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Freedom and Peace Movement
http://courage.btk.mta.hu/courage/individual/n3510?sq
The Freedom and Peace Movement (Ruch "Wolność i Pokój", WiP) was a Polish opposition group set up in 1985. What triggered the creation of the WiP was the trial and imprisonment of Marek Adamkiewicz, a conscientious objector, in 1984. Originally a grassroots initiative, the Freedom and Peace Movement evolved into a pacifist, anti-communist, environmentalist, and human rights organization, which became one of the most active opposition groups in Poland. It collaborated with similar organizations in Western Europe, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and the GDR. Initially, the WiP operated in Warsaw, Krakow, Gdańsk and Wrocław. Its members represented diverse political persuasions including pacifism, anarchism, national conservatism, and Catholic social thought. The WiP took part in the 1988 strikes, triggered the 1988 reform of military service which introduced alternative civilian service for conscripts, and led the successful protests against the construction of the Żarnowiec nuclear power plant. The group got marginalized in 1988/89 and disbanded itself in 1992.
http://ruchwip.pl/
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Polish Underground Publications Collection at Polish Library POSK in London
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Walt Disney To Release Studio Ghibli’s Arrietty Within 1,200 Screens In The US
Published by カリス on February 7, 2012 February 7, 2012
Walt Disney Pictures is said to be releasing the Secret World of Arriety within US, hitting 1,200 screens on the February 17th. This is the most prominent US release of a Ghibli Studio creation to date, as reported by the Wall Street Journal financial newspaper. Co-executive producers Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy of the American Dub told the Wall Street Journal financial that the film’s marketing will be widespread, as they will plan to take in the fans of the classic bestseller The Borrowers (1952) by Mary Norton, to which the animation was based in.
Marshall and Kennedy were also the same producers of the American Dub Ghibli Animation Ponyo, which appeared in 927 screens and topped $15.1 Million back in 2009. Other Ghibli films were also highlighted in the big screen yet did not produce much impact within their respective airing. Howl’s Moving Castle opened in 202 screens in 2005, producing only $4.7 Million while Spirited Away opened in 26 screens back in 2002, resulting to $10 Million as its gross value. Princess Mononoke, which is the first of the films Walt Disney has released from Studio Ghibli, appeared in only 8 theaters and produced only $2.4 Million.
The Secret World of Arrietty, also known in Japan as the Borrower Arriety, is an animation adapted from Mary Norton’s the Borrowers. It was directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and was written by the renown children’s animation producer/ writer Hayao Miyazaki. Arietty is a young Borrower, living beneath the floorboards of a common home. She befriends Sho, a human whose greatly troubled with his failing heart condition. Sho lives with his great aunt named Sadako and their maid Haru, who soon grew a curious suspicion about other secret dwellers within their home. Arrietty and her family faces much trouble as they are tangled by Sho’s friendship, and their desire to remain undetected by unknowing humans. The Secret World of Arrietty first opened in Japan in July 2010.
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Baritone Todd Duncan, the original ‘Porgy’
Herb Boyd | 8/1/2019, 2:05 p.m.
Todd Duncan Contributed
If Anne Brown has appeared, can Todd Duncan be far behind? Certainly not in this column that featured her last week. She was the original “Bess” and Duncan was the original “Porgy,” whose names combined represent the musical composed by George Gershwin based on a book by Du Bose Heyward.
Brown and Duncan rose to national acclaim in the premier production of “Porgy and Bess” in 1935. Duncan was 32, having been born Robert Todd Duncan on Feb. 12, 1903, in Danville, Kentucky. His father, John, was a garage owner and his mother, Lettie (Cooper), was a music teacher, and undoubtedly gave her son his first piano and music lessons.
But it was later at Butler University in Indianapolis that Duncan earned his bachelor degree in music and his master’s degree in arts from Columbia University Teachers College.
A year before his historic breakthrough, in 1934, he debuted in Pietro Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana” at the Mecca Temple in New York with the Aeolian Opera, a Black opera company. When he was chosen to portray Porgy, Gershwin personally selected him for the role, one that he performed more than 1,800 times. Like Brown, Duncan was obstinate about performing at venues that discriminated against people of color, and he was the ringleader when the cast protested the National Theatre’s segregation policy in the nation’s capital. He stated that he “would never play in a theater which barred him from purchasing tickets to certain seats because of his race.”
As was noted in the profile of Brown, the theater capitulated and permitted the first integrated performance at the landmark theater. Duncan was also the first performer for the role of Stephen Kumalo in Kurt Weill’s “Lost in the Stars.”
In 1938, he appeared on the London stage at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in C.B. Cochran’s musical production “The Sun Never Sets.” Among the noted performers in the production were Adelaide Hall and Edna Best. Stewart Granger, later to establish himself as a leading matinee idol, was also in the cast. The musical was adapted by Pat Wallace and Guy Bolton from various stories written by Edgar Wallace. Cole Porter composed the original music. “River God” is the only memorable song from the musical.
After the London run closed, Duncan and Hall toured Britain with the production. Two years later, he was ensconced at Howard University where he taught voice for the next 15 years, and among his students was vocalist Philip Booth. Even with a teaching load, he continued performing as a soloist, often accompanied by pianists William Duncan Allen and George Malloy. In this capacity, he racked up more than 2,000 performances in more than 50 countries as well as two film roles.
In 1945, he retired from Howard and opened his own voice studio and taught a number of students, intermittently continuing a string of recitals. This same year he became the first African-American to sing with a major opera company, and the first Black person to sing with an otherwise white cast as Tonio in Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” with the New York City Opera. Later, the same year, he sang the role of Escamillo, the matador, in Bizet’s “Carmen.” Ten years later, in 1955, he was the first to record the ever popular “Unchained Melody,” composed by Alex North with lyrics by Hy Zaret.
The song was part of the soundtrack for the film “Unchained,” in which Duncan had a cameo appearance. Several singers recorded versions of the song, perhaps none more successfully than the one by Al Hibbler. In 1978, Duncan was the recipient of a major birthday salute by the Washington Performing Arts Society.
Among the awards he amassed was the George Peabody Medal of Music from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in 1984. Other awards included an honor from Haiti and one from the NAACP, the New York Drama Critics’ Award for his performance in “Lost in the Stars,” and honorary doctorates from Valparaiso and Butler University. He was also a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Throughout his illustrious career, Duncan always relished opportunities to sing spirituals and spoke fondly of them in one of his final interviews. “Spirituals are so deep inside of me, it’s difficult for me to find words that are meaningful. Spirituals are a part of whatever I am. When I sing them my being sings them, not my throat…it is very difficult for me to put in words something that is at the bottom of my very being.”
And there are splendid recordings of his versions of “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” and “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen.”
Duncan died of a heart ailment at his home in Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 1998, leaving to mourn his passing his wife, Gladys Jackson Duncan, and his adopted son, Charles, a successful attorney.
Soprano Anne Brown, Gershwin’s ‘Bess’
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Model of a boat
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Tomb equipment, model boats
Ancient Egyptian period, Middle Kingdom, 11th dynasty (2055-1985 BCE)
Unknown (Confiscated in 1952 (Case number 253))
A model boat that originally carried eight sailors, four of whom are missing. The boat has no sail and the sailors were equipped with oars which were fixed in the holes made in their fists. The Bow takes the shape of the head of a strange creature
The democratization of funerary beliefs and customs in the First Intermediate Period (c.2181-2000 BC) inspired many less well-off Egyptians to create representations of their own daily environment which they believed would continue in the afterlife. Unable to afford the scenes carved and painted on the tomb walls of wealthier Egyptians, poorer individuals purchased models representing various aspects of the daily life and placed them in the tomb.
The models included figures of household servants performing cooking tasks, farm laborers tending animals and crops, and men involved in manufacturing processes. These models were believed, just like wall scenes, to magically sustain the dead in their afterlife within the tomb, providing the food, drink, clothing, shelter that would be needed for continued existence.
Among the most important categories were model boats, as they were believed to provide transport along the river Nile, Egypt's main artery of communication. They were found in tombs primarily in the First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom, although examples are known both earlier and later. Two or more boats were usually included in the burial; at least one representing the crew sailing upstream with the prevailing winds and placed facing south, the other equipped for rowing north with the current of the river (like the one we have here) and placed with the bow facing north. The largest collection of boat models was found in the tomb of Djehuty-Nakht at Bersheh and it comprised fifty five boats.
Some of the boat models had a religious significance. According to ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, Osiris’s body was taken by a boat for burial at Abydos, his chief cult place. In their lifetime, many Egyptians either made a pilgrimage to Abydos or sent a votive stela or both. In death they also wished to be buried there, or at least that their mummy should visit this sacred town. Usually, of course, not even this was possible so a wooden model of the deceased's mummy on a boat or a representation of this journey on the tomb wall had to serve instead.
Carol Andrews, Egyptian Mummies (London: British Museum Press, 1984).
Sue D'Auria et al., Mummies and Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt (Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988).
Stuart Fleming et al., The Egyptian Mummy Secrets and Science, University Museum Handbook 1 (Philadelphia, PA: The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1980.
Mona Serry, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Antiquities Museum, introduction by Ismail Serageldin (Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Antiquities Museum, 2015): 42-43, 314.
Angela M. J. Tooley, “Models”, in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, edited by Donald B. Redford, vol. 2 (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001): 424-428.
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LEGO: The Lord of the Rings
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Zoological Letters has Launched! A Q&A with the Editor-in-Chief.
January 2015 marks the launch of an exciting new journal in the field of Zoology, Zoological Letters. We spoke to the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Shigeru Kuratani, about the origin, aims and scope of this new journal.
Shigeru Kuratani 3 Feb 2015
Museum collection of some of the world's remarkable biodiversity. Credit: Dan McKay
Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Shigeru Kuratani
The Zoological Society of Japan has long published a subscription journal, by the name of Zoological Science. Why is Zoological Letters an important addition to the literature, and what benefits will this sister journal bring?
As a sister journal of Zoological Science, Zoological Letters will cover a wide range of basic fields of zoology, from taxonomy to bioinformatics. Zoological Letters aims to publish more selected original and review articles, approximately 30 papers per annum. In contrast, Zoological Science extensively publishes over 100 papers per year worldwide. Also, Zoological Letters will serve as a pipeline to the database of all animal species published in past issues of Zoological Science.
Why was it important to launch Zoological Letters in a fully Open Access format?
Zoological Letters is 100% open access. This strategy is absolutely essential to the Society’s goal of supporting and fostering basic zoological research in the international zoological community. As the publication platform, it can adapt to the rapidly changing world of academic publishing. It is very important for basic zoological journals, including Zoological Science, to be stabilized at a time when commercial concerns have created competition between journals. This, of course, has had a strong impact on pure scientific research. Zoological Letters is being launched as a new open access journal in the field of zoological research — a stronghold of fundamental science — in response to the requirements of future zoologists all over the world.
Zoological Letters is being launched as a new open access journal in the field of zoological research — a stronghold of fundamental science — in response to the requirements of future zoologists all over the world.
What is your background, and why did you decide to become an Editor-in-Chief, first of Zoological Science and now Zoological Letters?
I was primarily trained in Kyoto University in the field of comparative morphology, mainly focusing upon the skeletal system of vertebrates, especially amniotes. One day, looking at the developing skull of the mouse, I came to an idea that the vertebrate skull is composed of metamerical elements equivalent to the vertebra, almost like the classical ‘Vertebral Theory’ by Goethe. I still remember my mentor was laughing (rather positively) while listening to me. This experience opened up the door to a classical world of comparative morphology and comparative embryology, fields that in Japan had long been dead. So, I obtained my copies of classical textbooks like those written by A. S. Romer or E. S. Goodrich, for example, which I read every day.
When I first obtained a position at Department of Anatomy, University of the Ryukyus, my primary question was still the segmental organization of the head and its evolutionary origin, which continued into my postdoctoral life in USA where I was engaged in experimental embryology of the central and peripheral nervous system. Like skeletal elements, the nervous system also shows segmental patterns in vertebrates. Up to that point, I might have been just one of those dilettantes who tend to turn their back to anything new. But I was always feeling that something developmental and genetic was shared in common between insects and vertebrates.
Incidentally, it was around that time that the Hox code was being discovered for the first time, as the genetic machinery to specify segmental anlagen in vertebrate and insect embryos. This was the beginning of what we now call Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Evo-Devo), which later became my specialty. Thus, I witnessed the moment where the classical idea of comparative morphology and molecular-level developmental biology together give birth to a totally new field of research. Simultaneously, I recognized how important it was to blend classical questions and ideas with the most advanced methodology of science. I think that experience was influential when I thought it would be exciting to create a forum where research from all the basic fields, modern or classic, can be mixed together. For this reason, I needed the term ‘Zoology’ as a part of the title of my journal.
What are currently the major challenges in the field of zoological research?
I will not try to define the current mainstream of Zoology today, and again, Zoological Letters welcomes research papers and reviews of all the basic zoological fields. So, I would like to emphasise that everybody should pursue his/her questions, and I want to stimulate research activities in every direction. Yet, the earliest four articles published upon the launch will more or less bias the further submission, I guess, which I think is inevitable. All four papers are rather Evo-Devo oriented, and three of them are obviously on vertebrates. I must stress this journal is not limited to that particular area.
In Zoological Letters also, I think I am going to prefer robust descriptions to problematic experiments, and I want my journal to be an arena where sound hypotheses lead to great discoveries, although I know that this will be very, very difficult.
I am quite interested in basic and evolutionary questions. I am much less interested in applied research of zoology, and I think there are now many other journals specialized for those areas. I would rather preserve the history of traditional zoology on a new scientific background today. So, we will handle papers in all the basic fields evenly. Truly challenging would be to publish exciting and influencing papers of very traditional fields. Fields like comparative morphology or taxonomy, for examples, are not new at all, but they still live and will never end. We can never imagine how new information from these fields will give us hints to solve big questions. In reality, they often provide us with totally new data and ideas with new technologies and ideas classically unavailable. I would like to assist survival of such important fields of zoology to enhance the activity of basic zoology as a whole. I would call that my challenge with Zoological Letters.
