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>Finding the Common Ground: Building a Brexit Around Trade and Single Market Access
(UK in a Changing Europe)
Finding the Common Ground: Building a Brexit Around Trade and Single Market Access
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by Charlene Rohr, Jonathan Grant, Alexandra Pollitt, David Howarth
In the wake of the vote for the UK to the leave the European Union (EU), the UK government has started the process to negotiate terms for 'Brexit'. However, the EU referendum result provided little information on the sort of relationship that the British people seek with the EU post-Brexit. Did the vote to leave mean the UK leaving the EU single market, limiting migration to the UK, making the UK's own laws or making the UK's own trade deals?
Most people probably wouldn't think that the history of a light railway line on the US west coast 5,000 miles away from the UK has much relevance to what the British public think about Brexit. But it turns out that it does. Discrete choice modelling, a Nobel prize winning economic methodology first used to predict demand for the Bay Area Rapid Transit rail line in San Francisco, can be used to reveal a great deal about people's preferences for the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
A group of researchers from RAND Europe, The Policy Institute at King's College London and the University of Cambridge used this method to really understand what the British public want from Brexit. The overall aim was to quantify what characteristics in the UK's future relationship with the EU are most important to the British public. The study showed that getting a trade deal and access to the EU Single Market consistently emerged as the areas that are most important and valuable to the British public.
The basic idea of discrete choice modelling is that you can describe goods and services by their characteristics (e.g. using a chocolate bar as an example; whether it is milk or dark chocolate, the number of grams of chocolate, whether it has nuts or peanuts, how much it costs, etc.), and that people consider these attributes when choosing what to buy.
Further, information on the purchases that people make can then tell us about their preferences regarding these characteristics and how these vary across the population. This could inform how to design the most appealing product or service (e.g. going back to the chocolate bar analogy; entrepreneurial chocolatiers could use such information to design chocolate bars that would be most attractive to the public).
In our study, we used this approach by asking a representative sample of the British population to make choices between different hypothetical options showing key attributes that describe Britain's relationship with the EU to fill in the missing gaps not provided by the referendum choices. These attributes included freedom of movement for working or holidays, access to the EU single market and sovereignty, among others. The aim was to go beyond the politically-contested and sometimes ill-defined language of 'hard' and 'soft' Brexit and look at the public's views about the detailed choices on offer.
On average, the British population across the board—from Leavers to Remainers, those with degrees to those with no education qualifications, young to old—viewed access to the EU single market for trade of goods and services and the ability to make free trade deals with other countries outside the EU as the most important characteristics of Britain's future relationship with the EU.
Controlling freedom of movement, having UK sovereignty over its own laws and minimising the amount that the UK contributes to the EU budget were all viewed as important by the British public. However, all three attributes contained polarising views across the British population. Education level was the most important explanatory variable in quantifying people's preferences across these three attributes.
The British public would like to see constraints on freedom of movement to some extent. This seemed to stem from concerns about limiting demand for valued public services rather than wanting to limit freedom of movement per se. However, some people—particularly those with higher educational degrees—strongly disliked severe restrictions on freedom of movement, such as requiring a visa to travel to other European countries for holiday and requiring other Europeans to have a visa to travel to the UK.
The polarisation of views was further reflected in the value placed on UK sovereignty over its own laws. Those who voted remain and those with degrees would prefer the UK to be subject to EU laws in areas like trade, employment, consumer protection and the environment. This was in direct conflict with those who voted Leave and those without degrees, who preferred the UK to be able to make all of its own laws.
Based on our study, the priority for the UK government during Brexit negotiations should be exploring opportunities that allow for access to the single market and free trade deals with countries outside the EU. This would build on the common ground felt by the majority of Britons about what they feel are the most valuable aspects of the UK's future relationship with Europe.
By Charlene Rohr, senior research leader at RAND Europe, Jonathan Grant, professor of public policy at King's College London, Alexandra Pollitt, research fellow at the Policy Institute at King's, and David Howarth, professor of law and public policy at the University of Cambridge.
This commentary originally appeared on UK in a Changing Europe on July 14, 2017. Commentary gives RAND researchers a platform to convey insights based on their professional expertise and often on their peer-reviewed research and analysis.
Charlene Rohr
Senior Research Leader
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>November 9, 2009
Congressional Briefing - November 9, 2009
The Impact of Deployment on the Post-Deployment Labor Market Earnings of Reserve Components
David Loughran
Room 201 SVC Capitol Visitor Center
Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
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Since September 11, 2001, hundreds of thousands of reservists have returned home from lengthy deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. These reservists face a variety of challenges in reintegrating themselves into civilian life, not the least of which is reentering the civilian labor market. Although the civilian employment of most reservists is protected under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), reservists nonetheless might suffer economic hardship in their post-deployment years because of lost civilian work experience, injury, and other difficulties adjusting to civilian work life.
This study, conducted at the request of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, employs high-quality administrative data to investigate whether deployment adversely affects the labor market earnings of reservists. The study finds the following:
Deployment lowers the civilian earnings of reservists by about 5 percent in the first year after deployment.
However, two years after deployment, the civilian earnings of reservists recover and, in many cases, exceed the civilian earnings they would have received had they never been deployed.
Deployed reservists are more likely to remain in the reserves, causing their post-deployment military earnings to exceed those of reservists who were never deployed.
These findings will be of interest to policymakers, manpower analysts, and other individuals concerned about the effects of deployment on the civilian lives of reservists and their families.
This work was conducted by the Forces and Resources Policy Center within the RAND National Defense Research Institute.
David Loughran, a senior economist at the RAND Corporation, is associate director of RAND Labor and Population and professor of economics at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. His research focuses on applied topics in labor economics, demography, and insurance. His current defense manpower-related research includes analyses of the causal effect of military service on the educational and labor market outcomes of socioeconomically disadvantaged youth, the effect of alternative body fat standards on recruiting and attrition, and a suite of studies addressing the effect of deployments on the civilian labor market outcomes of reservists while they serve and following their return to civilian life. Loughran holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland.
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Filing a lawsuit for Assault and Battery, Personal Injury
When you see the term “personal injury”, what probably comes to mind are lawsuits that have been filed as a result of injuries that have been sustained in some type of accident — vehicular accidents, slip and falls, or a job-related injury. In these types of cases, the action that resulted in the injury was unintentional.
However, there are personal injury cases in which the injury or harm was intentional. These types of cases are referred to as “assault” and “battery”. The victim brings legal action against the offender in order to seek compensation in the form of damages for injuries that were sustained as a result of the incident in question which may include monetary awards for hospital bills, long-term care, if needed, as well as pain and suffering.
“Assault” is defined as an intentional act on the part of a person ( the defendant) that causes another (the plaintiff) to fear an immediate harmful or offensive contact. “Battery”, on the other hand, is defined as an intentional act on the part of a person ( the defendant) that actually causes offensive or harmful contact with another (the plaintiff).
If you are considering filing a lawsuit for assault and/or battery, you need to be absolutely confident in the abilities of your attorney. Rapid City attorneys Gregory Yates and Michael Shubeck have been successfully fighting personal injury cases on behalf of injured victims and their families, and between them, have recovered millions of dollars in personal injury settlements, awards, and jury verdicts. Both Mr. Yates and Mr. Shubeck are experts in the current laws of South Dakota, and are considered to be two of the best personal injury attorneys in the state.
When filing a lawsuit for an assault and/or battery case, there are 2 main elements that you need to be able to prove in order to recover damages:
there was an intentional action on the part of the defendant which was meant to cause fear of possible harm
this action actually created reasonable fear/apprehension of imminent harm on the part of the plaintiff
If you or a loved one have been injured in the State of South Dakota, whether the injury resulted from an accident or negligence or was the result of an intentional act or wrongful conduct on the part of another party, you can sue for economic damages which include medical and hospital bills, the costs associated with property repair and/or replacement, and long-term continuing care. Non-economic damages include those awarded for pain and suffering.
Hiring an attorney in South Dakota
At Rapid City Lawyers, we offer personalized advice and counsel, bringing all of our legal resources to bear in order to achieve the best possible outcome for you and your family. If you or a loved one have been a victim of an assault and/or battery, contact our Rapid City law office to schedule an initial consultation with Mr. Yates or Mr. Shubeck and get the legal advice you need.
“Through the whole process he was concerned, informative, empathetic and explored every avenue . . .”
— Cheryl
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The Lathe of Heaven
Dystopia by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Lathe of Heaven is a 1971 science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin. The plot revolves around a character whose dreams alter reality, including past events. The story was first serialized in the American science fiction magazine Amazing Stories. The novel received nominations for the 1972 Hugo and the 1971 Nebula Award, and won the Locus Award for Best Novel in 1972. Two television film adaptations have been released: the acclaimed PBS production, The Lathe of Heaven; and Lathe of Heaven, a remake produced by the A&E Network.
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Brave New World Revisited
Yevgeny Zamyatin
The Space Merchants
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TLC's Response to Derick Dillard's Transphobic Tweets Shows They Won't Tolerate Hatred
By Michelle Stein
Fans of TLC's Counting On might be disappointed to hear that one of the stars of the reality series won't be returning for future episodes. Then again, maybe they'll be jumping for joy. Following ongoing tweets by the husband of Jill Duggar, the network released a statement that possibly marks the end of his relationship with the show. That's because TLC's response to Derick Dillard's transphobic tweets shows they won't tolerate hatred.
TLC/Discovery Communications and Derick Dillard did not immediately respond to Romper's request for comment about Dillard's recent tweets.
People reports the original controversy surrounding Dillard and transgender teen Jazz Jennings began with a Tweet posted by Dillard on Aug. 2. "What an oxymoron ... a 'reality' show which follows a non-reality," he wrote alongside a photo promoting TLC's I Am Jazz. The father of two continued, "Transgender' is a myth. Gender is not fluid; it's ordained by God."
Unfortunately, it wasn't long before Dillard was back at it again. On Oct. 26, one of his tweets innocently declared, "America needs unity now more than ever" — until Dillard replied on Thursday to a Twitter user's comment. This Twitter user pointed out that sometimes Dillard's messages can "come off as hateful," referencing Dillard's transphobic tweet from August. This prompted Dillard to start off on another rant.
“I pity Jazz 4 those who take advantage of him in order 2 promote their agenda, including the parents who allow these kinds of decisions 2 be made by a child," Dillard wrote, referring to Jennings by male pronouns. "It’s sad that ppl would use a juvenile this way. Again, nothing about him, just unfortunate what’s on tv these days." Dillard added, "I think it’s important to have a mature discussion. I am just expressing my concerns, as a Christian. The beauty of the world is that everybody is not like me."
(Yes, Derick. And believe me, we're all thankful for this fact.)
On Saturday afternoon, TLC took to Twitter to reassure viewers that Dillard's transphobic comments haven't gone unnoticed. In fact, it seems like they've already come to a pretty major decision. "We want to let our viewers know that Derick Dillard has not participated in Counting On for months and the network has no plans to feature him in the future," the network wrote. "We want to reiterate that Derick’s personal statements do not reflect the views of the network. TLC is proud to share the story of Jazz Jennings and her family and will continue to do so."
Jennings, 16, also responded (albeit indirectly) to Dillard's harsh words. On Saturday, she wrote on Twitter: “In the face of constant ignorance and hatred I prefer to disregard negative opinions and continue moving forward with love.”
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You know, it's funny to me how Derick's on-screen persona is that of a loving husband, father and Christian. I mean, for the most part, he and Jill are just so likeable on both 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On. But seriously, now. What right does he have to invalidate the lives and experiences of other people with these types of comments — and to direct them a teenager, at that? Gender identity is real; it's not just a made-up concept up for debate. Sure, Dillard might be uncomfortable with gender fluidity, but that doesn't change the fact that it exists. That he continues to publicly bash a transgender teen as a grown man is incredibly troubling.
I know that Michelle and Jim-Bob Duggar's house rules don't apply once their children have married and moved out of their home. But perhaps the Duggars should extend the family rule banning social media beyond their kids' engagements — and start including their spouses, as well.
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Who Plays Ziggy On 'Big Little Lies'? Iain Armitage Is A Very Accomplished Child
By Zakiya Jamal
Big Little Lies is HBO's newest limited series and while it may not have dragons in it like Game of Thrones or robots like in Westworld, it still has murder. The show, which takes place in a beachside neighborhood in Monterey, California, is based on Liane Moriarty's bestselling novel of the same name, and follows the lives of three mothers whose children all attend the same school together. One of those mothers is Jane (Shaliene Woodley), who's a single mom and new to town with her son, Ziggy. So who plays Ziggy on Big Little Lies? Young actor and theater YouTuber Iain Armitage got the role and he's already incredibly accomplished, especially for his age.
Though Armitage is relatively new to acting, you may have seen his face before. Besides appearing in Big Little Lies, he also appeared in a recent episode of Law & Order: SVU and will appear in the films The Glass Castle, Our Souls at Night, and I'm Not Here, which are due out later this year and next year, according to IMDB. However, Armitage made his first appearance on television when he appeared on The View in 2014, to discuss his popular YouTube channel, IainLovesTheatre.
Armitage saw his first play when he was only 3 years old, and is now one of the most knowledgable theater critics out there. Oh, and did I mention that he's not even 10 years old yet? On his channel, Armitage does reviews of musicals and plays, and also performs some of his favorite songs as well. During a recent interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Woodley revealed that it was actually Armitage who introduced her to Hamilton when he burst into song while on set. Not only does Armitage know every song from the musical, but he even met Lin-Manuel Miranda on the red carpet of the 2016 Tony Awards, because this kid is obviously living his best life.
IainLovesTheatre on YouTube
Armitage's theater knowledge even got him onto Steve Harvey's show Little Big Shots, where he discussed his work as a theater critic and showed off his tap dancing skills. This kid is apparently multi-talented.
Little Big Shots on YouTube
Big Little Lies is obviously a major stepping stone for Armitage and I have no doubt people will be seeing even more of him in the near future. I, personally, can't wait to see what this kid does next with his already impressive career.
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The understanding and innate principles
The understanding and ideas
Abstraction, essences and kinds
Knowledge and judgement
Testimony, faith and enthusiasm
Thinking matter and persons
Property, slavery and toleration
Locke, John (1632–1704)
Anstey, Peter
10.4324/9780415249126-DA054-2
DOI: 10.4324/9780415249126-DA054-2
Retrieved July 16, 2019, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/locke-john-1632-1704/v-2
John Locke was the leading English philosopher of the late seventeenth century. His two major works, An Essay concerning Human Understanding and Two Treatises of Government, both published in 1690, have exerted enormous influence on subsequent thought, particularly in metaphysics, theory of knowledge and political philosophy. Locke’s writings were central to the philosophy of the Enlightenment in the eighteenth century and set the terms of reference for modern liberalism.
Educated in the arts at Oxford, a friend of Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton, and a close associate of the leading politician the first Earl of Shaftesbury, Locke’s intellectual range was broad. He trained as a physician, dabbled in chemistry and botany and throughout his life kept abreast of developments in natural philosophy. At the same time, he developed theories of natural law and religious toleration, contributed to debates on contemporary economic issues, wrote a primer on the philosophy of education, defended the reasonableness of Christianity and maintained an extensive correspondence and intellectual network. It was not until the publication of the Essay when Locke was in his late 50s, however, that he became a public intellectual.
The Essay provides an analysis of the scope and limits of the faculty of human understanding, using a sophisticated theory of ideas. It contains four books, the first of which seeks to refute the view that the mind contains innate metaphysical and moral principles. The second book sets out Locke’s theory of ideas and contains original and penetrating treatments of the nature of the will and motivation and the nature of personal identity. It also contains Locke’s theory of material qualities with his famous distinction between primary and secondary qualities, and discussions of the nature of substance, duration, infinity and the association of ideas. Book Three deals with the nature of language, the theory of essences, and provides an account of the way in which humans divide substances into species. Book Four uses the resources set out in the preceding books to develop a theory of knowledge and belief and to explore the differences between faith and reason.
Central to Locke’s project is the view that all knowledge is constructed out of ideas. Knowledge in its most basic form is nothing but the perception of the agreement or disagreement of ideas and ideas can only be acquired through the senses or through introspection on the operations of our minds. Once the understanding is furnished with enough simple ideas from these two sources of experience, it sets about constructing complex ideas, forming propositions out of its various ideas and giving the ideas names. Locke is fundamentally opposed to the view that knowledge and reason begin with a set of basic principles or maxims, such as that the whole is the sum of its parts. This is the motivation for his arguments against the claim that principles are innate. Instead we must construct the principles of all the different sciences from scratch out of our stock of ideas.
In the cases of mathematics and morality this can be achieved. In the case of our knowledge of the sorts or species of substances we encounter in the external world, however, we are significantly constrained. This is because our senses are limited and we do not have epistemic access to the inner natures of things. We can see many effects but the underlying causes of those effects, such as magnetism or cohesion, are out of reach. As a result, Locke is pessimistic about the prospects of natural science, though he does believe that the method of experimental philosophy, particularly natural history, gives us the best chance to extend our knowledge of the natural world. Moreover, he believes that of all the speculative systems of natural philosophy, the corpuscular view of matter is the most intelligible.
Locke’s political philosophy gives us some insight into his conception of the form that a demonstrative moral philosophy might take. However, the precise relation between the Two Treatises and the Essay remains a controversial issue. The starting point for Locke’s view of the formation of civil society is the natural equality of every human being. We are equal in freedom and equal in both power and obligation with respect to the law of nature. However, in the absence of civil society – that is, in the state of nature – we suffer many inconveniences, particularly with regard to protecting property and applying the law of nature. It is only by consenting to give up our basic power to enforce the law of nature, a power that is common to all, to an authority, that we are able to overcome the inconveniences of the state of nature. In so doing, we secure the integrity of our property, that is, our life, liberty and possessions. The handing over of our basic power does not render us politically impotent however. For, should the government, whether a democracy, oligarchy or monarchy, break the people’s trust, the citizens have a right of resistance and can dissolve the government.
Locke’s Two Treatises was published anonymously and did not embroil him in ongoing debate in his own day, though its subsequent influence was profound. The same cannot be said of another anonymous work, his A Letter Concerning Toleration, which argued that religious toleration should be extended to all but atheists and those who submit to foreign authority. The most vigorous reaction to Locke’s writings, however, was to the Essay, particularly to Locke’s account of personal identity as continuity of consciousness and his suggestion that matter fitly disposed might have the power of thought. These two issues are indicative of the rich philosophical resources within the Essay, both in its positive theses and its illustrative material, which have ensured that this work continues to be read and studied with profit today.
Anstey, Peter. Locke, John (1632–1704), 2017, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-DA054-2. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/locke-john-1632-1704/v-2.
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Boyle, Robert (1627–91) By Sargent, Rose-Mary
Cockburn, Catharine (1679–1749) By Hutton, Sarah
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One of the distinguishing features of the Honours Program in Economics is that the core parts and some of the electives in the program consist of courses which are oriented exclusively towards the honours students. Unlike most honours programs in the Faculties of Arts or Science at McGill, the Honours Program in Economics is not differentiated from the Major Program in the same field by the number of courses required of the students, but by the analytical rigour of the courses which form the central part of the requirements for Honours in Economics.
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Alamos Schoolhousemdhoward_rivcpk2019-04-04T15:44:01-07:00
The Alamos Schoolhouse is a historic one-room Schoolhouse located at Lake Skinner Recreation Area, just outside of Temecula’s Wine Country in Winchester, CA. The building served as a school for the community of French Valley from around 1900 to 1968.
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The Alamos Schoolhouse is a historic one-room Schoolhouse located at Lake Skinner County Park, just outside of Temecula’s Wine Country in Winchester, CA. The building served as a school for the community of French Valley from around 1900 to 1968.
The area of what is commonly known as French Valley was originally settled by Basque and French sheep herders. Italian-Swiss and English immigrants followed soon after. As the population grew, there became a need for a schoolhouse to educate the children. The first Alamos School was built in 1889, but the growing population dictated the need for a larger building. The second Alamos School was built around 1900 at the corner of Benton and Pourroy Roads, on property donated by a local resident. Grades 1-8 were taught at the school, with students attending high school in the nearby community of Hemet. The school was closed by local officials in 1968 due to declining enrollment. After the school closed all grades attended school in Hemet.
The main economy in French Valley during the first half of the 20th century was dairy, pork, chicken, and turkey ranching, along with farming of barely, wheat, and oats. The local children either walked or rode bicycles or horses to school. Due to the rural nature of the area, children would sometimes walk up to 4 miles one way to attend school. Students sat in wooden desks with built-in inkwells, with the first graders sitting in the front row, and older students in succeeding rows. Over the years enrollment of school children went from a high of 15, to a low of 7. Play Day was a highly anticipated event every spring, as students from other rural schools would gather for a yearly sporting event of relay races and other competitions.
Various teachers taught at Alamos School over the years, but none so long or as fondly remembered as Dora Field. She taught at Alamos School for 38 years. She never married, and lived across the street from the school. She taught her students reading, writing, and math, but also taught manners and read stories to the children during rainy day lunch breaks. She also would not hesitate to play with the children at recess, or give them extra help with schoolwork. She would travel to Riverside on weekends to obtain materials for school projects.
After the school closed in 1968, it sat vacant until 1976, when the Hemet School District sold the building to Riverside County. In 1977 it was moved to it’s current location at Lake Skinner County Park. After it was moved it served as a store for the park, until the new store was built in 1986. The school building again sat unused and fell into disrepair. In 1996 funds were obtained for renovation. Under a joint project managed and financed by federal, state, and county effort, including the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the building was renovated and opened to the public as a Nature and Interpretive Center in 1998. It served in this capacity for several years, and after a multi-year closure it re-opened as the Alamos Schoolhouse Nature Center, delighting visitors and campers with an authentic taste of local history surrounding Lake Skinner. In 2016 funding was again obtained for Interpretive staffing, and the building is open once again as a Nature and Interpretive Center for the general public.
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San Timoteo Canyon Schoolhousemdhoward_rivcpk2019-04-04T15:52:41-07:00
125+ year history
Newly renovated and repurposed
Fees (Donation)
Adults – $4.00 each
Children 12 yrs. And younger – $3.00 each
Dogs – $1.00
Open to the public 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month from 10:00am to 2:00pm
Heritage Education field trips are now available
San Timoteo Canyon has been a route of travel for thousands of years. Local Indians used the canyon to travel between the San Bernardino Valley and the desert regions to the east for trade. This pattern continued with the influx of Europeans and Americans in the 1800s. Just after San Bernardino was founded by the Mormons in 1851, non-Mormons began to settle in San Timoteo Canyon by setting up ranches. Over the next 50 years, several different families took up residence in the canyon, and a series of homesteads and ranches could be seen throughout the area
Obviously one of the amenities that was needed was a school, and from the 1850s to the 1880s, schooling in the area was conducted in barns, adobes, and even just out in the open. By the early 1880s, though, the residents of the area wanted something better for their children. At this point, two men, Eugene Vandeventer and John Frink, began to take action. John Frink, and his brother Horace, were major landowners in the canyon and had been freighters through the area. On February 21, 1882, John Frink gave an area described as “one acre and two square rods” to the San Timoteo School District for “use as a building lot and school ground for the public school in said district.” Frink stipulated that if a school was not constructed within one year, ownership of the parcel would revert back to him.
Another ranch owner to the east of the Frinks was Eugene Vandeventer. With a piece of land for a school site secured, Vandeventer began construction on the schoolhouse. Using all Douglas Fir (which indicates that the wood probably came from the San Bernardino Mountains), Vandeventer built a moderate-sized building consisting of a main room for instruction and two ante-rooms in the front. The building was complete by early 1883, for the San Timoteo School District issued a warrant for the repair of the building in March of that year.
Oral histories with some past students have helped to bring out a myriad of stories about the building. The ante-rooms were used as cloak rooms – the eastern room for the girls and the western for the boys. At class time, the teacher would ring a hand bell, and the students would line up outside their respective rooms. They would leave their coats and lunches in the small rooms, and then enter the main school room. Grades K-8 were taught there by one teacher, whose desk was generally on the west side. The school desks were not fixed to the floor but were on runners so that they could be moved. Usually on Saturday nights, the desks were moved to the side of the room and dances were held with entertainment provided by some of the older members of the community. On Sundays, church services were held, making the schoolhouse serve as a school, community center, and church.
During this time, the property also boasted a well which was dug to the southeast of the schoolhouse. Some play equipment was added later. To facilitate the large percentage of children who would have ridden horses to school, stable structures were an integral part of the parcel. At one time, a stable built of old railroad ties was constructed just to the southwest of the main building, whereas later another structure was completed to the northeast.
An interesting sidelight to the history of the schoolhouse occurred on May 2, 1893, when the building was designated one of the polling locations to determine whether Riverside County should be formed. Many people in the immediate area were opposed to the prospect, and a few took matters in their own hands and forcibly evicted the official election committee that was sent to staff the polling place and bring in the votes. This action, though, did not deter the election nor would it have changed the results, and Riverside County came into being a week later on May 9.
Sometime around 1920, several changes were made. First, a series of California Pepper trees were planted on both the west and east sides of the building. In the building, most of the windows in the main room were moved to the south wall. This was at the behest of the county’s Superintendent of Schools, who directed that students should have sunlight coming across their left shoulders when they learn to write. A concrete restroom facility was added to the southwest (in the area that once housed the railroad-tie stable), which would have superceded some outhouses that were undoubtedly there from the beginning.
The San Timoteo Schoolhouse was in use as a school until 1937. At that time, the San Timoteo School District was merged into the Beaumont School District, which in turn closed the outlying school. Students from San Timoteo Canyon were transported into Beaumont for schooling. From that point until the late 1980s, the schoolhouse was used for Sunday school purposes and for a community center.
By the late 1980s, the Beaumont School District was trying to divest itself of several assets including the San Timoteo Schoolhouse. Several people became concerned about the schoolhouse, its rapidly deteriorating condition, and the potential for it to be a victim of vandals. After a protracted negotiation, the Beaumont School District sold the schoolhouse to the Riverside County Parks Department on August 10, 1993, officials of the Department having been convinced of the need to try to preserve what had become one of the oldest still-standing structures in Riverside County. Plans were drawn up to begin restoration of the building, but these plans fell victim to the hard economic times of the early 1990s.
It was not until 2002 that renovation of the building was begun. Over a period of 5 years, a new well was dug, a new foundation was poured for the building, and the interior was stripped and cleaned of nearly 60 years of accumulated bat wastes. Once restoration commenced, new plaster, woodwork, doors, and windows were added to bring the schoolhouse back to the way it looked when it opened more than 100 years ago. Today, the San Timoteo Schoolhouse sits poised to usher in a new era – one that will teach today’s children what life and schooling was like for the generations before them.
Christian, Peggy. Historic San Timoteo Canyon. Sagebrush Press, Morongo Valley, California: 2002.
Frink, John. Deed to San Timoteo School District. San Bernardino County Deed Book 30, pp. 578-579
Lech, Steve. Along the Old Roads – A History of That Portion of Southern California That Became Riverside County, 1772-1893. Privately printed by the author, Riverside, California: 2004.
Marshall, Bill (former student at the San Timoteo Schoolhouse), personal communication with the author: November 26, 2002.
Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District files.
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Let’s solve human problems first: SC on Rohingyas
New Delhi, April 9: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the central government to file a comprehensive report detailing the facilities being provided to Rohingya refugees staying at two camps in Harya, saying “let us try to solve human problems first”. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said the report should be based on data about basic facilities like water, hygiene, toilets and medical facilities being provided to the Rohingyas in Mewat and Faridabad camps. The court order came as the Central government said it could not offer Rohingya refugees more basic facilities than what it was providing its own people including those living in slums. The next hearing will take place on May 9 when the report will be considered.
Facing a mounting attack by the petitioner representing refugees on the denial of basic facilities, Additiol Solicitor General Tushar Mehta raised questions on the spate of petitions filed on behalf of Rohingyas — a point he had made during the last hearing. The government on March 19 questioned the credentials of the petitioners seeking to block deportation of Rohingya refugees, saying the genesis of the PILs threaten to change the country’s demography and destabilise it.
The petitioners on Monday said a court commissioner be sent to inquire into the conditions in the camps while senior counsel Rajeev Dhavan urged the court to ask the tiol Human Rights Commission — which he described as the custodian of human rights, civil liberty and socio-economic charter — to submit a report on the condition of refugees in Rohingya camps. The petitioners said the basic facilities that a human being should get under the Constitution’s Article 21 were being denied to Rohingya refugees.
Telling the court that Rohingyas were living in pathetic conditions, Dhavan said Rohingya refugees were a “separate class of people who have nowhere to go. They have no means to support themselves. This is a peculiar situation which is not there in any slums…”. Making a common cause with the Central government, senior counsel Mahesh Jethmalani said he supported the position taken by the Centre and there could be no “privilege enclave” for Rohingya refugees. Jethmalani appeared for one of those supporting the government’s stand on Rohingya refugees.
Defending the “push back” policy to prevent the Rohingya refugees from crossing the border into India, he said accommodating Rohingyas who have already entered was itself a difficult task. (IANS)
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https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Laughing-Sal-presides-over-new-Playland-museum-3282222.php
Laughing Sal presides over new Playland museum
EL CERRITO Spirit of Playland-at-the-Beach captured in artifacts of museum that's part history exhibit, part fun house
Carolyn Jones, Chronicle Staff Writer
Published 4:00 am PDT, Saturday, May 31, 2008
Laughing Sal is cackling once more.
The gap-toothed, red-haired, plaster icon who terrified generations of kids at San Francisco's defunct Playland-at-the-Beach has resurfaced - maniacal laugh and all - in El Cerrito.
Laughing Sal and thousands of other Playland relics are part of a new museum, opening today, that pays tribute to the exhilarating, seedy world of carnivals, circuses, haunted houses, arcades and bygone amusement parks.
The museum, a nonprofit called Playland-Not-at-the-Beach, is part history exhibit and part fun house. Visitors will be able to play 80-year-old pinball machines, watch a century-old penny arcade called "Knotty Peek," and see authentic side-show attractions such as a two-headed duckling, a mermaid and a carp exposed to a bit too much radiation.
"I think all of us wish we lived in a kinder, gentler age," said Richard Tuck, an El Cerrito businessman who started planning the museum eight years ago. "This is someplace we can keep reality out. The great reward has been seeing the joy it brings everyone. I love to see people smile."
The collection grew out of Tuck's personal stash of Playland relics, which he had been storing in his office on San Pablo Avenue. Tuck traces his Playland fascination to childhood, when his parents would make the drive from Petaluma to the 10-acre amusement park on Ocean Beach.
On weekends, friends and local kids would come to Tuck's office to tinker with the collection. Word got out, and people began donating their own Playland relics.
"When the bulldozers came through Playland in 1972, neighbors grabbed stuff from the Dumpsters like they were trophies," Tuck said. "But most of it just stayed in people's garages. Now people are realizing this stuff belongs in a museum."
Eventually Tuck and his fellow Playland aficionados decided to turn the collection into a public museum. Hundreds of volunteers, including, kids, artists, hobbyists and veterans of the original Playland, helped restore the artifacts.
The museum occupies 9,000 square feet in a nondescript former grocery store at San Pablo Avenue and Jefferson Street. Divided into 18 rooms, the museum includes an exhibit on the Sutro Baths, a spectacular 32-foot acrylic mural of Playland, a miniature recreation of San Francisco in 1939, and a tribute to Santa's Village, the Christmas theme park in the Santa Cruz mountains that closed in 1977.
Among the more awe-inspiring exhibits is Circus World, a 300,000-piece, hand-carved miniature circus depicting a day - June 30, 1930 - in the life of the Sells-Floto Circus. El Cerrito typesetter Don Marcks spent 50 years painstakingly researching and carving the diorama. Each elephant took a month, and there are 40 of them, Tuck said.
Born in 1860s
Playland-at-the-Beach dates from the 1860s, when individual concessionaires started opening rides, booths and other seaside attractions near Cabrillo and Balboa streets on the western edge of San Francisco. The Cliff House, Sutro Baths, zoo and buffalo paddock were also part of the panoply that helped draw thousands of visitors to Ocean Beach.
In the 1920s two businessmen began buying the concessions, then known as Chutes at the Beach, intending to transform the area into the biggest amusement park on the West Coast. In 1923, George Whitney took over and changed the name to Playland-at-the-Beach, expanding the park until World War II. In the 1950s, Whitney died, two roller-coasters were demolished and Playland started a long decline.
It was torn down on Labor Day weekend in 1972 and replaced with condominiums. Remnants of Playland have resurfaced at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Musee Mecanique in San Francisco and other spots. There's no shortage of Laughing Sals - 278 of the unnerving mannequins still exist, mostly former centerpieces at amusement parks throughout the United States.
For El Cerrito teacher Zelda Holland, volunteering to restore the Playland artifacts has been a labor of love. The San Francisco native spent much of her youth hanging out at Playland.
"It's so nostalgic for me. It brings back a lot of memories of boyfriends and ... stuff," she said Thursday, her voice tapering off while folding brochures for the museum's opening day. "It reminds me of my favorite city."
Emeryville artist John Aaron, who worked on the "San Francisco 1939" exhibit, likes the museum's mix of art, history and fun.
"This place is an imagination emporium," he said. "They let the artists just go wild. It's been one of the most fascinating and rewarding projects I've been a part of."
Not everyone is drawn by their memories of Playland. For Beverly Needham, a merchandiser from El Cerrito, the main attraction is the vintage pinball games.
"These old games remind me of hanging out at the Central Pool Hall in Point Richmond in the early 1970s," she said. "They had a pinball machine that had a kicking donkey. I was just drinking Cokes, of course, but that's what I remember. Those were good times."
Muralists Dan Fontes and Ed Cassel spent almost two years completing the 32-foot Playland mural, basing the images on more than 1,400 snapshots. Because most of the photos are black-and-white, they read San Francisco history books, letters and diaries to determine the accurate colors.
"People have a longing for what this represents - a simpler time," Cassel said. "Now there's only little vestiges of Playland left. But without these reminders, people won't understand what it was all about. There's just a bunch of condos there now."
-- For a video from the new Playland-Not-at-the-Beach museum in El Cerrito, go to SFGate.com.
Playland-Not-at-the-Beach opens at 10 a.m. today. Cost is $5. All the games are free. The museum will be open weekends and by reservation. For information, call (510) 592-3002 or go to www.playland-not-at-the-beach.org. The museum is at 10979 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito.
Playland not-at-the-Beach is having a grand opening on Saturday May 31, 2008 in El Cerrito, Calif. Duration: 1:50. Camera and editing: Michael Macor, Chronicle Staff
Media: San Francisco Chronicle
The "Tip a Troll" arcade is on display on Thursday, May 29, 2008 as staff and volunteers prepare "Playland Not at the Beach" in El Cerrito, Calif for its grand opening.
Photo: Kim Komenich, The Chronicle
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Curved Sword vs. Straight Sword: Which Is Better?
Vaishnavi Patil 3 years ago
Swords are an integral part of the historical analysis of ancient and medieval warfare. They continue to intrigue us, despite the fact that most battles today lack swords entirely. In this article, from the European broadsword to the Japanese katana – we still study them, compare their advantages and disadvantages, and fantasize about imaginary battles between two skilled sword fighters using different swords.
One of the longest running arguments among sword enthusiasts revolves around the two dominant shapes of swords: curved and straight. Traditionally, straight swords have been used by Western European cultures, while curved swords are known for being more Eastern, particularly Middle Eastern scimitars and the Indian Talwar.
Medieval history suggests that there has been no superior civilization between the West and the East. It all depends on which era you were living in. However, each of these powerful cultures obviously preferred one type of sword over the other. Why would that be the case if they weren’t absolutely sure that their swords were better than the swords of their enemies? So… which sword reigns supreme?
The answer to this question is that the clear demarcation between straight and curved swords mirroring the cultural difference between the West and the East is a falsity. There were plenty of straight swords in Eastern cultures, as well as curved ones in the West. An Indian sword, the Khanda, was famously straight, as was the Turkish Y’tanga. Similarly, there are many examples of curved swords in Europe, such as the Szabla and the Flacion.
A Rajput Khanda
However, it is true that Eastern cultures loved curved blades far more than their European counterparts. One of the main reasons for this is the prevalent landscape and fauna of the region.
Curved blades became so popular in Eastern cultures simply because the Middle East, Central Asia and India were famous for their wide expanses of land, which were ideal for cavalry charges. Remember how Genghis Khan conquered most of Asia on the strength of his cavalry alone? The Mongols also achieved this feat with the assistance of their awesome curved scimitars. As it happened, men on horseback found it much easier to wield a curved sword than a straight sword.
Arguments that support the superiority of a curved sword always mention how a curved blade cuts much more effectively than a straight sword, but this is not necessarily true. The curvature does not help to cut ‘better’, per se, but it does complete the job more efficiently. Give a single curved sword to a man on a horseback facing hundreds of infantry soldiers, and perhaps you’ll see the carnage he can enact on the battlefield.
A straight sword, on the other hand, might cut just as well, but it would require a lot more training and focus for a soldier to wield properly. Its weight wouldn’t seem as balanced from the top of a galloping horse. Also, considering the momentum you will possess on horseback, there is a good chance of you losing your sword because it got stuck in one of your victims. This wouldn’t be an issue with a curved sword.
Eastern armies were huge, especially during ancient and early medieval times. Equipping each man with a sword would have been a costly affair for the constantly squabbling Oriental kingdoms. Most of the armies were actually comprised of archers that kept a fair distance from the heat of the battle.
However, in the middle or near the end of most battles, the archers were forced to draw their swords and attack their enemies head-on. This was often a desperate move on the part of the losing side. At that point, when an inexperienced swordsman was surrounded by enemies, the only way to escape was the flexibility and speed of curved swords.
First of all, curved swords are easier to draw from the sheath than a straight blade. They should also be your go-to choice if you have to hack down multiple enemies quickly. Curved swords have more cutting area than straight ones, as they have a better angle of attack. It also requires less training to wield a curved blade than a straight sword.
In one-on-one battles, however, the straight sword is far superior. The reason straight swords were more popular in older European armies is because their armies were generally smaller. The populations in that part of the world were smaller than the big Eastern civilizations, so their infantry focused more on training each individual soldier in the arts of warfare, rather than simply increasing the size of their armies.
A straight sword is much better for thrusting and finishing off an enemy with singular blows. A curved sword would hardly do any damage if a soldier were wearing chain-mail armor (which was a very popular form of armor in Western cultures). A highly trained swordsman wielding a straight sword could masterfully combat this form of armor by strategically attacking the chinks visible in the pattern.
Similarly, a straight sword is better if you have to block an attack. In fact, if you are using a two-handed European broadsword, then God have mercy on your victims, because the strength behind each offensive stroke is almost a guaranteed deathblow.
The obvious superiority of the Broadsword
Although these are the basic points regarding the differences between the two types of swords and the preferences of their wielders, the final verdict of which is “better” is definitely not in. This debate is as heated as ever, with no obvious answer on the horizon. Sword connoisseurs just can’t seem to agree about anything!
Knights Edge
Japanese Sword Index
The short URL of the present article is: http://sciabc.us/snCxv
Vaishnavi has a bachelor’s degree in Sociology/Anthropology from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai (India) and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Global Studies (whatever that is) from Humboldt University, Berlin (Germany). She loves to read and to sing, especially to avoid awkward situations. She claims she has learned a lot through traveling but she still ends up pulling a door marked ‘Push’, so the jury is still out on that one.
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Featured Charity: Together For Short Lives
Every month we feature a different charity to help raise funds for incredibly worthwhile causes. This is done by enabling customers to donate an amount, of their specification, through our charity car donation scheme. For the month of March we’re supporting ‘Together For Short Lives’; a charity which supports children and their families to have as fulfilling lives as possible and the very best care at the end of life.
About ‘Together For Short Lives’
49,000 children and young people are living in the UK with health conditions that are life-limiting or life-threatening – and the number is rising.
Together for Short Lives is the leading UK charity that speaks out for all children and young people who are expected to have short lives. Together with everyone who provides care and support to these children and families, Together for Short Lives is here to help them have as fulfilling lives as possible and the very best end of life care. They can’t change the diagnosis, but they can help children and families make the most of their time together.
Together for Short Lives is there for families throughout their journey, answering the questions that matter most and helping them make informed choices about their child’s care. They help families access specialist children’s palliative care services and they support all the professionals, children’s palliative care services and children’s hospices that deliver lifeline care to children and families across the UK.
Together For Short Lives Vision
For children and young people with life-shortening conditions to have as fulfilling lives as possible, and the best care at the end of life.
Together For Short Lives Strategy For Change
We cannot achieve change for babies, children, young people, families and those that support them in isolation. By working in partnership across the children’s palliative care sector with our members, patrons, stakeholders and supporters, together with the voices of children, young people and families at the heart of all we do, we can achieve so much more as a strong and powerful movement. Our national voice, data and evidence, resources, tools, networks and collective fundraising muscle can help us work together to provide a unified voice and drive for developing the best children’s palliative care.
Together for Short Lives will achieve change by helping to:
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Home » How to » Sports » World Cup 2018
The FIFA World Cup 2018 fever is currently taking over globally. After all, it is the biggest football tournament in the world, which features the participation from numerous countries. It is the 21st FIFA World Cup, which has been hosted by Russia. Let’s learn more about World Cup 2018, the participants, venues, and so much more.
Part 1. FIFA 2018 World Cup
The Football World Cup 2018 is the 21st FIFA world cup, which is hosted by Russia. Most of the stadiums are located in European Russia to make the management easier. The estimated cost of the Russia World Cup 2018 is around $14 billion – which has made it the most expensive FIFA tournament so far. It was commenced on 14th June 2018 and will be held till 15th July 2018.
The World Cup 2018 has hosted 32 different teams from around the world. There was a qualifying tournament for the rest 31 teams. The host team (Russia) is qualified automatically. Out of all the teams, 20 were the existing teams who have been around in the last World Cup as well. There were plenty of new teams this year too, like Iceland and Panama.
The FIFA World Cup 2018 witnessed plenty of groundbreaking events. Besides being the most expensive World Cup so far, it is the first one in which VARs (Video Assistant Referees) are used. Also, it is the first time since 1938 when Germany was not able to move past the first round.
Part 2. FIFA World Cup 2018 Dates and Venues
The Football World Cup 2018 was inaugurated on 14th June 2018 with an elaborative ceremony. The opening match was between Russia and Saudi Arabia. From dancers to pop stars, it was certainly a diverse and colorful ceremony. The wolf Zabivaka, who is the mascot of the tournament, also stole the limelight during the event. Here’s a glimpse of the Russia 2018 World Cup opening ceremony.
The Round 16 would take place till July 3. The quarter and semi-finals will be held from 6th to 11th July 2018. Though, the final match of FIFA 18 World Cup will be held on 15th July in Moscow.
The World Cup 2018 is hosted in 11 different cities and 12 stadiums in Russia. Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Samara, Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Saransk, Volgograd, Sochi, Krasnodar Yaroslavl, Kazan, and Yekaterinburg are all the major cities where the World Cup would be held. Except Yekaterinburg, all the other cities are in European Russia.
Part 3. Russia World Cup 2018 Teams
As you know, a total of 32 teams have participated in the FIFA World Cup 2018. The teams are divided into 8 groups (A to H). Each group consists of 4 teams. From each group, 2 teams will be progressing to the Round 16 stage. Here is a complete listing of all the teams participating in World Cup 2018.
Part 4. FIFA 18 World Cup Match Highlights
While numerous matches have been played, some of them certainly became fan favorites. Here are the highlights of some of the best matches of the FIFA World Cup 2018.
1. England vs Belgium
It was certainly a memorable watch as two of the best European teams played against each other.
2. Japan vs Poland
The match was not only highly entertaining, but witnessed a great team spirit as well.
3. Panama vs Tunisia
Both of the teams are considered underdogs in this season. Though, their clash certainly proved their critics wrong.
4. Portugal vs Spain
The rivalry between these two western European nations is not new, which made this match highly entertaining.
5. Brazil vs Switzerland
While both the teams have progressed to the knockout round, their clash was certainly quite memorable.
Part 5. Watch Football World Cup Match Highlights on Snaptube
If you want to catch all the latest updates about Football World Cup 2018, then download Snaptube to your device. A freely available Android app, it features an extensive collection of videos of all kinds. You can watch the match highlights of your favorite teams, the player interviews, and all the other videos related to FIFA World Cup 2018. Besides that, you can also find content about other sports, movies, music, and more on Snaptube. A must-have Android app, it will make it easier for you to access unlimited content in HD quality whenever and wherever you want.
updated by Guest Editor on Nov 19, 2018
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Online Catalogue | Soccer Books Our Complete Range | English and Welsh Club Titles | Non-League Clubs | Halifax Town to York City | Stalybridge Celtic In The Football League
Stalybridge Celtic In The Football League
A history of Stalybridge Celtic FC's brief two-year sojourn in the Football League during the 1921/22 and 1922/23 seasons. Includes line-ups and statistics for every game played by the club during these two seasons plus a who's who of every player to make a League appearance and match reports of a number of notable matches. Published in 2018.
Size: 189mm x 247mm 64 pages.
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READY FOR THE FUTURE
Since 2015, Soetaert is part of dredging, offshore and construction company Jan De Nul Group. The integration brought us major, challenging and international projects, often in cooperation with the civil and dredging division of the global player that we are now part of.
Our know-how about a very broad range of foundation techniques and our modern machinery combined with the expertise and innovative drive within Jan De Nul Group leads to great projects and results. More than ever, we can offer our clients overall solutions to size.
As a Jan De Nul Group company, Soetaert was, among others, co-responsible for the construction of a new quay for the PSA Terminal in Panama. To optimise both the quality and the cost and time efficiency of the project, Jan De Nul Group developed a new innovative method. The new quay, which was built at right angles to the existing quay, was largely built in a dry building pit, up to 23 metre below sea level. A dike shielding both the Panama Canal and the Pacific Ocean made this possible. The new container quay rests on five rows of foundation piles. Their installation was not an easy job given the heterogeneous subsoil. Still, thanks to our in-house expertise in foundation techniques, the high level of difficulty and complexity of this project was never a problem. On top of these piles, over a width of 35 metres, large concrete prefabricated elements were placed. Jan De Nul Group started its own production of these prefabricated elements, fabricating elements of almost 60 tonnes and transporting them to their final location. Finally, the surface was finished with in-situ cast reinforced concrete, including a rail system for container cranes and all quay equipment. Using our own earthmoving equipment, we excavated over 2 million m³. Once the building pit was under water, Jan De Nul Group dredged another 2 million m³.
Also for the world’s biggest lock, the enormous Kieldrecht lock in Antwerp, we used a wide range of foundation and sheet piling techniques. A lock that can only be described using superlatives and is no doubt ready for the future. And so are we.
Soetaert: building on firm foundations!
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Among the games we are looking at are two rematches from this year that weren’t close and don’t expect to be this time, but they are among local rivals.
Here is our look at some first round matchups:
South Jersey Group 5
(6) Kingsway (5-3) at (3) Lenape (4-4), Friday, 7 pm.
Lenape has played one of the toughest schedules in South Jersey which is why the Indians earned a No. 4 seed despite a .500 record. The Indians began the season 1-3 but the losses were to defending Central Jersey Group 5 champ North Brunswick, South Jersey’s No. 3 team St. Augustine and South Jersey’s No. 2 team Williamstown. Sophomore Xavier Coleman is one of the more underrated running backs, a true big-play performer. Kingsway is among the more improved teams in South Jersey. The Dragons were 3-7 last year and finished strong this regular season, winning three of their final four. The most impressive win was this past week, 34-21 against Eastern. Junior quarterback Alex Odom is a dual threat and is also a standout in the secondary.
(8) Washington Township (3-5) at (1) Williamstown (9-0), Friday, 7 pm.
This isn’t expected to be a competitive game since Williamstown beat the Minutemen, 34-3 in the regular season. What makes this interesting is that this was a recent Thanksgiving rivalry between neighboring towns. Township, which went 2-8 last season, is on the right course and is setting the stage to be a future playoff contender. As it is now, Williamstown is clearly the team to beat. Last week the Braves clinched the WJFL American Division title with a hard-fought 14-7 win over St. Augustine. Senior quarterback-defensive back J.C. Collins, a Massachusetts commit, is among the top all-around players in South Jersey, while running back-defensive back, is also a top all-around performer. It is not always that the top seed is the favorite, but the Braves will be the team to beat in South Jersey Group 5.
(8) Woodstown (2-5) at Penns Grove (9-0), Saturday, 12 pm.
This is another game that likely won’t be competitive, but these are long-time Salem County rivals. Woodstown, despite its record, earned a playoff berth due to its tough schedule. It doesn’t get any tougher than Penns Grove. The Red Devils are coming off a 26-20 win over Salem. It was only the second game this season that the Red Devils haven’t won by at least two touchdowns. Penns Grove can hurt teams with the run or the pass. The Red Devils have three players who have rushed for at least 500 yards, led by sophomore Nasir Robinson, who has rushed for 788 yards (7.4 avg.) and eight touchdowns. Junior quarterback Kavon Lewis has completed 63.1 percent of his passes for 1,212 yards and 14 touchdowns.
Non-Public Group 4
(10) Notre Dame (7-1) at (7) St. Augustine (6-3), Friday, 7 pm.
St. Augustine played one of its best games in last week’s 14-7 loss to unbeaten Williamstown. The Hermits have played one of the toughest schedules in South Jersey. While they aren’t expected to contend for a title in loaded Non-Public Group 4, they certainly can win the opening round game. Senior quarterback Chris Allen is a tremendous leader who can hurt teams with his arm or legs. He has passed for 862 yards and 9 TDs. Freshman running back-defensive back Nasir Hill has rushed for 736 yards (5.8 avg.) and four TDs. He has one interception and two passes defensed. Even though Notre Dame has a better record the Fighting Irish haven’t played the caliber of schedule of St. Augustine and that could be the difference in this one.
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Special Olympics gets athletes off the bench
SUBMITTED PHOTOS The Lightning volleyball team won a gold medal at the Special Olympics.
Ashly O'keefe hopes this is the perfect home run ball.
By Sherri Coner
Southsider Voice correspondent
Until they participate in Special Olympics, many athletes with intellectual disabilities have spent a lot of time on the bench watching their siblings play various organized games or a lot of time in front of the TV, watching competitions they would love to participate in.
With access to Special Olympics, nearly 11,000 Hoosier athletes with intellectual disabilities no longer have to warm the bench.
They have an opportunity to don a uniform, learn the rules and be part of a sports team for up to 25 different types of sports. Quite literally, ages of athletes range from elementary students to senior citizens.
Participating in Special Olympics might be the only means of exercise for some athletes. For others, it might be one of few avenues for socializing and making new friends. But don’t ever assume that these athletes are different from any other sports-loving competitors.
“They are like any other athletes; they want to win,” said Duchess Adjei, manager of marketing and public relations for Indiana’s Special Olympics program. “They want to win medals. They want to win recognition.”
Depending on the season for the competitive year-round sports schedule and the sports available in that county, athletes might choose from bowling, basketball or volleyball, softball, track and field, aquatics, corn hole and several other sports.
As the treasurer and the public relations contact for the South Marion County chapter for Special Olympics, Kathy West of the Southside was happy to get her daughter, Tonya, 25, involved in the organization.
Tonya, who was born with Down syndrome, has always been athletic and competitive, too. By participating in Special Olympics, both of those interests are met.
As a tight-knit group of families that often see the same athletes and the same parents on the benches to watch track and field or volleyball practices or competitions, close relationships are formed, West said.
Maybe because they have more of an opportunity to enter into long conversations, it seems that bowling season brings the time for parents to reach out to other parents for much needed advice.
“There is no way to prepare for this,” West said of the challenges and victories of day-to-day life with Tonya. “There is no training on how to raise a child with special needs.”
Editor’s note: Monetary support from corporations and civic organizations is crucial to this nonprofit organization. Special Olympics does not receive federal, state or United Way funding. To learn more about how your company or family can donate, visit soindiana.org.
Beth Terhune eyes the ball
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— 26 Apr, 2019
By Aiden McLaughlin
‘We don’t have the legends, we create them.’
Edwin van der Sar, Ajax CEO.
There are football academies and then there is the Ajax academy. The roll call is simply stunning; Rinus Michels, Johan Cruyff, Johnny Rep, Marco Van Basten, Frank Rijkaard, Dennis Bergkamp, Patrick Kluivert, Edgar Davids, Clarence Seedorf, Frank and Ronald de Boer; with that list I am just scratching the surface.
Apart from being the most elite finishing school for young footballers you can imagine, the club opened an educational facility on its training grounds in 2015. With room for over 200 students, ‘The School of the Future’ ensures that all youth footballers get a decent education while pursuing their dreams and have something to fall back on should they not make the grade.
Back on the field, they cultivate a footballing arrogance. It’s a tough learning experience but it’s very, very successful.
‘Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.’
Johan Cruyff, Ajax Legend.
Between 1971 and 1973, Ajax won three consecutive European Cups. It was the golden age of ‘Total Football’, a phrase that, in its most simple form, indicates that all players in the team are comfortable on the ball. Former Ajax striker Rinus Michels was the manager for the first of those victories and is widely credited for the development of Total Football, but the history books indicate that (wait for it) an Englishman had a fair hand in developing this way of playing. Jack Reynolds, the man who had brought Michels through at Ajax in the 1940’s during his third spell as manager, had the vision to prioritise youth development and ensure that players at all levels at the club were trained in the same way and adopted identical systems of playing. It sounds simple because it is, but there’s been no-one better at putting this into practice than Ajax.
Back to the 70’s…..Cruyff, the most famous player in the club’s history, left for Spain after the third of those European Cup victories, aged 27. He did so having won 17 trophies in eight years as a first team player at Ajax. He became a legend at Barcelona (both as a player and manager) and on the World stage, mostly through his and Holland’s run to the final of the 1974 World Cup.
Can you imagine Cruyff staying at Ajax until he was 27 in this era? Surely not. To put it into context, Justin Kluivert (son of Patrick), made just 44 first team appearances after graduating from the Academy before moving to Roma last year for an initial €17.25 million, at the age of 19. Matthijs de Ligt is expected to move on this summer (he’s also 19) and 21 year old Frenkie de Jong (who it should be noted did not come through the academy) has already been sold to Barcelona and will join them next season for an initial €75 million.
As in the case of Frenkie de Jong, Ajax haven’t just relied on bringing players through the academy. They have a fine eye for other talent too, when you consider that the likes of Jari Litmanen, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Luis Suárez have been recruited from overseas, improved and sold on for a decent profit.
Because Ajax now expect to lose two or three players every year, it’s more important than ever to have the next crop of young players ready to step up, but Ajax are also showing an inclination to bring more mature players in/back as well. Serbian Dusan Tadic came from Southampton last summer for a fee of €11.4 million and Daley Blind rejoined from Man Utd after a four year absence, costing €16 million. Their influence this season has been vital.
‘This team grows and grows. We know how to push boundaries every time. With Tottenham there will be another challenge. We look forward to it.’
Ajax manager, Erik ten Hag
Their last Champions League victory was in 1995 (they lost in the final the following year) and they haven’t made the knockout stages since 2006, when they lost to Inter Milan in the last 16 – in fact, with the exception of the Europa League defeat to Man Utd two years ago, they’ve struggled in all European competitions over the last decade.
Their journey to the last four this season is all the more remarkable because they are the first team ever to reach this point having had to negotiate three qualifying rounds to make the lucrative group stages; their first match in this season’s competition was on 25th July.
Their upcoming semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur is something for football fans to savour. Spurs, if you include the old European Cup, have only made the last four once before, all the way back in 1962 (when they lost to Benfica). A comprehensive quarter final thrashing at the hands of Real Madrid in 2011 is next best. The tie has a fresh feel to it.
Notably, the teams have done plenty of business with each other in the transfer market, with Spurs players Davinson Sanchez, Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen and Christian Eriksen all having come in from Ajax in the last decade.
Ajax haven’t won the Dutch Championship since 2014 (they still hold the record for the most titles with 33 versus PSV Eindhoven’s 24). They lead that division by three points with two games to go (next best PSV have a game in hand). They are also in the Dutch Cup final against Willem II next week, so there is a decent prospect of a domestic double and if they dare to dream, an extraordinary treble. Whatever they end up with, their renaissance this season has been refreshing; there can’t be many that would begrudge them some success, whether it’s for old times sake, to buck recent trends, or simply to acknowledge the unique way they do things in Amsterdam.
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Cluj Arena
Club: FC Universitatea Cluj | Opeming: 2011 | Capacity: 30,020 seats
The Cluj Arena was built to provide the city of Cluj-Napoca with a multifunctional arena to host concerts and sports events. It replaced the old Ion Moina stadium and thus became the new home of Universitatea Cluj.
Demolition of the old stadium started in late 2008 and construction of the new one 9 months later.
The arena officially opened on 8 October 2011 with a concert of rock band The Scorpions. The first football match was played three days later when Universitatea hosted Kuban Krasnodar for an exhibition match.
How to get to the Cluj Arena
The Cluj Arena is located about a kilometre west of Cluj-Napoca’s old town on the Somesul Mic river next to the city’s Central Park.
The walk from the old town takes about 15 minutes.
Cluj-Napoca’s main railway station is located a little further away, about a kilometre north of the old town. The walk to the stadium takes about 30 minutes, or take the tram. Tram 101 and 102 connect the stadium with the railway station (and old town). Trams run frequently for the 10-minute journey.
Address: 2 Aleea Stadionului, Cluj-Napoca
Universitatea Cluj Tickets
Tickets for Universitatea Cluj games can be bought in advance at the Cluj stand at Iulius Mall Cluj in the east of the city, or on the day at the stadium. Tickets may at times also be available to buy online through bilete.ro.
Tickets cost either 10.00 lei for the lower tier, 12.00 lei for the upper tier, or 40 lei for a VIP ticket.
Photos of the Cluj Arena
Fcuniversitateacluj.ro – Official website of FC Universitatea Cluj.
Romaniatourism.com – Cluj-Napoca section of the Romanian tourism website.
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Keeping Tabs: Events in and around Boston
Francis Ma
Take your pick of events from holiday-oriented plays, concerts and fundraisers. There's even a suggestion for a place with unique gifts that (gasp!) isn't the mall. But if you hate reading lists of events, then maybe you should cuddle up with your piece of coal and your friend Scrooge.
An Afternoon of Class: You don’t have to spend your Sundays slumped in the couch while popping Cheetos and watching the Patriots obliterate yet another team. There’s TiVo for such things. However, there is nothing to record a performance of the “Sacred and Profane” for you. I have your attention now thanks to the word “profane,” don’t I? Well settle down. This is a performance by the New England String Ensemble and will feature the works of Haydn and and Strauss. Also performing will be Katherine Griffith, the winner of the Ensemble’s Flute Competition Showcase. Sunday, Dec. 2, 3 p.m. at the New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall in Boston. Tickets: $25-$45. Call 781-224-1117.
Hear Original Xmas Songs: Amazing. Someone had the audacity to write original Christmas songs instead of cutting a holiday album with the same old stuff that gets piped into every retail store this time of year. So thank you Chris Trapper, for taking the time to put on a holiday show and selling your album of original songs “It’s Christmas Time” (which you describe as “very, very festive”). Trapper’s sound is best thrown in the indie alt-acoustic box, which essentially means he’s a man with a guitar who sings about the emotional side of life. Saturday, Dec. 1, 8 p.m. at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge. Tickets: $20. Call 617-876-6837.
A Reagle Show: For 25 years, people have started their holiday celebrations with the Reagle Players’ “It’s Christmas Time” show. Why? Because it’s a show that combines all the great things people love in Christmas productions and packs it into one “spectacular” experience. And if you can only take 10 minutes of the “Nutcracker,” then this is the show for you. Those 10 minutes are in this show. There’s also the Victorian carolers, a Nutcracker-esque ballet dance, and even a “Living Nativity” scene. This year’s special guest star is Sarah Pfisterer who was in Broadway’s “Show Boat” and “Phantom of the Opera.” See this and be completely entertained this holiday season. Through Dec. 16, Fridays 7 p.m., Saturdays noon and 4 p.m., Sundays 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. at the Robinson Theatre in Waltham. Tickets: $20-$42. Call 781-891-5600.
Play Detective: Santa has heard your pleas from your childhood. You finally get to be a detective and, better yet, you don’t have to deal with those pesky things like schooling and learning how to shoot people. Instead, all you have to do is attend a performance of the Tony-Award winning musical “The Mystery of Edwin Drood.” The musical is based on the Charles Dickens’ novel of the same name (and a novel he never completed due to his natural demise). Since he never finished it, the ending is up for grabs. This is where you come in. Towards the end of the production, when it seems the actors are about to reveal the solution, the musical will turn to you to determine the conclusion of the show through a “series of unique voting events.” Now if only they’d give you a detective certificate for you to bring to high school reunions. Through Dec. 15, Wednesdays and Thursdays 7:30 p.m., Fridays 8 p.m., Saturdays 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., Sundays 3 p.m. at the BCA’s Calderwood Pavilion in Boston. Tickets: $46-$54. Call 617-933-8600.
