the Northwestern Knight Lab, we often tell eager people to learn to code by having them build a portfolio site so that they are personally invested in the work.
The news nerd community is there for you
You are not alone. “It’s important to reach out in the community and talk to people who are also journalist-developers because a lot of the time if you run into a really big roadblock, and you don’t know how to fix it, people in the community are totally down to help,” said Krishnakumar.
I’ve benefited so much from asking people for help on Twitter when I can’t get my code to work. This is especially important when you’re trying to use open source software that was built in other newsrooms.
“Find people whose code you admire and pick their brains,” said Brittany Mayes, a freelance data journalist. “Ask them to walk you through their code and tell you about what languages they use, what frameworks they use, and that will give you a good starting place.”
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NYPD Officers Kenneth Moreno And Franklin Mata Found Not Guilty Of Rape Charges
By Carol D'Auria May 26, 2011 at 11:43 pm
Filed Under:Carol D'Auria, East Village, Franklin Mata, John Slattery, Kenneth Moreno, Marla Diamond, NYPD, pablo guzman, rape trial, Ray Kelly
Police officer Ken Moreno, second from left with co-defendant Franklin Mata, second from right, speak to the media outside Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, May 26, 2011. (credit: Louis Lanzano/AP)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — After seven weeks of testimony and seven days of deliberations, jurors on Thursday acquitted two New York City cops who were accused of raping a woman in December 2008.
Officers Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata were found not guilty of the most serious charges in the incident involving a then-27-year-old drunk fashion executive in her East Village apartment.
The two were also acquitted of other charges, including burglary and falsifying business records. Both, however, were convicted of official misconduct.
WCBS 880’s Irene Cornell: Moreno Is Just Glad It’s Over https://newyork.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/14578484/2011/05/rape-cops-1-dauria-bspadaro.mp3
The two look stunned, but remained stolid after hearing the verdict.
“I thought about my children,” Moreno said about hearing the not guilty verdict at a news conference outside the courthouse. “I didn’t even say goodbye to them this morning, this verdict came to us as a surprise. I thought about my wife and all the people that supported me throughout this.”
Moreno was accused of the sex act, and Mata was accused of helping Moreno by acting as a lookout.
“This has been a long two and a half years,” said Mata. “I’ve been innocent from day one. I’m glad everybody sees that now. I just want to go home and, like I said, get on with my life.”
1010 WINS’ Carol D’Auria reports: Moreno Says He Was ‘Greatly Relieved’ About Verdict https://newyork.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/14578484/2011/05/rape-cops-1-dauria-bspadaro.mp3
“In one second, your heart could be in the right place; another second, someone could misconstrue it and you could end up pretty close to where I was,” Officer Moreno said. “It’s too easy to point a finger at somebody and say, ‘hey, they did this.’”
The prosecution’s case rested largely on the witnesses’ testimony. There was no DNA linking the officers to the woman.
“It is a win,” Moreno said. “It’s a lesson and a win.”
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, however, said the officers were not off the hook.
The officers were each convicted of three official misconduct charges, all misdemeanors, for going back to the woman’s apartment three times after the initial call without telling dispatchers or superiors where they were.
“The guilty verdict that was reached today involved the violation of the officers’ oath of office, and as a result warrant immediate termination from the Police Department,” Commissioner Kelly said.
“We respect the jury’s verdict, which acknowledges that the defendants’ actions that night not only violated the law, they violated the victim’s rights,” Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said in a statement.
WCBS 880’s Marla Diamond With Reaction From Police Commissioner Ray Kellyhttps://newyork.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/14578484/2011/05/rape-cops-1-dauria-bspadaro.mp3
During the trial, Moreno testified he went back to the woman’s apartment to check on her. But prosecutors said it wasn’t to check on her.
“Moreno wanted to have sex with her,” prosecutor Colleen Balbert told the jury during closing arguments.
Surveillance video showed they returned to her East Village apartment a total of four times.
The accuser testified she remembers throwing up and passing out that night, and was awakened to a cop having sex with her on her bed before passing out again.
Moreno said Thursday that the accuser made up the whole story.
“I made a judgment call. I believed in something that night and I paid for it,” he said. “I went there in all sincerity to help somebody. From the purest of my heart, my intentions were from the beginning just to help her.”
“He said he has regrets, but he didn’t do any crime, and he certainly did not have sex with the woman who said she was raped,” Moreno’s attorney, Joseph Tacopina, said.
Moreno testified during the trial that the accuser was flirtatious and tried to lure him onto her bed, while Mata said he dozed off on the couch in another room.
“I couldn’t believe that two officers who had been called to help me had, instead, raped me,” testified the woman, who is suing the city for $57 million over the incident.
Moreno and Mata still face up to a year in jail on each official misconduct charge. Sentencing is scheduled for next month.
(TM and Copyright 2011 CBS Radio Inc. and its relevant subsidiaries. CBS RADIO and EYE Logo TM and Copyright 2011 CBS Broadcasting Inc. Used under license. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
michaelrobertson says:
Should the accuser now be charged with filing a false report ? How did the Officers get her keys ? We complain about people not wanting to get involved . This could be a good reason why . Perhaps She cried rape because they were minorities !
She herself is a minority
IgnoranteElephante says:
You’re disgusting.
mr says:
Other police officers have been acquitted of killing. It is just a different felony. What do people expect. Which is worse rape or killing
“blue code of silience” is what this is…
Guilty says:
I am extensively and extremely disappointed in the jury’s verdict. These two creeps are as guilty as sin.
heytrudy says:
And you know this …how?
Can you explain why they never told their supervisor they were at the woman’s apartment? If they were doing a good deed and looking after her then what’s the shame in letting your boss know? Not once did either of them explained why they lied about their whereabouts and made false 911 calls. That cop may or may not have raped her but their behavior and lack of explanation justifies why they were put on trial. They both broke the law by faking a 911 call and it’s likely they were doing something they shouldn’t since they refuse to tell anyone where they were. I guess you’re friends with cops or is a cop.
M. B. Cleary says:
These jerky Cops had a very good lawyer.
They will be hounded by the NY press for decades that
is their punishment. They were bad cops if not proven rapists.
did you get your hit in the hiney by cops mike?
Robie McMann says:
I guess they really lied to return to her apartment
to pray with her and do an ad hoc AA meeting
By the way the world is ending on May 21 same BS.
Rapists use a condom and make sure not to leave any pubic hair
you won’t be believed . This is sad for cops.
Norka says:
They are guilty!!!!! no doubt…
Hi, I may not have all the facts of what took place in that apartament, i am incline to believe that perhaps these “gentlemen” could/should answer to Departamental charges . They, ( it’s alleged) didn’t report to their Superiors that they were returning to the Woman’s apartament. Is that stealing time ? This case should teach people personal resonsibilitiy . The Woman was so drunk , She can’t say what really happened . Who should take responsibility for her drunkenness ? Right , She should ! lesson learned , Know when to say when , Drink responsible people !
NoOneYouKnow says:
Actually, if someone is that drunk, we all have some responsibility to see that no harm comes to them–that’s what living in a decent society is about. But cops have far more responsibility to take care of people who are helpless, no matter how they got that way.
Mrs. I. Understand says:
This should be a learning lesson for all women that venture and and heavily drink. It is not only unattractive but your rational thinking and common sense is distorted. It has got to be an absolute uncomfortable feeling to be unable to make the right decisions because you are under the influence of an abundance of alcohol. The last time I felt that way I was at home and awoke to ask my husband if his side of the room was spinning.
Grow-up ladies the law will not be on your side when you are considered “INTOXICATED”
It’s sad that we live in this kind of society. I’m a male and whether you’re drunk or not, no one should ever be violated. This trial just confirmed it. It says that they were shocked when they heard the verdict. All guilty people are shocked.
Hopefully the NYPD will come down hard on them although it doesn’t seem it will be so since they said it was only misdemeanors.
I guess the citizens of New York have forgotten when Twana Brawley lied about being raped. She ruined the mens lives and she never went to prison to pay for her crime.
How soon people forget.
ONE OUT OF A MILLION CASES IN NYC!!!
ELEANOR BUMPERS, AMADOU DIALLO,SEAN BELL, SHOULD I GO ON???
Ant928 says:
Why am I thinking someone needs their medication right now? Let’s discuss some FACTS:
– 12 people ACQUITTED them of rape…not a hung jury…not a mistrial…acquittal.
– Those same 12 people were in the court room and heard testimony and saw evidence.
– YOU were NOT one of those 12.
Verdict? SHUT IT!!!!!!!!
FIVE LATINO BOYS WERE CONVICTED OF RAPING A JOGGER..SHE NEVER SAW HER ATTACKERS!
gmoneyballs says:
KEEP SHOUTING MIKE!!!
Question to MIKE; How do you know all of this? A jury, unlike you heard all of the evidence, and all of them unanimously agreed a rape had not been proven to have occured. Are we to believe that you know more than those who heard all of the eivdence or that your opinion is weightier than theirs?
NO, I HAVEN’T HEARD ALL OF THE EVIDENCE, BUT COMMON SENSE TELLS YOU THESE MEN ARE GUILTY. IF YOU WERE TO TAKE A DRUNK WOMAN HOME, CONFISCATE HER KEYS RETURN TO HER HOME AND HAVE SEX AGAINST HER WILL…WHAT IS IT??
TCo8 says:
Mike, Its even more difficult to believe that not one member of the jury who were there each and every day did not have the same common sense that you are blessed with. You may be on to something. How great would it be to do our jury duty from our homes or jobs and make our decisions based on what we read in the papers or see on TV
The thing you are not comprehending is that the jury didn’t believe she was raped. I am going to guess that they didn’t say “she was raped, but they’re cops, so I will acquit.” Their verdict indicates that they did not believe she was raped, and that is entirely reasonable given the evidence or, more aptly, the lack thereof. Remember, it takes a unanimous 12 jurors to acqut, not just one or two, a full 12.
It didn’t say that the jury didn’t think the rape occurred. They aquitted since no DNA was found. he could have been clean shaven, used a condom, or didn’t get to finish at all. Whatever line of work you’re in, you would know how to handle any situation. Who better than the police would know about DNA?
A great night because they got away with it! Crooked cops,polititions,judges,lawyers,etc. They all make us upstanding law-abiding citizens sick. I should have become a cop so I could get away with breaking the law. That is where the fun is.
Fester Yolk says:
Shades of OJ Simpson. Jury invalidation. God help our country.
FESTER WILL SOON ERUPT... says:
@ Fester, wow you with a doubt have some inner anger that will soon erupt into some horrific.
This case has absolutely nothing in comparision to OJ simpson, this is a woman claiming to be raped by a police officer, NOT TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE VICIOUSLY MURDERED.
THE JURY I’M SURE WERE OF PEOPLE WE PASS ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.
GET SOME HELP BEFORE YOUR HATRED FESTERS INTO SOMETHING ELSE.
You think juries always return a wise or brave verdict? Think they may have been scared to convict cops? Think they might have been prejudiced by something that happened that we don’t know about? Think that defense (and compromised prosecution) attorneys might know how to pick not-so-bright jury members? There are many tricks lawyers have to pick or turn a jury.
MIKE, how do you know this? A jury, unlike you heard all of the evidence, and all of them unanimously agreed a rape had not been proven to have occured. Are we to believe that you know more than those who heard all of the eivdence or that your opinion is weightier than theirs?
OMG! What if this was a black woman? Holy Hell would be raised…Al Sharpton…Jesse Jackson….they would all be looting and rioting… but as a white woman in NYC you just have to lie back (yes,pun intended) and take it. Justice was not served and this is a black mark in the history of the NYC Justice System. For shame!
DOESN;T MATTER IF YOURE BLACK OR WHITE. THESE COMMITTED A CRIME. THEY RAPED A WOMAN. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO SUPPOSE TO PROTECT AND SERVE.
EVERYONE SHOULD BE UP IN ARMS YOU IDIOT!!
James Ebron says:
Please don’t make it about race. Make it about the facts!! Police get away with murder no matter your race!!
ABSOLUTELY!!! NATIONWIDE!
You really are a “Zero”. You think black women have it easier than white women when it comes to being believed about things like rape? Are you insane?? Sharpton and Jackson are perhaps ALL a black woman might have. White women have everybody else. You are terrible human being.
Perhaps you might be taken more seriously if you learned punctuation, spelling, and, grammar?
Just a a damn shame but sadly…you had to know they were going to get off. Really sad day for NYC and any future victims of police misconduct. These animals can now continue to soil the good name of the MANY great NYPD officers.
Claude says:
I’d hoped they’d be convicted because their conduct was egregious and their explanations laughable. Unfortunately the lack of physical evidence turned the tide. At least now there’ll be a departmental trial and they should be fired. It’s not enough, but at least there’ll be two less dirt bags on the police force.
Bruce Goldensteinberg says:
Hopefully Moreno and Mata can get back out walking the beat and keeping us safe. There are lots of thugs in NYC and we need Moreno and Mata out there protecting us from them.
Do you have daughters, sir?
JUST IGNORE THAT IDIOT HE JUST WANT ATTENTION!
I really hope your daughter never needs Moreno and Mata’s help.
you come back to her apartment three times, and she was the 0ne coming on to the dude. why was he coming back three times? Hmm!
keep you safe if your not a drunk woman!
IN CASE OF RAPE DO NOT CALL THE NYPD!!!!!
THEY WILL RAPE YOU AND THEY WILL GET WAY WITH IT IT HERE IN NYC…
WHAT A SHAME…IM AT A LOSS..IM NUMB! IM DISAPPOINTED,
AMEN!! Finally, these heroes in blue have been vindicated. If I were them, I would sue this “victim”. She is just like Crystal Gale Magnum from the Duke Lacrosse Scandal. She wrecked the lives of these cops. She should be investigated for perjury and sent up the river for trying to smear our NYPD.
UNTIL YOUR LOVED ONE IS RAPED BY THE NYPD!
Alan` says:
You are an idiot bro. Seriously, grow up. Look at the facts. hopefully your daughter won’t need help home from a bar one night with these two cracker jacks out there. No class man!
JoeBronx says:
Great post, Bruce! SHE should be prosecuted, just like the Duke Lacrosse hose monster should have been.
There’s no justice for all. The system have failed us. Maybe raping shouldn’t be classified as a crime in NYC. Mothers and daughters lock yourselves in your houses if you’re living in NYC, because being rape is not a crime here. Totally freaking insane.
michael robertson says:
Hi, The problem with following any case thru the media-news is We the public aren’t able to view/hear everything that pertains to this or any other case. We shouldn’t rush to judgement. The accused lives were/are the line ! Unless We have all the facts , we shouldn’t rush to judgement because of some prior negative experiences . We minorities (ironic ) should know all about persons rushing to judgement or common sterotying tactics that are used to “define” our people. Thank You
THESE GUYS…..MAAAAAAAAN I DONT KNOW!!
DARN SHAME!!!!!!!
Rapists says:
Your just dumb if you think they did not rape her. Her keys were taken. They made false 911 calls. They kept returning. Use your common sense. They were just hanging out in the apartment? They risked their jobs just to hang out? Guilty. Reign in these cops and send a message to the rest of them.
Jeffery Jones says:
The jury heard the evidence.and acquitted them. Is this an injustice? Do you think they would have been acquitted had DNA been found? Maybe the jury just could not find proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Not every police officer brought up on charges is guilty. It is not good to play judge, jury and executioner. Does anyone recall the Duke Lacrosse case? The alleged Victim in the Duke case is currently under arrest for murder. However, the public was ready to hang a bunch of kids without having any evidence against them. The judicial system is far from perfect.
titt says:
So one false accusation is supposed to be a reason for all rapists to go free? That is outrageous.
titt,
Again, how did these men were acquitted byy a jury of their peers. That’s how the system works. The judge did not set them free, the prosecutor did not let them walk, and the police department did not either. Rapists should be punished to the fullest extent of the law when a jury convicts them of rape. These men have not been convicted, and, therefore, in the eyes of the law, they are not rapists.
LETS NOT FORGET THE TURN OUT OF THAT CASE!!
THOSE BOYS LOST THEIR LIVELYHOOD!
jtorres says:
The public had a hard time accepting the story of the woman in the Duke lacrosse case within the week. The prosecutor was the one on the warpath and the one out to convict these kids no matter whether they were guilty or not. That’s why he was censured and eventually disbarred.
I was sure Moreno raped her but I wasn’t in the courtroom but remember: they weren’t found “innocent” they were found “not guilty” That only means there was reasonable doubt. Not that they didn’t actually do it.
GoodCop says:
…wait for the Federal Civil Rights convictions…I mean …trial.
dougalcandy says:
I too am of the opinion that justice has been served. Sorry, just because a woman cries rape doesn’t mean it always happened. Were they stupid? Yes? Offical misconduct? absolutely. But in this country, we do require hard proof to convict someont of a crime. No DNA, and the testimony of someone who was too drunk to even get herself home that night. Maybe next time she will think twice before getting so hammered that she can’t even fuction. Yes I am a woman, and I did not beleive this woman’s story from the beginning. These days it seems like everyone is out to mail bash–everything is always the fault of men, and women have elevated themselves to sainthood. Sorry, I don’t buy it. Good job jury!
So far, DOUG, you have the best post of the day, including my own.
Elnora Altman says:
I tell you if you ever want to get away with a crime just become a NYPD.
Has this turned into a third world county with ridiculous injustices? Or just another case where cops are allowed to be above the law? There was and continues to be no doubt in my mind about the guilt of these cops. This woman was drunk beyond reason and had no power to consent and cops, COPS took advantage of that. What pair of cops would spend a night at somebody’s house to take care of them, period, or even better – spend the night and look out for a person by sleeping on the couch while their partner has “consentual sex” with a person in the other room. This is disgusting.
I don’t know if you had seen, but someone else commented that maybe that cops had 1 friend or relative sitting on the jury and they fixed teh whole thing. My advice if your a women get the hell out of New York City. Just not safe here. also women and NYC residents should picket or riot or soemthing. This is a huge injustice. I though women were safe in this country.