Hox cluster. Credit: Matteo P. Ferla
To confess, I was very much excited when I first read Peter Holland’s review (the monumental first paper of the journal). In this paper, he summarizes the advancement of recent comparative genomics, especially those of Hox-related homeobox genes, and puts forth a very exciting idea to explain the origin and diversification of metazoan body plans. I believe that this is a splendid method for raising hypotheses, especially since the scenario came up through observations and discussions from multiple angles and multiple dimensions. The story obtained like this makes us open our eyes and say “what if it is true…”. I always think unstable experimental evidence is easily exceeded by sound insights. So, I always tell my students not to jump up to easy experiments, but to think before they move their hands. In Zoological Letters also, I think I am going to prefer robust descriptions to problematic experiments, and I want my journal to be an arena where sound hypotheses lead to great discoveries, although I know that this will be very, very difficult.
Did homeobox gene duplications contribute to the Cambrian explosion?
Evolution of the vertebrate skeleton: morphology, embryology, and development
Unexpected link between polyketide synthase and calcium carbonate biomineralization
Evolutionary and developmental understanding of the spinal accessory nerve
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Shigeru Kuratani
Shigeru Kuratani received his M.S. and Ph.D. from the Department of Zoology at Kyoto University. He held the position of Group Director at the Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) from 2005 to 2014. Since 2014, he has been Chief Scientist at RIKEN.
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Zoological Letters has Launched! A Q&A with the Editor-in-Chief. - 3rd February 2015
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our elders and their wives
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Pat attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo where he met both Christ as his Savior and his beloved wife, Camilla. Both have brought to him a life of joy, passion, and purpose. Pat graduated from Cal Poly with his BS in mechanical engineering in 1977 and was commissioned in the US Army. He served in the US Army for six years, three in Germany and three as a Special Forces A-team leader. He went into full time vocational ministry in 1983, received his M.Div. from The Master’s Seminary in 1991, and was called as pastor of Calvary Baptist in 1990. Pat strives to faithfully shepherd believers to radically follow Jesus Christ and mobilize them to make disciples of their neighbors and the nations. He and Camilla are the grateful, growing parents of eleven children and fifteen grandchildren (and counting).
Dennis cole
Dennis Cole became a follower of Jesus Christ during his senior year of high school in 1989. He and his wife Christine have adopted 5 kids - Mario, Melissa, Pete, Phineas, and Phoebe and have been foster parents for 11 kids. They began attending Calvary Baptist Huntington Beach in 1993. Dennis has served on the missions committee, nominating committee, and as a deacon for many years at Calvary, and is currently elder liaison to the deacons. Dennis plays his guitar and sings on the Sunday Morning Worship Team and he and Christine host the Calvary Amplify College Bible Study in their home every Friday Night. Their deepest desire is to bring God the glory in their home and community.
Dennis served as an English teacher and school principal for 21 years before becoming the Director of Humanities for the Orange County Department of Education. He is president of the Association of California School Administrators, Region 17, serving on their board for 8 years. He also serves as Vice-president of Legislative Action, and Director of Student Charters. Dennis is a member of the Junior Achievement Orange County Board, the Fountain Valley Schools Foundation Board, the Vanguard University Teacher Education Advisory Council, Concordia University Dean's Advisory Council, and he serves as a member of the Schools First Federal Credit Union President's Advisory Council.
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Dennis had served three years in the US Army (101st Airborne and 1st Special Forces), fifteen years with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, had two college degrees (AA and BA), was 34 years old, married, and had three children prior to responding by faith to the message of the gospel and making Jesus Christ both Savior and Lord of his life. He submitted his life to Christ in July 1984 and has been following hard after Christ ever since; serving in various ministries at Calvary including Men’s Ministry, High School Ministry, and Young Adult Ministry. Dennis retired as Captain from the Los Angeles County Fire Department after 32 years of service. Soon after leaving the Fire Service, he felt God’s call to full–time pastoral ministry and attended The Master's Seminary earning a M.Div. in 2005. He has three adult children who have blessed him with seven wonderful grandchildren.
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Dr. Ken Dean is a native Californian. He spent his early years growing up in the San Fernando Valley. He accepted Jesus as his Savior at the age of 12, thanks in part to the influence of his Godly parents and to his Christian teachers at school. Later, he attended Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA, earning a B.S. in Sports Medicine and a B.A. in Economics. After completing his undergraduate work, Ken attended the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic earning both his Doctor of Chiropractic Degree (D.C.) as well as earning post graduate certification as a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician (C.C.S.P.). After practicing Chiropractic for many years, Ken decided that his love was teaching high school students. After earning his teaching credential at Azusa Pacific University, he is now a teacher of Human Anatomy and Physiology as well as Biology at Long Beach Polytechnic High School. Ken met Beth Showalter while attending the Long Beach Church of Christ, and the two were married in 1996. The Lord later blessed them with four wonderful children: Elisa, Kyle, Rachel, and Micah.
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Eric learned of Jesus at elementary school age, but didn’t develop a personal relationship with Him or walk with Him. He pursued his career, instead. While working in Hong Kong, Eric met his wife Reiko and they were married. Together, they have lived in Saudi Arabia, Florida and now southern California. Along the way, they came to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Eric, Reiko and their two sons are active members of Calvary Baptist Church and Eric also serves with the Gideons International Ministry. He enjoys sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with those who need to hear it.
David grew up in Huntington Beach and came to faith in Christ at the age of seventeen after hearing the word faithfully preached at Calvary Baptist. In 1985 he married Sheri, a fellow member of Calvary, and has been blessed with three children and three grandchildren. After high school, David worked as a machinist in his family's business for over 30 years. David earned a B.A. (2007) and M.A. (2010) in Philosophy from Cal State Long Beach, and currently teaches history and social studies at a private school in Anaheim.
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Ryan has spent his entire life here at Calvary Baptist. His family moved here shortly before he was born and they quickly connected with their new church family. Thanks to the influence of his parents and various people within the congregation, Ryan accepted Christ when he was 10 years old. It was here at Calvary that Ryan met Trish in the 5th grade. They have been married for 20 years and have raised their adventurous kids, Martine and Jake, while attending here.
Ryan has worked in the Insurance Industry for over 20 years. He enjoys serving in the CBCHB High School Ministry and cherishes his gatherings with his Life Group friends. He loves spending time with his family traveling, playing games and laughing together.
Paul grew up in Thornton, Colorado in a Christian home. At the age of 12, influenced by his parents, Paul accepted Jesus Christ’s gift of salvation and became a follower of Christ. In 1968, after graduating from the Colorado School of Mines with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Paul began working with ARCO in Southern California. Shortly after moving to California, he met Sonia, and they married in 1969. Several years later, Paul accepted a position with Fluor Corporation, a large international engineering / construction company. He worked at international and USA offices with Fluor for 36 years in numerous positions, including managing an engineering department during his last 13 years. Paul received an MBA from Pepperdine University in 1982. Paul and Sonia have two married daughters and six grandchildren. Some of Paul’s interests include golfing, hiking, fishing and playing “UNO” with his grandkids. Paul serves as an elder at Calvary Baptist Church, as a leader at Bible Study Fellowship and in several roles in Christian/non-profit organizations.
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Jere came to know Jesus as Savior and Lord as a young man just starting out as a husband and father, and he has followed Christ ever since. Jere and his wife Robyn count 6 children, one son-in-law, and 2 grandchildren as blessings from God. His career in the event business started at Disneyland where he worked special events and promotions, tours, and entertainment support. Now Jere works for a trade show contractor as a Senior Account Manager. He is involved in several ministries here at CBCHB including Membership, Partners in Education, Youth, teaching Classes at Calvary, driving the church bus and sometimes sharing the message on a Sunday. Jere has a degree in Geography from CSU Fullerton and enjoys the outdoors, hiking, travel, and having all of his family together.
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Communist Party of Cuba
For the Communist Party of Cuba founded in 1925, see Popular Socialist Party (Cuba).
Coordinates: 20°59′27.7″N 77°25′41.5″W / 20.991028°N 77.428194°W / 20.991028; -77.428194
The Communist Party of Cuba[note 2] is the ruling political party in the Republic of Cuba. The Cuban constitution ascribes the role of the party to be the "leading force of society and of the state". It was founded on 3 October 1965 as a successor of the United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution, which was in turn made up of the 26th of July Movement and Popular Socialist Party that seized power in Cuba after the 1959 Cuban Revolution.
Partido Comunista de Cuba
First Secretary
Second Secretary
José Ramón Machado
3 October 1965; 55 years ago (1965-10-03)
United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution[note 1]
Young Communist League
Pioneer wing
José Martí Pioneer Organization
Communism[2][3][4]
Marxism–Leninism
Castroism
Guevarism
Left-wing nationalism
Left-wing[5] to far-left[6]
COPPPAL
IMCWP
ICS (inactive)
¡Hasta la victoria siempre!
(Until our victory, always!)
National Assembly[7]
www.pcc.cu
Politics of Cuba
The PCC is a communist party based on democratic centralism, a principle conceived by Russian Marxist Vladimir Lenin, entails democratic and open discussion of policy issues within the party, followed by the requirement of total unity in upholding the agreed policies. The highest body within the PCC is the Party Congress, which convened every five years. When the Congress was not in session, the Central Committee was the highest body. Because the Central Committee met twice a year, most day-to-day duties and responsibilities are vested in the Politburo. Since April 2011, the First Secretary of the Central Committee has been Raúl Castro, younger brother of the previous First Secretary Fidel Castro, who died on 25 November 2016. The Second Secretary has been José Ramón Machado Ventura.[8]
After taking power in Cuba in 1959, the party began gradually to introduce Marxism–Leninism, a fusion of the original ideas of German philosopher and economic theorist Karl Marx, and Lenin, guided by Joseph Stalin became formalized as the party's guiding ideology and would remain so to this day. The party pursued state socialism, under which all industries were nationalized, and a command economy was implemented throughout Cuba despite the long-term embargo by the United States. The PCC also supports Castroism and Guevarism and is a member of the International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties.
3 Central Committee
3.1 Politburo
3.2 Secretariat
4 Mass organizations, related to the PCC
6 Ideology
7 Electoral history
7.1 National Assembly elections
A billboard in Havana promoting the ongoing socialist revolution
Cuba had a number of communist and anarchist organizations from the early period of the Republic (founded in 1902). The original "internationalised" Communist Party of Cuba formed in the 1920s. In 1944, it renamed itself as the Popular Socialist Party for electoral reasons. In July 1961, two years after the successful overthrow of Fulgencio Batista and the creation of a revolutionary government, the Integrated Revolutionary Organizations (ORI) was formed from the merger of:
Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement
The Popular Socialist Party led by Blas Roca
Parts of the student-based Revolutionary Directory led by Faure Chomón
On 26 March 1962, the ORI became the United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution (PURSC), which in turn became the Communist Party of Cuba on 3 October 1965. In Article 5 of the Cuban constitution of 1976, the Communist Party is recognized as "the superior guiding force of society and of the State, that organizes and orients common efforts toward the high goals of the construction of socialism and the advancement toward communist society".[9] All parties, including the Communist Party, are prohibited from publicly advertising their organizations.
For the first fifteen years of its formal existence, the Communist Party was almost completely inactive outside of the Politburo. The 100 person Central Committee rarely met and it was ten years after its founding that the first regular party Congress was held. In 1969, membership of the party was only 55,000 or 0.7% of the population, making the PCC the smallest ruling communist party in the world. In the 1970s, the party's apparatus began to develop. By the time of the first party Congress in 1975, the party had grown to just over two hundred thousand members, the Central Committee was meeting regularly and provided the organizational apparatus giving the party the leading role in society that ruling Communist parties generally hold. By 1980, the party had grown to over 430,000 members and it grew further to 520,000 by 1985. Apparatuses of the party had grown to ensure that its leading cadres were appointed to key government positions.[citation needed]
CongressesEdit
Main article: Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba
The Communist Party of Cuba held its first party Congress in 1975 and has had additional congresses in 1980, 1986, 1991, 1997 and 2011. The Seventh Congress took place from 19 to 22 April 2016,[10] around the 55th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs Invasion,[11] concluding with remarks by Fidel Castro.[12]
The Eighth Congress is scheduled to take place 16 to 19 April 2021.[13]
Central CommitteeEdit
See also: List of members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba [es]
Party headquarters
The leading bodies of the party were the Politburo and the Secretariat until 1991 when the two bodies were merged into an expanded Politburo with over twenty members. However, the Secretariat was re-introduced in 2002. There is also a Central Committee which meets between party congresses. At the Fifth Congress, the size of the Central Committee was reduced to 150 members from the previous membership of 225. Fidel Castro was the party's First Secretary (or leader) since its inception while Raúl Castro was the Second Secretary. Upon Fidel Castro's 2008 resignation from the party and Cuban government, Raúl Castro became First Secretary.
PolitburoEdit
Further information: Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba
The 7th Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba was elected by the Central Committee on 19 April 2016 following the 7th Congress.
(birth–death)
Party position(s)
State position(s)
Raúl Castro Ruz
(born 1931)
3 October 1965 55 years, 103 days
First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba
President of the Council of State
President of the Council of Ministers
José Ramón Machado Ventura
Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba
Vice President of the Council of State
Vice President of the Council of Ministers
10 October 1997 23 years, 96 days
First Vice President of the Council of State
First Vice President of the Council of Ministers
Esteban Lazo Hernandez
7 February 1986 34 years, 196 days
President of the National Assembly of People's Power
Ramiro Valdés Menéndez
Leopoldo Cintra Frías
Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces
Alvaro Lopez Miera
First Deputy Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces
Ramón Espinosa Martín
Deputy Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces
Lázara Mercedes López Acea
19 April 2011 9 years, 270 days
First Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee of Havana
Salvador Valdés Mesa
Vicepresident of the Council of State
Marino Alberto Murillo Jorge
Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla
11 December 2012 8 years, 33 days
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento
Secretary General of the Workers' Central Union of Cuba
Roberto Morales Ojeda
Minister for Public Health
Teresa Amarelle Boué
General Secretary of the Federation of Cuban Women
Miriam Nicado García
Rector of the Cientific Information University
Marta Ayala Ávila
Vice Director of the Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
SecretariatEdit
Further information: Secretariat of the Communist Party of Cuba
The 6th Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba was elected by the Central Committee on 19 April 2011 following the 6th Congress.