Football and Fundraising: The wars overseas trudges on and while there’s a lot of attention on the fallen service men and women, there is some collateral damage that many seem to forget. When those brave soldiers fall, they leave behind families, and sometimes young children. To help those children who may be dealing with their first Christmas without a parent, the Ahern Family Charitable Foundation will hold a fundraiser for Operation Ensuring Christmas, a non-profit that helps children of American soldiers killed since Sept. 11, 2001 in Iraq and Afghanistan. The fundraiser is a buffet luncheon with billiards, bowling and a six-foot high definition projection screen showing the 108th Annual Army-Navy football game. Saturday, Dec. 1, 11 a.m. at Kings (50 Dalton Street, next to the Hynes Convention Center and Hilton Hotel). Tickets: $20. Call 617-212-1508.
Blind ambition: The soul and stage presence of the gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama is an awe-inspiring event, especially during their Christmas show, a production that seems to bring out the best in the Boys. Yes, the three main vocalists are actually blind. The concert is sure to be a great way to get in the holiday mood. And it will probably also turn you into a lifelong fan of the group. Friday, Dec. 7, 8 p.m. at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston. Tickets: $31. Call 617-876-4275.
Forget the Mall: Yeah, you read that right. Drive away from the crowds, the packed parking lots and the incessant vocal clamoring of the nearest child going “But I waaaaaaannnt it!!” (look, if I can’t have lawn darts than neither can you). Instead of the insanity, check out the 33rd Annual Crafts Showcase where more than a 100 artists will be selling their unique and “best present ever” holiday gifts. All proceeds from the gifts benefits the educational programs at the Brookline Arts Center. And jazz fans take note: On Dec. 9 at 10 a.m. there will be a jazz brunch with Tom Pendergast at the Fireplace Restaurant (costs $35-$40). Through Dec. 16, Thursdays noon to 8 p.m., Fridays through Sundays noon to 6 p.m. at the Brookline Arts Center. Free. Call 617-566-5715.
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Dagmar Geisler, Jörg Müller
A comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to our changing bodies.
Kids ask a lot of questions (and that's an understatement). Sometimes the answers are easy for parents to come up with . . . and sometimes they're a little more complicated. That's what this book is for! When Boys and Girls Become Men and Women should accompany children (and their parents) on the long road to adulthood and allows both groups to explore this new territory together, step by step.
Everyone looks different, and everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, interests and passions, but our bodies go through similar processes, no matter how similar or different we may look or act. When Boys and Girls Become Men and Women is perfect for those who are curious about their own bodies, as well as their peers', and for grade-schoolers and preteens who want to know more about everything from puberty to pregnancy. Chapters include:
What Girls Want to Know About Boys
What Boys Want to Know About Girls
Girls and Boys Grow Up
Good Personal Hygeine
Love, and What It Entails
What Happens During Sexual Intercourse
We Want Love, not Babies
Even Healthy People Go to the Doctor
Pregnancy: From a Cell to a Whole Person
A Baby Enters the World
Jörg Müller and Dagmar Geisler's When Boys and Girls Become Men and Women is the perfect introduction to sexual education for elementary school students, as well as young adults.
Jörg Müller is the pseudonym of an German author who has dealt extensively with the topic of education in addition to his work as a business journalist. He resides in Germany.
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SKYLOTEC presents its new fall protection systems at SICUR in Madrid
SKYLOTEC will be presenting its new Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and products for fall protection when working on roofs at SICUR 2018. The focus here is on easy operation and enhanced safety for workers. As well as the new “Inceptor GRX” helmet range, which offers many impressive advantages in terms of criteria such as comfort and ergonomics, the family company also offers the “Raptor” fall arrestor device. This is the first to feature two fall indicators, which clearly display the functionality of the device. Also on show at the exhibition stand will be the new “Claw” cable runner for vertical ascent, which reduces the risk of incorrect use, and the innovative “Multipin” permanent anchor point, which is suitable for just about any trapezoidal sheeting and helps to make logistics in the warehouse and at the building site more efficient.
For people working in the construction industry, the risk of head injury is higher than average. A helmet should therefore be a standard part of the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to prevent head wounds, concussion or skull fractures. At SICUR, SKYLOTEC will be presenting its new “Inceptor GRX” range of industrial climbing helmets, which provide reliable protection against this kind of injury. The models feature optimum shock absorption in the vertex and lateral areas of the head. They also offer high resistance to penetration by sharp objects. With this PPE, the family company has also developed a solution that offers plenty of advantages in terms of comfort and ergonomics. The cleverly designed details include a clasp on the chin strap, which closes automatically thanks to a magnet. This means that it is no longer possible to trap the skin on the neck or chin. An exchangeable neck band also holds the helmet securely in place and prevents it from slipping when the head is tilted. Continuous ventilation shafts in the EPS core of the helmet and maximum permitted ventilation slits ensure good air circulation and pleasant head temperatures.
“The ‘Inceptor GRX’ industrial climbing helmet has many advantages in terms of criteria such as comfort and ergonomics.”
Other details make it easier for workers to handle the “Inceptor GRX” model. For example, a multifunctional gear rack is fitted as standard. Accessories such as “Mute 26” hearing protection or textile components for protection against increased UV radiation can be attached to this. A 30 mm Euroslot on the front of the helmet and four helmet clips also make it possible to attach a headlamp. And so the “Inceptor GRX” models can be adapted to suit a wide range of demands for various work situations. An additional benefit is that components such as the gear rack, neck band and chin straps are exchangeable and can therefore be removed separately for cleaning and replaced individually when they wear out. The “Inceptor GRX” industrial safety helmet fulfils the impact and shock absorption requirements of the EN 397:2012 and EN 12492:2012 standards for mountain climbing helmets.
“Raptor” – the fall arrester device with two fall indicators
SKYLOTEC will also be taking its new “Raptor” fall arrester device to Madrid. The special feature here is the dual fall indicators – one on the carabiner and one in the housing, which is visible from the outside. These indicators use colour coding to clearly show whether the fall arrester device can still be used or whether it needs to be inspected. This simple external function check protects the user from inadvertently using a device that is no longer intact. Until now, it has only been possible for users to check their own fall arrester devices on the carabiner and not on the device itself or the brakes. If at least one of the indicators on the carabiner and housing shows a red signal, the device must be inspected immediately by a service technician authorised by SKYLOTEC. An expert can repair a device by replacing individual elements. This is easy to achieve thanks to the modular construction of the “Raptor” fall arrester device, thus saving time and money during inspections. All fall arrester devices are certified according to EN 360 and secure one person up to a maximum user weight of 140 kg.
“Claw” – climbing without risk
SKYLOTEC has come up with another solution for climbing on permanently installed climbing protection systems, which can be used for safe access for people working at heights or depths. The new “Claw” cable runner is suitable for vertical access to steel ropes with a diameter of 8 mm. It has several features to protect against incorrect use. For example, the fall arrestor cannot be mounted on the rope if it is being held upside down by the user. This is prevented by an integrated locking bolt, and a skull icon indicates the application error. In order to prevent unintended removal, the cable runner may only be removed from the rope if the user actively releases a locking mechanism. In the event of a fall, the carabiner swings very suddenly downwards and blocks the cable guide. This allows the “Claw” to reduce the impact force to a moderate level.
The runner is suitable for maintenance or servicing work on wind turbines, buildings, masts or manholes and is EN 353-1:2014 certified as a guided type fall arrester including a rigid anchor line. The “Claw” secures a maximum of one person weighing between 50 kg and 150 kg.
“Multipin” – suitable for just about any trapezoidal sheeting
In addition to rail and rope safety systems for fall protection, the new “Multipin” permanent anchor point will also be on show at the exhibition stand. This is suitable for just about any trapezoidal sheeting and can be installed on trapezoidal sheet roofing with profile heights of between 35 mm and 200 mm. Profile widths of up to 420 mm are not a problem. The foot as a base module can be infinitely adjusted. This means that there is no need to study documents and tables to find out which is the right profile width, which is often considered to be a nuisance. The “Multipin” is also suitable for profiles in a positive or negative direction. This makes installation easier and excludes the possibility of making mistakes when ordering the anchor points. An additional benefit is that, when dismantled, the new fixed anchor point only takes up a quarter of the space required by previous solutions. This not only makes storage easier, it also makes it easier to carry up to the roof. Many more assembly units than usual can now be transported via scaffolding or ladder towers and a mobile crane. The “Multipin” has the approval of the DIBt German Institute of Building Technology and bears the Ü mark of conformity.
If you would like to find out more about SKYLOTEC’s wide range of products and innovations, come and see for yourself by visiting us from 20 to 23 February at stand F16, hall 6 at SICUR in Madrid.
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‘West Side Story’ First Look: The Jets and the Sharks Get Salty in Steven Spielberg’s Musical
Posted on Monday, June 17th, 2019 by Hoai-Tran Bui
Can you hear that? It’s the sound of fingers snapping menacingly as the rival Jets and the Sharks gangs prepare to face off on the big screen once again in Steven Spielberg‘s upcoming West Side Story. Amblin Entertainment and 20th Century Fox have released the first look at Spielberg’s remake of the beloved musical last adapted as the classic 1961 film starring Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer. Now, Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler take center stage as the new Tony and Maria in the West Side Story first look.
West Side Story First Look
You can practically hear the snaps echoing off this first image from West Side Story, which shows Maria (uber-talented newcomer Rachel Zegler) and Tony (Ansel Elgort) gazing lovingly into each other’s eyes as the Sharks and Jets glare at each other on opposite ends. This one image perfectly captures the gist of the musical, which tells the Romeo and Juliet-inspired story of two star-crossed lovers who navigate a romance among tension between rival gangs in the streets of 1957 New York City. Cast members David Alvarez (Billy Elliott: The Musical), who plays Maria’s brother and Sharks leader Bernardo, and Josh Andrés Rivera (Hamilton) who plays Chino, a gang member and key figure in the story, also appear in this picture.
Here is the full list of cast members that appear in the image, from left to right:
Jets members Anybodys (Ezra Menas), Mouthpiece (Ben Cook), Action (Sean Harrison Jones); Jets leader Riff (Mike Faist); Baby John (Patrick Higgins); Tony (Ansel Elgort) and Maria (Rachel Zegler); Maria’s brother and Sharks leader Bernardo (David Alvarez); and Sharks members Quique (Julius Anthony Rubio), Chago (Ricardo Zayas), Chino (Josh Andrés Rivera), Braulio (Sebastian Serra) and Pipo (Carlos Sánchez Falú).
The star-studded cast also includes Ariana DeBose (Anita), Ana Isabelle (Rosalia); Corey Stoll (Lieutenant Schrank), Brian d’Arcy James (Officer Krupke), Curtiss Cook (Abe), and original film star Rita Moreno in a new expanded role.
West Side Story has long been a passion project for Spielberg, who has been flirting with the idea of remaking the classic musical for nearly five years. This will be Spielberg’s first stab at directing a musical and, legendary filmmaker though he is, he has quite a legacy to live up to. The 1961 film was nominated for 11 Oscars and won 10, including Best Picture, and to this day remains a time-honored classic shown in English classes across the nation. But Spielberg has his own heavy hitters on his team. Frequent Spielberg collaborator Tony Kushner (Munich, Lincoln) is writing the screenplay, while Tony Award winner Justin Peck will choreograph the musical numbers in the film. They will be adapting the original 1957 Broadway musical written by Arthur Laurents, with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and direction and choreography by Jerome Robbins.
Filming is set to begin this summer with a scheduled release date of December 18, 2020.
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SLUCare Home » Newsroom » Staying Beautiful: Treating Kids with Cleft Lip and Palate
Staying Beautiful: Treating Kids with Cleft Lip and Palate
Pictured: Sophia Goodrich before and after
People didn’t mean to be unkind. But they couldn’t help but gasp when they first saw little Sophia Goodrich. She was born with cleft lip, nose and palate, a condition in which the lip, nose and roof of the mouth don’t form properly during fetal development. The infant had wide gaps in that area of her face. “I knew something was wrong when I saw the sonogram, even before I noticed if she was a boy or a girl,” recalls mom Alycia Goodrich.
Children are fragile. If they look and sound different from other kids, it affects their psychosocial development, sense of identity and self-esteem. Our goal is to help them look, speak and function more normally.”
The baby’s pediatrician advised the Goodriches to take Sophia to St. Louis Cleft-Craniofacial Center at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. The center is staffed by experts from SLUCare, the physicians of Saint Louis University. “We fix the things that make us human,” says director Dr. Alexander Lin, assistant professor, division of plastic surgery, at Saint Louis University and section chief of pediatric plastic surgery at Cardinal Glennon. “Children are fragile. If they look and sound different from other kids, it affects their psychosocial development, sense of identity and self-esteem. Our goal is to help them look, speak and function more normally.”
About one in every 600 babies is born with a cleft lip and/or palate, making it the most common congenital birth defect. The condition can cause severe facial deformities, feeding problems, speech defects, misaligned teeth, poor growth and hearing problems. A cleft lip can range in severity from a small gap to a complete split that extends to the base of the nose; a cleft palate can affect one or both sides of the mouth, including gums and jaws.
Lin performs multiple cleft surgeries per week. “Repairing a severe cleft can involve reshaping the bones of the skull, face and jaw, as well as the cartilage and soft tissues of the face, ears, lips, palate and tongue,” he explains. The center’s team approach includes specialists in physical and occupational therapy, speech pathology, orthodontics, audiology and other fields, for comprehensive care of all the issues that can arise from cleft lip and/or palate. “All of us work together, making sure your child receives the best care.”
Now the whole world can see how beautiful she is. She’ll face the future with confidence, thanks to her wonderful SLUCare physicians.”
Treatment is customized to meet specific needs. Sophia, for example, underwent three surgeries during her first year. “The first reduced the gap in her lip and nose, the second reconstructed those areas, and the third repaired her palate so her speech could develop normally,” Lin says. Surgeries are carefully scheduled to give realigned tissues time to grow. “In the future she’ll probably need orthodontics and bone grafts to her upper jaw and gums, like most kids with clefts,” he adds.
Today, aside from twice-weekly speech therapy sessions to treat a slight defect, you’d never know that Sophia has been through so much. “She’s a feisty, adorable 3-year-old,” her mother says. “Now the whole world can see how beautiful she is. She’ll face the future with confidence, thanks to her wonderful SLUCare physicians."
This article was originally published in Town & Style Magazine.
by Tony Di Martino
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10 Old Tamil Movies – Classics You Definitely Cannot Miss
Home » How to » Movies » Old Tamil Movies
The Tamil Cinema has given us lots of amazing movies to enjoy since its inception. The old Tamil movies especially have excelled in every aspect and are highly recommended for all the movie fans of Tamil cinema out there. If you are also looking for some the classic Tamil golden movies, then you have come to the right place. Here is a handpicked list that highlights the top 10 old Tamil film classics that you definitely cannot miss.
Part 1. Top 10 Old Tamil Movies List
When you think of timeless regional entertainment, Tamil movies are one of the best places to start from. Tamil old classic movies have everything that makes them evergreen entertainers with the right amount of action, emotions, and storyline. So, here are the classic Tamil movies that you should definitely consider watching. If you also want to catch up with new releases, you can check the full list of Tamil new movies.
1. Anjali
This movie is from the year 1990 and was directed by none other than Maniratnam. The lead roles were played by Raghuvaran, Revathi, Master Tarun, Baby Shruthi Vijaykumar and Baby Shamili. This film sheds light on the challenges that are faced by a child with special needs. The movie went on to win many acclaimed awards and was also dubbed in different languages.
2. Guna
This film is also from the nineties. It released in 1991 and is a romantic drama directed by Santana Bharathi. The story was written by Sab John. The actors playing the lead roles in this movie are Kamal Hassan and Roshini. This movie was Roshini’s debut in the Tamil film industry. The plotline revolves around a mentally challenged man, and how a girl who was kidnapped by him, falls in love with him. It perfectly showcases Stockholm syndrome in an artistic manner.
3. Roja
This film needs no introduction. Being a South Indian film, this movie went on to become a blockbuster in Bollywood as well. Everybody knows how critically acclaimed this movie was. The film belongs to the romantic thriller genre. The lead actors were Aravind Swamy and Madhoo. It released in the year 1992 and was directed by Maniratnam. It was further dubbed in other languages as well.
4. Pithamagan
The title translates to “Son of Ancestors” in English. It is a crime drama that released in 2003. It was written and directed by Bala. The storyline revolves around a small boy that was raised in the graveyard and comes in contact with a conman. It shows the sad reality of prisoners being lured into committing crimes. The lead actors were Vikram and Suriya with the female leads being Sangeetha and Laila.
5. Mahanadi
It is a typical drama that was directed by Santana Bharathi and was written by Kamal Hassan and Ra.Ki.Rangarajan. The lead actors were Kamal Hassan, Sukanya and Cochin Haneefa. The plotline revolves around a widower who is conned and how he takes his revenge with the conman. The film was also able to showcase some gripping realities of the Indian Society to its audience.
6. Bombay
This romantic drama was directed by Maniratnam and starred Arvind Swamy and Manisha Koirala as the lead actors. The movie revolves around the events that took place during the Babri Masjid clashes. This movie tried to show the religious tension that was posing a huge threat to the country at that time. The music in the movie was composed by A.R. Rahman which was critically acclaimed. It was remade in Hindi as well.
7. Kuruthipunal
It is a neo-noir action thriller that was directed by P.C. Sreeram. The lead roles were played by Kamal Hassan, Arjun and Nassar. This movie was a remake of the Hindi film, DrohKaal. The music was composed by Mahesh Mahadevan as well. The plotline revolves around two police officers who decide to curb terrorism. This film also represented India at the 68th Academy Awards in the category of Best Foreign Language Film.
8. Hindustani
This is another Kamal Hassan starrer and happens to be a Tamil-Hindi bilingual vigilante film. The movie released in the year 1996. It was written and directed by Shankar and was produced by A. M. Rathnam. Kamal Hassan is seen to be starring in a dual role along with Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar, Sukanya and Goundamani.
9. Michael Madana Kamarajan
The film belongs to the comedy genre and was released for the first time in the year 1990. It was written by Kamal Hassan and the dialogues were penned by Crazy Mohan. Directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, the movie has a long list of the cast with the main leads as Kamal Hassan with Urvashi, Rupini and Khushboo playing the female leads.
10. Mudhalvan
The film needs no introduction, as the entire nation has virtually seen and heard of this movie. This one belongs to the political thriller genre and was released in 1999. It was written, produced, and directed by S. Shankar. The lead roles were played by Arjun, Manisha Koirala and Raghuvaran. The music of this film was composed by A.R. Rahman and won many awards.
Tamil cinema has never failed in delivering good movies time and time again. The credit goes to some of its legendary directors, producers and actors. Go ahead and give these Tamil old hit movies a watch, as they are an integral part of the Indian regional cinema.
Part 2. Enjoy Tamil Old HD Movies on Snaptube
For every Android user out there who is looking for an application that can provide unlimited regional entertainment, the wait is over. Snaptube is a must-have app for every movie and music enthusiast as it has the biggest collection of movies and music integrated from over thirty popular websites. You will not only find a diverse range of regional entertainment here, but also amazing movies from other countries that are popular all over the world.
Apart from the huge collection Snaptube has, the ease to use this app in finding your favorite movies and the amazing features it has makes it one of the most recommended apps for movies and music. The picture in picture mode allows you to simultaneously browse and stream movies at the same time. The fast loading video player ensures that you have non-stop streaming without having to wait for the movie to take time and buffer. Download the SnapTube app now and enjoy an unlimited access to the huge collection of movies and music absolutely free.
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An Ultimate Guide for Hindi Sad Song – Free HQ MP3
Home » How to » Music » Hindi Sad Song
As a human, it is very difficult to maintain a good mood all the time. In order to help retrieve our mood, songs play a vital role. However, Hindi songs are the great options to feel better. When it comes to the Hindi songs then since a decade, Bollywood industry has been working tirelessly to produce some heartbreaking songs which can surely make you feel better. The industry, from its inception, has produced a variety of songs, from thrilling to break up; the songs confine the large population all across the world. In this article, I shall present the top collection of Hindi sad song.
Part 1. Top Hindi Sad Songs List
1. Hawayein
When it comes to the sad Hindi songs then this song takes the first position for its incredibly beautiful lyrics and soft melody. The song is from the movie, ‘When Harry Met Sejal’which featured the top actor Shahid Kapoor, due to which the song got the wide popularity across India and the rest of the world.
2. Mere Rashke Qamar
The song was released in 2015 and has reached the height of popularity. The song was beautifully sung by two famous singers of the Bollywood industry, which includes, Arjit Singh as the main vocalist.
3. NazmNazm
The song is from the top and the most famous movie of 2017, Bareilly Ki Barfi, the movie featured the most famous, handsome and dashing, Ranbir Kapoor. The song narrates the beautiful story of a couple. The song was widely listened all across the world. The Hindi movie sad song was the major reason for the popularity of the movie.
4. Safar
Another song from the movie, Jab Harry Met Sejal. The song narrates a sad story of a loving couple. The story was praised and appreciated across the world, the sadness of the story led to the sad songs which immensely contributed to its popularity. The song was sung by the well-known actor and the singer of the Bollywood industry, Shahid Kapoor.
5. PhirBhi Tum koChahunga
The song is from the most popular movie, ‘Half Girlfriend’. The song narrated a sad love story which led to the beautiful song. The name of the song itself reflect that, ‘I shall love you till the end’. The song managed to get over billion views on YouTube which led to the immense popularity.
6. Thori Der
The song is the second most famous song from the movie, Half Girlfriend. The song can be translated as, ‘Few more seconds’. The song is the top 2017 hit song, the song could be enjoyed during the long drives and could be used as the beautiful source to change your mood. The song managed to get over 10 million views on the youtube channel.
7. Darasal
The song is from the most romantic movie of 2016, Raabta. The song is widely listened across the world. The Hindi sad song has been traditionally enjoyed by the vast community across the world, especially the sad Hindi song, Darasal has received enormous popularity and recognition within and outside of India.
8. TinkaTinka Dill Mera
The song, ‘TinkaTinka Dill Mera’ is immense sad song from the movie Tubelight. The song featured the king of Bollywood industry, Salman Khan. The song narrates the story of two brothers who were living distant from each others. The song has received international popularity due to the thoughtful and interesting story as well as featuring the king of Bollywood industry.
9. MaanaKe hum YaarNahi
The song is from the movie, Mere PyariBindu, the movie performed well at the box office because of its beautiful sad songs. The long-distance relationship of a loving couple was the central theme of the song and the name of the song itself reflects the sorrow and the sadness of the story. The song beautifully summarized the theme of the movie.
10. Judaai
When it comes to the sad songs then the word, Judaai, is frequently used. The name is translated as the ‘Distance’ which is the central theme of the sad Hindi song. The distance of the loved ones is noticeably mentioned in almost all of the sad Hindi songs. The song Judaai is from the beautiful movie, Badlapur.
11. JeenaMarna
The song is from the thoughtful and beautiful movie Do Lafzon Ki Kahani. The song widely listened in the wedding and similar functions. The song could be beautifully enjoyed during the long drives and is widely listened during the breakups. The song provides the listener with the relaxation and the motivation to carry on with the life.
12. Bawara Man
The song is from the most comedy movie of 2016, Jolly LLB 2. The movie featured Akshay Kumar as the central actor which added more value to the song. The song was sung by Akshay Kumar in the movie when he realized his mistake of ditching a sincere woman. The song beautifully enacted Akhshay Kumar which was shocking for his fans.
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Architecture: Stone „curtains“
Home » English » Architecture with natural stone
(October 2009) Building in Versailles presents a particular challenge. This is the home of the Sun King Luis XIV, Measure of all Things, forcing baroque-clad houses in the vicinity into submission. If, then, the object of the project is to rebuild the École des Arts Décoratifs, all the while allowing light to penetrate and opening a view into the interior whereby students should not feel exposed as if on a platter, things become rather complicated.
Platane Beres, founder of Platane Architecte in Paris, found an unconventional solution. By implementing Pierre de Chamesson for the street-side façade, he paid tribute to the traditional Versailles building material. However he did not merely build a 6 m-high wall from street-level to roof. In fact his construction resembles a sort of curtain, behind which the stripes of the limestone and those of the windows alternate as a surface.
By means of this construction, daylight can penetrate into the building indirectly so the artists‘ work is not inhibited by direct sunlight. At the same time, it allows passers-by to steal an obtuse glance into the hall-high ground floor. And, last but not least, the configuration reduces noise pollution caused by the cobblestone pavement outside the building
As a tribute to the École des Arts Décoratifs, the architect conceived the „curtains“ with unusual curvatures created with the help of a CNC-machine lending the appearance of an art sculpture in progress perhaps, but definitely sensual.
The „curtains“ have an air of lightness, as good art does. But the elements 2 m wide, 2.20 m high and varying in thickness between 30 and 70 cm of massive stone are a considerable weight to be born by the load bearing pillars to which they are affixed. The pillars are made of 35 cm-thick steal reinforced concrete.
The complex anchorage technique designed by the architect and produced by Metallique Ile de France, is the only aspect to which Beres paid no visible tribute. Even from behind it is impossible to see how precisely and minutely the stone plates are milled and anchored in the concrete pillars. The stone plates were worked by the French Firm 3D Pierre.
Platane Architecte
3D Pierre
Detail to the very different design at the back of the plates as well as to the interior of the building: see Interior Design.
Details regarding the anchorage of the plates are published in the French trade magazine Pierre Actual vol. 5/2009 (which can be purchased on-line for 12 €).
Photos: Eric Laignel
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API in Cork, Ireland: University College Cork National University of Ireland
Students at the University College Cork – National University of Ireland (UCC) choose from a range of undergraduate courses offered in the Faculties of Arts, Celtic Studies, Commerce, Engineering, Food Science and Technology, Law and Science.
Academic Year, Fall Semester, Spring Break
This lively city on the beautiful south coast of Ireland is the country’s second largest city. Cork is known for its great contributions to architecture, design, music, dance, theater, film, food, literature and sports. Students can soak in the culture by visiting the Opera House, theaters, museums or by attending one of the many festivals held throughout the year. Cork is located only a few miles from the famous Blarney Castle and Blarney Stone. St. Finbarr’s Cathedral with its three spires and elaborate High Victorian interior is one of Cork’s most famous landmarks. Students and locals alike enjoy walking along St. Patrick Street and finding restaurants and pubs along the way. The large city market that is held daily is the perfect place to see Cork’s traditional commercial vibrancy in action. Come experience both traditional and modern Ireland with API in Cork!
API students who choose to study abroad in Cork join more than 14,000 students from Ireland and 75 countries worldwide studying at the University College Cork. The university opened its doors in 1849 and in 1979 became a constituent of the National University of Ireland system. The heart of the campus is a stone-faced quadrangle surrounded by historical buildings as well as newer additions to the campus facilities. The attractive campus is located close to the city center for easy access to all areas of the city. Visiting students are able to choose from among the university’s seven faculties and sixty departments.
Students at the University College Cork – National University of Ireland (UCC) choose from a range of undergraduate courses (called modules) offered in the Faculties of Arts, Celtic Studies, Commerce, Engineering, Food Science and Technology, Law (full-year students only) and Science. Courses are arranged in the seminar and lecture style, and grades are based predominantly on work submitted during the semester and by final exam. In order to integrate into the Irish system as fully as possible, spring semester and academic year students complete standard end-of-the-year exams. Other exam arrangements are made for fall semester students for most courses. Math and engineering courses are only available to students studying for the spring semester or the full academic year, as exams for these courses are only held at the end of May. Law courses are also only open to students studying for the full academic year. Extra fees apply for students who enroll in all science or engineering courses.
Pre-departure, On-site, and Re-entry services included, such as advising and online resources, airport reception, resident directors, housing, tuition, tutoring, medical & life insurance, excursions, social & cultural activities, alumni network, Learning and Engagement Badge Program and more!
*Minimum G.P.A. 3.0 (or 2.8 with 3.0 or higher in related coursework) *Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors
API awards approximately $500,000 in study abroad scholarships annually ranging from $250 -$1,000 per student.
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About Us - Center for Entrepreneurship
Competitions & Challenges
Suffolk Ventures & Crowdfunding
Family Business Concentration
Community Resources & Support
The Center for Entrepreneurship is a resource for students, alumni, and the general public. The Center offers training workshops, mentor sessions, guest lectures, competitions, support for new ventures, and so much more. Located at One Beacon, the Center provides a central workspace where students, alumni, faculty, and business owners can collaborate.
Entrance to the Center for Entrepreneurship is located on the mezzanine level of One Beacon. Front doors can be accessed via Somerset Street.
Over the past decade, Entrepreneurship at Suffolk University’s Sawyer Business School has grown from fewer than 30 majors and 10 courses to nearly 500 majors and minors and 40 courses offered today. The timeline below highlights critical milestones accomplished the history of the Center for Entrepreneurship.
2016-2017: Crowdfunding the Venture is Launched
"Crowdfunding the Venture" is launched. Fourteen campaigns (six startups) were launched with more than $57,000 pledged and nearly $40,000 collected with Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Two launched campaigns also received interest from potential investors. The Entrepreneurship Clinic (E-Clinic) completed its implementation with 16 highly immersive consulting engagements with 13 client organizations.
2015-2016: Center Moves to One Beacon Street
The revised major and minor in Entrepreneurship is launched as well as four concentrations: Corporate Entrepreneurship, Launching a New Venture, Family Entrepreneurship, and Social Entrepreneurship. The Center for Entrepreneurship, as well as the entire entrepreneurship academic program move into their new location at One Beacon Street. Two new CI courses titled “Sustainable Solutions” and “Building the Dream Team” are launched.
2014-2015: 2000 Students Enrolled in Entrepreneurship Courses
More than 2000 students are enrolled in entrepreneurship courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Plans are being developed to expand the physical presence of the Center for Entrepreneurship to expand academic and community programming. Suffolk University enters into a five-year partnership and scholarship with BUILD.org, a national high school organization that leverages entrepreneurship for the advancement to higher education or career opportunities. The new entrepreneurship major and minor is approved. A new CI course titled “The Entrepreneur’s Cocktail: Human Innovation” is launched.
2013-2014: 400 Major/Minor Milestone
Entrepreneurship reaches the milestone of 400 majors and minors. More than 1,000 students are enrolled in entrepreneurship courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Entrepreneurship collaborates with the graphic design capstone at the New England School of Art and Design. A new elective, "Launching and Managing the Restaurant" is created. The Sawyer Business School faculty approve a new undergraduate curriculum, BSBA2020, that includes the requirement that all SBS freshmen will complete "Entrepreneurship 101—Business Foundations," as well as a course in Creativity and Innovation (CI). Entrepreneurship develops two new CI courses: "The End of Global Poverty: Is Entrepreneurship a Solution?" and "Failing Successfully." The next Five-Year Plan is presented bringing Suffolk Entrepreneurship from the classroom to the world.
Entrepreneurship reaches the milestone of 300 majors and minors. The Entrepreneurship Trade Show is launched where nearly 100 entrepreneurship ideas are presented to nearly 500 guests. The Center for Entrepreneurship partners with the newly-launched Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Center at Suffolk Law School. Entrepreneurship teams up with the engineering department in the College of Arts and Sciences.
2011-2012: Entrepreneurship Week is Launched
The Pitch and Twitch Competitions are launched, as well as Entrepreneurship Week. A new Entrepreneurship Program Coordinator position is added. Two new undergraduate electives are added: "Launching the E-Business" and "Entrepreneurial Law." The joint practicum with Suffolk Law School continues with a municipal incubator project for the City of Newton’s Economic Development Commission.
Entrepreneurship reaches the milestone of 200 majors and minors. The Entrepreneurship Resource Center opens on the 4th floor of the Sawyer Building. Three new undergraduate electives are added: Global Entrepreneurship, Bootstrapping the Startup, and Launching New Products are created. Problem Solving for Small Business and Entrepreneurship at the Bottom of the Pyramid are added at the graduate level. Entrepreneurship global travel seminars to Italy and Israel are added.
2009-2010: Entrepreneurship MBA Concentration Overhauled
The Entrepreneurship Program presents its Five-Year Plan with ambitious growth goals and a mission of becoming part of the University’s DNA, as well as a resource to the Suffolk, Boston, national and global entrepreneurial communities. The MBA concentration is overhauled to include a corporate entrepreneurship focus. Green and Sustainable Business is added as an undergraduate entrepreneurship elective. Social Entrepreneurship, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Green and Sustainable Business, and Global Product Innovation are added as MBA electives for the entrepreneurship concentration. Entrepreneurship joins Suffolk Law School in a new interdisciplinary, co-taught experiential course: Emerging Companies/Small Business Practicum.
2008-2009: Princeton Review Top 25 Ranking
Suffolk University is ranked in The Princeton Review and "Entrepreneurship" Magazine as a Top 25 undergraduate entrepreneurship program. Two new electives: "Do You Want to Start a Business?" and "Social Entrepreneurship" are created. More than 500 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate courses. George G. Moker is named Director of Entrepreneurship Programs.
Entrepreneurship reaches the milestone of 100 majors and minors. Additional electives are offered.
2006-2007: Dr. Sushil Bhatia's Competition is Launched
The Dr. Sushil Bhatia Competition for Innovative Ideas (formerly the New Product Innovation Competition) is launched with a prize pool of $5,000 (cash and in-kind services). The prize pool has since increased to $100,000.
2004-2005: Entrepreneurship Major and Minor is Launched
The Entrepreneurship major and minor are launched. The Center for Entrepreneurship is created. Professor Suzyn Ornstein is named Director of Entrepreneurship Academic Programs and Professor Kevin Krauss is named Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship.
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Reginald Denny made movies with Alfred Hitchcock and Abbott and Costello-and he built the U.S. Army’s first robot plane.
by Dan Cho
In the recent fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. military touted a wealth of new battlefield hardware. Among the more prominent innovations were remotely piloted planes, such as the Predator and Global Hawk, that were prized for surveillance work; some could even fire missiles at enemy targets.
This story is part of our July/August 2004 issue
Because of the vehicles’ ever increasing capabilities and low cost-both in money and in pilots’ lives-their emergence is taken by many as a glimpse into the future of warfare. But unmanned aerial vehicles, like piloted airplanes, have a history that stretches back more than a century and includes many independent inventors and hobbyists. One such pioneer was Reginald Denny. Though he was instrumental in bringing unmanned craft to the military, Denny was better known for his achievements on the silver screen: the British-born actor’s name appears in old Hollywood film titles ranging from Anna Karenina to Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Denny had served in the Royal Air Force during World War I, but his interest in radio-controlled planes came about by accident-literally. One day in the early 1930s, Denny was between movie shoots when he encountered a neighborhood boy fiddling with a gas-powered model plane. When the actor tried to help the boy fly the plane, his adjustments caused it to spin out of control. The plane was destroyed, but Denny’s fascination with models was born. Denny’s hobby soon grew into a business, Reginald Denny Industries, which sold kits for building model planes.
Around that time, the U.S. Army was searching for better methods for training its antiaircraft gunners. The gunners of the day took target practice on unpowered dummy targets towed by piloted airplanes. These were a poor surrogate for powered aircraft, and towing them was undoubtedly a nerve-wracking job.
Denny began working on a radio plane large enough and fast enough to provide a practical target. He and his associates Walter Righter and Paul Whittier demonstrated their first prototype, the RP-1, for the army in 1935. The primitive model was out of their control for most of the flight. Even so, the military could see its potential, and after two more prototypes, the U.S. Army awarded Denny a contract. California-based Radioplane formed in 1940 to manufacture the robot planes; during World War II, the company produced nearly 15,000 of them. Radioplane was purchased by aerospace firm Northrop in 1952, after having made its mark on aviation history.
Dan Cho
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Police investigate letter claiming Peter Falconio’s body was dismembered and hidden in trash bags in the Outback
The anonymous letter was sent to a Northern Territory news outlet. - by that's life!
Police are investigating a letter received by a Northern Territory newspaper that holds clues to the fate of backpacker murder victim's remains.
In July 2001, British backpacker Peter Falconio was driving in a VW van with his girlfriend, Joanne Lees, when they were flagged down my Bradley John Murdoch. Murdoch then murdered Falconio, and attempted to abduct Lees who managed to escape and alert police.
The van was impounded as evidence.
An anonymous letter was sent to the NT Times claiming that after the murder Murdoch rang a criminal associate to come help him dispose of Falconio's body.
‘Murdoch had cut the body up and put it in two large … bags that were watertight and smell proof. He told (the associate) to go straight back to Perth and dissolve the body parts in acid and put what was left in (Perth’s) Swan River,’ the letter read.
‘(The associate) told me he went way past Geraldton and buried both the bags unopened in a nice spot and even made up a cross.’
‘Later he realised who he had buried and was in a bad way about it.’
Bradley John Murdoch was convicted of the murder of Peter Falconio.
The letter was apparently sent by an expat Australian who currently lives in London.
Falconio is believed to have died from a gunshot wound after he pulled his van over and went around the back where Murdoch was claiming he had witness an engine problem with their van.
Peter Falconio and partner Joanne Lees.
Believing her boyfriend to still be alive, Joanne Lees was handcuffed by Murdoch who dragged her from the van into his car. She hid from Murdoch in the Outback scrub for five hours. She eventually managed to flag down a truck driver who took her to the Barrow Creek Hotel where she called police.
RELATED: Joanne Lees returns to the Outback years after her boyfriend's murder
Bradley John Murdoch was convicted of the murder of Peter Falconio, and abuse of Joanne Lees in 2005, four years after the incident. He was sentenced to 28 years in prison, and will be eligible for parole in 2032, aged 74. He has lodged several appeals for early release, none of which have been successful.
Peter Falconio’s body has never been found.
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Major German Universities Cancel Elsevier Contracts
These institutions join around 60 others that hope to put increasing pressure on the publishing giant in ongoing negotiations for a new nationwide licensing agreement.
Diana Kwon
BRYAN SATALINOIn Germany, the fight for open access and favorable pricing for journals is getting heated. At the end of last month (June 30), four major academic institutions in Berlin announced that they would not renew their subscriptions with the Dutch publishing giant Elsevier once they end this December. Then on July 7, nine universities in Baden-Württemberg, another large German state, also declared their intention to cancel their contracts with the publisher at the end of 2017.
These institutions join around 60 others across the country that allowed their contracts to expire last year.
The decision to cancel subscriptions was made in order to put pressure on Elsevier during ongoing negotiations. “Nobody wants Elsevier to starve—they should be paid fairly for their good service,” says Ursula Flitner, the head of the medical library at Charité–Berlin University of Medicine. “The problem is, we no longer see what their good service is.”
Charité–Berlin University of Medicine is joined by Humboldt University of Berlin, Free University of Berlin, and Technical University of Berlin in letting its Elsevier subscriptions lapse.
“The general issue is that large parts of the research done is publicly funded, the type setting and quality control [peer review] is done by people who are paid by the public, [and] the purchase of the journals is also paid by the public,” says Christian Thomsen, the president of the Technical University of Berlin. “So it’s a bit too much payment.”
Project DEAL, an alliance of German institutions led by the Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (German Rectors’ Conference), has been working to establish a new nationwide licensing agreement with three major scientific publishers, Elsevier, Springer Nature, and Wiley, since 2016. “The ‘big three’ cover up to 50 to 60 percent of many library budgets in Germany,” says Andreas Degkwitz, the director of the library at Humboldt University, which is among those represented by DEAL. “Elsevier is the biggest of these.”
Sources would not disclose the costs of subscriptions because their contracts are confidential. But according to Degkwitz, in general, the price of journal subscriptions across all publishers has been increasing on an average of about 5 percent per year.
The universities that cancelled their contracts are supporting DEAL’s three key demands: fair pricing based on the number of publications, open access to all publications by scientists at German institutions, and permanent access to Elsevier’s electronic journals for scientific bodies represented by the DEAL project. If these objectives are met, payments would no longer be made for journal subscriptions—instead, scientific institutions and funders would pay a certain sum per published article, which would immediately become openly available, Flitner explains.
“I don’t see an immediate end [to the negotiations with Elsevier],” Degkwitz adds. “With Springer and Wiley we might have a contract in the beginning or in the first months of 2018, and so far the cancellations of those subscriptions have not been discussed.” He also points out that Springer has already agreed to implement the “publish and read model,” which combines reading and publishing into one combined fee, with some European institutions.
When asked for comment, Elsevier pointed to a statement it released in June and would not provide further details. “Researchers should also know that Elsevier is working diligently to find a mutually acceptable solution with the Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (HRK) and to put a new agreement in place this year, ensuring uninterrupted access,” the company writes in the release. “Elsevier agrees with all of HRK’s basic requests for a national license and open access, and this is reflected in the numerous constructive proposals that we have submitted to HRK.” However, what this means with respect to DEAL’s three objectives remains unclear.
The DEAL project also declined The Scientist’s request for comment.
Global pressure
With increasing publication fees and a growing shift towards open access, academic institutions across Europe are pushing for better contracts with publishing companies.
For example, the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) engaged in similar discussions with Elsevier in 2015, and came to an agreement to make 30 percent of Dutch papers in VSNU-subscribed journals open access by 2018.
However, “the Elsevier contract in the Netherlands is not very good, because you have limitations for open access, it’s designated to certain journals, and so on,” Degkwitz says. “The German DEAL group said we don’t want a similar contract, we want to try to challenge Elsevier to an entirely new pricing or business model.”
The Finnish library consortium (FinElib), which represents universities, research institutes, and public libraries in Finland, is also currently negotiating with Elsevier and other major publishers to increase open access and to make pricing more affordable. “I would say that it looks like we are in the same situation with Germany in that Elsevier is not willing to move towards open access,” says Arja Tuuliniemi, who is head of the FinELib consortium and part of its Elsevier negotiation team “Of course, Elsevier says they already have open access models, but the problem is that they charge big [fees] for open access, and that’s not acceptable.”
Currently, the price of publishing a single open access article with Elsevier ranges from $500 to $5,000 USD. The fee for a Cell, Neuron, or Current Biology article, for example, is $5,000 USD, while publishing a paper in Cortex or Genomics Data costs $2,800 USD and $500 USD, respectively.
FinELib’s subscriptions to Elsevier continue until the end of 2017, and if an agreement is not reached by that time, the consortium will not renew its contracts. More than 400 members of the Finnish research community have already started a boycott of the publishing giant in the “No deal, no review” movement.
Similar negotiations have also occurred outside of Europe. Last December, the Consortium on Core Electronic Resources in Taiwan (CONCERT), which represents more than 140 Taiwanese institutions, cancelled Elsevier’s services due to high fees. Meng-ling Lin, the project lead of CONCERT, tells The Scientist in an email that the two parties have since come to an agreement, and that most institutions have now renewed their contracts. However, 17 percent remain unsubscribed due to “budget constraints,” Lin adds.
In Germany, it’s unclear how long the boycott will last. “We all hope that Elsevier and other publishers will side with research again,” Flitner says. “But if they don’t, I think the publishing culture will change faster than before, and universities and researchers will find their own ways to publish over the Internet and to build up the information infrastructure best suited to meet their needs.”
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Artists Edgar Degas Biography and Legacy
Edgar Degas - Biography and Legacy
French Painter, Sculptor, and Printmaker
Movements and Styles: Realism, Impressionism, Japonism
Born: July 19, 1834 - Paris, France
Died: September 27, 1917 - Paris, France
"A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people."
"A picture is something that requires as much trickery, malice, and vice as the perpetration of crime."
"Women can never forgive me; they hate me, they feel I am disarming them. I show them without their coquetry."
"I would have been in mortal misery all my life for fear my wife might say, 'That's a pretty little thing,' after I had finished a picture."
"It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in one's memory. That is a transformation in which imagination collaborates with memory."
"One must do the same subject over again ten times, a hundred times. In art nothing must resemble an accident, not even movement."
"No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and study of the great masters."
"An artist must approach his work in the spirit of the criminal about to commit a crime."
Biography of Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas was the eldest of five children of Célestine Musson de Gas, an American by birth, and Auguste de Gas, a banker. Edgar later changed his surname to the less aristocratic sounding 'Degas' in 1870. Born into a wealthy Franco-Italian family, he was encouraged from an early age to pursue the arts, though not as a long-term career. Following his graduation in 1853 with a baccalaureate in literature, the eighteen-year-old Degas registered at the Louvre as a copyist, which he claimed later in life is the foundation for any true artist.
After a brief period at law school, he gave up on the his father's aspirations of Degas becoming a lawyer. In 1855 he was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied drawing under the academic artist Louis Lamothe, a former pupil of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Degas is even later said to follow Ingres's maxim: "Draw lines, young man., draw lines." That same year, the Exposition Universelle took place, and Degas was enthralled by Gustave Courbet's Pavilion of Realism.
Early Period and Training
In 1856, when Degas was aged 22, he traveled to Naples, Italy, to visit his aunt, the Baroness Bellelli and her family. This three-year trip was an important moment in his development, and resulted in the Realist portrait The Bellelli Family (1859). He spent countless hours combing the museums and galleries of Italy, carefully studying Renaissance works by Michelangelo, Raphael and Titian, among others.
Degas Self-portrait (1855)
In 1864, while copying a picture by Velázquez at the Louvre, he met Édouard Manet, who by chance was copying the same painting. His friendship with Manet was instrumental for Degas, and probably for Manet, and even the development of Impressionism as a whole. The outspoken, well-regarded Manet was a very different personality from the introspective, and often self-doubting Degas. But their friendship and close association lasted until the end of Manet's life and is discussed in detail in Sebastian Smee's book "The Art of Rivalry".
The following year, Degas exhibited at the Paris Salon, the first of six consecutive showings, showing works such as Édouard Manet and Mme. Manet and The Orchestra of the Opera (both 1868-69), paintings that subtly blurred the lines between straight portraiture and genre painting. While Degas was serving with the National Guard in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71), he realized that his eyesight was defective during rifle training. Evidence of this genetic defect can be seen even in his most celebrated paintings.
Although the 1860s was a productive period in Degas's career, his most renowned body of work was created in the 1870s. By this time he had discovered his true muse - Paris. He (much as Manet and other Impressionists) drew inspiration from its boulevards, cafés, shops, dance studios, drawing rooms, theaters, and operas. And he became well known for his close observation, devoting much time to capturing the detail of surrounding human beings. Perhaps for this reason he rejected the label 'Impressionist', believing it implied something accidental and incomplete.
Degas Self-portrait (1857-1858)
Evidence of this can be found in seminal works such as Foyer de la Danse (1872), Musicians in the Orchestra (1872) and A Carriage at the Races (1873). Each of these pictures also exemplify how Degas assumed unconventional point-of-views, suggesting the perspective of a distracted spectator. Yet unlike contemporaries like Renoir and Monet, Degas was not a plein air painter, preferring instead the light and reliability of the studio. Incidentally, his few outdoor scenes were produced from memory, or conjured in part from his imagination.
From 1872 to 1873, Degas made an extended trip to New Orleans to visit his brother René and other family members, including his uncle, who operated a failing cotton exchange. During this trip, he produced a number of important paintings, including A Cotton Office in New Orleans (1873), the only one of his works to be purchased by a museum in his lifetime. Following his return home, the French Impressionists held their first group show at the Café Guerbois, in which Degas was included. Despite this association, Degas always held the other members at arm's length. He admired their work and shared many of their ideals, but he never entirely adhered to their philosophy. Nevertheless, he showed work in all but one Impressionist group show, including the final 1886 exhibition. As well, he single-handedly recruited more artists to exhibit at these shows than any other member.
Degas remained a bachelor throughout his life, and had few, if any, romantic entanglements. This has fueled speculation about the rationale for his unusual and generally unflattering images of women. His intent may have been to suggest the figures caught off-guard, though feminist critics have pointed out that the effect is often degrading. Any male painter, who spends so much time (famously) depicting the female form is bound to receive his share of criticism - and the same hold true for a female that abstracts the nude male.
In fact, there is much to consider regarding his treatment of the female subject in his work, much of this (and the below) is wonderfully discussed in an essay on Degas by the writer and art critic Julian Barnes. For example, the detractors include the poet Tom Paulin who in 1996 said "in this exhibition are women in contorted poses ... They're like performing animals, they're like animals in the zoo." Further, the curator and historian Tobia Bezzola wrote: "It is not known whether Degas had sexual relationships with women; at any rate there is no evidence that he did .. [His] series of monotypes depicting brothel scenes is the most extreme example of the mixture of voyeurism and abhorrence with which he reacted to female suxuality." But it is also worth remembering the usual practices of painters of his generation who tended to work from a female model, drew her in a semi-voluptious (or even pornographic) manner, and concluded (or maybe started with) a tryst of one type of another. In Degas's case, one sitter reported that "He's a strange gentleman - he spends the whole four hours of the sitting combing my hair". That particular sitter was complaining. Upon significant study of the hundreds of depictions women dancing, washing, brushing their hair by Degas, an observer may well realize the painter in a more gentle light.
The Apotheosis of Degas (1885) by Edgar Degas and Walter Barnes was modeled after the painting Apotheosis of Homer by Ingres. In a joking manner, here Degas also declares his artistic lineage.
As the 19th century came to a close, Degas's pace of work waned, and he began spending more time collecting the works of other artists he admired. He purchased work by contemporaries such as Manet, Pissarro, van Gogh, Gauguin and Cézanne, as well as older artists who had informed Degas as a young man, like Delacroix and Ingres. Late works, like the bronze Woman Rubbing Her Back with a Sponge (1900), is a testament to Degas's continued devotion to capturing the female form.
Although Degas abandoned oil painting later in life, he continued to work in a variety of media, including pastels and photography, yet sculpture became his preferred medium as his eyesight deteriorated. He increasingly became a recluse, and most of his friendships with artists like Monet and Renoir, eventually dissolved. These ruptures were hastened by Degas's outspoken anti-Semitism, which was amplified by his stance during the infamous Dreyfus Affair. He died in 1917.
The Legacy of Edgar Degas
Pablo Picasso's Nude Wringing her Hair (1952) borrows from Degas heavily.
Although Degas suffered criticism during his lifetime, by the time of his death his reputation was secure as one of the leaders of late-19th-century French art. His distinct difference from the Impressionists, his greater tendency toward Realism, had also come to be appreciated. His standing has only increased since his death, though since the 1970s he was been the focus of a lot of scholarly attention and criticism, primarily focused around his images of women, which have been seen as misogynistic. Some have even compared his treatment of the other sex linked to his antisemitism and overall lack of moral compass.
Foyer de la Danse (1872)
There is something unique and alluring in all of Degas's studies of ballerinas, of which there are many. In Foyer de la Danse he presents us with one of the unconventional perspectives that are so typical and distinctive in his work. Rather than evoke the light and atmosphere of the scene, as some of his Impressionist peers might have done, Degas has chosen to create a striking arrangement of space, one which echoes the experiences his contemporaries might have had throughout the new modern city. To achieve this, rather than compose the figures in a more orderly and centered fashion, he has dispersed them about the canvas, leaving a chair incongruously placed in the center foreground. Instead of viewing the room as a traditional box-like container for the figures, he paints it at an angle, suggesting multiple vantage points, almost as if this were an early blueprint for Cubism. The approach is characteristic of his modern, realist approach to composition.
The author Sebastian Smee wrote that Degas had the idea "that when people were listening to music, their habitual self-consciousness switched off. Their tendency to present themselves, and to respond defensively to their awareness of being watched, was no longer an impediment to truth-telling. They had lost the power to censor themselves. Something more essential, more truthful would emerge, and play across their faces. Degas wanted to capture that." Indeed, often in his works music is playing, or else, for example, a woman is bathing and similarly dropping her guard.
Edgar Degas Artworks in Focus:
Edgar Degas Overview Continues Below
Content compiled and written by Justin Wolf
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Homeland Security Announces Travel Restrictions for 'Protective Measures' Against Ebola
Flights between the U.S. and Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea will now require additional screenings.
Sarah MimmsNational Journal
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 28: People wait in a security line at John F. Kennedy Airport on February 28, 2013 in New York City. Should the $85 billion in automatic federal budget cuts, known as the sequester, go into effect Friday as scheduled, airport control towers in a number of states could close, putting pilots and staff members at risk. In addition to the closed control towers, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers could be furloughed, leading to long waits and confusion at many airport security checkpoints. Getty Images
Travelers flying between West African nations affected by Ebola and the United States will now be subject to additional screenings and "protective measures" to help prevent the disease from spreading into the U.S., the Homeland Security Department announced Tuesday.
All passengers flying from Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea into the U.S. will be required to enter the country through five major airports: Dulles International Airport in Virginia; John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York; Newark Liberty International Airport; Chicago O'Hare International Airport; and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
"These airports account for about 94 percent of travelers flying to the United States from these countries," Johnson said. "At present there are no direct, nonstop commercial flights from Liberia, Sierra Leone, or Guinea to any airport in the United States."
All five airports will now be required to specially screen passengers whose trips originated in any of those three countries and to submit passengers to "added protocols, including having their temperature taken," Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in a release on Tuesday.
Johnson stopped short of announcing a full ban on travel between the three nations and the United States, despite increasing calls from members of Congress to do so. The White House has said as recently as last week that it opposes such a restriction. However, Johnson added: "We are continually evaluating whether additional restrictions or added screening and precautionary measures are necessary to protect the American people and will act accordingly."
The changes announced by Johnson on Tuesday will take effect on Wednesday morning.
These restrictions alone aren't likely to seriously quiet the calls from congressional Republicans and others for more restrictive measures, such as instituting complete travel bans from those countries or visa bans for their citizens trying to come to the U.S.
Matt Berman contributed to this article
Sarah Mimms is a staff writer for National Journal Hotline.
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How Two Mississippi College Students Fell in Love and Decided to Join a Terrorist Group
In three short months, Jaelyn Young and Muhammad Dakhlalla found themselves at the center of America’s debate over radicalization.
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The day she left to join the Islamic State, Jaelyn Young took a floral backpack with clothes, craft supplies, and a scrapbook. Muhammad Dakhlalla, whose friends call him Moe, packed a bar of soap, gray sweats, and a pack of Starburst minis. She was organized: Her wallet held bank cards and insurance cards, plus a Sonic receipt tucked inside. He loved video games: His only t-shirt featured the robots of Portal 2. On that hot August day, they were headed to Turkey, on their way to Syria.
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Moe, 22, had graduated from Mississippi State University in Starkville a few months earlier, in the spring of 2015, and had been accepted into a psychology master’s program there for the fall. He has a friendly, slightly dorky demeanor in conversation, ever the goofy baby brother of an expressive Muslim family. Jaelyn, just turned 20, was a sophomore in chemistry, working in a lab on nanoparticles. High-school friends describe the tiny Vicksburg native as a “spunky, smart robotics chick” from a strict black family, with a Navy veteran and police officer for a father and a school superintendent for a mother. The two started dating in November 2014; she converted just a few months later. By June, they had wed in an Islamic ceremony, although they never obtained a marriage license. Moe and Jaelyn were both academically talented, but neither planned to return to school. God willing, Jaelyn allegedly told their online recruiter, they would be overseas by summer’s end.
The weeks dragged on. They applied for passports, waiting impatiently for them to arrive by mail. Moe wondered whether they’d be assigned a city or could pick one. She wanted to be a medic. He yearned to be a fighter. They asked questions about religion classes and wondered if they would be tested on their knowledge of Islam.
She was nervous about traveling, she allegedly told her recruiter—she had never been outside the United States. He asked about basic training and whether ISIS follows Islamic law. “I am not familiar with sharia,” he allegedly told the recruiter. “I am excited about coming … but I feel I won’t know what all I will be doing.”
Finally, it was time to leave. They used her mom’s credit card to buy tickets on Delta, with a connection in Amsterdam. She carried $367.50, more than enough for a taxi or train to the famous Blue Mosque in Istanbul, where they planned to meet their recruiter. They would stand out, she wrote, because of her “big bushy curly hair,” but she asked the recruiter to bring a head scarf for her to wear during the rest of their journey; she was ashamed to go uncovered but scared to wear a hijab while traveling for fear of drawing attention to herself. Early on a Saturday morning, they drove about half an hour to Columbus, Mississippi, expecting little security trouble at their small regional airport as they departed for their new life.
They were arrested while preparing to board their flight. Jaelyn and Moe weren’t actually talking to ISIS recruiters. Their contacts had been undercover FBI employees the whole time.
Extremist ideas have never been easier to access. Propaganda videos, like the ones Jaelyn and Moe were watching around the spring of 2015, are on YouTube. Extremist communities can be found through Twitter and Facebook; pseudonymous accounts can be opened with just a few clicks. The vast majority of people who watch and read propaganda never act on it. But some begin to believe that the American media offer only a “thick cloud of falsehood” about ISIS, as Jaelyn put it.
The American Climbing the Ranks of ISIS
In the past three years, the FBI has invested significant resources in tracking and arresting these ISIS sympathizers in the United States. Between March 2014 and April 2017, 125 people have been charged with ISIS-related crimes. But in February 2015, FBI Director James Comey said there were terrorism investigations happening in all 50 states, and later that year, he said more than 900 were open. ISIS, said Comey, is “putting out a siren song through their slick propaganda, through social media, that goes like this: ‘Troubled soul, come to the caliphate. You will live a life of glory; these are the apocalyptic end times. You will find a life of meaning here, fighting for our so-called caliphate. And if you can’t come, kill somebody where you are.’”
The FBI closely monitors online communities that discuss ISIS, at times running so many undercover accounts that agents end up investigating one another: An FBI policy guide, obtained and published by The Intercept, notes that online investigations have “previously resulted in resources being wasted by investigating or collecting on FBI online identities,” or employees working undercover. The Bureau also takes tips from a network of sources—from security firms to random vigilantes—who monitor these communities.
The small group of people who have been arrested on ISIS-related charges are an idiosyncratic bunch—they come from a range of socioeconomic backgrounds, and each case is distinctive. But many do share important traits with Moe and Jaelyn. According to the Center on National Security at Fordham University’s School of Law, their median age is 25. Three-quarters are American citizens. Nine out of 10 are male. Over one-third are converts to Islam. Although roughly a quarter of cases have involved people of Arab descent like Moe, whose father is Palestinian, most come from other ethnic backgrounds, including African Americans like Jaelyn. Few have criminal backgrounds. Many live with their parents. And roughly 90 percent of cases involve social media, sometimes including online conversation with a recruiter, either real or undercover.
A recent court case shows that activity on Twitter may now be all it takes to get arrested on ISIS-related charges. In February 2016, for example, a Missouri woman was arrested for allegedly retweeting pro-ISIS solicitations of violence against U.S. government personnel. She was charged with making threats across state lines—a novel approach to prosecution in terrorism cases. But the plurality of prosecutions are brought and closed on one charge: conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS. These are cases of people caught on the verge of action, like Jaelyn and Moe—at the airport, or with plane tickets ready in hand. While a handful of cases have involved weapons charges, most don’t. These lonely, isolated admirers of the caliphate hope to join their allies abroad.
The most remarkable thing about Jaelyn and Moe is that theirs was a largely straightforward case.
ISIS sympathizers pose a terrifying dilemma for law-enforcement officials, who have to sift through droves of online aliases engaged with propaganda—whose owners might live in America or abroad—to identify people who credibly wish to harm the United States. The accounts may not be accessible because of encryption, the FBI agents working the Mississippi case told me, and leads can go dark. Americans expect their government to prevent violence before it happens: Their shared national nightmare is the plot that goes undiscovered before an attack or the known sympathizer who gets away. Faced with such high stakes and uncertainty, the FBI is left to teeter between catching people before they act and walking along with them until they violate the law.
The most remarkable thing about Jaelyn and Moe is that theirs was a largely straightforward case. In less than three months, the FBI had crafted a powerful indictment against them. Theoretically, when the Bureau comes across two kids like Jaelyn and Moe—lost, in love, and grasping toward a dark future—agents could try to set them on another path, reaching out to their families and communities. In reality, though, that’s not what the country has asked them to do.
Jaelyn was good at everything in high school. Yearbook photos show her in cheerleading, robotics, and a competitive singing group; she was nerdy enough to join the National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta, the math club, but cool enough to be on the homecoming court twice. The “jolliest junior” of Vicksburg’s Warren Central High School was widely liked and friends with everyone from the band kids to the choir kids to the “redneck country kids,” said her classmate Katie Martin.