JohnnyRocket says:
an absolute miscarriage of justice
styles says:
I am profoundly saddned for the young woman ; i cannot get past these two “R” taking her key; and I don’t see how the jurors move beyond that fact; they took her key because they wanted to engage her sexually;
But this is a country where a cop can shoot a black man 50 times (Bell), 21 times (Diallo), Glover, Bumpers, etc., etc., and have all walked away not guilty!
I offer, to the young lady the healing force from the great James Russell Lowell the Prsent Crisis: Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne,
Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own!
THE LAWWWWW HAS SPOKEN, SO SHUT UP.
sickofit says:
shame on them and shame on the jury. this just confirms he public perception, or perhaps i should say, realization, that cops are above the law! i am ashamed of our entire justice system, and feel so sorry for the victim.
mike steede says:
Cops just dont go to jail in New York All the chit the’ve done over the years, and they just get away with it
I admit their guilty of being idiots but glad justice was served for the rape.
“Oh gee, I’m so hammered I can’t remember where I was but I know that HE raped me!! What? No DNA? Ummm…but….well….really it happened I swear. I said I was hammered but I wasn’t *that* hammered. Honest!! Poor me poor me!”
Next time stick to soda lady…
he admitted it on tape, that is all you need
Must say , am not at all surprised, the norm is that you carry and NYPD badge, you commit a crime and get way with it… KARMA
Cynical Taxpayer says:
Guity as sin. It will come out that one or two of the jurors held out – because they are related to a cop or a fireman. And the others just capituilated because of exhaustion. Disgraceful justice. Hope the judge throws out the verdict.
Right, and not only did these one or two hold out, but they also convinced the other ten or eleven to change their votes. because, as I am sure you are aware, it takes 12 to acquit as well as convict.
And a jury never returns a bad verdict, right? I’ve heard of juries that convicted innocent people because the jurors wanted to get home in time to watch the game.
Not to mention the fact during selection I am SURE the attorneys asked “Are any of you police or firemen or related to one or are friends with one” of the jurors…wait…now you’re going to tell me a juror lied…never mind…idiot.
Joe Blo says:
OMG…This makes it official, NYC cops are ARE worse than Mississippi cops in !962 when it comes to lawlessness. How one earth could a jury of sane people find them innocent? The jury should be investigated for tampering.
Since a jury of their peers found them not guilty, the verdict couldn’t possibly make the lawless of the NYPD official. Perhaps, you have a problem with the jury’s verdict or even disagree with it, but it in no way means the cops were above the law. It means the jury didn’t beleive they raped this women beyond a reasonable doubt.
Anne Hill says:
are the misconduct charges misdemeanors?
James Santiago says:
guilty of misconduct though…and that means they’re finished as cops….
Surfin Bird says:
Justice has been served!!!!!
Wow! I can’t believe this. Above the law is right. You have to protect yourself from police.
Hope they are not going to still be on the force, just what we need.
they need to be on the force. they have been framed
L Katz says:
New York’s finest judged by New York’s dumbest
Shut the hell up, hook-nose! Go steal some ketchup bottles & silverware from Brooklyn diners like the rest of your tribe does.
Thank goodness for a sane jury! This case was a repeat of the Duke lacrosse case: A couple of lying hose monsters falsely accusing men of rape for a pay day. This broad belongs behind bars, period. Granted, cops used horrible judgment, and should look for another line of work, but they were not rapists. Hats off to the jury.
Sick of it says:
I totally agree! I’m a woman and am so sick and tired of these ignorants that instead of going to college and getting and education to support themselves take the easy way out. She thinks this is a payday. I hope she gets ZILCH. By the way, is she a minority?
Probably not, Sick, otherwise, that’s ALL the biased media would have cared about.
The $57,000,000 “pay day” that she was suing the city/taxpayers for. You are an imbecile.
Joe, I’ve read your comments before, and if they were found guilty you’d still defend them. Really, what you’re saying is that anyone who files a lawsuit for monetary damages must be lying and only out for the money. That’s not just hateful, it’s irrational. The cops’ story is transparently bogus. Mata was caught admitting to the rape on tape. The judge allowed prejudicial evidence against the victim. Total BS designed to protect the NYPD.
Told you so.
above the law!!!!!!!!!
Guilty….. To all you non-believers.. Wait and listen
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NYS Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Arrested On Corruption Charges
Filed Under:Andrea Grymes, FBI, Irene Cornell, Joel Cohen, Juliet Papa, Marcia Kramer, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Michael Whyland, New York State Assembly, Peter Donald, Sheldon Silver, Weitz & Luxenberg
New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (right) walks out of the Federal Courthouse after his arraignment on January 22, 2015. (credit: Yana Paskova/Getty Images)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, the top Democrat in the state Legislature, was handcuffed and hauled to court Thursday on charges that he used his office to extort millions of dollars in kickbacks and bribes.
Manhattan U.S. Magistrate Judge Frank Maas released Silver, 70, on $200,000 bail Thursday afternoon following his arrest on five counts, including conspiracy and bribery charges. He was forced to surrender his passport.
If convicted, Silver could face a sentence of up to 100 years in prison.
“Over his decades in office, Speaker Silver has amassed titanic political power,” U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said. “But, as alleged, during that same time, Silver also amassed a tremendous personal fortune – through the abuse of that political power.”
Bharara said Silver “corruptly collected some $4 million in bribes and kickbacks disguised as ‘referral fees'” and said it accounted for “approximately two-thirds of all of Silver’s outside income since 2002.”
“As today’s charges make clear, the show-me-the-money culture of Albany has been perpetuated and promoted at the very top of the political food chain,” Bharara said. “And as the charges also show, the greedy art of secret self-reward was practiced with particular cleverness and cynicism by the Speaker himself.”
In addition, Bharara said a judge has issued warrants allowing authorities to seize $3.8 million in alleged fraud proceeds that he said Silver had dispersed among eight different bank accounts at six different banks.
Judge Frank Maas, Attorney Joel Cohen, and Sheldon Silver. (credit: Jane Rosenberg)
As CBS2 Political Reporter Marcia Kramer reported, Silver spoke publicly Thursday afternoon among a pushing and shouting crowd of reporters.
“I’m happy the issue is coming to be aired in the legal process,” Silver said. “I am confident that when all the issues are aired I will be vindicated.”
Silver said he will not step aside to let someone else take over the legislative chamber, or resign his seat. He will continue to collect his approximately $121,000 salary as speaker.
When asked by CBS2’s Dick Brennan if he would be able to function under the cloud of allegations, Silver said, “I believe so.”
Meanwhile, Silver’s attorney, Joel Cohen, called the charges “meritless.”
“Mr. Silver looks forward to responding to them, in court, and ultimately his full exoneration,” Cohen said in a statement.
FBI: NYS Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Arrested
The 35-page complaint against Silver outlined two separate schemes. As 1010 WINS’ Juliet Papa reported, one was an alleged real estate scam, in which developers with business before the state were allegedly induced to use a small Lower Manhattan law firm, Goldberg Iryami, which prosecutors claim kicked back part of its fees — $700,000 worth – to Silver.
The complaint specifically said Silver “used his power and influence” to induce the real estate developers to “retain and continue to use a real estate law firm controlled by an attorney who previously had worked as Silver’s counsel in the Assembly.”
EXTRA: Click Here To Read The Full Complaint
There was also an alleged health care scam, in which Silver allegedly received more than $5 million in payments from the trial firm of Weitz & Luxenberg. The figure included $3.9 million characterized as attorney referral fees, the complaint said.
Authorities said more than $3 million of that was obtained in “asbestos client referral fees Silver received by, among other official acts, awarding $500,000 in state grants to a university research center of a physician who referred patients made ill by asbestos to Silver at Weitz & Luxenberg.”
Silver received more than $6 million in outside income from the two law firms since late 2002, prosecutors alleged.
Silver has publicly insisted that his legal work has no connection to his official position and that none of his clients have business before the state, WCBS 880’s Irene Cornell reported.
“Speaker Silver successfully sought ways to monetize his office, and he did so in violation of federal law,” Bharara said.
The commission and Bharara were looking into lawmakers’ earnings outside their state salaries. Silver’s outside income has long been a subject of discussion and controversy. Last year, he reported making up to $750,000 for legal work, mostly with Weitz & Luxenberg.
Bharara took over the files of the Moreland anti-corruption commission after Cuomo closed it in April. He said in October that investigations into Albany’s pay-to-play politics are continuing.
When the commission began to investigate public corruption in 2013, including outside income earned by Silver and other state legislators, “Silver took legal action and other steps to prevent the disclosure of such information,” the complaint said.
It noted that Silver publicly accused the commission of abusing its power by engaging “in a fishing expedition to intimidate legislators.”
The complaint said Cuomo disbanded the commission in March only after Silver and his staff played a key role in negotiations in which the Legislature agreed to certain changes to campaign finance reporting requirements and bribery laws.
“A deal was cut that cut off the commission’s work to the great relief of Sheldon Silver, who furiously fought the commission’s subpoenas and urged its shutdown,” Bharara said.
The arrest sent shock waves through Albany as a new legislative session has begun and it came just a day after Silver shared the stage with Cuomo during his State of the State address.
Silver has served as speaker of the Democrat-controlled Assembly for more than two decades and is one of the most influential people in New York state government.
Along with the Senate majority leader and the governor, he plays a major role in creating state budgets, laws and policies in a system long-criticized in Albany as “three men in a room.”
Constituents in his Lower East Side district were not surprised to hear about his arrest Thursday morning.
“If they’re not honest, they don’t need to be in there,” Lower East Side resident Billy Rolan told CBS2’s Andrea Grymes. “Lock him up.”
Traci Davis said she’s lived in Silver’s district for nine years and would often see him around.
“He’s big around here. Everyone respects him,” she said. “I’m shocked but then again, I can’t be surprised.”
Meanwhile, top Democratic lawmakers in New York were standing by Silver on Thursday.
Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle emerged from a closed-door meeting of Democratic lawmakers to say he has faith in Silver, even though he said he hadn’t read the criminal complaint against him.
Silver's Future As Assembly Speaker In Question?
As WCBS 880’s Rich Lamb reported, Mayor Bill de Blasio said that although the allegations are serious, he has always known Silver to be a man of integrity.
“I think he has a right to due process, that’s something we always need to affirm. Allegations are allegations and charges are charges and there has to be a process to determine the outcome,” he said.
“I think separately it’s a true statement he’s done a lot for NYC and I value that certainly,” de Blasio added.
When asked if Silver should resign, de Blasio flatly said no.
A small number of Democrats joined Republicans in calling for Silver’s resignation as speaker. Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb said Silver’s troubles could cast a dark cloud over the Legislature.
NYGOP spokesman David Laska also released a statement calling on Silver to “immediately resign from the State Assembly.”
Baruch College Public Affairs Professor Doug Muzzio said Silver will remain speaker unless he’s convicted or removed by the Democratic conference.
“By law he can remain until or if he is convicted of a felony,” he told WCBS 880. “Does he remain is question one and the other question is what do the members of the Assembly want?”
Silver’s arrest comes just two weeks after lawmakers began their 2015 session.
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Archive | July 7, 2018
in Anura Guruge, Sony
Taking Selfies My Way — Part XXX; In The Eye Of An Alpaca — July 7, 2018.
No post-processing whatsoever!
Part of the family of Alpacas that I helped rescue during a storm in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, exactly a year ago — at this very same Craft Fair. I took some pictures of it. He was 2-years old and talking a storm. When I uploaded this picture I realized that I am reflected, without distortion, in his eye, right way up. Amused I. Had to post it. You have to look carefully — into the eye. It will help if you ENLARGE. And there is I, feet apart taking this picture.
Search ‘Selfies’.
The Picture Of The Day (Sony a7 II) + 6 Also-Rans — July 7, 2018.
in Art, Recommendations
Review Of “Jurassic World The Fallen Kingdom” By Teischan Guruge (12).
by Teischan Guruge
The island where all the dinosaurs has a volcano on that is going to blow up. The government is trying to decide whether to save the dinosaurs or let them die.
Claire is the leader of a group who is trying to save the dinosaurs. She gets a call from a guy who wants to save the dinosaurs and he asks her to go to his mansion. She goes to his mansion and he asks her if she could convince her friend Owen to go to the island with them and try to capture Blue who is the last remaining dinosaur of her species. Claire convinces him and him, Claire, a dinosaur doctor and a computer guy go to the island. When they get there they meet a military guy who is supposed to help them. He takes them to a tank like thing and they ride around the island. They stop when they see one of the long neck dinosaurs then they keep going. They go to a shelter place that has computers and things that show where the dinosaurs are. The computer guy does stuff to unlock the shelter and they go in and the computer guy makes all the computers work and they find where Blue is. Owen and the dinosaur doctor go in the tank thing while Claire and the computer guy stay in the shelter.
Owen finds blue and blue remembers him but the military people show up and shoot blue with tranquilizer darts and then they shoot blue with a gun because he attacked someone. Then they shoot Owen with a dart and the dino doctor is forced to go with the military people because she has to get Blue to stay alive. Meanwhile Claire and the computer guy get trapped in the shelter because the volcano started erupting.
When the volcano started erupting Owen had just woken up and could barely but managed to get on a log but when he got on the log he was able to move and he ran away from the lava and met Claire and the computer guy who escaped from the shelter and told them to run. They found one of the ball things that roll and Claire and the computer guy got in but Owen was to slow and the door closed and they fell off a cliff into the ocean with all the dinosaurs. Then Claire and the computer guy got stuck in the ball and then Owen saved them.
Then they figured out the guy’s plan and had to race to the boat that was leaving with all the dinosaurs. The lava was coming fast so everyone had to run into the boat but at the last minute they got into a truck and Claire drove them into them onto the boat. On the boat they had to help the dino doctor save Blue but they needed blood that only one dinosaur on the boat had. So they went and found the dinosaur but it was a T-rex. They managed to get the blood and save Blue. When the boat arrived in California, Claire and Owen pretended to be a truck driver and almost made it to the mansion but they got caught and put in a jail cell like the dino’s.
Owen got a dinosaur to head but itself through the wall and through the jail bars so they could escape. When they got out they met Maisy who was the old guy’s granddaughter. She helped them buy telling them what they were doing. While they were talking the dinosaur auction started but then the head butting dinosaur and Owen came and started hurting people when they were showing the dangerous dinosaur. Everyone got scared and ran away while the military guy shot the dangerous dinosaur with some darts and then went in to steal a tooth from it and it ended up killing him. And he left the door open so it ended up escaping. Owen, Claire and Maisy were trying to find their friends but the dinosaur selling guy found them and told Maisy to come with him but she didn’t want to. And then he told them that she was a clone. Then the guy got attacked by a dinosaur and then they ran away and found their friends who told them there was a gas leak and the dinosaurs were dying. Claire wanted to release them but couldn’t make up her mind but then Maisy released them and they went running away and started taking over the world.
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“Popes & Papacy” On Facebook — For All Things Papal.
Click image to access this new Facebook page.
My ‘Popes-and-Papacy’ Website, which I started around 2008, was EXTREMELY successful until I quiesced it in May 2013 — once the current pope was elected. Though it covered most aspects of the papacy, my overriding interest, commensurate with my work on ‘The Next Pope’ books, was the ‘Next Pope’ and the ‘next conclave’. Well, that happened in March 2013. I then kind of moved onto some of my other interests — e.g., the brain & meditation. Late last year I, very reluctantly, closed down ‘Popes-and-Papacy’ because it was too time consuming to maintain.
Well, it appears that the lead up to the NEXT POPE POST POPE FRANCIS is upon us, and I despite, despite other distractions just cannot resist getting into the fray. So, as some of you may have noticed I am again doing papal posts on a regular basis.
There is no way I have the time, energy or patience to start a new Website.
Hence, ALL my pope posts will be on this BLOG. That is a given.
But, I started the ‘Popes & Papacy’ Facebook page as a tracking site for the pope posts on this blog — given that there are many people who are only capable of reading stuff on FB.
OK? You got the story.
Check Category ‘religion’.
Search ‘cardinals‘, ‘consistory‘ & ‘pope‘.
in Anura Guruge, Health Care, Recommendations
“Garmin VIP Club”, For Making UPGRADING Easier With Trade-Ins, By ‘Heart Rate Monitors USA’.
Click here to access the HRM USA Webpage for enrolling in CLUB
— just $9.99.
This BRILLIANT for folks like I who like the latest technology on our wrist. Essentially an easy, guaranteed UPGRADE path without having the hassle of trying to sell your current Garmin.
I signed up at once … at once. At $9.99 it was a no-brainer. Don’t tell them BUT, I would have paid MORE for this privilege! {Smile}
Amazon, in 2016 – 2017, had a trade-in program. I used in a bunch of times to keep up with my need to change cameras. Now that they don’t have that, I am delighted that HRM USA has stepped into the breach.
The program, alas, is NOT — I repeat ‘NOT’ — retroactive; i.e., it does NOT apply to Garmins we already have. Only to those we purchase after we become members. That is a bummer. That means you still have to ‘finance’ your next Garmin upgrade on your own.
But, do not wait. Sign Up.
Yes, this means you end up being tied to HRM USA when it comes to buying your Garmins. From my experience that is not a bad thing. I have bought three Garmins from them so far — plus a Fitbit Ionic. So, I have no issues with that.
Well, I have done my duty and told you about this.
P.S., I saw it on my Facebook timeline last thing last night. So, in case you were wondering as to how I hear about this.
Search ‘Garmin’.
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Yemi Alade Seals Licensing Deal With Universal Music Africa
by PH September 11, 2019, 9:10 am
Yemi Alade, Nigerian songstress, has signed a licensing deal with Universal Music Group (UMG) Africa and and its French counterpart.
UMG also known as UMG Recordings is an American global music corporation that is a subsidiary of the French media conglomerate, Vivendi.