1 July 2006 14 years, 197 days
Abelardo Álbarez Gil
Head of the Department of Cadre Policy
Olga Lidia Tapia Iglesias
Víctor Fidel Gaute López
José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera
Head of the Department of International Relations
Omar Fernando Ruiz Martín
17 May 2013 7 years, 242 days
Jorge Cuevas Ramos
5 July 2013 7 years, 193 days
Mass organizations, related to the PCCEdit
Young Communist League, (UJC founded in 1962 by Fidel Castro), youth group of future militants of the PCC
Workers' Central Union of Cuba, (CTC, founded in 1939 by Blas Roca and Lázaro Peña), a Cuban trade union center.
Federation of Cuban Women, (FMC, founded in 1960 by Fidel Castro and Vilma Espín), a centralized women's organization.
National Association of Small Farmers, (ANAP, founded in 1961 by Fidel Castro), a peasant organization.
José Martí Pioneer Organization, (OPJM, founded in 1977 by Fidel Castro), student organization (pioneers).
Student Federation of Secondary Education,(FEEM, founded in 1970 by Fidel Castro), student organization (pre).
University Student Federation, (FEU, founded in 1922 by Julio Antonio Mella), student organization (university).
Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, (CDR, founded in 1960 by Fidel Castro), community work organization.
Association of Combatants of the Cuban Revolution, (ACRC, founded in 1993 by Fidel Castro), organization of active and retired military personnel.
Union of Journalists of Cuba, (UPEC, founded in 1963 by Fidel Castro), a centralized organization of journalists.
YouthEdit
The Communist Party of Cuba has a youth wing, the Young Communist League (Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas, UJC) which is a member organization of the World Federation of Democratic Youth. It also has a children's group, the José Martí Pioneer Organization.
IdeologyEdit
Compared with other ruling Communist Parties, such as in Vietnam, China, and Laos, the Communist Party of Cuba retains a stricter adherence to the tradition of Marxism–Leninism and the traditional Soviet model.[citation needed] The party has been more reluctant in engaging in market reforms, though it has been forced to accept some market measures in its economy due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the resultant loss of economic subsidies. The Communist Party of Cuba has often pursued an interventionist foreign policy, actively assisting left-wing revolutionary movements and governments abroad, including the ELN in Colombia, the FMLN in El Salvador, the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, and Maurice Bishop's New Jewel Movement in Grenada.[citation needed] The party's most significant international role was in the civil war in Angola, where Cuba directed a joint Angolan/Soviet/Cuban force in the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale.[14][15] More recently, the party has sought to support Pink Tide leaders across Latin America, such as Hugo Chávez and later Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela and Evo Morales in Bolivia. Since the Cuban Revolution, the party has also followed the doctrines of Castroism (the ideology of Fidel Castro, including some elements of social conservatism and inspiration from José Martí) and Guevarism.
Medical diplomacy has also been a prominent feature of the Party's foreign policy. The party maintains a policy of sending thousands of Cuban doctors, agricultural technicians, and other professionals to other countries throughout the developing world.
Raúl Castro, since becoming the leader of the party, has campaigned to "renew" Cuba's socialist economy through incorporating new exchange and distribution systems that have been traditionally seen as "market" oriented. This has led to some speculation that Cuba may transition towards a model more similar to that of China and that of Vietnam.[16]
Electoral historyEdit
National Assembly electionsEdit
1976 Fidel Castro Elected by the Municipal Assemblies
1st Sole legal party
1981 Elected by the Municipal Assemblies
1993 Full list 6,939,894 95.1%
Selective vote 360,735 4.9%
1998 Full list 7,533,222 100%
Selective vote
2008 Full list 7,125,752 91%
Selective vote 713,606 9%
2013 Raúl Castro Full list 6,031,215 81.30%
Selective vote 1,387,307 18.70%
2018 Full list 5,620,713 80.44%
List of political parties in Cuba
^ In turn made up of the 26th of July Movement and Popular Socialist Party
^ Spanish: Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC)
^ "7th PCC Congress Central Report, presented by First Secretary Raúl Castro Ruz". en.cubadebate.cu. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
^ "Cuba's New Constitution explained". 27 February 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^ "The Cuban Communist Party at the Center of Political and Economic Reform: Current Status and Future Reform". 30 July 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^ "The Cuban Communist Party: Current Status and Future Reform". 30 November 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^ Víctor Jeifets y Lazar Jeifets (2017). "El encuentro de la izquierda cubana con la Revolución Rusa: el Partido Comunista y la Comintern" (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ (in French) Parti communiste de Cuba (extrême gauche) (créé en 1965, seul parti légal), Le Monde diplomatique
^ "IPU PARLINE database: CUBA (Asamblea nacional del Poder popular), Last elections". ipu.org. Inter-Parliamentary Union. 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
^ Shasta Darlington (19 April 2011). "Raul Castro to lead Cuba's Communist Party". CNN. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
^ "Cuba: Constitución". pdba.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
^ "Cuba's Communist Party Congress wants change, but also more of the same". Miami Herald. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
^ "Escambray". Escambray. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
^ Carroll, Rory (19 April 2016). "Fidel Castro bids farewell to Cuba's Communist party congress". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
^ http://en.granma.cu/cuba/2019-12-20/led-by-raul-the-11th-plenum-of-the-communist-party-central-committee-held
^ Michael Evans. "Secret Cuban Documents on History of Africa Involvement". Gwu.edu. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
^ "Cuba: Angolan War Memories Live On". 16 June 2007. Archived from the original on 16 June 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
^ 古巴改革："社会主义更新"未完待续 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
Barry Carr. Tim Rees and Andrew Thorpe (eds.). "From Caribbean Backwater to Revolutionary Opportunity: Cuba's Evolving Relationship with the Comintern, 1925-34". International Communism and the Communist International, 1919-43. Manchester. Manchester University Press. 1998.
"First Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba: Havana, December 17-22, 1975 (Collection of Documents)".
Fidel Castro. "Main Report, Second Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba" (December 1980).
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Bill 5524 - Bill proposed by Law Revue Committee formed in Bill 6688
Raised Bill No. 5524
February Session, 2014
LCO No. 2277
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LAW REVISION COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO THE ALIMONY STATUTES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 46b-81 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):
(a) At the time of entering a decree annulling or dissolving a marriage or for legal separation pursuant to a complaint under section 46b-45, the Superior Court may assign to either spouse all or any part of the estate of the other spouse. The court may pass title to real property to either party or to a third person or may order the sale of such real property, without any act by either spouse, when in the judgment of the court it is the proper mode to carry the decree into effect.
(b) A conveyance made pursuant to the decree shall vest title in the purchaser, and shall bind all persons entitled to life estates andremainder interests in the same manner as a sale ordered by the court pursuant to the provisions of section 52-500. When the decree is recorded on the land records in the town where the real property is situated, it shall effect the transfer of the title of such real property as if it were a deed of the party or parties. (c) In fixing the nature and value of the property, if any, to be assigned, the court, after considering [all] the evidence presented by each party, shall consider the length of the marriage, the causes for the annulment, dissolution of the marriage or legal separation, the age, health, station, occupation, amount and sources of gross and net income, earning capacity, vocational skills, education, employability, estate, liabilities and needs of each of the parties, [and] the opportunity of each party for future acquisition of capital assets and income and the tax consequences of the court's orders. The court shall also consider the contribution of each of the parties in the acquisition, preservation or appreciation in value of their respective estates.
Sec. 2. Section 46b-82 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (EffectiveOctober 1, 2014):
(a) At the time of entering the decree, the Superior Court may order either of the parties to pay alimony to the other, in addition to or in lieu of an award pursuant to section 46b-81, as amended by this act. The order may direct that security be given therefor on such terms as the court may deem desirable, including an order pursuant to subsection (b) of this section or an order to either party to contract with a third party for periodic payments or payments contingent on a life to the other party. The court may order that a party obtain life insurance as such security unless such party proves, by a preponderance of the evidence, that such insurance is not available to such party, such party is unable to pay the cost of such insurance or such party is uninsurable. In determining whether alimony shall be awarded, and the duration and amount of the award, the court shall consider the evidence presented by each party and shall consider the length of the marriage, the causes for the annulment, dissolution of the marriage orlegal separation, the age, health, station, occupation, amount and sources of gross and net income, earning capacity, vocational skills, education, employability, estate and needs of each of the parties, [and] the award, if any, which the court may make pursuant to section 46b-81, as amended by this act, the tax consequences of the court's orders and, in the case of a parent to whom the custody of minor children has been awarded, the desirability and feasibility of such parent's securing employment.
(b) If the court, following a trial or hearing on the merits, enters an order pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, or section 46b-86, as amended by this act, and such order by its terms will terminate only upon the death of either party or the remarriage of the alimony recipient, the court shall articulate with specificity the basis for such order.
(c) Any postjudgment procedure afforded by chapter 906 shall be available to secure the present and future financial interests of a party in connection with a final order for the periodic payment of alimony.
Sec. 3. Section 46b-65 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):
(a) If the parties to a decree of legal separation at any time resume marital relations and file [their written declaration of resumption] a written certificate that the marital relationship has resumed, signed, acknowledged and witnessed by each party, with the clerk of the superior court for the judicial district in which the separation was decreed, the [declaration] certificate shall be entered upon the docket, under the entries relating to the complaint, and the decree shall be vacated and the complaint shall be deemed dismissed.
(b) If no [declaration] certificate has been filed under subsection (a)of this section, then at any time after the entry of a decree of legalseparation, either party may petition the superior court for the judicial district in which the decree of legal separation was entered for a decree dissolving the marriage and the court shall (1) enter the decree dissolving the marriage in the presence of the party seeking thedissolution of marriage, and (2) incorporate the financial terms of the decree of legal separation into the decree dissolving the marriage unless it would be unconscionable to do so.
Sec. 4. Section 46b-86 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes 84 is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof
(a) Unless and to the extent that the decree precludes modification, any final order for the periodic payment of permanent alimony or support, an order for alimony or support pendente lite or an order requiring either party to maintain life insurance for the other party or a minor child of the parties may, at any time thereafter, be continued, set aside, altered or modified by the court upon a showing of a substantial change in the circumstances of either party or upon a showing that the final order for child support substantially deviates from the child support guidelines established pursuant to section 46b-215a, unless there was a specific finding on the record that the application of the guidelines would be inequitable or inappropriate. There shall be arebuttable presumption that any deviation of less than fifteen per cent from the child support guidelines is not substantial and any deviation of fifteen per cent or more from the guidelines is substantial. Modification may be made of such support order without regard to whether the order was issued before, on or after May 9, 1991. In determining whether to modify a child support order based on a substantial deviation from such child support guidelines the court shall consider the division of real and personal property between the parties set forth in the final decree and the benefits accruing to the child as the result of such division. After the date of judgment, modification of any child support order issued before, on or after July 1, 1990, may be made upon a showing of such substantial change of circumstances, whether or not such change of circumstances was contemplated at the time of dissolution. By written agreement, stipulation or decision of the court, those items or circumstances that were contemplated and are not to be changed may be specified in the written agreement, stipulation or decision of the court. This section shall not apply to assignments under section 46b-81, as amended by this act, or to any assignment of the estate or a portion thereof of one party to the other party under prior law. No order for periodic payment of permanent alimony or support may be subject to retroactive modification, except that the court may order modification with respect to any period during which there is a pending motion for modification of an alimony or support order from the date of service of notice of such pending motion upon the opposing party pursuant to section 52-50. If a court, after hearing, finds that a substantial change in circumstances of either party has occurred, the court shall determine what modification of alimony, if any, is appropriate, considering the criteria set forth in section 46b-82, as amended by this act.
(b) (1) In an action for divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation or annulment brought by a spouse, in which a final judgment has been entered providing for the payment of periodic alimony by one party to the other spouse, [the Superior Court may, in its discretion and upon notice and hearing, modify such judgment and suspend, reduce or terminate the payment of periodic alimony upon a showing] upon notice and hearing, if the party paying the periodic alimony proves that the party receiving the periodic alimony [is] has been living with another person [under circumstances which the court finds should result in the modification, suspension, reduction or termination of alimony because the living arrangements cause such a change of circumstances as to alter the financial needs of that party. In the event that] in a marriage-like relationship over a period of six months or more, the burden of proving that the judgment requiring the payment of periodic alimony should not be modified, suspended, reduced or terminated shall be on the party receiving the periodicalimony. The Superior Court, after considering the evidence presented by each party and the relevant criteria set forth in section 46b-82, as amended by this act, may, in its discretion, modify such judgment and suspend, reduce or terminate the payment of periodic alimony.
(2) (A) If the party paying periodic alimony files a motion to modify the judgment requiring the payment of periodic alimony on the ground that such party is retired from employment and has attained the age of sixty-five, the burden of proving that such alimony should not be modified shall be on the party receiving the periodic alimony.
(B) If the party paying periodic alimony files a motion to modify the judgment requiring the payment of periodic alimony on the ground that such party is retired from employment, and such party has not attained the age of sixty-five, the burden of proving that such alimony should be modified shall be on the party paying periodic alimony. The Superior Court shall consider the evidence presented by each party concerning the relevant facts and circumstances concerning the retirement.
(C) In any modification proceeding under subparagraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision, the court, after notice and hearing, shall determine what modification of alimony, if any, is appropriate after considering the evidence presented by each party and the relevant criteria set forth in section 46b-82, as amended by this act.
(3) If a final judgment incorporates a provision of an agreement in which the parties agree to circumstances, other than as provided in this subsection, under which alimony will be modified, including the suspension, reduction, or termination of alimony, the court shall enforce the provision of such agreement and enter orders in accordance [therewith] with such agreement.