Even now, teachers speak about Jaelyn in the shorthand of a glowing report card. “Talk about a wonderful student—she stands out in my mind as one of the top students I’ve ever taught,” said Teri Vollor, who teaches chemistry and history. “She was one of those charismatic, outgoing, fun-loving, cheerleader-types—with a brain. That’s a very unusual combination.” Jaelyn attended Triumph Church, where her mom, Benita, teaches Sunday School. The pastor, Mike Fields, remembers her as a “precious, well-mannered” girl. (Jaelyn declined a request for an interview, and although I spoke with her parents in person, they did not respond to requests for help with fact-checking.)
Jaelyn in her cheerleading uniform (Warren Central High School yearbook)
Coverage of Jaelyn’s case focused on her cheerleading and popularity, but she was most involved with robotics. Her small group, Team 456, would meet at a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers facility, spending hours tinkering with their machines. They attended major competitions, where they met famous astronauts and engineers. Jaelyn even met Phil Bryant, the Mississippi governor, at a competition once. (“He crashed our robot into a pillar,” Will Ballard, one of Jaelyn’s teammates, said.)
Although Jaelyn had a lot of friends, “I don’t really remember a lot of people going over to her house, ever,” said Cory Schweitzer, another robotics teammate. Her parents were strict, he said: early curfews, frequent phone calls, no offering rides to other kids. Jaelyn floated among friend groups, never really landing with one. “A lot of times, she seemed almost lonely,” Schweitzer said.
While Jaelyn and her sister, Kaylin, were growing up, Benita was often the only one at home. Their dad, Leonce, is a police officer in Vicksburg who served as a petty officer in the Navy. He did more than a dozen tours of duty abroad, including in Iraq and Afghanistan. Gone for months at a time, he missed Jaelyn’s first days of school, special events, and high-school graduation. “She begged me not to go,” Leonce said of Jaelyn in court. “But I had a moral obligation to my country.” Benita seemed to regret being so tough on her daughters. It was “just me and my two girls,” she testified. “I had to grow some pretty thick skin to be that strong person because Dad wasn’t there.”
The girls argued a lot. “I’m sorry most of our years were spent fighting and yelling/cursing at one another,” Jaelyn wrote in a letter to her sister. “We were both very strong characters. The things we thought we disliked in each other were only things we disliked in ourselves.”
Jaelyn was in junior high the first time Benita noticed the cuts—five or six razor scars visible on her legs. Benita recalled in court that she scolded Jaelyn because they “looked intentional,” but she didn’t press the issue. Time went on, and Benita thought everything was fine. But looking back, she said, she saw that moment as an early sign that Jaelyn was struggling.
“Jaelyn used to be one of the sweetest [girls] I know. Friendly and kind.”
Jaelyn quit the cheer squad her senior year. Leonce told me she was focusing on academics, and Benita testified in court that Jaelyn had been bullied by other girls. By that time, Jaelyn only had one real, close friend, Benita said—likely referring to Kimberly Melton, the daughter of one of the robotics coaches. That September, Kimberly died accidentally after taking cold meds, one of the other robotics coaches wrote on a team message board. She aspirated her own vomit, he wrote, and developed a lung infection. After that, Jaelyn felt like even more of a loner, her mom said in court. Everyone else saw her as charmed, but “she thought a lot of people disliked her.”
Jaelyn graduated from Warren Central in 2013 and headed three hours north to Mississippi State University. Like a lot of college freshmen, she slowly fell out of touch with people back home. According to friends, Jaelyn started hanging out with a group of largely Asian American and international students. “Jaelyn used to be one of the sweetest [girls] I know,” said one of those friends, Inho Yoon, a Korean student two years above her at MSU. “Friendly and kind.”
The second half of Jaelyn’s freshman year brought big changes. She expressed interest in finding a religion that fit her, a friend told me, and started researching Hinduism and Buddhism. At the end of the semester, she got an apartment, but Ballard said she kept it a secret from her parents. That spring, she also started dating Matthew, a mechanical-engineering student a few years older than her from the Mississippi Delta. They had a rocky relationship and took a break over the summer when he left the country to travel in Asia. But when she came back to school that August, she spent a lot of time hanging out with Matthew and his friends—including Moe.
The Dakhlalla family is well-known and well-liked in Starkville, where they’ve lived for nearly two decades. Their small house sits on Herbert Street across from the Islamic center, and Oda Dakhlalla, Moe’s dad, led prayers there for many years. Lisa, Moe’s mom, used to be known as the town “hummus lady” in honor of the spreads she sold at the farmer’s market and at the family’s restaurant, Shaherazad’s. Oda came to the United States as a teenager and ended up at Ole Miss for grad school. Lisa grew up in New Jersey in a white, Christian family. She converted to Islam after she met Oda, and brought her son from a previous marriage, Donovan, to live with them. Oda and Lisa had three kids together—Salah, the oldest, just finished medical school, and Abdullah, the middle brother, earned his doctorate from Mississippi State.
Moe is the youngest. The Starkville native practiced tae kwon do and graduated high school with a 4.0 GPA. He also helped his parents out—Jane Harmon, a family friend, said she spent long hours with Moe painting and decorating Shaherazad's when he was a kid. He never complained, said Sami Austin, Harmon’s sister. His manner was always “peaceful.”
Muhammad Dakhlalla, who friends and family call by his nickname, Moe (Courtesy of Jane Harmon)
Moe started college in the fall of 2011, where he studied computer engineering and psychology. He fell in with a nerdy crew who liked to play board games and video games. He participated in the Muslim Students Association, although not as actively as his brothers. Moe would volunteer from time to time, said the faculty adviser, Rani Sullivan, and “if there was food, Moe was going to be there.” Moe’s brothers would study the Koran; they prayed regularly and fasted. But while Moe went through the motions of religious ritual, he told me in a letter, he was not particularly devout. “I was taking things for granted,” he wrote, “blindly following the faith.”
Oda, however, pushed the boys to be more religious. He was disappointed with their level of devotion to Islam—“they were praying but not focusing, maybe, in their prayers,” he told me—and he could get particularly aggressive with Moe, friends and family said. One by one, the Dakhlalla brothers moved out of the house, leaving Moe alone with his parents. Moe felt pressure to please Oda, who wanted him to get married and get into grad school, he told me: “I was the only one at home, trying to take care of my parents and go through college.” Lisa and Oda fought a lot; family friends said the couple had grown distant and often yelled at each other. Moe describes himself as a “momma’s boy,” but his mother was sometimes checked out, family friends said. She was also a bit of a prepper, distrustful of mainstream media and terrified that the economy would fail and society would fall apart. She kept a month's supply of food on hand, for example, and wanted to have gallon jugs stored in case something happened to the water supply.
Moe is the kind of guy who’s awkward and shy around girls. At the start of his senior year in the fall of 2014, he told friends he had a crush on someone he knew from the gym, but he gave up after a few weeks of fruitless flirting. And that’s when he started spending more time with Jaelyn.
Matthew’s friends thought Jaelyn was bad news. They said she was manipulative, demanding, and pushy, but Moe didn’t think they were being fair. As the weather got colder, and she and Matthew started fighting, Moe was there to listen. They started hanging out, first in groups, then one on one. When Matthew found out they were spending so much time together, he was shocked and betrayed. He and Jaelyn broke up, and in November 2014, she and Moe started dating.
From the beginning, Moe and Jaelyn were isolated. Moe’s friends disapproved of the way the two got together and became less eager to hang out. Friends say Moe had to ask Jaelyn’s permission to go out and see people, and she would get mad when he stayed out late without telling her. When the couple would hang out with Moe’s brother, Abdullah, “They would be to themselves, sitting in a corner,” said Jonathan Dobbs, one of Abdullah’s close friends. “Moe would be on his laptop playing games. ”
Meanwhile, Jaelyn started getting interested in Islam. During her sentencing hearing, Jaelyn claimed Moe introduced her to the religion, although prosecutors alleged elsewhere that she had been interested in converting before they started dating. She said the shahada—the Muslim profession of faith—around March 2015, at Moe’s parents’ house. He taught her what he knew: how to pray, how to recite the Koran in Arabic. She traded shorts and tank tops for modest skirts and dresses. She started covering her head, first with cloth in rich purple and green, and later, only in black. Moe was happy she had converted to Islam, he told friends. Oda also really wanted him to marry a Muslim. When Jaelyn converted, Oda told me, he cried with joy.
Despite their apparent happiness, Jaelyn and Moe each felt under pressure. She was working in a chemistry lab and planning to take the MCAT. “Mom, I just don’t think I can do it,” Jaelyn said during a phone call one night with Benita. “It’s too much.” She had been anxious, she testified in court, and often contemplated suicide. Benita, thinking she was just going through a normal college experience, didn’t have a lot of sympathy. “Tough up, Jaelyn,” she thought.
Meanwhile, Moe felt lost. He was about to graduate and had the option of getting a master’s in psychology at Mississippi State. But he didn’t really want to pursue it. Friends observed that Moe gained weight and appeared tired and depressed. Moe told me he felt “guilty for making mistakes” in his love life—“no more letting someone run my life by telling what’s right and wrong,” he said. He asked family for advice on how to make Jaelyn happy and keep the relationship going.
“It was all a bit fishy, and Abdullah and many of the other brothers at the masjid,” or mosque, “knew it.”
Many were surprised when they married in early June of 2015. Oda had been hoping to pick Moe’s bride himself, dreaming of someone tall—while he thought Jaelyn was too short for Moe, he told me, he eventually let up and consented to the match. Members of the Starkville Muslim community were invited to their nikah at Oda’s house, but many declined. “It was all a bit fishy, and Abdullah and many of the other brothers at the masjid,” or mosque, “knew it,” said Dobbs. Most folks in the community didn’t know who Jaelyn was: She had rarely attended Muslim Student Association events at school, let alone prayers at the mosque. “There was no contract, no clergy, no agreement of witnesses,” Dobbs said. “We were told the day of and that it would be a potluck dinner.”
But the couple’s closest friends and family didn’t understand what was really going on in their relationship: Over the course of roughly three months, they had slowly become fascinated by ISIS. That spring—it’s not clear exactly when or why—Jaelyn started watching videos featuring Anjem Choudary, the British extremist imprisoned in 2016 for swearing an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State. Friends say she started asking questions about Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, and circulated an article claiming Muslims were supposed to pledge allegiance to the caliphate. She downloaded at least one issue of Dabiq, ISIS's online propaganda magazine. Moe joined in: He allegedly downloaded the organization’s guide to making the trip overseas and started watching the videos with Jaelyn. In one clip the couple viewed, ISIS threw a man, presumed to be gay, from the roof of a building.
Jaelyn’s online presence transformed—gone was the short-skirted cheerleader of her high-school yearbook photos. Her Facebook profile showed two women in hijabs. Her Twitter page allegedly referred to the handle @1_Modest_Woman, perhaps her or her recruiter; “I just want to be there :( #IS,” she wrote. Online, Moe allegedly referred to her by an Arabic name presumably adopted as a nom de guerre—Aaminah, meaning “trustworthy.” Jaelyn began avoiding calls and texts from her family and later took down “posters of my favorite shows and music artists,” she testified. The Mississippi teen had always loved heavy metal.
On May 13, around the time of Moe’s college graduation, the FBI made its first publicly known contact with Jaelyn online. A person using her account had “expressed a desire to travel to ISIL territory,” the FBI noted, using the government’s term for the Islamic State, and had “tweeted and retweeted links to ISIL propaganda.” Over the next 13 weeks, at least two undercover employees exchanged frequent messages with Jaelyn and Moe on social media.
Details from court documents submitted by the FBI allege Jaelyn and Moe talked about ISIS in disturbingly casual ways—a sign either that they were fully aware of what they were getting themselves into, or that they were living in a total state of unreality. Some of Jaelyn’s comments sound like a sorority girl planning her dream home rather than a terrorist plotting destruction. God willing, she told an undercover FBI employee, she would soon be overseas where she could “raise little Dawlah cubs.”
As innocent and maternal as that may sound, it may also reveal the extent of her commitment: ISIS propaganda has featured children executing prisoners in the style of a video game, and refers to boys groomed to be fighters as “cubs.” There were signs that Jaelyn understood the horrific violence of the group she longed to join. After a sailor and four Marines were murdered in July in Chattanooga, Tennessee, she celebrated. Praise be to God, she said, “the numbers of supporters are growing.”
In fact, the pair seemed frustrated about the way ISIS was portrayed in the United States, including stories about ISIS taking sex slaves. “I cannot wait to get to Dawlah so I can be amongst my brothers and sisters under the protection of Allah,” Jaelyn allegedly said. Moe said he wanted to be a mujahid, or soldier engaged in jihad. “I am willing to fight,” he allegedly wrote. “I want to be taught what it really means to have a heart in battle!”
In letters written to their families before they left, Jaelyn and Moe didn’t mention anything about ISIS, distrust of American media, or elation about the slaughter of Marines. Instead, they talked about hopelessness.
“It was all my planning ... I am guilty of what you soon will find out.”
“I feel I was not going to make anything life changing in the future,” Moe wrote to his parents. “Making changes here in America feels pointless to me as people in my [academic] field hate change.” He never signed his offer letter from MSU’s grad program, he said: “I did not want you to be responsible for any financial debt after I had left.” He drew a little heart next to his signature, scrawled in sideways, boyish letters.
“I couldn’t cut it here,” Jaelyn wrote in neat cursive to her parents and sister. “I have failed you and I can’t handle the shame. Please forget me. I am not coming back, I couldn’t if I wanted to.” She claimed to have been planning her escape “for almost a year—ever since things went south.” It’s unclear what she was referring to—perhaps family trouble, or academic stress.
In a separate letter, Jaelyn encouraged her sister, Kaylin, to go on mission trips and protect the environment. “Don’t wait until you start to lose hope and begin to think there is no point in helping anyone at all like I did,” Jaelyn wrote. “That was a dark place and I never want that for you.” She asked her sister to treat their parents well. “When you [realize] what they gave up so that we could have food in our mouths and clothes on [our] backs you would feel just as ashamed as I do,” she wrote. “I would do anything to take back any grief I had given them and to just hug them again.”
Jaelyn and Moe both confessed in their letters and after the FBI arrested them at the airport. Both instructed their families not to look for them, but seemed aware that their parents might contact law enforcement anyways. Jaelyn emphasized that their parents weren’t involved, as though to preempt any charges of complicity. They likely expected their families would find the notes after they were long gone, but the FBI arrested the pair at the airport early in the morning.
In the letter to her family, Jaelyn confessed: “It was all my planning—I found the contacts, made arrangements, planned the departure,” she said. “I am guilty of what you soon will find out.” She never talked about Moe as a husband or boyfriend. His mom and dad had taken her in and acted as her “Starkville parents,” she said, so she repaid them “by allowing their son to come with me.” (“He wanted to,” she added.) As she told the authorities in a separate letter, she left home “fully aware of the consequences of my actions, should I be caught.”
It’s difficult to establish how, exactly, the FBI identifies terrorism suspects. “One [way] could be that [they] have a source,” said Jeffrey Ringel, a 21-year veteran of the Bureau now with the Soufan Group, a security-focused consulting firm. When they find potential targets online, they give the information to the FBI: “‘Hey, somebody new just came onto this website, this is their Twitter handle, this is their email address,’” Ringel said. Alternatively, agents might monitor social media or known recruiting sites themselves.
In this case, the FBI says, Twitter was the way in. “Jaelyn was making open, public comments on social media about her support and willingness” to join ISIS, said Christopher Freeze, the special agent in charge of the Jackson, Mississippi, division of the FBI. “It’s not as if we are trolling, or out there just looking for people to open cases on.” Even non-law-enforcement were tracking her. “We watched her account for quite a while,” said Seamus Hughes, the deputy director of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University. “She popped up on our radar pretty easily.”
As the FBI talked to Jaelyn and Moe, they would have been looking for a few specific signs of action, Hughes said. “Assume for a second [Jaelyn] doesn’t get to the airport or doesn’t buy the tickets. Then, the FBI is in a bit of a predicament about what to do next,” he said. “What tripped her up was the overt act of trying to travel.” Many ISIS-related cases in the United States involve people who want to go overseas and only get as far as the airport. But some don’t even manage that: They are arrested for facilitating others’ travel or simply purchasing a plane ticket.
The Youngs and the Dakhlallas first realized their children were in serious trouble when the FBI came knocking. Oda thought the agents were “pulling my foot,” he said. He had been asleep, and Lisa was at the local farmer’s market. He went to the door groggy, but brightened when he saw who it was: He had befriended a handful of FBI agents over the years, and he and his wife cooked for a couple of these men often enough that they would request certain lamb dishes.
“I’m glad you are here, man! Come on!” he said. But the officers had only come as a courtesy to break the news of the case: “Oda, we are on an official visit,” they replied. Oda eventually came to feel that it “was nice of them [to] come along with these FBI agents that I did not know,” he told me. But initially, he felt betrayed.
Three hours west in Vicksburg, agents paid the Youngs a similar visit. “They came here for 35, 40 minutes, told us she was being charged with conspiring to be a medic or something, and they left,” Leonce told me. He claims he didn’t get any help from the Navy or the Vicksburg police department, where he works: “They don’t care,” he said.
As Jaelyn’s and Moe’s parents tried to process what was happening, they faced an enormous challenge: finding and affording a defense attorney capable of representing a client facing terrorism charges. Across the United States, just over 500 al-Qaeda and ISIS cases have been brought since 9/11. Over time, the federal prosecutors who work terrorism cases have gotten good at it, in part because the government has dedicated substantial resources to developing their skills—the Department of Justice even created a division for sharing best practices. But defense attorneys experienced in ISIS cases are hard to come by, especially in Mississippi.
Moe’s case was handled by Greg Park, a court-appointed assistant federal public defender with a quiet, deep voice. He said the attorneys in his office have been trained on how to handle these kinds of charges, but he also sought help. “I did reach out to other attorneys throughout the country who have handled similar cases and discussed their approach and the results they received,” he said. “And I did an abundance of research on my own.”
Meanwhile, Jaelyn switched attorneys a few weeks into her case. She went through the initial stages with a court-appointed attorney, Ken Coghlan, who runs a private practice in Oxford. But soon, her father approached Dennis C. Sweet III, a high-profile lawyer in Jackson. Sweet implied in court that he took the case as a favor to Leonce. (Sweet did not return multiple requests for an interview for this story.) Jaelyn’s father now seems to feel they were at a disadvantage. “If I had money,” Leonce told me, “she wouldn’t have gotten 12 years.”
“I single-handedly screwed up everything that could possibly go wrong.”
Early in March 2016, Moe entered a guilty plea. Prosecutors dropped all charges besides conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS. Since his arrest, Moe had cooperated with them, including giving them Jaelyn’s letters—hundreds of pages of correspondence she had sent to Moe during their time in jail. Even after planning her trip meticulously, going to the airport, and discovering that the government had been watching her for months, Jaelyn still believed they were in it together.
Calling Moe “my habibi,” using the Arabic word for “my sweetheart,” Jaelyn wondered whether he was thinking about cooperating with prosecutors, “to please non-Muslims who are offended that we would dare consider leaving to fight against them?” At various points, she encouraged him not to present false testimony—that they were going overseas to do an éxposé on what she called “the un-Islamic states.” She wrote, “Hey, remember what our plan was, don’t you?”
In jail, she said, “I often find myself going back and forth in my mind” about ISIS and al-Qaeda. She pushed Moe to keep studying: “Before you say ISIS does not represent Islam, I challenge you to read Sharia or Hadith/Sunnah,” she wrote. But she also felt guilty: “I know you felt I ruined your life completely,” she wrote. “I did. I ruined yours, mine, our families’. I single-handedly screwed up everything that could possibly go wrong.”
When Jaelyn’s lawyer brought the letters to a meeting with her in prison, proving Moe had betrayed her, Jaelyn broke down, Sweet said in court. She pled guilty roughly three weeks after Moe.
The undercover FBI employees in Mississippi didn’t just sit by and watch as the couple’s planning escalated. They answered questions as the couple developed their scheme, providing details about travel, logistics, and what ISIS is like. “They expressed an interest to go,” said Freeze. “We provided some basic options, and then they responded.” The undercover agents gave Jaelyn and Moe several chances to back away from their plan, he said, and yet the couple kept going. “I don’t think we overstepped, and the courts didn’t see it that way either.”
A non-lawyer might see this as a form of entrapment, but legally speaking, it’s not, just as Freeze pointed out. To argue entrapment, a defense attorney would not only have to prove that Jaelyn and Moe never would have gone without the FBI’s encouragement—he would also have to show they had no predisposition to travel overseas. Terrorism suspects who consciously agree to commit criminal acts, no matter how theoretical, tend not to win in court with these claims. “Entrapment is just a high bar generally, and it’s particularly high in terrorism cases,” said Karen Greenberg, the director of Fordham Law School’s Center on National Security.
In all likelihood, Jaelyn and Moe both fared better by pleading guilty than they would have if they’d gone to trial, where the government almost always wins. “If you do go to trial, the penalty is immense,” said Greenberg. Of all the sentences that have been given out in ISIS cases to date, the lowest involved a defendant who cooperated with prosecutors. The highest was awarded to someone who went to trial.
The frequent guilty pleas mean the public rarely gets a close look at the FBI’s methods. Not going to trial means key details about the FBI’s operations never come out, because the findings from the discovery phase are never released. In Jaelyn and Moe’s case, this might have included a fuller transcript of their exchanges with the FBI.
“There’s still a lot you won’t find out because the government will say it’s classified,” said Greenberg. “But there’s an awful lot that does come out. And one of the things that can get litigated in open court is the role of the FBI.”
“With me gone, it took a toll on my daughter … Today is my day with my child.”
At the last minute, Jaelyn’s lawyer introduced her mental health as a new factor in the case. Roughly two weeks before Jaelyn was sentenced in August 2016, Sweet submitted a 30-page report, paid for by Jaelyn’s parents, that suggested there was reason for concern about her mental state at the time of her decision to join ISIS.
“She was in trouble, hurting herself physically,” said Sweet at the hearing. “She was in trouble, with her grades dropping, isolation, and other things.” Leonce also tried to take the blame for Jaelyn’s actions. “With me gone, it took a toll on my daughter,” he said. “She was lost. … I’m sure there are other servicemen that might not be in a federal court with their kids, but it [causes] a problem. … Today is my day with my child.” At a previous hearing, when Leonce heard that Jaelyn had celebrated the deaths of servicemen in Chattanooga, FBI Special Agent Stephen Thomason told me, he “broke down crying.”
Clay Joyner, the lead prosecutor, dismissed the claims about Jaelyn’s mental health, noting that the psychiatrist’s report found Jaelyn had “a lifelong pattern of manipulation and lying.” Many of her problems were typical of American college students, Joyner argued: “depression, the issues regarding adolescent brain development, sometimes the absence of a parent, a strict mother.” Another prosecutor, Robert H. Norman, pushed back on Leonce’s plea for leniency. “We also have to face the fact that most ... people” who leave their kids behind to serve overseas “don’t end up in a courtroom with a child charged with betraying her country and wanting to join an organization such as ISIS,” he said.
Young people in America have a rich tradition of feeling lost and trying to find themselves. Some have escaped to the solitude of the Alaskan wilderness, taken up heroin, or plunged into the seedy depths of Reddit. Jaelyn and Moe, however, managed to self-destruct in a way that’s both politically charged and morally horrifying. Grasping blindly at their futures, they scratched the country’s most pressing anxiety: what to do about the fear that we will never, ever be safe.
There may have been another path for Jaelyn and Moe. When the government or its partners identify ISIS sympathizers online, especially people without criminal backgrounds like these two, they could intervene and deter crimes from being committed. This is the approach that “has risen to the top of the heap of counterterrorism issues domestically right now,” Greenberg said: what’s known in the counterterrorism world as “off-ramps.”
In Europe, where countries have greater problems with fighters returning from battlefields in Syria and Iraq compared with the United States, programs vary. The governments of the U.K., the Netherlands, and France have set up hotlines where friends and families can call in to report suspicious behavior. Other programs involve a mentor—someone involved in their mosque, for example, or a mental-health professional—who steps in and takes the would-be ISIS sympathizer under his wing. They might read articles together and critique propaganda found online. The goal is to divert the ISIS sympathizers, who are often young, from taking action.
While there are several models being tested in the United States, including a nascent program in Minnesota featured in Wired in January, “none has really taken hold … as the answer,” Greenberg said. The legality of such programs is complicated: How could investigators share information about suspects gleaned through classified FISA investigations? What would happen to community partners if one of their mentees decided to blow up a mall?
The current political climate presents still more challenges to off-ramp-style programs. Community groups in Michigan and Minnesota have recently rejected grants from the federal government to work on countering extremism, citing the Trump administration’s antagonism of the American Muslim community. Recruiting community partners might become increasingly difficult for an administration that campaigned on the promise to fight, not deter, “radical Islamic extremism.” For its part, the FBI sees Jaelyn and Moe’s case as a lesson about the intensity of the ISIS threat. “This just goes to show that ISIS can reach into small-town America, in Starkville, Mississippi,” said Thomason. “They can reach out on social media and engage two students from very middle-class families.”
Courtesy of Jane Harmon
The worlds they left behind in Starkville and Vicksburg have lurched on. The spring after Moe was arrested, his mother, Lisa, died of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Then, last December, another member of the Dakhlalla family died: Taqwa, the 2-year-old daughter of Moe’s older brother Abdullah, suffocated in her sleep when a heater malfunctioned in her bedroom. She was just old enough to have met her young uncle before he was arrested.
Oda now lives alone in the little house on Herbert Street, once filled with his wife and children and grandchild. When I visited in January, Jaelyn’s clothes and backpack were still there, stuffed in a trash bag on the back porch; Oda said she had her things mailed to him and Lisa after she was arrested, rather than sending her possessions back home. Oda had trouble sleeping and cried often in the months after Moe’s arrest, he told me. He talks about Islam with an almost numerological obsession, and spends hours on the phone with an imam friend who lives a few hours north. He spent a long time searching for a solution to his son’s situation—he wrote to President Obama, and considered reaching out to former U.S. Senator Trent Lott, whose son, Chet, he said he once tutored. Now, he is resigned. “We live in this life according to the plan of God,” he told me. But “I feel … there [are] traps everywhere.”
Moe tutors fellow inmates in English and math at his prison home in Jesup, Georgia. He exercises a lot and reads sci-fi, and he’s thinking about learning a trade—maybe air-conditioning repair, or electrical work. One thing he appreciates about prison, he told me, is practicing Islam. Instead of watching videos alone in a campus apartment with his girlfriend, or memorizing verses under the watchful eye of his father, he feels he has a community. “I meet about 10-15 Sunni Muslims here on a weekly basis,” he told me in a letter. “The first big lesson I learned from my Muslim brothers is that my knowledge about faith is at an all time low. Just reading about the basics of Islam and the oneness of God is a big change compared to listening to it from my parents and community that I grew up in.” A few months into our correspondence, he started signing off as Muhammad, rather than Moe—the “beautiful Islamic name” Oda was so proud to have given his youngest son.
Vicksburg is mostly silent about Jaelyn. The Army Corps of Engineers sustains the town economically, meaning many of Jaelyn’s closest friends and mentors are afraid they’ll lose their jobs if they talk about the girl they once knew who was convicted of terrorism charges. There’s “this undercurrent—and it’s not just among my work friends—that anything positive you say about Jaelyn could label you as an ISIS sympathizer or something like that,” wrote Will Ballard, her robotics teammate, in an email. “After her arrest ... Well, it was like she had died, practically. … She committed a crime and is paying the price for it, but I don’t think she deserves to be entirely forgotten.”
Jaelyn in high school (Warren Central High School yearbook)
Kaylin Young’s senior year at Warren Central High School started just days after her sister was arrested. Jaelyn refused to see her until February 2016, after spending six months in jail: “I just couldn’t—I can’t handle it,” she told the court. But Kaylin got through, winning a small college scholarship from a local Vicksburg club. The Youngs proudly placed a “Southern Miss Class of 2020” sign on their front lawn.
Benita, whom Jaelyn closely resembles, told me her daughter is planning to share her story once she’s reunited with her family—as of now, that won’t be until 2026. Although Jaelyn said during her sentencing that she hoped for a platform to tell others about “the decision that led me here” and dissuade “those who are considering the same path,” she is not speaking with the press. “My daughter ... just wants to do her time and be left alone,” Leonce told me. “She don’t want to talk to no news media. They already painted a picture for her.”
Leonce has a plan for his daughter. “When I retire ... I’m going to get a house out there in the country,” he told me. “I’m going to go [into town] and get what I’ve got to get for the month, and go back home, and we’re just going to live our days.” Jaelyn’s incarceration is “a hard pill to swallow, but after you swallow the pill, you realize that your child is still alive, and to hell with the rest of it,” he said. “All this is God’s work.”
In an alternate world—one where Jaelyn and Moe had really been talking to ISIS recruiters, and actually made their way to Syria, and truly joined the Islamic State—the young pair might have gotten involved in violence. They might very well be dead by now: The FBI theoretically made them safer by apprehending them, and Moe and Jaelyn have both said they’re glad they were not successful in their attempt to run away.
But it’s also impossible to know what the world would look like had the FBI not intervened. Perhaps Jaelyn and Moe would have found a real recruiter and made their journey. Perhaps they would have abandoned the idea—a passing, absurd notion born of unhappiness and anxiety, corrected with time and space and the natural force of inertia. Or perhaps they could have been found by Muslim community members who wanted to help, not prosecute, them. Maybe they’d still be together, somewhere in Mississippi, learning about Islam and figuring out where they belong.
This article is part of our Beyond Diversity project, which is supported by Open Society Foundations.
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A new study in mice points to how cell biology, not willpower, might be the root of yo-yo dieting.
The American conventional wisdom about weight loss is simple: A calorie deficit is all that’s required to drop excess pounds, and moderating future calorie consumption is all that’s required to maintain it. To the idea’s adherents, the infinite complexity of human biology acts as one big nutritional piggy bank. Anyone who gains too much weight or loses weight and gains it back has simply failed to balance the caloric checkbook, which can be corrected by forswearing fatty food or carbs.
Endocrinologists have known for decades that the science of weight is far more complicated than calorie deficits and energy expenditures. And in 2016, the fickle complexity of weight came to broad national attention. In a study of former contestants on a season of the weight-loss reality show The Biggest Loser, scientists found that years later, the contestants not only had gained back much or all of the weight they’d lost on the show, but also had far weaker metabolisms than most people their size. The contestants’ bodies had fought for years to regain the weight, contrary to the contestants’ efforts and wishes. No one was sure why.
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It was August 17, 2009, and this brick fortress of a building housed evidence that had been collected by the Detroit Police Department. Spada’s visit had been prompted by a question: Why were police sometimes unable to locate crucial evidence? The answer lay in the disarray before him.
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Trump’s ire was directed at the “squad,” the quartet of outspoken female Democratic legislators whose ranks include Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. For the past two weeks, the women have been embroiled in a very public spat with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whom they consider insufficiently left-wing and overly solicitous toward the president. Trump, unable to let an intra–Democratic Party tussle play out to his own electoral advantage, chose to intervene, with what can only be described as a racist attack on four ethnic-minority women. The lawmakers, “who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe,” he wrote, ought to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.”
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I live in envy. I envy the people who know their nationality. All the people whose nationality has never been a question in their mind.
I can imagine the woman staring at her reflection in the Volta River who knows she’s Ghanaian, like her ancestors who liberated their people in 1957 and chose the mighty pre-colonial Ghana as the name of their new nation. I can imagine the woman flying into Frankfurt who knows she’s German, who knows she’s arriving back home. I can imagine the man working on his antique car outside his home in Biloxi, forehead covered by the prized blood-red baseball cap he purchased at a rally back in November, a man who has never been told, “Go back to your country!” If somehow someone did tell him, it would confuse him as much as it would the Ghanaian or German woman. It would be like someone driving by his house and shouting at him, “Go back to your home!”
His racism and intolerance have always been in evidence; only slowly did he begin to understand how to use them to his advantage.
The first quotation from Donald Trump ever to appear in The New York Times came on October 16, 1973. Trump was responding to charges filed by the Justice Department alleging racial bias at his family’s real-estate company. “They are absolutely ridiculous,” Trump said of the charges. “We have never discriminated, and we never would.”
In the years since then, Trump has assembled a long record of comment on issues involving African Americans as well as Mexicans, Hispanics more broadly, Native Americans, Muslims, Jews, immigrants, women, and people with disabilities.
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“This is fascinating,” I replied. I didn’t mean the currency-trading scam, which was too procedural for my tastes, but Cox’s own trajectory. He described himself as “an infamous con man writing his fellow inmates’ true crime stories while immersed in federal prison.” I’d never had a possible subject pitch his own tale so aptly. I wasn’t entirely sure that was a good thing.
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As I looked around, I noticed a small girl drawing on a piece of paper. Ten minutes later, she had sketched a string of human figures, and was busy coloring them yellow.
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“Clowns,” she answered confidently.
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On Sunday morning, the president told four members of Congress to “go back” to the countries “from which they came.” The remark, a racist taunt with a historic pedigree, inspired a flurry of fact-checking from mainstream journalists who were quick to note that Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, and Ilhan Omar are American citizens, and that only Omar was born abroad, in Somalia. It was a rather remarkable exercise in missing the point.
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When Trump told these women to “go back,” he was not making a factual claim about where they were born. He was stating his ideological belief that American citizenship is fundamentally racial, that only white people can truly be citizens, and that people of color, immigrants in particular, are only conditionally American. This is a cornerstone of white nationalism, and one of the president’s few closely held ideological beliefs. It is a moral conviction, not a statement of fact. If these women could all trace their family line back to 1776, it would not make them more American than Trump, a descendant of German immigrants whose ancestors arrived relatively recently, because he is white and they are not.
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Ross Perot's last known political act was to help President Trump's re-election bid
Just months before he died
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In his last known political act, billionaire Ross Perot, who sadly succumbed to his battle with leukemia on Tuesday, worked to help re-elect President Donald Trump.
During the height of his battle with cancer in March, Perot wrote Trump's re-election campaign two checks for the legal maximum amount of $2,700, the Boston Globe reported.
One check will benefit Trump in the primary cycle, while the other will go toward Trump's general election campaign. Federal election law restricts individual political donations to $5,400 per election year.
Ross Perot in 2008 Ed Lallo/Bloomberg via Getty Image
Perot, a business magnate who lost his independent campaigns for president in 1992 and 1996, is thought of as Trump's populist predecessor who paved the road for Trump's successful campaign in 2016.
Both businessmen employed similar bombastic campaign strategies, including a focus on a nationalistic agenda and leveraging the media to boost their campaigns. The only difference? Perot ran as a third-party candidate, while Trump used the Republican Party to win the White House.
"If Donald Trump is the kind of Jesus of the disenchanted, displaced non-college white voter, then Perot was the John the Baptist of that sort of movement," Democratic strategist James Carville quipped in 2016, the Globe noted.
Perot, however, did not endorse Trump in 2016, or any candidate for that matter. His final political presidential endorsements went to Mitt Romney in 2008 and 2012.
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Croatian Canadians
Article by Anthony W. Rasporich
Published Online February 7, 2006
Last Edited June 4, 2014
The first Croatians to arrive in Canada may have been 2 sailors from Dalmatia serving as crew on the third voyage of Jacques CARTIER (1541-42) and a miner who accompanied Samuel DE CHAMPLAIN (1604-06).
The first Croatians to arrive in Canada may have been 2 sailors from Dalmatia serving as crew on the third voyage of Jacques Cartier (1541-42) and a miner who accompanied Samuel De Champlain (1604-06). Later, Croatians served in Austrian military units sent by the French government to help defend New France (1758-59) and were involved in the early salmon fisheries of BC, the Cariboo Gold Rush of the 1860s and the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s. Over the main period of migration, which spans the 20th century, approximately 80 000 Croatians have immigrated to Canada.
Calculating numbers of Croatian immigrants has been difficult because Croatia has since the 10th and 11th centuries been variously a part of the Hungarian dynasty, the Holy Roman Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire (to WWI), the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918-29), the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929-41) and the Independent State of Croatia (1941- 45); from 1945 to 1992 it constituted one of the republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In 1992, Croatia became an independent nation. Croatians were classified with Austrians and Hungarians before 1918, and as Yugoslavs after the formal establishment of Yugoslavia in 1929. It has been estimated that about two-thirds of the emigrants from the former Yugoslavia (which dissolved in 1992) have been Croatian. In the 2006 census 65 305 declared their ethnic origin to be Yugoslavia, however some may have been born in Croatia. The census reported 110 880 citizens who declared their ethnicity as Croatian (56 955 single response and 54 475 multiple response), which could also include Yugoslav, Balkan Slavs and other groups. A further 56 955 declared Croatian to be their mother tongue (first language learned) in the 2006 census, but it is assumed that many others who are in the second and third generations in Canada have classified themselves as English Canadians or may still have declared themselves Yugoslavs. The number of Croatians who arrived as refugees from the conflict in 1991-93 is unclear.
The Croatians were predominantly Roman Catholic peasants in the 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly those from the inland regions of Slavonia, Zumberak and Zagorje. The population of the Croatian littoral (Istria, Primorje and Dalmatia) on the Adriatic was somewhat more diverse, comprising some people of Muslim faith and a social mix of traders, sailors, fishermen, woodsmen and herders. Most of the immigration to Canada has been from this coastal region inland to the capital of Zagreb.
Prior to WWI, about 4000 Croatians immigrated to Canada. Between 1928 and 1939 some 12 000 arrived. The third major group of post-WWII immigrants came in a wave of over 100 000 emigrants from Yugoslavia, the majority of whom were from Croatia. The main motive for immigration has been the search for a better life, but in the 1920s and after WWII many Croatians emigrated in protest against political conditions in their homeland. Many recent immigrants have been from an urban and professional class from the larger Croatian towns and cities, eg, Zagreb, Rijeka, Karlovac, Split and Zadar.
Of the 29 Croatian settlements established before WWI, 14 were in BC. Other Croatians settled in Saskatchewan, Alberta and northern and southern Ontario. During the 1920s some 171 settlements were established in the mining towns and mill towns across Canada's mining, forest and agricultural frontier and in Windsor, Toronto and Montréal. The postwar immigrants have largely settled in major cities, particularly Toronto and Montréal. The majority of postwar foreign-born immigrants were part of the industrial labour force, while the majority of the Canadian-born have been employed in the professional, clerical and service sectors of the economy.
Social Life and Community
For the first and second group of immigrants, group life centered about kinship circles reminiscent of the familial and communal peasant zadruga. Fraternal and self-help organizations were established, eg, the American-based Croatian Fraternal Union, which opened its first Canadian lodge in Ladysmith in 1903 and which had 10 000 members by 1971. Other networks were sponsored by political parties such as the Croatian Peasant Party of the 1920s, which founded the Croatian Peasant Society in 1930. Other social, cultural and political activities were promoted by the Communist Party and also by the monarchist Yugoslav organizations in the 1930s. Since the war, organizations have proliferated, eg, the United Croats of Canada, the Federation of Croatian Societies in Canada and the Croatian Cultural Societies. More recently, Croatian folklore and dance groups have enjoyed a certain prominence within the multicultural folklore festivals of urban ethnic communities.
Religion and Cultural Life and Education
The Roman Catholic Church, while unable to serve the isolated frontier communities of the 1920s and 1930s, has played a prominent role in Croatian Canadian life since 1950, the year the first Croatian Catholic parish was established in Windsor. Currently there are parishes and churches in all of the major urban communities, in addition to the community halls and cultural centres sponsored by political and fraternal organizations. Croatians have also enjoyed an active ethnic press, broadly representative of political factions from far left to right. Hrvatski Glas (The Croatian Voice), est 1929 and sponsored by the Croatian Peasant Society, and the Communist Party's Borba (The Struggle), est 1930, are both still published, the latter more recently as Jedinstvo (Unity) and then as Nase Novine (Our News). Other nationalist newspapers include Nas Put (Our Way), Hrvatski Put (The Croatian Way) and Nezavisna Drzava Hrvatska (The Independent State of Croatia). Several writers have also emerged from the émigré community, such as the poet Alan Horiç, who won recognition for his works L'Aube assassiné and Blessure au flanc du ciel. Others in the fields of ballet, classical music and the fine arts have also won acclaim. Notable Croatian Canadians include hockey players Frank and Peter Mahovlich and Joe Savic, figure skaters Val and Sandra Bezic and boxer George Chuvalo.
The Croatian language was generally maintained by the family until the 1950s when informal extracurricular schools began to be organized by community leaders. In the 1970s a network of Croatian-language schools established in the US spread into Canada, and a few courses on Croatian language and culture at the university level were introduced. In 1989, the University of Waterloo opened the first Canadian department to study Croatian language and culture. A number of Canadian universities have Croatian Student Associations. Language skills and cultural traditions have been somewhat lost through assimilation, particularly in the small isolated communities of the 1920s and 1930s, but because of the more recent and greater concentration of Croatians in larger cities, cultural maintenance has been more consciously pursued by community leaders.
With the breakup of the former Yugoslav Republic in 1992 and the official recognition of Croatia as a state, the national self-determination so eagerly sought during the past few centuries was celebrated by Croatian communities in diaspora. In Canada, many Croats contributed to this result both morally and materially, and took considerable pride in the celebration of their long-sought independence.
A.W. Rasporich, For a Better Life: A History of the Croatians in Canada (1982); N. Paveskovic, "Croatians in Canada," in Slavs in Canada (1968).
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Politics McKenna says she’s ‘not a quitter’ on climate change issues at G7 ministers meeting
McKenna says she’s ‘not a quitter’ on climate change issues at G7 ministers meeting
Michael Tutton
Published September 19, 2018 Updated September 19, 2018
Canada’s environment minister said she’s no “quitter” despite calls Wednesday from David Suzuki for her to resign and a G7 meeting that didn’t shift her American counterpart’s firm opposition to the Paris climate agreement.
Catherine McKenna had started off the three-day Halifax gathering by telling a personal story of encountering young people in the Arctic who are worried local hunters are falling through the ice due to rising temperatures.
“They’re worried about whether we’re going to do anything about it, because they don’t feel empowered to do anything about it,” she told the delegates, after reminding them of a summer that has seen massive forest fires and deadly hurricanes.
The minister also spoke of translating the targets of the Paris climate agreement into action and said countries need to firm up rules around how the carbon emission targets will be enforceable.
But by day’s end, she’d faced calls from Canada’s most prominent environmentalist to leave her job due to the prime minister’s support of the fossil fuel industry.
The French environment minister recently took that route, saying he didn’t want to create the illusion his presence in the government was leading to progress on climate change.
In a story published by La Presse, David Suzuki says if McKenna really believes what she’s saying, she too should quit “instead of being an apologist for the government.”
He told the Montreal-based news site that Canada lacks credibility on climate change, with the Liberal government supporting the construction of a pipeline to the British Columbia coast to transport Alberta bitumen.
Suzuki made the comments in the context of an interview about the resignation of French environment minister, Nicolas Hulot.
“She must stop rationalizing what Canada is doing,” Suzuki told La Presse, adding that the government “talks out both sides of its mouth.”
“We have a prime minister who signed (the Paris climate accord), who says, ‘We’re back,’ and we all praised him ... then he approves pipelines! What is that?”
McKenna defended herself in an evening news conference, arguing it’s easy to be divisive but difficult to continue battling for progress on climate change in a country dependent on resource industries.
“I’m not a quitter. Resigning is easy. It’s really hard to do what we’re doing. This is a long-term transition to a cleaner future.”
“I’m going to stay in this job as long as the prime minister keeps me here.”
Meanwhile, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, said little in public during the meeting.
After the gathering, he said in an interview with The Canadian Press that the administration of President Donald Trump continues to be opposed to the Paris agreement.
“The Paris accord we didn’t think was fair to the United States, but we are taking a serious look at our carbon emissions,” he said.
Regarding climate change itself, Wheeler said: “I believe climate change is real. I believe that man has an impact on it. It’s still a question to what extent and what we can do about it.”
Wheeler said the United States is taking a “different approach” than its G7 counterparts, but still is looking to reduce carbon and can talk about other environmental issues with the gathered G7 ministers and invited nations.
He also defended the Trump administration’s support of the coal industry in the United States, despite the high levels of greenhouse gas emissions from burning coal.
“Worldwide coal usage is going to go up. China is increasing, India is increasing. Worldwide coal usage is going to go up, and what we want to make sure is we’re producing the cleaner technologies for export to other countries,” said Wheeler.
When McKenna was asked about the challenge of working with the Americans she responded that discussions had been productive and “frank.”
“The United States has taken a different position on the Paris agreement. That’s well known,” she said.
She added that the delegates were still able to discuss how to reduce harmful emissions in the air and what “adaptation” is needed to prepare for the flooding, storms and rising sea levels already occurring due to climate change.
In the afternoon session on adaptation to climate change, the environment minister for Jamaica spoke of how challenging climate change is for Caribbean nations that face the rising violence of extreme storms.
Daryl Vaz told the G7 ministers that his nation has seen 14 hurricanes in a decade, along with 12 tropical storms.
“We only have to look at hurricane activity to see ... climate change is effectively normalizing the abnormal,” he said during his presentation.
Jamaica’s efforts to develop economically may be derailed by climate change, with 70 per cent of his island’s population in coastal areas, said the minister.
He told the delegates that billions in investment is needed for the preservation of natural areas that help stabilize the coast, including mangroves in the intertidal zones.
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Rereading
Barbara Pym's Excellent Women: 'One of the 20th century’s most amusing novels'
She wrote about worlds of genteel poverty and longing with great warmth and wit. Excellent Women is one of the 20th century’s most endearing and amusing novels, writes Alexander McCall Smith
Fri 4 Apr 2008 19.15 EDT First published on Fri 4 Apr 2008 19.15 EDT
Barbara Pym, pictured at home in Oxfordshire in 1979. Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty Images
James Thurber, remarking on the difference between English and American humour, said that whereas the latter consists of making the extraordinary seem ordinary, the former turns on transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. Readers of Jane Austen will perhaps agree, as will those who enjoy EF Benson’s timeless Mapp and Lucia novels. Barbara Pym belongs in this company. Indeed she more than the others illustrates Thurber’s point about English humour - it delights in tiny little things; and by that standard, Excellent Women stands as one of the most endearingly amusing English novels of the 20th century.
Like Jane Austen, Pym painted her pictures on a small square of ivory, and covered much the same territory as did her better-known predecessor: the details of smallish lives led to places that could only be in England. Neither used a megaphone; neither said much about the great issues of their time. In Excellent Women the reader is made aware of the fact that, not long before, there had been a war, but what that war was about is not touched upon. With Jane Austen, the fact that a major war was raging hardly impinges upon the consciousness of the characters. And yet although Pym’s novels are about as far away as possible from engagement with the great political and social issues, they are powerful reminders that one of the great and proper concerns of literature is that motley cluster of small concerns that makes up our day-to-day lives. This is what gives her novels their permanent appeal.
We fill our lives with small things, and they become immensely important to us. Barbara Pym understands that
Excellent Women was Pym’s second published novel, and in the view of many it is her best. She had written her first book, Young Men in Fancy Dress, at the age of 16. The wonderful title perhaps gave a hint of what was to come. Men, young and otherwise, were to form a major focal point of her writing; men, wryly and sometimes wistfully observed by a single female character, bring both excitement and disappointment - and mostly the latter - to the heroines of all her books. Excellent Women is as much about men as it is about women; the excellent women who populate this novel are excellent because they have been described as such by men.
The first novel Barbara Pym wrote as an adult, Some Tame Gazelle, was initially turned down by a number of publishers. Few novelists have the good fortune of their work being accepted by the first publisher to whom they show it. Many, no doubt, are sufficiently discouraged by initial rejection to give up there and then. Pym did not, and eventually, in 1950, Some Tame Gazelle saw the light of day. Two years later, Excellent Women was accepted for publication. Over the next 11 years Pym continued to write her highly individual, small-scale novels, each of them a little gem. Her reputation grew, although she remained a modest writer, working in a rather dull job at the International African Institute, a setting which provided her with considerable inspiration for some of her novels.
Then, in 1963, disaster struck. She sent off the manuscript of her new novel, An Unsuitable Attachment, to Jonathan Cape, her usual publisher, who rejected it. There are various possible reasons, but the explanation that the author herself chose was that her writing - and the world it portrayed - was considered old-fashioned. That has the ring of truth about it: even if the 1960s were years of intellectual experiment and rapid social change, they were also years of some shallowness and silliness. Of course Pym would be considered old-fashioned in the decade of flower power and drugs, and publishers, like anyone else, might have been carried away by the heady atmosphere of the times. But the fact remains: this unfortunate pursuit of the zeitgeist, along with the numerous rejections that followed, silenced an important author for some 14 years. She continued to write, but not as much as she might have done had her manuscripts been published.
The long-overdue rectification came in 1977, with the famous championing of her books by Philip Larkin and David Cecil in the Times Literary Supplement. Now at last she was given her due, and was showered with invitations and expressions of interest from those who had previously ignored her. How satisfying it must have been, if not to her, then at least to her friends. What wonderful embarrassment for those who believed that an unmitigated diet of gritty social realism, graphically described sexual couplings and sadistic violence was what readers really wanted - and all they should get. The entire time the reading public, or quite a large section of it, was really yearning for the small-scale delights, the beautiful self-deprecating humour and the brilliant miniaturisation of Pym’s novels. It was the same in children’s literature: what children were being given was an offering of improving, pious and very dull tales; what they actually wanted to read was adventure and excitement and, believe it or not, boarding school stories. Eventually Miss Rowling was allowed to give them that.
There has been no diminution of Pym’s reputation after her death; indeed it has been steadily enhanced. An indication of this is the fact that she has become an adjective, the finest compliment that posterity can pay any writer. There are very few novelists to whom this has happened - Graham Greene notably became not only an adjective but also a territory, Greeneland, a land of seedy hotels and forgotten colonial corners. It also happened to Hemingway - a life described as Hemingwayesque is one filled with bullfighting, hunting, and deep-sea fishing. To say that a moment is “very Barbara Pym” is to say that it is a self-observed, poignant acceptance of the modesty of one’s circumstances, of one’s peripheral position. Such a moment also occurs when one realises that for those whom one is observing, one will never be an object of love. Tolerant affection, perhaps, but never deep, passionate love. Indeed, one is not really entitled to expect such an emotion, although it is ennobling, some say, to observe it in others.
The world portrayed in Excellent Women is one of shortages and genteel drabness. It is not a world of real poverty - that is not Pym’s territory. The characters have all known better days in one way or another: they come from a vicarage background but are now in shared accommodation; they appreciate better fare than the tinned food they eke out; their lives might have had more light in them. Is this a world that the contemporary reader can recognise? I think it is. Certainly London is a very different city from the city described in this novel. It is more cosmopolitan and dangerous, more alienated from its hinterland than ever before, but it is still recognisable in this book. And Excellent Women transcends its particular historical setting, as do all of the Pym novels, because it says something about human aspirations that is as true today as it was when it was written: we all have our hopes; we are all, to an extent, and unless we are very lucky, unfulfilled in some parts of our life; we would all like things to be just a little bit better for us.
That world of vague longing is described in this novel in a way which not only shows us the poignancy of such hopes, but allows us to smile at them. One does not laugh out loud while reading Pym; that would be too much. One smiles. One smiles and puts down the book to enjoy the smile. Then one picks it up again and a few minutes later an unexpected observation on human foibles makes one smile again.
It is these asides, I think, that make Excellent Women so beguiling. The plot itself is not without interest, but it is the narrator’s comments on her world and on the scraps of pleasure it allows her that are so utterly engaging; as where Mildred says, right at the beginning: “ ‘I have to share a bathroom,’ I had so often murmured, almost with shame, as if I personally had been found unworthy of a bathroom of my own.” To be found unworthy of having one’s own bathroom is such an unexpected notion, but it is amusing because it is a cri de coeur of frustrated ambition, of a desire to be something that fate will clearly never allow one to be.
We all want to be happy- we all want a bathroom of our own - but this happiness, for an awful lot of us, is elusive. We fill our lives with small things, and they become immensely important to us. Barbara Pym understands that, and in celebrating these little things so vividly, she helps us, I think, to be more sympathetic to others. If it is a mark of a great novel that it should help us to feel for others, that it should touch our human capacity for sympathy in an important way, then Excellent Women, a novel that on one level is about very little, is a great novel about a great deal.
· Excellent Women will be reissued next month as a Virago Modern Classic. To order a copy for £5.99 with free UK p&p call Guardian book service on 0870 836 0875 or go to theguardian.com/bookshop
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Pakistan's Swat dream turns into a nightmare
Simon Tisdall
The Taliban has failed to keep its side of the bargain in the Swat Valley – and Pakistan is facing criticism at home and abroad
Fri 24 Apr 2009 10.03 EDT First published on Fri 24 Apr 2009 10.03 EDT
It seemed like a good idea at the time. Rather than endlessly engage in inconclusive, on-off guerrilla warfare with Taliban insurgents, Pakistan's security forces cut a deal. The Islamists would have de facto local administrative control, including implementation of sharia law. In return, they would accept federal government authority, stop fighting, and lay down their arms.
But February's deal in Swat has brought nothing but trouble, as its many domestic and foreign critics predicted. Tales of Taliban outrages against local people, including summary executions and the flogging of women for un-Islamist behaviour, gave the lie to claims that Swat's 1.5 million residents supported the militants' takeover.
It quickly became clear that Taliban leaders would not keep their side of the bargain. No arms were decommissioned; instead local police and judges were hounded out. Speaking from Swat in a nationally televised address last week, Maulana Sufi Muhammad, a senior cleric, said the aim was to create a "complete Islamic system" for the north-west region and ultimately, the entire country.
Specifically, Sufi Muhammad said appeals from sharia courts to state courts would not be allowed, despite earlier undertakings. "All un-Islamic laws and customs will be abolished," he said, making it plain that he and other radicals such as the recently freed Maulana Abdul Aziz regarded Pakistan's western-style democratic constitution as illegitimate. "The Qur'an says supporting an infidel system is a great sin."
Taliban fighters are now increasingly using Swat as a base from which to extend their control, moving in force into Buner and Shangla districts and deploying ever closer to the capital, Islamabad. Paramilitary troops sent to Buner were repulsed with casualties this week. A Taliban withdrawal, announced today, is likely to be both tactical and temporary.
Pakistan's president, Asif Ali Zardari, and his ministers now face a growing storm of criticism over an alleged abdication of leadership in North-West Frontier province and neighbouring Fata, the federally administered tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. But they continue to defend the Swat deal, arguing it may yet work, that it was their only viable option, and that it is similar to local alliances forged by the US in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Maleeha Lodhi, a former senior Pakistan diplomat in London and Washington, said the pact was a disaster in both local security and human rights terms. But its wider ramifications were more troubling still.
"First and foremost it represents a retreat from Jinnah's Pakistan," she said in a recent commentary, referring to the country's founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. "It is the very antithesis of [his] visions and ideals, the core of which were a modern, unified Muslim state, not one fragmented along obscurantist and sectarian lines."
Lodhi said the deal betrayed the people of Swat and could mark a turning point in Pakistan's struggle against extremism. "Rattled by more aggressive actions by militants, the political and security establishments caved in to the challenge ... The deal signalled weakness and bankruptcy on the part of the ruling elite that [has] chosen appeasement."
Some analysts suggest the government is biding its time, waiting for the Islamists to over-reach – and that when it is plain to the public that they cannot be trusted or reasoned with, Islamabad will send the army to crush them. But others detect a lack of political will, a deep-set ambiguity about confronting groups that have served Pakistan's purposes in the past in Afghanistan and Kashmir, and also, perhaps, a failure of nerve.
An increasingly harsh view is being taken in Washington, where Richard Holbrooke, Barack Obama's special representative, admitted this week that more attention was now focused on Pakistan than on the war in Afghanistan. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton, defence secretary Robert Gates, and the White House have all urged Zardari to get tough.
US officials worry further that the militants' influence is spreading into the heartlands of Punjab, and that the Pashtun Taliban and their Arab jihadi associates are forming alliances with Punjabi extremists, such as Lashkar-e-Taiba, implicated in the attack on Sri Lanka's cricketers in Lahore in March.
But the biggest western worry is that fracturing political authority and rising militancy in Pakistan will fatally undermine the linked war against the Taliban and al-Qaida in Afghanistan. Anger at US policy in general and at US aerial raids into north-western Pakistan, and potentially into Baluchistan in the south, have contributed mightily to this spreading, shared instability.
Now the Swat debacle is bringing the nightmare of an escalating, widening, simultaneous two-country war steadily closer. For the US, Britain and their allies, the looming spectre is not one failed state but two.
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British GP: Hamilton aims to bounce back with sixth home win
Lewis Hamilton is aiming to bounce back from a rare weekend of disappointment by winning his home British Grand Prix for a record sixth time this weekend -- and in front of the biggest crowd at the historic Silverstone circuit in nearly three decades.
After suffering in the heat and rarefied atmosphere of Austria's Styrian Alps, where he finished a hot-and-bothered fifth two weeks ago, the defending world champion and his Mercedes team are expected to revel in the gentler undulations and wider mix of corners in cooler conditions in central England.
A sixth victory overall and fifth in six years at a track he loves would also be his seventh in 10 races this year and extend his 31-point lead ahead of team-mate Valtteri Bottas in the drivers' championship.
"This is the race that has become the most anticipated event of the season for me and it is the weekend I always enjoy the most," said Hamilton, who was quick to celebrate Wednesday's confirmation of a new five-year contract that will keep the British Grand Prix on the Formula One calendar until 2024.
"Having the support of your country concentrated into one weekend really makes for the most incredible few days. It is difficult to count what you gain from all that positivity -- everyone's energy is priceless."
If he wins, Hamilton will move clear of fellow Briton Jim Clark and Frenchman Alain Prost, with whom he shares the current record of five wins.
After suffering their first defeat after an unprecedented run of eight victories, Mercedes are keen to restore their supremacy in the team's home event -- both the car and engine factories are based close to Silverstone.
'Mercedes 'in good shape'
"The high temperatures in Austria exposed our vulnerability and meant we could not challenge to win," said team boss Toto Wolff.
"But, fortunately, the English summer is known for more moderate temperatures so cooling should not be such a major issue.
"We've had some of our best performances this year on tracks with a wide range of corner speeds so, on paper, we should be in relatively good form."
His Ferrari counterpart Mattia Binotto played down their chances of a repeat of Sebastian Vettel's triumph last year, despite their stronger showing in Austria where Charles Leclerc finished second from pole behind the triumphant Max Verstappen of Red Bull.
Four-time world champion Vettel has gone 17 races since last August without a win and lies 76 points adrift of Hamilton in the title race.
Victory in Austria lifted Verstappen ahead of the German and he and Red Bull, based at nearby Milton Keynes, with big local home support, may also be a major threat to Hamilton's home-coming dream after flying in from Los Angeles.
"Max has been the best in the world, arguably, over the last 12 months," said his team boss Christian Horner. "He is the coming man. This sport is crying out for more drivers like Max."
Beyond the top three teams, McLaren will seek to make an impression notably after confirming an unchanged driver line-up, including British rookie Lando Norris, 19, for next year.
Silverstone officials believe the allure of the drivers and an encouraging weather forecast will result in the biggest attendance since the days of 'Mansell-mania' in the early 1990s.
Last year's race-day crowd of 140 500 was the biggest of the season and Silverstone boss Stuart Pringle said he expects that to be beaten.
"This is going to be the largest since Mansell brought people here in their droves in 1992," he said.
The Silverstone circuit, once a wartime airfield, hosted the first World Championship Grand Prix in 1950 and, along with Italy, has been an ever-present since.
The Italian race at Monza in September is expected to be re-confirmed for the future while events in Vietnam and the Netherlands are set to be part of a refreshed 21-race calendar in 2020.
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Evans - It felt fantastic
Gaffer delighted with promotion...
Rotherham United boss Steve Evans was understandably delighted with the scenes that followed the 2-0 victory over Aldershot Town.
www.themillers.co.uk stole Evans away from the post-match celebrations to give a quick word on his immediate feelings after sealing promotion.
The Millers boss did his best to compose himself to describe how he felt following the victory that earned his side promotion:
“Fantastic. That’s how it feels. I’d like to thank the chairman and his family for their backing. He’s stuck behind me in some dark days this year, when managers need someone to pick them up and there isn’t anyone to do it. Who picks the manager up at Rotherham United? Tony Stewart does. I’m proud to work for him and I’m proud to lead the team with those supporters because they are just incredible.
Evans also reserved special praise for the men that have represented him both on and off the field this season:
“My biggest thanks must go to my playing staff and the rest of my coaching staff who have been great.
“At half-time it was about trying to inspire them and lift them to remind them what we were playing for. We don’t just play for Rotherham United, we play for a cause. There’s a cause in Rotherham and the cause is the club itself. These people are proud working class people and they deserve the success.”