The UMG’s west African affiliate is in partnership with Universal Music France (UMF).
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Alade, one of Africa’s most creatively and commercially successful artists through her record label, signed the deal with the global licensing in agreement with Universal Music Africa (UMA) on Tuesday.
Based on the multi-year agreement, UMA would serve as the exclusive worldwide record music partner for the singer with Effyzzie Music Group, her record label.
Also, UMF would serve as the international roll-out partner for the project and the agreement would take effect immediately.
In 2019, Alade emerged as the winner of the popular Peak talent show. Following her victory on the widely seen Peak competition, she then released her debut single ‘Fimisile’.
A deal with the Effyzzie Music Group yielded the 2013 international hit single ‘Johnny’, which was included on ‘King of Queen’, her debut album, in 2014.
The album which was a mixed of reggae, R&B and so on featured a number of collaborations between notable producers and guest artists like Phyno and Chidinma.
The talented singer, who recently came through with ‘Woman of Steel’, her long-awaited 2019 album, disclosed why a music collaboration with Tiwa Savage, her colleague in the country’s music industry, might never happen.
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Alina Zagitova eyes more gold at worlds; women’s preview
By Nick ZaccardiMar 19, 2018, 3:45 PM EDT
More: Figure Skating
With four former champions in the mix, who can claim U.S. Championships pairs’ title? Alysa Liu, reigning national ice queen, has no pomp in her daily circumstances 2020 U.S. Figure Skating Championships TV, live stream schedule
Alina Zagitova hasn’t lost internationally in 18 months, and that doesn’t figure to change this week at the world championships in Milan.
The 15-year-old Russian is favored to become the youngest world gold medalist since Tara Lipinski (duplicating her feat from the Olympics) and make it five straight Olympic or world titles for Russian women, the longest streak for one country since American Carol Heiss won six straight Olympic/world titles from 1956 through 1960.
Zagitova would also become the first Olympic women’s champion to win worlds the following month since Kristi Yamaguchi in 1992. That’s largely because Olympic champions usually skip worlds in Olympic years. Since Yamaguchi, the only one to compete was Yuna Kim, who grabbed silver in 2010.
Zagitova may be young, but she may not have the longevity of Kim to make it to a second Olympics. Russia turns over a new class of elite women’s skaters every year.
Two weeks ago, 13-year-old Alexandra Trusova won the world junior title as the first woman to land two different quadruple jumps in one program. Trusova isn’t old enough to compete at the senior worlds until 2020.
Zagitova’s current rival and training partner, Olympic silver medalist and 2016 and 2017 World champion Yevgenia Medvedeva, withdrew from worlds due to injury.
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Which leaves the last two Olympic bronze medalists, Kaetlyn Osmond of Canada and Carolina Kostner of Italy, plus PyeongChang fourth-place finisher Satoko Miyahara of Japan as the top challengers this week.
None finished within seven points of Zagitova at any competition this season, the Russian’s first on the senior international level.
Zagitova set herself apart at the Olympics by putting all of her jumps in the second half of her programs for 10 percent bonuses and landing them all with positive grades of execution.
The U.S. contingent includes national champion Bradie Tennell, two-time Olympian Mirai Nagasu and Mariah Bell (replacement for 2017 U.S. champion Karen Chen).
It is the end of a challenging season for U.S. women. In the autumn, none qualified for the Grand Prix Final for a second straight year (after at least one had done so each of the previous seven seasons).
In PyeongChang, no U.S. woman finished in the top six for the first time in Winter Games history. Tennell, who emerged this season after placing ninth at 2017 Nationals, was the top U.S. Olympic finisher in ninth.
Tennell goes into worlds as the top seeded American — seventh — by best international scores this season.
Key Short Program Start Times (Wednesday ET)
Bradie Tennell (USA) — 8:48 a.m.
Mirai Nagasu (USA) — 10:25 a.m.
Mariah Bell (USA) — 10:32 a.m.
Carolina Kostner (ITA) — 11:05 a.m.
Alina Zagitova (RUS) — 11:12 a.m.
Kaetlyn Osmond (CAN) — 11:25 a.m.
Satoko Miyahara (RUS) — 11:31 a.m.
MORE: Best figure skating moments from PyeongChang
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A nation of diversity: Demographics of the United States of America and their implications for families.
Fabienne Doucet, R. Hamon
Cultural Diversity and Families: Expanding Perspectives
B. Sherif-Trask, R. Hamon
SAGE Publications Inc.
Doucet, F., & Hamon, R. (2007). A nation of diversity: Demographics of the United States of America and their implications for families. In B. Sherif-Trask, & R. Hamon (Eds.), Cultural Diversity and Families: Expanding Perspectives (pp. 20-43). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications Inc..
A nation of diversity: Demographics of the United States of America and their implications for families. / Doucet, Fabienne; Hamon, R.
Cultural Diversity and Families: Expanding Perspectives. ed. / B. Sherif-Trask; R. Hamon. Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications Inc., 2007. p. 20-43.
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1. Prasann, Ashesh. Spillover effects of public works on labor markets : evidence from national rural employment guarantee scheme, India.
Degree: 2016, Michigan State University
URL: http://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd:4341
Thesis Ph. D. Michigan State University. Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics 2016.
Public works guaranteeing work at pre-determined wages are intended to provide security to… (more)
Public works guaranteeing work at pre-determined wages are intended to provide security to the seasonally unemployed. These programs, also referred to as “cash-for-work” or workfare, are an increasingly used feature of labor market policy for developing countries. Long durations of guaranteed employment at close to, or above the prevailing market wage are likely to put upward pressure on the local market wage rate through two channels - higher competition for casual labor and increased enforcement of minimum wages (Berg et al. 2012, Subbarao 2003). When implemented non-uniformly across proximate and interlinked labor markets, these programs are also likely to generate spillovers from assigned to unassigned areas. Accounting for these spillovers is necessary and indeed, critical for a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis of large-scale public works programs, increasingly being viewed as anti-poverty schemes. Impact evaluations of the world’s largest public works program, India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), have estimated a variety of labor market effects (Azam 2012, Berg et al. 2012, Imbert and Papp 2015), but this literature is agnostic about general equilibrium spillovers generated by the program, potentially biasing these estimates downwards. This dissertation first tests for the presence of general equilibrium spillovers generated by NREGS in neighboring but unassigned labor markets, exploiting the plausibly exogenous spatial and temporal variation in exposure induced by the program’s staggered rollout. Next, it presents evidence for the theory that changes in short-distance, seasonal migration to contiguous program areas is the mechanism generating cross-district spillovers in exposed areas. Lastly, this study presents treatment effect estimates of the program’s rural, urban and overall impact, after accounting for cross-district spillovers.This analysis demonstrates that accounting for the downward bias introduced by general equilibrium spillovers results in substantially larger treatment effect estimates. In fact this study’s spillover-robust point estimate of the program’s effect on rural unskilled wages is nearly three times previous estimates (Imbert and Papp 2015, Berg et al. 2012). Further, the hypothesis of wage spillovers across districts being as large as direct treatment effects cannot be rejected, thereby implying that nearby exposed but unassigned districts experience the same magnitude of effects as assigned districts. Since public works programs are often started by sub-national governments which do not completely accrue the gains from them, these wage spillovers show the existence of a strong incentive to free-ride on a neighboring jurisdictions. Another important takeaway from these findings is that given finite resources, a strategic selection of highly connected labor markets could widen the geographic scope of spillovers from public works programs, thus implying cost-saving for…
Advisors/Committee Members: Dillon, Andrew S, Ahlin, Christian R, Jin, Songqing, Maredia, Mywish.
Subjects/Keywords: National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (India); Public works – India; Manpower policy, Rural – India; Labor market – India; Welfare recipients – Employment – India; Labor economics; Agriculture economics; Economics
Prasann, A. (2016). Spillover effects of public works on labor markets : evidence from national rural employment guarantee scheme, India . (Thesis). Michigan State University. Retrieved from http://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd:4341
Prasann, Ashesh. “Spillover effects of public works on labor markets : evidence from national rural employment guarantee scheme, India.” 2016. Thesis, Michigan State University. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd:4341.
Prasann, Ashesh. “Spillover effects of public works on labor markets : evidence from national rural employment guarantee scheme, India.” 2016. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Prasann A. Spillover effects of public works on labor markets : evidence from national rural employment guarantee scheme, India. [Internet] [Thesis]. Michigan State University; 2016. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd:4341.
Prasann A. Spillover effects of public works on labor markets : evidence from national rural employment guarantee scheme, India. [Thesis]. Michigan State University; 2016. Available from: http://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd:4341
2. Rogaly, Ben. Rural labour arrangements in West Bengal, India.
Degree: PhD, 1994, University of Oxford
URL: http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:add7f922-11fa-4074-8770-39701151a2a7 ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.595882
► The aim of this thesis is to explain the existence and coexistence of diverse hired labour arrangements in two contrasting localities in rural West Bengal… (more)
▼ The aim of this thesis is to explain the existence and coexistence of diverse hired labour arrangements in two contrasting localities in rural West Bengal (India). Hired labour arrangements for seasonal migrants are included in the analysis, the methods for which are drawn from a review of the contractual arrangements literature. One study locality, in Bardhaman District, was characterised by double-cropping of paddy facilitated by groundwater irrigation, the other, in Purulia District, by rainfed paddy cultivation. The structure of landownership was skewed - more so in the Bardhaman locality. Daily employment records were kept by ninety-two sampled households over two seasons. In each locality six different indigenous types of hired labour arrangement were identified. Analysis of the rationales for the existence and coexistence of these labour arrangements and of the variation within each type confirmed the embeddedness of the terms and conditions of labour hire (including those for migrant labour) in the land-holding structure, in ideologies of gender and caste, and in party political allegiances. Possibilities for and constraints on hiring out labour in particular arrangements are explained in part by the logic of deployment of household labour to unwaged reproductive and productive work, which is also socially embedded in the same way. The thesis thus sets a new agenda for research. It questions the received wisdom on rural labour exchange in India: i) that villages tend to have just one wage rate for 'casual' labour determined by supply and demand alone, ii) that stylised labour arrangements (eg 'casual' and 'attached') are appropriate occupational classifications for individuals and households, and iii) that rural labour is immobile. If the coexistence of diverse labour arrangements is to be explained, more, careful microstudies are required, so that a typology of socio-economic, political and agro-ecological contexts can be developed.
Subjects/Keywords: 331.12; Manpower policy; Rural; India; West Bengal
Rogaly, B. (1994). Rural labour arrangements in West Bengal, India . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Oxford. Retrieved from http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:add7f922-11fa-4074-8770-39701151a2a7 ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.595882
Rogaly, Ben. “Rural labour arrangements in West Bengal, India.” 1994. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Oxford. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:add7f922-11fa-4074-8770-39701151a2a7 ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.595882.
Rogaly, Ben. “Rural labour arrangements in West Bengal, India.” 1994. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Rogaly B. Rural labour arrangements in West Bengal, India. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Oxford; 1994. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:add7f922-11fa-4074-8770-39701151a2a7 ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.595882.
Rogaly B. Rural labour arrangements in West Bengal, India. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Oxford; 1994. Available from: http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:add7f922-11fa-4074-8770-39701151a2a7 ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.595882
3. Obbo, Kawaka D. The planning and implementation of policies to alleviate youth unemployment in Zambia : a study of Lusaka Province.
Degree: 2012, University of Zimbabwe
URL: http://dspace.unza.zm/handle/123456789/1696
► The planning and implementation of policies to alleviate youth unemployment is one way of tackling youth unemployment. Some others include outreach and volunteerism. An understanding… (more)
▼ The planning and implementation of policies to alleviate youth unemployment is one way of tackling youth unemployment. Some others include outreach and volunteerism. An understanding of the ways in which planning and implementation of programmes and projects among youth organisations, and of the impact which their widespread use will have on development of the youth is assuming new importance. This study was designers to explore and assess the extent to which planning and implementation tools are being utilizex3 in youth development in Lusaka province, Zambia.The primary source of data for the study was Governmental (GO) and Non-Governmental (NGO) youth personnel who have substantial experience of working with youths in Zambia. A total of 72 respondents were interviewed, in 12 youth organisations drawn from Lusaka Province. A quota sampling design was applied to obtain 36 respondents from six GOs and 36 respondents from six NGOs. From each of these organisations three people involved in policy planning and three people in policy implementation were selected.The main findings of the study is that policy planning and implementation is less effectively carried out and have not helped in reducing the high rate of youth unemployment in the province. To reverse this situation it is recommended, that an attempt should be made:(a)to identify the existence of, and define and categorize the various forms of youth unemployment in the province;(b)to establish a comprehensive coordination and review of policies to alleviate youth unemployment in the overall context of policy and national development planning;(c)to apply mixed scanning model in the choice of youth programmes and projects; (d)to focus on various youth clientele systems and intervention methods when implementing youth programmes and projects; and(e)to ensure that manpower resource is sufficient in quantity and suitable in quality for active and effective planning and implementation of youth policies.
Subjects/Keywords: Unemployed; Manpower Policy
Obbo, K. D. (2012). The planning and implementation of policies to alleviate youth unemployment in Zambia : a study of Lusaka Province . (Thesis). University of Zimbabwe. Retrieved from http://dspace.unza.zm/handle/123456789/1696
Obbo, Kawaka D. “The planning and implementation of policies to alleviate youth unemployment in Zambia : a study of Lusaka Province.” 2012. Thesis, University of Zimbabwe. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://dspace.unza.zm/handle/123456789/1696.
Obbo, Kawaka D. “The planning and implementation of policies to alleviate youth unemployment in Zambia : a study of Lusaka Province.” 2012. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Obbo KD. The planning and implementation of policies to alleviate youth unemployment in Zambia : a study of Lusaka Province. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Zimbabwe; 2012. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://dspace.unza.zm/handle/123456789/1696.
Obbo KD. The planning and implementation of policies to alleviate youth unemployment in Zambia : a study of Lusaka Province. [Thesis]. University of Zimbabwe; 2012. Available from: http://dspace.unza.zm/handle/123456789/1696
4. Sherchand, Bageshwari. Determinants of non-farm self-employment in rural Virginia.
Degree: MS, Agricultural Economics, 1994, Virginia Tech
Subjects/Keywords: Manpower policy, Rural; LD5655.V855 1994.S547
Sherchand, B. (1994). Determinants of non-farm self-employment in rural Virginia . (Masters Thesis). Virginia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42103
Sherchand, Bageshwari. “Determinants of non-farm self-employment in rural Virginia.” 1994. Masters Thesis, Virginia Tech. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42103.
Sherchand, Bageshwari. “Determinants of non-farm self-employment in rural Virginia.” 1994. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Sherchand B. Determinants of non-farm self-employment in rural Virginia. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Virginia Tech; 1994. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42103.
Sherchand B. Determinants of non-farm self-employment in rural Virginia. [Masters Thesis]. Virginia Tech; 1994. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42103
5. Chandra, Khorshed. From vocationalization to vocationalism in educational planning: an analysis of cross-national perspectives.
Degree: Master of Education in International/intercultural education, Department of Educational Foundations, 1991, University of Alberta
URL: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/zw12z7283
Subjects/Keywords: Education – Economic aspects.; Vocational education – Curriculum.; Manpower policy.; Vocational education – India.
Chandra, K. (1991). From vocationalization to vocationalism in educational planning: an analysis of cross-national perspectives . (Masters Thesis). University of Alberta. Retrieved from https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/zw12z7283
Chandra, Khorshed. “From vocationalization to vocationalism in educational planning: an analysis of cross-national perspectives.” 1991. Masters Thesis, University of Alberta. Accessed January 20, 2020. https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/zw12z7283.
Chandra, Khorshed. “From vocationalization to vocationalism in educational planning: an analysis of cross-national perspectives.” 1991. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Chandra K. From vocationalization to vocationalism in educational planning: an analysis of cross-national perspectives. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Alberta; 1991. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/zw12z7283.
Chandra K. From vocationalization to vocationalism in educational planning: an analysis of cross-national perspectives. [Masters Thesis]. University of Alberta; 1991. Available from: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/zw12z7283
6. Bazoli, G. Designing an educative program about menstrual symptoms and a sanitary napkin life-cycle redesign for rural Indian women:.
Degree: 2011, Delft University of Technology
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:90c6b5e6-89a3-42df-b5f4-a030c1d5a919
► Menstruations are surrounded by taboo in Indian society. The taboo is caused by the religious credence (Hindu, Muslim and Christian) that the woman is considered… (more)
▼ Menstruations are surrounded by taboo in Indian society. The taboo is caused by the religious credence (Hindu, Muslim and Christian) that the woman is considered to be impure and cursed by God during those days. This belief has over time affected the culture in perceiving this natural event as something dirty and contaminated. Therefore, women, in the current rural Indian society, follow certain restrictions while having their period, such as avoiding: to cook, to bring water, to attend religious practices, to touch and to be touched. These restrictions are not the only consequences of Indian rural society’s belief about menstruations, in fact there are other connected effects. The biggest one is women’s shyness about the topic, and especially about menstrual symptoms. Their reluctance to discuss the event because of uncomfortable surroundings lead to issues, such as lack of education and lack of knowledge about their own body. In fact Instead of visiting a doctor when a symptom persists, the women prefer to wait for it to cure itself. This is done even if they do not know how to handle the symptom or judge the seriousness of it. The current product used by rural Indian women while having menstruations is a cotton cloth, folded and kept for few hours. After usage the cloth is washed separately and left to dry either hidden below dupattas or placed on the roof of the house. Using the cloth has two main problems: the lack of running water and proper drying. These conditions make the cloth become unhygienic for being worn and being in contact with the private and delicate parts of the female body. The cloth’s material aggravates the situation because it creates bruises due to its texture and does not prevent leaking since it has a low absorptive capacity. The result has two consequences: on women’s health conditions, because it is proved that the use of cloth facilitates the development of vaginal inconveniences and on social conditions, because the women are restricted to their domestic walls in order to change the cloth often to avoid leaking. The sanitary napkin is a known product but not pervasively adopted, because of many reasons: its high price (a package costs between 35 and 55 Indian rupees), the explicit packaging, the lack of compatibility to users who do not wear undergarments and the gender of the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper of the store where the item is usually available is always a man which does not match with the taboo related to the topic. These are the starting points of this graduation project, which took place in Vadodara (India) with the collaboration and support of Deepak Foundation. In order to achieve solutions to solve the issues listed earlier, a user and a context research has been conducted in loco, the definition of the concepts has been achieved through user participatory design, the evaluation at the end has been done by either stakeholders’ and users on prototypes of the solutions. The graduation project solves the problem related to the lack of education by raising awareness… Advisors/Committee Members: Kandachar, P., Mink, A..