(c) When one of the parties, or a child of the parties, is receiving or has received aid or care from the state under its aid to families with dependent children or temporary family assistance program, HUSKY
Plan, Part A, or foster care program as provided in Title IV-E of the 174 Social Security Act, or when one of the parties has applied for child 175 support enforcement services under Title IV-D of the Social Security 176 Act as provided in section 17b-179, such motion to modify shall be 177 filed with the Family Support Magistrate Division for determination in 178 accordance with subsection (m) of section 46b-231. 179 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
46b-81
Statement of Purpose:
To adopt the recommendations of the Law Revision Commission regarding alimony statutes.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
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Strategic Plan for the Development of Health Information Systems in Georgia
Policy Brief, Policy Work, Europe & Eurasia, Report, Health Information and Management Systems, Other, Publications, 2007, 2008
The purpose this document is to outline a strategy for the development of a Health Information System (HIS) in Georgia. The strategy is expected to be used by in-country stakeholders and international development partners to strengthen in a logical and practical way the Health Information Systems (HIS) bringing it up to international standards. If successful the HIS will contribute to evidence-based decision making in health policy area.
The current work on the development of the strategic plan to strengthen HIS has been carried out within the framework of a grant made to Georgia by Health Metrics Network (HMN), which is a global partnership whose mission is to champion and facilitate better health information at country, regional, and global levels.
Curatio International Foundation, a non-for-profit institution with on-ground experience in research and policy advice has been awarded the Grant to assist the Government and non-government stakeholders in the HIS development strategy design. View the document.
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George Perris was born in Athens in 1983, his father is Greek and mother is French. At a very early age, Perris decided he wanted to become a singer and began studying the piano. He pursued his studies in Greek Literature at the University of Athens.
His first solo album “Kainouria mou mera” was released by EMI in 2006. In the years that followed, Perris performed at some of the most prestigious concert halls in Greece. His single “Karavani” (from that album) was included in a compilation that Radio Française distributes worldwide once a year… a rare achievement for a Greek-speaking artist.
2008 was a turning point for the young artist. He was a featured artist at the Athens Arena International Music Festival hosted by acclaimed tenor Mario Frangoulis, singing duets and appearing with many international artists such as Lara Fabian, Lucio Dalla, Justin Hayward and Madeleine Peyroux. At the same time, his second album, Perno Anasa was released by SonyBMG. This album was very personal, as Perris wrote most of the songs, establishing himself not only as a talented singer, but also as a songwriter with great promise.
In 2009 Perris performed in Cyprus, the United Kingdom –with the Oxford Philomusica– and the USA.
In the fall, the international French-speaking diva Lara Fabian invited George to perform as a guest artist on her European tour. Perris opened for her concerts in France and Belgium. The highlight of the tour was when Perris sang to audiences of 8,000+ at the famous Zenith arena in Paris. Attendees included Charles Aznavour and Nana Mouskouri who praised the young artist for his powerful performance.
In spring 2010, George returned to Russia for two performances: one with the Kiev Symphony Orchestra, and the second in St. Petersburg with the Presidential Symphony Orchestra. In May, he made an impromptu trip to Montreal, Canada, at the invitation of acclaimed composer and pianist Stephan Moccio to perform with him at the legendary Place des Arts in a sold-out performance.
2011 has been a year of significant live performances in various countries, including Canada where he performed with Stephan Moccio, and the Niagara Falls Symphony Orchestra, Cyprus, Monaco, Russia, USA and finally Greece where he performed with internationally known soprano Deborah Myers in Athens at the Badminton Theatre.
For Un souhait, his first french album released in April 2012, some of the most prominent Canadian and european songwriters offered George some original songs written for his voice (Frédérick Baron, Stephan Moccio, Marc Dupré, Steve Marin, Matt Herskowitz). A special feature of the album is “Ma solitude”, a powerful duet with Lara Fabian. The single “Un souhait” was voted 3rd (by fans) in the Weetix “best song of the year” competition.
In June 2012, Perris performed alongside Mario Frangoulis, Hayley Westenra and Alkistis Protopsalti at the Boston Symphony Hall with the legendary Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart. The Autumn of 2012 was quite busy for Perris as he embarked on his first tour in Canada. His “Un Souhait Tour” took him to Montreal, Toronto and Quebec city among others, to great acclaim. Towards the end of 2012, he released a new “LIVE” album in Greece, produced by Alkistis Protopsalti.
2013 was a full year for Perris. He went on a more than 30-city tour in Greece and Cyprus with the legendary Greek singer Alkistis Protopsalti, but also performed with Vincenzo Thoma at the Place des Arts in Montreal.
2014 brought George to North America for the release of his first English language album, “Picture This.” This debut album was recorded in LA, NYC, London, Montreal, Prague and Athens. George collaborated with producers such as Mark Portmann (Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion), Marco Marinangeli (Josh Groban, Il Divo) and Simon Hale (Bjork, Tina Arena). The album includes 13 tracks, 3 of which have been written by George, as well as the participation of the Prague Symphony Orchestra.
In addition, his show “George Perris Live at Jazz at Lincoln Center” filmed live at the prestigious Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York was broadcast throughout the spring of 2014 on The Ovation Channel. At the same time, Perris toured North America with multi-platinum American Pianist Jim Brickman. As of June 1st, his concert special was also aired as a special channel on demand on Comcast throughout the summer.
In May, George signed an exclusive deal with Decca Records/Universal Music. Both ‘Picture This’ and his DVD “Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center” were released worldwide in August 2014. The album made it to JB Hi-Fi’s -Australia’s biggest retailer- best sellers. George toured Australia as a special guest star on superstar Tina Arena’s “Reset” tour in the summer as well as appearing at the Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Foundation gala in Sydney.
In October, Perris performed a series of joint concerts with Mario Frangoulis in Bangkok, Istanbul and Ankara.
On November 4th and 5th, he performed the American National Anthem in New York’s legendary Madison Square Garden at the New York Knicks vs the Washington Wizards game and the New York Rangers vs the Detroit Red Wings hockey game. It was the first time that this honor was given to a Greek artist.
Soon thereafter, Perris released a new digital single globally, his version of “Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas” through Decca Records/Universal Music. The song is featured on “Superstar Christmas”, a compilation released by Universal Music which includes iconic artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie Wonder, Luciano Pavarotti.
Throughout 2015, Perris was back in his native Greece promoting his album “Picture This” and performing more than 30 concerts in Greece and Cyprus. At the same time, he worked on his next endeavor: his debut PBS Concert Special.
Starting December 2015, his PBS Concert Special “Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center” aired nationally in the USA, reaching 47% of the country (pot. 140 million viewers) in more than 450 airings of the show, prime time.
2016 has so far been an exceptional year for Perris: “Picture This Tour”, his first N. American solo tour with dates in the Spring was a success. In addition, his new Greek album of duets with longtime collaborator and friend Mario Frangoulis was an immediate hit: 65.000 copies sold and reached the 4th position in the charts. A “Kivotos” summer tour in Greece and Cyprus starts in June and immediately after that, he will be recording his second English album and next PBS Concert Special.
George Perris is engaged to a cause that is very important to him personally, the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans; an association that offers scholarships to young students facing great adversity in their lives. George is their International Ambassador and takes part in many HAA events in support of their mission. [www.horatioalger.org]
As George says, “Music, for me, has no frontiers. It only speaks the language of love, of freedom and above all, of hope.”
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Title-holders China handed tough draw in AVC Cup
2016/04/02 - 09:54 0 1748 AVCAVC Women's Cup
Defending and three-time champions China have been drawn in the toughest of pools for the 2016 AVC Cup for Women from September 14 to 20 in Vinh Phuc, Vietnam as the World Cup winners will test their mettle against Korea, Japan and Kazakhstan in Pool B.
The draw of lots ceremony for the one-week tournament took place in Ninh Binh on March 27, with Mr Le Tri Truong, general-secretary of Vietnam Volleyball Federation, presiding. Also in attendance as the AVC’s representative was AVC Secretary-General Mr Shanrit Wongprasert, and Miss Nguyen Nhat Thanh, VVF Administration Director.
Drawn in Pool B are world No.2 China, the Asia’s powerhouses which landed the AVC Cup title in 2008, 2010 and 2014. China are assured of starting as the hot favourites to capture the prestigious biennial tournament for the fourth time.
However, serious challenges can be expected from the 2014 Asian Games gold medallists Korea and world No.5 and London Games bronze medallists Japan, both of them have been drawn in the same pool as the Chinese side this time. The tall and towering Kazakhstan can be the other tough rivals to be reckoned with in Pool B.
Meanwhile, hosts Vietnam, the 2012 AVC Cup winners and world No.13 Thailand, world No.32 Chinese Taipei and world No.101 Iran are in Pool A.
The pool round-robin preliminaries will be held over three days from September 14 to 16. Hosts Vietnam will play Iran in the curtain-raisers, followed by the match between Thailand and Chinese Taipei, Kazakhstan against Japan and the clash of the Titans between China and Korea in the final showdown rematch of the previous edition in Shanzhen, China two years ago.
September 17 will be the rest day. The competition resumes the following day in the quarter-finals, with Pool A winners taking on Pool B fourth place and Pool B second place facing Pool A third place. The four winning teams advance to the semi-finals, with the losers relegated to the 5th-8th classification.
Only top eight teams at the last year’s Asian Senior Women’s Championship in Tianjin, China received the green light to compete in the AVC Cup for Women in Vinh Phuc, Vietnam, while the top eight sides from the last year’s Asian Senior Men’s Championship in Tehran, Iran were eligible for the AVC Cup for Men, due to be held in India later this year.
Tags: Women, AVC Cup, Drawing lots
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Xi Focus: Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law guides law-based governance in China
Pub Date:2020-12-10 15:06 Source:Xinhua
BEIJING -- The first central conference on work related to overall law-based governance in the history of the Communist Party of China (CPC) from Nov 16 to 17, 2020, marked the establishment of Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law and its status as the guiding thought for law-based governance in China.
Formed in the course of law-based governance being promoted by the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core after the Party's 18th national congress in 2012, the thought answers major questions concerning why and how law-based governance should be advanced, representing the latest achievement in adapting Marxist theories on the rule of law to the Chinese context.
Under the guidance of the thought, the socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics is enjoying vibrant development, laying a solid foundation in the pursuit of national rejuvenation.
The CPC has always attached great importance to ensuring that China's governance is based on law.
Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the CPC Central Committee has specifically put forward promoting overall law-based governance, which was incorporated into the four-pronged comprehensive strategy for the country's development.
The fourth plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee in 2014 adopted a decision to advance the rule of law.
After the 19th CPC National Congress in 2017, the CPC Central Committee established its Commission for Overall Law-based Governance and made major decisions on promoting law-based governance in all fields. Historic changes and achievements have since then been made in developing the socialist rule of law in China.
In his speech at the November conference, Xi set forth requisites for the current and future work on law-based governance in China. Known as "11 upholds" in Chinese, they embody rich implications of Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law:
-- Upholding Party leadership on overall law-based governance.
-- Taking a people-centered approach.
-- Staying on the path of the socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics.
-- Adhering to Constitution-based governance.
-- Promoting the modernization of China's governance system and capacity along the path of the rule of law.
-- Adhering to a system of the socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics.
-- Pursuing coordinated progress in law-based governance, law-based exercise of state power, and law-based government administration, and promoting the integrated development of the rule of law for the country, the government and the society.
-- Ensuring sound lawmaking, strict law enforcement, impartial administration of justice, and the observance of the law by everyone.
-- Taking a coordinated approach to promoting the rule of law at home and in matters involving foreign parties.
-- Fostering a high-quality team of professionals with both integrity and ability for legal work.
-- Ensuring that leading officials at various levels faithfully implement major decisions and plans made by the CPC Central Committee on overall law-based governance.
In formulating the theoretical system of the socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law marked progress in the system of values with Chinese characteristics, thus contributing Chinese wisdom to the world for advancing the rule of law.
As the world undergoes momentous changes unseen in a century, China is in a critical period for realizing national rejuvenation and forging ahead with all-out efforts to build a modern socialist country.
To provide a solid guarantee of the rule of law for the cause, it's imperative to uphold Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law as the guiding thought for law-based governance, stay on the path of the socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, and promote the modernization of the governance system and capacity along the path of the rule of law.
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Heavy Rainfall Forecast to Hit Anhui
Pub Date:2017-02-21 11:05 Source:China Daily
Central and eastern China are feeling the effects of this year's biggest cold wave, which is forecast to last through Thursday, bringing low temperatures, strong winds and snow to many parts of the country, the National Meteorological Center said.
The center issued a blue alert for the cold spell, which began on Sunday. That's the lowest level in the four-tier color-coded weather warning system.
Temperatures are expected to rise starting Friday, but until then, heavy snowfall is expected in Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and other provinces.
"We haven't experienced such widespread and intense precipitation since last winter, and no province will be spared," said Sun Jun, chief forecaster at the center. "The snowfall is especially intense in provinces like Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan, where it will impact traffic and farming. But the cold wave will have less effect in the southern provinces."
Between Monday evening and Tuesday, parts of Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan are forecast to experience 20 to 25 millimeters of snow and accumulations of up to 15 centimeters in some areas.
Temperatures along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, as well as north of the river, are forecast to drop by 6 C to 12 C, and by as much as 19 C in some areas. Strong northerly winds carrying sand and dust are expected to sweep across the Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia autonomous regions and other provinces, Sun said.
In regions south of the river, heavy rainfall is forecast to hit Anhui, Jiangsu, and Hubei provinces for the next two days, with some areas getting 50 to 60 mm of precipitation. Temperatures in the region are forecast to drop by 4 C to 8 C, and up to 10 C in some areas.
Sun said the large-scale cold wave is the result of two cold fronts "working together". The stronger one cooled temperatures to around 0 C in northern China. This allowed the weaker front, after merging with warm, humid air currents from the south, to create precipitation across China.
Given that Tuesday marks the end of the 40-day Spring Festival travel period, Sun said those returning to work "need to be careful of slippery roads and catching cold".
On the bright side, the extra precipitation will help ease the winter drought, which is beneficial for the soil and winter wheat, he said. The precipitation also can help improve air quality by removing particulate matter from the air, he added.
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Hydrogen electrochemistry in unconventional settings: protic ionic liquids, closed bipolar electrodes and ultra-high vacuum
Goodwin, Sean (2017) Hydrogen electrochemistry in unconventional settings: protic ionic liquids, closed bipolar electrodes and ultra-high vacuum. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.