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Russia Protests Democratic Party's Election Hacking Lawsuit in N.Y. Court
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Russia has filed a complaint in New York insisting that a U.S. court cannot prosecute it for alleged hacking during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, according to court filings.
The Democratic Party sued the Russian government, U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign and WikiLeaks in April, saying that they had carried out a wide-ranging conspiracy to influence the 2016 election. The party alleges that top Trump campaign officials conspired with the Russian government and its military spy agency to hurt Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and tilt the election in Trump’s favor by hacking Democratic Party computers. The lawsuit alleges that Trump's campaign "gleefully welcomed Russia's help" in the election.
Democratic Party Sues Russia, Trump Campaign for Allegedly Disrupting 2016 Election
In last week’s filing to a court in New York, the Russian Justice Ministry argued that it is immune from prosecution under a 1976 U.S. law governing when foreign governments may be sued in American courts.
“The FSIA [Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act] provides that foreign sovereign States enjoy absolute jurisdictional immunity from suit unless a plaintiff can demonstrate that one of the FSIA’s enumerated ‘exceptions’ applies,” the filing states.
“The DNC’s [Democratic Party Committee’s] allegations regarding a purported ‘military attack’ by ‘Russia’s military intelligence agency’ do not fall within any of the FSIA’s enumerated exceptions to the Russian Federation’s sovereign immunity,” it added.
Russia urged the U.S. District Court to dismiss the DNC’s claims and turned the tables on the U.S., calling it “the most prolific practitioner of cyberattacks and cyber-intrusions on the planet.”
New York’s Southern District court in Manhattan will likely dismiss the DNC lawsuit, Moscow’s Higher School of Economics law professor Gleb Bogush told the Kommersant business daily.
“Such a claim in any country is an extraordinary step that leads to the disruption of relations,” he was quoted as saying.
Levon Grigoryan, a lawyer at the Moscow-based Tarlo & Partners law firm, speculated that individual defendants in the lawsuit could face charges under “normal rules of jurisdiction.”
“The trial could drag on for years, but it could end before a judgment on the merits if it loses political relevance, for example, if Trump is no longer president,” he was cited as saying by Kommersant.
Reuters contributed reporting to this article.
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The series begins in U.C. 0001, at the very beginning of human space colonization, when a space colony called Laplace is destroyed during a ceremony hosted by the Federation's Prime Minister ushering in the Universal Century dating system. The main story takes place in UC 0096, sixteen years after the end of the One Year War, three years after the events of Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, and 27 years before Mobile Suit Gundam F91.
The story revolves around Banagher Links, a seemingly normal boy living and going to school in the space colonies. His life changes one day when he meets a girl named Audrey Burne, as the encounter brings him into contact with a new Gundam and its connections to an item called "Laplace's Box."
Hajime Yatate
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Harutoshi Fukui
Series Cast
Yuko Kaida
Marida Cruz (voice)
Hiroki Touchi
Daguza Mackle (voice)
Takayuki Sugo
Cardeas Vist (voice)
Ayumi Fujimura
Mineva Lao Zabi / Audrey Burne (voice)
Watts Stepny (voice)
2010 | 7 Episodes
Season 1 of Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn premiered on February 20, 2010.
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SPECTACULARS
MUSIC AND LIGHT....
ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH
Theo Cox is a lighting designer based in London and Sydney. He has illuminated a uniquely diverse range of shows and events, many televised, including large scale spectaculars, tours, concerts, award shows and multimedia events.
During his 25 year career, he has lit numerous performances by an eclectic mix of artistes including The Rolling Stones, Jamiroquai, Kasabian, New Order, Shirley Bassey and Kylie. Recently he has designed the lighting for an elaborate theatrical 'in-the-round' touring arena show for Japanese superstar Yumi Matsutoya.
Theo was lighting, video and creative director for international artist Seal, designing for his tours and concerts from 2012 until 2018, including Rock In Rio.
He has also designed the lighting for a wide range of high profile outdoor events such as the royal opening of the Kuwait Al Shaheed Park, the Festival of Light at the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpa and Qatar National Day city-wide illumination of Doha. Unusual events have included a cultural showcase in Khartoum broadcast to all of Africa, and the Taj Mahal Hotel 100th Anniversary celebrations in Mumbai. Large scale outdoor multimedia installations have included 'Symbio' at Ocean Park in Hong Kong, Celebration City in Missouri, The Monkey King at Tang Park in Xian, and another enormous project in China at Liaocheng.
Awards shows Theo has designed have included the L'Oreal Colour Trophy, Smirnoff International Fashion Awards, Digital Music Awards and the BBC Teen Awards
Theo is also a highly skilled programmer, having programmed and operated thousands of shows, many for TV series such as the BBC's 'Top of The Pops', and 'The Graham Norton Show', as well as one-off TV specials for artistes including Robbie Williams & Justin Bieber. He is an experienced programmer on large scale televised events and awards shows, having worked on the Eurovision Song Contest, numerous MTV Awards in Europe and Asia, and recurrently on the Brit Awards in London.
View Theo's CV resume here
Theo Cox Ltd is registered in the UK - CRN 7998096
Theo Cox Lighting Design is registered in Australia - ABN 61630966161
CONCERTS AND TOURS
MULTI-MEDIA SPECTACULARS
THEMED ENVIRONMENTS
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ABOUT THEO COX
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Writers’ Guild Awards to include musical theatre prize for first time
The new musical theatre bookwriting prize joins 14 existing categories at the Writers' Guild Awards. Photo: Shutterstock
by Georgia Snow - Sep 5, 2018
A new accolade for musical theatre book writers will be incorporated into the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain’s annual awards from next year.
The musical theatre bookwriting award joins 14 existing categories at the Writers’ Guild ceremony.
They include TV, film, comedy, radio and video games, as well as a theatre prize. However, this is the first time musical theatre writing will be honoured as part of the awards.
Musicals writer Jenifer Toksvig, who is also co-chair of the Writers’ Guild’s theatre committee, said: “We are delighted to announce this new award for the crucial and often under-acknowledged craft of musical theatre bookwriting.
“We’re excited to see a broad range of nominations in style and form, and can’t wait to get reading.”
Nominations for the musical theatre category are open until October 26, 2018. Writers must be British citizens or residents to qualify, with their work having been first produced between October 1, 2017 and September 29, 2018.
The 2019 awards will take place on January 14, 2019 in London.
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Insys Therapeutics Reports Fourth Quarter And Year End 2016 Results
PHOENIX, April 03, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Insys Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:INSY) ("Insys" or "the Company") today announced financial results for the three- and twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2016.
Highlights of and subsequent to the fourth quarter of 2016 include:
Total net revenue decreased to $54.9 million, compared to $93.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2015;
Net loss was $3.7 million, or $(0.05) per basic and diluted share, compared to net income of $18.1 million, or $0.25 per basic and $0.24 diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2015;
Cash, cash equivalents and investments were $236.7 million as of December 31, 2016;
Announced that the Company is providing for the use of Cannabidiol Oral Solution at doses up to 40 mg/kg/day in compassionate use studies in subjects with refractory pediatric epilepsy following completion of 48 weeks of treatment in the ongoing long-term safety study;
Targeting an NDA filing by end-2017 for Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray for the treatment of moderate to acute pain;
The DEA issued an interim final rule that would result in Syndros™ (dronabinol oral solution) being placed in Schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act;
Saeed Motahari will become President and Chief Executive Officer and be appointed to the Board of Directors, effective April 17, 2017; and
For the first quarter of 2017, the Company experienced an approximate 32% decline in Subsys scripts as compared the fourth quarter of 2016. As a result, Insys anticipates a commensurate impact on net revenue for the first quarter of 2017.
"During 2016 we continued to make progress in our product pipeline across both our sublingual and cannabidiol platforms, and expect to advance our pipeline candidates in 2017. With recent clarity on the scheduling of Syndros, we are targeting a launch in the second half of 2017 and believe the differentiating attributes of this product will provide an important new treatment option for prescribers and patients," said Dr. Santosh Vetticaden, Interim Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Medical Officer of Insys.
Net revenue for the fourth quarter of 2016 was $54.9 million compared to $93.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2015.
Gross margin was 82% for the fourth quarter of 2016 compared with 93% for the fourth quarter of 2015, which was impacted by a $5.8 million charge for excess and obsolete inventory.
Sales and marketing expense was $13.5 million during the fourth quarter of 2016, or 25% of net revenue, compared to $18.5 million, or 20% of net revenue, for the fourth quarter of 2015.
Research and development expense decreased to $15.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2016, compared to $16.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2015.
General and administrative expense decreased to $15.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2016, compared to $21.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2015. Insys recorded a $3.9 million charge related to litigation award and government settlements during the fourth quarter of 2016.
Income tax expense was $0.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2016.
Net loss for the fourth quarter of 2016 was $3.7 million, or $(0.05) per basic and per diluted share, compared to net income of $18.2 million, or $0.25 per basic and $0.24 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2015. Non-GAAP adjusted net income for the fourth quarter of 2016 was $2.1 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, compared to non-GAAP adjusted net income of $32.1 million, or $0.42 per diluted share, in the prior year quarter. The reconciliation of net income to non-GAAP adjusted net income is included at the end of this press release.
2016 Financial Results
Net revenue for the year ended December 31, 2016 was $242.3 million compared to $330.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2015, a decrease of 26.7%.
Gross margin for 2016 was 90%, compared with 91% for 2015.
Sales and marketing expense was $69.7 million during 2016, or 29% of net revenue, compared to $80.7 million, or 25% of net revenue, for 2015.
Research and development expense increased to $73.9 million for 2016, or 31% of net revenue, compared to $56.8 million, or 17% of revenue, for 2015, mainly as a result of Insys' continued pipeline development investments during 2016.
General and administrative expense decreased to $62.1 million for 2016, or 26% of net revenue, compared to $63.0 million, or 19% of net revenue, for 2015. Insys recorded a $3.9 million charge related to litigation award and government settlements during 2016.
Income tax expense was $0.8 million for 2016.
Net income for 2016 was $7.6 million, or $0.11 per basic and $0.10 per diluted share, compared to net income of $58.1 million, or $0.81 per basic and $0.77 per diluted share, for 2015. Non-GAAP adjusted net income, which adjusts for non-cash stock compensation expense and non-cash income tax expense, was $27.9 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, compared to $105.0 million, or $1.39 per diluted share, in the prior year. The reconciliation of net income to Non-GAAP adjusted net income is included at the end of this press release.
The Company had $236.7 million in cash, cash equivalents, and short-term and long-term investments, no debt, and $269.6 million in stockholders' equity as of December 31, 2016.
Insys management will not hold a conference call for the fourth quarter and full year 2017.
The Company intends to host a conference call for the first quarter of 2017.
About Insys
Insys Therapeutics is a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes innovative drugs and novel drug delivery systems of therapeutic molecules that improve the quality of life of patients. Using proprietary sublingual spray technology and capabilities to develop pharmaceutical cannabinoids, Insys is developing a pipeline of products intending to address unmet medical needs and the clinical shortcomings of existing commercial products. Insys currently markets one product, SUBSYS® (fentanyl sublingual spray) but has received approval for the marketing of SYNDROS™ (dronabinol oral solution), a proprietary, orally administered liquid formulation of dronabinol that Insys believes has distinct advantages over the current formulation of dronabinol in soft gel capsule. Insys is committed to developing medications for potentially treating addiction to opioids, opioid overdose, epilepsy, and other disease areas with high unmet need.
SUBSYS® and SYNDROS™ are trademarks of Insys Development Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Insys Therapeutics, Inc.
This press release contains forward-looking statements including regarding our (i) plans to target an NDA filing by end-2017 for Buprenorphine Sublingual Spray for the treatment of moderate to acute pain, (ii) our expectations to advance our pipeline candidates in 2017, (iii) our expectations regarding Q1 script decline and expected commensurate impact on Q1 revenue, (iv) our belief that the differentiating attributes of Syndros™ will provide an important new treatment option for prescribers and patient and that Syndros™ has distinct advantages over the current formulation of dronabinol in soft gel capsule, and (v) our belief that our non-GAAP measures can be a meaningful indicator to both our management and investors. These forward-looking statements are based on management's expectations and assumptions as of the date of this press release; actual results may differ materially from those in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, many of which are beyond our control. These factors include, but are not limited to risk factors described in our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including those factors discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and subsequent updates that may occur in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise these statements, except as may be required by law.
In addition to reporting all financial information required in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the Company is also reporting Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted net income and Adjusted net income per diluted share, which are non-GAAP financial measures. Since Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted net income and Adjusted net income per diluted share are not GAAP financial measures, they should not be used in isolation or as a substitute for consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) and cash flow data prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the Company's definitions of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted net income and Adjusted net income per diluted share may not be comparable to similarly titled non-GAAP financial measures reported by other companies. For a full reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted net income to GAAP net income, please see the attachments to this earnings release.
Adjusted EBITDA, as defined by the Company, is calculated as follows:
Net income, plus:
Interest income (expense), net;
The recorded provision for income taxes;
Depreciation and amortization; and
Non-cash expenses, such as stock compensation expense and accrual for expected litigation judgment and government settlements.
The Company believes that Adjusted EBITDA can be a meaningful indicator, to both Company management and investors, of the past and expected ongoing operating performance of the Company. EBITDA is a commonly used and widely accepted measure of financial performance. Adjusted EBITDA is deemed by the Company to be a useful performance indicator because it includes an add-back of non-cash and non-recurring operating expenses that may be subject to uncontrollable factors not reflective of the Company's true operational performance.
Adjusted net income, as defined by the Company, is calculated as follows:
Non-cash expenses, such as stock compensation expense, non-cash interest, and non-cash other expense (i.e., accrual for expected litigation judgment and government settlements); and
Less an estimated cash tax provision, net of the benefit from utilizing NOL carry-forwards and windfalls from employee stock option exercises.
Adjusted net income per diluted share is equal to Adjusted net income divided by the diluted share count for the applicable period.
The Company believes that Adjusted net income and Adjusted net income per diluted shares are meaningful financial indicators, to both Company management and investors, in that they exclude non-cash income and expense items, as well as other income and expense items that are not expected to recur and therefore are not reflective of continuing operating performance.
While the Company uses Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted net income and Adjusted net income per diluted share in managing and analyzing its business and financial condition and believes these non-GAAP financial measures to be useful to investors in evaluating the Company's performance, each of these financial measures has certain shortcomings. Adjusted EBITDA does not take into account the impact of capital expenditures on either the liquidity or the GAAP financial performance of the Company and likewise omits share-based compensation expenses, which may vary over time and may represent a material portion of overall compensation expense. Adjusted net income does not take into account non-cash expenses that reflect the amortization of past expenditures, or include stock-based compensation, which is an important and material element of the Company's compensation package for its directors, officers and other key employees. As a result of the inherent limitations of each of these non-GAAP financial measures, the Company's management utilizes comparable GAAP financial measures to evaluate the business in conjunction with Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted net income and Adjusted net income per diluted share and encourages investors to do likewise.
— Financial tables follow —
INSYS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS
Net revenue $ 54,860 $ 93,914 $ 242,275 $ 330,323
Cost of revenue 9,805 6,467 25,393 28,854
Gross profit 45,055 87,447 216,882 301,469
Sales and marketing 13,498 18,549 69,651 80,668
Research and development 15,473 16,061 73,913 56,781
General and administrative 15,817 21,837 62,092 62,948
Charges related to litigation award and government settlements 3,900 - 3,900 10,616
Total operating expenses 48,688 56,447 209,556 211,013
Income (loss) from operations (3,633 ) 31,000 7,326 90,456
Other income (expense),net 15 44 59 36
Interest income 277 142 1,039 502
Income (loss) before income taxes (3,341 ) 31,186 8,424 90,994
Income tax expense 311 13,043 834 32,941
Net income (loss) $ (3,652 ) $ 18,143 $ 7,590 $ 58,053
Net income (loss) per common share:
Basic $ (0.05 ) $ 0.25 $ 0.11 $ 0.81
Diluted $ (0.05 ) $ 0.24 $ 0.10 $ 0.77
Shares used in computing net income per common share:
Basic 71,698,737 72,030,868 71,618,793 71,592,581
Diluted 73,869,081 75,628,450 74,145,918 75,707,651
Percentage of Net revenue:
Net revenue 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 %
Cost of revenue 17.9 % 6.9 % 10.5 % 8.7 %
Gross profit 82.1 % 93.1 % 89.5 % 91.3 %
Sales and marketing 24.6 % 19.8 % 28.7 % 24.4 %
Research and development 28.2 % 17.1 % 30.5 % 17.2 %
General and administrative 28.8 % 23.3 % 25.6 % 19.1 %
Charges related to litigation award and government settlements 7.1 % 0.0 % 1.6 % 3.2 %
Total operating expenses 88.7 % 60.1 % 86.5 % 64.0 %
Income (loss) from operations (6.6 )% 33.0 % 3.0 % 27.4 %
Other income (expense),net 0.0 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 0.0 %
Interest income 0.5 % 0.2 % 0.4 % 0.2 %
Income (loss) before income taxes (6.1 )% 33.2 % 3.5 % 27.5 %
Income tax expense 0.6 % 13.9 % 0.3 % 10.0 %
Net income (loss) (6.7 )% 19.3 % 3.1 % 17.6 %
Cash and cash equivalents $ 104,642 $ 79,515
Inventories 21,743 41,715
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 5,695 3,973
Long-term investments 53,796 43,219
Other non-current assets 71,368 56,015
Total assets $ 356,136 $ 351,285
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Liabilities $ 86,547 $ 98,980
Stockholders' equity 269,589 252,305
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 356,136 $ 351,285
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NON-GAAP ADJUSTED EBITDA
Adjustments to arrive at EBITDA:
Interest (income) (277 ) (142 ) (1,039 ) (502 )
Depreciation and amortization expense 1,715 1,466 6,249 5,291
EBITDA (1,903 ) 32,510 13,634 95,783
Non-cash stock compensation expense 4,118 9,615 21,589 21,882
Adjusted EBITDA $ 6,115 $ 42,125 $ 39,123 $ 128,281
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NON-GAAP ADJUSTED NET INCOME
Adjustments to arrive at Adjusted net income (loss):
Adjusted income before income taxes 4,677 40,801 33,913 123,492
Less: Adjusted income tax provision 2,588 8,669 5,973 18,534
Adjusted net income $ 2,089 $ 32,132 $ 27,940 $ 104,958
Adjusted net income per diluted share $ 0.03 $ 0.42 $ 0.38 $ 1.39
Contact:Lisa M. WilsonPresident, In-Site Communications, Inc. 212-452-2793
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College Baseball: Elon wins series opener in 10, then completes sweep
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Ty Adcock belted a two-run home run in the 10th inning as Elon won 11-9 the opener of a doubleheader with William & Mary in Colonial Athletic Association baseball Saturday.
Adcock (3-1) was also the winning pitcher in relief.
In the second game, George Kirby threw a complete game as Elon won 8-2.
William & Mary (22-16 overall, 5-9 CAA) tied the twinbill’s opening game with two runs in the bottom of the ninth. That came after Tyler Stanley’s run-scoring triple in the top of the inning stretched Elon’s lead to 9-7. The Phoenix (23-16, 12-2) held an 8-4 lead going to the bottom of the seventh.
Elon’s Cam Devanney finished with two doubles and a triple while driving in three runs.
In the second game, Kirby (7-1) allowed one earned run on six hits while striking out 11 without a walk. Nick Cicci went 4-for-5 and Matt Oldham added a go-ahead two-run homer in the fourth. Devanney had his third double of the day. • NORTH CAROLINA STATE 4-8, WAKE FOREST 3-9: At Winston-Salem, Wake Forest won the Atlantic Coast Conference series by splitting the doubleheader at Couch Ballpark.
Shane Muntz, Bobby Seymour and Michael Turconi each homered for Wake Forest in the second game.
N.C. State jumped out to a 7-0 lead after two innings before the Demon Deacons (24-17, 11-10) rallied. Tyler Witt (1-1) picked up the victory while William Fleming earned the save
Cameron Cotter (3-3) took the loss for the Wolfpack (31-10, 13-8).
In the first game, J.T. Jarrett’s solo home run in the seventh inning was the game winner for N.C. State. Nick Swiney (3-0) pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings to close the game, giving up one hit and fanning six Demon Deacons.
Jared Shuster (4-2) took the loss.
• DUKE 5, CLEMSON 3: At Clemson, S.C., Chris Crabtree knocked in two runs with a double and Michael Rothenberg drove in two runs as the visiting Blue Devils won for the second game in a row in the ACC.
Going into today’s series finale, Duke (23-16, 10-10) already has won a series at Clemson for the first time since 1993.
Duke didn’t score until the fifth inning. Jack Carey (2-0) was the winning pitcher with 2 2/3 shutout innings of relief.
Clemson fell to 25-14, 11-9.
• NORTH CAROLINA 8-11, BOSTON COLLEGE 7-10: At Chapel Hill, Michael Busch’s two-out infield dribbler in the 11th inning brought home the winning run in the opener of an ACC doubleheader at Boshamer Stadium.
Both games went 11 innings.
It marked the first time in Tar Heels school history that both games of a doubleheader went to extra innings, based on records stretching back to 1928.
Clemente Inclan’s sacrifice fly with one out in the bottom in the ninth inning provided the tying run in Game 1.
Jack Cunningham slugged a go-ahead three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning for Boston College.
Earlier, Dylan Enwiller and Busch hit back-to-back home runs in the third inning for the Tar Heels.
Joey Lancellotti (2-2) was the winning pitcher with 2 2/3 innings of shutout relief.
North Carolina (29-11, 12-8) won the second game on Aaron Sabato's game-ending double.
Danny Serretti hit a grand slam in the third inning to give the Tar Heels a 6-1 lead. His sacrifice fly in the fourth made it 7-1. He finished with six RBI.
The Eagles (19-21, 7-13) tied the game with two runs in the ninth.
Josh Dotson (3-0) was the winning pitcher.
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Enchanting Slovenia: Exploring Lake Bled
Affordable Travel, Road Warriors, Slovenia, Wildlife & Nature
Lake Bled is a dream.
It’s one of those destinations that you see in a photograph and immediately bump to the top of your bucket list. You may not know what there is to do there or how difficult it is to get there, you just know that after seeing images of this magical place, you must go.
When we planned our month-long itinerary, which was heavily anchored in our time in Croatia, we knew we could easily wrap in Slovenia, a place that had intrigued us for years. Slovenia is a relatively small country, making it easy to explore by car for those that want to delve into its varied landscape. We rented our car in Split with Sixt Car Rental (our international go-to), and took it up through Croatia and across the border in Slovenia. For those curious, the border crossing is a breeze – you don’t even have to get out of your car to handle immigrations. We dedicated four nights to Slovenia, with two nights in the capital (where we did an awesome food tour through Ljubljana), plus two nights on serene Lake Bled, a striking lake scene in the Julian Alps.
Exploring Lake Bled + Bled Island
Through zero strategic efforts on our end, our visit ended up being perfectly timed. We had dealt with two chilly, rainy days in Ljubljana but weather reports were showing sunny days at the lake, which was our biggest hope. Earlier in the month, the alps had received a dusting of snow much earlier than expected, which left us with the most incredible scene: the sparkling lake, 70 degree weather, vibrant greenery, and snow-capped mountains on the periphery. In that moment, it felt like we’d fallen into a fairytale. After our stressful weeks dealing with Hurricane Irma in Anguilla, we needed a place of pure serenity to allow minds to quiet a bit, and Lake Bled fit the bill.
Bled Island is the draw for many. While the lake is naturally beautiful, it’s made a thousand times more spectacular with Bled Island sitting idyllically in the middle, garnished with a picture-perfect church that visitors to the lake can visit. You’ll read mixed reports on this, with many budget-travelers saying that it’s not worth the trek. You’re in the cost of the boat trip (€14 round trip), plus the cost of entry once you’re on the island (€6). To be fair, one of the prettiest things about exploring Lake Bled is the view of the island. When you’re on the island, it’s a different vantage point. But seriously, if you’ve made it to Lake Bled, can you really miss going to the island? Unless the €20 is going to truly change the scope of your trip, spend the money to enjoy a ride along the lake and a visit to this magical little slice of land.
To reach Bled Island, row-boat rentals are available on an hourly basis but unless you’re particularly adept with rowing, you’ll probably opt for the shared wooden boat experience aboard a pletna, a traditional boat native to Bled waters. Boats depart from a variety of points along the lake, with return service from the island taking place in regular intervals, around every thirty minutes or so. You don’t necessarily have to return on the boat you depart with. You’ll pay the requisite €14 fee and receive a ticket, which entitles you to the roundtrip service.
Our boat ride out to the island ended up being a private expedition; just Scott, myself, and our rower, a third generation rower whose family has called Bled home for centuries. Our guide explained to us that all rowers on Lake Bled have to be from Bled. Not just from Slovenia broadly, but from Bled specifically, which keeps this tradition alive for many families during the area’s peak season. Our return ride took place aboard a power boat, which dropped us off at a different point along the lake so we could walk home along the waterfront. To be honest, the roundtrip fare is almost worth it just to spend some time bobbing along the lake and taking in the scenery. We spent 20 minutes or more cruising gently along the water, and it felt like we were dropped into a storybook with the picturesque background, and Bled Castle perched perfectly on the rocky face on the lake’s perimeter.
Then there’s the island itself, a tiny little mound dropped into the middle of the lake, with an idyllic church as the focal point. The Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of Mary is the island’s main attraction. In its current form, the church dates back to the 1600s, but a church has existed on this site since the 9th century. If you’re visiting, ringing the bell to send your wishes to heaven is practically a rite of passage for travelers to the island. We visited in the morning, between 9 and 10AM, and while the island had many visitors already, it wasn’t overrun. While we were in the church, it was just us and another couple.
There’s also a clock tower on the island which is worth visiting, especially if you time it correctly (no pun intended). The clock tower is affiliated with the church, and requires a walk up a number of flights, with each landing area displaying some insight about how the practice of measuring time has evolved. When you reach the top, you’ll get to watch the clock and pendulums at work when the clock chimes throughout the day (honestly, cooler than I’m making it sound). Plus, views from a tower never hurt, right?
Allocate about an hour to the island in total, which provides leisure time to peruse their gift store, which is pretty well stocked with local handicrafts and gifts.
Where to Stay on Lake Bled
We’re boutique hotel lovers, and especially in quaint picturesque places like Lake Bled find that smaller hotels better capture the spirit of the destination. We opted to stay at Vila Istra, a small property perfectly located at the edge of the lake. Our experience was mixed; not nearly as friendly and personal as we would have hoped and the room itself left a bit to be desired, but the location was excellent, and we appreciated being at a smaller property. Surprisingly, there are many large hotels on Lake Bled (75+ rooms), largely clustered together. While many have great feedback and a wealth of amenities available on site, they lack a bit of charm. For smaller options, friends of ours highly recommended Vila Bled, which was the former summer residence of Tito, and others spoke highly of their experience at Hotel Penzion Berc, whose dining is famous in the area. If you’re able, it’s worth splurging on a room with a view – it’s a destination that’s worth it!
Up next, I’ll be sharing 5 things to do on Lake Bled for those curious about how to plan their itinerary for a few days on the lake!
Is Lake Bled on anyone else’s bucket list?
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GREEK GETAWAY: Two Days in Symi
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‘Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown’ Gets Second Season From CNN
New season of "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown" will premiere Sept. 15
Tim Kenneally | May 1, 2013 @ 11:50 AM Last Updated: July 24, 2014 @ 12:58 PM
Anthony Bourdain will be traveling to more far-flung locations for CNN.
The news network has given a second season to the celebrity chef's series "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown," CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker said Wednesday.
The new season, consisting of eight episodes, will premiere Sept. 15.
The maiden season of "Parts Unknown," which premiered April 14, has seen Bourdain visiting Myanmar, Los Angeles' Koreatown and Colombia. The second season will feature Bourdain exploring the food, history and culture of Spain, New Mexico, Israel, Copenhagen, Sicily, Detroit, Tokyo and India.
Also read: Anthony Bourdain Talks About Leap From Travel Channel to CNN
Zucker said "Parts Unknown" has resonated with viewers in a profound way.
“In addition to its runaway ratings success, it is also quite the conversation starter, as anyone who follows social media can attest,” Zucker added.
Also read: Anthony Bourdain's First Novel Heads to the Big Screen
Since its premiere, "Parts Unknown" has averaged 389,000 viewers in CNN's key 25-54 demographic, a year-to-year boost of 440 percent in the Sundays at 9 p.m. timeslot. The series has also averaged 872,000 total viewers, a 122 percent boost over the same period last year in the timeslot.
Anthony Bourdain Talks About Leap From Travel Channel to CNN
By Alexander C. Kaufman | August 6, 2012 @ 6:33 PM
Anthony Bourdain’s First Novel Heads to the Big Screen
By Lucas Shaw | May 18, 2012 @ 10:24 AM
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Suitors queuing up at Servisair
By This Is Money
Updated: 19:00 EDT, 7 March 1999
Servisair, fighting an £85 million hostile bid from Amey, said that at least three other bidders are still in the wings today as it revealed a slide in pre-tax profits from £7 million to £6 million in 1998.
One of the bidders is non-executive director Stephen Walls, backed by venture capitalists Compass Partners. Amey is offering 200p a share; Servisair's price slipped 1p to 211p.
Servisair said that trading in the first two months of the year had exceeded management expectations and that management action taken, particularly at Stansted and Sweden, should start to show through in the second half of this year.
The baggage and passenger handling company said it was reflecting its confidence by increasing the final dividend by 5.6% to 3.75p. This makes a total of 5.5p despite the fall in earnings from 12.4p to 10.4p a share.
Amey claimed that the fall in profits would have been much greater if Servisair had not slashed the amount taken out for profit-related pay and pension contributions in 1998 compared with 1997.
It also asked whether Servisair's failure to make a forecast for 1999 profits meant that it expected them to fall further.
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Mary Dyer, Quaker Martyr in Colonial Massachusetts
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by Jone Johnson Lewis
Jone Johnson Lewis has a Master of Divinity, and is a humanist clergy member and certified transformational coach. She has been involved in the women's movement since the late 1960s.
Mary Dyer was a Quaker martyr in colonial Massachusetts. Her execution, and the religious freedom initiatives taken in memory of that, make her a key figure in American religious freedom history. She was hanged on June 1, 1660.
Mary Dyer Biography
Mary Dyer was born in England in about 1611, where she married William Dyer. They emigrated to the Massachusetts colony in about 1635, the year they joined a Boston church.
Mary Dyer sided with Anne Hutchinson and her mentor and brother-in-law, Rev. John Wheelwright, in the Antinomian controversy, which challenged the doctrine of salvation by works as well as challenging the authority of the church leadership . Mary Dyer lost her franchise in 1637 for her support of their ideas. When Anne Hutchinson was expelled from church membership, Mary Dyer withdrew from the congregation.
Mary Dyer had given birth to a stillborn child the fall before she left the church, and neighbors speculated that that the child had been deformed as divine punishment for her disobedience.
In 1638, William and Mary Dyer moved to Rhode Island, and William helped found Portsmouth. The family thrived.
In 1650, Mary accompanied Roger Williams and John Clarke to England, and William joined her in 1650. She remained in England until 1657 after William returned in 1651. In these years, she became a Quaker, influenced by George Fox.
When Mary Dyer returned to the colony in 1657, she came through Boston, where the Quakers were outlawed. She was arrested and jailed, and her husband's plea led to her release. He had not yet converted, so he was not arrested. Then she went to New Haven, where she was expelled for preaching about Quaker ideas.
In 1659, two English Quakers were jailed for their faith in Boston, and Mary Dyer went to visit them and to bear witness. She was jailed and then banished on September 12. She returned with other Quakers to defy the law, and was arrested and convicted. Two of her comrades, William Robinson, and Marmaduke Stevenson, were hanged, but she received a last-minute reprieve when her son William petitioned for her. Again, she was banished to Rhode Island. She returned to Rhode Island, then traveled to Long Island.
On May 21, 1660, Mary Dyer returned to Massachusetts to again defy the anti-Quaker law and protest the theocracy that could limit Quakers from that territory. She was again convicted. This time, her sentence was carried out the day after her conviction. She was offered her freedom if she would leave and remain out of Massachusetts, and she refused.
On June 1, 1660, Mary Dyer was hanged for refusing to comply with anti-Quaker laws in Massachusetts.
Mary and William Dyer had seven children.
Her death is credited with inspiring Rhode Island's Charter of 1663 granting religious freedom, which is in turn credited with inspiring part of the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution in 1791.
Dyer is now honored with a statue at The State House in Boston.
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The Headwaters Trail System is a paved network of trails that runs along the former Milwaukee Railroad bed through the City of Three Forks to the Missouri Headwaters State Park. Future plans include extending the trail to Manhattan, Montana, and other parts of the Gallatin Valley. The scenic trail provides views of the surrounding mountains and grasslands, winds around ponds and through old growth cottonwood trees, and end on the banks of the Jefferson River. In 2007, it was selected as the Montana Trail of the Year by the State Fish, Wildlife & Parks department. The Headwaters Run is an annual fundraiser, held the fourth Saturday of July. Pre-registration is available at Race Montana.
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Three Forks area Historical Society
HEADWATERS HERITAGE MUSEUM
Headwaters Heritage Museum is one of those rare gems found only by those who get off the beaten path. The museum, formerly the Three Valleys State Bank built in 1910 and now on the National Register of Historic Places, contains thousands of artifacts depicting the area's history.
To highlight but a few exhibits…Montana’s largest brown trout (29.5 pounds), the museum’s mascot “Henslee the Beaver” and possibly the oldest American-made anvil in existence. There are display cases of neighboring towns- Logan and Willow Creek- as well as artifacts of the now extinct Gallatin Cities and Trident. The history of Three Forks begins in Old Town, and this display case details its beginnings.
Upstairs, another excellent exhibit is 571 different types of barbed wire. The offices formerly of doctors, dentists and attorneys are now scenes of earlier days. Three Forks was once a thriving railroad community, and the Milwaukee Railroad station agent's office displays a great assortment of memorabilia of those bygone days. The military room is full of mementos of the men and women of Three Forks who have served their country.
A treasure trove for genealogists and historians, there is an archive of historic photos of the area, obituaries, school yearbooks and a microfilm reader for a good sized collection of the local newspapers (Three Forks Herald, Three Forks News and the Pink Reporter). The museum’s web-site, www.tfhistory.org, has collections of historic data and articles pertaining to the area’s history.
The gift shop holds a variety of books on topics of local history, the Lewis and Clark Expedition and fur trapper era, plus postcards, gifts and souvenirs.
The museum is owned and maintained by the Three Forks Area Historical Society and is open June 1 through September 30. Hours are 9 am to 5 pm daily with extended hours to 8 pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Sunday hours are 11 am to 3 pm. No admission is charged, but donations are appreciated. For more information, call 406-285-4778.
RAILROAD AND TRIDENT HERITAGE CENTER (TRIDENT DEPOT)
A 100 year old Northern Pacific Railroad Depot from Trident was saved from demolition by the Three Forks Area Historical Society in 2011. It was moved to Milwaukee Park at the east entrance to Three Forks and placed near the orange Milwaukee Railroad Caboose Visitor Information Center.
Renovation is underway for the Railroad and Trident Heritage Center that will preserve the railroad history of Three Forks and that of the village of Trident which no longer exists, plus being the new VIC. The predicted completion of this project is late summer of 2018.
Engraved bricks are still available and help fund the renovation project. Brick order forms can be found online. Google Trident Depot Defender, Depot Defender-Headwaters Heritage Museum, then Memorial Bricks…or email museumthreeforks@aol.com.
June 1-Sept 30 9a-5p
(Off season by appointment only)
Email here
Museum website address: www.tfhistory.org
Golf in Three Forks
The Headwater Public Golf Course, built by Three Forks citizens in 1986, is known for water, wildlife and the wondrous mountain views in all directions. One of the few golf courses in Montana open year-round, the course takes full advantage of the area’s mild winters and typical deficiency of snowfall. Don’t be surprised to see golfers out on this course in late December or early January! If the course is bare of snow, and the temp is 40-degrees or better, this course is open.
For more infomation visit Headwaters Golf
Pogreba Field Airport
The Three Forks Airport is a public use airport owned by Gallatin County, and located just one mile southeast of downtown Three Forks. It is known as Pogreba Field, named for our own Missing in Action pilot Cpt. Dean Pogreba of Three Forks, whose plane went missing during the Vietnam War. As taken from an excerpt in the book Pogie 105 by the widow of Pogreba, Maxine writes, “In 1971 former U.S. Marine fighter pilot and Dean’s protégé, Bill Fairhurst, then mayor of Three Forks, spearheaded an effort to name the local airport after Dean. Although still listed MIA, Dean has been promoted to Colonel as he was still considered ‘active duty.’ Mayor Fairhurst had long admired Dean as a friend and fellow pilot. The airport was dedicated as Pogreba Field on May 22, 1971. In 1995 a permanent granite memorial and flagpole were also dedicated at Fairhurst’s urging.” Pogreba Field covers an area of 160 acres (65 ha) at an elevation of 4,089 feet (1,246 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 2/20 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,100 by 60 feet (1,554 x 18 m).
The airport hosts the state's oldest fly-in every August. The airport has a fully operational skydiving drop zone, one of only two in the state. To learn more visit their website at http://www.skydivebozeman.com/
The airport also has two glider clubs on the field, offering scenic rides and glider instruction, and one of the only ground launching systems for gliders in the U.S.
Bring your fly-fishing gear. Fishing the headwaters of the Missouri River near Three Forks provides sports persons with hundreds of miles of accessible blue-ribbon trout fishing. The Madison, Gallatin, Jefferson, and Missouri rivers are among the world's most famous trout waters. Within Three Forks City limits, the Three Forks ponds are great for canoeing, kayaking and children’s fishing. You may access the Headwaters Trail System from anywhere in town for a short 1-mile walk to the ponds. There are also dozens of fishing access sites nearby. With a snow-capped mountainous background, fishing these clear waters captures many a fisherman’s attention. The area offers views of a multitude of wildlife including great blue herons, sand hill cranes, red-tailed hawks, golden and bald eagles, river otters, beaver, mink, Canadian geese, whitetail and mule deer, elk, and the occasional moose highlight the panorama. All non-residents 15 years and older are required to obtain a fishing license. A valid licensed adult must accompany anyone under 15 years of age. Nearby Fish, Wildlife & Parks fishing access points include Blackbird, Droulliard, Williams Bridge, Sappington, Cobblestone, Grey Cliff, Black’s Ford, Logan Bridge, Fairweather, Milwaukee and the Missouri Headwaters State Park.
For detailed information on each site, please visit Montana Fishing
Headwaters State Park
Located just 4 miles from the city limits, and accessible via the Headwaters Trail System you can camp where Lewis and Clark stayed in 1805. This park encompasses the confluence of the Jefferson, Madison and Gallatin Rivers.
For more information visit Missouri Headwaters
Buffalo Jump State Park
See one of the largest buffalo jump sites in the country! Just a short drive away from city limits, take a picnic and hike to the top of the buffalo jump for impressive views of the Madison River Valley. Situated on the edge of a broad valley carved by the Madison River, this high limestone cliff was used by Native Americans for 2,000 years – ending as recently as 200 years ago. Native people stampeded vast herds of bison off this massive semicircular cliff, using them for food, clothing, shelter and provisions.
For more information visit Madison Buffalo Jump
lewis & clark caverns state park
Camp, hike and experience amazing geologic wonders at Montana's first and best-known state park showcase of one of the most highly decorated limestone caverns in the Northwest.
for more information visit Lewis & Clark Caverns
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University of Minnesota plans honorary degree for Prince
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A posthumous honorary degree from the University of Minnesota is in the works for music legend Prince.
The university's regents are set to vote Friday on bestowing an honorary degree from the College of Liberal Arts to Prince Rogers Nelson, who made his home in Minnesota.
University president, Eric Kaler, said in a statement that the process for awarding the degree to Prince began even before his April 21 death. Kaler says an honorary degree is awarded to an individual who has "achieved acknowledged eminence in cultural affairs, in public service, or in a field of knowledge and scholarship."
He says Prince's life and contributions in each of those categories is celebrated by people around the world.
Prince died from an accidental overdose of the narcotic painkiller fentanyl.
This story has been corrected to show the university's president is Eric Kaler, not Kahler.
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TV News Roundup: 'Y&R' Ratings Skyrocket, Aidy Bryant and Megan Fox Get Their Own Shows
Jessica Napoli April 24, 2018 5:30 pm
ALL YOUR MUST-KNOW TUESDAY TV NEWS:
A Bump in Ratings
Neil Winters (Kristoff St. John) made his return to The Young and the Restless, and the soap opera's audience numbers spiked to 4.57 million viewers. In October, St. John took some time off of work to concentrate on his mental health after his son committed suicide.
Her Own Show
Aidy Bryant is developing and starring in a new comedy in development with Hulu based on the book, Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman, by comedian and blogger Lindy West. Also attached to the project are SNL creator/producer Lorne Michaels and actress/director Elizabeth Banks.
Triple Threats
Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis will be joined by @EllenPage (playing Linney's daughter!) in Netflix's continuation of the beloved "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City," coming in 2019. pic.twitter.com/9txclJtT0S
— Netflix US (@netflix) April 24, 2018
Ellen Page has joined the cast of the Netflix revival of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City. Already attached to the project are Olympia Dukakis and Laura Linney, who are reprising their respective original roles of Anna Madrigal and Mary Ann Singleton. Page will play Linney's daughter, Shawna.
The 10-episode limited series will begin production in late 2018 and is due to debut in Spring 2019.
Lauren Morelli (Orange is the New Black) is set to serve as showrunner and one of the writers on the series.
Reexamining history
Megan Fox has landed her own four-episode, hourlong series on Travel Channel, tentatively titled Mysteries and Myths with Megan Fox, where she'll serve as host, co-creator, and producer.
The actress is "embarking on an epic and personal journey across the globe where archaeologists and experts will reexamine history, asking tough questions and challenging the conventional wisdom that has existed for centuries. The series will delve into some of the greatest mysteries of time, including whether Amazon women really did exist or if the Trojan War was real," according to a press release.
Production will begin in June, with the series slated to debut late 2018.
Catherine Bach to Return as Anita Lawson on 'Young and the Restless'
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ISPs in India Reportedly Blocking Access to Reddit
No reason has been specified as of yet for the blacklisting of the popular website.
By Rebecca Duff 15 Mar 2019 16:50 GMT
UPDATE, April 4 2019: According to a recent report from Indian news agency IANS, users in Delhi, Pune, and Mumbai are now able to open, log into and create new accounts on Reddit and Telegram.
On Thursday 14 March reports began to emerge from internet users in India claiming they were no longer able to access content aggregation site Reddit. This isn’t due to a server outage or similar technical issue, but several social media posts suggest that telecoms providers and ISPs are in fact blocking the site.
MediaNama, an Indian digital news site, reported that companies such as Vodafone and Jio are currently blocking access, as are ISPs like YOU Broadband, Spectranet, and Jio Gigafiber.
When users try to visit Reddit they receive an error message telling them the connection has timed out due to the server taking too long to respond. It then advises them to try again in a few moments, or alternatively check their device’s data or WiFi connection.
Reddit has become increasingly popular in India as a way of accessing and sharing information, especially since the government has started ramping up its digital censorship regime. This block just shows that ISPs have begun adopting even more aggressive measures in an attempt to try and control the country’s cyberspace.
None of the CSPs or ISPs have specified any reason for the sudden block, although Reddit users speculate that it’s due to the upcoming elections in the country. Some theorize that it’s a ‘coordinated testing phase’ to control social media in anticipation of any civil unrest. The elections are due to take place between 11 April and 19 May.
This theory is supported by the fact that another ISP, Hathway, blocked access to Reddit for eight to 10 days on Sunday 3 March. The company gave no reason for its actions, but later unblocked the site after users complained.
Reports are beginning to trickle in that Reddit is no longer blocked in certain areas of the country, but it remains inaccessible in others – MediaNama is encouraging Reddit users to reach out so that it can keep others updated. It has also published a list of CSPs and ISPs that are still actively blocking the site, which you can find here.
This isn’t India’s first experimentation with online censorship. Pornographic websites have been blocked since September 2018, and, more recently, Indian citizens began to complain of non-offensive materials being made inaccessible, too.
This included websites such as SoundCloud and Streamable, and with reports coming in from all over the country it seems it was a nationwide issue. Again, no statements were released to explain why this was happening, so there’s no indication whether it was due to technical error or another ‘test’ ahead of the upcoming elections.
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Top Management Degrees Skip to content
20 Best Affordable Bachelor’s Degrees in Business
A Business Degree makes you the boss of your own career. It is a strong foundation that helps students prepare for almost any type of job setting from the private sector to government, as well as opening the door for an array of money-making career possibilities. Business majors can choose paths while in school that can lead to jobs in successful fields that people in the industry call the "FAME" group such as Finance, Accounting, Sales, and Marketing. There are plenty more options for starting a career in business such as jobs in Human Resources, Real Estate, and Insurance. These positions are feasible, post-graduation options for students with the strong managerial foundation that comes from a Bachelor's Degree in Business.
A Business degree will equip you with both the knowledge of how to work with people and how to manage a team of people who work for you. A strong business degree will serve as a career springboard. In many cases, students will go straight from the classroom into the workforce and be able to function as part of a company, large or small. The internships, international programs, and experiential opportunities that come at the tail end of most Bachelor's Degrees serve as a hands-on way to transition into the business world.
However versatile the industry is, the largest number of Business graduates are hired by insurance carriers, and the highest earning jobs are in the financial investment sector. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, personal finance advisors earn a median salary of nearly $90,000 a year, followed closely by financial analysts, examiners, and accountants. Other jobs in the field are just as likely to make a high salary. The median annual wage across the board for business occupations falls close to $69,000, which is nearly double the median expected earnings for other occupations.
Why Become a Business Professional?
Learning how to drive revenue and manage money are skills that will never go out of style. Not only are those skills necessary to uphold our society, but the high-earning potential for these roles makes for a very incentivizing reason to become a Business professional. The market for students with a Business degree is not only currently strong, but intended to get even stronger. Business professionals are essential to providing the framework to all financial services and, as such, are usually lumped together as Business and Financial Occupations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that business and financial operations jobs will grow faster than all other occupations at a rate of 10 percent by the year 2026.
Becoming a Business Professional is an investment in yourself. After a four-year degree, doors open up in almost every job sector. Working in government jobs has a particular allure for business students, as it offers job security and stability in addition to a very competitive salary. While financial roles in the private sector are big earners, business majors aren't limited to crunching numbers. The department of Human Resources, for instance, is responsible for screening, hiring, and recruiting new employees while also fielding interpersonal relationships in the office. These roles are among the highest paying in government. A Bachelor's degree in Business will teach you the inner workings of business administration and management, which are essential aspects of an HR role.
There are other inner-workings of businesses that can go overlooked but are essential aspects of these institutions. Logisticians work to analyze and oversee the business supply-chain, using a sharp eye to identify time and money saving opportunities for the organization. The current career opportunity for logisticians is very strong. The government hires more logisticians than any other job, though any industry will have a need for this expertise. The median annual wage for this job falls around $75,000.
Niche roles aside, a Business major has a world of diverse career opportunity waiting for them after graduation. We've researched and broken down some of the best college institutions for earning a Bachelor's Degree in Business.
Top Management Degrees uses seven data points to rank college programs. Here they are in order of importance:
A Reputation Aggregate Score from other rankings
Graduate Average Salary
Percentage of Admitted Students Who Graduate
Admitted Students' Test Scores
#20. Carnegie Mellon University – Pittsburgh, PA
Carnegie Mellon's urban campus opens up a world of entertainment including Pittsburgh's strong sports culture.
At Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Business majors learn at the Tepper School. The coursework in this program puts students at "the intersection of business, technology, and analytics." Tepper also boasts an intimate learning environment. The faculty is known to bring a personalized and enthusiastic approach to coursework, granting students a chance to get a hands-on approach to emerging principles and technology. The newly renovated Tepper Quad is located in the heart of Carnegie Mellon's campus and serves to connect business students to the rest of the bright-minded student body. The Tepper Quad serves as the central location to bring Business majors together with aspiring entrepreneurs, researchers, robotics designers, and computer scientists. At its core, it's the home base for business majors.
The program at the Tepper School is ranked No. 6 by the U.S. News and World Report for Best Business programs. It's also considered one of the top ten schools where students can partake in related internships, earn high starting salaries upon graduation, and move on to Businessweek approved MBA programs. While on campus, students have a world of opportunity for both their educational path and their extracurricular activities. Pittsburgh is home to professional football, hockey, and baseball teams. On campus, Carnegie Mellon shows a century-old propensity for Scottish culture in their sports life. The football team, the Carnegie Mellon Tartans, compete in Division III and are accompanied by a fully-kilted marching band aptly named The Keltie Band.
Net Price: $29,817
#19. Georgetown University – Washington, DC
Bachelor's of Business Administration
The global focus of Bachelors of Business Administration students at Georgetown puts their lovely campus at home in Washington DC center stage.
At Georgetown University, students working toward a Bachelor's of Business Administration are enrolled in the McDonough Undergraduate Program. The degree concentrates on building a framework on a global perspective, principled leadership, and analytical preparation that will all contribute to a career in business for its 1,300 undergraduate students. The full degree is achieved with 40 three-credit courses during the four-year program, including classes in liberal arts business core, electives, and any chosen-major requirements. Admittance into Georgetown is highly competitive. In 2017, about 16 percent of applicants were offered a seat amongst GU students. The admissions board looks for well-rounded students with experience in high school activities and sports and from all multi-cultural backgrounds.
The Bachelors of Business Administration from Georgetown is highly focused on creating global leaders of tomorrow. The coursework that begins on the home campus can be taken and implemented into one of their many programs which put education on a global scale. Georgetown offers students the opportunity to study abroad for a semester while completing mandatory coursework in finance, accounting, international business, management, and marketing. Students may also choose to partake in an international summer course, where they will be able to earn six credits from a choice selection of the world's top business schools in either Oxford, Barcelona, or Hong Kong.
#18. Emory University – Atlanta, GA
First and second-year students are required to live on campus, but most students decide to stay on Emory's city-based campus for all four years.
The Goizueta Business School at Emory University recognizes the global scale at which business is conducted in our modern world. As such, the program will prepare undergraduate students to grow into an increasingly-connected landscape. Students gain a valuable knowledge base in effective communication, analytics, and critical thinking that can be put into play regardless of their chosen field. Their methods of proven to be lucrative. The class of 2018 displayed a 99 percent paid or for-credit internships and a 96 percent full-time employment rate three months after graduation. The greatest majority of these job placements were in the finance field, which earns a median starting salary of $73,700.
The Goizueta Business school brings together some of the nation's brightest young minds to transform them into tomorrow's world leaders. The Bachelor of Business Administration degree reaches far beyond the classroom. BBA students elect to travel abroad to over 25 international schools for either a summer or semester-long program. The same way that American students can learn abroad, approximately 10 percent of BBA classes are made up of international students. Emory has also been a beacon of inclusivity among genders, with women making up 42 percent of the student body. Admittance to Emory University is the result of plenty of hard work prior to applying. The average SAT score of attendees is 1381, though well-worth the work. Emory University was ranked No. 1 by the Princeton Review for quality of life, whether at home in Atlanta or at one of the 45 international partner schools.
#17. University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA
The close proximity of the city of Pittsburgh and all of its activities make Pitt one of the country's best college towns.
Pitt Business College of Business Administration puts its Bachelor of Science in Business Administration into seven focused majors: Accounting, Business Information Systems, Finance, Global Management, Human Resources Management, Marketing, and Supply Chain Management. The coursework in these majors is augmented by core courses as well as art and science requirements. This well-rounded program, ranked No. 4 in the US for Public Business Programs by Recruiters, offers options to embark on an accelerated course or to expound on the Business basics with a dual-degree. All majors will undertake core business courses, including fundamentals of Business Communication, Business Economics, Organizational Behavior Introduction to Marketing, Finance, and others before practicing coursework that fits into the chosen degree focus.
In addition to the groundwork laid for The Bachelor of Business Administration at Pitt, students can take their studies overseas through the Global Business Institute, International Internship Program, and Global Service-Learning projects. Pitt is partnered with institutions in over 75 countries. These popular international programs boast a 55 percent participation rate and accrue $400,000 in scholarships to support and promote these endeavors. This global approach to teaching business provides undergraduates practice in thought leadership and global dialogue aimed at improving society. Students will gain access to the city of Pittsburgh as well as world-wide projects with clients in established companies like Major League Baseball, Fox Sports, and PNC Financial Services.
#16. University of Connecticut – Storrs, CT
UConn's expansive campus is 4,000 acres, located within reach of Boston, Providence, and Hartford.
A Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Connecticut is all about preparing for a role in management. Students at the Hartford, Stamford, and Waterbury campuses must complete the Business Communications course which focuses on written and oral presentations. Students also must take the Career Development in Business course to satisfy their core requirements. In addition to those two three-credit courses, business undergraduates must take one of the Extended Core classes in either Finance, Marketing, or Management. Business majors will also pick up three electives that are approved by their advisor. These electives can be generalized in the business field or more concentrated to build toward a specific career goal.
While the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration trains future business leaders to sharpen their expertise in managerial communications, finance, management, and marketing, UConn also offers a dynamic experience for undergraduate life. Sports teams, named the UConn Huskies, sit on all the major college sports boards including basketball, baseball, football, swimming, diving, rowing, and even ice hockey. The campus is set up to be a "town within a town," where students have extensive opportunities to get involved. Sporting events aside, UConn students can take their pick of over 800 clubs and organizations and explore the updated "Storrs Downtown" area to shop, eat, and socialize. The balance of social and learning opportunities as a UConn student enabled it to maintain some of the highest freshman retention and graduation rates in the country.
#15. University of California at Berkeley – Berkeley, CA
Bachelor's of Science in Business Administration
The University of California Berkeley campus is its flagship and boasts of a 97 percent freshman retention rate, a testament to the positive experience of attending the school.
Admittance into the University of California at Berkeley is considered a highly selective, yet exceptionally fruitful for the few who make it in. The Bachelor's of Science in Business Administration can be achieved through the Haas Undergraduate Program. This program focuses on giving its students a roadmap of today's business world with up-to-date knowledge and skills. It brings together the liberal arts classes and core courses associated with a Business degree to shape a well-rounded educational experience. Students enrolled in business will take accounting, finance, marketing, business communication, and organizational behavior courses and have the opportunity to build on this foundation to mold their own educational experience to meet their goals. That can lead to options to either declare a minor or to consider global opportunities to study abroad.
Declaring the business major in the Haas Program at UC Berkeley can be done only after the core curriculum is satisfied. To ensure that students are ready to enter the business workforce, UC Berkeley maintains that they graduate no more than two academic years after declaring and being granted admission into the major. The program aims to equip students with skills to become business professionals or go on to a graduate program. Once in the graduate program, students will commit to 13 units per semester until graduation. The Haas Program looks beyond classwork and encourages students to question the status quo, exude humble confidence, and look beyond themselves. Applicants can prove their worthiness mostly through grades, but consideration is also put on extracurricular activities, essays, and, in some cases, an admissions interview. The rigorous application process helps keep the integrity of the school that earned it the No. 1 spot on the U.S. News Rankings of public universities. Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, graduated from UC Berkeley in 1987.
#14. University of Minnesota – Minneapolis, MN
Bachelor of Science in Business
Though somewhat small, this urban campus in the Twin Cities makes varsity sports a big part of student life.
U.S. News and World Report clocked the University of Minnesota in at No. 15 for the Best Undergraduate Business Programs, very close to where it stands on our list. Students of the University of Minnesota will be embedded in the midwest's famous Twin Cities while living on campus at Carlson School of Management. Admission into the business school will look different depending on if you're applying as a High School Senior or Transfer Student but each application is read in its entirety, as the admissions council does not weigh certain factors over others. The innovative curriculum invites 600 freshman students into their small classes and, though they consider a breadth of factors for admission, the average ACT score is 29 for accepted students.
A Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Minnesota gives you the opportunity to choose your own career path. As soon as your sophomore year, you'll be entered into the Immersion Courses, a series of business foundational teachings that provide the opportunity to form strong connections with peers. The classroom is made even more personalized with a 16:1 student to faculty ratio. The faculty are seasoned professionals in their field. The courses go beyond the classroom by giving students opportunities for mentorships, internships, company visits, and case competitions that put them right in the middle of true business operations. Lending itself to the global community, students can also study abroad at dozens of affiliated programs around the world that help build toward the student's individual goals. Students can further tailor their experience by picking from Carlson's 10 majors and 11 minors.
#13. University of Georgia – Athens, GA
The University of Georgia offers a picturesque southern location with many colonial style buildings, like the Science Learning Center
Business students at the University of Georgia learn through the Terry College of Business. It's specially tailored for people already in the workforce in Georgia or for military personnel. The school offers an online program in addition to its in-person classes at the Griffin Campus in Griffin, Georgia. Admissions to the business major on the Griffin Campus depends on in-progress performance. Counselors will consider applicants' with a 2.8 GPA, 60 hours of completed work, and fulfillment of the appropriate core areas of study. Core Areas I-V cover English, Math, Culture, and Science requirements, which all must be completed to apply. Applicants will also be required to complete Core VI, which is fulfilled through a number of options including specific Accounting or Economics classes.
To graduate from the Terry School, students will need to complete 30 hours of college residency, Math and Communications classes, a Physical Education course, and maintain a 2.0 GPA at a minimum. They'll also get the option to choose from Arts and Sciences classes. This year, the college is anticipated to complete a long-running project called "Building Terry" which created the centralized Business Learning Community on Georgia's campus. This Business Center addition to the campus will be the home base for the business school, including their Entrepreneurship Program, the new Master's Degree in Business Analytics, and other academic concentrations. A culmination of these recent improvements has given the school the highest percentage of employment rates in college history and facilitated noticeable growth in enrollment.
#12. University of Wisconsin-Madison – Madison, WI
The University of Wisconsin Badgers get to enjoy urban and lakefront views from the top-rated global university.
The so-called "Business Badgers" of the University of Wisconsin will learn the ins and outs of a full undergraduate experience that will equip you to meet both academic and career challenges. The program ranked No. 8 on the list of Public Undergraduate Business Programs and No. 15 on the list of Public Universities for 2019 as ranked by U.S. News & World Report's list. The school's most impressive accolade is that it comes in at No. 1 for producing Fortune 500 CEOs, of which includes 1980 alumni Thomas Falk who is the president and CEO of Kimberly-Clark Corp, 1960 alumni Lee R. Raymond who is the chairman and CEO of Exxon-Mobil, 1970 alumni Duane Zitzner who is the executive vice president of Hewlett-Packard, and the 2003 alumni Virgil Abloh who is the Artistic Director of Louis Vuitton and CEO and Founder of Off-White.
A seat at this school will put you into the ranks of these impressive business leaders by teaching you the foundations of finance, marketing, and management. Before you can study the core business major requirements, the University of Wisconsin requires students to complete general education courses covering Math, Liberal Arts, and Science. This culmination of life sciences and business teachings are designed to give students an understanding of the business structure and its role in a larger social system. These teaching fundamentals create the "Wisconsin Experience" where students bring what they learn in the classroom out into the community to positively impact their world. The major relies on research, study abroad programs, leadership, and student organization programs to gain practical business skills that can be applied on a global scale.
#11. Georgia Institute of Technology – Atlanta, GA
The Georgia Institute of Technology students will have some of America's biggest corporations as neighbors in the center of Atlanta.
Down in the south, the Georgia Institute of Technology offers its Bachelor of Science in Business Administration through the Scheller College of Business. The backbone of the program is a collection of core business classes including Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Management, Marketing, as well as Strategy & Innovation. In addition to the core classes, students can opt to study abroad and complete two semesters of internships. Students can keep this all accounted for and easily-tracked with their four-year curriculum checklist which helps you and an advisor map out your unique career goals. Students can also select their own approved concentration allowing them to achieve 18 credits worth of specialized education that will prepare you for a full-time role in your chosen industry. Every BSBA student is required to pick and complete one area of concentration.
The Scheller College of Business was featured on the U.S. News & World Report's Best Business Schools, due in part to its location. Atlanta is the seat of corporate business giants like Coca-Cola, Suntrust Banks, and Delta Air Lines. In fact, former chairman and CEO of Delta Air Lines, Jack Guynn, graduated from the Scheller College of Business. An estimated 85 percent of graduates are employed upon graduation and the average base salary for graduates is in the six-figure range. The Scheller school is made even better by its close-knit community of undergraduates that incentivizes 70 percent of the student body to live on campus.