Subjects/Keywords: menstruations; rural; India
Bazoli, G. (2011). Designing an educative program about menstrual symptoms and a sanitary napkin life-cycle redesign for rural Indian women: . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:90c6b5e6-89a3-42df-b5f4-a030c1d5a919
Bazoli, G. “Designing an educative program about menstrual symptoms and a sanitary napkin life-cycle redesign for rural Indian women:.” 2011. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:90c6b5e6-89a3-42df-b5f4-a030c1d5a919.
Bazoli, G. “Designing an educative program about menstrual symptoms and a sanitary napkin life-cycle redesign for rural Indian women:.” 2011. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Bazoli G. Designing an educative program about menstrual symptoms and a sanitary napkin life-cycle redesign for rural Indian women:. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2011. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:90c6b5e6-89a3-42df-b5f4-a030c1d5a919.
Bazoli G. Designing an educative program about menstrual symptoms and a sanitary napkin life-cycle redesign for rural Indian women:. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2011. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:90c6b5e6-89a3-42df-b5f4-a030c1d5a919
7. Hiranandani, Komal. Mismatched Governance: Exploring the Relationship Between Rural and Urban Governance Forms and Urban Development in India .
Degree: 2018, Cornell University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/59464
► By conservative census estimates, roughly half of the settlements in India that are urban in nature are governed by rural governance forms instead of urban… (more)
▼ By conservative census estimates, roughly half of the settlements in India that are urban in nature are governed by rural governance forms instead of urban ones. This paper investigates whether this governance mismatch is associated with the development of settlements. I first empirically explore whether differences exist between rural-governed and urban-governed urban settlements on average, and on finding such differences, I explore the causal effect of urban governance forms, and find that they appear to be broadly associated with better levels of high spillover development indicators. The effect on low spillover development indicators is negative or mixed. The negative association with low spillover indicators need not, however, be indicative of a negative phenomenon for development overall. The results suggest that there is a case to convert rural governance forms in urban settlements to urban governance forms, and I conclude by exploring the political economy of such conversions. Advisors/Committee Members: Chau, Ho Yan (committeeMember).
Subjects/Keywords: Regional Government; Regional Policy; Urban; Economics; rural; Political science; Public administration; India; Economic Development
Hiranandani, K. (2018). Mismatched Governance: Exploring the Relationship Between Rural and Urban Governance Forms and Urban Development in India . (Thesis). Cornell University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1813/59464
Hiranandani, Komal. “Mismatched Governance: Exploring the Relationship Between Rural and Urban Governance Forms and Urban Development in India .” 2018. Thesis, Cornell University. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/1813/59464.
Hiranandani, Komal. “Mismatched Governance: Exploring the Relationship Between Rural and Urban Governance Forms and Urban Development in India .” 2018. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Hiranandani K. Mismatched Governance: Exploring the Relationship Between Rural and Urban Governance Forms and Urban Development in India . [Internet] [Thesis]. Cornell University; 2018. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/59464.
Hiranandani K. Mismatched Governance: Exploring the Relationship Between Rural and Urban Governance Forms and Urban Development in India . [Thesis]. Cornell University; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/59464
8. Dodd, Warren. Labour Mobility, Health, and Rural Livelihoods in Southern India .
Degree: 2016, University of Guelph
URL: https://atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca/xmlui/handle/10214/9954
► Internal labour migration is an important and necessary livelihood strategy for millions of individuals and households throughout India. Participation in labour mobility can also influence… (more)
▼ Internal labour migration is an important and necessary livelihood strategy for millions of individuals and households throughout India. Participation in labour mobility can also influence health and development outcomes among migrant workers and their households. To understand the connections between internal labour migration, health, and rural livelihoods, a mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative) study including 66 semi-structured interviews and 300 household surveys (representing 1,693 individuals) was conducted in 26 rural villages in the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu. Data were collected on the determinants, types, and outcomes of internal labour migration, the rate of participation in the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), self-reported morbidity, and health seeking behaviour. Qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis and quantitative data were analyzed using multivariable logistic and linear models. Of the 300 households surveyed, 137 (45.7%) had at least one current migrant member, with 205 migrant workers (8.3% females and 91.7% males) included in total. Types of labour migration included daily labour commutes (12.2%), temporary labour migration (77.6%), and permanent migration (2.9%). Households from historically marginalized castes were 3.7 times more likely to engage in temporary labour migration than higher caste households. Participation in internal labour migration was financially advantageous, with the highest daily wages earned by high skilled workers and those in the construction industry. Despite public and political discourse on the subject, participation in MGNREGA did not act as a substitute for internal labour migration. Conversely, there was evidence that MGNREGA and internal labour migration were used as complementary livelihood strategies. In terms of self-reported morbidity, 22.3% of individuals experienced a chronic health problem at the time of survey administration. This prevalence did not differ between migrant and non-migrant adults. The lack of confidence in the public healthcare system and the cost of private healthcare were barriers to seeking care. The overall findings underscore the significance of internal labour migration for these rural households and its role in shaping health and development outcomes. Advisors/Committee Members: Dewey, Cate (advisor), Humphries, Sally (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: internal labour migration; rural livelihoods; migrant health; healthcare; development; social policy; India
Dodd, W. (2016). Labour Mobility, Health, and Rural Livelihoods in Southern India . (Thesis). University of Guelph. Retrieved from https://atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca/xmlui/handle/10214/9954
Dodd, Warren. “Labour Mobility, Health, and Rural Livelihoods in Southern India .” 2016. Thesis, University of Guelph. Accessed January 20, 2020. https://atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca/xmlui/handle/10214/9954.
Dodd, Warren. “Labour Mobility, Health, and Rural Livelihoods in Southern India .” 2016. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Dodd W. Labour Mobility, Health, and Rural Livelihoods in Southern India . [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Guelph; 2016. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: https://atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca/xmlui/handle/10214/9954.
Dodd W. Labour Mobility, Health, and Rural Livelihoods in Southern India . [Thesis]. University of Guelph; 2016. Available from: https://atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca/xmlui/handle/10214/9954
9. Buntz, C. Gregory. The Columbus Ohio manpower service matrix : an evaluation .
Degree: PhD, Graduate School, 1973, The Ohio State University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486744174936982
Subjects/Keywords: Political Science; Manpower policy; Manpower
Buntz, C. G. (1973). The Columbus Ohio manpower service matrix : an evaluation . (Doctoral Dissertation). The Ohio State University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486744174936982
Buntz, C Gregory. “The Columbus Ohio manpower service matrix : an evaluation .” 1973. Doctoral Dissertation, The Ohio State University. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486744174936982.
Buntz, C Gregory. “The Columbus Ohio manpower service matrix : an evaluation .” 1973. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Buntz CG. The Columbus Ohio manpower service matrix : an evaluation . [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. The Ohio State University; 1973. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486744174936982.
Buntz CG. The Columbus Ohio manpower service matrix : an evaluation . [Doctoral Dissertation]. The Ohio State University; 1973. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486744174936982
10. Chirikos, Thomas N. Bolivia : a case study in the theory and practice of human resource planning.
Subjects/Keywords: Economics; Manpower policy
Chirikos, T. N. (1967). Bolivia : a case study in the theory and practice of human resource planning . (Doctoral Dissertation). The Ohio State University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486644760186683
Chirikos, Thomas N. “Bolivia : a case study in the theory and practice of human resource planning.” 1967. Doctoral Dissertation, The Ohio State University. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486644760186683.
Chirikos, Thomas N. “Bolivia : a case study in the theory and practice of human resource planning.” 1967. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Chirikos TN. Bolivia : a case study in the theory and practice of human resource planning. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. The Ohio State University; 1967. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486644760186683.
Chirikos TN. Bolivia : a case study in the theory and practice of human resource planning. [Doctoral Dissertation]. The Ohio State University; 1967. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486644760186683
11. Ma, Poh How. Manpower development and nation-building : Singapore's experience .
Degree: Department of Political Science, 1977, Brock University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10464/1946
► Manpower is a basic resource. It is the indispensable means of converting other resources to mankind '.s use and benefit. As a process· of increasing… (more)
▼ Manpower is a basic resource. It is the indispensable means of converting other resources to mankind '.s use and benefit. As a process· of increasing the knowledge, skills, and dexterity of the people of a society, manpower development is the most fundamental means of enabling a nation to acquire the capacities to bring about its desired future state of affairs – a more mighty and wealthier nation. Singapore's brief nation-building history justifies the emphasis accorded to the importance of good quality human resources and manpower development in economic and socio-political developments. As a tiny island-state with a poor natural resource base, Singapore's long-term survival and development depend ultimately upon the quality and the creative energy of her people. In line with the nation-building goals and strategies of the Republic, as conditioned by her objective setting, Singapore's basic manpower development premise has been one of "quality and not quantity". While implementing the "stop-at-two" family planning and population control programs and the relevant immigration measures to guard against the prospect of a "population explosion", the Government has energetically fostered various educational programs, including vocational training schemes, adult education programs, the youth movement, and the national service scheme to improve the quality of Singaporeans. There is no denying that some of the manpower development measures taken by the Government have imposed sacrifice and hardship on the Singapore citizens. Nevertheless, they are the basic conditions for the island-Republic's long-term survival and development. It is essential iii to note that Singapore's continuing existence and phenomenal-success are largely attributable to the will, capacities and efforts of her leaders and people. In the final analysis, the wealth and the strength of a nation are based upon its ability to conserve, develop and utilize effectively the innate capacities of its people. This is true not only of Singapore but necessarily of other developing nations. It can be safely presumed that since most developing states' concerns about the quality of their human resources and the progress of their nation-building work are inextricably bound to those about the quantity of their population, the "quality and not quantity" motto of Singapore's manpower development programs can also be their guiding principle.
Subjects/Keywords: Manpower policy – Singapore.
Ma, P. H. (1977). Manpower development and nation-building : Singapore's experience . (Thesis). Brock University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10464/1946
Ma, Poh How. “Manpower development and nation-building : Singapore's experience .” 1977. Thesis, Brock University. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10464/1946.
Ma, Poh How. “Manpower development and nation-building : Singapore's experience .” 1977. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Ma PH. Manpower development and nation-building : Singapore's experience . [Internet] [Thesis]. Brock University; 1977. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10464/1946.
Ma PH. Manpower development and nation-building : Singapore's experience . [Thesis]. Brock University; 1977. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10464/1946
12. Hiyobo, Lucia. Manpower planning : technical education for planning for regional deverlopment, the case examined for Tanzania.
Degree: 1968, University of British Columbia
► Tanzania is one of those countries which carries the label of "underdeveloped or undeveloped". The central theme of this study is to examine what Tanzania… (more)
▼ Tanzania is one of those countries which carries the label of "underdeveloped or undeveloped". The central theme of this study is to examine what Tanzania should do in order to get started on the road to development. But before doing so, it is essential to illustrate what development means to Tanzania. Everybody in the country knows that there are three enemies to be fought, poverty, disease and ignorance. In other words the country needs high agricultural productivity; industries which will lead to a high per capita income; provision of hospitals and health centres; building more and better houses for a healthy living in order to conquer diseases and thirdly, providing schools, colleges, universities, community centres, transportation and other news media for circulation of knowledge and ideas in order to get rid of ignorance. Economists have always regarded capital natural resources as the basis of economic growth. This is all true but, among these, one element takes priority over the others. This is labour, which is termed in this study as manpower. For development purposes, no matter how rich the country may be in capital and natural resources, if they are not developed or mobilized they will not be of any benefit to the people. One of the world's handicaps is, up to this time in its history, that man has been the sole agent in mobilizing capital and natural resources for development. In the final analysis then, the development of a country depends on the ability of her people to put capital and natural resources into production. On this basis, manpower planning is essential for any country in the process of developing. However, there is need to specify the type of manpower that is needed for developmental tasks. In this case it is the quality more than the quantity of manpower that a country needs. It takes skilled men to discover and exploit natural resources, to mobilize capital to develop technology, to produce goods and to carry on trade. If a country is unable to develop its human resources it cannot build anything, whether it be a modern political system, a sense of national unity or a prosperous economy. The development of a country then is based upon its power to develop and effectively utilize the innate capacities of its people. The next question to ask is, how can this be done? There is only one means of equipping people with the skills and that is through education and training. This involves many elements but they are all inter-related. Education includes formal education at all levels. In addition, it covers on-the-job training, individual self-development through correspondence courses, informal as well as formal adult education. Basic education equips people with the ability to read, write and count which is essential in communication. New ideas are being formulated and the people should be able to read and understand them. They should be able to write and keep accounts, for example on farms, of the products of their farms. Most important, education trains people to think and reason so that…
Subjects/Keywords: Manpower policy – Tanzania
Hiyobo, L. (1968). Manpower planning : technical education for planning for regional deverlopment, the case examined for Tanzania. (Thesis). University of British Columbia. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2429/36267
Hiyobo, Lucia. “Manpower planning : technical education for planning for regional deverlopment, the case examined for Tanzania. ” 1968. Thesis, University of British Columbia. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/36267.
Hiyobo, Lucia. “Manpower planning : technical education for planning for regional deverlopment, the case examined for Tanzania. ” 1968. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Hiyobo L. Manpower planning : technical education for planning for regional deverlopment, the case examined for Tanzania. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of British Columbia; 1968. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/36267.
Hiyobo L. Manpower planning : technical education for planning for regional deverlopment, the case examined for Tanzania. [Thesis]. University of British Columbia; 1968. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/36267
13. Hueso González, Andrés. Pathways to Sustainability in Community-Led Total Sanitation. Experiences from Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh .
Degree: 2013, Universitat Politècnica de València
► Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) es un enfoque de saneamiento basado en la facilitación participativa para que las comunidades rurales analicen su situación sanitaria y los… (more)
▼ Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) es un enfoque de saneamiento basado en la facilitación participativa para que las comunidades rurales analicen su situación sanitaria y los riesgos de la defecación al aire libre. Así, se genera un deseo por parte de la comunidad de pasar a la acción y convertirse en un lugar libre de defecación al aire libre (ODF - open defecation free). El enfoque CLTS ha demostrado ser más efectivo que enfoques pasados y se ha expandido rápidamente por todo el mundo. En la India, donde se concentran más de la mitad de los defecadores al aire libre del mundo, el CLTS se enfrenta a ciertas dificultades, principalmente debido a la incompatibilidad con la campaña de saneamiento del gobierno indio, pero existen algunas áreas dónde sí ha podido ser introducido con cierto éxito. Por otro lado, existen evidencias de comunidades ¿tanto en India como en otros lugares¿ que vuelven a defecar al aire libre después de haber sido declaradas ODF. Esto plantea preguntas importantes en relación a la sostenibilidad de los resultados del CLTS. Para arrojar luz sobre estas cuestiones, esta tesis pretende explorar cómo contribuyó la introducción del CLTS en Madhya Pradesh (MP) y Himachal Pradesh (HP) al saneamiento sostenible, teniendo en cuenta tanto el proceso político que determinó la intervención en lo local, como losmecanismos a través de los que dicha intervención contribuyó al saneamiento sostenible. Para ello, utilizo un marco analítico inspirado en el Pathways Approach, donde la sostenibilidad es entendida desde una perspectiva dinámica y nomativa (que se mantenga el estatus ODF con mayor justicia social) y donde se da relevancia a los procesos políticos entorno a la sostenibilidad, incluyendo narrativas, agentes e intereses políticos. Utilizo tres casos de estudio: Khandwa district (MP), Mandi district (HP) y Budni block (MP). La metodología es predominantemente cualitativa, basada en entrevistas a todos los niveles administrativos y en trabajo de campo intensivo, incluyendo visitas cortas a múltiples comunidades y estudios en profundidad en una comunidad en cada caso de estudio. Las evidencias varían para cada caso. En Khandwa district, el CLTS fue introducido en 2007. Pero debido a la presión por parte del estado (MP) para conseguir premios de saneamiento y los intereses creados a nivel local, se acabó utilizando un enfoque mixto, con herramientas participativas del CLTS, pero basado en la construcción de letrinas subsidiadas. El desigual progreso inicial no se mantuvo, y muchas familias volvieron a defecar al aire libre al cabo de un tiempo. Las principales causas fueron la falta de apropiación, la baja calidad de construcción y la falta de interés tras la obtención de los premios y el traslado administrativo de quienes lideraron la introducción del CLTS. En Mandi district, con una política estatal (HP) favorable y el apoyo de una ONG local, autoridades motivadas con el saneamiento iniciaron en 2006 una campaña inspirada en los principios del CLTS, pero usando teatro… Advisors/Committee Members: Boni Aristizábal, Alejandra (advisor), Kar, Kamar (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: India; Sanitation; Policy; Rural; Total Sanitation Campaign; Community-Led Total Sanitation; Sustainability; Policy process; Pathways Approach
Hueso González, A. (2013). Pathways to Sustainability in Community-Led Total Sanitation. Experiences from Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh . (Doctoral Dissertation). Universitat Politècnica de València. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10251/31520
Hueso González, Andrés. “Pathways to Sustainability in Community-Led Total Sanitation. Experiences from Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh .” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, Universitat Politècnica de València. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/31520.