Most commonly, electrochemical experiments are carried out at room temperature, in aqueous or organic electrolytes that contain both an analyte and a supporting electrolyte. However, voltammetry has also been undertaken in a wide variety of more unusual or extreme settings; aluminium smelting involves electrolysis at over 900 °C, bipolar electrochemical experiments often require the absence of supporting electrolyte, and dopamine releases in rats have been monitored by in-vivo electrochemistry of the rats’ brains.
In this thesis, unconventional electrochemical investigations are described. These include electrochemical experiments in protic ionic liquids (PILs), in ultra-high vacuum and using closed bipolar electrodes. In each case, the experiments were undertaken in order to further research into energy storage systems. Although electricity generation from renewable sources such as wind and solar is good for the environment, these sources are intermittent, and we need to develop efficient ways of storing this energy to compensate for the intermittency. The use of PILs, as well as closed bipolar electrodes, offer promising avenues to improving the efficiency of energy storage devices.
Using hydrogen as a means of energy storage is one route to solving the problem of intermittency of renewable energy sources. Chapter 3 is a study of hydrogen oxidation at Pt ultra-microelectrodes in one PIL, diethylmethylammonium trifluoromethanesulfonate, [dema][TfO]. Voltammograms of hydrogen oxidation show both a diffusion-limited plateau and an ‘additional’ plateau at lower overpotentials than the former. Different theoretical models are used to simulate this reaction, and the reaction is found to be inhibited by adsorption of under-potentially deposited hydrogen, Hupd.
In Chapter 4 a voltammetric method is developed for determining the concentration of precursor acid and base in PILs. The concentration of precursor acid is found to vary significantly depending on the method used to synthesise the PIL, and recommendations are made on how to synthesise a PIL with minimal precursor acid present. The base, by contrast, is found to evaporate out of the PIL very easily.
In Chapter 5, voltammetry of two PILs is undertaken under conditions of ultra-high vacuum. Precursor acids in the PILs are found to be relatively stable even under vacuums of 10-8 mbar. By using in-line mass spectrometry, the products of [dema][TfO] oxidation are also investigated.
Finally, closed bipolar electrodes are used in Chapter 6 to spatially separate H2 and O2 evolved in a water electrolyser. By separating these gases, the risk of the two species mixing is removed, making the electrolyser a much safer device to operate, particularly at low current densities.
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Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) starring Jim Carrey,
What happens when you take a 30 minute children’s Christmas classic and expand it to over two hours? You get Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
In short, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas suffers from bloat. Suffers badly. In order to make this film, Ron Howard decided to make the villains of the movie the people of Whoville. They’re greedy, selfish, all about consumption and winning at any cost. In the process, they reveal a back story for the Grinch. Where he’s the helpless victim of the uncaring people of Whoville, of course. Except for Cindy Lou Who, who sees a glimmer of kindness underneath his cold, green, smelly exterior.
In short — watch the original 30-minute cartoon for a more enjoyable time. This version is bloated, and cliched.
The Grinch ‘sorting’ the mail – genuinely funny, though very short.
The Grinch winning the “honor” of judging the various Who contests.
Most of Jim Carrey’s time on screen. Though some of it goes on too long, and he uses too many characterizations. It’s almost as though he’s trying to be Robin Williams’ Genie in Aladdin.
Anthony Hopkins (Thor Ragnarok) as the narrator. A fine job.
Jim Carrey as the Grinch, a misanthropic and devious green-furred creature who despises Christmas and the Whos of Whoville. It is revealed in his origin story that he started to hate Christmas after his school classmates mocked him for trying to shave his beard when he was only eight years old. He’s taunted by Augustus MayWho. He does this primarily due to his crush on Martha May Whovier.
Christine Baranski as Martha May Whovier, the Grinch’s lifelong crush. She’s a leading citizen of Whoville and the romantic interest of Mayor Augustus MayWho. In the end, she ultimately rejects the Mayor and chooses the Grinch. As a young girl, shows compassion towards the young Grinch.
Jeffrey Tambor as Mayor Augustus MayWho, Whoville’s rude, arrogant, judgmental mayor. He’s revealed to be a school bully who picked on the young Grinch. He also denounces the Grinch every chance he gets and wants Christmas in Whoville to be Grinch-less.
Taylor Momsen as Cindy Lou Who, a young Who girl who believes that the Christmas spirit in Whoville is lost.
Bill Irwin as Lou Lou Who, the cheerful and slightly dimwitted postmaster of Whoville. He’s also Cindy’s father and Betty Lou’s husband.
Molly Shannon as Betty Lou Who, Cindy’s mother and Martha’s rival in a house-lighting contest. Without the Mayor’s cheating on Martha’s behalf, she would have won.
Clint Howard as Whobris, the mayor’s sycophantic aide and servant. He goes along with everything the Mayor says and does. A genuinely funny performance.
Discover the magic of the Mean One this holiday season! Oscar-winning director Ron Howard and Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer bring Christmas’ best-loved grump to life with the help of the irrepressible Jim Carrey as The Grinch. The Grinch is a celebration of the holiday spirit no home should be without! Why is The Grinch (Carrey) such a grouch? No one seems to know, until little Cindy Lou Who (Taylor Momsen) takes matters into her own hands and turns both Whoville and The Grinch’s world upside down, inside out… and funny side up in her search for the true meaning of Christmas.
Under a thick carpet of green-dyed yak fur and wonderfully expressive Rick Baker makeup, Jim Carrey is up to all of his old tricks (and some nifty new ones) in this live-action movie of Dr. Seuss’s holiday classic. He commands the title role with equal parts madness, mayhem, pathos, and improvisational genius, channeling Grinchness through his own screen persona so smoothly that fans of both Carrey and Dr. Seuss will be thoroughly satisfied. Adding to the fun is a perfectly pitched back-story sequence (accompanied by Anthony Hopkins’s narration) that explains how the Grinch came to hate Christmas, with a heart “two sizes too small.”
Ron Howard proves a fine choice for the director’s chair with a keen balance of comedy, sentiment, and light-hearted Seussian whimsy. Production designer Michael Corenblith gloriously realizes the wackiness of Whoville architecture, and his rendition of the Grinch’s Mt. Crumpit lair is a marvel of cartoonish, subterranean grime. Then there’s Cindy Lou Who (Taylor Momsen), the thoughtful imp who rallies her village to recapture the pure spirit of Christmas and melts the gift-stealing Grinch’s cold, cold heart. You’ve even got a dog (the Grinch’s good-natured mongrel, Max) who’s been perfectly cast, so what’s not to like about this dazzling yuletide movie?
The production gets a bit overwhelmed by its own ambition, and the citizens of Whoville (including Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Molly Shannon, and Bill Irwin) pale in comparison to Carrey’s inspired lunacy, but who cares? If a movie can unleash Jim Carrey at his finest, revamp the Grinch story, and still pay tribute to the legacy of Dr. Seuss, you can bet it qualifies as rousing entertainment. (Ages 5 and older.) –Jeff Shannon
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Turkish investments strengthens ties with Africa
Leading Turkish firms have undertaken significant infrastructure projects to contribute to the economic development of the West African nation of Senegal. These projects will not only further invigorate Turkey’s long-standing rapport with Senegal but will also clinch ties with the African continent, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan remarked Tuesday.
In a joint news conference with Senegalese President Macky Sall in Dakar Tuesday, Erdoğan stressed that industrial and infrastructure investments of Turkish firms will continue to support the country’s Emerging Senegal Plan which lays out 2025 development goals.
Turkish contractors are set to build an Olympic pool, a stadium with a capacity to host an audience of 50,000 and a hotel for the fourth Summer Youth Olympic Games to be organized in Dakar in 2022. Up until now, 29 projects worth $750 million have been contracted to Turkish firms. Some of these projects have started operating and the rest are still under construction. The Turkish businessmen are expected to take important roles in the construction and mining sectors to expedite the second phase of the Emerging Senegal Plan.
Turkish contractor Summa has carried out several major projects in the West African country’s capital. Among them are the 35,000-square-meter Dakar Arena, the Dakar Expo Center and the Dakar International Conference Center. The company, together with another Turkish contractor Limak, constructed the Blaise Diagne International Airport in Dakar.
“I believe the projects by Turkish firms such as Tosyalı Holding and Summa will further pave the way for Senegal’s development,” Erdoğan said, adding: “Together with Senegal, we are building a common future, inspired by a deep-rooted historical bond. Our businessmen are ready to make bigger contributions to the Senegalese economy.”
In October 2018, Turkey’s Tosyalı Holding sealed a $2 billion iron and steel investment pact with Senegal’s Mines and Geology Ministry during a Turkey-Africa Economy and Business Forum.
Turkey’s Yapı Merkezi Group was awarded the contract to build a railway project along with France’s Eiffage and Senegal’s CSE in 2016. The project will put the city center of the capital Dakar just 45 minutes away from the Blaise Diagne International Airport.
The Regional Train Express (known by the French acronym TER) is being developed under a social and economic development plan launched by Senegal’s government in 2014. The line is to have 14 stations, with trains traveling at a maximum speed of 160 kilometers per hour and carrying an estimate 115,000 riders daily.
“In 2018, we accomplished our trade goal of $400 million. But last year, the bilateral trade volume fell below the potential. I believe this year, our trade will continue to rise again. We are aiming to reach $1 billion in bilateral trade” the president remarked.
According to the data obtained from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), the bilateral trade volume between Turkey and Senegal totaled $402 million. The better part of the trade was composed of Turkish exports to the Western African country with $390 million. In the period of January to November 2019, Turkish exports to Senegal were recorded at $263 million. Turkey’s purchases of Senegalese goods and products in the same period were calculated at $9.4 million.
During the bilateral meetings Tuesday, Turkey and Senegal signed seven agreements, Erdoğan noted. The president also stressed that the two countries will expand cooperation in the tourism and defense industries.
Senegal’s army bought 25 Turkish-made Ejder Yalçın armored vehicles and four Turkish Ejder TOMA riot control vehicles and displayed them during an Independence Day parade in the capital Dakar in April 2018.
Senegal outlook
Senegal, which gained independence from France in 1960, is surrounded by Mauritania, Mali, Guinea, Guinea Bissau and Gambia. It has a total area of 196,722 square kilometers (75,955 square miles) and is seen as a gateway to West Africa.
Ranking second among French-speaking African countries in terms of industrial development after the Ivory Coast, Senegal has seen an annual growth of more than 6% since 2014. The country has been among Africa’s most stable countries, according to the World Bank, with three major peaceful political transitions since its independence in 1960.
In November, Senegal and 13 other African nations made a move to gain financial independence from France and decided to withdraw their currency reserves from the French central bank. The move also comes with the decision to replace the CFA franc, the euro-linked currency used in 14 West and Central African countries, with a new common West African currency, named the eco.
The Senegalese economy was estimated to be worth $24.13 billion in 2018, representing 0.04% of the world economy, according to tradingeconomics.com. Growing 7% in 2018, Senegal is expected to excel further in economic development with added income from hydrocarbon reserves recently discovered in the Atlantic Ocean.
The country’s development strategy, called Emerging Senegal Plan, is an ambitious yet feasible path toward becoming an emerging economy. Accelerating and broadening the reforms required by this plan is integral to this vision, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Turkish institutions, such as the Turkish Maarif Foundation, Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TİKA), Turkish Airlines (THY) and the Yunus Emre Institute, also play an important role in the country’s development. The Turkish Maarif Foundation continues educational activities across 13 schools in the country. Fifty Senegalese student are currently studying at Turkish universities, Erdoğan said. THY has eight passenger flights and four cargo flights to Dakar. TİKA opened its first office in Western Africa in Dakar in April 2007.
Turkey-Senegalese Joint Economic Commission (JEC) was established in accordance with the Agreement on Trade and Economic and Technic Cooperation signed in 1992. The first JEC meeting was held in Ankara on Dec. 18-19, 2006, the second in Dakar on April 6, 2010, and the third in Ankara on April 9-11, 2014.
3-country African tourPrior to his visit to Senegal, Erdoğan visited Algeria on Sunday and Gambia on Monday as part of his three-country African tour. With the latest Africa tour, Erdoğan has visited 28 countries on the continent.
Erdoğan’s visit to Gambia was of historic importance as it was the first-ever official presidential visit to the country.
The two countries enjoy strong ties in many fields, including education, internal security, health care and infrastructural development.
The ties between the two countries were established in 1965, when Gambia gained independence from British colonial rule. Yet it took 45 years to open Gambia’s diplomatic mission in Ankara. Gambia opened its embassy in Turkey in 2010, while Turkey opened its mission in Banjul in 2011.
Their trade volume is not very high as Turkey had only $45 million in exports to Gambia in 2018, according to the TurkStat data. In 2019, the bilateral trade volume between Turkey and Gambia reached $55 million, with Erdoğan saying that the two countries want to carry out bilateral trade toward a more balanced structure.
Despite the low trade volume, Turkey provides a large extent of Gambia’s total electricity needs. In December 2018, Turkey’s Karpowership company, the designer and builder of the world’s first floating power plants and the global brand of Karadeniz Holding, inked a deal with Gambia’s National Water and Electricty Supply Company Ltd. to deploy a Powership of 35 megawatts (MW) for a period of two years. Karadeniz Powership Koray Bey has been in operation in Banjul since April 2018. Karpowership has been supplying up to 60% of Gambia’s total electricity needs.
During Erdoğan’s visit to Algeria – Turkey’s second-largest trade partner in Africa – the two countries expressed commitment to increasing the bilateral trade volume to $5 billion from the current level of around $3.1 billion.
Turkish exports to the country stood at $2.03 billion while imports from Algeria totaled $1.13 billion in 2018, according to TurkStat. In the period of January-November of last year, Algeria’s exports to Turkey totaled $655.7 million and its imports from Turkey reached $1.7 billion.
Turkey’s investments in the country stand at around $3.5 billion. Through a joint statement signed by Erdoğan and his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune during the visit, the Turkey-Algeria High-Level Cooperation Council was also established.
Turkey’s trade volume with African countries has reached $26 billion, a 381% increase in the last 17 years, as a result of the country’s efforts.
Turkey-Africa relations have gained substantial momentum since the declaration of Turkey as a strategic partner of the continent by the African Union in January 2008.
Turkey has embassies in 42 countries and commercial counselors in 26 countries on the Africa continent. Turkey’s national flag carrier THY also flies to 35 destinations on the continent.