#10. University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, major in Entrepreneurship
The University of Arizona is ranked among the top business schools nationwide.
The Eller College of Management offers students the ability to complete their degree in Business online. The course aims to cover a broad range of knowledge covering critical thinking, data analysis, and global business trends through it's tailored program. Students will complete core courses in business including Business Communication, Marketing, Management, Finance, Business Law, and Economics before moving into major courses. The major will teach Analytics, Accounting, Project Management, Human Resources, and plenty of other applicable business practices through a personally-developed program to meet individualized career goals. Before you can begin customizing your Business major, all students will start as Pre-Business Majors.
To move from Pre-Business and Professional Admission to the Eller College of Management, students are expected to have a minimum of 2.75 on 12 or more completed UA units. Though it's online, the major is personalized through a series of admissions interviews and meetings to determine your educational path. This tailored system creates many successful students and has ranked No. 11 for Public Programs, No. 6 for Entrepreneurship Public Programs, and No. 21 Overall according to U.S. News & World Report. The online program is exactly the same as the on-campus education from UA but offers more flexibility for students who need it.
#9. Georgia State University – Atlanta, GA
The J. Mack Robinson School of Business has been highly-ranked in several categories including Risk Management and Insurance.
Georgia is a beautiful state with major potential for business opportunities. The southern state is home to many of the nation's Fortune 500 and 1000 companies as well as several impressive business programs for business career hopefuls. At Georgia State University, students can earn a Bachelor of Business in Administration through the J. Mack Robinson College of Business. The degree isn't the same for every student across the board. The multi-disciplinary BBA is broken into eleven areas of study that allow any business student to tailor their own degree. The school even offers the flexibility to change your major if you're already enrolled in one concentration but want to move into another within the College of Business.
In addition to the tailored approach to coursework, the experiential opportunities at Georgia State are among the most promising. WomenLead, the Honors Program, and the Panthers Accelerated Career Experience are a few examples of programs students can choose from that put them into real-world situations with business executives across industries. The combination of Georgia State's business world preparation in and outside of the classroom made the U.S. News & World Report take notice and list the program as one of the Best Bachelor's in Business Administration as well as ranking it No. 3 for Risk Management & Insurance, No. 9 in Computer Information Systems, and No. 10 for Real Estate.
Net Price: $ 15,350
#8. University of Florida – Gainesville, FL
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, General Studies
The University of Florida is the highest ranked undergraduate Business Program in Florida.
Warrington College of Business is the start of a bright future in business in sunny Florida. This school at the University of Florida is the umbrella institution for various business programs. Warrington encompasses the Fisher School of Accounting, Heavener School of Business, and the Hough Graduate School of Business. Most undergraduate students interested in business will enter the Heavener School of Business which offers a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration for General Studies. Instead of choosing a specific focus for a major, the BABA-GBA starts students off with general business courses that can then be tailored to meet individualized educational and career goals in business. It affords students the opportunity to get a strong business foundation while pursuing passions beyond business.
The Business coursework covers the generally-accepted principles of a Business degree: finance, accounting, marketing, and management. The areas of specialization are broken into a few key categories such as Pre-Law, Pre-Health, Foreign Language, Mass Communication, Sport Management, and Travel and Tourism, but then the program branches out to cover about 70 areas of specialization. These specializations will serve as the bulk of the coursework and therefore will be different depending on the area that's chosen. In addition, students are required to complete a 150-hour internship or participate in a study abroad program for at least 6 weeks. Proudly known as the "Business Gators", Florida University students will have access to plenty of the school's clubs and organizations plus all the exciting attractions Gainesville has to offer.
#7. University of Iowa – Iowa City, IA
The Tippie College of Business is consistently ranked among America's Top Business Schools.
Prospective entrepreneurs will learn through the Tippie College of Business at Iowa University. Though Tippie recently announced their online program will no longer be open for future enrollment, business classes and majors will still be supported on campus in the John Pappajohn Business building. Though the Bachelor of Business Administration degree covers a breadth of topics through its coursework, the main academic departments of Tippie cover the fundamentals of Business. These departments include Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management and Organizations, Management Sciences, and Marketing. Most of the coursework for the Bachelor of Business Administration degree is supported in this centrally-located Business building, with its various conference rooms, computer labs, and even an in-house diner, but the business students will also learn alongside peers from different disciplines in their liberal arts classes.
To complete a business degree, undergraduates will be tasked to choose from one of the requirements offered as part of the Tippie RISE program. This program is intended to be carried out after core requirements are met to provide experiential learning opportunities where business practices can be put into action. RISE stands for the four options students can consider for their experiential learning credit: Research, Internship, Study Abroad, or Experiential Course. Aside from Liberal Arts and RISE requirements, the Iowa Hawkeye lifestyle gives business students plenty of opportunities to mix with a diverse group of students through campus activities and organizations offered through the Division of Student Life. Hawkeyes can get involved in the community through recreational or intramural sports, leadership development, or even partake in the Iowa Challenge.
#6. University of Texas at Austin – Austin, TX
The Princeton Review ranked the University of Texas in the Top Ten for several categories, including placing 1st in Campus Environment.
The University of Texas at Austin offers one of the country's leading business degrees through the McCombs School of Business. Coming in at No. 6 on our list of undergraduate business programs, the school offers all of the core experiences for business students such as award-winning faculty, international opportunity, and 10 unique majors to tailor your experience to your goals. The high-quality education supported through McCombs is also considered one of the most cost-effective. This is an especially strong pick for future Accountants, as McCombs undergraduate program in Accounting was ranked No. 1 in the nation for 7 years in a row. The degree is both cost-effective and career-effective, earning an A+ from Businessweek for job placement.
The success upon completing your degree is attributed, in part, to the McCombs Career Services Center. Once students complete the required internship, they can meet with a Career Coach to discuss prospects and prepare for every step of the application process. In many cases, students may be equipped to pave the path of their own career without the help of coaches. McCombs students have access to Career Expos, Etiquette Dinners, Info Sessions, and over 100 yearly on-campus events that bring together students with business professionals and practice. There's also plenty of opportunities to hone and improve skills through the McCombs Leadership Program and yearly intensive week-long Leadershape experience. Whether studying abroad in Sydney or at home in Austin, the student life at UT Austin is one that is highly-ranked in the country and is overflowing with diverse social and educational activities.
#5. University of California at Irvine – Irvine, CA
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Bachelor of Science Information Management
The Paul Merage School of Business is highly ranked as one of the Best Business Schools, coming in 19th among public universities and 4th in California for its graduate program.
Business students at the University of California at Irvine will enroll in the Paul Merage School of Business. The curriculum for the Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration requires 10 essential core business courses, 10 business electives in line with a selected emphasis, and either a semester abroad or an international business class. Students must choose an emphasis from options such as Accounting, Finance, Health Care Management, Information Systems, Marketing, Operations and Decision Technologies, and Organization and Management. The Merage School affords business students the opportunity to choose more than one of these concentrations to tailor their education to their own goals. Students will also be encouraged to take part in co-curricular events which can include attending formal speeches, connecting with informal mentors, and participating in preparatory internships.
The Bachelor of Science in Information Management is offered through the Merage School and the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences. This degree covers the theories and concepts of business fundamentals as they relate to information technology. It builds on the Business Foundations curriculum of the B.A.B.A. by teaching Computing and Analytical Methods through a series of computer, math, and science-related coursework. Either of these degrees will prepare students to meet the evolving landscape of the business world, as previous graduates have proven in their careers. Game of Thrones co-creator David Benioff, Golden State Warriors owner Jacob Lacob, and NFL Hall of Fame President David Baker all got their start with a Business degree from UC Irvine.
#4. Indiana University–Bloomington – Bloomington, IN
Indiana University Bloomington is the flagship campus of the university and is considered one of America's most beautiful college campuses.
The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University encourages students to dream big. With small classes sizes and a 17:1 faculty to student ratio, the Bachelor of Science in Business provides an in-depth approach to learning Business in your chosen niche through its 18 major and minor options. Kelley is nationally recognized as a top-notch school, earning the No. 1 spot for Business Programs from a Public University in Bloomberg Businessweek, and No. 1 Best Online MBA on the U.S. News and World Report. Students can count on receiving an education that provides expertise in their chosen field, a global-mentality when practicing business, and the development of a personal and professional brand.
The education you'll gain through Kelley is one that employers are on the lookout for. There are 700 companies in the United States and around the world that hire Kelley graduates, and 93 percent of students report full-time employment post-graduation. The academics are a standout, but the campus life is just as incentivizing. IU boasts over 750 student organizations, over 70 greek organizations, and another 70 intramural sports and clubs to join. Take part in Hoosier Hysteria at football games, experience the natural wonder of the beautiful campus, or explore the quirky lovability of the town of Bloomington. The picturesque location only adds to the enticement of learning from some of the world's best faculty at the Kelley School of Business.
#3. University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, NC
Founded in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the very first public universities in the United States.
Learning at the Kenan-Flager Business School means you'll get a transformative global experience. The Bachelor of Business program automatically builds in a minor in business administration and teaches analytical skills, problem-solving, strategic thinking, communication, leadership, and teamwork. The values that are in place throughout the curriculum gives the same learning opportunity to applicants who have clear career goals in mind and those who still need to figure out which path to take. Students are required to complete nine core courses, at least six business electives, and five electives outside of Business to satisfy the requirements for the major. The minor in Business Administration is where students will learn to transform their passion into a business. Fulfilling the Business Administration minor will include a few business electives where students can explore their areas of interest and customize their degree.
In addition to a tailored approach, UNC has several international opportunities for Business students to further their global understanding through a handful of different global programs. Programs reach farther than just semester or summer programs, and some students can choose to complete an Internship abroad. At home at Chapel Hill, student life can be experienced throughout the quaint town and on-campus in student clubs that cover a range of interests and academic majors. Sports at UNC-Chapel Hill are additionally well-noted, as Michael Jordan and Vince Carter both played for the Tarheels basketball team. Post-graduation prospects are also particularly promising for UNC graduates. The alumni network was ranked No. 10 by The Economist for the potential to network and resources for graduates.
#2. University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI
Students living and learning at University of Michigan can relish in all the beauty of Ann Arbor, plus the school's spectacular library and energetic football stadium.
At the University of Michigan, students will learn how to do real business. The business school, known as Michigan Ross, makes earning your business degree action-based. It relies on a foundation in liberal arts to prepare students for the global business market, offering global experience opportunities like semesters abroad, global service, or international internships. The conglomerate of Business Core, Liberal Arts, and International Learning opportunities are designed to provide flexibility to each student without having to choose a specialization or concentration. To build on your interests, there are boundless opportunities to get involved with student life on campus, from clubs to leadership opportunities.
The University of Michigan is particularly remarkable for its welcoming of diversity. It teaches students to enhance their Cultural Intelligence through an Identity & Diversity in Organizations Curriculum Requirement. The IDO requirement isn't counted toward an overall grade point average but is considered as part of the assessment of students' readiness to positively impact the business world. The inclusive nature of the Bachelor of Business Administration proves the validity of the education in the field with 90 percent of BBA graduates receiving employment offers within three months of graduation. Recieving a BBA from UM has earned plenty of students jobs at major brands like Google, L'Oreal, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, and plenty of others.
#1. University of Washington – Seattle, WA
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration
Set in picturesque Seattle, The Foster School of Business is the United State's second-oldest institution of management on the West Coast.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarship money is awarded every year to students enrolling in the Foster School of Business from the University of Washington. With seven programs of study, 28 student organizations, and 30 study abroad opportunities, Foster ranks in the top percentile of undergraduate business schools. Core curriculum involves 72 business credits, 16 of which are upper division business electives. These electives are put in place to encourage students to pave their own paths to a business career. The Formal Options are also offered to students who are interested in following a predetermined business path in focuses like Accounting, Human Resources Management, or Operations and Supply Chain.
Attending Foster means you'll be supported both in the classroom and later in your career. The core value of diversity is at the epicenter of both education and student life. Working toward the Bachelor's of Arts in Business Administration puts students at the center of an opportunistic community. The campus is packed with student clubs, organizations, programs, and activities to get active and involved while remaining targeted at the promotion of diversity. The U.S. News & World Report puts the University of Washington at No. 1 for Northwest Undergraduate Programs in Accounting, Marketing, and Management. Foster's motto is, "Think differently, make a difference" and each and every student will have the opportunity to implement this concept into their own education and career in the heart of Seattle's startup culture.
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How to come up with a business name
Starting a new company takes energy, passion and courage. You’ve written your business plan, or at least a one page version, you’ve talked to some potential clients and other small business owners in a similar field and you’re ready to go for it. The only thing missing? A name.
A good business name can make your customers remember you easily, it could mean free publicity or it could help you and your future employees to remember why you’re doing what you’re doing. There are specialised naming companies that charge thousands of pounds for finding a name that’s new, trendy, industry-wise, memorable and isn’t trademarked. However, if you are starting a small business, you might have other priorities and a budget that doesn’t allow you to spend that money on coming up with a company name.
In this post we’re going to give you a few ideas on how to name your small business, by looking at some of the most well-known brands from around the world.
1. Acronyms
Try using the first letter of every word in a phrase or parts of words or names. Some real world examples are AOL (America Online), BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) and BENQ (Bringing Enjoyment and Quality to life).
2. Mash-ups
Mix two or more words that are meaningful for you and your business. Some examples are Compaq (from “computer” and “pack”), Evernote (from “forever” and “note”), Groupon (from “group” and “coupon”) and Lego (from the Danish “leg godt”, which means to “play well”).
3. Get inspiration from mythology and literature
Do you have a passion for literature or history? Look no further than your Greek and Roman legends! For example, ASUS (from the mythical winged horse Pegasus) and Nike (the goddess of Victory). A character, place or object could also be a good start for a name; like Samsonite (from the Bible character Samson) or Starbucks (from Starbuck, the young chief mate of the Pequod, in Moby Dick).
4. Use foreign words
Even if your audience is based in one region, a foreign name (or foreign-sounding name) can be very memorable in your customers’ native language. Just look at Audi (the Latin translation of the German name “Horch”), Altavista (Spanish for “high view”) or Daewoo (“great house” in Korean).
5. Use your own name
If you’re not convinced by any other names, why not use your own? Many of the most well-known brands were actually their inventor’s or their owner’s name, like Bayer (Friedrich Bayer was the founder of the company), Boeing (After William E. Boeing) and Grundig (named after the founder Max Grundig) and Cadillac (after the French explorer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac).
6. Take a look at a map
Use a world map to get inspired, just like Adobe (after the Adobe Creek, running close to the founder’s house), Amazon (named after the largest river in the world, by volume of water) and Fuji (named after the highest mountain in Japan) did.
7. Mix things up
Another way of finding a new name for your business is trying various word combinations, such as your name and where you live. Some examples are DKNY (Donna Karan New York) and IKEA (from the founder’s name Ingvar Kamprad and where he grew up: Elmtaryd Agunnaryd).
8. Partner with another company
If you’re going to partner with another entrepreneur or merge your company with another one, instead of a completely new name, make up a name using fragments from both names, just like Ben & Jerry’s or 20th Century Fox.
9. Use nicknames
Using your kids’ names or nicknames might sound a little strange, but just look at companies like Mercedes (named after the daughter of one of the founders) and Danone (named after the founder’s son’s childhood nickname); they don’t sound strange anymore, do they?
10. Use a symbol
Another way to come up with a business name is to take a symbol or an essential element of your work and create a new name starting from that word. Pixar, for example, is a combination of the word pixel and the initials of one of its founders, Alvy Ray Smith.
11. Make it descriptive
If you think of your business, what is the one word, or pair of words that could describe what the business does best? Now write all your options on a piece of paper and visualise your new logo or a banner with your new name on it. An example of a brand using this technique is the supermarket chain 7-Eleven, where the name tells you straight away what’s special about this business: it’s open from seven in the morning to eleven at the night, every day.
12. Use Latin
If you had a Latin language class in school and ever thought that you’d never get to use this in real life, you were probably wrong. Latin is a great source for business names, take for example Acer (Latin for “sharp”, “able”) and Volvo (Latin for “I roll”), two of the most well-known and easy to remember names. You could also use a Latin word as a start for your new name and add another word to it, like Verizon (from the Latin “veritas”, which means “truth” and “horizon”).
13. Look at your product from another angle
Does your product remind you of something else? Look at it from different angles or ask your friends and family to tell you what your product looks like. Blackberry and Caterpillar are just two examples of names created using this technique.
14. Abbreviate
Take a word that has a strong meaning for you or your business and extract a short art of it, just like Cisco (from San Francisco, where the company was founded) did.
15. Make a grammar mistake on purpose
This way of coming up with a new name could be a bit risky, so do consider the possibility of spending the next five or ten years listening to people correcting your brand name. Quora, for example, could be seen as a fake plural of the Latin quorum (public assembly).
16. Invent an alternative spelling
Take a word that’s symbolic or essential for your company and invent a new spelling for it, like Reebok (alternate spelling of “rhebok”, an African antelope).
17. Tell your story
Does your new business have a great story behind it? Why not tell it with your business name? Names such as Kenvelo (unable to decide on a name, the company was called Kenvelo, “yesandno” in Hebrew), Virgin (the founders' way of saying they were completely new to business) and Mozilla (created as the Mozaic – an internet browser-killer) were born the same way.
18. Talk about what you believe in
If you don’t like the story idea, you could use the name as a way to remind yourself – and anyone who works with you – about what you believe in and why you’re doing what you’re doing. Minolta, for example, means “your principle, what you believe in”.
19. Remove or add an extra letter
What if you have a really good name for your business, but can’t use it as it is? Why not do as Flickr and Tumblr do and drop the last vowel? You could also duplicate another letter or change a letter in your word in a way that still makes the word recognisable.
20. Pick a word from the dictionary
If by the time you read through this list with a pen and pad in hand, you still don’t feel inspired, then you could do like Blizzard and Twitter did and just pick a random word from a dictionary.
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Ep: 91: Cyber Security and the C-Suite Monday, July 8, 2019
Ep: 91: Cyber Security and the C-Suite
Hosted by George Rettas
Steve Durbin Andy Bonillo
This week's episode features one of the most well connected and influential Cyber Security Professionals in the world, Steve Durbin, on the show. Steve is currently the Managing Director of the Information Security Forum, an independent, not-for-profit organization with a membership comprising many of the world’s leading organizations featured on the Fortune 500 and Forbes 2000 lists. Steve appears on Episode #91 of TF7Radio to talk about who in the organization should own Cyber Risk, how we should define the role of the CEO in Cyber Security, and how executives should posture Cyber Security as a growth enabler. Steve also spoke about what CEO's should be prioritizing in terms of the organization's Cyber Security strategy, what are some of the top-down cultural changes that need to be implemented in order to create a resilient culture, and how to drive transformational change to make Cyber Security everyone's responsibility. All this and much more on Episode #91 of TF7Radio!
Task Force 7 Cyber Security Radio
Monday at 5 PM Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Business Channel
Task Force 7 Radio is the Voice of Cyber Security around the globe. We feature up to date insights and analysis by preeminent cyber security professionals on the most important cyber security issues affecting your life today.
Although the world of cyber security can be complex, our focus is to explain highly technical subject matter in non-technical terms. We cover topics that are of vital interest to the cyber security expert yet also will appeal to the novice interested in learning more about cyber security and new threats affecting the social, political, business, and economic concerns of our world.
We explore a wide range of controversial issues that you won’t want to miss each week. Task Force 7 Radio is broadcast live every Monday at 8 PM Eastern Time, 5 PM Pacific Time, on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel.
George Rettas
George Rettas is one of the most well-known cyber security professionals in the world with extensive experience practicing cyber security in both the public and private sectors, Mr. Rettas is a serial entrepreneur, serving as the CEO and President of Task Force 7 Radio, LLC, and Task Force 7 Technologies, Inc. a company focusing on building the world’s first and only Professional Cyber Security Social Network. Mr. Rettas is also the President and CEO of Code X Entertainment, LLC, a company focused on producing television, movies, literary, digital, and merchandising products.
Mr. Rettas has worked for 12 years as a Managing Director and Partner in some of the world’s largest financial institutions holding executive management positions in cyber security operations, administration, and program management functions. He created the first Cyber Security Intelligence function in the financial services sector and detected some of the most prolific breaches in recent history, including Target breach and the JPMorgan Chase breach.
Mr. Rettas also served as a former Special Agent with the United States Secret Service, where he was the co-founder of the Newark Field Office Electronic Crimes Task Force. He is the author of the first Title III Wire Tap on an internet-facing computer network in United States history and he worked what is considered the most prolific criminal investigation in the history of the Secret Service in “Operation Firewall."
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Turkey’s botched attempt to kidnap one of its nationals from Mongolia
Voltaire Network | 1 August 2018
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The Turkish Secret Service, the MIT (the Turkish acronym for Millî İstihbarat Teşkilatı) made an unsuccessful attempt to kidnap a Turkish citizen in Mongolia.
Considered by the MIT as connected to the preacher Fethullah Gülen, Professor Veysel Akçay had been kidnapped at the entrance of the school where he was working, by 5 members of the Turkish secret service. He was then transported to the airport of Oulan Bator where a CL604 Challenger (a plane of the Turkish Army) was waiting for him.
Put on notice by colleagues of the professor, the Mongolian police gave the order for the plane not to be allowed to take off for so long as Veysel Akçay was on board. He was finally set free after eight hours of negotiations.
During the incident, the Turkish authorities including the Minister for Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, denied the action of their secret services.
Last April, Turkish Vice Prime Minister, Bekir Bozdağ, declared that 80 Turkish nationals had been « bundled away» by the MIT in 18 different countries [1].
It is now emerging that such kidnappings in Ukraine and Gabon were carried out with the complicity of local authorities.
Another operation of this type has produced a scandal in Kosovo [2].
Anoosha Boralessa
[1] “According to Ankara: 80 Turkish nationals were not kidnapped but “bundled up””, Translation Anoosha Boralessa, Voltaire Network, 7 April 2018.
[2] “Erdoğan forces the Prime Minister of Kosovo to retain his Head of Secret Services”, Translation Anoosha Boralessa, Voltaire Network, 7 April 2018.
Source : “Turkey’s botched attempt to kidnap one of its nationals from Mongolia ”, Translation Anoosha Boralessa, Voltaire Network, 1 August 2018, www.voltairenet.org/article202236.html
Statement of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs dealing with Emmanuel Macron’s Reception of a Delegation of the so-called “Syrian Democratic Forces”
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Finally, Leo Can Relax
Leonardo DiCaprio just won the Oscar he’s always wanted. Now he can quit trying so hard.
By David Edelstein
Photograph by Twentieth Century Fox Films
As you watch Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant haul his twisted body over miles and miles of frozen tundra, his face a mask of rage and pain, his snuffles and grunts resounding through the theater, you might find yourself thinking, Give him his fucking Oscar already. Who cares if his performance as the 19th-century explorer Hugh Glass isn’t his most inventive, that it’s more a testament to his will and endurance than his artistry? Academy voters apparently believe that it’s Leo’s time, and it surely is. With any luck, now that he’s finally won that award — and he can stop having to tell interviewers that it doesn’t matter how often he has been nominated and gone home empty-handed because the Oscars really aren’t “on his radar” and, besides, the most important thing in the world is fighting climate change — he’ll stop laboring to prove what a GREAT ACTOR he is and take a breath onscreen, and I don’t mean a breath that comes at you hard from 12 speakers. He’ll remember what he knew, instinctively, when he began performing.
You have to go back to DiCaprio’s early work to recall the joy he radiated in front of the camera. It was in 1993 that he appeared in his first starring role as the teenage protagonist of This Boy’s Life, a fine adaptation of Tobias Wolff’s memoir partly undone by Robert De Niro’s face-pulling as Wolff’s abusive stepfather. DiCaprio plays a fatherless boy who strives to project manly defiance, who smokes and swears and defaces property and slouches like Elvis but can’t help turning into a gleeful, laughing child with his mom (a tender Ellen Barkin). The emotional seesaw DiCaprio homes in on in Tobias became the basis for many of his best characters: shrewd, discerning child-men who grow more and more cocky — and then reckless — and then are suddenly wide open, vulnerable. In many instances, they end up dead.
DiCaprio’s performance as the developmentally disabled Arnie, brother of Johnny Depp’s Gilbert, in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (first nomination, first loss) is revealing in a different way. For starters, it’s his most radical transformation. He thrusts out his upper teeth, scrunches up his features, and desynchronizes his limbs, squealing and leaping about with floppy exuberance. But it’s not just his physical contortions that win you over. The fatherless Arnie is an incorrigible attention addict, and DiCaprio (whose parents divorced when he was a 1-year-old and who mostly lived with his mom) lets the scene-stealer in himself rip. One of the most famous stories about him is that he was thrown off the kiddie show Romper Room at age 5 for being disruptive and trying to hog the spotlight, and even now, in “mature” roles (and despite a life spent evading paparazzi), there’s a glint in his eyes when his characters are noticed and applauded.
It was the ham-handed, overdirected Western melodrama The Quick and the Dead (a vehicle for Sharon Stone but with a stellar cast that includes Gene Hackman and a youngish Russell Crowe) that showed something else about DiCaprio: Following a (latish) growth spurt, he had become beautiful. You look at him and gasp: Every feature works. As “the Kid,” who longs to prove to his dad (Hackman) that he’s a spectacular gunfighter, DiCaprio gives the movie a lift. He twirls his guns and bows to the crowd, grooving on the acclaim — and setting himself up for a fall. Underneath the goofy exhibitionism — through the goofy exhibitionism — he gives you glimmers of the Kid’s tragedy, the longing for respect that pushes him beyond his natural abilities. DiCaprio proves that he can give a bouncy, funny performance that still cuts deep.
In the film of Jim Carroll’s The Basketball Diaries, DiCaprio goes even deeper. Once more he plays a fatherless teen, a delinquent, and (like Tobias Wolff) a budding poet. But he’s also a junkie. The movie builds to a scene in which he collapses against a door and begs and weeps and threatens his mother (Lorraine Bracco), hitting notes of anguish that he’d never hit before (and, truth to tell, hasn’t hit since). The young DiCaprio often measured himself against River Phoenix, who’d just died. Here was the kind of performance that Phoenix didn’t live to give.
The Basketball Diaries, 1995 Photo: ©New Line Cinema/Courtesy Everett Collection
Critics, meanwhile, made the obvious comparisons to James Dean, but DiCaprio shows no relish for the psychological self-plumbing that made Dean’s Method stylings so riveting — and, when it got weird, so discomfiting. DiCaprio just couldn’t purge the showman in himself. At the end of The Basketball Diaries, we see that the movie’s voice-over narration was part of the character’s one-man stage show, and DiCaprio breaks into a mischievous little grin when the applause erupts. James Dean would have been too immersed for bows and grins.
There were signs, though, that DiCaprio couldn’t do everythingwell. He should buy up existing copies of Total Eclipse, in which he makes a game but risible attempt to play the poet Rimbaud as depicted by tony playwright Christopher Hampton. When Rimbaud moans to his lover, Verlaine (an unusually dire David Thewlis), that “the only unbearable thing is that nothing is unbearable,” DiCaprio seems so callowly American that you almost wish he’d gone the camp route and used a Pepé Le Pew accent. But then, DiCaprio is never camp. He’s as earnest onscreen as Bruce Willis is smug. Only a little better was Baz Luhrmann’s whooshy Romeo + Juliet. Yes, it was a hit, and, yes, it made DiCaprio a teen dream. But he’s not up to what little verse that Luhrmann leaves unmolested. His beautyis all he has going for him.
His next starring role was, of course, the Big One: James Cameron’s cornball epic, Titanic. In early scenes, his Jack — the name his character Tobias told everyone to call him in This Boy’s Life because he thought it sounded manly — is jaunty and spring-heeled, with a dash of cunning, a daredevil and an artist. What made those teenage girls go back and back and back to theaters, preferring the first half to the later spectacle, is what happens between DiCaprio and his co-star, Kate Winslet. Physically and temperamentally different, they find an exquisite balance: He lightens her heavier, more brooding, more actressy style, while she magnetizes him, bends his rhythms to her emotions. You feel them discovering each other, even when their dialogue is laugh-out-loud terrible. Most of the supporting players are high on the hog (Billy Zane’s curling eyebrows evoke Snidely Whiplash), but it’s hard to laugh at lovers who are so sublimely in tune.
Did Titanic halt young Leo’s rise as an actor? It’s possible. Exhausted by the shoot, he did a quickie swashbuckler of no consequence, The Man in the Iron Mask, and had a startlingly effective supporting role in Woody Allen’s dour Celebrity as version of his old co-star, the hotel-room-destroying Johnny Depp. But then came the Oscar-nomination snub, which must have left him — whatever his public demurral — with an angry sense of entitlement. It wasn’t long before he was famous for his entourage, his “Pussy Posse,” and his evident need to date 20-something supermodels as if to make up for high-school rejections. He became a prince. By the time he made the pretentious The Beach, two years later, some of his lightness was gone. His few good moments were rooted in that familiar DiCaprio persona: the inexperienced young man who pretends to be something he isn’t — here, the kind of hero he identifies with in romantic movies and video games — and then finds himself in the presence of real horror, real death.
Things were about to get even heavier. Enter Martin Scorsese, whom Harvey Weinstein reportedly promised an Oscar (Scorsese had been denied the statuette more times than DiCaprio and had at least three masterpieces under his belt) for Gangs of New York. But the movie, for all its ostentatious pleasures, was a mess, and DiCaprio got the worst of it, dwarfed by a titanically scenery-chewing Daniel Day-Lewis and floundering in a poorly conceived romance with Cameron Diaz.
It’s worth posing an indelicate question: Is DiCaprio a lightweight — or maybe a borderline middleweight? That’s not meant as a slur. A lightweight can be every bit as thrilling to watch as a heavyweight, and some of the great screen icons belong in that category. Cary Grant was a brilliant lightweight, though he proved capable of hitting shockingly dark notes in Hitchcock’s Notorious. Bogart was a light-middleweight who could suggest great depths and, as Dobbs in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, go believably loco. But the real heavyweights — Day-Lewis, Olivier, Brando, Vanessa Redgrave, Dustin and Philip Seymour Hoffman, etc. — have the histrionic resources to be both huge and finely calibrated. They were trained, both formally and by working in the theater. You can snicker all you want at actors who refer to their bodies as their “instruments,” but there is much to be said for the boot-camp of acting classes (Method, Meisner, clown, improv, etc.), dance, and voice work. Obviously, the best film actors modulate what they do for the screen. They understand that they can’t project to the camera — they have to let the camera read them. But that technical foundation gives them size.
DiCaprio doesn’t have that foundation. His training was in commercials, TV sitcoms, and soaps. He has a voice without much timbre, and his accent work is spotty. When he was younger, he could move with confidence, but nowadays, when he has to suggest stature, he can’t quite fill the space. And with some exceptions, the kinds of roles he has gravitated toward don’t use his natural rhythms. They’re Oscar bait.
In J. Edgar, under heavy makeup and with a director (Clint Eastwood) who didn’t know how to protect him, he’s often laughable — although he eventually wins you over with his guts and honesty, his refusal to caricature any aspect of J. Edgar Hoover’s struggle. He gets by in Christopher Nolan’s Inception by looking forlorn in multiple timelines (his wife has issues) while the CGI swirls around him, but there’s nothing distinctive about his work. Quentin Tarantino wrote him a juicy theatrical turn in Django Unchained as a to-the-plantation-born slave owner, a glibly homicidal little prince, and it’s fun to see DiCaprio as a villain. But not quite as much fun as it’s meant to be. He does a lot of sloppy gesticulating and shouting, and he doesn’t rise above the movie’s cartoon level. Then, once more a victim of Baz Luhrmann’s whoosh, he was the Pretty Good Gatsby. If you’re rooting for DiCaprio — as I am, always — you can correct for his artificiality by rationalizing, “This is a poor boy named Gatz pretending to be a mature aristocrat named Gatsby, so his habit of saying ‘old sport’ is meant to sound phony.” But when DiCaprio is frozen and on a pedestal, his sorrow doesn’t read. His face looks heavy and slack, and there doesn’t seem to be much going on behind that big brow. It’s as if he has attached anvils to his soul.
The Wolf of Wall Street, 2013 Photo: Paramount Pictures
There have also, admittedly, been triumphs and near triumphs since Titanic. Steven Spielberg used DiCaprio’s gifts — and, I think, brilliantly exploited his limitations — in Catch Me If You Can, where the tempo is lickety-split, but not just for the sake of razzle-dazzling you. Spielberg takes his style from the flimflam-artist protagonist, Frank Abagnale Jr., another of DiCaprio’s naughty boys trying like mad to impress a mostly absent father. He’s not just in tune with the motion of the film, but that motion is the key to the grim subtext: Frank must go fast to keep from going deep. If he deserved an Oscar for anything post-Titanic, it was for this performance. But Academy voters don’t tend to recognize breeziness, which they equate with superficiality. You must suffer for a golden statuette, and DiCaprio was ready.
The best of his Scorsese collaborations is in The Aviator, where his Howard Hughes shares Frank Abagnale’s headlong approach to life. His Hughes is a boy heir who fights to prove to the world that he can dominate the space, that he can challenge the laws of speed and gravity — and good sense. That cockiness gives him immense charm and glamour, but it also leaves him dangerously exposed. What undoes him, though, is not his enemies. He’s undone by his own mind, by an obsessive-compulsive disorder that arrests his motion and renders him impotent.
DiCaprio is just as good in Blood Diamond as another cock-of-the-walk, a wiry con artist who’s most fully alive when he’s backed into corners. His briskness keeps the film — a nightmarish melodrama centering on brutal African diamond mines — from getting bogged down by its message.
More unusual is his reunion with Winslet in Sam Mendes’s adaptation of Richard Yates’s Revolutionary Road, in which DiCaprio does pull off some weighty, Oscar-bait psychodrama. Note, though, that he’s not playing against type. His suburban philanderer could have been Titanic’s Jack once, but what was buoyant and self-assured is now plainly dodgy. In the climactic scene, DiCaprio loses his supreme balance: Winslet has forced him into the moment, which leaves him flayed. A superb performance — but the movie got bad reviews and no nomination for DiCaprio. Maybe it hurt too much to see our dream couple hit a different kind of iceberg — their marriage.
DiCaprio’s steadiest collaborator in the last decade has been Scorsese, who’s plainly enthralled with his leading man — and his leading man’s ability to get financing. But it’s worth asking whether — in The Departed, Shutter Island, The Wolf of Wall Street, and even The Aviator — the director’s amphetamine tempos sometimes force DiCaprio to indicate rather than “be.” There are moments when he seems to have a metronome ticking in his head.
He has enough goodwill in Hollywood that he would probably have won the Oscar for The Wolf of Wall Street if the film hadn’t been so controversial. I thought his performance was one note, although he admittedly hit that note harder and harder and harder, finally lurching around in a drug-addled purgatory. The world’s heart went out to him when that year’s winner, Matthew McConaughey, stopped on his way to the stage to console DiCaprio, who managed a wan smile and said it was okay. It’s possible he won his Oscar for that one moment. All he needed was to give a performance — preferably one in which he could suffer floridly.
Well, he did, plainly putting himself through hell, which he has done before and maybe has decided that he needs to do. Anyone who can simulate being chewed by a bear (even a CGI bear) deserves at the very least a merit badge. The Revenant has been a monster hit, and a lot of people have been wowed — and put through the wringer — by it. But I found director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s mix of show-off, macho technique and bogus Native American spirituality repugnant, and its ending — the hero nobly forswears revenge but promptly gets it anyway — a cheat. And I think DiCaprio’s Oscar-winning performance is his least interesting, although the other nominees are relatively weak and I’m not going to cry that an injustice has been done.
DiCaprio is now feeling, on some level, fulfilled, no matter how much he might publicly discount what that win actually means. Very few actors rise above the Oscar. If nothing else, they know that the first paragraph of their obituaries — maybe even the first line — will include the compound adjective “Academy Award–winning,” and they can rest for a time.
DiCaprio is a complicated case in so many ways and full of contradictions. He’s a party animal who works diligently to ensure the future of life on Earth. He only takes projects that challenge him, that involve creative risk, but he seems tighter, more hidden as an actor than he was at the beginning of his ascent. It’s as if the two sides of him — the intellectual and the instinctive — have grown distant from each other. Maybe with this Oscar, DiCaprio will feel free to do what he hasn’t in years, which is not to overthink his performances and be strangled by some mistaken idea of seriousness. Think what he could do in a movie by, say, David O. Russell, who’s not the easiest guy to work with but who’d give him room to be playful, to loosen up and think on his feet. DiCaprio doesn’t need to drag himself over frozen tundra anymore. He can wear his seriousness lightly.
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How to Treat the Elderly, According to the Elderly
Pay attention, because you'll be there soon enough.
by Liz Tracy
Apr 6 2017, 5:11pm
Illustrationer: Brandon Celi
Getting old is different than it used to be. Thanks to advances in medicine, plastic surgery, and adequate hair-dye, 50 is the new 30, 70 is the new 50, and 50 isn't really all that old anyways. Still, aging isn't easy. Many hold prejudices about what getting old does to the brain and body, and the world can be unkind. We spoke with some seniors about how they wanted to be treated now that they're in their golden years. One thing they all agree on: Though they may be long in the tooth, none of them thinks of themselves as ancient. Keep that in mind when dealing with them. Because you'll be there soon enough.
Call Me By My Name
A few winters ago, I was trudging through post-blizzard Manhattan and, at a pedestrian crossing, was confronted with one of the city's legendary mile-high snowbanks. I hesitated for a few seconds, mentally mapping out the optimal strategy for surmounting this barrier. Behind me were two teenage boys, one of whom yelled out, "Move, ya old fart!" followed by the falsetto laugh that only teenagers can produce. I had the urge to laugh as well, thinking they couldn't possibly be referring to me. But of course they were.
Something in me changed at that moment—I realized I could be perceived as "old." And not just old, but an "old fart," as if there is no other way to be old. Alas, this is the culture we have created in America. Film and television, with some exceptions, portrays older people as fools; think of the really tired trope of grandma at the computer, unable to send or open an email without her grandchild stopping by to rescue her. I dread the day when people in the "helping professions" start calling me "hon" or "dear," terms that, while well meaning, feel condescending and demeaning. Call me by my name. -Martin, 69
Let me just put this out there: I don't know one senior citizen who identifies as old. Keep that in mind when you deal with them. In my head, I'm probably around 45. I've still got mojo. I'm still tooling around and laughing at life. A guy hit on me at Trader Joe's today, for God's sake. In reality, I got the shock of my life when on a recent trip to see Broadway plays in New York. The weather was blustery and just plain nasty. When I boarded the crosstown bus, I was soaking wet and maybe a little out of breath. I was huffing and puffing. Suddenly, a young, good-looking guy jumped out of his seat and offered it to me. At first, I was sure he was being chivalrous because I appeared to be a damsel in distress. But once I parked myself into the plastic seat, it occurred to me that he gave up his seat to an old lady! And that old lady was me! Eventually I did catch my breath and reorganize my sorry wet self and gave the nice guy a big thanks with a genuine toothy smile. I felt respected! May more young healthy men and women, continue to be kind to us seniors! I'm thanking you in advance. -Rose, 67
Old but Not Weary
Don't judge a book by its cover. Most of the guys that do the kind of TV production work I used to do before I retired are really young. One time, my wife dropped me off at the airport going to a shoot in Mexico. I was with my sound man, we went to high school together, but he looks older than me. The producer was waiting for us, and I had never met her before. So we get out of the car, and she looked at us, and her mouth dropped open, like, "Who are these geezers?" She was in shock. I got the feeling right away that she wasn't expecting someone as old as us to be working with her. I guess in her mind, she had reservations about working with us. We were shooting for this popular show, working 14 hour days, and you're running and gunning all the time, always in a time crunch. But we're used to it, and it's nothing to us. After she got to know us, her mind was changed
There are many of us who have been in different businesses a long time. We're not like baseball players who can only go till he's 35 years old. Athletes have to retire early, but everyone else is fine into their 60s. -Charles, 69
Watch Your Words
When my mother was 50, I thought, Holy shit, she's damn near got one leg in the grave! It ain't that way anymore. I don't feel old. As you grow and you see your little ones graduate from high school, you only think, Oh, I'm just in a different phase of my life, and then they get married. It's a whole new adventure. You don't think, I'm old.
But there are these little things that make you feel old, little verbal triggers that you hope others will avoid. You feel it when somebody says "ma'am." The minute they say ma'am, you're screwed. It's like, who the fuck is ma'am?! It deflates you. These little nuanced things like being called "ma'am," you go, "Oh my God, I'm friggin' old!" It happens slowly but surely. -Cynthia, 72
Help us up when we fall! I was grocery shopping, and I had to get a turkey. You know, they have these freezers in the aisles. I looked in, and there was a turkey down the bottom. Because I still think I'm young, I said, "I can get it," and I kept trying to scoop it out. I was bent over, waving my hand in there to get it and next thing you know, I'm in the freaking freezer. So I wondered, How do I gracefully get out of this? How do I poke my head up and hope nobody saw me? And there was a guy sitting on the floor, hysterically laughing. He was pissing his pants. I went, "Can you give me a hand, because I can't get out of the thing." My legs were too short. He came right over, still laughing, and helped me out. -Evelyn, 73
Give Us the Discount, but Don't Assume We Need It
We appreciate it when you don't assume we're seniors. Still, I love getting discounts, like at hotels or admission to museums. Many years ago, when I was 50, I started going to a local thrift store, and the discount was for people 55 and older on Wednesdays. I couldn't wait to get that discount! Finally, the day came when I was eligible for the "senior" discount. I went to the register, gave the lady my stuff, and I didn't get the discount! I said, "Isn't this senior day?" The lady said, "You're not 55!" I was thrilled. The sad thing is, less than a year later, they made the age 50 or older, so no one ever made that mistake again! -Mimi, 66
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Vonn wins 1st World Cup race in nearly 2 years
The American podium celebrates in Canada. Julia Mancoso, Lindsey Vonn and Stacey Cook, from left.
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Lindsey Vonn of United States, reacts in the finish area following her run in the women's World Cup downhill ski race in Lake Louise, Alberta, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff McIntosh)
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Lindsey Vonn of United States, celebrates in the finish area following her run in the women's World Cup downhill ski race in Lake Louise, Alberta, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff McIntosh)
Lindsey Vonn, center, of the United States, celebrates her first place finish on the podium with teammate and second-place finisher Stacey Cook, left, and third-place finisher and teammate Julia Mancuso following the women's World Cup downhill ski race in Lake Louise, Alberta, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff McIntosh)
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LAKE LOUISE, Alberta — Lindsey Vonn won her first race in nearly two years as she led an American podium sweep in a World Cup downhill Saturday.
With confidence in her surgically repaired right knee again, the four-time overall champion aggressively charged the course and finished in a time of 1 minute, 50.48 seconds to earn her 15th career win at Lake Louise.
Vonn’s teammates were right behind her, with Stacey Cook taking second and Julia Mancuso winding up third.
Vonn said she trusts her knee following a second operation that kept her out of the Sochi Olympics.
The last time Vonn won a race Jan. 26, 2013, in Maribor, Slovenia. Less than two months later, she tore her knee in a wipeout at world championships, leading to the first of two surgeries.
Vonn is two wins from matching the World Cup record of 62 race victories held by skiing great Annemarie Moser-Proell of Austria.
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Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) to Treat Aggression in Dementia
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Support & Coping
Dementia & Related Cognitive Disorders
An Evaluation of the Safety and Effectiveness of "Shock Therapy"
By Esther Heerema, MSW
Medically reviewed by a board-certified physician
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has long been used to treat people struggling with major depression disorder when they haven't improved with antidepressant medications. This is often referred to as treatment-resistant depression. While ECT remains somewhat controversial, in part because it is poorly understood, its use is expanding to other conditions. This includes severe agitation in Alzheimer's disease and other kinds of dementia. Let's take a look at whether or not this treatment is effective and safe in dementia.
What Is ECT? How Is It Administered?
Electroconvulsive therapy involves the administration of electrical stimulation to the brain which causes a brief seizure.
Before undergoing ECT, a patient is given general anesthesia and a medication to relax muscles. The seizure caused by ECT will typically last about 30 seconds to a minute. After the seizure, the person wakens within a few minutes, and within an hour is usually able to resume normal activities, although some psychiatrists prohibit driving for 24 hours.
The number of ECT treatments will vary with your diagnosis, your overall condition, and your response to the treatments.
The History of ECT
ECT has a bad reputation for many who associate it with old ECT treatments that produced violent body jerking and appeared to cause people to become emotionally flat and almost vegetative in nature. You can be reassured that much has changed in ECT.
When it was initially developed, there were far fewer safeguards in place. Now, however, if you were to watch an ECT treatment, you would barely notice any movement of the person while they're receiving the electric shock. You might see their hands or toes wiggle while receiving the treatment, but there will not be the convulsions you might picture from old movies such as, "One Flew Over the Cuckcoo's Nest." There is not pain during ECT because the person is given the anesthesia. Additionally, ECT is administered with multiple medical staff present to ensure the safety and monitoring of the patient before, during and after the procedure.
What Side Effects May Develop?
Side effects include headaches, nausea, muscle soreness, memory loss, and confusion. Most research has concluded that the memory loss is limited, often to a short period before the ECT was administered and less commonly to a few weeks or months before treatment, and rarely to events or information from years before.
Other Uses for ECT
In addition to depression that's not responding to antidepressant medicine, ECT is also used at times to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Sometimes, it's also used if a person is catatonic (not responding at all to the world around her), manic, or unable to take antidepressants for some reason. ECT may be used for someone who's suicidal where it's felt that waiting for a medicine to help would take too long and the risk of that wait is greater than the risk of trying ECT.
Why Try ECT for Agitation and Aggression in Dementia?
ECT has been explored as a treatment for agitation in dementia because of the significant dysfunction and distress that some people with Alzheimer's and other dementias display. This extreme agitation can make it very difficult to care for the person since he may be at the point of harming himself or those around him. In these cases, if other interventions are ineffective, some physicians may recommend ECT treatments.
What Should Be Attempted Prior to ECT?
While each person and his medical condition is unique, in general, there is an order of treatment approaches when it comes to helping the person with dementia who is aggressive and agitated:
Non-pharmacological interventions
Non-pharmacological interventions plus a medication
Non-pharmacological interventions plus multiple combinations of medications
ECT should typically not be attempted until the other approaches have been utilized. There are, however, exceptions to this rule, such as situations where medications can't be utilized or the situation is so dire that the medical staff feels the potential benefit outweighs the risk of trying ECT.
Deciding if ECT is right for you or your loved one should be guided by focusing on the person receiving it. While caregivers struggle significantly to respond to challenging behaviors in dementia, the decision to try ECT should be made based on the attempt to decrease the distress of the person for whom it is proposed and the potential benefit to him, not the potential benefit to the caregiver.
If several non-drug approaches and multiple medications have been attempted and the person still remains very distressed emotionally and physically out of control, it may be time to try ECT for dementia.
Before you proceed with ECT, be sure to have the physician clearly explain the risks and benefits of the proposed treatment for you or your loved one. You need to have adequate information in order to make this decision, and that information should take into account the other diagnoses and medical history of the person so that you can look at the individual situation and make an educated, informed consent decision about receiving ECT.
Is ECT Effective for Agitation in Dementia?
Using ECT to treat agitation and aggression in dementia is a less-researched approach. Nonetheless, there have been a few studies that have concluded that ECT was effective in reducing agitation without producing major side effects. Most people who received ECT in research studies for agitation in dementia demonstrated a decreased level of agitation following treatment; however, it's important to note that the studies that have been conducted have involved small numbers of participants.
Additionally, some of the participants' agitation and aggression returned after time elapsed following the end of the ECT treatments, so some researchers are recommending maintenance treatments which involve less frequent but ongoing ECT treatments.
Is ECT Safe?
ECT was also found to be relatively safe for people with dementia. However, a small percentage of participants in one study did discontinue ECT because of side effects of significant confusion that didn't resolve in the 30 minutes following the treatment. Most people who received ECT for agitation in dementia did not appear to suffer serious side effects.
Does ECT Increase Risk of Memory Loss and Dementia?
There is conflicting research about the effects of ECT on cognition. Some research has found that ECT in older adults vs. younger adults has a higher risk of confusion and memory loss side effects, specifically for those who have vascular dementia or are in later stages of dementia. However, it can be difficult to determine whether that risk is related to the ECT, the individual's depression which can blunt cognition, or the older age of those participants. Other research determined that cognition remained the same after multiple ECT sessions, and some studies determined it actually improved after ECT.
Because there are multiple factors in play, such as the underlying diagnosis that triggers the need for ECT, as well as age and overall health, it's difficult to isolate any cognitive change to ECT.
ECT may be a helpful option for treating agitation and aggression in dementia; however, we lack enough research and results to definitely conclude so at this time. Additional research is needed to continue to assess whether ECT is effective and safe for use in people with agitation and aggression in dementia.
If ECT is proposed for a loved one who is living with dementia, be reassured that it's appropriate to ask the medical staff questions about any concerns you have, as well as to consult with others about this treatment decision. The medical staff treating your loved one has much knowledge, but your knowledge of his medical and overall history makes you an important part of the treatment team and helps promote the best possible outcome.
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Acharya, D., Harper, D., Achtyes, E., et al. (2014). Safety and utility of acute electroconvulsive therapy for agitation and aggression in dementia. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 30(3), pp.265-273.
Burton, M., Koeller, S., Brekke, F., Afonya, A., Sutor, B. and Lapid, M. (2017). Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Dementia-Related Agitation. The Journal of ECT, p.1. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000432.
Glass, O., Forester, B. and Hermida, A. (2017). Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for treating agitation in dementia (major neurocognitive disorder) – a promising option. International Psychogeriatrics, 29(05), pp.717-726. doi: 10.1017/S1041610216002258
Sartorius, A., Aksay, S., Hausner, L. and Frölich, L. (2014). Severe agitation in severe early-onset Alzheimer's disease resolves with ECT. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, p.2147. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S71008
Ujkaj, M., Davidoff, D., Seiner, S., et al. (2012). Safety and Efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy for the Treatment of Agitation and Aggression in Patients With Dementia. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20(1), pp.61-72. doi: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3182051bbc.
Van den Berg, J., Kruithof, H., Kok, R., et al. (2017). Electroconvulsive Therapy for Agitation and Aggression in Dementia – a Systematic Review. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2017.09.023
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An Overview of Goodpasture Syndrome
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A very rare condition affecting the kidneys and lungs
By Ruth Jessen Hickman, MD
Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD
Goodpasture syndrome is a very rare and potentially life-threatening autoimmune disease that damages both the lungs and the kidneys. It is also sometimes known as Goodpasture disease or anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) disease. However, medical professionals sometimes use these terms slightly differently.
Goodpasture syndrome is a rare disease, with one in a million people newly diagnosed with the condition each year. It was first characterized by a Dr. Ernest Goodpasture in 1919. For reasons that aren’t clear, the disease is most common at two times of life: in a person’s 20s and later around their 60s.
Illustration by Emily Roberts, Verywell
The symptoms of Goodpasture syndrome result from problems with the lung and kidney. Around 60 percent to 80 percent of people with the disease experience symptoms of both lung and kidney disease. In contrast, around 20 percent to 40 percent get kidney disease only, and less than 10 percent of people experience only lung problems.
The lung problems of Goodpasture syndrome may cause symptoms like the following:
Chills and fever
In some cases, Goodpasture syndrome can cause severe pulmonary hemorrhage: bleeding from the lung and other parts of the respiratory tract. This may indirectly lead to anemia, low counts of red blood cells. If more severe, blood may block the exchange of oxygen in the small sacs of the lungs. This may cause respiratory failure, a life-threatening condition in which the body does not receive enough oxygen.
The kidney problems of Goodpasture syndrome are due to a condition called glomerulonephritis. That just refers to inflammation of a specific part of the kidney called the glomerulus. This leads to additional symptoms and problems.
Depending on severity, kidney problems might include:
Pain with urination
Blood in the urine
Back pain (area below the ribs)
Confused thinking
Sometimes these symptoms come on gradually. In other cases, they become quite severe over several days. If the kidney problems are severe, it can lead to uremia. This a potentially life-threatening condition from having too high levels of a waste product called urea in your blood.
Occasionally, Goodpasture syndrome occurs along with another condition called autoimmune inner ear disease. This can lead to symptoms such as:
Fullness in the ear
Ringing in the ear
Sudden hearing loss
The Symptoms of Various Autoimmune Diseases
Goodpasture syndrome is thought to be a type of autoimmune disease. In these medical conditions, parts of the immune system become dysregulated. This can cause parts of the immune system to attack normal tissue, leading to symptoms of these diseases. Both genetic and environmental causes are believed to contribute to most autoimmune diseases, but these are not fully understood.
In Goodpasture syndrome, the immune system seems to be abnormally activated against a component of collagen that is found in both the lungs and the kidneys. In the kidney, this affects the glomeruli, the tiny filters in the kidney that help remove excess water and waste products from your blood, turning them into urine. In the lung, it can affect the alveoli, the tiny sacs of air where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged. The immune activation and inflammation then lead to the symptoms of the condition. The abnormal activated antibodies are called anti-GBM antibodies.
Genetics also play a role in triggering Goodpasture syndrome. People with certain variants of specific genes are much more likely to get the disease than people without these genetic variants. However, most people with these variants do NOT get the disease, so other factors also seem to be important.
Some of the following may increase one’s risk of getting the disease:
Exposure to organic solvents or hydrocarbon fumes
Exposure to metallic dusts
Cocaine inhalation
Certain types of lung infections
Certain types of medications that affect the immune system (like alemtuzumab)
In particular, lung disease from Goodpasture syndrome seems much more likely to occur if the individual has suffered some prior lung damage from another cause.
Why Do Autoimmune Diseases Occur?
In diagnosing Goodpasture syndrome, the clinician must distinguish between other medical conditions that can affect the lungs, the kidneys, or both organs. For example, certain kinds of vasculitis can cause similar symptoms, as can some other autoimmune diseases, like lupus.
Diagnosis of Goodpasture syndrome requires a medical history and physical exam. Your medical provider will ask questions about your other medical problems and your current symptoms. He or she will also thoroughly assess all parts of your body to look for diagnostic clues. Basic bloodwork will also help assess kidney function, anemia, and infection.
Kidney Biopsy
Blood tests to check for anti-GBM antibodies
Sometimes these tests are enough to diagnose Goodpasture syndrome and begin treatment. However, kidney biopsy usually provides the definitive diagnosis for the condition. This is performed percutaneously, that is, through a small incision made through the skin. The kidney tissue is removed and examined under a microscope. This enables clinicians to more accurately diagnose the exact cause of the kidney problems.
Critically ill patients may not be able to have a kidney biopsy until their condition becomes more stable. A lung biopsy is usually not as effective a diagnostic tool as a kidney biopsy, but it may be necessary in cases where a kidney biopsy is not possible.
Some other tests that are important to help manage the patient include:
Analysis of a urine sample (gives information about kidney function)
Chest X-ray (can show pulmonary hemorrhage)
It’s essential to reach the correct diagnosis as quickly as possible, so the individual may begin treatment. This will give the best chance of survival and the best chance for full kidney recovery.
Early treatment of Goodpasture syndrome focuses on two things: rapidly removing anti-GBM antibodies from the blood and stopping their future production.
Removal of antibodies from the blood is done through a process called plasmapheresis. During plasmapheresis, a person’s blood is removed from their body via a needle and connected to a machine. This machine then removes the harmful antibodies before pumping the remaining parts of the blood back into the person’s body. A patient will need to undergo this process once a day or every other day for around two to three weeks, or until the anti-GBM antibodies appear to be completely removed.
Stopping production of new anti-GBM antibodies is also very important. This is done by suppressing a person’s immune system. Some of the following medications might be used for this purpose:
Azathioprine (sometimes used due to toxic effects of cyclophosphamide)
Most commonly, corticosteroids plus cyclophosphamide are given as the initial treatment.
Depending on disease severity and other factors, these drugs may be given intravenously or orally. Patients may initially be given high amounts of these drugs to get their disease under control. After that, they may be able to take lower maintenance doses. Depending on how the individual responds to treatment, they may need to take immunosuppressive drugs for several months. Before stopping immunosuppressive therapy, the physician will need to test for levels of anti-GBM antibodies, to make sure that these are no longer present.
People taking immunosuppressive drugs can be more likely to get certain infections. Getting a lung infection soon after an episode of Goodpasture’s syndrome may be quite dangerous. Because of this, sometimes people with Goodpasture syndrome are also prophylactically treated with medications to help prevent infection. These might include certain antifungal drugs, antibiotics, and antiviral drugs.
Some patients with Goodpasture syndrome are critically ill at diagnosis. These individuals may need a great deal of supportive care in a medical intensive care unit. For example, these individuals might need intubation—placement of a tube in the trachea—to help prevent respiratory failure.
Emergency hemodialysis is also sometimes necessary. This helps perform some of the kidney’s functions to eliminate waste from the body. In some cases, this need will be temporary until treatments can take effect. In other cases, individuals may suffer long-term damage to the kidneys. These people may need hemodialysis over the long-term. For some of these individuals, a kidney transplant is an option. Transplant should only be considered if an individual has been free of anti-GBM antibodies for several months.
It’s also important that people with Goodpasture syndrome remove possible disease triggers. For example, smokers should be highly encouraged to quit smoking. Treatment of Goodpasture syndrome usually requires input from multiple medical specialties, including critical care nurses, pulmonologists, nephrologists, and rheumatologists.
The initial period of illness of Goodpasture syndrome is often quite serious, and some patients do die. However, greater than 90 percent of patients survive this stage of the illness if they receive high-level care. Rates of survival are around 80 percent at five years after the episode. Recovery of full kidney function depends largely on how severely the kidneys were affected prior to starting therapy.
Usually, people who suffer an episode of Goodpasture syndrome never have a second one. However, sometimes people do have disease relapses.
Contact your medical provider right away if you have any signs of a possible relapse, like coughing up blood, chest pain, shortness of breath, back pain, or confusion. That way, you can begin re-treatment as soon as possible, giving you the best hope of a good outcome.
Goodpasture syndrome is a very rare disease. It is a medical crisis that can strike rapidly, leading to life-threatening symptoms. It can be frightening and disorienting to learn that someone you love has a serious illness, even though they were previously healthy. But though the disease is serious, we have some good treatments to put the disease in remission, and most people will never experience another disease episode. A whole team of healthcare providers will work with you every step of the way through diagnosis and treatment. Don’t hesitate to reach out for support from your friends, family, and your entire medical team.
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Robert De Niro Says Donald Trump Is A ‘Racist’ And ‘White...
Robert De Niro Says Donald Trump Is A ‘Racist’ And ‘White Supremacist’
By : Charlie Cocksedge On : 06 Jan 2019 17:28
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It’s no secret that Robert De Niro is not a fan of the current president of the United States.
Last year, the 75-year-old actor reportedly banned Trump from eating at any of his Nobu restaurants. While he also received a standing ovation at 2018’s Tony Awards for declaring the words ‘F*ck Trump’ while onstage introducing Bruce Springsteen.
Now, however, De Niro has gone even further, calling Trump a ‘racist’ and a ‘white supremacist’ in a recent interview.
Speaking to The Guardian, the actor said:
When you see someone like [Trump] becoming president, I thought, well, OK, let’s see what he does – maybe he’ll change. But he just got worse. It showed me that he is a real racist. I thought maybe as a New Yorker he understands the diversity in the city but he’s as bad as I thought he was before – and much worse. It’s a shame. It’s a bad thing in this country.
And, when asked whether he would call Trump a white supremacist, De Niro simply responded: ‘yes’.
[Trump] makes mobsters look bad because there are mobsters who will shake your hand and keep their word. He can’t even do that.
He’s a con artist. He’s a huckster. He’s a scam artist. And what bothers me is that people don’t see that. I think that The Apprentice had a lot to do with that, which I never saw but once, maybe. It’s all smoke and mirrors, it’s all bullsh*t.
In October 2018, De Niro was one of many publics figures – including Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton – to be targeted by Cesar Sayoc for their public criticism of the current president.
Sayoc, a fanatical supporter of Trump, was charged with sending 13 pipe bombs to the addresses of the Clintons, Barack Obama and others. The package sent to De Niro was found by security staff at his production company’s warehouse.
Despite the threat to his life, the double Oscar-winner is not quietening down with his criticism of Trump, though he did admit he might do it in a more subtle way to just saying ‘F*ck Trump’.
I won’t do it again because that’s not the way to get things done. [But] I felt that this is something I should say because it’s basic. Trump is basic. He’s just a guy who just thinks he can rattle off his mouth and say anything. Well, I want to say the same thing to him: there are people who are going to say the same thing back to you, no matter who you are.