Hueso González, Andrés. “Pathways to Sustainability in Community-Led Total Sanitation. Experiences from Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh .” 2013. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Hueso González A. Pathways to Sustainability in Community-Led Total Sanitation. Experiences from Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh . [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Universitat Politècnica de València; 2013. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10251/31520.
Hueso González A. Pathways to Sustainability in Community-Led Total Sanitation. Experiences from Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh . [Doctoral Dissertation]. Universitat Politècnica de València; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10251/31520
14. Plakkoottam, Joseph Luke. Knowledge utilization for rural development : a comparative study of a government rural health care system and a voluntary health care organization in India.
Degree: 2009, University of Hawaii
Typescript.
Bibliography: leaves [273]-289.
Photocopy.
Microfilm.
xvi, 289 leaves, bound ill. 29 cm
Subjects/Keywords: Rural health services – India; Medical care – India; Rural development – India
Plakkoottam, J. L. (2009). Knowledge utilization for rural development : a comparative study of a government rural health care system and a voluntary health care organization in India . (Thesis). University of Hawaii. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10125/10284
Plakkoottam, Joseph Luke. “Knowledge utilization for rural development : a comparative study of a government rural health care system and a voluntary health care organization in India.” 2009. Thesis, University of Hawaii. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/10284.
Plakkoottam, Joseph Luke. “Knowledge utilization for rural development : a comparative study of a government rural health care system and a voluntary health care organization in India.” 2009. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Plakkoottam JL. Knowledge utilization for rural development : a comparative study of a government rural health care system and a voluntary health care organization in India. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Hawaii; 2009. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/10284.
Plakkoottam JL. Knowledge utilization for rural development : a comparative study of a government rural health care system and a voluntary health care organization in India. [Thesis]. University of Hawaii; 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/10284
15. Nandedkar, Lalitgauri. Translating MDG 3: Gender, Empowerment and the Adolescent Girl in Maharashtra, India .
Degree: 2017, University of Waikato
► This thesis is an exploration of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 3, tracing its path from a global aspiration to its translation into a developing world… (more)
▼ This thesis is an exploration of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 3, tracing its path from a global aspiration to its translation into a developing world context. Adopted in 2001 by the United Nations, the eight MDGs represented a global effort to address issues such as poverty, health, social injustice and environmental degradation. Goal 3 specifically was aimed at gender equality and women’s empowerment. Despite an extensive scholarship on the MDGs in general and on the specific issue of women’s empowerment in the development context, there has been little scholarly attention directed at the place and role of adolescent girls in the context of gender equality and empowerment. Similarly, there is a critical need to examine how policy formulated at the global level is translated into local contexts and with what consequences. This research undertakes a qualitative, in-depth, small-scale case study of a gender empowerment programme located in rural Maharashtra, India, to examine how a broad goal of gender empowerment is translated into a UNICEF-funded local programme for adolescent girls. The absence of adolescent girls in the gender and development and feminist scholarship has meant that existing feminist analytical frameworks are inadequate for this study. Hence, I draw on a range of scholarship on Third World feminism, the women, culture and development paradigm, the social relations framework, as well as on youth and citizenship to develop an adolescent girl and development perspective. Deploying this perspective as an analytical tool serves to provide a fresh insight into how Goals conceptualised at the global level translate to influence policy affecting the lived realities of adolescent girls in rural India. The empirical case study, grounded in feminist qualitative research methodology, employs this perspective to undertake a thematic analysis of primary documents and transcripts of interviews and focus groups to illustrate how themes and ideas about empowerment, responsibility and development play out in the neoliberal context of development in India. In deploying this framework, the thesis seeks to understand how well-intentioned programmes, such as the Deepshikha programme in rural Maharashtra, often become the site of neoliberal development initiatives that maintain rather than challenge power structures. In addition, it explores the implications of excluding adolescent boys from development interventions. The analysis demonstrates that while the Deepshikha programme offers many avenues to political, social, economic, and personal empowerment for adolescent girls, it is not without its contestations. Embedded in narratives of self-responsibilisation, adolescent girls are burdened by multiple pressures in their daily lives. Although often socially perceived as a person of lesser value, the adolescent girl, nonetheless, becomes an object of investment through which she is meant to uplift herself. The thesis examines how, through processes of volunteerism and instrumentalism embedded in notions… Advisors/Committee Members: Kurian, Priya A (advisor), Barrett, Patrick (advisor), Simon-Kumar, Rachel (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Adolescent Girls; Gender; Empowerment; Policy Translation; Rural development; Adolescent Boys; Maharashtra, India; UNICEF; Millennium Development Goals; (Post)Neoliberalism
Nandedkar, L. (2017). Translating MDG 3: Gender, Empowerment and the Adolescent Girl in Maharashtra, India . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Waikato. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10289/11055
Nandedkar, Lalitgauri. “Translating MDG 3: Gender, Empowerment and the Adolescent Girl in Maharashtra, India .” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Waikato. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/11055.
Nandedkar, Lalitgauri. “Translating MDG 3: Gender, Empowerment and the Adolescent Girl in Maharashtra, India .” 2017. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Nandedkar L. Translating MDG 3: Gender, Empowerment and the Adolescent Girl in Maharashtra, India . [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Waikato; 2017. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10289/11055.
Nandedkar L. Translating MDG 3: Gender, Empowerment and the Adolescent Girl in Maharashtra, India . [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Waikato; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10289/11055
16. Thillainayagam, N. A study of man power resource inventory for rural development in Kohima district Nagaland;.
Degree: Rural Development, 2014, INFLIBNET
References and Appendices included
Advisors/Committee Members: Aram, M.
Subjects/Keywords: Rural Development; Manpower Power Resources
Thillainayagam, N. (2014). A study of man power resource inventory for rural development in Kohima district Nagaland; . (Thesis). INFLIBNET. Retrieved from http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/16810
Thillainayagam, N. “A study of man power resource inventory for rural development in Kohima district Nagaland;.” 2014. Thesis, INFLIBNET. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/16810.
Thillainayagam, N. “A study of man power resource inventory for rural development in Kohima district Nagaland;.” 2014. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Thillainayagam N. A study of man power resource inventory for rural development in Kohima district Nagaland;. [Internet] [Thesis]. INFLIBNET; 2014. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/16810.
Thillainayagam N. A study of man power resource inventory for rural development in Kohima district Nagaland;. [Thesis]. INFLIBNET; 2014. Available from: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/16810
17. Vaijayanthi, P. A study of manpower resource inventory in the selected rural industries;.
Degree: 2015, INFLIBNET
Bibliography and appendices included
Advisors/Committee Members: Thillainayagam, N.
Subjects/Keywords: Manpower; Rural Industries; Village Industries
Vaijayanthi, P. (2015). A study of manpower resource inventory in the selected rural industries; . (Thesis). INFLIBNET. Retrieved from http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/36033
Vaijayanthi, P. “A study of manpower resource inventory in the selected rural industries;.” 2015. Thesis, INFLIBNET. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/36033.
Vaijayanthi, P. “A study of manpower resource inventory in the selected rural industries;.” 2015. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Vaijayanthi P. A study of manpower resource inventory in the selected rural industries;. [Internet] [Thesis]. INFLIBNET; 2015. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/36033.
Vaijayanthi P. A study of manpower resource inventory in the selected rural industries;. [Thesis]. INFLIBNET; 2015. Available from: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/36033
18. Keane, Sheila. Factors Affecting the Recruitment and Retention of Allied Health Professionals in Rural New South Wales .
Degree: 2014, University of Sydney
► Factors affecting the recruitment and retention of allied health professionals in rural New South Wales Rural allied health professional (AHP) workforce shortages are widespread. Evidence… (more)
▼ Factors affecting the recruitment and retention of allied health professionals in rural New South Wales Rural allied health professional (AHP) workforce shortages are widespread. Evidence is needed to underpin policy addressing this problem. This research surveyed all AHPs in rural NSW, with an estimated response rate of 44%. Of 1879 respondents, 776 (41%) intended leaving their job within 5 years, most often citing retirement and better career prospects as reasons to leave. Respondents were attracted to their jobs for “work/life balance” yet 34% reported working > 40 hours/week. Other attractors were type of work, climate/location, and a good place to raise children. While 79% were satisfied with their job, only 35% had no plans to leave. Six focus groups further explored factors influencing recruitment and retention. Participants associated heavy workloads with inadequate management and inequitable resource allocation, and reported an emotional toll from being unable to meet the needs of their communities. Career progression and access to continuing professional development (CPD) were central themes. Personal factors, isolation and type of work also affected retention. Factor analysis of survey data was used to compare public and private sector AHPs using logistic regression. The factor Clinical Demand predicted intention to leave in both public and private sectors while Sense of Community and Professional Isolation were significant only in the public cohort. Neither Resource Availability nor Get Away From Work were significant. Age group was the strongest predictor of intention to leave, with those <30 years old being 4 times more likely to intend leaving than 40-50 year olds. Results suggest factors influence rural AHP recruitment and retention differently depending on career stage. The validity of basing rural AHP workforce policy on research using only rural doctors is challenged by the importance of career progression and CPD in retaining rural AHPs. Further research is needed on the influences of management, CPD and career stage.
Subjects/Keywords: Rural; Allied Health, Workforce, Recruitment and Retention, health Manpower, Workforce planning
Keane, S. (2014). Factors Affecting the Recruitment and Retention of Allied Health Professionals in Rural New South Wales . (Thesis). University of Sydney. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10261
Keane, Sheila. “Factors Affecting the Recruitment and Retention of Allied Health Professionals in Rural New South Wales .” 2014. Thesis, University of Sydney. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10261.
Keane, Sheila. “Factors Affecting the Recruitment and Retention of Allied Health Professionals in Rural New South Wales .” 2014. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Keane S. Factors Affecting the Recruitment and Retention of Allied Health Professionals in Rural New South Wales . [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Sydney; 2014. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10261.
Keane S. Factors Affecting the Recruitment and Retention of Allied Health Professionals in Rural New South Wales . [Thesis]. University of Sydney; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10261
University of Hong Kong
19. Theberge, Valerie Bennett. Government policy and rural-urban migration: a comparative study of India and China.
Degree: MA, 1999, University of Hong Kong
URL: Theberge, V. B.. (1999). Government policy and rural-urban migration : a comparative study of India and China. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b3195236 ; http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b3195236 ; http://hdl.handle.net/10722/40509
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Subjects/Keywords: Rural-urban migration - Government policy - China.; Urbanization - India.; Urbanization - China.; Rural-urban migration - Government policy - India.
Theberge, V. B. (1999). Government policy and rural-urban migration: a comparative study of India and China . (Masters Thesis). University of Hong Kong. Retrieved from Theberge, V. B.. (1999). Government policy and rural-urban migration : a comparative study of India and China. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b3195236 ; http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b3195236 ; http://hdl.handle.net/10722/40509
Theberge, Valerie Bennett. “Government policy and rural-urban migration: a comparative study of India and China.” 1999. Masters Thesis, University of Hong Kong. Accessed January 20, 2020. Theberge, V. B.. (1999). Government policy and rural-urban migration : a comparative study of India and China. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b3195236 ; http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b3195236 ; http://hdl.handle.net/10722/40509.
Theberge, Valerie Bennett. “Government policy and rural-urban migration: a comparative study of India and China.” 1999. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Theberge VB. Government policy and rural-urban migration: a comparative study of India and China. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Hong Kong; 1999. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: Theberge, V. B.. (1999). Government policy and rural-urban migration : a comparative study of India and China. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b3195236 ; http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b3195236 ; http://hdl.handle.net/10722/40509.
Theberge VB. Government policy and rural-urban migration: a comparative study of India and China. [Masters Thesis]. University of Hong Kong; 1999. Available from: Theberge, V. B.. (1999). Government policy and rural-urban migration : a comparative study of India and China. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b3195236 ; http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b3195236 ; http://hdl.handle.net/10722/40509
20. Dhingra, Vaishali. A study of perception on quality of work life of manpower in handicraft industry in India; -.
Degree: Managemant, 2015, Teerthanker Mahaveer University
Bibliography p.194-211
Advisors/Committee Members: Mudgal, Rakesh K and Garg, Ajay K.
Subjects/Keywords: Handicraft industry; India; Manpower; Quality; Study
Dhingra, V. (2015). A study of perception on quality of work life of manpower in handicraft industry in India; - . (Thesis). Teerthanker Mahaveer University. Retrieved from http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/51095
Dhingra, Vaishali. “A study of perception on quality of work life of manpower in handicraft industry in India; -.” 2015. Thesis, Teerthanker Mahaveer University. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/51095.
Dhingra, Vaishali. “A study of perception on quality of work life of manpower in handicraft industry in India; -.” 2015. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Dhingra V. A study of perception on quality of work life of manpower in handicraft industry in India; -. [Internet] [Thesis]. Teerthanker Mahaveer University; 2015. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/51095.
Dhingra V. A study of perception on quality of work life of manpower in handicraft industry in India; -. [Thesis]. Teerthanker Mahaveer University; 2015. Available from: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/51095
21. Islam, Ziaul. Manpower management in Indias aluminium industry, a case study of Hindalco;.
Degree: Commerce, 2001, Aligarh Muslim University
Abstract available newline newline
Bibliography p. 206-211, Appendix p. 212-221
Advisors/Committee Members: Imamul Haque, S M.
Subjects/Keywords: Manpower Management; India; Aluminium Industry; Hindalco
Islam, Z. (2001). Manpower management in Indias aluminium industry, a case study of Hindalco; . (Thesis). Aligarh Muslim University. Retrieved from http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/52918
Islam, Ziaul. “Manpower management in Indias aluminium industry, a case study of Hindalco;.” 2001. Thesis, Aligarh Muslim University. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/52918.
Islam, Ziaul. “Manpower management in Indias aluminium industry, a case study of Hindalco;.” 2001. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Islam Z. Manpower management in Indias aluminium industry, a case study of Hindalco;. [Internet] [Thesis]. Aligarh Muslim University; 2001. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/52918.
Islam Z. Manpower management in Indias aluminium industry, a case study of Hindalco;. [Thesis]. Aligarh Muslim University; 2001. Available from: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/52918
22. Hirvonen, Maija. National mission on biodiesel: a study of science, development and policy processes in India.
Degree: 2009, University of Edinburgh
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/4085
► Biofuel has caught the imagination of countries worldwide as a tool for providing energy security, advancing rural development, promoting environmental sustainability, mitigating climate change, and… (more)
▼ Biofuel has caught the imagination of countries worldwide as a tool for providing energy security, advancing rural development, promoting environmental sustainability, mitigating climate change, and enhancing international trade. Developing countries in particular are said to have much to gain from biofuel. Testimony to the belief in its ability to deliver a multitude of societal benefits, a number of developing countries have initiated large-scale biofuel projects. Among them is the Indian National Mission on Biodiesel. However, the global tide of enthusiasm behind biofuel is turning. Biofuel has been named as a culprit in recent and rapid increases in the price of staple foods. Its environmental credentials have also come under scrutiny, and there are claims that biofuel will exacerbate, as opposed to mitigate, climate change. The impacts of international trade in biofuel are also said to be ambiguous. Existing trade regimes are unable to provide clear guidelines as to how biofuel trade should be governed. There are suggestions that under current circumstances, biofuel-exporting developing countries – and small-scale producers in particular – are likely to be disadvantaged This MPhil thesis is a study of science, policy and development processes around the National Mission on Biodiesel in India. Empirically, it adds a qualitative account to an emerging, and largely quantitative, knowledge base on biofuel. Theoretically, it contributes to the growing convergence of social science disciplines. Science and Technology Studies (STS), itself an interdisciplinary field of scholarship, provides the starting point for the research. It also draws upon concepts from other subjects – notably those from Development Studies that explore environmental and natural resource issues – to augment the analysis. In the process, the thesis provides inputs for the further evolution of theoretical concepts that span multiple academic traditions. The aims of the thesis are threefold. Firstly, it seeks to understand and critically comment upon the vision of technology and its relationship to society that underpins biofuel in general, and the National Mission on Biodiesel in particular. Secondly, the thesis attempts to identify the narratives that are dominant in the National Mission on Biodiesel, and to explore the processes through which they have become stabilised given the contention around biofuel. The National Mission on Biodiesel intends to rely on a complex network of local governance institutions that exists in the Indian countryside to deliver its rural development benefits. The final aim of the thesis is to cast the ambitions of the National Mission on Biodiesel against past experiences of implementing development projects through these institutions. This is in efforts to make tentative statements about the likelihood of the Mission achieving its goals. The research reveals a seemingly unquestioning conviction in the ability of biofuel to transform societies towards pre-defined ends – even in the face of claims to the contrary.… Advisors/Committee Members: Smith, James, Winskel, Mark.
Subjects/Keywords: biofuel; development; public policy; India
Hirvonen, M. (2009). National mission on biodiesel: a study of science, development and policy processes in India . (Thesis). University of Edinburgh. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1842/4085
Hirvonen, Maija. “National mission on biodiesel: a study of science, development and policy processes in India.” 2009. Thesis, University of Edinburgh. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/4085.
Hirvonen, Maija. “National mission on biodiesel: a study of science, development and policy processes in India.” 2009. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Hirvonen M. National mission on biodiesel: a study of science, development and policy processes in India. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Edinburgh; 2009. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/4085.