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MacIntyre's group did a study where parents of a sick child wore a mask at home. Those who wore the mask at all times were protected, she said.
"When infection is widespread, it may be useful," she noted.
However, images from China show people wearing face masks that aren't likely to help, MacIntyre said.
"I recommend disposable masks," she said. "The cloth masks used commonly in China may not be protective. We did a trial of these, compared to disposable masks, and wearers had a higher risk of infection. This may be because the cloth masks are not washed regularly and may retain moisture and become contaminated."
So far the coronavirus has spread to 19 countries, with five confirmed cases in the United States. In China, nearly 6,000 have been infected, with 132 dead.
Schaffner noted that this coronavirus spreads the way flu does, yet the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doesn't recommend face masks as a way to avoid flu.
"The reason is that CDC requires scientific evidence to show that any intervention they recommend is likely to have value. It turns out that evidence for using masks in the community is scanty at best," he said.
Also, masks have different uses. Schaffner said a flimsy painter's mask prevents paint from getting in your mouth or nose, but won't stop a virus.
Then there are surgical masks. These are designed to keep fluids or germs from the doctor from contaminating the sterile field in the operating room. But viruses can still pass through it to the wearer, Schaffner said.
When doctors are treating patients who have a communicable disease, they wear a type of mask called an N95 respirator. Because this mask is sealed around the mouth and nose, it will block a virus. But using it requires special training, and it makes breathing harder and is uncomfortable to wear, Schaffner said.
So what can you do to guard against the coronavirus? Schaffner said the best precaution to follow is the same as protecting yourself from the flu, namely, avoid being around people who are sick, and wash your hands often.
Dr. Amesh Adalja, a spokesman for the Infectious Disease Society of America, said surgical masks and respirators offer protection in the health care setting and do offer some protection to the general public.
"However, most people in the general public don't wear them properly. They stick their hands under them," said Adalja, a senior scholar at Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security.
Adalja added that the risk to the United States right now from this coronavirus is very small. "Buying these masks could have unintended consequences, including shortages, demand spikes and price increases," he said.
"It's not really necessary to wear a mask to protect yourself," Adalja noted. "It's not something Americans need to do."
For more on medical face masks, see the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
SOURCES: William Schaffner, M.D., professor, preventive medicine and health policy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.; Amesh Adalja, M.D., spokesman, Infectious Disease Society of America, senior scholar, Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security, Baltimore; Raina MacIntyre, MBBS, Ph.D., head, biosecurity research program, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Duke Ferdinand of Parma, his wife Maria Amalia,their family
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prinzheinelgirl
Re: Duke Ferdinand of Parma, his wife Maria Amalia,their family
Oh, thanks so much CountessKate! Maria Theresa seemed to be fond of commissioning portraits of her (extended) family in Parma! I seem to remember Archduke Ferdinand and Marie Antoinette sending over portraits of their children to their mother, not the other way around (that is, MT commissioning such portraits).
A rather 'gossipy' piece on Maria Amalia's country estate at Sala Baganza; it mentioned that she met her lovers at the forest, ha! But it does provide some information on the estate.... every year, a tour/walk in honor of the duchess is held, complete with an actress impersonating her....
http://www.newparma.com/gennaio%202010/sala%20baganza_eng.pdf
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Further to Archduchess Maria Christina's trip to Italy in 1776 posted in the previous thread, it appears that Maria Amalia, Ferdinand, and their children made a short trip to Mantua to say goodbye and spend some more time with Mimi and Duke Albert before the latter left for Austria. Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Beatrix were also there. So it seems that any reported bad feelings - at least by this point - by Maria Amalia may have had for her sister seems largely exaggerated and unfounded.
« Last Edit: October 18, 2010, 01:13:51 AM by prinzheinelgirl »
CountessKate
Quote from: prinzheinelgirl on October 18, 2010, 01:02:18 AM
That's very interesting - and of course, Maria Amalia would not have been privy to what Maria Christina wrote to their mother. So her criticisms may have been purely between Maria Christina and Maria Theresa.
I agree. At any rate, it's clear that any bad feelings about Mimi getting a love match while she wasn't allowed to do so was gone by this time. If Maria Amalia was only warm and cordial to Mimi due to family ties/obligations and nothing else, she didn't have to go to Mantua to bid her sister goodbye and spend more time with her. After all, they got to see each other in Parma already. So assertations of certain authors that she was (ever) resentful of Mimi, etc. were not entirely correct.
What strikes me is that despite some of her siblings writing badly of her at times (Mimi to Maria Theresa, Marie Antoinette to Maria Theresa, Joseph to Leopold, and Maria Carolina to Mimi), she never seemed to have done the same. Clearly, whatever her faults, backbiting/criticising her siblings behind their backs wasn't one of them. Given her "freshness" (impudence) and being unperturbed, most likely she told them upfront what she thought of them, ha.
« Last Edit: October 18, 2010, 09:52:55 PM by prinzheinelgirl »
Further two topics in the previous thread, I'd like to add the following:
On Karl of Zweibrucken's ambition to marry an archduchess (Maria Amalia and Maria Elisabeth later on) -- It seems that Karl's ambition was not wholly unfounded. Maria Theresa and Franz Stephan were greatly interested in Karl, enquiring about him and even asked to immediately meet him. That most likely started Karl's frequent visits to Vienna.
On Maria Amalia's relationship with her sister Maria Elisabeth and her visit to Innsbruck -- iIt appears that they were very close. Maria Amalia's visit to Innsbruck in 1783 was very closely preceded by that of Karl Theodore of Bavaria's, whom ME had to entertain while in town. MA's visit was deemed much more enjoyable for her sister, for she was "beloved by ME". ME even traveled to Steinach am Brenner to meet her. ME organised a lot of activities (balls, visits to the theatre, walks, hunting, an "open house" celebration for 5 days, etc.) for sister. Also, ME did not wish for MA to leave only after 10 days (MA also made a visit to their sister Maria Anna in Klagenfurt) so MA promised to stop by Innsbruck to spend more time with ME from Klagenfurt. ME also escorted her sister all the way to Bolzano in Italy on her departure from Austria then. MA also spent some time with ME after she left Parma during her exile in 1802.
ivanushka
Quote from: prinzheinelgirl on October 18, 2010, 09:21:46 PM
What strikes me is that despite some of her siblings writing badly of her at times ( Marie Antoinette to Maria Theresa
My apologies if this has already been covered in the previous thread but what did Marie Antoinette say about Amalia to her mother?
Quote from: ivanushka on October 22, 2010, 01:04:39 PM
From what I remember, a number of letters in 1772-73 from Marie Antoinette said "how sorry I am about the Infanta" and that Maria Amalia's non-disclosure to Maria Theresa about the mended relations between France and Parma must be due to the "shame" that she feels; that the Infanta "would learn her duty and try to please her relatives", etc. I very much agree with the opinion posted in Part I of this thread that such remarks mainly tells of a bit of hypocrisy on Marie Antoinette's part because she was also NOT following her mother's wishes.
Oh, and here is another interesting one: in 1776, when Maria Amalia was supposed to meet her mother and brothers Joseph and Leopold in Gorizia for a family holiday/reunion, apparently Marie Antoinette wrote her mother that she'd rather have Maria Carolina come rather than the Infanta. As if her opinion or wishes counted (not like Mimi's, whose wishes and opinions MT readily accepted)! Try as I might, I can't see that remark in any good light.
Sorry, the exact term used in the first thread re: Marie Antoinette's references on Maria Amalia to their mother in the early 1770s was not "hypocrisy' but rather "sanctimonious displeasure".......
I think it was my expression but I don't mind 'hypocrisy' - Maria Amalia was just rebelling flagrantly while Marie Antoinette was trying to do the same covertly! Of course, Marie Antoinette had nothing like the same access to power, so her rebellions were more in the nature of just lying and excuses - very much teenage stuff - and pretty useless since Maria Theresa had a very good spy network surrounding her (as she did for many of her children).
[Oh, and here is another interesting one: in 1776, when Maria Amalia was supposed to meet her mother and brothers Joseph and Leopold in Gorizia for a family holiday/reunion, apparently Marie Antoinette wrote her mother that she'd rather have Maria Carolina come rather than the Infanta. As if her opinion or wishes counted (not like Mimi's, whose wishes and opinions MT readily accepted)! Try as I might, I can't see that remark in any good light. /quote]
While obviously not an especially loving remark, it's hard to judge out of context. Maria Amalia and Marie Antoinette were never very close, while Marie Antoinette and Maria Carolina were - so she might just have been saying "If it was me, I'd much prefer to see my favorite sister" - or she could have been doing a Marie Christine, sucking up to Mother by a little dig - "the former rebel doesn't deserve a visit - what about the Good Girl" - not necessarily particularly hostile to Maria Amalia but just winning a few brownie points with Maria Theresa and supporting Maria Carolina's claim to their mother's attention.
I think Marie Antoinette had the tendency to make herself appear better at someone else's expense; we see it in her letters to Maria Theresa expressing displeasure on her sister in Parma. I've also read that she encouraged the rumours of phimosis on her husband to make herself appear better. While it might be part due to immaturity, it also tells of not taking responsibility for her actions and wanting "applause" for herself.
It's quite true that it's hard to judge her remark out of context but I very much agree that it wasn't an especially loving remark. Like I said, I doubt if her opinion or wishes counted at all - and she was probably resentful that Maria Amalia was back to her mother's good graces by then (1776), enough for Maria Theresa to make a compromise at a holiday near Italy even though MT was mostly in ill health, while she was still receiving letters of criticisms! MT indeed made remarks about going to France if she happened to go the Austrian Netherlands but it was more of a "threat" - to make her toe the line - rather than a fun holiday/reunion!
Well, from what I have read Maria Elisabeth was like the "first lady" in Innsbruck so she couldn't have been very bored there. She entertained royals and nobles alike. I guess that was a lot better than being stuck in Vienna with Joseph II and presumably she had more freedom in Innsbruck. Maria Amalia's visit in 1783 was obviously one of the best visits for her and they appeared very close so she must've enjoyed it more than usual.
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Quote from: Prince Paul on November 02, 2010, 03:18:46 PM
Yes: Liesl (Elisabeth) and Mali (Amalia) seem to have been quite close.
According to what I have read, Maria Amalia and Maria Elisabeth embraced "most tenderly" at Steinach am Brenner (after a separation of 14 years), where Maria Elisabeth hastened to meet her sister in 1783. Obviously, ME can't wait for her sister to arrive in Innsbruck. I think that, among other things, shows that they were indeed very close.
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I am inclined to think that Maria Elisabeth never favored her mother´s (and Joseph´s) attitude towards Maria Amalia. It´s only a presumption, but ME seems to have had a "mind of her own" (her sharp tongue, her tantrums, her prolongued silences), even if she wasn´t given much importance within her family or at the Viennese court (Leopold seems to have been more benevolent towards her, increasing her allowance when he became Emperor). Liesl and Mali were only 2 and a half years apart, and the closest sister the latter had in age (aside from the baby Maria Carolina -the second of the three with that name- who died at birth; Joanna Gabriela was four years younger than Maria Amalia). Maria Christina was only a year older than Maria Elisabeth, but seems to have been more independent, more "mature" (with her many talents). She seems to have been placed more in the lot of the elder children (Marianne and Joseph), while the more frivolous Elisabeth seems to have been often paired with Amalia (possibly close to Charles and Leopold, although the boys must have had a different education and a more masculine environment). Sad that no letter from Maria Elisabeth seems to have survived (that I know of) to see what she really thought of Maria Amalia´s ostracism. The very warm reception she gave her younger sister in 1783 clearly indicates she was not in favor of it. I wonder what did she think of Marie-Antoinette, of Maria Christina (according to Kutschera, citing a letter of Leopold, it seems they abhorred each other...), etc. By the way, I just saw a fantastic exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, called "Vienna, 1780", showing the fabulous "second silver table service" of Maria Christina and her husband, Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen, that they used while being Governors of the Low Countries. The exhibition is only open until this November 7 (reason why I dashed to see it), but there is a very informative (and beautifully illustrated) hard-cover catalogue, that anyone can acquire online.
Prinzheinelgirl: how do I access to the personal message system you mentioned?
I remember that in one biography I read of Marie Antoinette - it was either by Antonia Fraser or Carolly Erikssen - the author said that for the purposes of their upbringing the children of Maria Theresa were basically divided into the older group and the younger group. The latter consisted of Caroline, Antoinette, Ferdinand, Maximilliam and presumably Johanna and Josepha until their untimely deaths. As Amalia and Elizabeth were both in the older group with Christine they would probably have suffered far more reminders of their mother's favouratism towards their sister than the younger children did. The inevitable jealousy and resentment this would have caused must have helped form a strong bond between them. Antonia Fraser said that Maria Anna (another member of the older group) was once made quite ill with jealousy over their mother's favouratism towards Christine. As someone who was forced to stay at home and under her mother's control, Elizabeth was probably impressed with Amalia's independence and refusal to tow the official line from Vienna and silently cheering her on.
I am inclined to think that Maria Elisabeth never favored her mother´s (and Joseph´s) attitude towards Maria Amalia.
There is evidence that communication to and from Parma was NOT banned at ALL levels in 1772-73; Maria Amalia and her doctors wrote the court doctors in Vienna regarding her daughter Carolina in 1773 and got replies. Maria Theresa knew about it. So I suspect communication among Maria Amalia, Maria Anna and Maria Elisabeth could've been done at the "lower levels" (i.e. through common friends/courtiers) when direct communication was banned. All 3 archduchesses were also clever enough and independent to contrive ways to circumvent this ban.
Maria Christina was only a year older than Maria Elisabeth, but seems to have been more independent, more "mature" (with her many talents). She seems to have been placed more in the lot of the elder children (Marianne and Joseph), while the more frivolous Elisabeth seems to have been often paired with Amalia (possibly close to Charles and Leopold, although the boys must have had a different education and a more masculine environment).
Quote from: ivanushka on November 03, 2010, 04:41:22 PM
The pairings were: Marie Christine and Maria Elisabeth, Charles and Leopold, Johanna and Josepha, Maria Carolina and Marie Antoinette, and Ferdinand and Maximilian. Joseph as the heir was raised alone and so were Maria Anna and Maria Amalia, who didn't have sisters deemed close enough in age. Maria Amalia wrote a friend about how she was "always raised alone".