Last year, Trump responded to De Niro’s insult by calling the double Oscar winner a ‘low IQ individual’. I wonder if he’ll respond this time.
Robert De Niro: ‘Trump is a real racist, a white supremacist’
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10250382 Faculty of Health Sciences Minimum duration of study: 4 years Total credits: 660
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All MMed students must register for, and attend (TNM 802) Applied research methodology 802 satisfactorily, preferably during the intermediate phase/ after completion of Part 1 and before sitting for Part 2 of the MMed.
All MMed students must submit a dissertation (MMS 890) which must be assessed as satisfactory by an external examiner, or a research article that has been accepted for publication in a subsidised periodical. The student must be the first author of the article. An ordinary literature review will not be accepted.The research proposal must be approved by the MMed Protocol Committee prior to the intermediate exam (surgical disciplines) or otherwise within two years of enrolment ( other disciplines). It is in the best interest of the candidate to complete the research component prior to the exit exam and if not possible, preferably to postpone the exam. If the exam is to be written in Semester 2 of the 4th year the dissertation should be submitted 1 September of the 4th year. If this is not the case, the supervisor should complete and sign the necessary documentation, stipulating that the candidate will complete the project within the next 3 to 6 months. The dissertation must be submitted prior to the taking of the CMSA fellowship examination.
A systematic literature review (Cochrane type) on an approved subject, which is undertaken in such a manner that bias is minimised, may be presented as an alternative to the dissertation for awarding the MMed (Public Health Medicine) degree, It requires, inter alia, a protocol with clearly formulated objectives and methods. Inclusion and exclusion methods for the study must be determined. Where applicable, the data must be summarised (meta analysis), with applicable statistical methods. This alternative is in special cases applicable to other MMed degrees.
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A prospective student for the MMed degree programme must be in possession of the MBChB degree of this University or a qualification deemed by the University to be equivalent to the MBChB degree for at least two years. In addition such a student must be registered as a physician with the Health Professions Council of South Africa for at least one year.
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Will the U.S.-Mexico migration deal work? Here are the 6 things you need to know.
People fleeing danger are likely to find new ways to get to the U.S.
A migrant mother and child wait for a northbound freight train in Salto del Agua, Chiapas state, Mexico, on June 24. (Marco Ugarte/AP)
By Rachel Schmidtke
Rising public concern about the humanitarian crisis at the border highlights the challenges the United States and Mexico face in trying to stem the tide of migrants traveling north. Although the presidents of the U.S. and Mexico recently shook hands on an agreement to curb migration and avoid tariffs, the likelihood of success is uncertain.
Here is what you need to know about the deal.
1. Mexico offered more manpower to tackle the crisis.
Mexico promises to deploy 6,000 national guard members to the Belize and Guatemala border. One thousand more authorized agents will be sent to the Suchiate and Usumacinta municipalities of the southern border. On the northern border, Mexico agreed to work with the United States to expand the Migrant Protection Protocols, also referred to as “Remain in Mexico,” and to provide asylum seekers with education, shelter and jobs. The Mexican government also deployed about 15,000 troops to its northern border, although this was not part of the original agreement.
[More troops at Mexico’s border with Guatemala won’t block migrants from coming to the U.S. Here’s why.]
2. The United States made important promises to Mexico but hasn’t yet ponied up.
Mexico dodged President Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on imports from Mexico, the U.S.’s top trading partner. That was Mexico’s most obvious benefit from the deal. Mexico could also benefit from a U.S. commitment to speed adjudication of migrants’ asylum claims, which might reduce the number of asylum seekers gathering at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Mexico is spearheading a Comprehensive Development Plan, which aims to reduce migration in the region by improving socioeconomic conditions in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. The plan is a key priority for Mexico, which the United States has stated it will welcome.
But the U.S. government has not yet announced the steps it will take to speed up the resolution of asylum claims. Nor has the administration been specific about what reduction in migration levels would put tariffs permanently off the table. What’s more, the United States stated vaguely that it “welcomes” Mexico’s development plan but has made no offer to contribute financially. Nor is the Trump administration providing resources to ensure asylum seekers receive basic services and humanitarian assistance.
[Could foreign aid help stop Central Americans from coming to the U.S.? Here are the facts.]
3. Mexicans favor tougher borders but are mixed on the deal.
Mexican public opinion polls suggest Mexicans support greater enforcement. Three-quarters of Mexicans in a recent poll believe migrants who enter Mexico illegally should be deported; two-thirds support militarizing Mexico’s southern border. Still, Mexican opinion about the deal is mixed. About 40 percent of Mexicans recently polled believe Mexico caved to U.S. demands, in part because Mexico appears to have committed to much more than the United States.
4. Many doubt the deal can succeed.
It’s not clear whether Mexico’s national guard can perform immigration functions or detain and deport enough people to satisfy the United States. A rush to send authorities to the border without proper training could lead to human rights abuses, as when Mexican police shot and killed a 19-year-old Salvadoran migrant woman last week.
Mexican border cities are unprepared, and Mexican citizens are wary of having to provide asylum seekers with shelter, jobs and education for months or years. Migrants face dire conditions such as overcrowded shelters, disease outbreaks and no apparent prospects for work.
5. Increased enforcement won’t necessarily deter migrants.
New evidence suggests that migrants are growing fearful of Mexican authorities. Swift detention and deportation at Mexico’s southern border sends the message that it will be more difficult to enter Mexico and pass through undetected.
But stronger enforcement can also increase the demand for smugglers who can help migrants desperate to flee their home countries’ conditions. Migrant smugglers are innovative and adaptable, which can make them hard to track and apprehend.
This has happened before. After Mexico increased its immigration enforcement in 2014, fewer migrants at first sought entry to Mexico. But in 2015 and early 2016, apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border began to creep back up as migrants found ways to avoid immigration agents in Mexico. In 2017, both Mexican and U.S. authorities apprehended the lowest numbers of migrants in years — registering just over 5,000 in Mexico, a significant drop from the 16,000 stopped the year before. But that’s probably because of U.S. government rhetoric, not beefed-up enforcement.
In December 2018, Mexico’s new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, oversaw a restructuring of the National Migration Institute, reducing the number of immigration agents. In January and February, the new Mexican government introduced more migrant-friendly policies, and the number of migrants apprehended dropped again. When it resumed enforcing restrictions on migration in February, apprehensions went up again.
6. Can Mexico be a “safe third country”?
Mexico agreed to consider making itself a “safe third country” if it cannot stem the tide of migrants. According to U.N. standards, a country so designated has agreed to keep asylum seekers safe from removal to their home countries; has a functioning asylum system; and treats asylum seekers in accordance with recognized basic humanitarian standards, such as shelter and safety.
The U.S. has a safe third country agreement with Canada, meaning that refugee claimants are required to request protection in the first safe country they arrive in, unless they qualify for an exception. But Mexico’s homicide rates, impunity for crimes and presence of criminal organizations raise doubts about whether Mexico would meet such standards.
What’s more, Mexico is cutting its asylum processing agency budget, even though it already struggles to keep up with the asylum claims. If Mexico signed onto such a deal, the number of claims would probably overwhelm the agency.
Guatemala is also in talks with the United States to sign a safe third country deal. But Guatemala’s institutional capacity is more limited than Mexico’s. Shifting the burden to Mexico (or Guatemala) will not ensure a safe or effective asylum process. U.S.-sponsored extraterritorial processing centers, where migrants can apply for asylum in the United States from designated safe zones, might work better to share the burden without overloading asylum systems or putting migrants in precarious situations.
Signing the deal has given Mexico a brief respite from U.S. threats. But if Mexico can’t keep its promises, the consequences are unclear. The number of migrants traveling to and through Mexico may well go down in the next month, as often happens in the summer — but could well go up again come fall. That suggests Mexico — again threatened with tariffs — could find itself right back at the negotiating table before long.
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Rachel Schmidtke (@r_schmidtke) is the program associate for migration at the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) Shares Sold by Markston International LLC
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Markston International LLC lessened its position in Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) by 4.4% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 19,770 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after selling 900 shares during the period. Markston International LLC’s holdings in Caterpillar were worth $2,678,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of CAT. Oakworth Capital Inc. increased its stake in shares of Caterpillar by 11.0% during the 1st quarter. Oakworth Capital Inc. now owns 808 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $109,000 after purchasing an additional 80 shares during the last quarter. Cambridge Trust Co. increased its stake in shares of Caterpillar by 3.5% during the 1st quarter. Cambridge Trust Co. now owns 2,425 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $329,000 after purchasing an additional 83 shares during the last quarter. Highland Private Wealth Management increased its stake in shares of Caterpillar by 4.9% during the 1st quarter. Highland Private Wealth Management now owns 1,860 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $252,000 after purchasing an additional 87 shares during the last quarter. Avestar Capital LLC increased its stake in shares of Caterpillar by 9.0% during the 1st quarter. Avestar Capital LLC now owns 1,050 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $117,000 after purchasing an additional 87 shares during the last quarter. Finally, YorkBridge Wealth Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Caterpillar by 5.0% during the 1st quarter. YorkBridge Wealth Partners LLC now owns 1,865 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $253,000 after purchasing an additional 88 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.66% of the company’s stock.
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NYSE:CAT opened at $127.23 on Friday. Caterpillar Inc. has a 1 year low of $112.06 and a 1 year high of $159.37. The company has a current ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.57. The firm has a market capitalization of $72.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.34, a PEG ratio of 0.87 and a beta of 1.52.
Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 24th. The industrial products company reported $2.94 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.84 by $0.10. Caterpillar had a net margin of 11.50% and a return on equity of 45.08%. The business had revenue of $13.47 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.36 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.82 EPS. Caterpillar’s revenue was up 4.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts forecast that Caterpillar Inc. will post 12.24 EPS for the current year.
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, August 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 22nd will be issued a $1.03 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 19th. This is an increase from Caterpillar’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.86. This represents a $4.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.24%. Caterpillar’s dividend payout ratio is 30.66%.
Several research analysts have recently commented on the stock. UBS Group lowered shares of Caterpillar from a “buy” rating to a “sell” rating and dropped their price target for the stock from $154.00 to $125.00 in a research note on Tuesday, February 26th. Bank of America set a $152.00 price target on shares of Caterpillar and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 4th. Deutsche Bank lowered shares of Caterpillar from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and dropped their price target for the stock from $152.00 to $128.00 in a research note on Wednesday, April 3rd. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Caterpillar from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $157.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 2nd. Finally, ValuEngine upgraded shares of Caterpillar from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 1st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have given a hold rating and fourteen have issued a buy rating to the stock. The stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $145.39.
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Caterpillar, Inc engages in the manufacture of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. It operates through the following segments: Construction Industries, Resource Industries, Energy and Transportation, Financial Products, and All Other.
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Wilkes University Announces Faculty Promotions and Tenure Awards
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Wilkes University has announced faculty promotions and recognized faculty who have been awarded tenure.
The following are faculty who have been promoted to full professor:
John Heppwas promoted to full professor of history. He received his bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Temple University and continued to receive his juris doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. After practicing law in Philadelphia, he earned a doctorate in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Hepp specializes in urban history, including the cities of Philadelphia, London and Glasgow, and the history of American foreign policy. His research interests include Victorian middle-class culture and the development of international law. He has published two books, one on the city of Philadelphia and one on Warren G. Harding, three peer-reviewed journal articles and two book chapters in edited volumes, along with numerous encyclopedia entries.
Kyle Kreider was promoted to full professor of political science. He received his bachelor’s degree in political science and philosophy from Millersville University and earned a master’s degree and doctorate in political science from Temple University. Kreider’s research is at the intersection of social science and law. He co-authored two book-length projects with well-respected publishers: U.S. Election Campaigns: A Reference and Documentary Guide, published by Greenwood Press in 2001, and a two-volume collection of scholarly essays, Minority Voting in the United States, published in 2016 by Praeger. Kreider is the chair of the Divisions of Behavioral and Social Services at Wilkes.
Lawrence Kuhar was promoted to full professor of English. He received his bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s degree in English from Duquesne University and his doctorate in contemporary American literature and rhetoric from the University of Maryland. In addition to having an original play produced, Kuhar is an active poet who has published his work nationally, including the 2017 publication of three poems in Ars Medica, and presented his work at conferences. Kuhar is a communications consultant to the insurance industry, the health-care industry, banking, technology enterprises and other organizations in northeast Pennsylvania. His work in these industries has focused on topics ranging from organizational and leadership communications, culture change initiatives, team building policies and procedures, the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, managed care and internal audit communication practices.
Edward Schicatano was promoted to full professor of psychology. He received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Bloomsburg University and his master’s degree and doctorate in neuroscience from Wake Forest University. Schicatano was awarded the Carpenter Award for teaching excellence in 2006, which is Wilkes University’s highest recognition for outstanding teaching. He was also recognized with the Outstanding Advisor Award in 2010. He has published two journal articles in the last year, including a publication in Journal of Neuroscience Education. Schicatano has consistently presented his research on the effects of emotion and cognition on pain perception at conferences. He is the co-director of the NeuroTraining and Research Center at Wilkes and is the coordinator of the psychology degree program, as well as the head of the neuroscience program.
Mark Stinewas promoted to full professor of communication studies. He received his bachelor’s degree in English from Moravian College, a master’s degree in education with a concentration in media production from East Stroudsburg University and a doctorate in mass media and communication from Temple University. He is the faculty advisor for the Wilkes Now TV magazine program, for WCLH radio and for the University’s chapter of College Republicans. His teaching at Wilkes has been recognized with the Interdisciplinary Teaching Award, and he received the Outstanding Advisor Award in 2013. He produced and co-produced several documentary films with one of them attaining critical success in England in 2014. His documentary film True Rarity: The Amazing Story of Irwin Weinberg, attracted attention from postal history scholars and was publicly screened. Stine also has presented 15 papers at regional, national and international conferences, including the National Communication Association meeting, a top conference in the discipline, and has several publications.
The following faculty were awarded tenure and also received promotions within their respective departments:
Rafael Garcia was granted tenure and promoted to associate professor of foreign languages. Garcia specializes in Spanish literature with a focus on the Golden Age. Garcia joined the Wilkes University faculty in 2011 after serving at Martin University. He received a licenciatura in Spanish literature and linguistics and a second in Latin and Greek philology, both from the Universidad de Valladolid in Spain. He earned his doctorate from the University of Cincinnati. Garcia is a scholar of 16th and 17th century Spain, in particular the writings of Luis de Granda.
Maria Grandinetti was granted tenure and promoted to associate professor of nursing. Grandinetti earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration in finance from Rider University. After receiving a second bachelor’s degree in nursing from Seton Hall University, she earned a master’s degree in nursing education from Wilkes University. She earned her doctorate in nursing education from Widener University. She is completing a post-doctorate certificate in nursing informatics. Grandinetti holds professional certification as a nurse educator from the National League of Nursing and has been a registered nurse for 24 years. Grandinetti began teaching at Wilkes in 2008. She teaches on both the undergraduate and graduate level, and is the coordinator of the accelerated baccalaureate-nursing program. She has peer-reviewed publications in national and international journals, and has presented numerous podium and poster presentations at regional, national and international professional conferences.
Mary Jane Miskovsky was granted tenure and promoted to associate professor of nursing. Miskovsky received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Misericordia University. She went on to receive her master’s degree in nursing/clinical nurse specialist critical care with a concentration in nursing education and a post-master’s nurse practitioner-adult certificate from Syracuse University. Miskovsky received her doctorate from Carlow University. She is nationally certified as an adult health nurse practitioner and maintains a clinical practice at Volunteers in Medicine, a free clinic for the uninsured. Her research interest ranges from studies on obesity to looking at the use of virtual patient simulation and standardized patients in online nursing education. She has presented at regional and national conferences, including the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and has served as a reviewer for The Journal for Nurse Practitioners. She is on the advisory board of Shadow Health, a national educational software development company.
Abas Sabouni was granted tenure and promoted to associate professor of electrical engineering. Sabouni joined Wilkes University in fall 2013 after a prestigious post-doctoral fellowship at Ecole Polytechnique and Montreal Neurology Institute in Montreal, Canada. In 2017, he worked as a researcher at Harvard University. In 2014 and 2015, he conducted research at University of California San Diego, as a visiting scholar. In 2014, Sabouni received the Interdisciplinary Teacher Award and in 2016, he received the Outstanding New Faculty Award, both from Wilkes. In 2017, the University awarded him the Scholarship Award and the Outstanding Advisory Award. He is a recipient of the IEEE AP-S honorable mention award and FQRNT Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship. Sabouni has authored and co-authored over 80 peer-reviewed journals and conference papers presented at international conferences and published in scientific journals. He is the co-author of a technical book, Microwave Tomography: Global Optimization, Parallelization and Performance Evaluation. His specializes in microwave tomography for breast cancer detection and magnetic stimulation for brain treatment. Sabouni earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Azad University in Iran and master’s degrees in electrical and computer engineering from K.N. Toosi University of Technology in Iran. Sabouni earned his doctorate in electrical and computer engineering from University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
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MJ child sex abuse allegations doc to premiere at Sundance
Michael Jackson child sex abuse allegations doc to premiere at Sundance
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In this June 13, 2005 photo, Michael Jackson gestures as he leaves court during his trial on child molestation charges in Santa Maria, Calif. Mark J. Terrill / AP, File
A documentary detailing the story of two boys who alleged Michael Jackson sexually abused them is set to debut at the Sundance Film Festival.
Leaving Neverland will screen as part of the annual event in Park City, Utah, later this month.
Produced by BAFTA-winning director Dan Reed, the production centres on the late superstar’s alleged victims, now in their 30s, who maintain they were molested by Jackson at the ages of seven and 10.
The two-part film is named after the Santa Barbara, Calif., estate where Jackson entertained young fans during sleepovers.
The identities of the men involved in the film are not yet known.
Among those who have previously come forward with accounts of misconduct against the star are two brothers, now in their 20s, who filed charges in 2005. Jackson was acquitted of all charges.
Choreographer Wade Robinson filed a suit against Jackson in 2013, four years after the King of Pop’s death, claiming Jackson molested him at the age of seven. The charges were later dismissed.
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$21 TRILLION Looted from US Treasury Coffers Between 1998-2015
November 2, 2018 Thomas Müller Articles by Thomas Müller, Business, Crime, Hidden History, Politics, US News, Winter Watch Articles 3
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Every man, woman and child in America is owed $65,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), according to a report published earlier this year by Michigan State University professor and economist Mark Skidmore.
Working with graduate students and former HUD Assistant Secretary Catherine Austin Fitt, Skidmore and his audit team uncovered $21 trillion in unauthorized spending within HUD and DOD between 1998 and 2015. Their published research is available here: “DOD and HUD Missing Money: Supporting Documentation for $21 Trillion of Undocumentable Adjustments ($65,000 Per Person).”
In accounting terms, the missing money is referred to as “undocumentable adjustments.” When abused to a gross degree, it becomes a euphemism for theft and fraud. HUD/DOD’s “adjustments” lends new meaning to the Winter Watch term “Crime Syndicate.” This loot is so monumental that even the term “Crime Syndicate” might not do it justice.
Also revealed in the research was gross violations of financial reporting laws by the U.S. government since 1998, the same year money started flooding the coffers of hedge funds that have soared ever since.
Among the mainstream media, it appears only Forbes ran an article, with Boston University economics professor Laurence Kotlikoff covering the story. This professor disclosed government agency attempts to hide evidence and suppress the information.
On October 5, 2017 we discovered that the link to the report “Army General Fund Adjustments Not Adequately Documented or Supported” had been disabled. Within a several days, the links to other OIG documents we identified in our search were also disabled. The sequential non-random nature of this disabling process suggests a purposeful decision on the part of OIG to make key documents unavailable to the public via the website.
Professor Skidmore also disclosed attempts to shut down his project.
I have been able to talk to a few people. I tried calling the Congressional Budget Office. I talked with somebody at the GAO, and one or two people at the Office of the Inspector General, who were generating these reports. … It’s a big question in why don’t people want to look at this? Some high ranking government official also authorized the disabling of all the links to the key documents. We know that.
I know, for example, that some activities, just for the sake of protection of the people involved in national security, have to be black budget. There is always stuff like that. Usually, it’s authorized spending, and some percentage is this black budget where only a small percentage of people and some in Congress know about it, but this is way outside of that.
The following summarizes the findings of the researchers.
The result, according to the report, is that data used to prepare the year-end financial statements were unreliable and lacked an adequate audit trail. The report indicates that just 170 transactions accounted for $2.1 trillion in year — end unsupported adjustments. No information is given about these 170 transactions. In addition, many thousands of transactions with unsubstantiated adjustments were, according to the report, removed by the Army.
There is no explanation concerning why they were removed nor their magnitude. The July 2016 report states, “In addition, DFAS (Defense Finance and Accounting Service) Indianapolis personnel did not document or support why DDRS (The Defense Department Reporting System) removed at least 16,513 of 1.3 million feeder file records during the Third Quarter.”
Catherine Fitts in the following blockbuster interview with journalist Greg Hunter called the operation a massive criminal enterprise. She indicated this is likely a replay of the takedown of Russia playbook. Her theory is that the endgame is a big economic bust and a Washington Consensus privatization, which has been WWs theory as well. The second video is an interview with Sizemore.
Of course, this type of skulduggery is not entirely new. Just one day before 9/11, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, perhaps as foreshadowing, announced $2.3 trillion was unaccounted for in the DOD budget. In the aftermath of 9/11, Rumsfeld’s announcement was ignored and the big looting operation, by all indications, went into overdrive.
Dual Israeli-American Rabbi Dov S. Zakheim was Under Secretary of Defense and Pentagon Comptroller from May 4, 2001, to March 10, 2004. He was in place during 9/11. He never accounted for the missing $2.3 trillion. On May 6, 2004, Zakheim took a lucrative position at Booz Allen Hamilton. Booz, Allen & Hamilton. He also worked closely with DARPA, another major financial black hole. For more on Zakheim’s career and background see Rense.com’s report.
During Zakheim’s tenure as Pentagon controller, over $3 trillion dollars was unaccounted for. Additionally, military information was jeopardized and military contractors billed the U.S. for Israeli military spending: $50 million for fighter jets were rated as “surplus,” for example, and the list goes on. As the scandal of trillions surfaced, Zakheim resigned and Israel was handed the finest fighter jets in the U.S.’ inventory. Meanwhile, 15% of U.S. jets were grounded for a lack of parts.
One of the dark cards played are contract fees to fund development. Since these programs are often cancelled, those fees are paid off. Is this yet another black hole?
It behooves us to ask the obvious questions: Who manages the DOD and who is accountable? Inquiring minds would like to know. What is the background of all this “talent”?
A snapshot during the early Obama administration reveals it in spades. Of the 111 U.S. Defense Department senior officials, 40 are Jewish or have Jewish spouses. This is a numerical representation of 36%. Jews are approximately 2% of the U.S. population. Therefore, Jews and spouses of Jews are over-represented among the U.S. Defense Department senior officials by a factor of 1800%. A similar perusal should be done on Christian evangelical Zionists in the DOD. Winter Watch holds that the Zionist-occupied goverment (ZOG) infestation hat trick will be a fiat accompli.
Who are the Likely Looters?
Follow the money. Starting in 1997, there were approximately 350 billionaires globally. That number is now about 1,400. The worth of these individuals has increased from $300 billion to $2.2 trillion. This is without doubt under-reported. The second chart below shows the locales of the world’s ultra wealthy. The vast majority, about 55,000, are located in U.S. By far, the U.S. has the highest concentration of kleptocrats. It’s Crime Syndicate Central. Few plutocrats got where they are without being involved, directly or compartmentalized. Fitts mentioned the same compromised control system we have alluded to on the pages of Winter Watch. Everything about this reinforces our theories — except we underestimated the sheer magnitude.
Kleptocrats have entire networks working below them in a power infrastructure. Such a network is expensive to maintain, which suggests a large measure of the looted $21 trillion to support it.
Another filter for spotting kleptocrats is identifying those who need to hide their money in offshore entities. Many were revealed by ICIJ in what was dubbed “The Panama Papers.”
Banksters / Financial Manipulations
Debt Slavery
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3 Comments on $21 TRILLION Looted from US Treasury Coffers Between 1998-2015
easttexascossack November 6, 2018 at 4:03 pm
The bottom graph is blurry as hell.
Johnny Walker Read November 1, 2018 at 9:45 am
God bless “Murka”
Russ Winter December 16, 2017 at 7:55 pm
More details and mechanisms from Catherine Fitts on how the looting works
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Anomalous Behavior in Christian Evangelical Circles: The Curious Case of Pat Robertson
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Gore Urges Investment in Health
Author: Kristen PhilipkoskiKristen Philipkoski
SAN FRANCISCO – Part stand-up comic, part public health advocate, Al Gore entertained and encouraged a standing-room-only crowd at the J.P. Morgan H&Q Healthcare conference here on Wednesday.
"I used to be the next president of the United States," he opened, delivering his talk with a more relaxed demeanor than during the presidential election. "You win some, you lose some, and then there's that little-known third category that I'm in."
He was a pretty funny and very bearded guy. It seemed at any moment he might say: Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen, I'll be here all week. Tip your bartenders and waitresses.
"Do you know that they let other cars drive on the road with me now?" he said. "And since I haven't driven in eight years, I'm not sure it's a good idea."
He warmed up the audience full of biotech investors and executives, pacing around the stage in true stand-up fashion, then moved on to public health policy issues.
Gore urged biotech researchers to diverge their focus from mainly moneymaking drugs and address the state of public health, pointing out that 40 million Americans don't have health insurance.
"It's not fair to simply push all out for more research ... without at the same time balancing to make sure there's access to health care," he said.
While he congratulated the industry for its successes and its efforts, mentioning the milestone achievement of the Human Genome Project many times, Gore also pointed out that drugs are not the only answer to health-care problems.
Any doctor will agree, he said, that eating a healthy diet, exercising, getting enough sleep and reducing stress are all more important than many of the therapies companies are spending millions to develop.
"A public health system that focuses on prevention and putting a foundation under the American people where health is concerned could get tremendous results," he said, "as we continue the research and development and approval and distribution of these new therapies."
To improve health care, drug development needs to move from an assembly line, mass-production approach to an individualized, tailored industry, he said. It's a transformation that's happening in every industry, and also has to happen in biotech.
He said that 40 percent of people who take drugs don't benefit from them because their genetic makeup causes them to be uniquely unsuited to respond to the drug.
It's a problem that several companies, including Orchid BioSciences, are addressing by studying single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs, which are tiny differences in individual's genes.
The government also has an effort to identify all human SNPs, called the SNP Consortium.
He suggested a Napster-style network for people with similar health issues to share information.
He also suggested that if public researchers used technology to its full potential, they could predict the arrival of different diseases such as the flu.
Gore also took the opportunity to endorse Dr. Allistair Wood, assistant vice chancellor and professor of medicine and pharmacology at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, for the post of FDA commissioner. The agency has been looking for a permanent commissioner for many months.
He made brief mention of stem cell research, perhaps the most controversial medical research topic in recent years. While he acknowledged that ethics are important to address, he cautioned against forgoing important medical advancements that could be on par with obliterating the use of the iron lung.
"I remember vividly what a terror polio was when we were children," he said.
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Darlene Tait
DARLENE TAIT PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW After spending almost 40 years as a marketing professional (International airlines and large-scale Real Estate developments) Darlene turned her attention to film after returning from 10 years of living and working in Loreto, Mexico, to retire back home to Vancouver Island. She currently serves on the Board of the Vancouver Island South Film Commission, is a past Director on the Board of Cinevic and is an active member of the Victoria film community in various capacities as Producer, Casting Director, 1st Assistant Director and/or as an actor. She also founded the on-line media entity, VI Film News & Events on both Facebook and Twitter. Darlene’s first foray into the film community on Vancouver Island began with extensive film training at the Screen Actors Studio (David Simmonds) in the late-90’s. After some early success, her real estate career took her to Mexico full-time in 2003. Although she returned to Victoria in 2013, family health issues were her focus until 2015 when she re-entered the local film community. Her local film involvement since that time has been extensive and varied. Her strong business background has made her an invaluable asset to the independent film community where she frequently consults to and/or is engaged on local productions. As an actor, she is also frequently seen in local commercials for Tourism, Real Estate, Air Travel, Health Clinics and others and is represented by Coultish Talent Management.
Area(s) of Interest: Casting; Actors; Producers
Current Profession: Marketing Acting/Producing
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Work References or Credits: SELECT FILM CREDITS • Super Bingo (2017 Short) - Lead Role/Agnes - Written/Directed by Matthew Blecha • All-In Madonna (2017 Short) - Casting Director - NSI/BRAVO funded short - Director Arnold Lim • Her Name Is Destiny (2017 Short) - Producer - Cinespark Competition Winner 2017 - post-production • Pearly Nights - (2017 Short) - Supporting Role/Judith - Directed By Amy McLeish • A Rose for Christmas (2016 MOW) - Actor Role/Hotel Manager - Hallmark Films • The Cameraman (2016, Short) Multi-Award Winner - Associate Producer/Production Manager - Director: Connor Gaston • Watching Something Private (2016, Short) 1st AD/Production Manager - Director: Arnold Lim • ‘TIL DEATH (2014) Associate Producer - Director: Connor Gaston For a complete listing of film/TV Credits, please visit her complete IMDB filmography at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5800803/
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Tiffany & Co Will You?
Jeweler Tiffany & Co is featuring a same-sex couple for the first time in its advertising history
Eric Bourne (right), a Midland, Michigan native, and his husband Thomas Trube were the models for Tiffany & Co.’s latest marketing campaign. It’s the first ad for the famed jeweler to feature a same-sex couple.
A highly publicized advertisement for famed luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co featuring a Michigan native and his same-sex partner has been named one of the top LGBT-themed advertisements ofthe year. The two men depicted in the ‘Will You?’ campaign are a real-life couple. The new campaign comes at a time when public support for gay marriage has reached a new high.
The campaign was shot by fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh and features six other couples. The ads are meant to broaden the 178-year-old jeweler’s portrayals of marriage, Tiffany & Co said. For example, another pairing shows a couple with their child during their wedding, a nod to people who have children outside marriage.
Nowadays, the road to marriage is no longer linear, and true love can happen more than once with love stories coming in a variety of forms. The Tiffany engagement ring is the first sentence of the story that a couple will write together as they create a life that is deeply intimate and exceptional, which is the message we hope to convey through this campaign.
The ad, which features the men sitting on the steps of a New York City brownstone in the West Village, went public in January. The black-and-white ad shows Bourne and Trube with arms linked together and reads:
“Will you promise to never stop completing my sentences or singing off-key, which I’m afraid you do often? And will you let today be the first sentence of one long story that never, ever ends”
Set of Tiffany & Co Platinum Wedding Rings
Eric Bourne and his partner were the only actual couple in the entire campaign, which featured seven different couples, covering the gamut of marriage.
The campaign is all about the nontraditional marriage and how love and marriage follows its own journey. To be part of that is really exciting
Eric Bourne
In recent years, several other major fashion companies have also featured same-sex couples, including Benetton, Gap, Banana Republic and J. Crew. I think this Tiffany & Co ad really promotes the beauty of marriage, no matter the gender. I hope this ad encourages other companies to support same-sex marriage. I think it’s great that a huge, iconic and traditional company like Tiffany & Co is recognizing homosexual couples. Also because no other brand embodies the emotion and trust that Tiffany & Co does for those who are committed to one another.
Posted on 16 March 2016 16 March 2016 by amr63 Posted in Jewels, LBGT Tagged Engagement Ring, Eric Bourne, Gay, Gay Marriage, Marriage, Peter Lindbergh, Same Sex Couple, Same Sex Marriage, Thomas Trube, Tiffany & Co, Wedding Ring 2 Comments
MATT BOMER: ALL IN !
Matthew Staton ‘Matt’ Bomer (born October 11, 1977) made his television debut with Guiding Light in 2001, and gained recognition with his recurring role in the NBC television series Chuck as Bryce Larkin. He played the lead role of a con-artist in the series White Collar from 2009 to 2014. Bomer won a Golden Globe Award and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his supporting role as Felix Turner in the HBO television film The Normal Heart (2014). And since 2014 in the American Horror Story as Donovan.
Bomer featured in supporting roles in such films as the 2005 thriller Flightplan, the 2011 science fiction thriller In Time, the 2012 comedy-drama, next to Channing Tatum, Magic Mike, and the 2014 supernatural-drama Winter’s Tale. He starred in the Dustin Lance Black play 8 on Broadway and at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre as Jeff Zarrillo, a plaintiff in the federal case that overturned California’s Proposition 8. Last year we could admire him, again next to Channing Tatum, in Magic Mike XXL.
This year we can watch him in the Magnificent Seven and The Nice Guys. And soon in Monty Clift, the story about Hollywood star Montgomery Clift.
Matt Bomer as Montgomery Clift. During production of A Place in the Sun, Montgomery Clift meets the woman who will become his closest confidant and best friend, Elizabeth Taylor.
In 2011 Matt Bomer married publicist Simon Halls. The couple have three sons, including a set of twins. He first publicly acknowledged that he was gay in 2012, when he thanked Halls and their children during an acceptance speech for his Steve Chase Humanitarian Award. His comming out proved that it was the right thing to do. His fans didn’t leave him. They became more and more… he is more populair then ever. Also in 2012, Bomer was given an Inspiration Award for his work at the GLSEN Awards.
Matt Bomer on the Cover of MEN’s FITNESS January/February 2016
Now, Matt Bomer, seen as one of the most sympathic and kind people of Hollywood, is now coverman of MEN’s FITNESS… We don’t have to ask why!
Run to your local bookstore, before it is to late!!
MEN’S FITNESS January/February 2016 photoshoot by Doug Inglis
PHOTOGRAPHER: Doug Inglis
CELEB: MATT BOMER
GROOMING: DAVID COX
Posted on 25 January 2016 7 April 2016 by amr63 Posted in Actor, Art, Humanitarians, LBGT, Movies, The Photographers Tagged American Horror Story, Channing Tatum, Chuck, David Cox, Doug Inglis, Dustin Lance Black, Emmy Award, Flightplan, Gay, GLSEN Awards, Golden Globe Award, Guiding Light, In Time, Inspriation Award, Magic Mike, Magic Mike XXL, Magnificent Seven, Matt Bomer, Men's Fitness, Montgomery Clift, Monty Clift, NBC, Primetime Emmy Award, Proposition 8, Simon Halls, Steve Chase Humanitarian Award, The Nobel Heart, White Collar, Winter's Tale 2 Comments
Keegan Hirst’s Water Sports
In 1995, Australian Rugby League player Ian Roberts became the first professional rugby player to come out. He was followed by Welsh Rugby Union star Gareth Thomas in 2009.
Despite the headline grabbing fact of being the first openly gay British Rugby League player, the biggest challenge he faced has been coming to terms with the fact that he was going to hurt a woman he loved.
They met when he was 19 but the relationship broke down and the couple separated after the birth of his daughter. At that time Keegan had several gay experiences, but because they never felt comfortable, he didn’t believe that he was actually gay.
Speaking exclusively to the Sunday Mirror, the dad of two tells of the moment he finally found the words to explain to his wife the reason they could no longer be together. And he talks emotionally of the support he got, not only from her but also from his rugby team-mates.
The vèry sympathic Keegan Hirst on Good Morning Britain
She blamed herself when we separated but I knew she’d done nothing wrong. I couldn’t bear it any more, the guilt of it all, of her not knowing why I left. It was eating me up. I went to her and asked if I could have a word. My stomach was in knots. We sat at the kitchen table and I said, “There’s something I need to tell you” I couldn’t get the words out, I felt like I was going to be sick. But I managed to say it. She didn’t say anything at first. I explained why and how I felt, it was very emotional. We were both in tears.
Keegan Hirst by Leigh Kelly (Click photo to enlarge)
At first I couldn’t even say ‘I’m gay’ in my head, let alone out loud. Now I feel like I’m letting out a long breath that I’ve held in for a long time
“She didn’t ask a lot of questions, but she was very supportive. She was totally blind-sided. She’d had absolutely no idea. It was incredibly tough, but for me it was a weird situation because it also felt liberating. I thought I’d be disowned by friends and family but I haven’t been,” he said. “The support from my teammates and other rugby league players has really surprised me, it’s all been positive.”
As soon as it was done, I was out of there quick-sticks. I felt ashamed, really. I thought I don’t want to feel like this forever, so it was back into denial.
The response to his news has been overwhelmingly positive—something Hirst honestly didn’t expect.
Keegan says he first felt he might be gay as a teenager. He said: “I had girlfriends on and off, but at about 15, I started feeling attracted to guys too. I was having conflicting feelings, but it was something I suppressed. It wasn’t the done thing to admit it. I thought it can’t be right because of how bad I felt about it. If I was gay I should be enjoying it. Because those experiences felt like a negative or dirty thing, I genuinely thought I can’t be gay!”
Keenan Hirst on the cover of Attitude Magazine (Clickphoto to enlarge)
Now we can admire the 6ft 4in captain of West Yorkshire side Batley Bulldogs on the cover of Attitude and he can wash of his past…. Britain’s first openlty rugby league player seems to be relishing his newfound sex symbol status, and we’re loving every second of it.
Feeling free and accepted. Keegan Hirst for Attidude Magazine (Click photo to enlarge)
In his Attidude interview, Hirst says not much has changed in his day-to-day life since he came out publicly in August.
I haven’t really experimented, It’s not like I started going around the gay scene or anything. I still go out where I’d normally go. I have a couple mates that I got to know quite recently. But before I didn’t know anybody who was gay. It was like going from one extreme to another, from zero to one hundred.
In this behind-the scenes video, Keegan Hirst stripped down to a pair of Tommy Hilfiger boxer briefs for a smoldering spread in Attitude magazine’s Award issue. The clip also shows the beefy athlete, 27, stepping into the shower in a tuxedo shirt wich gets progressively more clingy as the water descends.
Nothing then respect everything good for this sympathic guy! Whatever he wish that may be! Wishing him all the best!
Attitude magazine is available for subscription in print or digitally. You can read the full interview with Keegan, as well as special features on the rest of the winners from the Attitude Awards in association with with Virgin Holidays, in their new issue. It’s available to download from attitudedigital.co.uk and in shops right now.
Posted on 18 October 2015 6 March 2016 by amr63 Posted in LBGT Tagged Attitude Awards, Attitude Magazine, Australian Rugby League, Batley Bulldogs, British Rugby League, Gareth Thomas, Gay, Ian Roberts, Keegan Hirst, Leigh Kelly, Sunday Mirror, Welsh Rugby Union 4 Comments
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Bob Saunders
March 13, 2013 by Jackie Willmot
Bob Saunders, is a General Partner of OCA Ventures and chairs its healthcare investing activity. He represents OCA on the boards of mPulse, ReGroup Therapy and HealthiPass. He is also a Co-Founder and Chairman of XLerateHealth, a healthcare accelerator in Louisville, KY.
Prior to OCA, Bob was a Senior Managing Director and General Partner at Chrysalis Ventures (Louisville) from 1997 to 2009 and served as a Senior Advisor to Chrysalis from 2009-2010. He was also co-founder of Saunders Murdock and Associates, a life science “super-angel” investor, and a Senior Managing Director at Providian Capital Management from 1993-1997. He began his career in business strategy consulting and worked with both The Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Co.
Over the last 30 years, he has invested in several dozen startup companies and has mentored 100+ startups. Bob received a B.A. from Stanford University, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and an M.A. from Harvard University. Bob is both a Fulbright Scholar and a Marshall Scholar.
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Annual Report 2002 - Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
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Foreword ............................................................................................................................................................... V
STRUCTURAL RESEARCH........................................................................................................ 1
Large Scale Facilities / User Service
BENSC – Berlin Neutron Scattering Center ............................................................................................
- BENSC-Operation 2
- Neutron spin echo technique for neutron reflectometry ........................................................................... 5
- Resolution Theory for Neutron Spin Echo Spectroscopy on Three-Axis Spectrometers ......................... 6
- Multi-spectral neutron beam extraction ................................................................................................... 7
- Interaction of enzymes with artificial interfaces ....................................................................................... 8
- Critical adsorption in binary liquid mixtures by neutron reflectivity: Evidence for two-phase adsorption
.......................................................................................................................................................... 9
- Field-induced condensation of magnons in an axial Haldane-gap antiferromagnet................................. 10
- Bose-Einstein Condensation in dimer quantum spin systems ................................................................ 11
- Investigation of the microstructure of ferrofluids using SANS .................................................................. 12
ISL – Ion Beam Laboratory
- ISL Operations and Developments ......................................................................................................... 13
- Injector Developments at ISL................................................................................................................... 15
- Design Study for a 250 MeV-Proton Therapy Facility in Berlin ............................................................... 17
- Coulomb explosions of H2O molecules in interactions with highly charged ions ..................................... 19
- Selforganisation of NiO layers under swift heavy ion irradiation ............................................................. 21
- Stoichiometry and density of reactively sputtered WSx thin films ............................................................ 22
HMI at BESSY
- The elliptical undulator UE46 of high brilliance and variable polarization for studies of magnetic
nanostructures at BESSY ....................................................................................................................... 24
- A Self-Consistent Method for Multiaxial Residual Stress Analysis by Energy-Dispersive Diffraction ...... 25
- Micro-Tomography for structural analysis of metallic foams ................................................................... 26
- Texture modification in titanium layers with heavy ions .......................................................................... 27
NAA-Laboratory and Irradiation Service at BER II
- Neutron Activation Service at BER II .............................................................................................. 29
SF1 – Methods and Instruments
- Fe(NCS)2(d4-pyrazine)2:A molecular-based system that behaves as a 2D S=1/2 Ising square lattice .... 30
- Free quantum rotors in inclusion compounds: a study of NH3 rotations in Hofmann-type clathrates
using neutron spectroscopy .................................................................................................................... 31
- New integration method for three-dimensional Bragg peaks .................................................................. 32
- Neutron generation with GeV protons in massive target blocks .............................................................. 33
SF2 – Magnetism
- A frustrated molecular magnet ................................................................................................................ 34
- Studies of U2Pd2In single crystal up to 17 T ............................................................................................ 35
- Exposure of the EXAFS background ...................................................................................................... 36
SF3 – Materials
- Chemical gradients in superalloy Inconel 706 ......................................................................................... 37
- Structure investigations in nanomaterials using SANS ........................................................................... 38
SF4 – Structure and Dynamics
- Guided transmission of 3 keV Ne7+ ions through nanocapillaries in PET polymers: dependence on
the capillary diameter .............................................................................................................................. 41
- Ion-track based microstructures for electronic applications .................................................................... 42
- Thermal-spike-induced crystal growth in nanocrystalline nickel .............................................................. 43
- ASPIC*: Dominance of coordination-number dependence in a zero-dimensional magnetic system ...... 44
- Anomalous emission of secondary positive ions from BeO films irradiated by swift Au Ions .................. 45
- Giant Barkas effect observed for light ions channelling in Si .................................................................. 46
HMI Annual Report 2002 III
Captions of cover images Fig. 1 Fig. 3 1 Edition July 2003 Fig. 2 Fig. 4 Annual Report 2002 Selected Results HMI-B-593 Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin GmbH Glienicker Str. 100 D-14109 Berlin (Wannsee) Co-ordination: Klaus Möhring Telefon: (030) 8062 2763 Telefax: (030) 8062 2047 E-Mail: moehring@hmi.de Fig. 1: “Texture modification in titanium layers with heavy ions” (HMI at BESSY / SF4). Pole figure of the irradiated area of the 3µm thick sample. Fig. 2: “Intracellular Ca 2+ -dynamics as a stochastic medium” (SF5). Nucleation of a calcium wave with increasing concentration in time. Fig. 3: “Preparation of wide band gap materials by structure conformal conversion” (SE 2). Columns of Ag 2S from columnar ZnS reacted with highly diluted AgNO 3 solution. Fig. 4: “Analysis of buried interfaces in Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 thin film solar cells by X-ray emission and photoelectron spectroscopy in the CISSY apparatus” (SE 2). CISSY endstation with attached glovebox. II HMI Annual Report 2002
Table of Contents Table of Contents Foreword ............................................................................................................................................................... V STRUCTURAL RESEARCH........................................................................................................ 1 Large Scale Facilities / User Service BENSC – Berlin Neutron Scattering Center ............................................................................................ - BENSC-Operation 2 - Neutron spin echo technique for neutron reflectometry ........................................................................... 5 - Resolution Theory for Neutron Spin Echo Spectroscopy on Three-Axis Spectrometers ......................... 6 - Multi-spectral neutron beam extraction ................................................................................................... 7 - Interaction of enzymes with artificial interfaces ....................................................................................... 8 - Critical adsorption in binary liquid mixtures by neutron reflectivity: Evidence for two-phase adsorption .......................................................................................................................................................... 9 - Field-induced condensation of magnons in an axial Haldane-gap antiferromagnet................................. 10 - Bose-Einstein Condensation in dimer quantum spin systems ................................................................ 11 - Investigation of the microstructure of ferrofluids using SANS .................................................................. 12 ISL – Ion Beam Laboratory - ISL Operations and Developments ......................................................................................................... 13 - Injector Developments at ISL................................................................................................................... 15 - Design Study for a 250 MeV-Proton Therapy Facility in Berlin ............................................................... 17 - Coulomb explosions of H2O molecules in interactions with highly charged ions ..................................... 19 - Selforganisation of NiO layers under swift heavy ion irradiation ............................................................. 21 - Stoichiometry and density of reactively sputtered WSx thin films ............................................................ 22 HMI at BESSY - The elliptical undulator UE46 of high brilliance and variable polarization for studies of magnetic nanostructures at BESSY ....................................................................................................................... 24 - A Self-Consistent Method for Multiaxial Residual Stress Analysis by Energy-Dispersive Diffraction ...... 25 - Micro-Tomography for structural analysis of metallic foams ................................................................... 26 - Texture modification in titanium layers with heavy ions .......................................................................... 27 NAA-Laboratory and Irradiation Service at BER II - Neutron Activation Service at BER II .............................................................................................. 29 Scientific Departments SF1 – Methods and Instruments - Fe(NCS)2(d4-pyrazine)2:A molecular-based system that behaves as a 2D S=1/2 Ising square lattice .... 30 - Free quantum rotors in inclusion compounds: a study of NH3 rotations in Hofmann-type clathrates using neutron spectroscopy .................................................................................................................... 31 - New integration method for three-dimensional Bragg peaks .................................................................. 32 - Neutron generation with GeV protons in massive target blocks .............................................................. 33 SF2 – Magnetism - A frustrated molecular magnet ................................................................................................................ 34 - Studies of U2Pd2In single crystal up to 17 T ............................................................................................ 35 - Exposure of the EXAFS background ...................................................................................................... 36 SF3 – Materials - Chemical gradients in superalloy Inconel 706 ......................................................................................... 37 - Structure investigations in nanomaterials using SANS ........................................................................... 38 SF4 – Structure and Dynamics - Guided transmission of 3 keV Ne7+ ions through nanocapillaries in PET polymers: dependence on the capillary diameter .............................................................................................................................. 41 - Ion-track based microstructures for electronic applications .................................................................... 42 - Thermal-spike-induced crystal growth in nanocrystalline nickel .............................................................. 43 - ASPIC*: Dominance of coordination-number dependence in a zero-dimensional magnetic system ...... 44 - Anomalous emission of secondary positive ions from BeO films irradiated by swift Au Ions .................. 45 - Giant Barkas effect observed for light ions channelling in Si .................................................................. 46 HMI Annual Report 2002 III
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Page 25 and 26: User Experiments ISL Coulomb explos
Page 27 and 28: User Experiments ISL Selforganisati
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Soft Matter Theoretical Physics, SF
Hard Matter Theoretical Physics, SF
Biological Physics Theoretical Phys
Selenoproteins and metalloproteins
Clinical Applications Trace Element
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Nuclear Spectroscopy Nuclear Measur
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Silicon Heterostructures Silicon Ph
Hetero-Contacts Heterogeneous Mater
Chemistry Heterogeneous Material Sy
Novel Concepts Heterogeneous Materi
Analytics Heterogeneous Material Sy
Monolithically Integrated Test Modu
Quality control and process monitor
Dynamics of photovoltaic processes
III-V Solar Cells Dynamics of Inter
Solar Energetics Solar Energetics,
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Saturday, July 16, 1870.
The river is falling again, but now is now in good boating order. Business on the levee is quiet. The long-looked for Cornelia came down yesterday morning from Omaha, and proceeded to St. Louis after discharging a small lot of freight here. She was loaded deep with corn. The Post Boy, of the Star Line, left for St. Louis last evening after bringing up freight.
The moving spectacle of a house on wheels was all the excitement on Walnut street yesterday afternoon. The little brown house that stood on the corner of Sixth and Walnut, north of church's Hotel, was undermined, loaded on a couple of heavy transfer wagons, and "snaked" off somewhere.
A meeting of the Kansas City Horse Association was held last night in the Criminal Court room, with Col. C. E. Kearney in the chair, and a full quorum present. Committees were appointed to solicit subscriptions from the business men of the city to be used in making up good purses for the winning horses at the fall races in this city. As by a liberal offer of purses fine horses will be attracted to compete for the purses, and visitors will be here in numbers and quality. We feel no doubts, whatever, that our wide-awake people will look at the matter in the true light, and be so liberal in their donations that the races will be as entertaining and pecuniarily successful, not only to the Association but to the whole city, as those of any other place. Such a success would be a great advertisement of Kansas City in many ways.
At the match game of Base Ball played yesterday, the eagle of victory roosted on the banner of the our Hectors, who won two games of the three proposed, to be entitled to the championship of the Sixth Congressional District. Yesterday morning when the 9:30 train of the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad reached the Union Depot it brought the Athletes and over a hundred people from Lexington who came to see the game -- among the number several ladies. A delegation of the Hector club was waiting at the depot with an omnibus, and escorted the ball tossers to the St. Nicholas Hotel. After taking a rest the Athletes, accompanied by our boys, looked about the city and talked "ball" very volubly. After an early dinner both nines proceeded to the grounds selected for the match -- Cook's pasture, in the southeast part of town. Over 300 spectators were present, and watched the progress of the game with decided interest. The Athletes took the lead in the first inning, scoring 4 runs, to the Hectors' 1. By the second inning the Hectors overtook the Athletes, and during the rest of the game the Hectors maintained the lead beating the Athletes by a score of 27 to 24 The Hectors appeared in their handsome uniform consisting of white shirt trimmed with blue, blue knee breeches, blue cap, white stockings and white shoes. The Athletes were presented by the people of Lexington with a stylish uniform composed of a white cap trimmed with green, white shirt with a block letter "A" worked in green on the bosom, white flannel knee breeches, green stockings and white shoes..
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Oceania V - Units For Sale
16500 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Quick Facts About Oceania V
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Architect: BC Architects
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Number of Units For Sale: 12
Unit Sizes: From 1566 to 4224 s.f.
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Description of Oceania V
Oceania V is a luxury oceanfront condo that sits on a private island, just across from the beach in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. This amenity-rich condo complex consists of three towers along the beach, with two sister towers on a private island across the street.
Residents at Oceania V can expect 24-hour gated and manned security, with full services including valet parking, beach attendants, full-service health center and pool services. The towers offer only six residences per floor, for the ultimate in privacy and personal living space.
The location of Oceania V is at the crossroads to just-about any destination in South Florida. Sunny Isles Beach is a thriving community, with restaruants, shops and an exciting lifestyle. Bal Harbour is just to the south (with its world-famous luxury shopping), and Fort Lauderdale is a mere twenty minutes to the north.
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1 Bedroom Units for Sale at Oceania V
List $/sqft
C310 $300,000 $792 1/1 379 s.f. 11/14/2018
552 $580,000 $362 2/2 1604 s.f. 6/26/2019
2752 $649,000 $405 2/2 1604 s.f. 5/30/2019
2.1% 753 $715,000 $400 2/2 1786 s.f. 9/5/2018
10.2% 254 $799,000 $447 2/2 1786 s.f. 11/3/2018
851 $850,000 $396 2/3 2144 s.f. 6/5/2019
8.3% 1056 $1,099,000 $470 3/3 2340 s.f. 12/21/2018
5.1% TH-8 $1,595,000 $498 3/4½ 3206 s.f. 11/14/2018
TH-10 $1,795,000 $476 4/4½ 3774 s.f. 6/13/2019
2.8% PH-3051 $3,199,000 $799 4/4½ 4004 s.f. 9/26/2018
Pending Sales at Oceania V
356 $599,995 Pending Pending 3/3 2340 sqft 6/26/2019
Condo Sales History at Oceania V
2 Bedroom Units Sold at Oceania V
1 Sold - $458.01/SqFt - In Last 6 Months
2653 $879,000 $818,000 $458 2/2 1786 s.f. 5/24/2019
5.2% 1153 $730,000 $700,000 $392 2/2 1786 s.f. 6/28/2018
13.3% 1554 $650,000 $605,000 $339 2/2 1786 s.f. 5/24/2018
12.4% 1855 $600,000 $580,000 $370 2/2 1566 s.f. 4/9/2018
1955 $600,000 $570,000 $364 2/2 1566 s.f. 12/18/2017
7.1% 2051 $975,000 $850,000 $396 2/3 2144 s.f. 10/13/2017
11.0% 854 $650,000 $620,000 $347 2/2 1786 s.f. 6/16/2017
5.0% 255 $543,800 $549,969 $351 2/2 1566 s.f. 5/18/2017
2455 $820,000 $750,000 $479 2/2 1566 s.f. 12/4/2015
1555 $719,500 $687,500 $439 2/2 1566 s.f. 9/9/2015
1853 $515,000 $625,000 n/a 2/2 n/a 1/30/2014
3.7% 652 $669,000 $600,000 $374 2/2 1604 s.f. 12/30/2013
14.3% 2755 $685,000 $630,000 $402 2/2 1566 s.f. 10/24/2013
653 $539,000 $515,000 $288 2/2 1786 s.f. 4/23/2012
11.3% 451 $450,000 $403,000 $188 2/3 2144 s.f. 12/18/2011
8.8% 753 $519,000 $475,000 $266 2/2 1786 s.f. 3/8/2011
8.6% 653 $529,000 $470,000 $263 2/2 1786 s.f. 12/7/2007
0 Sold - In Last 6 Months
13.9% TS-2 $1,550,000 $1,420,000 $398 3/4 3572 s.f. 5/10/2018
TH-9 $1,799,000 $1,650,000 $498 3/4 3312 s.f. 9/9/2016
1951 $1,150,000 $1,025,000 $478 3/3 2144 s.f. 5/24/2016
21.1% 2451 $1,085,000 $1,000,000 $466 3/3 2144 s.f. 5/10/2016
PHE $2,199,000 $1,950,000 $593 3/3½ 3289 s.f. 12/15/2015
2.9% 2756 $1,350,000 $1,220,000 $521 3/3 2340 s.f. 4/23/2015
2351 $1,250,000 $1,200,000 $560 3/3 2144 s.f. 12/24/2014
6.7% 1956 $1,120,000 $985,000 $421 3/3 2340 s.f. 7/30/2014
3.7% 2256 $770,000 $742,000 $317 3/3 2340 s.f. 7/2/2012
TH-10 $660,000 $660,000 $175 3/4 3774 s.f. 11/23/2010
11.5% 2651 $575,000 $495,000 $187 3/3 2651 s.f. 10/1/2010
5.0% 2456 * $950,000 $837,500 $358 3/3 2340 s.f. 9/11/2007
1.9% 1254 $1,250,000 $1,025,000 $287 4/3½ 3572 s.f. 9/29/2017
PH-A $3,495,000 $3,000,000 $749 4/4½ 4004 s.f. 4/2/2014
TH-7 $1,350,000 $1,250,000 $344 4/4½ 3631 s.f. 4/16/2013
14.3% PH56 $2,995,000 $2,625,000 $621 4/3½ 4224 s.f. 6/5/2012
1254 $978,500 $950,000 $266 4/3½ 3572 s.f. 12/9/2011
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Jade Residences - Appartamenti in Vendita
1331 Brickell Bay Drive, Miami, FL 33131
Informazioni Su Jade Residences
Impresa Immobiliare: Fortune International
Architetto: Revuelta Vega Leon, P.A.
Costruttore: Pavarini Construction Co.
Numero di Unitá in Vendita: 19
Dimensioni delle Unitá: Da 83.1-317.26m²
Descrizione di Jade Residences
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Brickell's Most Luxurious & Lavish Condominium Resort... Jade Residences is a 48-story high-rise offering 326 luxury residences of advanced technology. Enjoy endless Ocean and City Views, state-of-the-art security system, Infinity edge pool, Sauna, steam room, fitness center, European spa, racquetball, concierge services. A resort-style life is awaiting for you. Discover the extraordinary seventh-floor Resort Deck, where 31,200 bay front square feet have been designated to refresh, relax, rejuvenate, inspire and serve you. Units feature as a state-of-the-art kitchen complete with Italian designer cabinetry, stainless steel appliances, wine cooler and cappuccino maker; Luxury baths feature marble vanity tops and tiles. And each residence is equipped with touch-screen communications, security-controlled elevator access and generously high ceilings throughout. Jade will include 9-foot ceilings in tower residences and 18-foot ceilings in bay lofts.
49 story masterpiece designed by award-winning architect Bernard Zyscovich
Distinctive three-tiered tower offering magnificent views of Biscayne Bay, Downtown Miami and the city skyline
Grand entrance lobby graced breathtaking 21-foot ceiling
High speed elevators
State of the art access, fire and security systems
24 hour concierge staff and security service
Private storage facilities for residents (optional)
Spectacular 32,000 + square foot recreational deck
Convenient and accessible 21,000 + square feet of retail space at ground level.
Technological advances will soon become an essential part of your incredible new lifestyle, because JADE will not only change where you live, but how you live. Imagine the radical ease of a touch-screen monitor that literally brings the world home to your fingertips.
A delicate touch of the screen will provide: Entertainment, Information, Convenience, and Security, Wireless Internet capabilities mean virtual freedom.
So roam around, find your favorite view, and surf the net. Internet access, email and a JadeatBrickellBay.com website are available, and family members can enjoy state-of-the-art audio and video entertainment simultaneously throughout your residence. Security and fire-prevention systems are computer-monitored around-the-clock, not to mention a full service business center with all of the latest software and communication systems.
These technological advances will enhance your lifestyle. Staying in touch has never been more accessible, convenient and astonishingly easy. This is the significance of technology in a building named Jade.