Hirvonen M. National mission on biodiesel: a study of science, development and policy processes in India. [Thesis]. University of Edinburgh; 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/4085
23. Motcham, Casimir Raj. Youth Policy in Ireland and India: a comparative study.
Degree: 2014, RIAN
URL: http://eprints.maynoothuniversity.ie/6754/
► Contemporary policy discourse about young people is frequently trapped in the dichotomous paradigm of simplistically portraying them as either ‘a problem’ or a ‘human resource’.… (more)
▼ Contemporary policy discourse about young people is frequently trapped in the dichotomous paradigm of simplistically portraying them as either ‘a problem’ or a ‘human resource’. This broadly applies both in Europe and in Asia. However, while significant comparative research on youth, youth work and youth policies has been done within Europe, there is very little research which compares the European and Asian contexts, and there is none to date specifically comparing Ireland and India. This thesis explores and compares the youth policies of Ireland and India through the analytical lens of Ian Gough’s (2008) “five I’s”: industrialisation, interests, institutions, ideas and international environment. It examines the major ‘factors and actors’ that have influenced the historical development of youth policies in both countries and situates these in their broader regional contexts. There are many obvious differences between India and Ireland in terms of location, demography, culture(s) and other economic and social factors. However, there are also significant connections between them, stemming not least from their common colonial experiences, meaning there are important parallels in political culture and public administration. The voluntary sector and its relationship with government agencies hugely influences policy making in both countries (the principle of ‘subsidiarity’ in Ireland can be fruitfully compared with that of ‘Panchayati Raj’ in India). In India, however, there is no forum for NGOs and the government to come together whereas ‘social partnership’ has been central to Irish social policy. In both countries, young people have been profoundly affected by rapid economic change and globalisation presents them with a range of challenges and opportunities, social and cultural as well as economic. Deep-seated inequalities, different but overlapping, also persist in both. Significant differences remain in the nature of youth transitions but these may be converging, in a pattern that has broader global causes and implications.
Subjects/Keywords: Youth Policy; Ireland; India
Motcham, C. R. (2014). Youth Policy in Ireland and India: a comparative study . (Thesis). RIAN. Retrieved from http://eprints.maynoothuniversity.ie/6754/
Motcham, Casimir Raj. “Youth Policy in Ireland and India: a comparative study.” 2014. Thesis, RIAN. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://eprints.maynoothuniversity.ie/6754/.
Motcham, Casimir Raj. “Youth Policy in Ireland and India: a comparative study.” 2014. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Motcham CR. Youth Policy in Ireland and India: a comparative study. [Internet] [Thesis]. RIAN; 2014. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://eprints.maynoothuniversity.ie/6754/.
Motcham CR. Youth Policy in Ireland and India: a comparative study. [Thesis]. RIAN; 2014. Available from: http://eprints.maynoothuniversity.ie/6754/
24. Udayaadithya, A. Implementation Of A Democratic Decentralized Welfare Scheme : An Institutional Perspective.
Degree: 2012, Indian Institute of Science
URL: http://etd.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2005/2529 ; http://etd.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/abstracts/3280/G25582-Abs.pdf
► Decentralization leads to functional and financial devolution of authority, induces more transparency in the system and puts emphasis on local needs. It creates platforms to… (more)
▼ Decentralization leads to functional and financial devolution of authority, induces more transparency in the system and puts emphasis on local needs. It creates platforms to voice and institutionalize the interests of various groups, and comes nearer to the public by making all tiers of government accountable directly to the people. However, several complexities govern this effort in India. First, implementation involves several official agencies, creating administrative gaps, lack of coordination and fiscal complexities. Second, Indian society is largely agrarian and rural marked by divisions of religion, caste and economic class. Third, the socially vulnerable and poor are often trapped in interlocking economic transactions with affluent landlords making it difficult for them to go for collective change. This research critically evaluates these dynamics taking the case example of the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGREGS). We followed a threefold methodology in order to understand the policy dynamics, namely, stakeholders’ interviews, primary survey data analysis and secondary data analysis. Case studies were useful in understanding policy implementation dynamics through field observations. The multi-level regression results reflected co-existence of agriculture and MGREGS dynamics, with their own rules and objectives, apparently contradictory, but leading to social and economic equilibrium. Searching explanations for these contradictory results led us to two larger understandings: 1) Actors are seen to take rational decisions based on local socio-politico-economic understandings of the world. 2) These decisions are, however, at multiple levels and at multiple action spaces. Institutional rational choice perspective proposed by Ostrom (1999) corroborated these findings. Latent variable path analysis results indicated the dynamics of civil society and administrative bureaucracy as a negotiated equilibrium that has the potential to transform governance. The process of institutional evolution was through endogenous institutional change process as proposed by Grief and Laitin (2004). Furthermore, the effect of socio-structural factors on institutional structures was observed. The results indicated two major understandings: 1) the formation and effectiveness of institutional structures were dependent on social capital and in turn on social structures and networks 2) the influence of formal institutional structures on local governance and social dynamics affect the governance network formation (Hertting, 2001). Scenario-wise regression analyses results revealed that the effort to improve social capital of the groups through governance procedures need to be mediated through ‘local’ social structures. Agent based model results indicated the following: 1) regulatory dynamics need not necessarily follow the trend of socio-economic dynamics. Instead, they were in line with advocacy dynamics (Sabatier, 1988), which in turn depend on the social structures and networks. 2) regulatory strategies were… Advisors/Committee Members: Gurtoo, Anjula.
Subjects/Keywords: Welfare Economics; Democratic Decentralization; Democratic Decentralized Welfare Schemes; Decentralized Institutions; Decentalized Institutional Dynamics; Rural India - Socio-econo-political Dynamics; Democratic Local Governance Process; Decentralization - Policy Implementation Dynamics; Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Empolyment Guarantee Scheme (MGREGS); Policy Implementation Dynamics; Decentralized Welfare Institutions; Decentralized Rural Welfare Schemes; Economics
Udayaadithya, A. (2012). Implementation Of A Democratic Decentralized Welfare Scheme : An Institutional Perspective . (Thesis). Indian Institute of Science. Retrieved from http://etd.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2005/2529 ; http://etd.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/abstracts/3280/G25582-Abs.pdf
Udayaadithya, A. “Implementation Of A Democratic Decentralized Welfare Scheme : An Institutional Perspective.” 2012. Thesis, Indian Institute of Science. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://etd.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2005/2529 ; http://etd.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/abstracts/3280/G25582-Abs.pdf.
Udayaadithya, A. “Implementation Of A Democratic Decentralized Welfare Scheme : An Institutional Perspective.” 2012. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Udayaadithya A. Implementation Of A Democratic Decentralized Welfare Scheme : An Institutional Perspective. [Internet] [Thesis]. Indian Institute of Science; 2012. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://etd.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2005/2529 ; http://etd.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/abstracts/3280/G25582-Abs.pdf.
Udayaadithya A. Implementation Of A Democratic Decentralized Welfare Scheme : An Institutional Perspective. [Thesis]. Indian Institute of Science; 2012. Available from: http://etd.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2005/2529 ; http://etd.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/abstracts/3280/G25582-Abs.pdf
Udayaadithya, A. (2012). Implementation Of A Democratic Decentralized Welfare Scheme : An Institutional Perspective . (Thesis). Indian Institute of Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2005/2529
Udayaadithya, A. “Implementation Of A Democratic Decentralized Welfare Scheme : An Institutional Perspective.” 2012. Thesis, Indian Institute of Science. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2005/2529.
Udayaadithya A. Implementation Of A Democratic Decentralized Welfare Scheme : An Institutional Perspective. [Internet] [Thesis]. Indian Institute of Science; 2012. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2005/2529.
Udayaadithya A. Implementation Of A Democratic Decentralized Welfare Scheme : An Institutional Perspective. [Thesis]. Indian Institute of Science; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2005/2529
University of Hawaii – Manoa
26. Brara, Jaswinder Singh. The political economy of rural development : international development agencies and the Indian context.
Degree: PhD, 2009, University of Hawaii – Manoa
Photocopy of typescript.
Bibliography: leaves 406-428.
xiii, 428 leaves, bound ill. 28 cm
Subjects/Keywords: Rural development – India; Rural development – International cooperation; Rural development – Developing countries
Brara, J. S. (2009). The political economy of rural development : international development agencies and the Indian context . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Hawaii – Manoa. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10125/10097
Brara, Jaswinder Singh. “The political economy of rural development : international development agencies and the Indian context.” 2009. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Hawaii – Manoa. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/10097.
Brara, Jaswinder Singh. “The political economy of rural development : international development agencies and the Indian context.” 2009. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Brara JS. The political economy of rural development : international development agencies and the Indian context. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Hawaii – Manoa; 2009. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/10097.
Brara JS. The political economy of rural development : international development agencies and the Indian context. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Hawaii – Manoa; 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/10097
27. Jarrett, Charles William. A study of unemployment using a human resources development perspective : implications for an alternative strategy for rural development.
Subjects/Keywords: Sociology; Manpower policy; Employment forecasting
Jarrett, C. W. (1982). A study of unemployment using a human resources development perspective : implications for an alternative strategy for rural development . (Doctoral Dissertation). The Ohio State University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487174863876837
Jarrett, Charles William. “A study of unemployment using a human resources development perspective : implications for an alternative strategy for rural development.” 1982. Doctoral Dissertation, The Ohio State University. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487174863876837.
Jarrett, Charles William. “A study of unemployment using a human resources development perspective : implications for an alternative strategy for rural development.” 1982. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Jarrett CW. A study of unemployment using a human resources development perspective : implications for an alternative strategy for rural development. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. The Ohio State University; 1982. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487174863876837.
Jarrett CW. A study of unemployment using a human resources development perspective : implications for an alternative strategy for rural development. [Doctoral Dissertation]. The Ohio State University; 1982. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487174863876837
28. Lydon, William James. The politics of program choice : classroom training in CETA 1975-1977.
Subjects/Keywords: Political Science; Manpower policy
Lydon, W. J. (1982). The politics of program choice : classroom training in CETA 1975-1977 . (Doctoral Dissertation). The Ohio State University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487236343858375
Lydon, William James. “The politics of program choice : classroom training in CETA 1975-1977.” 1982. Doctoral Dissertation, The Ohio State University. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487236343858375.
Lydon, William James. “The politics of program choice : classroom training in CETA 1975-1977.” 1982. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Lydon WJ. The politics of program choice : classroom training in CETA 1975-1977. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. The Ohio State University; 1982. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487236343858375.
Lydon WJ. The politics of program choice : classroom training in CETA 1975-1977. [Doctoral Dissertation]. The Ohio State University; 1982. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487236343858375
29. O'Loughlin, Michael George. Bureaucratic accountability : case studies under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
Subjects/Keywords: Political Science; Manpower policy; Bureaucracy
O'Loughlin, M. G. (1983). Bureaucratic accountability : case studies under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act . (Doctoral Dissertation). The Ohio State University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487252475682638
O'Loughlin, Michael George. “Bureaucratic accountability : case studies under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.” 1983. Doctoral Dissertation, The Ohio State University. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487252475682638.
O'Loughlin, Michael George. “Bureaucratic accountability : case studies under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.” 1983. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
O'Loughlin MG. Bureaucratic accountability : case studies under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. The Ohio State University; 1983. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487252475682638.
O'Loughlin MG. Bureaucratic accountability : case studies under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. [Doctoral Dissertation]. The Ohio State University; 1983. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487252475682638
30. Snyder, Thomas R. Customized training services : concerns of Ohio industry on Department of Development services between 1983-1985.
Subjects/Keywords: Education; Occupational training; Manpower policy
Snyder, T. R. (1986). Customized training services : concerns of Ohio industry on Department of Development services between 1983-1985 . (Doctoral Dissertation). The Ohio State University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487267546983443
Snyder, Thomas R. “Customized training services : concerns of Ohio industry on Department of Development services between 1983-1985.” 1986. Doctoral Dissertation, The Ohio State University. Accessed January 20, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487267546983443.
Snyder, Thomas R. “Customized training services : concerns of Ohio industry on Department of Development services between 1983-1985.” 1986. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Snyder TR. Customized training services : concerns of Ohio industry on Department of Development services between 1983-1985. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. The Ohio State University; 1986. [cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487267546983443.
Snyder TR. Customized training services : concerns of Ohio industry on Department of Development services between 1983-1985. [Doctoral Dissertation]. The Ohio State University; 1986. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487267546983443
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Ottawa satellite firm Telesat moving downtown with new Place Bell lease
Mar 12, 2018 3:30pm EDT
Dan Goldberg
Place Bell
As Telesat prepares to turn 50 next year, the satellite technologies firm is preparing to move from its east-end campus to two floors inside the office tower at 160 Elgin St. as part of a bid to attract new talent.
Within the next 18 months, Telesat will move into the 20th and 21st floors of H&R REIT’s Place Bell building in a multi-year lease amounting to roughly 76,000 square feet of space. The firm has rights to most of the space today, but CEO Dan Goldberg tells OBJ they’ll take their time making the move.
The shift downtown will take Telesat out of Telesat Court, the eponymous Gloucester street that the firm has called home for nearly three decades.
Place Bell at 160 Elgin St.
The iconic fields of satellite dishes there aren’t all Telesat’s, Goldberg says, but some of the firm’s tech will move to the roof of the new building while others will spread out to Telesat locations across Ontario and Quebec.
“It’s been a long time, it’s been a great space for the company,” Goldberg says. “We thought this would be a good opportunity to relocate our headquarters downtown … The downtown area is very vibrant right now.”
Telesat is not the only tech firm feeling that way. Discussions at last year’s Ottawa Real Estate Forum, usually focused on the needs of government, were dominated by tech talk, according to local participants. Veteran broker Bruce Wolfgram says there’s been a “sea change” as firms such as Shopify make downtown the place to be for Ottawa tech.
At the Ottawa Real Estate Forum, Morguard’s Bernie Myers – the firm’s vice-president for Eastern Canada of office and industrial properties, and Telesat’s current landlord – told OBJ that Telesat’s intention to move stemmed from its desire to attract younger employees.
“They could have stayed (on Telesat Court) and saved rent. (But) that’s not the only driver,” Myers said. “They want the younger workforce and the downtown experience.”
Talent turnover
With Telesat’s age comes an impending wave of retirements. Goldberg says many of the company’s long-standing employees are reaching the end of their careers, and the firm must attract young talent to fill those roles and more as the 240-person firm continues to grow.
“A lot of the prospective hires would prefer to be downtown,” he says.
Proximity to government is the other factor at play. Being close to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Telesat’s federal regulator, is one benefit.
The feds have also indicated an interest in Telesat’s low-earth orbit satellites as a way of providing reliable internet coverage to rural areas of the country. In its most recent budget, the federal government allotted $100 million to its Strategic Innovation Fund “with a particular focus on supporting projects that relate to LEO satellites and next-generation rural broadband.”
“Having more connectivity with government folks will be a great thing for Telesat. Being downtown will facilitate that,” Goldberg says.
The firm isn’t slowing down as it prepares for the second half of a century in business. Revenues for its most recent quarter were $252 million, an increase of five per cent year-over-year, and its contracted backlog stood at $3.8 billion at the start of 2018. Two of its satellites will also get a lift into orbit from Elon Musk’s SpaceX later this year.
Goldberg says the move is an “exciting chapter” in Telesat’s “already very long history.”
“I think this will be a great place for Telesat to be for the coming decades.”
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The last remaining large pou figure created for the garden in Kelliher Estate, Puketutu Island, in the 1950’s. George Kelliher remembers this from his childhood, as part of a group of 4 Pouwhenua commissioned for the immediate garden by his father Sir Henry Kelliher. No records remain about the artist who carved these figures.
The Pouwhenua presumably deteriorated beyond repair, this last remaining one was almost unsalvageable with significant rot through its entire length and loss to major parts of its head and body. Possibly too much of a challenge not to undertake so after some serious consolidation, infilling and repainting, this Pou now sits in the Kelliher Charitable Trust building in Parnell beside Georges desk.
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Home » Disney » It’s All About Girl Power in Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors
It’s All About Girl Power in Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors
Posted by Houman Jazaeri on Oct 1, 2018 in Disney, Entertainment, Film, Television Shows | 0 comments
We attended an event as a guest of Disney
Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors starts with an active character Ms. Marvel, from the get go. Ms. Marvel / Kamala Khan runs into her bedroom after one can deduce is a busy night fighting crime. Moments later she is awoken by her alarm clark and has to go to school. Along the way, she has to hide her costume and love of super heroes from her mom.
From the first scene we know that this is not your typical super hero movie. Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors story is focused around a number of female super heroes who are learning about their new powers and capabilities. The show highlights girl power while ensuring the story is fast paced, humorous, full of action and has learning moments. Best part includes the killer sound track courtesy of Dove Cameron who provides a number of great songs along for the ride.
Marvel has used this movie to focus on diversity and female oriented action stars. The female leads on current crop of action movies and cartoons is few and far in between. Great part of the movie is that the new band of super heroes are being mentored by Captain Marvel.
The characters come from all types of backgrounds and as a result make the stories richer and more relatable.
The movie did premiere last night on Disney Channel and DisneyXD at 10 PM ET/PT. But it will also be available on DisneyNow after its premiere.
#MarvelRising #GirlPower
Houman Jazaeri is an OC dad who juggles work, play and his love of technology. On the side he runs Socialacity.com, a website that reviews apps and has published his first book, 52 Apps for the College Student.
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Hurricanes' Staal won't be 'crushed' if traded to contender
Wayne Scanlan, Ottawa Citizen
It’s getting a bit late in the season to be in the self-discovery business.
Yet, that’s exactly where the Ottawa Senators and Carolina Hurricanes found themselves as they met at the CTC Thursday night.
Both teams on the outside of the top eight teams looking in. Carolina a bit closer than Ottawa, but still chock full of speculation that the ‘Canes will move veteran centre and captain Eric Staal by the trade deadline to get something for an over-priced asset finishing off his contract.
Besieged by media after the morning skate, Staal was exceptionally polite and honest. He remains focused on helping his team win but admits there are discussions behind the scenes about “a lot of things,” presumably including his no-move clause. Staal, 31, said he wouldn’t be “crushed” at the prospect of moving to a contender at this stage of his career, in search of his second Stanley Cup.
Asked if the trade talk around his “No. 1 centre” was distracting to his team, head coach Bill Peters said: “Who’s my No. 1 centre?”
Reminded that Staal is generally penciled into that position, Peters told reporters Staal’s no-move clause will dictate his future. A player who says he wouldn’t be “crushed” by moving on sure sounds like a guy about to do so.