If you see Maria Elisabeth's paintings, she was good at it. She also had a very good singing voice who could tackle technically demanding operas so I don't know why she was deemed inferior to Mimi. Most likely, Mimi's talents were only focused on because she was Maria Theresa's favourite.
Despite the 8-year gap in age between Maria Anna and Maria Amalia, they were very close. Maria Amalia also appears to be close to their father Franz Stephan like Maria Anna and she, from a very tender age, accompanied him and Maria Anna in outdoor pursuits. I know much was made about Marie Antoinette being Franz Stephan's favorite - but the only 'evidence' authors seem to have of that was when FS sent for his youngest daughter before leaving for Innsbruck. The claim seems largely exaggerated and quite unfounded. Although FS did not seem inclined to show overt favouritism, Maria Anna was the child who was closest to their father.
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8 Arizonans have been first round NBA draft picks
Jerryd Bayless was the last Arizona high school basketball player to get picked in the first round of the NBA draft.(Photo: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports)
The state of Arizona has produced eight first-round NBA draft picks through the years, although it has been a while since a former Arizona high school standout was called up on stage with the commissioner.
The most recent Arizonan to be picked in the first round?
Former Arizona Wildcats and Phoenix St. Mary’s standout Jerryd Bayless, who was drafted No. 11 overall in 2008.
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In fact, the last five Arizona high school standouts to be drafted in the first round all went to Arizona.
Channing Frye, who also went to St. Mary’s, was taken 8th overall in 2005.
Richard Jefferson, a Phoenix Moon Valley product, was drafted No. 13 overall in 2001.
Mike Bibby went No. 2 overall in 1998. Bibby played high school basketball at Phoenix Shadow Mountain High.
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Sean Elliott out of Tucson Cholla High went No. 3 overall in 1989.
Fat Lever was the first Arizona high school basketball player to go in the first round.
The former ASU and Tucson Pueblo High standout was taken 11th overall in 1982.
No former Arizona high school basketball standouts are projected to be drafted in the first round this year, but it’s only a matter of time before Arizona’s first round drought will end.
It would be nice to see it end soon.
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South Carolina’s Frank Martin credits his mom as part of drive to top
USA TODAY Sports’ Nicole Auerbach says you’re sorely mistaken if you think this won’t be an entertaining Final Four.
South Carolina coach Frank Martin gives his mother, Lourdes, a long hug after the Gamecocks beat Florida to clinch a trip to the Final Four.(Photo: WLTX)
NEW YORK — You see the patent leather dress shoes glimmer as he stalks the sidelines, and you think Miami. You see the patented death glare when he stands still, preparing to rip into a player, and you think, well, this coach is perhaps a bit too intense.
But those public glimpses of Frank Martin, the South Carolina men’s basketball coach, tell only part of his remarkable story — and personality.
“Everybody thinks he’s tough,” said Lourdes Martin, Frank’s mother. “He is tough; you’ve got to be tough to coach. But at the same time, he’s got to take care of his players. At home, he’s a great husband, a great father, a great son. He cooks for them, takes care of them. He’s just a big teddy bear. Frank is very, very humble. He will always be the same man no matter where he goes.”
Lourdes is the reason her son is the way he is, fueled by a fiery passion but softened by a deep capacity for unconditional love, part basketball instructor, part life coach. She’s the most important woman in his life, Martin gushed Sunday, the strongest woman he’s ever met.
“Husband runs out, leaves her, never gives her a penny, she never takes him to court — doesn’t make excuses,” said Martin, 51, an hour after his No. 7-seeded Gamecocks beat Florida to advance to the program’s first-ever Final Four. “Worked on a salary as a secretary. Raised my sister and me. We’d go to Wendy’s or Burger King every two Fridays — that was our family meal.
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“She gave me the courage to try and do this for a living. Every time I’m in a difficult moment and I got to make a choice and do right or do wrong … I made her cry one time when I was a teenager because I made the wrong choice. I’m never making her cry again for making the wrong choice. And I’m watching her cry tears of joy because all her sacrifices have allowed me and my sister to move forward in life. Those are the tears that are important to me. That’s extending her life. When you make your mother cry for joy, it gives her more life, and she’s a special lady. Special lady.”
And those are the tears that were shed Sunday evening, as Lourdes watched her son do something he’d never done before, with a program that had never come close to a Final Four berth before. Confetti then covered the court; bits and pieces of the nets were being cut and stuffed in pockets and hats as mementos. Martin walked around and around until he found her.
“I was out of breath, and then when I hugged my son, it was just ‘Please, God, give me some peace,’” Lourdes said. “He told me, he said, ‘Mommy I’m so happy but please don’t cry.’ But he was crying, too. I’ve been crying for a while now.”
Martin was the first American-born child in his Cuban family, and he grew up alongside classmates at Miami High School who came over to the house to swim and eat tuna steaks and have never left Martin’s side in the decades since.
South Carolina coach Frank Martin talks to fans after the Gamecocks clinched their trip to the Final Four. (Photo: Robert Deutsch, Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports)
He worked myriad jobs as he grew older in Miami, at one point moonlighting as a bouncer at a local nightclub while coaching junior varsity basketball at Miami High School. He has said that one incident in 1992 — a group of men he had kicked out of the club for fighting returned with a gun and fired several shots at him — convinced him to pursue coaching full time.
Martin’s first gig coaching varsity came in 1993, at North Miami High School, and then came big success at Miami High — three consecutive state championships — but ended in his firing amid scandal, and the 1998 title being vacated because of recruiting violations. That situation is something Martin has not shied away from addressing, even during the most successful month of his coaching career, because it prompted him to shoot for college basketball jobs. He wrote more than 100 letters to college coaches all around the country; only Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski wrote back.
“When we sit around and start judging people and their difficult moments, it says a lot about the people that criticize, not the people that make the mistakes,” Martin said. “I was a part of an unfortunate situation coaching high school basketball. It was under my watch. I still to this day say we were not guilty, but I was responsible for that situation, and I lost my job. And that was the first time I ever said, you know what, I’m going to try this college thing.”
A year later, he landed a job at Booker T. Washington High School. One year after that, he was hired as an assistant coach at Northeastern. From there, he joined Bob Huggins and Andy Kennedy at Cincinnati, then followed Huggins to Kansas State.
USA TODAY Sports’ Nicole Auerbach thinks you’ll be doing yourself a disservice if you don’t keep an eye on these players in the Final Four.
When Huggins left for West Virginia, Martin became the head coach of the Wildcats, taking them to four NCAA tournaments in five years, including an Elite Eight run in 2010. Then, of course, he headed to South Carolina — where, in his fifth season, he’s taken the program to levels it had never been close to reaching, led by players such as Sindarius Thornwell and P.J. Dozier, homegrown stars who trusted Martin’s vision for what he could build if they stayed home and stayed with the Gamecocks.
“If you ever lose your dream or your desire to fight for your dream, then don’t get mad when you don’t get it,” Martin said. “But adversity and how we handle that determines what comes forward.”
These are lessons Martin teaches his players daily; he considers himself an educator. Yes, sometimes they’re lessons that are imparted with screaming and yelling — which brought a one-game suspension from the school at the end of 2014 regular season for “an inappropriate verbal communication.”
But the players see the teaching on the bench, the love in his embraces.
“A lot of times you see the yelling while we’re on the court, but people don’t pay attention when we’re on the bench and he’s teaching,” senior Justin McKie told The (Bergen County, N.J.) Record. “They just see he’s loud. And he is loud; coach is loud. That’s his intensity.”
Martin told players to trust him, hang on to him and “not let go of the rope,” a tug-of-war analogy he’s used for a few months now with his guys. He doesn’t give up on people, and they don’t give up on him. Martin’s wife, Anya, said current and former players visit her house so frequently it never feels like she only has three children. She said she sees how much he cares about his players, his kids, on a daily basis. She admitted her husband has been calmer than she thought he’d be as he’s worked toward reaching the pinnacle of the coaching profession — and that it must be because of those around him.
And how he treats them, too.
“Passion,” Martin said. “When I go back to my high school, which I do all the time, I never go see the teachers that made it easy on me, the ones that just kind of let me get by, I got no time for. I liked it when I was 17 years old. But I’ve got no time for them as a grown man now. I go back and I hug and kiss every single one that held me accountable here and would never let me off the hook. So, when I go in kids’ homes and I recruit, what I tell their parents is, you guys might be mad at me sometimes, I’m OK with that, but the one thing you never have to worry about me is that I’m going to lie or I’m going to cheat your child. Neither one of those two things are ever happening. And that’s who I am. That’s who I am.
“See I’ve got four core values I live my life by and I run my teams by and I run my family with: Honesty, loyalty, trust and love. And the only way you get to love is if you experience the other three. When you get to love, that gets strong. I don’t care what storm comes through, you’re not breaking love. But if you get to love without the other three, you let that thing go right away. So, you’ve got to go through the first three and that’s the only way you get to love. And that’s what I live by, I run my family by that, and I try to coach our guys that way. To get them to that place in life.”
Contributing: Tara Sullivan of the The (Bergen County, N.J.) Record, part of the USA TODAY Network
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Speech by Hazar Imam at the Foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Ismaili Centre, Dubai 2003-03-23
Posted July 23rd, 2016 by librarian-hd
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THE ISMAILI CENTRE IN DUBAI TO BE OPENED - 2008-03-23
Sunday, 2008, March 23
Aga Khan IV (H.H. Prince Karim)
Bismi-Llahi-R-Rahamani-R-Rahim
Your Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum
Your Excellencies
I am deeply honoured by your presence this morning.
May I, at the outset, express my sincere gratitude to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum for the kind courtesies and hospitality that have been extended to me since my arrival in Dubai. We fully understand that circumstances have prevented His Highness from joining us this morning. I am, however, delighted that His Highness Sheikh Ahmed is with us on this occasion and it is a joy to me that I am able to meet Sheikh Ahmed after twenty years on my first visit to Dubai.
Today's ceremony marks an event that I believe to be as significant for the contemporary landscape of this region as it is historic for the Ismaili Muslim Community worldwide.
At a time when the search for mutual understanding remains essential to assuring peace and stability, the creation of spaces that will enable that search becomes a greater imperative than ever.
The Ismaili Centre in Dubai was conceived, and will be established, for that very purpose, amongst others. It is, therefore, a matter of great happiness for me personally to be present here today as the foundation stone of the Centre is laid on land most generously gifted by His Highness the Crown Prince.
On behalf of the Ismaili Muslim community worldwide and myself as their Imam, I thank His Highness most sincerely for a noble gesture that epitomises attitudes and values which, for almost a millennium and a half, have defined the outlook and gracious disposition of an Ummah, historically diverse, yet bound by the ethics of a common faith.
Let me take this occasion to pay tribute to the experience of the Emirates which, like the lesson of Islam's history, illustrates admirably what heights are achievable, in realising human potential, when national interest and Muslim identity are anchored in values - our historical values - that widen intellectual horizons, and help to build bridges of friendship and understanding.
Your experience demonstrates that a sagacious crafting of policies on these inherited value systems and projected wisely and creatively into the future is the soundest basis
for building a dynamic modern civil society that will harness the creative energies of a pluralist citizenry for the common good of all.
The transformation of the small trading port that was once Dubai into a vibrant metropolis has paralleled its demographic growth and cosmopolitan evolution. The intermingling of cultures that so enlivens this thriving city is one of the strengths on which Dubai has built its renown as a point of global convergence.
It is precisely this notion of convergence that has characterised the Ismaili Community's successful endeavours to contribute, through the institutional framework of the Aga Khan Development Network, towards addressing critical development challenges of the day. The Centre will provide facilities to promote cultural, educational and social programmes from the broadest, non-denominational perspectives within the ethical framework of Islam. Amongst them will be an Early Learning Centre where the Aga Khan Education Services, a philanthropic agency, will draw on its own extensive experience in many parts of the world to offer broad, holistic, early childhood education on a secular and non-denominational basis at the highest international standards of excellence. The objective is to have a curriculum of proven calibre, taught by competent teachers, to help lay strong foundations for a child's continuing educational growth.
In the Middle East and the Gulf region, the Aga Khan Development Network is active in the areas of urban development, conservation, restoration, education, healthcare, microfinance, higher education, culture and rural development. The future Ismaili Centre in Dubai will serve as a resource to support these activities. Architect Rami El Dahan has seized the challenge of designing the Centre in a manner that will permit these interactions even as it preserves and revives traditions of architecture and spirituality.
At this juncture, perhaps, it would be appropriate to situate one of the functions of the Ismaili Centre in the tradition of Muslim piety. For many centuries, a prominent feature of the Muslim religious landscape has been the variety of spaces of gathering co-existing harmoniously with the masjid, which in itself has accommodated a range of diverse institutional spaces for educational, social and reflective purposes. Historically serving communities of different interpretations and spiritual affiliations, these spaces have retained their cultural nomenclatures and characteristics, from ribat and zawiyya to khanaqa and jamatkhana. The congregational space incorporated within the Ismaili Centre belongs to the historic category of jamatkhana, an institutional category that also serves a number of sister Sunni and Shia communities, in their respective contexts, in many parts of the world. Here, it will be space reserved for traditions and practices specific to the Shia Ismaili tariqah of Islam.
In the tradition of Muslim spaces of gathering, the Ismaili Centre will be a symbol of the confluence between the spiritual and the secular in Islam. Architect El Dahan has drawn inspiration from the Fatimid mosques in Cairo. Like its functions, the Centre's architecture will reflect our perception of daily life whose rhythm weaves the body and the soul, man and nature into a seamless unity. Guided by the ethic of whatever we do, see and hear, and the quality of our social interactions, resonate on our faith and bear on our spiritual lives, the Centre will seek to create, Insh'allah, a sense of equilibrium, stability and tranquillity. This sense of balance and serenity will find its continuum in the wealth of colours and scents in the adjacent Islamic garden which the Aga Khan Trust for Culture will help to develop as a public park.