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Jade Residences Planimetrie
B 01 2/2/0 174.5 (1878)
A 02 2/2/0 142.0 (1529)
C 03 2/3/0 160.7 (1730)
D 05 3/3/0 197.9 (2130)
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1403 $1,099,000 $6,837.94 2/3/0 1730 s.f. (160.7 m²) Sebastian Vallejo
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19 Appartamenti in Vendita a Jade Residences
1 Bedroom Appartamenti in Vendita a Jade Residences
BL23 $1,000,000 $8,636 1/2 115.8 m² 9/11/2017
BL-27 $1,350,000 $8,818 1/2 153.1 m² 16/1/2019
2.9% 502 $699,000 $5,155 2/2 135.6 m² 26/3/2019
308 $790,000 $5,826 2/2 135.6 m² 7/11/2018
1508 $799,900 $5,633 2/2 142.0 m² 25/6/2019
7.8% 2308 $829,000 $5,838 2/2 142.0 m² 13/12/2017
2902 $849,000 $5,979 2/2 142.0 m² 7/5/2019
Nuovo 1709 $1,160,000 $7,218 2/3 160.7 m² 8/7/2019
BL-45 $1,320,000 $8,240 2/2½ 160.2 m² 24/5/2019
Nuovo 1511 $1,475,000 $8,453 2/2½ 174.5 m² 15/7/2019
6.3% BL-33 $1,499,000 $11,831 2/2½ 126.7 m² 21/6/2019
2.2% 4305 $1,800,000 $9,096 3/3 197.9 m² 10/10/2018
A,BHS,Exclusive,Listing 2305 $1,919,000 $9,697 3/3 197.9 m² 11/6/2019
3307 $1,975,000 $9,980 3/3 197.9 m² 8/6/2019
17.2% BL-41 $2,150,000 $9,949 3/3½ 216.1 m² 10/12/2018
Nuovo 4401 $3,250,000 $10,243 4/4½ 317.3 m² 9/7/2019
4411 $3,500,000 $11,031 4/4½ 317.3 m² 16/11/2018
PH4707 $5,875,000 $14,706 5/5½ 399.5 m² 10/6/2019
Recenti Vendite di Appartamenti a Jade Residences
3101 $2,150,000 Pending Pending 4/4 317.3 m² 27/6/2019
3011 $2,250,000 Pending Pending 4/4½ 317.3 m² 25/6/2019
2311 $1,375,000 Pending Pending 2/2½ 174.5 m² 7/5/2019
Storia Delle Vendite di Appartamenti a Jade Residences
1 Bedroom Appartamenti Venduti a Jade Residences
906 $390,000 $375,000 $4,513 1/1 83.1 m² 25/4/2019
8.5% 1204 $398,000 $381,000 $4,585 1/1 83.1 m² 12/2/2019
1505 $799,000 $750,000 $7,116 1/1½ 105.4 m² 15/3/2018
1204 $404,995 $380,000 $4,573 1/1 83.1 m² 20/12/2017
1605 $799,000 $740,000 $7,021 1/1½ 105.4 m² 5/12/2017
11.1% 1706 $399,900 $399,900 $4,812 1/1 83.1 m² 29/9/2017
4.8% 804 $399,000 $380,000 $4,573 1/1 83.1 m² 18/11/2016
1105 $799,000 $760,000 $7,211 1/1½ 105.4 m² 7/6/2016
7.3% 906 $384,900 $350,000 $4,212 1/1 83.1 m² 8/1/2016
805 $665,000 $625,000 $5,930 1/1½ 105.4 m² 17/11/2015
3.4% 1507 $845,000 $750,000 $7,116 1/1½ 105.4 m² 3/7/2015
8.0% 1204 $449,900 $415,000 $4,994 1/1 83.1 m² 22/12/2014
4.1% 1205 $700,000 $700,000 $6,641 1/1½ 105.4 m² 19/9/2013
7.6% 604 $365,000 $365,500 $4,398 1/1 83.1 m² 31/7/2013
15.6% 906 $325,000 $330,000 $3,971 1/1 83.1 m² 30/1/2013
Sold,by,BHS 905 $525,000 $500,000 $4,744 1/1½ 105.4 m² 7/12/2012
Sold,by,BHS 904 $325,000 $290,000 $3,490 1/1 83.1 m² 1/8/2012
Sold,by,BHS BL-25 $579,900 $535,000 $4,624 1/2 115.7 m² 26/4/2012
BL-22 $649,900 $587,000 $5,341 1/1½ 109.9 m² 9/4/2012
BL-23 $650,000 $380,000 $3,282 1/2 115.8 m² 24/6/2011
10.8% 1505 $580,000 $550,000 $5,218 1/1½ 105.4 m² 7/2/2011
6.3% 506 $295,000 $275,000 $3,309 1/1½ 83.1 m² 6/3/2009
1407 $515,000 $430,000 $4,080 1/1½ 105.4 m² 15/12/2008
BL-22 $1,850,000 $1,800,000 $13,139 1/2 137.0 m² 28/9/2006
6.7% BL-46 $1,399,000 $1,290,000 $7,602 2/2½ 169.7 m² 1/7/2019
2809 $1,190,000 $1,100,000 n/a 2/3 n/a 5/4/2019
91.2% 2109 $1,149,000 $1,007,500 $6,269 2/3 160.7 m² 13/12/2018
BL-21 $1,349,000 $1,200,000 $7,186 2/2½ 167.0 m² 15/11/2018
2411 $1,549,000 $1,420,000 $8,138 2/2½ 174.5 m² 7/8/2018
2501 $1,750,000 $1,440,000 $8,252 2/2½ 174.5 m² 10/11/2017
14.9% 1602 $830,000 $733,000 $5,162 2/2 142.0 m² 2/11/2017
408 $750,000 $660,000 $4,867 2/2 135.6 m² 27/10/2017
3.9% 1908 $950,000 $845,000 $5,951 2/2 142.0 m² 5/10/2017
13.0% 2803 $1,175,000 $1,080,000 $6,721 2/3 160.7 m² 25/8/2017
BL46 $1,350,000 $1,200,000 $7,071 2/2½ 169.7 m² 6/7/2017
6.4% 901 $1,215,000 $1,197,000 $6,860 2/2½ 174.5 m² 25/5/2017
4.7% 2411 $1,525,000 $1,525,000 $8,739 2/2½ 174.5 m² 15/12/2016
803 $1,299,900 $1,225,000 $7,623 2/3 160.7 m² 5/10/2016
903 $1,100,000 $995,000 $6,192 2/3 160.7 m² 5/8/2016
BL-34 $1,700,000 $1,624,220 $7,537 2/2½ 215.5 m² 13/5/2016
2.4% 1011 $1,425,000 $1,265,000 $7,249 2/2½ 174.5 m² 26/2/2016
11.1% 602 $799,000 $740,000 $5,457 2/2 135.6 m² 30/11/2015
14.5% BL-33 $1,175,000 $875,000 $6,906 2/3 126.7 m² 24/6/2015
701 $960,000 $885,000 $5,249 2/2½ 168.6 m² 23/4/2014
909 $1,150,000 $1,090,000 $6,783 2/3 160.7 m² 28/2/2014
2701 $1,550,000 $1,485,000 $8,510 2/2½ 174.5 m² 4/12/2013
3.1% 1901 $1,540,000 $1,400,000 $8,023 2/2½ 174.5 m² 4/10/2013
2609 $950,000 $1,000,000 $6,223 2/3 160.7 m² 10/9/2013
11.3% 2003 $1,149,000 $1,100,000 $6,845 2/3 160.7 m² 1/8/2013
BL47 $1,450,000 $1,300,000 $6,539 2/3 198.8 m² 11/7/2013
9.5% 711 $949,900 $925,000 $5,486 2/2½ 168.6 m² 13/6/2013
7.0% 1711 $1,195,000 $1,175,000 $6,734 2/2½ 174.5 m² 8/3/2013
1709 $1,199,000 $1,100,000 $6,845 2/3 160.7 m² 3/10/2012
Sold,by,BHS 1101 $1,125,000 $1,050,000 $6,017 2/2½ 174.5 m² 13/9/2012
Sold,by,BHS 901 $889,000 $832,500 $4,771 2/2½ 174.5 m² 8/6/2012
BL-31 $899,000 $800,000 n/a 2/2 n/a 28/2/2011
5.7% 1401 $924,000 $870,000 $4,986 2/2½ 174.5 m² 24/11/2010
18.3% 911 $899,000 $750,000 $4,298 2/2½ 174.5 m² 16/2/2010
Sold,by,BHS 2511 $950,000 $875,000 $5,014 2/2 174.5 m² 18/12/2009
18.7% 811 $785,000 $700,000 $4,011 2/2½ 174.5 m² 6/10/2009
72.5% 2808 $550,000 $530,000 $3,732 2/2 142.0 m² 7/5/2009
26.7% BL-44 $880,000 $837,400 $4,726 2/2½ 177.2 m² 13/2/2008
7.8% 1608 $919,900 $785,000 $5,528 2/2 142.0 m² 20/11/2007
BL-31 $1,550,000 $1,275,000 $7,361 2/2 173.2 m² 31/7/2007
1108 $2,000,000 $1,950,000 $13,732 2/2 142.0 m² 15/11/2006
902 $1,299,000 $1,425,000 n/a 2/2 n/a 9/8/2006
502 $795,000 $795,000 n/a 2/2 n/a 14/4/2006
2.3% 903 $1,290,000 $1,200,000 $7,467 2/3 160.7 m² 9/3/2006
9.5% 3507 $1,715,000 $1,550,000 $7,832 3/3 197.9 m² 17/12/2018
BL48 $2,695,000 $1,930,000 $7,782 3/3½ 248.0 m² 11/10/2016
18.7% BL-41 $1,707,000 $1,680,000 $7,774 3/3½ 216.1 m² 12/6/2014
Sold,by,BHS 2107 $1,349,900 $1,335,000 $6,746 3/3 197.9 m² 21/11/2012
PH4605 $2,990,000 $2,000,000 $5,577 3/3½ 358.6 m² 15/2/2012
2005 $880,000 $1,000,000 $5,053 3/3 197.9 m² 29/11/2011
Sold,by,BHS 3607 $1,099,000 $975,000 $4,927 3/3 197.9 m² 20/11/2009
14.3% 2405 $1,200,000 $910,000 $4,598 3/3 197.9 m² 17/12/2008
BL-41 $2,400,000 $2,250,000 $10,412 3/3½ 216.1 m² 28/7/2007
3607 $1,650,000 $1,600,000 n/a 3/3 n/a 10/10/2006
19.6% 3201 $2,250,000 $2,000,000 $6,303 4/4½ 317.3 m² 29/4/2019
15.3% 4101 $2,500,000 $2,000,000 $6,303 4/4½ 317.3 m² 2/7/2018
19.2% 4201 $2,950,000 $2,700,000 $8,509 4/4½ 317.3 m² 16/12/2016
4011 $2,300,000 $2,160,000 n/a 4/4 n/a 20/1/2011
8.8% 4301 $1,355,000 $1,280,000 n/a 4/4 n/a 17/12/2009
4601PH $4,950,000 $3,850,000 $6,388 6/7½ 602.7 m² 7/9/2010
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Sixth semifinal berth spurred by breathtaking third period
BY Concordia Athletics | March 10, 2018
Home › News › Regional Sports
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The Concordia University women’s basketball team was stupid good in the third quarter. That dazzling 10-minute stretch defined the day for the Bulldogs, who are off to the national semifinals for the third time in four years and for the sixth time in program history. Once again, Concordia victimized the University of Jamestown in a national quarterfinal tilt in Sioux City, Iowa. The Bulldogs won, 79-61, on Saturday (March 10).
Twelfth-year head coach Drew Olson’s been at the controls for 17 of the program’s 28 wins all-time at the national tournament. At 35-1 overall, Concordia has reached a high water mark for victories in a season during Olson’s tenure. The school record is 36 triumphs (2002-03).
Olson’s been doing this for over a decade, but he’s likely never seen one of his teams dominate quite like this for a 10-minute segment.
“It was pretty fun to watch,” Olson said. “That’s just the firepower that we have. We have so many weapons, so many kids who are capable of scoring. As long as we’re being on attack mode and sharing the ball, good things are going to happen.”
The numbers from the third quarter are crazy. During the period that crushed the Jimmies’ souls, the Bulldogs outscored the opposition 38-10, went 14-for-23 from the field (.609), 7-for-8 from 3-point range (.875) and owned a plus-nine turnover advantage (9-0). Sophomore guard Mackenzie Helman played a starring role, drilling all three of her attempts from beyond the arc in the third quarter. That seven-point first half deficit? Forget about it. Concordia led 69-44 heading to the fourth period.
All-American post Philly Lammers also put up 11 of her game high 20 points in the third. Her monster afternoon also included a career high 17 rebounds and four blocked shots. A day earlier, her eight steals were a career best in the win over 15th-ranked Taylor University (Ind.).
The second half Bulldog blitz had Jamestown head coach Greg Ulland searching for answers that never came. Even a 9-0 Jimmie run to begin the fourth quarter was far too little to change the outcome.
“I tried to use a couple timeouts and change one or two little things, but when they’re playing at that level there’s not a whole lot you can do,” Ulland said. “They’re extremely talented and they’re deep. They’re very contagious. When one kid hits, then everybody thinks they can make it. It seemed like they didn’t even miss a shot that whole quarter.”
Whatever shooting fever infected Concordia in the third quarter was absent for most of the first half. The Bulldogs endured a field goal drought of more than five minutes during the second quarter. Finally they got something going with five points in a row from Lammers late in the half. Evidently Concordia was simply a sleeping giant at the time.
At the break, Olson challenged his team to play with more fervor. Their tournament life hung in the balance.
“I think we just realized we had to come out with fight,” Lammers said. “This is a battle. Every team here wants to win. We had to come out and show that we wanted it more and prove that we were the best team out there.”
The Bulldogs shot 45.6 percent (31-for-68) for the game while a tournament theme on the other end of the court continued. Jamestown (31-5), which cruised past Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) and Indiana Tech in the preceding rounds, shot only 32.8 percent (22-for-67) overall and was just 5-for-23 (.217) from 3-point range.
The Jimmies’ chances were hurt by star guard Bryn Woodside’s hobbled knee. She played through it at the national tournament, but she wasn’t quite the same player. Backcourt mates McKayla Orr (17 points, eight rebounds) and Paige Emmel (12 points, eight rebounds) did their best to pick up the slack.
Lammers led the way for four Bulldogs in double figures. Quinn Wragge recorded 14 points and five rebounds, Helman added 13 points and four rebounds and Sydney Feller poured in 10 points off the bench.
Now for the big question. Can Concordia complete the mission no other team in school history has? The Bulldogs will take on GPAC rival Northwestern (25-8) inside the Tyson Events Center at 8 p.m. CT on Monday (March 12) in the national semifinals. Live coverage will be provided by ESPN3.com and 104.9 Max Country. The Red Raiders defeated No. 19 St. Francis (Ill.) in overtime on Saturday.
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News in Brief Prime Minister
PM Orbán becomes first Hungarian prime minister to pay official visit to Kyrgyzstan
The prime minister held talks in Bishkek with the Kyrgyz head of state Sooronbay Jeenbekov. The two leaders discussed strengthening economic, tourism, scientific and cultural cooperation between the two countries, and signed an important agreement on tourism
Central Asia Kyrgyzstan
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said he sees it as a personal privilege to be the first Hungarian prime minister to pay an official visit to Kyrgyzstan.
During his trip, the prime minister held talks in Bishkek with the Kyrgyz head of state Sooronbay Jeenbekov. The two leaders discussed strengthening economic, tourism, scientific and cultural cooperation between the two countries, and signed an important agreement on tourism.
PM Orbán highlighted that this symbolic visit represents a great responsibility but both the emotional and economic foundations of relations between the two states are now solid.
The prime minister said that “Hungary is a country of ten million people that seeks to develop; but at the same time it wishes to preserve its sovereignty – and in this it shows similarities with your people.”
He highlighted that in Europe, Hungarians are looked upon as the most westerly people of the East, and Hungary has always been proud to preserve the traditions of its origins. He added that it is good to live in the West, which he described as a successful part of the world.
“Hungary is also a successful country. But consequences arise from the fact that, after all, we are surrounded by foreign peoples, and we are a nation without relatives. Therefore Hungary is determined to foster its cultural, spiritual and geographical roots. This explains why the Hungarians see their independence and sovereignty as such a sensitive subject,” the prime minister said.
The Kyrgyz head of state said that his country has maintained diplomatic relations with Hungary for twenty-six years, during which time the Hungarians have always proved to be reliable partners. He added that Kyrgyzstan is ready to support Hungary’s aspirations in all international forums.
The Press Has More Freedom in Eastern Europe than in the Continent’s Western Half
Reacting to a statement by Sweden’s foreign minister on Monday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI in a statement that recently it has become obvious that the press has more freedom in Eastern Europe than in the continent’s western half.
On Facebook Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Congratulates the Creators of Son of Saul
On Monday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulated the creators and actors of Son of Saul for winning the Golden Globe Award in Los Angeles for best foreign language film.
Reinstating Military Conscription is not Necessary
In response to a statement by Sweden’s foreign minister, on Sunday Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister György Bakondi told public television channel M1 that the Government of Hungary does not see the necessity for reintroduction of military conscription. Keeping the manpower of the reserve force at appropriate levels is important however, he stressed.
János Lázár to Have Talks in Brussels
János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office will pay a visit to Brussels on Tuesday where he will have talks with EU Commissioners and Hungarian diplomats.
How many EU countries have laws on the books that empower the government to mobilise the military in the event of a terror attack?
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Ellsberg Named for Right Livelihood Award
Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, was announced today as a recipient of this year’s Right Livelihood Award, sometimes referred to as the “alternative Nobel Peace Prize.”
The award jury noted about Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers: “In October 1969 he started copying this and passing it to Senator Fulbright, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. When Fulbright did nothing, and after the invasion of Laos and Cambodia, he gave it to the New York Times, then the Washington Post and, when injunctions not to publish rained down on these papers, to seventeen other newspapers. The Pentagon Papers were out. They showed that the government had misled the U.S. public about the war in Vietnam. …
“President Nixon was so concerned that Ellsberg might have even more sensitive papers that he would leak, that he illegally arranged the burglary of Ellsberg’s former psychoanalyst, hoping to find information with which to blackmail Ellsberg into silence. This became part of the Watergate scandal, which led to Nixon’s resignation and, ultimately, the end of the Vietnam War. …
“In 2004 Ellsberg founded the Truth-Telling Project to encourage the insiders to expose official lying.” [More information]
Other recipients of the award this year are Brazilian Chico Whitaker Ferreira, who helped found the World Social Forum, and Indian social activist Ruth Manorama.
DANIEL ELLSBERG
Ellsberg said today: “I’m hopeful that my receiving the Award for my own past and current efforts to blow the whistle on war or on deeply undemocratic and dangerous government activity will encourage others to do likewise, not in hopes of personal reward but because this unusual public recognition makes them aware that doing so can be widely regarded as ‘right livelihood,’ as the right thing to do, despite official condemnation and personal costs to themselves and their own families.”
Ellsberg’s most recent article, “The Next War,” is in the current issue of Harper’s Magazine and calls on government officials to leak documents regarding war plans on Iran. In the piece, Ellsberg writes of his regret for not leaking the Pentagon Papers earlier, and his wish that Bush administration officials like Richard Clarke had shared crucial information with the public before the invasion of Iraq. Ellsberg is author of the book Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers.
BEN H. BAGDIKIAN
Bagdikian was an editor at the Washington Post and was leaked portions of the Pentagon Papers by Ellsberg in 1971. He said today: “I’m glad this is getting the recognition it deserves. It’s timely because we’re right back with our government lying about a … war and doing it by violating not just the Geneva Conventions, but also the Constitution. It’s a reminder that Ellsberg was justified in what he did in … the Vietnam War. We can never take for granted that the government has a right to tell us that to criticize is to be unpatriotic. We need people to stand up to the government when we disagree and fight to preserve the constitutional rights that are in jeopardy today.”
Author of the groundbreaking book The Media Monopoly, Bagdikian is professor emeritus and former dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley.
MAIREAD CORRIGAN MAGUIRE
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Maguire wrote today: “I would like to congratulate Dan Ellsberg on being awarded the Right Livelihood Award. His courage and self-sacrifice for humanity’s sake, when he followed his conscience and revealed to the World the Pentagon Papers, is an example and a challenge to all those who today know the truth of governments’ plans for war, invasion and occupation of other people’s countries. The war plans made and carried out, undemocratically, by a political and military elite, in contradiction to the wishes of the World’s people as represented by the United Nations, must be exposed. Those who have such information should be encouraged and supported to make public such information. It will not be easy but the consequences of their silence continue to condemn many thousands of people, both now and in the future, to needless death and suffering.”
Maguire founded the Northern Ireland Peace Movement, which is now known as Community of Peace People.
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Supporting Social Movements with Grantmaking
Posted on November 12, 2014 by Chris Allan
As funders we often talk about supporting movements – the environmental movement, women’s movement, etc. Yet how do we do that? What does it mean to support a movement with grants?
We can learn from movements that have been successful in the past. The civil rights movement in the United States is a classic example. We all know this person:
That’s Rosa Parks, and her story is famous. Tired after work one day, she was finally fed up and refused to go to the back of the bus. She wound up getting arrested, and as the churches rallied around her, the Montgomery bus boycott got started and achieved an early and important victory for the civil rights movement.
Great story, inspiring. The only problem with it is that it’s not true. In fact Rosa Parks was Secretary of the Montgomery NAACP chapter, and had just returned from a few weeks training at the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee, famous for its training of community organizers. While her choice not to move that day was spontaneous, it was supported by her training, and by a group named the Montgomery Improvement Association, composed of local activists and ministers, which saw an opportunity and organized the boycott. Other people had been arrested for the same offense, but no organized action developed to support them. She was chosen as an upstanding citizen with an unblemished record, and much of the boycott had been discussed in advance.
That is – there was a whole movement behind this one individual. The story of the individual who stands up and says no more is inspiring to us, but it rarely achieves much with a whole set of organizations, plans, campaigns, and leadership behind it.
Which is precisely the problem with figuring out how to support a movement with grants. Movements are by definition messy, with many different community groups, non-profit organizations, academics, government officials, media, etc. all acting at times together, at times at cross purposes, at times against each other. The following chart gives a quick sense of how confusing the whole movement was at the time.
Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was the face of many practicing civil disobedience, while the Black Panthers were willing to use violence as a tool.
President Kennedy told activists he was sympathetic, they just needed to move more slowly so as not to alienate moderates. Others pursued legal strategies, and the Supreme Court came to be a major player. The list goes on. Who to fund?
It helps a lot to have a simple conceptual framework of what successful movements do. It doesn’t mean you don’t have to do your homework and figure out who’s who, who’s with you and against you, and what the right timing is. But a conceptual framework will provide you with a mental structure to hang all these confusing elements on. Here’s one that has worked very well for me.
Successful movements do three things:
Build movement infrastructure and mobilize resources
Reframe the debate
Take advantage of opportunities
Let’s break these down a bit to see what they mean.
1. Build movement infrastructure and mobilize resources
To operate effectively, movements need:
These are the resources, people and connections that do the work, that bring in new people, that develop contacts with media, government officials, for-profit companies, etc. Sometimes these are community based organizations, sometimes new forms of sustainable business, sometimes connections and networks.
A great example is the National Coalition on Mining in Ghana. Over about ten years, a diverse collection of community based organizations, local, national and international NGOs, and national and international networks developed to promote the interests of local communities affected by mining. This coalition also promoted the public interest at national level by ensuring the mining revenue benefited the nation as a whole. The basic structure of the movement is illustrated here.
Creating this infrastructure took hundreds of people and dozens of organizations. Multiple donors made over 40 grants to a variety of types of organizations for across the spectrum of possible strategies over a decade. The result is that after a decade, both government departments and mining companies realized that is was in the interests of everyone to bring any new policy or project ideas to the Coalition itself as a legitimate stakeholder.
2. Reframe the Debate
Movements shift the discussion around their issues to get people to look at them in a new way. They challenge the prevailing way that these issues are discussed. On justice in climate change, the movement successfully challenged the image that all countries need to curb emissions, pointing out that the industrialized world created the problem and benefited from it, while poorer countries now suffer many of the consequences. The feminist movement challenged the idea that gender roles are fixed and right, substituting the idea that each person has the human right to pursue opportunities in any sphere.
An excellent example of this that I have supported by grantmaking comes from Brazil. The Brazilian government has plans to build 500 dams, most of that on land where farmers and indigenous people have lived for hundreds of years. To most people, the country needs more energy from dams. To those who live in the path of the government’s plans, it looks like “de-development,” moving them backwards into homelessness and poverty. Dam affected people used a variety of tactics to increase their voice and present an alternative point of view. Tactics included:
alternativetechnical analyses of proposed dams
publiceducation
streetprotests
networkingwith similar groups across the country.
Over many years, the Movement of Dam Affected People in Brazil has successfully altered the debate in Brazil now to see that this is not a debate just about energy, but also about human rights, and treating people right so they do not become the losers in development.
Funders can support this agenda shifting by making grants for alternative technical analysis of issues, alternative media production and distribution, or supporting sustainable businesses that operate in a less destructive manner.
3. Take Advantage of Opportunities
Successful movements both create and take advantage of opportunities as they present themselves. Often these opportunities come up suddenly, from some unplanned event. If movements have set up their organizational infrastructure, and figured out how to make a case for shifting the debate, then everything is in place to act when opportunities arise.
An excellent example of this comes from Armenia. Armenian Women For Health And Healthy Environment (AWHHE) conducted educational events on proper handling of pesticides for many years. They produced educational and training materials.
They established contacts with government officials in the Ministries of Agriculture and Public Health. They joined an international network, the Pesticide Action Network, which provided them with many resources – people, technical studies, experience of other organizations, access to United Nations meetings on chemical safety. Yet progress was slow.
The one night fire struck a warehouse storing pesticides in the capital, spreading toxic fumes over the city. Using the opportunity, the group was able to use those contacts, educational material, and deep understanding of the issues to get the government to finally enforce the laws that are in place to regulate pesticides and protect public health.
So this is a simple framework to help thing about who’s who and what needs to happen to make a movement a success. There are many details in all of this to get into – how to develop leadership? What kind of funds are helpful, and what undermines movement autonomy? Do we all have to be on message, or can we reframe our messages for different audiences? That’s where the genius of activists and their allied funders can be creative and take off. It will not always be clear what to do, in fact it rarely will be. But if we see ourselves as movement funders, then we also behave as movement members, and struggle with partners to make our visions a reality.
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Amsterdam Museums
Museum Academy
Amsterdam Museum Maps 2017
Today we have launched the 2017 edition of the Amsterdam Museum Maps. In a very handy format, the map provides descriptions to 48 Amsterdam museums, including contact information and opening times. Made especially for children, there is also a kids' version of the map.
On the photo: young museum visitors with Kajsa Ollongren, alderman Arts & Culture Amsterdam
Amsterdam Museum Monitor 2016
Today the Foundation of Amsterdam Museums has launched the second edition of the Amsterdam Museum Monitor. The publication gives an overview on the current state of affairs surrounding the Amsterdam museums and provides insights into opportunities for cooperation in the sector.
Amsterdam Museums Directors Book 2016
Quarterly board meeting of the directors of the Amsterdam Museums. Presentation of the first copy of the “Directors Book 2016” to the youngest member, Denise de Boer, the director of the Frans Hals Museum.
COPYRIGHT © OAM 2004-2017
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MGMT -- Congratulations
Number nine, number nine.
Wow. Syd Barrett lives. This is one trippy album, and I mean that in the most obvious lysergic sense. It's an undisciplined, sprawling mess, but that doesn't mean I don't like it. I do. I think. Parts of Congratulations are really lovely. But those parts tend to be separated into twenty- or thirty-second splices, surrounded by more twenty- or thirty-second splices of sound that I don't like as well. I'm not sure how many songs are actually happening during the 12-minute "Siberian Breaks." Twenty or more I'd guess.
It's ambitious as can be. It's a total departure from the goofy, singalong anthems of the debut album. It's a natural for those who suffer from ADD, and who can't ... Wow, it's weird. It namechecks Brian Eno, and Dan Treacy, punk pioneer from Brit wunderkinds Television Personalities. So bonus points for that. It features cheesy Farfisa organ. All in all. Whoa. The colors.
Stu said...
All of the above sounds promising. I saw them play their singalongs live, and it was a bit boring. Having said that, lots of things are boring if you're waiting for Radiohead in a cricket ground.
Mono -- Holy Ground: NYC Live
The Unthanks -- Here's the Tender Coming
Confederates and Other Terrorists
Michael Spencer, The Internet Monk
Jonsi -- Go
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UM Regents Updated: Research, Renovations
Student leader criticizes Ann Arbor council on couch ban
September 19, 2010 at 11 pm
University of Michigan Board of Regents meeting (Sept. 16, 2010): This month’s public meeting of the regents lasted just over an hour and included some unusual elements, along with the usual fare.
Chris Armstrong, right, president of the Michigan Student Assembly, talks with Royster Harper and Kelly Cunningham before the Sept. 16 UM Board of Regents meeting. Harper is vice president for student affairs. Cunningham is director of UM's Office of Public Affairs. (Photos by the writer)
Board chair Julia Darlow read a brief statement near the start of the meeting, stating support for anyone in the university community who comes under attack for their identity – an oblique reference to what’s been characterized as the cyber-bullying of Chris Armstrong, the Michigan Student Assembly president. Armstrong, who is gay, is the target of the “Chris Armstrong Watch” blog, maintained by Andrew Shirvell, a state assistant attorney general.
Later in the meeting during his regular report on MSA activities, Armstrong criticized the Ann Arbor city council for its recent proposal to ban porch couches, noting that although he planned to meet with some councilmembers later that day, they had not consulted students before taking action on the issue. At their Sept. 20 meeting, council is expected to vote on an ordinance amendment to ban upholstered furniture on porches.
Also during Thursday’s meeting, regents approved renovations and upgrades for several facilities on campus. The vote for a high-profile project to add permanent night lighting at Michigan Stadium passed without comment, while a seemingly innocuous elevator replacement at South Quad yielded an uncharacteristic, albeit relatively brief, discussion about long-term planning for the renovation of that dorm.
Regents heard a presentation about the research work being done at UM’s Institute for Social Research, given by ISR’s director, James Jackson. They also heard from Stephen Forrest, UM’s vice president for research, that the university had for a second year passed the $1 billion mark in research expenditures for fiscal 2009-10, increasing 12% over the previous year.
Not faring as well are donations to the university. Jerry May, vice president for development, reported that contributions dropped 4% to $254 million during 2009-10, which ended June. 30. However, there was an uptick in the last half of that fiscal year and the first two months of this year, which May described as “very healthy.”
The meeting concluded with one speaker during public commentary. Douglas Smith criticized regents Andrew Richner and Andrea Fischer Newman for, among other things, failing to deliver on a campaign promise to hold tuition increases to the rate of inflation. Noting that the two Republicans were running for re-election, he urged the public to vote against them in November. After his remarks, three of the Democrats on the board came to the two Republicans’ defense.
President’s Opening Remarks
UM president Mary Sue Coleman began the meeting, as she typically does, by highlighting events and achievements at the university. The start of classes brings a burst of energy to campus, she said, and this year’s incoming class is particularly remarkable – the average high school GPA for UM freshman is 3.8, and 13% had achieved a 4.0 GPA. Her annual open house, held earlier in the week, brought hundreds of students through the president’s home on South University. “As always, I came away impressed with their ideas and plans,” she said.
Lion Kim, a UM student golfer, was recognized at the Sept. 16 regents meeting for winning the 85th annual U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship in July.
Coleman mentioned the “house warming” event held on Sept. 15 to mark the opening of North Quad, the university’s new student dorm at the corner of Huron and State. Also newly opened is the Central Campus Transit Center on North University, she said, though additional work on the center will continue through the fall.
Coleman made note of several accomplishments related to UM’s athletic department, starting with the unveiling of the newly expanded and renovated Michigan Stadium, which she said has met with an enthusiastic response.
Coleman noted that the men’s gymnastics team, which won the 2010 national championship earlier this year, had been honored by President Barack Obama at a White House reception on Sept. 13. The team had attended the regents’ May 20, 2010 meeting in Dearborn, where they were recognized for their achievement.
Coleman also praised Lion Kim, a UM student golfer who won the 85th annual U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship in July. That victory gives him an invitation to play in the 2011 Masters tournament in Augusta, Georgia. Both Kim and UM men’s head golf coach Andrew Sapp attended Thursday’s meeting, and regent Larry Deitch asked whether they had any extra tickets for the Masters, a remark which yielded laughs around the room. Regent Andrea Fischer Newman added, “When you get your new golf facility, you’ll have more of these moments.” Earlier this year, regents approved the construction of a $2.5 million men’s and women’s indoor golf practice facility, and approved the schematic design at their July 15 meeting.
Coleman mentioned the recent death of Ron Kramer, a former Michigan player who had kept strong ties with the university over the years. She said that Kramer loved Michigan, both the university and the state. On the Wednesday before every home football game, he would bring apples to her office, she said. “We miss him greatly.”
Looking ahead to next month’s meeting, Coleman said that the October regents meeting is usually held in Flint. But this year, because the university will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s speech at the Michigan Union, where he first described an idea that eventually became the Peace Corps, the regents will meet in Ann Arbor, she said. An array of events are planned in connection with that anniversary, she said, adding that UM’s connection to the Peace Corps is one of the university’s “signature points of pride.”
Finally, Coleman congratulated regent Julia Darlow on being named by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as one of the state’s most influential female attorneys. Darlow received a round of applause. [Three other Ann Arbor attorneys are on this year's list: Kelly Burris, Jean Ledwith King and Susan Kornfield.]
Julia Darlow, chair of the UM board of regents.
Statement by the Board Chair
Julia Darlow, the board’s chair, made a brief statement after Coleman’s remarks, saying that whenever a member of the university is targeted because of their identity, “we are all attacked.” She said they will continue to stand together and hold the university’s values with dignity and respect. When Darlow finished, Coleman added that those sentiments are shared by the entire university community.
The statement was likely a reference to recent news that state assistant attorney general Andrew Shirvell has been using his blog – the “Chris Armstrong Watch” – to attack Armstrong, president of the Michigan Student Assembly, criticizing him for his openly gay lifestyle and “radical homosexual agenda.” The blog has been characterized as cyber bullying, and attorney general Mike Cox has stated that Shirvell’s “immaturity and lack of judgment outside the office are clear.”
James Jackson, director of the UM Institute for Social Research, gave regents a presentation about the institute’s activities. At their April 2010 meeting, the board had authorized a $23 million expansion project for ISR’s building at 426 Thompson St., and approved a schematic design for the project at their meeting in July.
ISR is celebrating its 61st year, Jackson said. For the 2009-10 fiscal year, the institute received over $130 million in funding, including roughly $41 million in federal stimulus dollars. ISR employs about 1,230 people in its five research centers, including 254 research scientists which Jackson says he thinks of as entrepreneurs. They are committed to hiring an additional 40-50 scientists over the next decade, and Jackson said that when ISR’s expansion is completed in 2013, they will already be out of space.
James Jackson, director of UM's Institute for Social Research.
During his presentation, Jackson highlighted several research studies that are ongoing at IRS, many of which have spanned decades.
The Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers, led by Richard Curtin, is the only social science project on the federal government’s index of leading economic indicators, Jackson said. Curtin is projecting that unemployment will rise through the first half of next year, and the gains in the second half of the year will hardly dent the staggering job losses suffered so far.
Jackson cited several long-term studies managed by ISR. Every year since 1975, ISR’s Monitoring the Future Study has surveyed 50,000 American youth regarding their use of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs, Jackson said.
The American National Election Studies, conducted since 1948, is one of two ISR studies recently named to the National Science Foundation’s “Sensational 60” list of the most influential projects the federal agency has funded in its 60-year history. The other study receiving that honor is the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, which started in 1968 and is the longest such study in the world. It’s a longitudinal look at the changing socioeconomic dynamics of families, currently collecting data on 22,000 people.
Several ISR studies look at the impact of our society’s aging population, Jackson said. The ISR Health & Retirement Study, sponsored by the National Institute on Aging, began in 1990 and is the largest federally funded project at UM. Over 150,000 interviews have been conducted with more than 30,000 people aged 50 or older.
Jackson also mentioned the Society 2030 Consortium, a three-year effort to assist corporations in developing products and services for the aging population. Jackson likened it to developing spinoffs – via a university/corporate partnership – in the field of social sciences.
The final ISR project that Jackson highlighted is the U.S. Army’s Study to Assess Risks and Resilience in Servicemembers (STARRS), with the goal of preventing suicide and improving the mental health of army personnel during and after active duty. The five-year study, now in its second year, will survey 90,000 active duty soldiers, as well as families and peers of those who’ve committed suicide, and people who attempted to take their lives. A longitudinal follow-up will track 15,000 soldiers.
Regental Committee Reports
The regents have three committees: 1) finance, audit and investment; 2) personnel, compensation and governance; and 3) health affairs. The health affairs committee, chaired by regent Larry Deitch, was created earlier this year to provide oversight to the UM Hospitals and Health Centers. None of the committee meetings are open to the public.
The chairs of each committee give cursory reports at each monthly regents meeting. On Thursday, Deitch reported that the health affairs committee had held its first-ever meeting and was setting a schedule for a “deep dive” into the operations of the health system. He said he expected their work to cover everything from the development of the North Campus Research Complex (NCRC) to how long it takes to get an appointment at a UM clinic.
Michigan Student Assembly Report
Chris Armstrong, president of the Michigan Student Assembly (MSA), gave his monthly report to regents, highlighting events on campus and MSA-sponsored activities. He reported on the Ann Arbor city council’s proposed resolution to ban porch couches, saying that while the fire at a South State Street house that killed a student earlier this year was tragic, the council’s response has been “skewed.” He noted that there are other ways to address fire safety, and that the council didn’t involve students at all before proposing this resolution. Armstrong said that representatives from MSA would be meeting with some councilmembers that night to talk about how students might be more involved with these kinds of decisions in the future.
By way of background, the resolution – sponsored by councilmember Christopher Taylor (Ward 3) – was initially on the council’s July 19, 2010 agenda, but was taken off the agenda before that meeting. It passed on first reading at council’s Aug. 5, 2010 meeting. Taylor wrote an opinion piece published on Sept. 5 by the Michigan Daily, the university’s student newspaper, focusing on the issue of fire safety – though the proposed resolution would amend the city code chapter on public nuisances, not fire prevention.
The council heard a staff presentation on the issue at their Sept. 5 meeting, and MSA member John Oltean spoke during a public hearing on the issue that night, urging council to postpone action. He also encouraged them to deal with the issue fully by considering how rental housing may not be up to code in other ways, describing a lot of the city’s student rental housing stock as “ancient.” Action was subsequently postponed until the council’s next meeting on Sept. 20.
Donations to the University Decline in 2009-10
Jerry May, UM’s vice president for development, reported that contributions to the university were down for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. Contributions during the year totaled $254 million, compared to $265 million the previous year.
Overall, since the university wrapped up its “Michigan Difference” capital campaign, the severe economic downturn has had an impact on philanthropy at UM, May said. However, he added that they saw a significant uptick during the second half of the fiscal year, and the first two months of this year – July and August – have been “very healthy.” He noted that of the $254 million, $56 million was given specifically for scholarships and fellowships.
May highlighted three large gifts in particular: 1) a $15 million gift from the Ted and Jane Von Voigtlander Foundation for the new women’s hospital, which regents named the Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital, 2) the $10 million gift from Bob and Ann Aikens for a UM Law School addition, the largest gift received from living individuals, and 3) the $2 million gift from Ed Elliott to endow a professorship at the UM-Dearborn campus.
Stephen Forrest, UM’s vice president for research, reported that research expenditures at the university had grown 12% during fiscal 2009-10, to $1.14 billion. It was the second year that UM had exceeded the $1 billion milestone, he said. Of that, 5.1% was attributable to stimulus dollars. This year, the university is on a similar track, Forrest said.
Stephen Forrest, UM vice president for research.
For federal research funding, the National Institutes of Health contributed more funds than any other federal agency, accounting for $507 million, or 44.5% of UM’s total research funding. Corporate sponsorship dropped 9% for the year, to $39 million, while overall non-federal research funding fell 4.7%, to $106.7 million.
Forrest also highlighted the recent $12.5 million in federal funding for the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center, a collaboration with Chinese researchers to develop clean vehicle technology. Dennis Assanis, a UM professor and director of the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute, will take the lead in this effort, Forrest said.
Later in the meeting, president Mary Sue Coleman noted that she was recommending a renewal of Forrest’s contract, which regents ultimately approved. His appointment will run from Jan. 1, 2011 through Dec. 31, 2016. Coleman cited his leadership in efforts to support economic development and several large projects during his five years as head of university research. He received a round of applause.
Building Projects, Renovations
Regents approved several construction projects during Thursday’s meeting, all but one passing without discussion:
A $4.9 million renovation to the Auxiliary Services Building on North Campus, for the School of Art & Design. The renovation of 33,000 square feet will allow the school to consolidate graduate student and faculty studios into one location – the school, which is also located on North Campus, currently leases two off-campus sites for those studios. The project is expected to save $114,000 in annual leasing costs and add 13 faculty studios. The architectural firm of SHW Group will design the project, which is expected to be completed in the summer of 2011.
Schematic design for a $11 million renovation and expansion of the Memorial Phoenix Laboratory – a project that regents initially approved at their Dec. 17, 2009 meeting. The building houses the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute. The architectural firm of Lord, Aeck & Sargent Inc. is designing the project, which includes renovating 10,000 square feet of research space and building another 10,000 square feet for administrative use. Terry Sargent presented the schematic design at Thursday’s meeting.
The addition of permanent night field lighting at Michigan Stadium, at a cost of $1.8 million. The lights are being added in advance of the Dec. 11 “Big Chill at The Big House” hockey game between Michigan and Michigan State, which begins at 3 p.m. but is expected to last into the evening. A night football game at the stadium is also on the 2011 schedule.
Though the issue of night lighting at Michigan Stadium has received some media attention, it drew no comments from regents during Thursday’s meeting. The building-related issue that did provoke discussion related to the seemingly innocuous request to approve an elevator replacement at the South Quad dormitory.
The request was for a $1.15 million replacement of a freight elevator that serves three floors, installing instead a service and passenger elevator that would serve nine floors. The project also requires modification of the building’s kitchen exhaust system, separating it from the elevator exhaust to meet current building codes. South Quad, which houses about 1,250 students, was built in 1951. The elevator is about 60 years old.
Regent Andrew Richner.
Regent Andrew Richner noted that the kitchen is now located a long way from where food is served in the dorm, and he wondered whether the elevator replacement – which includes altering the kitchen exhaust system – takes into account long-term plans to renovate the building and possibly relocate the kitchen.
Tim Slottow, the university’s chief financial officer who’s responsible for facilities projects, said that he’d be bringing a strategic plan to the regents later this year about renovation plans for several residence halls, including South Quad. UM is nearly complete with major renovations of the older “heritage” residence halls on the Ann Arbor campus, he said, but several more residence hall renovations need to be renovated. Among those, East Quad is a priority, he said.
Hank Baier, associate vice president for facilities and operations, added that the South Quad elevator replacement can’t be done without modifying the exhaust systems. Richner said he simply wanted them to consider the longer-term plans involving the kitchen, so that they could possibly avoid spending money on something now that would need to be altered again in the future. Slottow offered to pull the proposal and bring it back to the regents next month. Regent Andrea Fischer Newman suggested that regents go ahead and vote on the item, with the understanding that next month Slottow would report back regarding longer-term renovations.
Richner then joked that he might have to recuse himself from the vote, because his son lives in South Quad. He noted that his son, a freshman, lives on the ground floor and doesn’t take the elevator.
The regents voted and approved the elevator item, along with the rest of the construction items.
Conflict of Interest Items
Regents approved 14 items that required disclosure under the state’s Conflict of Interest statute. The law requires that regents vote on potential conflict-of-interest disclosures related to university staff, faculty or students. Often, the items involve technology licensing agreements or leases.
This month, the disclosures involved deals with the following companies: Logical Images Inc., Accuri Cytometers Inc., Jazz Pie Music, Sherm’s Musical Instrument Repair, Sakti3 Inc., Productivity Improvement LLC, Structured Microsystems, Sakai Foundation, Nico Technologies Inc., Lycera Inc., Rehabilitation Team Assessments LLC, Hearing Health Science Inc., and 3D Biomatrix LLC.
There was no discussion on any of these items.
Public Commentary
Douglas Smith, a UM alumnus, was the only speaker during the public commentary portion of Thursday’s meeting. He noted that two incumbents – regents Andrew Richner and Andrea Fischer Newman – have been nominated for re-election, and that it was a good time to reflect on their service. [Candidates for the board are nominated by their respective political parties and run for eight-year terms. Richner and Newman are Republicans.]
Douglas Smith, speaking to the UM board of regents during public commentary at their Sept. 16 meeting.
He said that both Richner and Newman ran in the last election on promises to limit tuition increases to the rate of inflation, but that since 2002, tuition has risen at nearly three times the rate of inflation. Regents Denise Ilitch and Julia Darlow both voted against a 6% tuition increase last year, he noted, but the other regents did not.
Smith raised concerns about several other issues. The university is transferring some of its health care costs to employees, he said, by increasing employee contributions to health insurance by 50%. He criticized UM’s relationship with China, saying “the real exporter of American jobs to China is not Rick Snyder, it is the University of Michigan.” [Snyder, an Ann Arbor businessman, is the GOP candidate for Michigan governor and has been accused of outsourcing jobs to China while leading the computer company Gateway.] Smith accused the university of allowing its technology to be transferred to Chinese researchers and businesses – particularly technology that can be used for military purposes.
Smith also rebuked the regents for not ensuring adequate oversight of the UM Dept. of Public Safety, and argued that they have allowed the administration to stifle dissent regarding cases involving Andrei Borisov, Catherine Wilkerson and Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality (SOLE) protesters.
“In summary,” Smith said, “the performance of this board includes rapidly rising tuition, out of control budgets, new taxes on employees, massive technology transfers to China, lost opportunities for Michigan students, censorship and abuse of police power. I will not be voting to re-elect the incumbents and I would urge the rest of Michigan voters to do the same.”
When Smith finished his remarks, regent Larry Deitch – a Democrat – defended his Republican colleagues, saying he’d served with Newman for 16 years and Richner for eight. Though they didn’t agree on everything, Deitch said they had done a superb job. Regent Libby Maynard said she agreed with Deitch. Regent Martin Taylor said he agreed with Maynard, which prompted a laugh from most of the officials sitting at the table.
Present: Mary Sue Coleman (ex officio), Julia Darlow, Larry Deitch, Denise Ilitch, Olivia (Libby) Maynard, Andrea Fischer Newman, Andrew Richner, Martin Taylor, Kathy White.
Next board meeting: Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 at 3 p.m. at the Fleming Administration Building, 503 Thompson St., Ann Arbor. [confirm date]
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By Mark Koroi
September 20, 2010 at 1:53 am | permalink
Support the re-election of Regents Richner and Fischer.
They deserve our support; they have done an excellent job.
By Rod Johnson
September 20, 2010 at 11:52 am | permalink
Thanks for the link to the Chris Armstrong Watch blog. I hadn’t heard about this before, but Googling Andrew Shirvell has turned up some truly appalling stuff. Holy cow.
By Jack F.
September 20, 2010 at 1:20 pm | permalink
He was a paid member of the AG’s campaign staff as well.
By Tegart
If you click on his hate blog, you can report it for abuse. Let’s get this fringe wacko off the air. It’s scary to think he might actually be a part of the justice process.
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by Christopher | Oct 13, 2014 | Podcast
http://traffic.libsyn.com/badatsports/Bad_at_Sports_Episode_476-Sylvie_Fortin.mp3
This week: Live from Miami (many months ago) Duncan, Patricia, and Brian talk to Syvlie Fortin.
From the press release when she joined:
The Biennale de Montréal is pleased to announce the appointment of Sylvie Fortin as Executive and Artistic Director of La Biennale de Montréal – BNL MTL, beginning Tuesday, September 3, 2013.
Sylvie Fortin will be responsible for the vision, strategic development and positioning of La Biennale de Montréal and will oversee its future editions, beginning with BNL MTL 2014. Fortin brings proven leadership, rigorous artistic vision and a unique combination of management experience, international connections, and media and publishing expertise to the Biennale de Montréal. She will move to Montréal from Kingston, where she has been Curator of Contemporary Art at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University since last January. As Editor-in-Chief (2004–2007) and Executive Director/Editor (2007–2012) of ART PAPERS, she led the organization from a regional publication to a global thought leader. She was also Curator of the 5th Manif d’art in Quebec City (2010), Curator of Contemporary Art at the Ottawa Art Gallery (Ottawa, 1996–2001), Program Coordinator at LA CHAMBRE BLANCHE (Quebec City, 1991–1994) and a long-term collaborator with OBORO (Montreal, 1994–2001). Her critical essays and reviews have been published in numerous catalogues, anthologies and periodicals.
Last April, La Biennale de Montréal and the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MACM) announced a strategic partnership to co-produce future editions of BNL MTL. This innovative alliance between the Biennale de Montréal and MACM, Canada’s foremost institution dedicated solely to contemporary art, signals a heightened level of civic commitment to BNL MTL. It also casts its future editions in a new light, providing a solid foundation for BNL MTL’s continued growth, increased relevance and far-reaching collaborations with arts organizations in Montréal and beyond.
La Biennale de Montréal was founded in 1998. Its mission is to contribute to contemporary art discourse, to provide a platform for the exploration of innovative curatorial practices, to catalyze art production and to increase public awareness of contemporary art. It has thus far presented seven editions of its signature event, BNL MTL, which brings ambitious new projects by local, Canadian and international artists to Montréal residents and visitors.
Photo: P.Litherland.
Episode 680: Dimensions Variable and SWAB Fair
Episode 501: R & R Studios
Episode 485: Jillian Mayer
Episode 470: Adler Guerrier
Edition #32
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Baltimore Doctor Prepares For 2019 Prostate Cancer Run/Walk
Stacy M. Brown | 6/28/2019, 6 a.m.
Dr. Sanford Siegel President/CEO Chesapeake Urology Photo Courtesy of Chesapeake Urology
Dr. Sanford Siegel will continue his annual Prostate Cancer Run/Walk this year with a little better news than when he kicked off the event last year.
Eighteen months ago, the Baltimore doctor learned he had prostate cancer.
“Today, I’m happy to let you know that I’m feeling great and my PSA is down to 0.00,” Siegel said, referring to prostate-specific antigen, a substance produced by the prostate gland.
Elevated PSA levels could indicate prostate cancer, a non-cancerous condition such as prostatitis or an enlarged prostate, according to medical experts.
Despite his latest successful medical evaluation, Dr. Siegel says he is even more determined to push to find a cure.
“I still think about the 190,000 men who will hear the words ‘you have prostate cancer’ this year and the 28,000 who will succumb to this disease,” Siegel said.
This year’s Sanford J. Siegel Prostate Cancer Run/Walk is scheduled for Sunday, September 22, 2019 at Towson University’s Johnny Unitas Stadium.
Siegel says the efforts of he and his team of organizers have helped educate, advocate and raise funds to fight prostate cancer over the past 13 years. Even though the effort has made an impact thousands of men still needlessly die each year.
Since the event’s inception 13 years ago, Siegel has spearheaded the raising of more than $5 million for research and those in attendance have been able to receive free screenings and important camaraderie.
When he received his own diagnosis, Siegel says he didn’t bother to question why the deadly disease had now counted him among its victims.
“I spent very little time feeling sorry for myself. My thoughts turned to my family, my community and all of the men and their families that have been touched by prostate cancer,” Siegel said.
Dr. Siegel completed treatment at Chesapeake Urology where he serves as president and CEO, and where he has done much of his work in helping those diagnosed.
Chesapeake Urology’s cancer care program has provided free cancer screenings to over 8,800 men in Maryland and they’ve diagnosed many cancers that saved lives, according to Siegel.
Additionally, Siegel says a Chesapeake Urology prostate cancer research scholarship through the Urology Care Foundation of the American Urological Association has been fully funded to $1.1 million in 2018 and officials have now began another scholarship drive to help inspire urologists to publish scientific and clinical papers to advance understanding of prostate cancer, genetics and treatment.
“We want to keep the momentum going in 2019,” Siegel said.
This year’s Run/Walk begins at 8 a.m. on Sunday, September 22, 2019. To register, volunteer, form a team or to make a donation, visit: www.ZeroBaltimore.org.
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Butterfield out for season
Barnsley captain and main source of midfield inspiration Jacob Butterfield has been ruled out for the remainder of the season.
The 21-year-old was injured during the 4-1 win over Leeds United on New Year’s Eve, following a poor challenge by Michael Brown.
Butterfield limped off but manager Keith Hill hoped his star player would only be on the sidelines for three weeks.
However, a subsequent MRI scan has revealed that Butterfield has injured his anterior cruciate ligament.
He will have an operation on Friday and will be unable to feature for the Reds in the second half of the season.
The midfield ace is out of contract this summer but Barnsley have offered him a new deal.
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Read the 10 best academic and business antitrust articles published in 2012!
Nominated by Julie Brill, Alexander Italianer, Frédéric Jenny, Bill Kovacic, Bruno Lasserre
Antitrust Writing Awards 2013
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The Curious Case of Compulsory Licensing in India
Naval Satarawala Chopra and Dinoo Muthappa, Competition Law International, Vol 8 No 2, August 2012.
In a move that has alarmed the pharmaceutical industry, in March 2012 the Indian Patents Office granted its first compulsory licence, for the manufacture and sale of Bayer’s patented drug Nexavar, in Natco Pharma Limited v Bayer Corporation (Natco v Bayer). [1] This article analyses the compulsory licence issued in Natco v Bayer and discusses the possibility of a similar compulsory licence being issued under the provisions of India’s competition legislation, the Competition Act, 2002 (Competition Act). In doing so, we debate the scope of a potential refusal-to-license abuse under the Competition Act and outline a possible approach for the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to adopt if it should decide to issue compulsory licences.
Intellectual property and competition law: inherent conflict?
The relationship between competition law and intellectual property (IP) rights can be best described as a ‘tale of uneasy bedfellows’. The application and enforcement of competition law to IP rights is highly topical and hotly debated. The reason for the debate is that while IP laws, such as patent laws, confer exclusive rights, competition law seeks to ensure a competitive market place. The monopoly granted to a holder of an IP right can create barriers to entry and give rise to market power, the abuse of which is prohibited by competition law. As a result, some courts, academics and practitioners see an inherent conflict between these two bodies of law and have traditionally sought to balance the need for incentivising innovation through exclusivity protection with the efficiency benefits of open access competition.
This view, however, is overly simplistic and shortsighted. Whilst IP laws grant exclusivity and, in doing so, may inhibit competition, both IP and competition law share the common aim of encouraging innovation, enhancing consumer welfare and encouraging allocative efficiency. Academic literature on the subject has recognised IP and competition law as being mutually complementary and re-enforcing. [2]
Moreover, competition law does not seek to prohibit exclusivity per se; it aims to prevent the misuse or abuse of exclusivity in certain circumstances. This is evidenced by the prohibition of exclusivity agreements only where enterprises in a vertical relationship enjoy market power or where exclusivity arrangements are imposed by a dominant enterprise. This is also illustrated in the seminal judgment of Consten & Grundig, [3] where the European Court of Justice (ECJ) distinguished between the existence of an IP right and the improper exercise of the same. Accordingly, IP and competition laws are being viewed as complementary.
Natco v Bayer
IP laws in India have long made provision for the grant of a compulsory license. However, section 84 of the Patents Act, 1970 (Patents Act), the provision under Indian patent law that provides for the issue of a compulsory licence, was enforced for the first time in Natco v Bayer, in relation to Bayer’s patented drug ‘sorafenib tosylate’.
Bayer sells sorafenib tosylate, which is used for the treatment of the advanced stages of kidney and liver cancer, under the brand name ‘Nexavar’. Nexavar is a life-enhancing and not a life-saving drug; it seeks to extend the life of a patient afflicted with the last stages of kidney or liver cancer. Bayer launched Nexavar in 2006 and was granted a patent by the Indian patents authority on 3 March 2008. Bayer then sold the drug to patients in India suffering from the advanced stages of kidney and liver cancer at a cost of Rs 280,428 (approximately US$5,278) per month. [4] Natco, an Indian pharmaceutical company, had applied to Bayer for a voluntary licence to manufacture and sell the drug, and proposed to sell sorafenib tosylate at a price of Rs 8,800 (approximately US$167) for a month’s therapy, a fraction of the price being charged by Bayer. However, Natco’s request was refused by Bayer. Three years after the grant of Bayer’s patent for sorafenib tosylate, Natco filed an application for the grant of a compulsory licence at the Indian Patents Office.
Under the Patents Act, a compulsory licence may be granted after the expiration of three years of the grant of a patent, on any of the following grounds: [5]
(i) that the reasonable requirements of the public with respect to the patented invention have not been satisfied; or
(ii) that the patented invention is not available to the public at a reasonably affordable price; or
(iii) that the patented invention is not worked in the territory of India.
In Natco v Bayer, the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks of the Indian Patents Office (Controller) concluded that all three grounds on which a compulsory licence could be granted under section 84 of the Patents Act were satisfied. [6] A compulsory licence for the manufacture and sale of sorafenib tosylate was granted to Natco for the balance term of the patent, subject to the payment of a royalty of six per cent of the net sales of the drug to Bayer.
Many in India believe that Bayer’s failure to substantiate the costs involved in developing Nexavar was one of the principal reasons why the Controller found reason to issue the compulsory licence. Accordingly, IP law practitioners in India were not surprised that the Controller relied on grounds (i) and (ii) above, as Nexavar was accessible to only two per cent of the total number of potential patients, despite four years having lapsed since the grant of the patent. [7] However, the Controller’s reliance on ground (iii), that is, ‘that the patented invention is not worked in the territory of India’, has caused much consternation. The Controller interpreted the expression ‘worked in the territory of India’ to imply that a patented product must be manufactured in India to a reasonable extent or that the patentee must grant a licence to third parties to manufacture the patented product in India. However, this interpretation sets a dangerous precedent, where the availability of a patented product solely by imports as opposed to domestic manufacturing justifies the grant of a compulsory licence under the Patents Act, even if the reasonable requirements of the public are being satisfied at a reasonable price.
It is also relevant to note that the Controller found that Bayer failed to contribute to the transfer and dissemination of technology, so as to counterbalance the exclusive rights granted by a patent with the obligations of a patentee that arise under the Patent Act. [8] It appears, therefore, that similar to a competition authority, the Controller balanced the interests of a patent holder, on the one hand, with the interests of promoting and sustaining competition, on the other hand.
Interestingly, whilst Bayer has filed an appeal before the Intellectual Property Appellate Board, the Controller’s decision triggered a price war in the cancer-drug market. Cipla, [9] an Indian pharmaceutical company, has slashed the price of its cancer drugs, including sorafenib tosylate, which it now offers at Rs 6,840 (approximately US$128) per month. The Swiss company Roche has also slashed prices of some of its life-saving drugs. Natco, of course, as recorded in the Controller’s decision, is committed to sell the drug at no more than Rs 8,880 (approximately US$167) for a month’s dosage, the initial price Natco offered in its earlier application to Bayer for a voluntary licence for the drug. News reports suggest that Bayer is itself considering a price reduction for Nexavar.
Compulsory licensing and competition law
Just as it is generally considered appropriate for a competition authority to order a divestiture of physical assets as a condition to approving an otherwise anticompetitive merger, a divestiture of IP assets could be considered as a remedy for anti-competitive behaviour. However, the history of non-merger compulsory licensing by competition authorities, both in the EU and in the US, has been inconsistent and at odds with the current global approach to IP and competition laws.
Competition authorities in foreign jurisdictions have granted compulsory licences under the competition provisions of their respective statutes, notwithstanding similar provisions in IP laws. [10] Compulsory licences have been issued in cases concerning an abusive refusal to supply, to correct the anti-competitive practices resulting from the exclusivity granted by an IP right, and where the refusal prevents demand for a new product. This is done after a careful comparative analysis between the need to encourage innovation and the goal of promoting and fostering competition, as will be discussed below.
In the Indian context, whilst there is currently no guidance on whether, and under what circumstances, the CCI would grant a compulsory licence, such a remedy appears to be within the CCI’s ambit. In addition, recent decisions of the CCI and the Preamble to the Competition Act, which will be discussed in detail below, raise concerns that the CCI may follow the approach of the Controller in Natco v Bayer.
Before we discuss the possible Indian approach, we outline the approach in the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) in issuing compulsory licences under competition law.
The EU approach
Generally, the holder of an IP right has no obligation to license their intellectual property and, in most circumstances, will not be held to violate EU competition law by unilaterally refusing to licence their IP right to competitors.
The circumstances that characterise the exercise of exclusive rights as abusive conduct were discussed by the Court of First Instance (CFI, now the General Court) in the Magill TV guide case. [11] On appeal, the ECJ [12] held that it is only in ‘exceptional circumstances’ that the exercise of an exclusive right by the holder of an IP right results in an abuse of dominance. Such exceptional circumstances were said to exist when:
• the refusal relates to a product or ser vice indispensable to the exercise of a particular activity on a neighbouring market;
• the refusal is of such a kind as to exclude any effective competition on that neighbouring market; and
• the refusal prevents the appearance of a new product for which there is potential consumer demand. [13]
Once it is established that such exceptional circumstances are present, a dominant undertaking’s refusal to grant a licence may constitute an abuse of dominance, unless such refusal is objectively justified. These conditions were reiterated by the ECJ in IMS Health, where a refusal to license IP rights was held to amount to an abuse only when a competitor wished to produce new goods or provide new services on a neighbouring market using such IP, for which there is potential consumer demand. [14]
In Microsoft, [15] where the CFI was again confronted with the issue of a compulsory licence for a protected IP right, the CFI did not require the European Commission to follow a strict application of the ‘new product on a neighbouring market’ test. Instead, the CFI observed that if competitors were granted access to Microsoft’s copyright, ‘far from merely reproducing the Windows systems already on the market’ competitors would offer products which ‘will be distinguished from those (Microsoft) systems with respect to parameters which consumers consider important’. [16] Thus, the CFI found that the new product test was readily satisfied, insofar as the products offered by competitors differed from those offered by Microsoft in terms of advanced performance, security and functionality. Consequently, the CFI judgment in Microsoft waters down the new-product test, as it held to be sufficient that such new products var y from the existing products in terms of certain capabilities. It was not necessary to show the creation of an entirely new product on a separate market.