After Carolina’s 4-2 loss to the Senators, Staal got one step closer to leaving. Until the next game.
If it’s true no two minds think exactly alike, it’s probably also true that no two brains react the same way to jarring impact.
Senators winger Clarke MacArthur has had a few collisions that led to a couple of major concussions over the past year. The months of subsequent rehabilitation have left him in a quandary about whether or not to return to action this season.
Meanwhile, teammate Mark Borowiecki was knocked out cold after hitting his head into the boards, and apparently has no concussion symptoms, although he remains out of the Ottawa lineup as he follows concussion protocol.
“For other guys that might be career-ending,” Senators head coach Dave Cameron says of Borowiecki’s situation. “We’re all wired differently.”
Borowiecki is “day to day” while he works through his protocol. He was injured last Saturday during a 4-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets.
MacArthur’s dilemma is whether to risk a blow to the head if his team should fall out of playoff contention. While continuing his rehabilitation and heavy skating, McArthur hopes his team’s situation, and his own, is clearer in a couple of weeks.
MacArthur had another baseline test on Wednesday.
“I thought I aced it,” MacArthur said, then recalled how he used to have that sense in school just before getting a horrible mark.
FOLLOW THE BIRDIE
MacArthur, by the way, was once a pretty serious badminton player while growing up in Lloydminister, Ab. In high school, MacArthur was ranked in grade 10 as high as fourth in provincial badminton rankings.
“I had to choose between badminton and hockey,” MacArthur says. It would seem he made the right choice, although there must have been moments during this concussion recovery process that had him wondering.
TRIMMER GOALIES
Senators backup goaltender Andrew Hammond, whose mercurial stretch run with the Senators began exactly a year ago, was among those who watched Wednesday’s Sportsnet demonstration by former NHL goaltender Corey Hirsch, illustrating before and after images of goaltender gear reconfigured. Hammond said he found some of the recommendations “extreme,” but was fine with smaller pants (relevant to the waist size of the goalie, which works in Hammond’s favour), tighter jerseys and trimmer pads.
Hammond’s concern is that the gear be protective. “I still get hurt, not injured, but hurt,” by shots, Hammond said. Where does it hurt? In the shoulders and down the arms, he said. Hammond makes the point that the entire NHLPA, not just the goalie fraternity, has to sign off on any goaltender gear changes proposed by the NHL. You know every shooter wants to see the gear shrunk.
GO WITH PITCH
Today’s Cameron baseball analogy of the day: the Senators inconsistent play has a lot to do with the hockey equivalent of trying to pull outside pitches.
“The gist of it is, at certain times in the game we become skill-based,” Cameron said. “We think we can hit the outside pitch for a home run . . . rather than go the opposite way.”
I’m thinking the Senators can get back into the playoff race . . . if they can just live on singles and doubles to the opposite field.
SNAKE TALK
Pick your analogy. Cameron favours baseball. Hurricanes head coach Peters is fond of reptiles. Peters said his team would have to control Senators captain Erik Karlsson because he is “the head of the snake . . . a lot of things go through him.” Peters also said of his general manager Ron Francis, “my job is to put a big gun to his head at the end of the month.” Meaning – win games, make Francis think twice before moving any or all of his many pending free agents.
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Hiking Maps Keep You on Track
Last Updated on October 14, 2019 By San Leave a Comment
You look right. You look left. Then you scratch your head and look down at your map. The hiking trail you’re on doesn’t seem to match up with the map that you just pulled out of your camping backpack.
According to the markers on the tree along the trail, you’re at a junction where the trail forks left and right. But according to your map, there’s no fork at all! After examining the map closely, you suddenly realize the problem…the map is a decade old!
While hiking during your next camping trip, it’s vital that you follow certain guidelines when using a hiking map.
Always bring a map whenever you go on a hiking trip. Even if your trip is well-planned, accidents, storms, trail damage, etc. could move you off the trail. If that happens, then having a map could save the day.
Make sure that you use a map that’s for the precise area that you’ll be hiking in. This may sound obvious. But you wouldn’t want to bring a road map of the state or region where you’ll be hiking, for example. Legends, contours, and Topographic.
When using a map, make sure that you’re familiar with the various components of the map:
Contour/altitude lines: lines that run at identical altitudes.
Date of printing: always use the newest version available.
Latitudinal lines: unseen horizontal lines that run east to west on Earth.
Legend: shows the meaning of lines and symbols located on the map.
Longitudinal lines: unseen vertical lines that run north to south on Earth.
Magnetic declination: variance between true north and magnetic north for particular points.
Map number: shows where the map is positioned in the surrounding maps.
Scale: the extent that the map was reduced. The tinier the reduction, the more precise the map will be.
Trail duration: shows the time needed to hike between Point A and Point B on the map.
You should also master how to use topographical maps, also known as topo maps. These maps show how the land is shaped where you’ll be going. You can also find features of the map there, such as lakes and rivers.
Before leaving on your next camping trip, it’s important to master various concepts related to topo maps. These concepts include colors, direction, distance, grids, scale, and symbols. In addition, you should master using a compass, which will further improve the usefulness of your topo map.
When hiking with a topo map, you should also place gazetteers into your camping backpack. These books split various states into regions, and include useful information about roads and landscapes.
Even if you’ve done as much planning as possible before your hiking trip, there’s a chance that you could get become lost. If that happens, don’t worry.
Technology has made the world significantly “smaller” than it was in the past. The areas to hike in have shrunk, but we now have tools that make the trip more convenient and comfortable.
Another result of this technology has been that hiking maps have become extremely precise, making them as conveniently possible. By choosing the right map and then mastering how to use it, you’ll never really be lost—even when you are!
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James SILVER
Name James SILVER
Born Abt 1848 Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Census 1911 132 Auchmill Road, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
(Census 226/ 1/ 21) Page 21 of 36
132 Auchmill Rd, Newhills, Aberdeen
James Silver, head, aged 63, hammerman, papermill, born Newhills
Jane Silver, wife, aged 61, married 40 years, nine children, six living, born Old Machar
Occupation Quarrier
Died 3 May 1922 114 Auchmill Road, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
At 114 Auchmill Road, Bucksburn, on the 3rd inst (at the residence of Alex. Davidson, son-in-law), James Silver, beloved husband of the late Jane Forbes, aged 74 years. Deeply regretted. Funeral on Saturday, the 6th inst., at 2 p.m. to Grove Cemetery.
Person ID I4325 Warren Nunn's Suffolk Nunns
Father Robert SILVER, b. Abt 1792, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK , d. 5 Apr 1871, Auchmill in Newhills, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK (Age ~ 79 years)
Mother Margaret DEY, b. Abt 1805, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK , d. UNKNOWN
Family Jane FORBES, b. Abt 1850, Scotland, UK , d. 15 Apr 1919, 96 Auchmill Road, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK (Age ~ 69 years)
Married 8 Dec 1871 Auchmill in Newhills, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
1871 marriages in the Parish of Newhills in the County of Aberdeen No 24 1871 on the Eighth day of December at Auchmull in Newhills after Banns according to the Free Church of Scotland (Signed) James Silver Quarrier? (bachelor) 24 of Auchmull in Newhills Father: Robert Silver Quarrier? (deceased)
Mother: Margaret Silver M.S. Dey AND (Signed) Jane Forbes Papermill worker (Spinster) 21 of Auchmull in Newhills Father: William Forbes papermill worker
Mother: Mary Forbes M.S. Hawse? Witness: Alexander ?? Minister of the Free Church, James Cruikshank, James Mitchell
1. Mary Munro SILVER, b. 16 Feb 1872, Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, , d. UNKNOWN
2. William Forbes SILVER, b. 16 Jul 1873, Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK , d. 1948, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 74 years)
3. Margaret SILVER, b. Abt 1876, Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK , d. UNKNOWN
4. Samuel Forbes SILVER, b. 24 Feb 1878, Auchmill, Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK , d. 3 May 1945, Ottawa, Canada (Age 67 years)
5. James Walker SILVER, b. 26 Nov 1879, Auchmill, Newhills, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK , d. 23 Oct 1947, Newhills, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK (Age 67 years)
6. Jessie Ann Barron SILVER, b. 17 May 1882, Auchmill in Newhills, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK , d. 11 Oct 1954, 96 Auchmill Rd, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK (Age 72 years)
7. John Forbes SILVER, b. 7 Nov 1884, Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK , d. UNKNOWN
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“Fine” as a complete sentence
Can “Fine.” be considered a complete sentence?
Posted by Carolyn Burt
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Surely not. Doesn't a sentence require a subject and a verb? I have read in several places that the shortest sentence in the English language is "It is"
Mark73 Jan-25-2012
Surely not. Doesn't a sentence require a subject and a verb?
Then how do you explain your "Surely not." above?
I have been told the shortest English sentence is actually "Go!" (It is an imperative, and the subject "you" is implied.)
"I am" is shorter than "It is."
I am fine with "Fine."
What about "No"?
No, 'fine' is not a sentence. A sentence needs a subject and predicate. People do not always speak in complete sentences (by definition), but often in single words or phrases, like 'no', 'surely not', 'in the house'... there are endless examples.
dougincanada Jan-27-2012
"A sentence needs a subject and predicate."
You have decided to fall back on that old crutch: the because-I-say-so-school of grammar.
That approach is fine at the very basic level of language training but it's not much use as language proficiency improves. As that happens, it starts to becomes quite apparent that one-word sentences can and do exist.
* Ha ha!
Oops! Looks like I had more than a couple of typos up there. Mea culpa! It's Monday morning.
Let me try again.
You have decided to fall back on that old crutch: the because-I-say-so school of grammar.
That approach is fine at the very basic level of language training but it's not much use as language proficiency improves. As that happens, it starts to become quite apparent that one-word sentences can and do exist.
Professor Ballantyne, clearly, my post needs elaboration. My definition of a sentence is not 'because I say so'. Most dictionaries give the same definition. If you disagree with their definitions, then take it up with them.
Oxford Dictionary defines a sentence as 'a set of words that is complete in itself, TYPICALLY containing a SUBJECT AND PREDICATE, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses.'
Webster Dictionary's definition is 'A combination of words which is complete as expressing a thought, and in writing is marked at the close by a period, or full point.'
Therefore, by both definitions, 'fine' and 'sure' are not sentences. Neither are 'not so', 'there', and 'done'. These words do not mean anything if written or uttered by themselves since they do not express a complete thought. However, put them into a proper context, and the thought is complete. They are then sentences. The subject and predicate are inferred or understood (and therefore not necessary).
Example: 'fine' by itself is not a sentence, but an adjective. Put it a context: 'How are you feeling today?' 'Fine' is accepted as a sentence since it means 'I am fine' ('I am' is understood)
Example: 'not so' by itself is not a sentence. Put it in a context: 'A sentence has a subject and a predicate.' 'Not so.' means 'It is not so', so it is acceptable as a sentence. ('it is' is understood)
So your assertion that 'One-word sentences can and do exist.' has to be qualified by saying it depends on the context in which they are used.
And furthermore.... to answer your question above re: 'surely not', Professor... the subject and predicate are inferred and understood: ('Fine' is) surely not (a sentence).
Try saying 'surely not' to someone out of context and see what reaction you'll get. It lacks meaning without a subject and predicate. Hence, it is not a sentence.
Fine. I believe this could be a sentence because "fine" can be a verb, as in to levy a penalty of money. It would be a sentence if it were used as a command.
Carolyn Burt Jan-30-2012
Professor Ballantyne is strangely silent. Please enlighten us as to WHY you think 'fine', 'sure', and 'surely not' ARE sentences. Perhaps you come from the same 'because I say so' school of grammar you accuse me of coming from? Or is it that other school of 'I see it so it must be true'. LOL.
Have you not progressed beyond the basic level of language use of single words and phrases? :)
dougincanada Feb-01-2012
dougincanada:
Ah, I see that you're falling back on an ad hominem argument; a sign of desperation? Anyway, I rather suspect that my level of language is at the very least quite the equal of yours.
Dictionaries can do no more than offer informed opinions on grammar. Again, I consider my opinions on how grammar functions at least as valid as theirs.
Your context argument is a nonsense. A single-word sentence like "Shit!" can require little context to be understood wholly in itself. But one of your "proper" sentences like "It is not so." has little or no useful meaning without further context.
The dictionary definition of a sentence is useful for someone at the ab initio stage of language instruction. Beyond that, any writer with a modicum of flair and talent will ignore it whenever it conflicts with their writing style.
Language is too expressive to be contained by petty and contrived regulations.
JJMBallantyne Feb-02-2012
Well, Professor, you still fail to enlighten me as to WHY 'fine', 'sure', 'done', and 'there' are complete sentences then, if you discard the context explanation (you make no mention of the inferred/understood explanation). And back it up with some sources, would you? You merely deride my explanation without offering your own. I didn't claim to have a higher level of language than you, though like you, I did take Latin 101.
'Shit' is not a sentence, but merely an interjection, much like 'ouch' or 'wow'.
'Language is too expressive to be contained by petty and contrived regulations.'
But they are necessary. Language anarchist, are you? You're probably one of those who not only approve of, but say 'If you need help, just call my wife and I.'
OK, JJMB, you don't like the definition of a sentence in structural grammar. The dictionary meaning is too simplistic for you. Tell me then how Chomsky would explain 'fine', 'sure', and 'shit' in TG terms. What are their deep structure? Show me their tree diagrams.
Or are Chomsky's rules too 'petty and contrived' too?
While it's possible "Fine." may not technically be a complete sentence, it is nevertheless true that it can be "considered" as a complete sentence -- an elliptical sentence. Q.E.D.
Yes, (that is) exactly (right).
The omitted words can be inferred, as I explained to JJMB. Perhaps he has not reached that higher level of thinking yet? lol.
I thought a sentence would be al least something you could agree with or not.
Sure, It is, Surely not...
This does not tell me anything at all out of context...
Sharm Feb-03-2012
Ah yes, dear old Noam Chomsky.
"There are three things in life you must never run after: a bus, a woman and a theory of transformational grammar. There will be another one along in a moment."
"This does not tell me anything at all out of context..."
And just what does the following sentence tell you out of context?
"There will be another one along in a moment."
Another what?
JJMB, your responses are laughable. Again, you have failed to give YOUR reasons why 'fine' and 'sure' are sentences, besides the fact that you say so. You have merely put down my and other posters' responses or asked more questions. You have waved off dictionary meanings and definitions from structural grammar. Lastly, you have dissed 'the father of modern linguistics'. By the way, did it take you so long to figure out who Chomsky was? I guess we will have to wait till YOUR book comes out to find out YOUR theories on grammar.
I will not reply to another post from you until you have something thoughtful or credible to offer to the original question.
I do encounter one word sentences in my reading (often in modern novels) from time to time. Usually they are mid-paragraph, but sometimes they are in dialogue. I was always taught that a sentence must make complete sense, but I now think that's incorrect. Rather, it's a sufficient condition that what appears has a capital letter, is followed by a full stop and it's meaning/intention can be understood, within it's context.
John Gibson Feb-19-2012
It's an ellipsis, which means it's perfectly cromulent since the rest of the sentence is pragmatically implied.
Hamish Feb-25-2012
Hamish - Imagine one is giving a written description of someone in a noisy bar, and he keeps hearing scraps of conversation and describing his (puzzled/wondering) reaction. What are the words in ellipsis for the fragments?:
"Fine"
"Friday"
"Never!"
"Mrs Biggs?"
"Monica"
"Mercedes"
The one word sentence "Fine." when uttered by your wife or partner is a very clear danger signal often followed by hospitalisation due to concussive injury..
user106928 Mar-14-2012
Hairy, 'fine' is merely a single word utterance, not a sentence, by your wife. It is so often the final word in a 'discussion' with a wife. This is in contrast to 'I do', which IS a sentence... a life sentence at that.
dougincanada Mar-14-2012
Maybe a bit off topic but it does illustrate the dangers of having the balls or guts to continue an argument after the utterance of "Fine!" :-
To those of you who are nit-pickers about the meaning of words: there is a distinction between Guts and Balls.
GUTS - is arriving home late, after a night out with the guys, being met by your wife with a broom, and having the Guts to ask, “Are you still cleaning, or are you flying somewhere?”
BALLS - is coming home late after a night out with the guys, smelling of perfume and beer, with lipstick on your collar, and slapping your wife on the butt and having the Balls to say,“You're next, Chubby.”
I hope this clears up any confusion on the definitions.
Medically speaking, there is no difference in the outcome. Both result in death.
I think its fine when used in the right contect.
starynight1258 Mar-17-2012
Ops that is supposed to read in the right context.
Grammar was invented to attempt to formulate a system describing our spoken language. It is merely descriptive and approximate. Authoritarians of all stripes then insist that the rules rule, that instead of being merely descriptive, it is law. Phooey on them.
George Frank Apr-14-2012
Let me make another suggestion. Many one word utterances may be frequently seen in writing. On the one hand, lexicographically, they may be sentences, specifically, beginning with capitals and ending with a period, but, at least in the "traditional" sense, they're not sentences, grammatically. Here's what I'm offering up here. They may not be sentences, but the mistake is assuming that we are somehow obliged to write in full sentences. Rather than insist that all of these short snippets are sentences, I would put it to you that there's nothing wrong with using sentence fragments, short exclamations, etc., even in formal writing. It's done all the time (by your own admission).
porsche Apr-15-2012
Still at it, eh?
JJMBallantyne Apr-16-2012
http://www.cws.illinois.edu/workshop/writers/subjects/
Additional Facts About Subjects
The "Understood You"
Sometimes, as in the case of imperative sentences (see verb mood ), the subject does not actually appear in the sentence. At such times the invisible subject is called the "understood you":
(You) Rent The Last of the Mohicans from the video store.
when used imperatively are complete sentences.