I spoke earlier of the Emirate's policies that enable different elements of its society to empathise as a united citizenry, working for the common good of all. A key aim of the Ismaili Centre in Dubai will be to enhance, facilitate and, indeed, encourage mutual exchanges and understanding, all of which are so critical to a country's sustained development. The Centre will offer facilities for lectures, presentations, seminars and conferences relating to the Aga Khan Development Network's areas of activity in social, economic and cultural endeavour. It will also host recitals and exhibitions that will serve to educate wider publics about the breadth of Islam's heritage.
This, indeed, is a central purpose of the major Ismaili Centres that have already been established in London, Vancouver and Lisbon, and of the others that are in the process of being established in Toronto and Dushanbe. Consistent with this aim, in October this year, the Ismaili Centre in London hosted an international colloquium on the Holy Quran that was attended by more than 250 scholars from around the world, both Muslim and of other faiths. They brought an impressive array of academic disciplines to bear on a reflection of how the revelation of Islam, with its challenge to man's innate gift of quest and reason, became a powerful impetus for a new flowering of human awakening and civilization.
It is my hope that, Insh'allah, the future Ismaili Centre in Dubai will host similar programmes. Through its design and functions, this Centre, like its predecessors, will reflect a mood of humility, forward outlook, friendship and dialogue. Above all, this Centre is being conceived in the ethic of respect for human dignity. It will, therefore, aim to empathise with, and to expand our intellectual, cultural and moral horizons.
It is my humble prayer that, when built, the Ismaili Centre in Dubai will be a place for contemplation and search for enlightenment, where people come together to share knowledge and wisdom. It will be a place of peace, of order, of hope and of brotherhood, radiating those thoughts, attitudes and sentiments which unite, and which do not divide, and which uplift the mind and the spirit.
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Jason Marsalis redux
(more thoughts on jazz nerds, nerdy jazz, and jazz history)
by Peter Hum
On the Los Angeles Times‘ music blog, writer Chris Barton yesterday shared a lengthy message he received from drummer Jason Marsalis, who was keen to move forward in the discussion he sparked with his now-infamous and entertaining Jazz Nerds International rant.
If the whole Jazz Wars topic interests you, I’d advise you to read all that Marsalis wrote — it is strong and opinionated, but more nuanced, thoughtful and stimulating than his detractors might expect. I’ll limit myself to excerpting two passages, and in each case I’ll offer a bit of support for what Marsalis wrote.
First, Marsalis clarifies what he means by jazz nerds in this passage (which I’ve adorned with some bolding for emphasis):
Let’s define a jazz nerd. A jazz nerd, or JNA for short, is a jazz student who reduces all music to notes and concepts only. JNA worships complexity while ridiculing simplicity. JNA will hear groups lead by Dave Holland and Wayne Shorter and will marvel at the complex musical structure but ignore the historical substance behind their music. JNA saxophonists will listen to and worship the music of Mark Turner, Chris Potter, Michael Brecker, and other modern players but ignore the musicians that have influenced their music such as John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Warne Marsh, and Sonny Rollins. JNA will hear the music of James Brown and say that it’s no big deal because it only has two chords. JNA looks down on blues as “simple” while wanting to play endless non-melodic eighth and sixteenth notes over All the Things You Are in 7/4 straight feel. By the way, a slow blues is boring. Better yet, swing is actually uninteresting and straight feel is actually more “challenging” and “exciting.” Instead of embracing both, the JNA worships one while ridiculing the other. Speaking of that, 4/4 is “old” while 9/8, on the other hand, is “new.” A basic drum groove is boring unless you fill it with lots of notes. To the JNA, that’s modern music. So to recapitulate, JNA reduces music to as many complex notes as possible while ignoring the simple elements and history behind the notes.
The bolded parts of Marsalis’ essay are consistent with comments I’ve heard from other seasoned jazz musicians, including ones who don’t fall into the neo-conservative camp that many would place Marsalis in.
For example, Canadian saxophonist Jane Bunnett has commented on the historical short-sightedness of jazz students she had encountered. She told me that today’s students “don’t know the history of the music. They know Brad Mehldau, but they don’t know Teddy Wilson. They know Joshua Redman, but they don’t know Dewey Redman.”
Almost identically, Fred Hersch in an interview last week told me that every young pianist he knew wanted to sound like Mehldau, but was not interested in delving deeper into roots of jazz piano, learning about musicians such as Teddy Wilson or Jess Stacy. Hersch said that younger players don’t need to sound like the old giants, but they do need to “internalize” their playing, understand why they played what they did, why they thought they way they thought, and so on.
I’ve had one Canadian jazz educator express similar thoughts in a recent conversation with me. He says he has noticed that especially in the last few years, jazz students are increasingly disinterested in older jazz, which he suggested meant jazz before 1970.
And then there’s my most recent encounter with jazz ignorance. It’s not quite the same thing, in that the musicians were not complexity-loving, straight-8th playing, odd-meter worshipping jazz nerds. However, these young musicians, who are in fact reasonably accomplished, played Invitation at a jam session and because their knowledge of the tune was based on how it appears in The Real Book, they got the form wrong over and over, neglecting to take the book’s so-called coda with every chorus. For their edification, here is Invitation, played correctly.
When Marsalis refers to “nerdy” music that is complex and does not acknowledge the appeal of simplicity and the grounding principles of traditional jazz, I’m reminded of what pianist Frank Kimbrough told me, namely:
One thing I’ve noticed in recent years is music that sounds like it’s conceived and composed with computers, and I’m usually not very fond of it. Much of it is overly clever, and requires musicians to be tied to the paper, which is anathema to me. I want to hear cats listen to each other, not struggle to play a part and not get lost, playing in their own little world, too busy trying to read to listen to anything going on around them. The upside to it is that there are some ridiculously good musicians out here, many of them quite young, who are able to play anything that’s put in from of them, even if they can’t look up from their music stands. But do they listen? If so, great; if not, it doesn’t matter how “good” they are.
Similarly, Hersch last week expressed his disdain for music that he arose when “hip cats are playing hip shit for hip cats.” By that, I think he meant music students playing what Marsalis would regard as jazz-nerd music for music students. I’ve also read a DownBeat article in which Kurt Rosenwinkel, the hero of many a jazz-guitar nerd, make similar statements about what he called “insider jazz.”
How does one get beyond whether the music on the page is nerdy or not? Consider what drummer Matt Wilson told me last year:
My stuff is not too hard… I’m proud of it, actually, they’re easy. I like ‘em easy so that I can see what people can do with them. I’m big into how people can look at something and go with it. And go from there.
Sometimes I’ve played some music that’s more difficult and I find it really satisfying and more challenging…
As long as the music doesn’t get in the way of the musicians, I think it’s pretty cool. But when the music inspires the musicians and gets stuff out of them, it’s really great. That’s what all the good writers and arrangers, all those conceptualists do. They know how to usher people into an environment and allow them to play with it and see what can occur. I dig that part of it.
Further to his reflections about the lack of interest in jazz history, Marsalis coined another phrase — one that may not be as catchy as “Jazz Nerds International,” but which resonates with me. That phrase is “innovation propaganda,” and Marsalis explains:
if you don’t study the history of jazz, or music for that matter, the good news is that you have an out clause. Jazz magazines and writers created this flavour of Kool-Aid named “innovation,” and when a musician drinks “innovation kool-aid,” you believe the following principles:
To be very brief: I agree with 1 and 2 and the last half of 5, but disagree with 3,4, the first half of 5 and 6. But a few months ago, I wrote this very long post in which I argued that innovation in itself is not the alpha and omega of jazz, and that self-expression and a commitment to beauty on one’s own terms are at least as important for good jazz.
In a related post, I’ve argued that in jazz, personal authenticity matters more than cultural relevance.
The last words (for now) go to two Canadian musicians who gave the Marsalis missive a read and commented on my Facebook page:
Manitoba pianist Michelle Gregoire wrote me:
“OK I read it – I’ve been trying to figure out why the older I get, the more I feel drawn to the earliest pianists and I can just never get enough of the Blues. I find more and more in it, and I can’t get enough…. My music needs to say something, and I think at this age I know what my voice is, and I want it to speak. I’m not worried about the kids too much, cause to me they are just getting some tools together. As they hopefully continue to grow and develop as people, I think their sense of musicality could grow as well. Jason is about the same age as me, so his point of view is certainly interesting. I totally agree — inclusiveness is the trick. Because the more tools the kids have, the more they’ll have to find their voices…each person is a total and unique individual, and not everyone will fit into the boxes people like to create….everyone has the right to find themselves in some way and have the same experience all the greats had when they truly did their thing.
Ottawa-raised, Montreal-based guitarist Steve Raegele, whose beyond-jazz CD, Last Century, I reviewed, wrote:
I think this only matters if you worry about whether people think your music IS jazz. Beyond the pragmatism of playing with musicians with training (which for me means people who at one point played “jazzy jazzer jazz”) I have no need for the jazz litmus test. I can’t really get into his concerns. It’s more of a marketing issue.
Music is has the potential for infinite variation. Worrying about whether it carries the proper number of signifiers of an increasingly vast checklist of past musics is just as ridiculous as asserting that your music need not have any signifiers at all. Music can do whatever the hell it wants. Artists can blend however much or little of the past they choose to. Whether anyone cares to listen is another question, but if the only concern is pleasing people, I think it’s pretty clear what to do. What does one do, however, when this attempt to curry favour with a fickle public falls flat?
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The objective:
To develop a set of astrological symbols for every celestial body that is known and has been given a unique individual name. Each of these symbols will be consistent parts of a whole, referred to as a symbology, that is logically consistent and follows from a set of rules.
The purpose of this project is not astrological, but is instead an exercise in symbology, a creative process that is not often explored. By developing these symbols, I have learned a lot about myth, history, observational astronomy, and art. To speak more generally, it is enlightening to read the many names our global scientific community has given the asteroids, ranging from the honorific to the whimsical. It gives a unconventional understanding of the ideas and stories we value.
These are the rules I follow:
The symbology will be be based as much as possible on the familiar Western symbols of the seven planets and twelve constellations.
The individual symbols will be directly based on the referent of the symbol - i.e. the person, place, or concept that gave its name.
Each symbol will be unique, such that any two symbols differ by at least one symbeme, and no symbol is a left-right reflection of any other symbol.
Each symbol will be simple and distinctive enough that it can be drawn by anyone from memory without too much hand-ache.
The symbology will try as best as possible to be international and multicultural, without special weight to any one culture or language.
In service of these rules, there are a number of design considerations I make. For example, although many symbols include a small 5-pointed star, it can everywhere be replaced with any other kind of star or simply a nondescript mark without ambiguity. Another such decision is that in all of the symbols that I present, circles only exist in three different sizes: big (Sun), small (Venus), and tiny (Pluto), and all curves are circular arcs whenever possible.
The work of others:
Although to my knowledge this is the first expanded symbology that aims to be comprehensive, in good faith I would like to acknowledge the symbols invented by others. In those cases where their symbols inspired my own, I will credit them on the appropriate page.
Denis Moskowitz has created symbols for every constellation, and every Solar System object with a mass greater than 1019 kg, at https://www.suberic.net/~dmm/astro/
Mark Andrew Holmes has created astrological symbols for hundreds of asteroids at http://markandrewholmes.com/asteroid.html
Zane Stein has written on the history of astrology of minor planets, and many minor planet symbols can be found throughout his website, http://www.zanestein.com/
Martha Lang Wescott is a prolific astrologer, and some of her symbols can be found at https://marthalangwescott.com/basic-resources/
There is an artist known as MysticaLink who has illustrated a great number of alchemical and astrological symbols, including unique symbols for a number of minor planets. They have sold these images to stock photo companies, and most of them can be found at https://www.shutterstock.com/g/adobest
Other sources that have been useful throughout this project here and there:
"Dictionary of Minor Planet Names," Lutz D. Schmadel, 6th edition
"Myths, Symbols, and Legends of Solar System Bodies," Rachel Alexander, Springer, 2014.
JPL Small-Body Database Browser, https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi
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Whitley Bay Town Cup
The Whitley Bay Town Cup was established in 1954 by the former Whitley Bay Borough Council who awarded the trophy annually to any individual or organisation that had taken part in or brought about an outstanding event during the 12 months ending in September each year.
The Cup was donated to North Tyneside Council in 1974. The original terms and conditions continued to apply, with a Sub-Committee comprising of all Members representing the former Borough of Whitley Bay meeting annually to consider the nominations for the Cup.
In March 1993, the Council's Leisure and Tourism Committee agreed to expand the criteria to also recognise meritorious service by an individual or organisation over a number of years.
Nominations are now being sought for the award of the Whitley Bay Town Cup for 2019. Nominations can be submitted by completing the attached form. For further information please contact democraticsupport@northtyneside.gov.uk or call (0191) 643 5313.
The Whitley Bay Town Cup Sub-committee will meet in December to consider nominations and award the Cup. The sub-committee is made up of Elected Members that represent the following wards: Monkseaton North, Monkseaton South, Collingwood, Whitley Bay and St. Mary’s.
The deadline for nominations is Wednesday 27th November 2019.
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The researchers found that even among people with normal blood pressure, 11% had primary aldosteronism. That rate was 22% among people with resistant hypertension and those with stage 2 hypertension (blood pressure of at least 140/90 mm Hg).
But if someone with primary aldosteronism is already on blood pressure medication, isn't that enough? No, Funder said.
He pointed to one 2018 study. It found that when patients with primary aldosteronism did not have the condition sufficiently controlled with medication, their risk of heart complications and death were three times higher, versus people with hypertension only.
Whether screening guidelines change remains to be seen. For now, Vaidya said that people with resistant hypertension should be screened (as already recommended), and that doctors "might consider it" for patients with more moderate hypertension.
An issue, though, is that the screening method used in this study is "laborious," Vaidya noted. He said another option is to prescribe spironolactone for a period, to see if that lowers a patient's blood pressure further. The drug has been around for years, and is available as a generic.
Funder was even more supportive of that tactic. "A three-month trial of spironolactone for patients with established hypertension is the way to go," he said.
The study was funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
The Endocrine Society has more on primary aldosteronism.
SOURCES: Anand Vaidya, MD, MMSc, associate professor, medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; John Funder, MD, PhD, distinguished scientist, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia; William Young Jr., M.D., professor, medicine, and chair, endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.; Annals of Internal Medicine, May 26, 2020, online
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