The CFI’s benign application of this ‘new product’ requirement in Microsoft has been criticised by academics and practitioners alike. [17] In contrast, in Magill TV guide, there was clearly a new product, different in conception to all existing guides. In IMS Health, the ECJ found that refusal to licence intellectual property ‘may be regarded as abusive only where the undertaking which requested the license does not intend to limit itself essentially to duplicating the goods or services already offered on the secondary market by the owner of the intellectual property right, but intends to produce new goods or services not offered by the owner of the right and for which there is potential consumer demand’. [18] The new-product requirement stems from the balance that needs to be achieved between protecting IP rights and the incentives to innovate versus the ‘protection of free competition’. [19] The secondary market requirement thus serves as an additional condition when IP rights are at stake and provides an additional ground of protection to the dominant undertaking holding the IP right, in order to ensure that the compulsory licence is not merely issued to duplicate goods or services offered by the dominant undertaking. However, the CFI’s lenient approach to the new product test seems to suggest a lesser degree of protection of IP rights than previously afforded in Magill TV guide and IMS Health.
The American approach
In the US, compulsory licensing is a well-established remedy to address competition concerns arising from proposed mergers, as it involves the consent of parties and usually the grant of only a single licence. US cases involving compulsory licences outside the merger context have a long but contradictory history.
The general rule under US antitrust law is that there is no general duty to deal with competitors. [20] However, liability under section 2 of the Sherman Act (provisions governing abuse of dominance in the US) will accrue when the refusal by a holder of an IP right enjoying a dominant position in the relevant market constitutes exclusionary conduct. The more recent judgments of Trinko [21] in 2004 and Linkline [22] in 2009 endorse the view that ‘under certain circumstances, refusal to cooperate with rivals can constitute anti-competitive conduct’ but that courts should be very cautious in recognising such exceptions to the general rule that even monopolists may choose with whom they deal. [23] It must be noted that though Trinko and Linkline did not involve intellectual property, they condition US jurisprudence on refusals to license IP. [24]
Though US Courts of Appeal have considered whether a unilateral refusal to license would amount to a violation of section 2 of the Sherman Act, their decisions have been divergent. In Kodak, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that if the patent holder is not genuinely exercising their IP rights and if the intent is not to enforce such rights, the presumption of the legal exercise of IP rights will not apply. [25] In contrast, in Xerox, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit questioned the benefit of examining intention and imposed a different standard in holding ‘in the absence of any indication of illegal tying, fraud in the Patent and Trademark Office or sham litigation’, the patent holder should be immune from antitrust law. [26] Thus, a firm would not be held to abuse its dominance unless:
• the refusal was a part of an illegal tie-in;
• the patent was obtained by fraud; or
• the patentee instituted litigation with the intent to interfere with a competitor’s business.
The US precedents on abusive unilateral refusal to license are, therefore, inconsistent. The Trinko and Linkline judgments may indicate that courts would be more likely to endorse the Federal Circuit’s view in Xerox than the Ninth Circuit’s view in Kodak. [27] Accordingly, the likely standard may be one that finds an abuse in very narrow circumstances, when a patentee attempts to enlarge the scope of their IP right.
Some jurisdictions take a broader approach to defining anti-competitive behaviour than the EU and the US. [28] While Western jurisdictions consider the protection of IP rights as sacrosanct and may find that too much regulation amounts to protectionism, this is not necessarily true of the developing world. Competition law in developing economies may be guided by objectives that are inherently dissimilar from the aims of antitrust in Western jurisdictions. In fact, there is a school of thought that suggests that in a developing economy, too much competition may impair development. [29] Therefore, there is a genuine concern that competition authorities in developing countries may issue remedies they deem appropriate to promote development, notwithstanding years of competition jurisprudence and case law from more mature jurisdictions, especially where IP exclusivity results in economic inequity and negligible social contribution.
India: the curious case
In enacting the Competition Act, India has come a long way from the days of the prior Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act regime. Whilst under the old regime, big was bad, the Competition Act, in line with regimes around the world, focuses on companies only when they are dominant and prohibits an abuse of such dominance. This change in approach is reflective of the changing social, economic and political attitudes in India.
However, India remains a country with socialist goals. This is reflected in the Preamble to the Competition Act, which provides for ‘the establishment of a Commission to prevent practices having adverse effect on competition, to promote and sustain competition in markets, to protect the interests of consumers’. The CCI, in its decisions as well as public statements, places greater emphasis on the interests of the ‘common man’ than on competitors or the competitive process.
Such an approach, especially in light of the Controller’s decision in Natco v Bayer, gives rise to serious concern that the CCI may consider the grant of a compulsory licence even in the absence of ‘exceptional circumstances’ and that consumer welfare/socialist considerations may skew the balance between the protection of IP and free competition.
Compulsory licences under IP laws are generally granted on public interest considerations, whereas compulsory licences under competition law are typically based on the need to restore effective competition in the market place. However, the CCI would certainly note with interest the change in market dynamics following the Natco v Bayer decision. [30] As was highlighted earlier, the compulsory licence granted to Natco triggered a price war, [31] resulting in enhanced competition in the cancer drug market – a result a competition authority may seek to achieve through remedies. However, by no means do we imply that this would be a correct approach.
Under the Competition Act, an enterprise is guilty of abusing its dominant position if, inter alia, it imposes unfair prices, limits the production of goods or services, restricts the technical or scientific development of goods or services, or denies market access. [32] Whilst there have been no CCI decisions to date dealing with a refusal to license IP rights, the CCI’s approach in the cases discussed below appears to suggest that the CCI may evolve novel concepts to address perceived consumer harm.
As stated earlier, the Controller in Natco v Bayer granted a compulsory licence, inter alia, on the ground that Nexavar was not available to the public at a reasonably affordable price. In doing so, the Controller in Natco v Bayer construed the term ‘reasonably affordable price’ predominantly with reference to the price to the public and not with reference to Bayer’s costs. It is not inconceivable that a complaint could potentially be filed against a dominant pharmaceutical company, alleging that the price charged is an unfair price, as it is unaffordable to the public or because other manufacturers could produce and make available the same drug at cheaper prices, in violation of section 4(2)(a)(ii) of the Competition Act.
In fact the CCI has, in MCX Stock Exchange Ltd & Ors v National Stock Exchange of India Ltd & Ors, [33] interpreted the term ‘unfair pricing’ in relation to the costs of competitors. Similar to the Controller’s decision, in arriving at its conclusion that NSE abused its dominant position, the CCI failed to consider the cost structure of the NSE. Contrary to international principles, the CCI abandoned the as-efficientcompetitor test. Instead, the CCI held that NSE’s prices were unfair vis-à-vis its competitor, MCX-SX, who, despite having a larger market share in the relevant market, in the CCI’s view would be unable to compete. [34] It should be noted that the CCI did not find NSE to have engaged in predatory pricing, but simply ‘unfair pricing’, implying a new abuse of non-predatory low pricing. If the CCI were to follow a similar approach in relation to the prices of drugs of a dominant pharmaceutical company, it could lead to disastrous results and potentially encourage the CCI to follow an approach similar to that of the Controller.
A refusal to license IP exclusively held by a dominant enterprise may also be considered as a constructive refusal to supply under the provisions of the Competition Act. Such a refusal may be construed to limit the ‘production of goods or provision of services or market’, or restrict the ‘technical or scientific development relating to goods or services to the prejudice of consumers’, or result in the ‘denial of market access’, all three of which amount to abusive conduct under sections 4(2)(b)(i), 4(2)(b)(ii) and 4(2)(c) of the Competition Act, respectively.
As discussed earlier, in the EU such a refusal would be considered abusive only in ‘exceptional circumstances’, when the refusal prevents the emergence of a new product on a secondary market for which there is potential consumer demand. Such a refusal would be subject to a stricter standard still in the US. Whether the CCI will follow either the EU or US approach remains to be seen; however, both the Controller’s Natco v Bayer decision and the general attitude of the CCI seem to suggest a more consumer-oriented approach in India. The CCI’s concern over the exploitation of the Indian consumer by dominant enterprises was especially highlighted in Belaire Owner’s Association v DLF Limited and HUDA, [35] where the CCI’s primary concerns revolved around the treatment of apartment allottees by the dominant real estate enterprise, DLF. The CCI was particularly critical of the terms and conditions imposed by DLF in the contracts that the company had signed with apartment allottees. [36]
In the Natco v Bayer decision, Bayer’s inability to make Nexavar available to nearly 98 per cent of the Indian public [37] was held by the Controller to amount to a failure to satisfy the reasonable requirements of the public. In the absence of the requirements of the ‘exceptional circumstances’ test in India and given the consumer welfare focus of the CCI, it is not inconceivable that the CCI would adopt a similar approach and find that the exercise of IP rights in such a scenario limits the production of goods in violation of section 4(2)(b)(i) of the Competition Act. Further, the Controller had observed that a patentee can contribute towards the transfer and dissemination of technology by either manufacturing the product in India itself or by granting a licence to a third party to manufacture the product in India, and that Bayer had failed to do so. [38] The CCI could potentially construe such failure by a dominant pharmaceutical company to limit or restrict the technical or scientific development of goods or services in India to the prejudice of consumers, an abuse in contravention of section 4(2)(b)(ii) of the Competition Act.
The decision in Natco v Bayer also states that ‘the patentee (Bayer) thus took no adequate or reasonable steps to start the working of the invention in the territory of India on a commercial scale and to an adequate extent’. [39] The CCI may also be sympathetic to arguments based on failure to ‘work a patent’, given that exclusivity is reserved and that competing enterprises are not granted the opportunity to access the patented product and compete with the dominant enterprise. The CCI could potentially adjudge such failure to work a patent as amounting to a denial of market access, an abuse listed under section 4(2)(c) of the Competition Act.
In the authors’ view, such an approach would indeed be highly controversial, albeit not impossible, given the social and economic constraints faced by developing countries such as India. Moreover, the compulsory licence would be issued, not in order to enable competitors to provide ‘a new product on a neighbouring market’, but to enable companies to provide the same product at a fair price in order to satisfy demand. However, it is strongly recommended that even if the CCI were to proceed on this basis, compulsory licences be issued with great caution. It is critical that the royalty determined is based on FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) terms and that the duration of the licence is limited and constantly reviewed, so as to only remedy inadequate supply. The CCI must also exercise caution to avoid falling into the trap of becoming a price regulator, a concept that competition authorities around the world find disconcerting.
The better approach would be for the CCI to refer any case dealing with compulsory licensing to the relevant IP authority in India. In fact, section 21A of the Competition Act explicitly provides the CCI with the power to make a reference to a concerned statutory authority, where the CCI is faced with a decision whose implementation is entrusted to such other statutory authority. Relevant IP authorities in India would have the requisite expertise to grant such licence and determine equitable terms thereof. This would also remove the problem of the CCI becoming a price regulator. In this regard, it is important to remember that competition law is not a panacea. There are other modes of redress available to parties seeking a compulsory licence and, perhaps, adequate remedies lie elsewhere.
Finally, a decision by the CCI to issue a compulsory licence could have other implications. Such decisions may cause IP-reliant firms to either abandon operations in India or refrain from entering the Indian market altogether. A parochial approach to IP rights might also diminish the attractiveness of the Indian market to foreign direct investors, as weak protection of IP rights and the threat of compulsory licensing tends to lower the expected returns of foreign investments. It is therefore recommended that the CCI grant a compulsory licence only where the concerned IP authority fails to do so or where there are over-arching contraventions of competition law, and alternative remedies are not sufficient. Given that the test for establishing a refusal-to-license abuse and the corresponding grant of a compulsory licence remedy is itself subject to strict scrutiny in jurisdictions overseas, it is recommended that the CCI be especially circumspect in the exercise of such authority.
At a time where global pharmaceutical mergers are subject to intense scrutiny by the Indian Government and the marketing policies of the pharmaceutical industry are being debated by the Indian bureaucracy, the grant of India’s first compulsory licence in this sector has certainly raised eyebrows. The Natco v Bayer decision has already resulted in an adverse perception of the Indian pharmaceutical industry and may adversely impact foreign investment in this sector.
The Natco v Bayer decision sets the precedent for making expensive patented drugs available for compulsory licensing under the Patents Act. However, questions remain as to whether competitors of dominant undertakings holding patent rights may use section 4 of the Competition Act to enable them to compete on the same market as the IP owner.
The CCI may be tempted to intervene when a patent monopoly fails to address social and developmental concerns and where public demand for a life-saving drug has not been met. Though competition law is a tool used for the attainment of economic freedom and prosperity in developed economies of the EU and the US, in a nation such as India, competition law may be motivated by other considerations, including access to healthcare. Pharmaceutical countries may find great risk in operating in India if competition intervention is used to remedy social inequity rather than to ensure a competitive market place. It is, therefore, recommended that compulsory licensing as a remedy to anti-competitive conduct should only be used where the dominance of the defendant is unquestionable, no other equitable remedy is available and where the interests in favour of a licensee are so strong, they trump any harm that could be caused to the innovation incentives of IP right holders.
[1] Natco Pharma Limited v Bayer Corporation, Compulsory Licence Application No 1/2011.
[2] See generally, Micheal A Carrier, [2009], Innovation for the 21st
Century: Harnessing the Power of Intellectual Property and Antitrust law, New York OUP; J Newberg and T Willard, [1997], ‘Antitrust and Intellectual Property: From Separate Spheres to Unified Fields’, 66 Antitrust L J 167.
[3] Joined cases 56/24 and 58/64, Consten & Grundig v Commission, [1966] ECR 299, at p 346.
[4] All conversions from INR to USD in this document have been calculated at the rate US$1 = 52.6084 INR, the exchange rate as on 08 May 2012.
[5] Section 84(1), Patents Act, 1970.
[6] Note the conditions listed under section 84(1) of the Patents Act are alternative and not cumulative.
[7] If Bayer’s data on the number of patients eligible for treatment by Nexavar (8,842 per year) were accepted, given the number of boxes sold and the duration of treatment required, the Controller observed that only a little over 200 patients (or two per cent) had received the drug; Natco v Bayer, see note 1 above, at p 22.
[8] Section 83, Patents Act, 1970.
[9] Cipla is currently defending a patent infringement claim filed by Bayer, in relation to Nexavar, in the Delhi High Court.
[10] For a list of national statutory provisions under IP laws that provide for the grant of a compulsory licence, see: Survey on Compulsory Licenses granted by WIPO Member States to Address Anti-competitive uses of Intellectual Property Rights, CDIP/4/4 Rev/STUDY/INF/5.
[11] Case T-69/89, Radio Telefis Eireann v Commission, 1991 ECR II-485.
[12] Cases C-241 & 242/91P, Radio Telefis Eireann v Commission, 1995 ECR I-743.
[13] Ibid, at paragraphs 52–56.
[14] Case 418/01, IMS Health GmbH & Co OHG v NDS Health GmbH & Co KG, [2004] ECR I-5039. The ECJ found that refusal to licence intellectual property ‘may be regarded as abusive only where the undertaking which requested the license does not intend to limit itself essentially to duplicating the goods or services already offered on the secondary market by the owner of the intellectual property right, but intends to produce new goods to services not offered by the owner of the right and for which there is potential consumer demand’, at paragraph 49.
[15] Case T-201/04, Microsoft Corp v Commission, 2007 ECR II-03601.
[16] Ibid, at paragraph 656.
[17] R Whish and D Bailey, [2012], Competition Law, Oxford University Press, at p 801. See generally: J Vickers, [2008], ‘A Tale of Two EC Cases: IBM and Microsoft’, (2008) 4 Competition Policy International 3; I Forrester, [2005], Regulating Intellectual Property via Competition? Or Regulating Competition via Intellectual Property? Competition and Intellectual Property: Ten Years on, the Debate still Flourishes. [Online] Available at: www.eui.eu/RSCAS/Research/Competition/2005/200510-CompForrester.pdf.
[18] See note 14 above, at paragraph 49.
[19] Indeed, in IMS Health, the ECJ observed that ‘in the balancing of the interest in protection of the intellectual property right and the economic freedom of its owner against the interest in protection of free competition, the latter can prevail only where refusal to grant a licence prevents the development of the secondary market to the detriment of consumers’ at paragraph 46 [emphasis added]; also, note 14 above, at paragraph 49.
[20] Also known as the Colgate doctrine, as held in United States v Colgate & Co, 250 US 300, 307 (1919).
[21] Verizon Communications Inc v Law Offices of Curtis V Trinko, 540 US 398 (2004).
[22] Pacific Bell v linkLine Communications, 03 F.3d 876 (Fed Cir 2009).
[23] See note 21 above, at p 408.
[24] R Coco, [2008], ‘Antitrust Liability for Refusal to License Intellectual Property: A Comparative Analysis and the International Setting’, 12 Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review 1(2008) at p 6.
[25] Image Tech Servs v Eastman Kodak, 125 F.3d 1195 (9th Cir 1997).
[26] CSU v Xerox Corp, 203 F.3d 1322 (Fed Cir 2000).
[27] Antitrust Issues in Intellectual Property Licensing Transactions [2012], ABA Section of Antitrust Law at p 32.
[28] E Fox, [2003], ‘We Protect Competition, You Protect Competitors’, 26(2) World Competition 149.
[29] See generally: J Stiglitz, [2002], ‘Globalization and its Discontents, W.W. Norton & Company; Jenny F. [2002], Globalization, Competition and Trade Policy: Convergence, Divergence and Co-operation’ in Chapter 16, C A Jones and M Matsushita (Eds), Competition Policy in the Global Trading System: Perspectives from the EU, Japan and the USA [2002], Kluwer Law international.
[30] D Rajagopal, [2012], Cipla shocks rivals by slashing cancer drug prices up to 75%, [Online] Available: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-05-04/news/31573060_1_cancer-drug-iressa-sorafenib .
[31] S Chatterjee, [2012], On cue, Roche to cut cancer drug prices, [Online] Available: www.dnaindia.com/money/report_on-cue-roche-to-cut-cancerdrug-prices_1666622 .
[32] Sections 4(2)(a)(ii), 4(2)(b)(i), 4(2)(b)(ii), and 4(2)(c) of the Competition Act, respectively.
[33] Case 13/2009, MCX Stock Exchange Ltd & Ors v National Stock Exchange of India Ltd & Ors. Please note, the authors have advised, and continue to advise, The National Stock Exchange in relation to this case.
[34] Ibid, at paragraph 10.73.
[35] Case No 19/2010, Belaire Owner’s Association v DLF Limited and HUDA.
[36] Ibid, at paragraphs 12.103–12.111.
[37] See note 1 above, at p 22.
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If You Had My Love - Jennifer Lopez
If You Had My Love
On the 6
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If You Had My Love is the lead single from Jennifer Lopez's debut album, On The 6 (1999). Released in 1999, the single peaked at number one in the United States, becoming Lopez's first number-one single; it also peaked at number four in the United Kingdom. The song is well-known for its voyeuristic music video.
Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July 24, 1969), popularly nicknamed J.Lo, is a Puerto-Rican American pop and R&B singer, actress, record producer, dancer, model, fashion and perfume designer and film and television producer. She is the richest person of Latin American descent in Hollywood according to Forbes, and the most influential Hispanic entertainer in America according to People en Español’s list of “100 Most Influential Hispanics”. Starting in 1999 Show more ...
And I gave you all my trust
Would you comfort me
And if somehow you knew that your love would be untrue
Would you lie to me
And call me baby
Now if I gave you me, this is how it's got to be
First of all I won't take you cheatin' on me
Tell me who can I trust if I can't trust in you And I refuse to let you play me for a fool
You said that we could possibly spend eternity
See that's what you told me that's what you said
But if you want me
You have to be fulfilling all my dreams
If you really want me babe
You said you want my love and you've got to have it all
But first there are some things you need to know
If you want to live
With all I have to give
I need to feel true love
Or it's got to end, yeah
I don't want you
Trying to get with me
And I end up unhappy
Don't need the hurt and I don't need the pain
So before I do
Give myself to you
I have to know the truth
If I spend my life with you
1) On the Floor (feat. Pitbull)
2) Get Right
3) If You Had My Love
4) Love Don't Cost a Thing
5) Waiting for Tonight
6) Let's Get Loud
7) Ain't It Funny
8) Do It Well
9) Play
10) I'm Real
11) Papi
12) Jenny from the Block
13) Dance Again
14) I'm Into You
15) I'm Glad
16) Ain't Your Mama
17) I'm Gonna Be Alright
18) Brave
19) Booty
20) Jenny From The Block - Track Masters Remix
21) All I Have
22) Dance Again feat. Pitbull
23) On The Floor - Radio Edit
24) Live It Up
25) Que Hiciste
1) Jennifer Lopez - Waiting for Tonight
2) Jennifer Lopez - Love Don't Cost a Thing
3) Janet Jackson - All for You
4) Destiny's Child - Say My Name
5) Christina Aguilera - Genie in a Bottle
6) TLC - No Scrubs
7) Destiny's Child - Jumpin', Jumpin'
8) Janet Jackson - That's the Way Love Goes
9) Kylie Minogue - Love at First Sight
10) Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time
11) Britney Spears - Sometimes
12) Christina Aguilera - What a Girl Wants
13) Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head
14) Danity Kane - Damaged
15) Mariah Carey - It's Like That
16) Mariah Carey - Fantasy
17) Cher - Believe
18) Nicole Scherzinger - Don't Hold Your Breath
19) Spice Girls - Holler
20) The Pussycat Dolls - Buttons
21) Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
22) Whitney Houston - It's Not Right but It's Okay
23) Christina Milian - Dip It Low
24) The Pussycat Dolls - I Don't Need a Man
25) Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There
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SXSW 2011 Official Hip-Hop Showcases
SXSW is now in full effect and SXSW Music is about to run a muck in this place we call Austin! Matt Sonzala, at Austin Surreal, the man behind SXSW Hip Hop has put up the official list of SXSW Hip Hop Showcases. All info is subject to change.
Tuesday March 15th 2011
Flamingo Cantina
1:15 a.m. - 1:45 a.m. - ytcracker
12:30 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. - MC Frontalot
12:00 a.m. - 12:20 a.m. - Schaffer
11;30 p.m. - 11:50 p.m. - More or Les
11:00 p.m. - 11:20 p.m. - Jesse Dangerously
10:30 p.m. - 10:50 p.m. - Timbuktu
10:00 p.m. - 10:20 p.m. - Ghettosocks
9:30 p.m. - 9:50 p.m. - Wordburglar
9:00 p.m. - 9:20 p.m. - Random
8:30 p.m. - 8:50 p.m. - Dual Core
8:00 p.m. - 8:20 p.m. - Thought Criminals
Wednesday March 16th 2011
Doomtree
1:15 a.m. - 1:50 a.m. - Doomtree Crew Set (Minneapolis, MN)
12:30 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. - P.O.S. (Minneapolis, MN)
11:45 p.m. - 12:15 a.m. - Sims (Minneapolis, MN)
11:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. - Dessa (Minneapolis, MN)
10:15 p.m. - 10:45 p.m. - Cecil Otter (Minneapolis, MN)
9:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - Mike Mictlan (Minneapolis, MN)
8:45 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. - Four Fists (P.O.S. & Astronautilus)
8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - Lazerbeak & Paper Tiger (Minneapolis, MN)
1:15 a.m. - 1:50 a.m. - DJ Premier with Nick Javas and NYG'z
12:30 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. - Artifacts (Newark, NJ)
12:00 a.m. - 12:20 a.m. - 1982 (Statik Selektah and Termanology) (Lawrence, MA)
11:30 p.m. - 11:50 p.m. - Reks (Lawrence, MA)
11:00 p.m. - 11:20 p.m. - J-Live (New York, NY)
10:30 p.m. - 10:50 p.m. - Binary Star (Detroit, MI)
10:00 p.m . - 10:20 p.m . - Foreign Legion (Oakland, CA)
9:30 p.m. - 9:50 p.m. - Tha Jacka (Bay Area, CA)
9:00 p.m. - 9:20 p.m. - Droop-E (Vallejo, CA)
8:30 p.m. - 8:50 p.m. - Moe Green (Vallejo, CA)
8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - M-Phazes (DJing between Sets/House DJ) (Melbourne, Australia)
Kiss & Fly
1:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m. - Peanut Butter Wolf (San Jose, CA)
12:00 a.m. - 12:40 a.m. - The Stepkids (Bridgeport, CT)
11:15 p.m. - 11:45 p.m. - Vex Ruffin (Chino, CA)
10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Jonti (Sydney, Australia)
9:30 p.m. - 10:15 p.m. - Steve Arrington (Dayton, OH)
8:45 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. - MED (Oxnard, CA)
8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - The Wonderful Sound of Induce! (Miami, FL)
Mohawk Patio
The Agency Group/XXL
1:40 a.m. - 2:00 a.m. - Cyhi Da Prince (Atlanta, GA)
1:00 a.m. - 1:30 a.m. - Big K.R.I.T. (Meridian, MS)
12:20 a.m. - 12:50 a.m. - Curren$y (New Orleans, LA)
11:40 p.m. - 12:10 a.m. - Mac Miller (Pittsburgh, PA)
11:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. - Immortal Technique (New York, NY)
10:20 p.m. - 10:50 p.m. - Freddie Gibbs (Gary, IN)
9:40 p.m. - 10:10 p.m. - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Seattle, WA)
9:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - Zion I & The Grouch (Oakland, CA)
8:30 p.m. - 8:50 p.m. - Grieves with Budos (Seattle, WA)
8:00 p.m. - 8:20 p.m. - Blueprint (Columbus, OH)
Scoot Inn
1:00 a.m. - 1:50 a.m. - Adrian Younge Sound Orchestra (Los Angeles, CA)
*Featuring special guest appearances by Dennis Coffey (Detroit, MI), Shawn Lee (Wichita, KS) and Michael Leonhart (New York, NY)
12:10 a.m. - 12:40 a.m. - Kendra Morris (New York, NY)
11:20- a.m. - 11:50 - Chico Mann (Jersey City, NJ)
10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Chalie Boy (Hearne/Calvert, TX)
9:40 p.m. - 10:10 p.m. - Calibro35 (Milano, Italy)
8:50 p.m. - 9:20 p.m. -The Echocentrics (Austin, TX)
8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - 4th Pyramid (Toronto, ON)
8:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. Between Sets - J-Boogie (San Francisco, CA)
8:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. Between Sets - DJ Sun (Houston, TX)
8:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. Between Sets - Chicken George (Austin, TX)
8:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. Between Sets - Ancient Astronauts (Hamburg, Germany)
Vibe House Powered by Cashmere
Strange Music / SMC /
12:15 a.m. - 12:45 a.m. - Killer Mike aka Mike Bigga (Atlanta, GA)
11:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. - Mistah FAB (Oakland, CA)
10:45 p.m. - 11:15 p.m. - Bliss N Eso (Albert Park, Victoria, Australia)
9:15 p.m. - 9:45 p.m. - Chiddy Bang Philadelphia, PA)
8:40 p.m . - 9:00 p.m. - Husalah (Pittsburg, CA)
8:10 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - Young L (Berkeley, CA)
Thursday March 17th 2011
Austin Music Hall
Frank 151 / Village Voice / Monster / Skull Candy Presents
1:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m. – DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown aka Erykah Badu DJ SET (Dallas, TX)
11:45 p.m. – 12:45 a.m. - Wu Tang Clan (Shaolin, NY)
10:50 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. - Fishbone (Los Angeles, CA)
10:10 p.m. – 10:40 p.m. - Yelawolf (Gadsden, AL)
9:45 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - Trae tha Truth (Houston, TX)
9:20 p.m. - 9:35 p.m. - Marz Lovejoy (Los Angeles, CA)
9:00 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. - Rocky Business (New York, NY)
8:30 p.m. - 8:50 p.m. - Trouble Andrew (Brooklyn, NY)
DJ Eclectic Method in between sets
9:50 p.m. - 10:20 p.m. - G-Side (Athens, AL)
Beauty Bar Backyard
9:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - Big Freedia (New Orleans, LA)
Carver Museum
12:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. - FILM: Everyday Sunshine - The Story of Fishbone
2:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. - FILM: A Preview of Punk In Africa
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - FILM: The Furious Force of Rhymes
Swisha House / Trillstep
1:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m. - Badbwoy BMC (Houston, TX)
12:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. - Michael "5000" Watts (Houston, TX)
11:15 p.m. - 11:45 p.m. - FAM 420 (Houston, TX)
10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Lil Keke (Houston, TX)
10:00 p.m. - 10:20 p.m. - Surreal (Houston, TX)
9:30 p.m. - 9:50 p.m. - Magno (Houston, TX)
9:00 p.m. - 9:20 p.m. - Lil Young (Houston, TX)
8:30 p.m. - 8:50 p.m. - Dallas Blocker (Houston, TX)
8:00 p.m. - 8:20 p.m. - Felony (Houston, TX)
1:05 a.m. - 2:00 a.m. - B.o.B (Atlanta, GA)
12:00 a.m. - 12:45 a.m. - J.Cole (Fayetteville, NC)
11:10 p.m. - 11:40 p.m. - Marsha Ambrosius (Liverpool, England)
10:20 p.m. - 10:50 p.m. - Melanie Fiona (Toronto, ON)
9:45 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - Miguel (Los Angeles, CA)
9:00 p.m. - 9:25 p.m. - Big Sean (Detroit, MI)
8:30 p.m. - 8:40 p.m. - Dom Kennedy (Los Angeles, CA)
8:00 p.m. - 8:10 p.m. - Zawcain (El Paso, TX)
DJ Premier & DJ Hella Yella in between sets and after
Mellow Johnnies
11:00 p.m. - 11:40 p.m. - The MIDI Mafia (Los Angeles, CA)
10:00 p.m. - 10:40 p.m. - Mexicans With Guns (San Antonio, TX)
9:00 p.m. - 9:40 p.m. - Butcher Bear & Charlie (Austin, TX)
8:00 p.m. - 8:40 p.m. - Henry + The Invisibles (Austin, TX)
Audible Treats
1:15 a.m. - 2:00 a.m. - Blacksmith Music Presents: Talib Kweli, Jean Grae (Brooklyn, NY)
12:40 a.m. - 1:10 a.m. - Hieroglyphics (Oakland, CA)
11:55 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. - Nottz, Derek 32Zero (Norfolk, VA)
11:15 p.m. - 11:45 p.m. Black Milk (Detroit, MI)
10:35 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Kokayi (Washington, DC)
10:10 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. - DJ Toure w/ Truthlive & Moe Green (Santa Rosa, Vallejo)
9:40 p.m. - 10:05 p.m. - Erk The Jerk & Roach Gigz (Oakland, SanFrancisco)
9:15 p.m. - 9:35 p.m. - DaVinci (San Francisco, CA)
8:50 p.m. - 9:10 p.m. - The Niceguys (Houston, TX)
8:25 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. - League510 (Oakland, CA)
8:00 p.m. - 8:20 p.m. - Kyle Rapps (New York, NY)
DJ Toure & IMAKEMADBEATS Between Sets (Oakland, Orlando)
Smokers Club
1:20 a.m. - 1:50 a.m. - Curren$y (New Orleans, LA)
12:40 a.m. - 1:10 a.m. - Big K.R.I.T. (Meridian, MS)
12:00 a.m. - 12:30 a.m. - Smoke DZA (Harlem, NY)
11:40 p.m. - 11:55 p.m. - Fiend & Cornerboy P (Louisiana)
11:15 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. - Dom Kennedy (Los Angeles, CA)
10:45 p.m. - 11:05 p.m. - The Pricks (Los Angeles, CA)
10:10 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. - Killa Kyleon (Houston, TX)
9:45 p.m. - 10:05 p.m. - Tum Tum (Dallas, TX)
9:20 p.m. - 9:40 p.m. - Evidence (Los Angeles, CA)
9:00 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. - Surf Club (Los Angeles, CA)
8:40 p.m. - 8:55 p.m. - CurT@!N$
8:20 p.m. - 8:35 p.m. - Jackie Chain (Huntsville, AL)
8:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. - Jon Connor (Flint, MI)
With DJ Rapid Ric between sets
Friday March 18th 2011
12:00 a.m. - 12:40 a.m. - Zion I & The Grouch (Oakland, CA)
9:00 p.m. - 9:40 p.m. - Keys N Krates (Toronto, ON)
Beauty Bar Palm Door
1:15 a.m. - 1:50 a.m. - Kingdom (Los Angeles, CA)
12:15 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. - A-Trak (New York, NY)
12:00 a.m. - 12:10 a.m. - AraabMUZIK (Providence, RI)
11:30 p.m. - 11:50 p.m. - Donnis (Atlanta, GA)
11:00 p.m. - 11: 20 p.m. - Danny Brown (Detroit, MI)
10:15 p.m. - 10:45 p.m. - Cubic Zirconia (New York, NY)
9:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - The Suzan (Tokyo, Japan)
8:45 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. - Telephoned (Brooklyn, NY)
8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - Party Supplies (Brooklyn, NY)
7:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Nick Catchdubs (Brooklyn, NY)
12:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m - FILM: Black August
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - FILM: The Revival SXSW
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - PANEL: Industry Survival Skills with Kevin Beacham
Emo's Main
Biz 3
1:00 a.m. - 1:50 a.m. - Das Racist (Brooklyn, NY)
12:30 a.m. - 12:55 a.m. - Cool Kids (Chicago, IL)
12:00 a.m. - 12:25 a.m. - Freddie Gibbs (Gary, IN)
11:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. - Asher Roth & Nottz (Pennsylvania/Virginia)
10:30 p.m. - 11:15 p.m. - Pharoahe Monch (Queens, NY)
10:00 p.m. - 10:25 p.m. - Blueprint (Columbus, OH)
9:30 p.m. - 9:55 p.m. - Outasight (New York, NY)
9:00 p.m. - 9:25 p.m. - Skrillex (Los Angeles, CA)
8:30 p.m. - 8:50 p.m. - L.E.P. Bogus Boys (Chicago, IL)
8:00 p.m. - 8:20 p.m. - Prof (Minneapolis, MN)
Dutty Artz
1:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m. - Matt Shadetek (Brooklyn, NY)
12:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. - Geko Jones (Brooklyn, NY)
11:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. - Chief Boima (Queens, NY)
10:00 p.m. - 10:40 p.m. - Lamin Fofana (Queens, NY)
SF2 Presents
1:15 a.m. - 2:00 a.m. - Trae tha Truth (Houston, TX)
12:40 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. - Mookie Jones (Houston, TX)
12:00 a.m. - 12:30 a.m. - Pill (Atlanta, GA)
11:30 p.m. - 11:50 p.m. - Skewby (Memphis, TN)
11:00 p.m. - 11:20 p.m. - Gorilla Zoe (Atlanta, GA)
10:30 p.m. - 10:50 p.m. - League of Extraordinary G'z (Austin, TX)
10:00 p.m. - 10:20 p.m. - Snow Tha Product (Fort Worth, TX)
9:30 p.m. - 9:50 p.m. - Eskabel (Houston, TX)
9:00 p.m. - 9:20 p.m. - SupaStarz (New Orleans, LA)
Texas Battle League Presents:
8:45 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Madness vs. Japanese Jesus
8:30 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. - Cadalack Ron vs. Mr. Fitness
8:15 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - Rheteric Ramirez vs. Michael White
8:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. - Gutta Vs. Core
7:45 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Lawjick vs. J-Redd
7:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. - Cali Zack vs. Gidon
DJ Knowledge between sets
The Marq
1:00 a.m. - 1:50 a.m. - Sage Francis
12:15 a.m. - 12:45 a.m. - Homeboy Sandman
11:30 p.m. - 11:50 p.m. - Truth Universal
11:00 p.m. - 11:20 p.m. - ZEALE Rapz
10:30 p.m. - 10:50 p.m. - Kosha Dillz
10:00 p.m. - 10:20 p.m. - Crew54
9:30 p.m. - 9:50 p.m. - (RAS) Riders Against The Storm
9:00 p.m. - 9:20 p.m. - Blacklisted Individuals
8:30 p.m. - 8:50 p.m. - J. Sands
8:00 p.m. - 8:20 p.m. - Labtekwon
Prefix Magazine/Audible Treats
1:00 a.m. - 1:50 a.m. - J*Davey (Los Angeles, CA)
12:10 a.m. - 12:40 a.m. - Acrylics (Brooklyn, NY)
11:20 p.m. - 11:50 p.m. - Moe Green (Vallejo, CA)
10:30 p.m. - 11:10 p.m. - Poirer (Montreal, Quebec)
9:50 p.m. - 10:20 p.m. - Roach Gigz (San Francisco, CA)
8:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Headless Horsemen (New York, NY)
8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. and between sets - DJ Eleven (Brooklyn, NY)
tenOak
International Hip-Hop
1:00 a.m. - 1:50 a.m. - Hadag Nahash (Jerusalem, Israel)
12:15 a.m. - 12:45 a.m. - HHP (Johannesburg, South Africa)
11:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. - Sweatshop Union (Vancouver, BC)
11:00 p.m. - 11:20 p.m. - Smiler (London, England)
10:30 p.m. - 10:50 p.m. - FOKN Boiz (Accra, Ghana)
10:00 p.m. - 10:20 p.m. - Gamebouy (Soweto, South Africa)
9:00 p.m. - 9:40 p.m. - Snob Scrilla (Sydney, Australia)
8:00 p.m. - 8:40 p.m. - King Kapisi (Aukland, NZ)
1:15 a.m. - 2:00 a.m. - DJ Quik (Los Angeles, CA)
12:40 a.m. - 1:10 a.m. - EPMD (New York, NY)
12:05 a.m. - 12:35 a.m. - Slaughterhouse (...)
11:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. - Chino XL (Los Angeles, CA)
10:45 p.m. - 11:15 p.m. - Collie Budz (Hamilton, Bermuda)
10:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. - Los Rakas (Oakland, CA)
9:30 p.m. - 9:50 p.m. - The Kid Daytona (Bronx, NY)
9:00 p.m. - 9:20 p.m. - Blu (Bridgetown, CA)
8:30 p.m. - 8:50 p.m. - Shad (Toronto, ON)
8:00 p.m. - 8:20 p.m. - Dee-1 (New Orleans, LA)
10:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Bird Peterson
Billboard Bungalow @ Buffalo Billiards
1:00 a.m. - 1:50 a.m. - Cyhi Da Prynce (Atlanta, GA)
12:05 a.m. - 12:45 a.m. - Odd Future (Los Angeles, CA)
11:10 p.m. - 11:50 p.m. - Big K.R.I.T. (Meridian, MS)
10:15 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Curren$y (New Orleans, LA)
9:20 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - Black Milk (Detroit, MI)
7:30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. - Tanya Morgan (Brooklyn, NY)
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Holy Hip-Hop Concert/Film/Workshop with:
Dkutz, The Warriors ATX, Gospel Gangstaz, J.R., Pro, Thi'sl, CY, Tre 9, Cheno Lyfe, Tedashii and more!
1:00 a.m. - 1:50 a.m. - Collie Buddz (Hamilton, Bermuda)
12:00 a.m. - 12:40 a.m. - Taj Weeks & Adowa (Castries, St. Lucia)
11:00 p.m. - 11:40 p.m. - Tidal Waves (Johannesburg, South Africa)
10:00 p.m. - 10:40 p.m. - Black Ghandi (Barcelona, Spain)
9:00 p.m. - 9:40 p.m. - Lynval Golding & Contra Coup (Seattle, WA)
8:00 p.m. - 8:40 p.m. - Mau Mau Chaplains (Austin, TX)
Decon
1:00 a.m. - 1:50 a.m. - Freddie Gibbs (Gary, IN)
12:15 a.m. - 12:45 a.m. - Gangrene (Alchemist & OhNo)
11:20 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. - Aceyalone (Los Angeles, CA)
10:40 p.m. - 11:10 p.m. - Rakaa (Los Angeles, CA)
10:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. - Roc Marciano (New York, NY)
8:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Classified (Enfield, Nova Scotia)
8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - DJ Babu (and between sets)(Los Angeles, CA)
Born in Flames Tour
1:00 a.m. - 1:50 a.m. - Jean Grae (Brooklyn, NY)
12:00 a.m. - 12:40 a.m. - Invincible + Waajeed (Detroit, MI)
11:00 p.m. - 11:40 p.m. - Tamar-kali (Brooklyn, NY)
10:15 p.m. - 10:45 p.m. - Fat Tony (Houston, TX)
9:50 p.m. - 10:10 p.m. - The Niyat (Houston, TX)
9:20 p.m. - 9:40 p.m. - OBX (San Antonio, TX)
8:55 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. - Pimpin' Pen (Austin, TX)
8:30 p.m. - 8:50 p.m. - Kriminals (Austin, TX)
8:00 p.m. - 8:20 p.m. - Die Slo Entertainment (Austin, TX)
1:30 a.m. - 2:00 a.m. - Vockah Redu (New Orleans, LA)
1:00 a.m. - 1:25 a.m. - Katey Red (New Orleans, LA)
12:20 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. - Ricky B (New Orleans, LA)
11:45 p.m. - 12:15 a.m. - Christeene (Austin, TX)
11:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. - God-des & She (Austin, TX)
10:15 p.m. - 10:45 p.m. - ZE! (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
9:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - Zemaria (Vitoria-ES, Brazil)
8:45 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. - Tecla (New York, NY)
Klub Krucial
12:50 a.m. - 1:10 a.m. - Lil Tony (Dallas, TX)
12:20 a.m. - 12:40 a.m. - Jackie Chain (Huntsville, AL)
11:50 p.m . - 12:10 a.m. - Yung Quis (Houston, TX)
11:20 p.m. - 11:40 p.m. - Fat Pimp (Dallas, TX)
10:50 p.m. - 11:10 p.m. - Above All (Austin, TX)
10:20 p.m. - 10:40 p.m. - Future Rich (Houston, TX)
9:50 p.m. - 10:10 p.m. - TroubleSum (Houston, TX)
9:20 p.m. - 9:40 p.m. - Sparkdawg (Killeen, TX)
8:50 p.m. - 9:10 p.m. - P. Dukes (Atlanta, GA)
8:25 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. - GT Garza (Houston, TX)
8:00 p.m. - 8:20 p.m. - JIM E-O (Austin, TX)
1:15 a.m. - 1:50 a.m. - Madness
12:45 a.m. - 1:05 a.m. - Rheteric Ramirez
12:15 a.m. - 12:35 a.m. - Cadalack Ron
11:45 p.m. - 12:05 a.m. - Illmaculate (Portland, OR)
11:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. - Cool Nutz (Portland, OR)
10:15 p.m. - 10:45 p.m. - Sore Losers (Dallas, TX)
9:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - Question (San Antonio, TX)
9:00 p.m. - 9:20 p.m. - Rebel Diaz (Bronx, NY)
8:30 p.m. - 8:50 p.m. - Azealia Banks (Harlem, NY)
8:00 p.m. - 8:20 p.m. - Rockwell Knuckles (St. Louis, MO)
12:45 a.m. - 2:00 a.m. - Dave Nada (Washington, DC)
12:15 a.m. - 12:45 a.m. - DJ Sabo (New York, NY)
11:45 p.m. - 12:15 a.m. - Zuzuka Poderosa (Brooklyn, NY)
11:00 p.m. - 11:45 p.m. - Dre Skull (Brooklyn, NY)
10:20 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Starks & Nacey (Washington, DC)
9:30 p.m. - 10:20 p.m. - Toy Selectah (Monterrey, Mexico)
8:50 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - Brenmar (New York, NY)
8:00 p.m. - 8:50 p.m. - Sol Power (Washington, DC)
Red 7 Inside
1:00 a.m. - 1:50 a.m. - Fresh Millions (Austin, TX)
12:00 a.m. - 12:40 a.m. - My Awesome Mixtape (Bologna, Italy)
11:00 p.m. - 11:40 p.m. - DZ Deathrays (Brisbane, Australia)
10:00 p.m. - 10:40 p.m. - Ya Ya Boom (Albuquerque, NM)
9:00 p.m. - 9:40 p.m. - Wheelchair Sports Camp (Denver, CO)
8:00 p.m. - 8:40 p.m. - Speak (Austin, TX)
Red 7 Patio
1:00 a.m. - 1:50 a.m. - Minister Blakes aka Bavu Blakes (Long Beach, CA)
12:10 a.m. - 12:50 a.m. - MOJOE (San Antonio, TX)
11:20 p.m. - 11:50 p.m. - Kydd (Austin, TX)
10:45 p.m. - 11:05 p.m. - Dred Skott (Austin, TX)
9:50 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. - The World Famous Tony Williams (Fort Worth, TX)
8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - Donald Glover/Childish Gambino (Los Angeles, CA)
Respect The West
1:05 a.m. - 1:20 a.m. - Kendrick Lamar (Compton, CA)
12:50 a.m. - 1:05 a.m. - Jay Rock (Los Angeles, CA)
12:40 a.m. - 12:50 a.m. - Schoolboy Q (Los Angeles, CA)
12:20 a.m. - 12:35 a.m. - Dom Kennedy (Los Angeles, CA)
12:00 a.m. - 12:15 a.m. - Shawn Chrystopher (Inglewood, CA)
11:35 p.m. - 11:55 p.m. - Pac Div (Los Angeles, CA)
11:15 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. - Sick Jacken (Los Angeles, CA)
10:50 p.m. - 11:10 p.m. - Self Scientific (Los Angeles, CA)
10:25 p.m. - 10:45 p.m. - Planet Asia (Fresno, CA)
9:55 p.m. - 10:15 p.m. - Dogg Pound (Los Angeles, CA)
9:30 p.m. - 9:50 p.m. - Warren G (Los Angeles, CA)
9:10 p.m. - 9:25 p.m. - Casey Veggies (Inglewood, CA)
8:50 p.m. - 9:05 p.m. - Kenan Bell (Los Angeles, CA)
8:30 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. - DeMRicK aka Young DE (Los Angeles, CA)
8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - DJ Numark (and between sets) (Los Angeles, CA)
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My Problem With Journalism
November 25, 2008 dispar 12 Comments
I hate having an axe to grind. Really, I do. “It’s unlike me.” When I notice that I catch myself grinding an axe, I “get on my own case.” I can be quite harsh with my own self.
But I’ve been trained to voice my concerns. And I’ve been perceiving an important social problem for a while.
So I “can’t keep quiet about it.”
If everything goes really well, posting this blog entry might be liberating enough that I will no longer have any axe to grind. Even if it doesn’t go as well as I hope, it’ll be useful to keep this post around so that people can understand my position.
Because I don’t necessarily want people to agree with me. I mostly want them to understand “where I come from.”
Journalism may have outlived its usefulness.
Like several other “-isms” (including nationalism, colonialism, imperialism, and racism) journalism is counterproductive in the current state of society.
This isn’t an ethical stance, though there are ethical positions which go with it. It’s a statement about the anachronic nature of journalism. As per functional analysis, everything in society needs a function if it is to be maintained. What has been known as journalism is now taking new functions. Eventually, “journalism as we know it” should, logically, make way for new forms.
What these new forms might be, I won’t elaborate in this post. I have multiple ideas, especially given well-publicised interests in social media. But this post isn’t about “the future of journalism.”
It’s about the end of journalism.
Or, at least, my looking forward to the end of journalism.
Now, I’m not saying that journalists are bad people and that they should just lose their jobs. I do think that those who were trained as journalists need to retool themselves, but this post isn’t not about that either.
It’s about an axe I’ve been grinding.
See, I can admit it, I’ve been making some rather negative comments about diverse behaviours and statements, by media people. It has even become a habit of mine to allow myself to comment on something a journalist has said, if I feel that there is an issue.
Yes, I know: journalists are people too, they deserve my respect.
And I do respect them, the same way I respect every human being. I just won’t give them the satisfaction of my putting them on a pedestal. In my mind, journalists are people: just like anybody else. They deserve no special treatment. And several of them have been arrogant enough that I can’t help turning their arrogance back to them.
Still, it’s not about journalist as people. It’s about journalism “as an occupation.” And as a system. An outdated system.
Speaking of dates, some context…
I was born in 1972 and, originally,I was quite taken by journalism.
By age twelve, I was pretty much a news junkie. Seriously! I was “consuming” a lot of media at that point. And I was “into” media. Mostly television and radio, with some print mixed in, as well as lots of literary work for context: this is when I first read French and Russian authors from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
I kept thinking about what was happening in The World. Back in 1984, the Cold War was a major issue. To a French-Canadian tween, this mostly meant thinking about the fact that there were (allegedly) US and USSR “bombs pointed at us,” for reasons beyond our direct control.
“Caring about The World” also meant thinking about all sorts of problems happening across The Globe. Especially poverty, hunger, diseases, and wars. I distinctly remember caring about the famine in Ethiopia. And when We Are the World started playing everywhere, I felt like something was finally happening.
This was one of my first steps toward cynicism. And I’m happy it occured at age twelve because it allowed me to eventually “snap out of it.” Oh, sure, I can still be a cynic on occasion. But my cynicism is contextual. I’m not sure things would have been as happiness-inducing for me if it hadn’t been for that early start in cynicism.
Because, you see, The World disinterested itself quite rapidly with the plight of Ethiopians. I distinctly remember asking myself, after the media frenzy died out, what had happened to Ethiopians in the meantime. I’m sure there has been some report at the time claiming that the famine was over and that the situation was “back to normal.” But I didn’t hear anything about it, and I was looking. As a twelve-year-old French-Canadian with no access to a modem, I had no direct access to information about the situation in Ethiopia.
Ethiopia still remained as a symbol, to me, of an issue to be solved. It’s not the direct cause of my later becoming an africanist. But, come to think of it, there might be a connection, deeper down than I had been looking.
So, by the end of the Ethiopian famine of 1984-85, I was “losing my faith in” journalism.
I clearly haven’t gained a new faith in journalism. And it all makes me feel quite good, actually. I simply don’t need that kind of faith. I was already training myself to be a critical thinker. Sounds self-serving? Well, sorry. I’m just being honest. What’s a blog if the author isn’t honest and genuine?
Flash forward to 1991, when I started formal training in anthropology. The feeling was exhilarating. I finally felt like I belonged. My statement at the time was to the effect that “I wasn’t meant for anthropology: anthropology was meant for me!” And I was learning quite a bit about/from The World. At that point, it already did mean “The Whole Wide World,” even though my knowledge of that World was fairly limited. And it was a haven of critical thinking.
Ideal, I tell you. Moan all you want, it felt like the ideal place at the ideal time.
And, during the summer of 1993, it all happened: I learnt about the existence of the “Internet.” And it changed my life. Seriously, the ‘Net did have a large part to play in important changes in my life.
That event, my discovery of the ‘Net, also has a connection to journalism. The person who described the Internet to me was Kevin Tuite, one of my linguistic anthropology teachers at Université de Montréal. As far as I can remember, Kevin was mostly describing Usenet. But the potential for “relatively unmediated communication” was already a big selling point. Kevin talked about the fact that members of the Caucasian diaspora were able to use the Internet to discuss with their relatives and friends back in the Caucasus about issues pertaining to these independent republics after the fall of the USSR. All this while media coverage was sketchy at best (sounded like journalism still had a hard time coping with the new realities).
As you can imagine, I was more than intrigued and I applied for an account as soon as possible. In the meantime, I bought at 2400 baud modem, joined some local BBSes, and got to chat about the Internet with several friends, some of whom already had accounts. Got my first email account just before semester started, in August, 1993. I can still see traces of that account, but only since April, 1994 (I guess I wasn’t using my address in my signature before this). I’ve been an enthusiastic user of diverse Internet-based means of communication since then.
But coming back to journalism, specifically…
Journalism missed the switch.
During the past fifteen years, I’ve been amazed at how clueless members of mainstream media institutions have been to “the power of the Internet.” This was during Wired Magazine’s first year as a print magazine and we (some friends and I) were already commenting upon the fact that print journalists should look at what was coming. Eventually, they would need to adapt. “The Internet changes everything,” I thought.
No, I didn’t mean that the Internet would cause any of the significant changes that we have seeing around us. I tend to be against technological determinism (and other McLuhan tendencies). Not that I prefer sociological determinism yet I can’t help but think that, from ARPAnet to the current state of the Internet, most of the important changes have been primarily social: if the Internet became something, it’s because people are making it so, not because of some inexorable technological development.
My enthusiastic perspective on the Internet was largely motivated by the notion that it would allow people to go beyond the model from the journalism era. Honestly, I could see the end of “journalism as we knew it.” And I’m surprised, fifteen years later, that journalism has been among the slowest institutions to adapt.
In a sense, my main problem with journalism is that it maintains a very stratified structure which gives too much weight to the credibility of specific individuals. Editors and journalists, who are part of the “medium” in the old models of communication, have taken on a gatekeeping role despite the fact that they rarely are much more proficient thinkers than people who read them. “Gatekeepers” even constitute a “textbook case” in sociology, especially in conflict theory. Though I can easily perceive how “constructed” that gatekeeping model may be, I can easily relate to what it entails in terms of journalism.
There’s a type of arrogance embedded in journalistic self-perception: “we’re journalists/editors so we know better than you; you need us to process information for you.” Regardless of how much I may disagree with some of his words and actions, I take solace in the fact that Murdoch, a key figure in today’s mainstream media, talked directly at this arrogance. Of course, he might have been pandering. But the very fact that he can pay lip-service to journalistic arrogance is, in my mind, quite helpful.
I think the days of fully stratified gatekeeping (a “top-down approach” to information filtering) are over. Now that information is easily available and that knowledge is constructed socially, any “filtering” method can be distributed. I’m not really thinking of a “cream rises to the top” model. An analogy with water sources going through multiple layers of mountain rock would be more appropriate to a Swiss citizen such as myself. But the model I have in mind is more about what Bakhtin called “polyvocality” and what has become an ethical position on “giving voice to the other.” Journalism has taken voice away from people. I have in mind a distributed mode of knowledge construction which gives everyone enough voice to have long-distance effects.
At the risk of sounding too abstract (it’s actually very clear in my mind, but it requires a long description), it’s a blend of ideas like: the social butterfly effect, a post-encyclopedic world, and cultural awareness. All of these, in my mind, contribute to this heightened form of critical thinking away from which I feel journalism has led us.
The social butterfly effect is fairly easy to understand, especially now that social networks are so prominent. Basically, the “butterfly effect” from chaos theory applied to social networks. In this context, a “social butterfly” is a node in multiple networks of varying degrees of density and clustering. Because such a “social butterfly” can bring things (ideas, especially) from one such network to another, I argue that her or his ultimate influence (in agregate) is larger than that of someone who sits at the core of a highly clustered network. Yes, it’s related to “weak ties” and other network classics. But it’s a bit more specific, at least in my mind. In terms of journalism, the social butterfly effect implies that the way knowledge is constructed needs not come from a singular source or channel.
The “encyclopedic world” I have in mind is that of our good friends from the French Enlightenment: Diderot and the gang. At that time, there was a notion that the sum of all knowledge could be contained in the Encyclopédie. Of course, I’m simplifying. But such a notion is still discussed fairly frequently. The world in which we now live has clearly challenged this encyclopedic notion of exhaustiveness. Sure, certain people hold on to that notion. But it’s not taken for granted as “uncontroversial.” Actually, those who hold on to it tend to respond rather positively to the journalistic perspective on human events. As should be obvious, I think the days of that encyclopedic worldview are counted and that “journalism as we know it” will die at the same time. Though it seems to be built on an “encyclopedia” frame, Wikipedia clearly benefits from distributed model of knowledge management. In this sense, Wikipedia is less anachronistic than Britannica. Wikipedia also tends to be more insightful than Britannica.
The cultural awareness point may sound like an ethnographer’s pipe dream. But I perceive a clear connection between Globalization and a certain form of cultural awareness in information and knowledge management. This is probably where the Global Voices model can come in. One of the most useful representations of that model comes from a Chris Lydon’s Open Source conversation with Solana Larsen and Ethan Zuckerman. Simply put, I feel that this model challenges journalism’s ethnocentrism.
Obviously, I have many other things to say about journalism (as well as about its corrolate, nationalism).
But I do feel liberated already. So I’ll leave it at that.
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Why A/NZ executives struggle to meet changing customer demands
Just 4.5 per cent of Australian and New Zealand businesses are Digital Leaders, according to the Dell Technologies Digital Transformation Index (the DT Index). The DT Index, which was completed in collaboration with Intel, maps digital transformation progress of mid to large-sized companies and examines the digital hopes and fears of business leaders.
The study reveals that 30 per cent of Australian and New Zealand heads of business believe their organisation will struggle to meet changing customer demands within just five years and 22 per cent of Australian and New Zealand business fear they’ll be left behind.
The DT Index’s calculations are based on companies’ perceived performance in the following areas: delivering against the core attributes of a digital business**, their existing IT strategy, workforce transformation strategy and planned investments.
Two years after the DT Index’s initial launch in 2016, Dell Technologies and Intel have more than doubled the scope of the research, from 16 countries to 42 and benchmarked 4,600 businesses.
The Digital Transformation Index also reveals that too many companies are coasting in the middle group or stuck in the bottom two groups, meaning they’re either moving too slowly or don’t even have a digital plan in place.
Barriers to digital transformation
According to the research, 93 per cent of Australian and New Zealand businesses are facing major impediments to digital transformation today.
The top five barriers to digital transformation for Australia and New Zealand are:
1.Lack of budget and resources (36%)
2.Data privacy and cybersecurity concerns (34.5%)
3.Immature digital culture: lack of alignment and collaboration across the company (31.5%)
4.Information overload (29%)
5.Lack of the right in-house skill sets and expertise (27.5%)
These barriers are hampering digital transformation efforts. For instance, 78 per cent of Australian and New Zealand business leaders believe that digital transformation should be more widespread throughout the organisation. Only 14 per cent of Australian and New Zealand businesses strongly agree they’ll disrupt rather than being disrupted within five years. “We’ve talked about being on the cusp of tremendous change for some time now. That’s no longer the case,” said Mark Fioretto, Managing Director, Enterprise, Dell EMC, ANZ. “The next digital era has arrived and it’s reshaping the way we live, work and conduct business. Which means that time is of the essence. Genuine transformation needs to happen now, and it needs to be radical.”
Conquering their challenges
The research indicates that businesses are taking steps to overcome their barriers and the threat of being outmanoeuvred by more nimble, innovative players. Although progress in these areas is patchy, even between Australian and New Zealand businesses:
40% of Australian and 36% of New Zealand businesses are embracing agile software development (allowing them to code and securely launch new applications within much shorter cycles).
50% of Australian and 41% of New Zealand businesses are building security and privacy into all devices, applications and algorithms.
Both countries have acknowledged a skills gap with 43% of Australian and 40% of New Zealand businesses striving to develop the right skills sets and expertise in-house, such as teaching staff how to code.
62% of Australian businesses are sharing knowledge across functions, by equipping IT leaders with business skills and business leaders with IT skills, compared to 43% of New Zealand businesses.
Companies are also turning to emerging technologies and cybersecurity to power (and secure) their transformation.
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Home Unlabelled Max Payne (2008) Directed by John Moore
Max Payne (2008) Directed by John Moore
Talking about wasted potential. The video games featuring Max Payne are not just popular because of they are action filled games but perhaps more so because they play like a modern film-noir, with its atmosphere, story and characters. All of those elements got suddenly for some reason totally changed or abandoned and what is left is some confusingly bad written movie, with some average action in it.
I don't get it why movies based on video games often feel the need to feature a new and original story, that deviates from the video games. Seriously, the story from the first two Max Payne games would had been compelling and great to see on the silver screen. The story that we have instead now for this movie feels like it got written for a totally different movie at first. On top of that, it just isn't a very solid or original story to begin with. It doesn't make the movie a very compelling watch, also because it can get confusingly bad at times.
I still really liked the dark visual style of the movie though, that also was really in style and tone with the video games. But however this also forms a problem at the same time. The visual style makes this movie seem like a film-noir, while it's story, although it tries hard, just isn't noir. It's lacking all of the required ingredients and also the characters are not well written enough for that.
It's also a poorly and just wrongly cast movie. I'm not a Mark Wahlberg hater but he just wasn't right for this role at all. He's not tough looking enough for that and also doesn't have the right acting skills to convincingly sent out all of the emotions and complexity of the Payne character. Same goes for Mila Kunis as Mona Sax really. And remind me, why was she in this movie again? Her character actually doesn't add anything at all and might as well been left out entirely. But Kunis also just isn't right for the role. Mona Sax is supposed to be the definition of a femme fatale. A girl you can easily fall in love with but always need to be careful that she won't be putting a knife in your back. Kunis however is far too soft and friendly looking for that. No way it's believable that she is a girl that can kill without remorse and in the blink of an eye, though she can most likely still beat me in a fight.
Guess good thing you can say about this movie is that it's not a boring one to watch. There is always something happening and luckily there also is plenty of action. You however most likely won't ever be very taken by any of it, simply because you won't care about the story or characters enough for that.
But like most other people I'm still hopeful for a reboot. All of the potential and material to make a great movie series is there up for the grabs, hopefully to be picked up by a more capable writer and more suitable cast next time.
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