Jacob Sep-29-2012
an interjection can form a complete sentence (that is, expressing a thought without need of a subject and verb): ouch, wow. etc
Major and minor sentences
A major sentence is a regular sentence; it has a subject and a predicate. For example: "I have a ball." In this sentence one can change the persons: "We have a ball." However, a minor sentence is an irregular type of sentence. It does not contain a finite verb. For example, "Mary!" "No" "Coffee." etc. Other examples of minor sentences are headings (e.g. the heading of this entry), stereotyped expressions ("Hello!"), emotional expressions ("Wow!"), proverbs, etc. This can also include nominal sentences like "The more, the merrier". These do not contain verbs in order to intensify the meaning around the nouns and are normally found in poetry and catchphrases.[3]
Sentences that comprise a single word are called word sentences, and the words themselves sentence words.[4]
A pro-sentence is a function word or expression that substitutes for a whole sentence whose content is recoverable from the context. A pro-sentence is a kind of pro-form and is therefore anaphoric.
In English, yes, no, okay and amen are common pro-sentences. In response to the question "Does Mars have two moons?", the sentence "Yes" can be understood to abbreviate "Mars has two moons."
Pro-sentences are sometimes seen as grammatical interjections, since they are capable of very limited syntactical relations. But they can also be classified as a distinct part of speech, given that (other) interjections have meanings of their own and are often described as expressions of feelings or emotions.
fine is a minor sentence and a pro sentence
JJMBallantyne is correct!!!
@dougincanada - the operative word in that Oxford dictionary definition was 'typically', which you yourself capitalised. And in Webster the idea of a complete thought. And then you yourself say - Put it a context: 'How are you feeling today?' 'Fine' is accepted as a sentence since it means 'I am fine' ('I am' is understood). But when would we ever use 'Fine.' when the context is not understood? And note that both Carolyn Burt and JJMB carefully capitalised their examples and ended them with full stops.
And by the way, you don't help your case much with the cheap references to 'Professor Ballantyne'
While taking on board and quickly checking out and accepting what Jacob has said,especially about word sentences, I would tend to agree with Rachel Madcow and call 'Fine' an elliptical sentence - eg: (That's) fine.- it's what is called 'answer ellipsis' in the Wikipedia entry on Ellipsis.
I do think there is a basic difference here between the linguistics approach, which looks at how language functions (major and minor sentences etc) and the traditional grammar approach which seems to to be more concerned with structure. For example, traditional grammar doesn't usually recognise structures such as 'Walking up the path' or 'Having finished his dinner as clauses because they don't have a finite verb. Linguists, however, do see these as clauses, because they function in just the same way as if they had finite verbs - 'As he walked up the path' or 'After he had finished his dinner'.
But ultimately I would have to agree with porsche: is it really that important whether we call these sentences or sentence fragments or anything else? The important thing is that they are valid utterances, something with which I think we can all agree.
Warsaw Will Sep-29-2012
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Youth and Citizenship in the Arab World
Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at AUD Dr. Pamela Chrabieh and a member of the Christian Academic Forum for Citizenship in the Arab World (CAFCAW) Executive Committee met her peers and presented a communication on the challenges of citizenship at a two-day conference and workshop held in Cyprus on Youth and Citizenship in the Arab World.
This initiative followed a series of academic gatherings, international conferences and youth workshops in 2014, 2015 and 2016 in Lebanon, Egypt, Cyprus and Turkey, co-organized by CAFCAW and Diyar’s Consortium – CAFCAW is one of Diyar’s initiatives. It gathered more than 60 young academics and activists and included trainings and conferences tackling the issues of citizenship and youth initiatives.
Four young activists and social change makers were awarded Best Citizenship Awards: Yorgui Teyrouz from Lebanon for ‘Donner sang compter’, a non-governmental organization which promotes responsible citizenship through raising awareness on and encouraging safe blood transfusions in Lebanon. The second place went to Randa Farah from Lebanon for Lebtivity, a social events calendar that gathers people from different socio-economic backgrounds and religions. Two projects shared the third place: Ghadeer Najjar from Palestine for her research and upcoming publication to preserve Bethlehem’s social and architectural history, and Peter Magdy from Egypt for empowering marginalized groups.
According to Dr. Chrabieh: “youth in the Arab World are facing numerous challenges, including unemployment with a 30 to 35% rate (compared to a global rate of 14%), political oppression in most countries, socio-economic disparities, gender injustice, corruption, forced migration, physical and psychological wars, etc. However, young Arabs positively engaged in their societies and in diaspora are many. They are change makers who offer an alternative to the disenchantment nowadays experienced at different levels. This alternative, as I mentioned it in previous publications and conferences, is about taking small, varied, contextual and diffuse but continuous steps, and about recognizing and appreciating the many lights that help us walk through the tunnel.’
President of Diyar’s Consortium Dr. Mitri Raheb comments: “one out of five youth in the Arab World belong to the creative class. The Arab world has seen a surge in the arts, encompassing film, visual art, poetry, and music.”
“University enrollment in the occupation-torn Palestine exceeds that of Hong Kong. Female university graduates outnumber male graduates in the Arab world. In the UAE female count to 70% of the student body; 77 % of Emirati women are educated. Globally 10% of entrepreneurs are women, in Lebanon over 30%. 60-80% of the people in the Arab world used to work in the public sector. In 2012, 55% of Arab youth wanted a public sector job, in 2014 only 43%. The Arab world experienced a surge in higher education: since the early 2000s the number of universities in the Arab region has doubled from 178 to 398, if one adds colleges and institutes, the number rises to 1139. This is higher than the population growth. There is hope in spite of all challenges. It is imperative to combat the image of the violent Arab youth and to replace it with that of the creative class,” he continued.
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New Seasons sold to discount Emart of Korea
Joseph Gallivan
Natural food brand in merger with Emart's U.S. affiliate, Good Food Holdings; one Seattle store to close, another to rebrand
New Seasons Market has been sold to a South Korean company for an undisclosed sum.
The upscale, organic and local mini-chain of supermarkets has been bought by Emart of South Korea, a discount retailer. Emart's U.S. affiliate Good Food Holdings will take over New Seasons in January.
New Seasons' owner is private equity firm Endeavour Capital. The founders, Chuck Eggert, Brian Rohter, Stan Amy, Eileen Brady, also own a partial stake.
Good Food Holdings is a recent acquisition. Emart bought it in 2018 for $275 million. Endeavour did the same thing there: it owned most of GFH before selling it to Emart for $275 million.
Locally operated, if not owned
"We are proud to join Good Food Holdings with a shared commitment to building community through good food," said Forrest Hoffmaster, New Seasons Market and New Leaf Community Markets chief executive officer.
"This partnership with Good Food Holdings ensures our longevity as a community cornerstone one that continues to nourish our neighbors and staff, inspire environmental stewardship, and champion the local food economy, as we have done since 2000."
Management called it a merger between New Seasons Market and New Leaf Community Markets today and the Koreans, Good Food Holdings. They declared the match good because both New Seasons and New Leaf can continue to be B Corps, or benefit corporations, meaning they have to prove they do social and environmental good as well as make money. Endeavour is a Portland-based fund, but New York-based P.J. Solomon is the exclusive financial advisor to New Seasons on the transaction.
New Seasons gives 10% of its after-tax profits to other nonprofits, makes low-interest loans to farmers and small businesses in its supply chain, and is known for championing new suppliers early on — bringing them from the farmers market stage to supermarket scale.
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In a statement, they also touted Good Food Holdings for its "support of high quality, independent and regionally focused neighborhood grocers on the West Coast, including Bristol Farms, Metropolitan Market and Lazy Acres Natural Market."
Shoppers outside the Slabtown store Wednesday were only vaguely aware of the merger, but displayed strong brand loyalty.
Mort Zalutsky said he was a long-time shopper.
"I don't know what will happen. I just hope it remains the same or improves. It is a great store with good quality, and hopefully the new owners will continue that." He was neutral on foreign ownership. "It's a global economy," he said with a shrug.
Katy Cassady said she like Slabtown New Season for the healthy products and the convenience. It's just two blocks from the new apartment building where she lives.
"I'm curious to see what changes," she said. She considers the prices high now. " I get everything here. I even body wash and stuff here because I like to use natural products, and it's really easy for me to pick stuff up here."
As for what might change…
"A price reduction would be nice. I could definitely shop somewhere else and not pay as much, but it wouldn't be as convenient. And the service is great here."
In the weekly flyer, plush toys shaped like avocados and fried eggs were priced between $16.99 and $29.99, and a four-pack of spritzers was $24.99.
Psychiatrist Sally Behel moved to Portland in 1994 and has been shopping at various New Seasons since the Wild Oats days.
"I would like it to stay the same, I guess, is the bottom line. I think it's owned locally now, right?"
She says it has not improved over the years.
"I think the produce is not as good, and the meat is not as good." Behel added, "I'm kind of sad with more and more things being bought by overseas companies."
The Portland stores are expected to remain open and keep the same brand and management. However, top management has changed recently under Endeavour Capital.
In 2018, CEO Wendy Collie stepped down. The former Starbucks and KinderCare exec is now Interim Head of Strategy and Operations, Salt and Straw ice cream. Collie made way for co-presidents Forrest Hoffmaster and Kristi McFarland. In January 2019, Hoffmaster was named CEO, and McFarland was named chief strategy officer.
As New Seasons has grown to almost 4,000 staff and 18 Portland-area stores (21 total), it has hit some turbulence. It is already closing one of its Seattle stores, shelving plans for and converting a third to a Metropolitan Market, one of the GFH brands.
New Seasons also owns five New Leaf Community Markets in California. Many Portlanders remember the progress of the brand, as it moved from funky health food store to a lifestyle brand. Wild Oats Market begat Nature's Fresh Northwest, which became New Seasons in 1999.
"My heart is hurting"
New Seasons is a nonunion shop, and efforts to organized were resisted by management in 2017. Portland Jobs for Justice said in a statement it had hoped. the store would have become employee-owned rather than be sold to Emart. Portland Jobs With Justice says over the last three years working conditions at New Seasons have deteriorated under Endeavour Capital's ownership.
They quoted a worker, said April St. John, saying "I've worked as a Grocery Clerk at Seven Corners for 14 years. My coworkers and I have seen many concerning changes since the founders of the company first sought investment from the private equity firm Endeavour Capital. I was very disappointed to hear that we'd been sold again without our input to secure a buyer on board with the historic values of our community. My heart is hurting for my coworkers in Seattle that are losing their jobs, I don't see any way this is good for workers."
New Seasons is a nonunion shop, and efforts to organize were resisted by management in 2017. Portland Jobs for Justice said in a statement it had hoped the store would have become employee-owned rather than be sold to Emart. Portland Jobs With Justice says during the last three years, working conditions at New Seasons have deteriorated under Endeavour Capital's ownership.
They quoted a worker, said April St. John, saying, "I've worked as a Grocery Clerk at Seven Corners for 14 years. My coworkers and I have seen many concerning changes since the founders of the company first sought investment from the private equity firm Endeavour Capital. I was very disappointed to hear that we'd been sold again without our input to secure a buyer on board with the historic values of our community. My heart is hurting for my coworkers in Seattle that are losing their jobs. I don't see any way this is good for workers."
Will Layng, Executive Director of Portland Jobs With Justice, added that in the past, managers had dangled the idea of employee ownership but not come through. "Our community is fed up with business executives touting their progressive credentials while excluding workers and opposing worker organizations. We are disappointed that Endeavour Capital decided to sell New Seasons without giving workers an opportunity to consider employee ownership."
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The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA) was created in 1979 through the combined efforts of four major Law Enforcement organizations: the International Association of Chiefs of Police, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, National Sheriff's Association, and the Police Executive Research Forum united to address issues of accountability, integrity, liability, performance, community partnership, and to elevate law enforcement to professional standing and affirm the quality of police services.
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Knitting Group in New Zealand ‘Swamped’ With Orders After Archie Wears Adorable Beanie!
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The release of a new photo of Archie Harrison being cuddled by Prince Harry has resulted in thousands of orders to the knitting group responsible for his adorable beanie hat.
Make Give Live, the knitting group that donates one hat for every hat they sell, found themselves “swamped” with orders after Archie was snapped in a two-bobbled beanie while on vacation with his parents in Canada.
“Wishing you all a very Happy New Year and thanking you for your continued support! We’ve loved meeting so many of you from around the world and can’t wait to meet many more of you next year. We hope 2020 brings each of you health and continued happiness.” – The Duke and Duchess of Sussex Special thanks to Chris Martin and @Coldplay for allowing us to use one of their songs Photo and video © SussexRoyal Thanks to PA for additional images and footage
A post shared by The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (@sussexroyal) on Dec 31, 2019 at 12:15pm PST
But the group, whose hats are made by volunteers, said they won’t be rushing to fulfill the amount of orders they’ve received since Archie became their latest model.
Related: Prince George and Princess Charlotte Make Their Christmas Day Debut!
The group’s co-founder Becky Smith told The Guardian, “The nature of our knitting groups is about community and nurturing mental health, so we don’t want pressure for anyone to make loads of hats in one week.”
The beanie was a baby gift for Archie before he was even born—Make Give Live presented the wee hat to Duchess Meghan when she and Prince Harry visited New Zealand in 2018.
Back then, it was only hours into their Pacific Tour that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced that they were expecting their first child.
We’re delighted to see that they held on to the beanie hat they were gifted in anticipation of their baby’s arrival!
Related: Aww—The Queen and Three Future Kings Mix Christmas Puddings in Buckingham Palace
And that’s not to mention Archie’s miniature Uggs that he’s also wearing in the picture. The sweet booties are believed to be the same pair that were given to Harry and Meghan at a reception in Sydney on the first day of that same tour.
“It’s our first baby gift!” Meghan was overheard to say.
The newest picture of Archie appeared as part of the Sussexes’ ‘year in review’ video that was released on Instagram to celebrate 2020.
It depicts father and son sharing a cuddle in front of the iconic Canadian landscape: blue water, blue mountains, and blue sky.
Related: Doria Ragland Looked Absolutely Beautiful at the Christening of her Grandson, Baby Archie
The accompanying caption reads, ““Wishing you all a very Happy New Year and thanking you for your continued support! We’ve loved meeting so many of you from around the world and can’t wait to meet many more of you next year. We hope 2020 brings each of you health and continued happiness.”
Harry and Meghan are currently on a six-week vacation in Canada in order to spend “private family time” with 7-month-old Archie, according to a spokesperson. It’s thought that they were joined there by Meghan’s mom Doria Ragland at Christmas.
In case you missed it, check out the Sussexes’ adorable Christmas card—in which Archie yet again steals the show, crawling away from the Christmas tree and right towards the camera!
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ANNANDALE – Northern Virginia Community College Director of Athletics Steve Mrowka has announced the suspension of the Nighthawks lacrosse program for the 2019 season.
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ANNANDALE – The academic accolades continue to come in for the Northern Virginia Community College athletic department, as six Nighthawk student-athletes were named to the NJCAA Region 20 All-Academic Team Friday.
Worrell to continue career at Greensboro
ANNANDALE – Christopher Worrell, who played two years with the Northern Virginia Community College lacrosse team has made a deposit and signed the necessary paperwork to play at NCAA Division III Greensboro College for the 2019 season.
Germano’s eight-point afternoon selected as No. 9 moment
ANNANDALE – The Northern Virginia Community College athletic department is counting down the top 10 moments of the 2017-18 season. The list is comprised of individual and team highlights from the field of play.
Nighthawks succeed in the classroom
ANNANDALE – Over 50 Northern Virginia Community College student-athletes have earned a grade point average of 3.0 or better during the 2017-18 academic year and were named to Athletic Director Honor Roll.
Nighthawks wrap up 2017-18 season with awards ceremony
ANNANDALE – The Northern Virginia Community College athletic department honored the 2017-18 Nighthawk student-athletes Monday at the annual all sports banquet at the Springfield Hilton.
Nighthawks drop season finale
HERNDON -- Maxwell Frazier scored the first goal for the Northern Virginia Community College lacrosse team Thursday afternoon, but CCBC Essex was a winner in the Region 20 contest 20-3 at Word of Grace.
Nighthawks fall at fourth ranked Howard
COLUMBIA, Md. – Joseph Germano scored a second period goal, but the fourth best team in the country down the Northern Virginia Community College lacrosse team 23-1 Tuesday afternoon inside Dragon Stadium.
THIS WEEK IN NOVA ATHLETICS: April 9 – April 15
ANNANDALE – It is a busy week upcoming for the Northern Virginia Community College lacrosse and softball teams this week. The Nighthawks lacrosse squad plays three times, while the softball team plays a pair of doubleheaders beginning Wednesday.
Nighthawks can’t get offense going
KEYSER, W.Va. – Joseph Germano scored three times to lead the Northern Virginia Community College lacrosse team, but the Nighthawks fell 21-3 to NJCAA Region 20 foe Potomac State Thursday evening on Stayman Field.
THIS WEEK IN NOVA ATHLETICS: March 26 – APRIL 1
ANNANDALE – Snow has become the Northern Virginia Community College lacrosse and softball teams biggest rival this spring. The Nighthawks had to alter their schedule last week, along with this week due to snow and wet field conditions.
Rainy day slows Nighthawks
DOVER, Del. -- Jeremiah Sam scored twice to lead the Northern Virginia Community College lacrosse team on a rainy Sunday afternoon at Delaware Tech, but the Nighthawks dropped a 22-6 decision.
Winter storm postpones lacrosse game (UPDATE 3/24)
ANNANDALE – Due to the heavy snow across the DMV the last two days and the freezing temperatures overnight, the Northern Virginia Community College lacrosse teams contests at Howard and CCBC Catonsville have been postponed.
Hudson Valley too much for NOVA
HERNDON - Brian Luca and Joseph Germano each tallied a goal for the Northern Virginia Community College lacrosse team Sunday afternoon, but national recognized Hudson Valley was a winner 30-2.
This Week in NOVA Athletics: Feb. 26 - March 4
ANNANDALE - It is down to the final two regular season games for the men's and women's basketball teams this coming week. The lacrosse team is back out on the field to play the VCU club team in D.C. Saturday at Wilson High School.
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