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Praia das Furnas
The beach stands at the mouth of an occasional stream, whose riverside vegetation and small pebbles reach all the way down to the sand. On the east bank is a small eucalyptus wood with the typical scrubland of the “Barrocal” clay region amongst its undergrowth, which is sometimes used for unauthorised camping. The beach here is wide, with a small sand dune where you can find such plants as European beachgrass. This spreads over some distance eastwards, since at the western end there is an enormous rocky spur that marks out the boundaries of the beach. Exuberant endemic juniper bushes, together with the vegetation that has successfully adapted to the salty atmosphere, are the main features covering this limestone cliff. Praia do Zavial is very popular among surfers, with the eastern end of the beach being calmer with its jagged cliffs and rock formations that are known locally as furnas. It is possible to reach this part of the beach by walking along the sand or by climbing down from the top of the cliff. In the area close to Praia do Zavial, you can also visit the ruins of a 17th-century fortress. To the east of Praia do Zavial is the small Praia das Furnas, which owes its name to the shape of the cliff, greatly eroded by the elements and where furnas have developed: enormous undercut slopes dug out of the base of the cliff and grottoes. The coastal scrubland reaches right down to the sand, where a small stream also finds an outlet. This is a very peaceful beach.
Access: There is a tarmac road from the village of Raposeira (EN 125), heading towards Praia do Zavial or Praia da Ingrina, roughly five kilometres away. The parking is disorganised, but the beach has basic support facilities (restaurant and toilets) and is supervised during the bathing season. Access to Praia das Furnas is via a dirt track from the village of Figueira (roughly two kilometres away). The parking area is disorganised and the beach has no basic support facilities or supervision. The beaches face south-west (Zavial and Furnas).
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VISIT Milwaukee wins Hermes Creative Awards for Excellence in Marketing
MILWAUKEE — (May 3, 2017) The 2017 Hermes Creative Awards, an international competition for creative professionals which recognizes outstanding work in the creative marketing and communications industry, has recognized the VISIT Milwaukee marketing team.
VISIT Milwaukee received Platinum Awards for its Meet Milwaukee promotional video and international brochure series, a Gold Award for its business card designs, and honorable mentions for the writing and overall design of the Official Visitors Guide as well as the National Travel and Tourism Week Recap video.
The estimated 6,000 submissions are judged by members of the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals, an international organization of several thousand marketing, advertising and communication professionals, looking for digital, print, video, and social campaigns and materials that exceed a level of excellence in each category. The Platinum Award is given to top submissions in the competition; only 17 percent of submissions win this coveted award. The Gold Award is given to submissions that exceed industry standards.
“We’re honored to receive these accolades,” said Megan Suardini, vice president of marketing and communications. “We’re excited to continue to produce award-winning materials to showcase the city of Milwaukee.”
The winning VISIT Milwaukee submissions, along with the other winners in the competition, can be found at www.hermesawards.com.
Celebrating 50 years in 2017, VISIT Milwaukee is the Greater Milwaukee area’s convention & visitors bureau, marketing the destination as a top choice for business, convention, and leisure travel to national and international visitors to increase the economic impact of tourism in the region.Each year, tourism supports over 50,000 full-time jobs and brings in over $5 billion to the community. VISIT Milwaukee has over 650 members, including hotels/motels, restaurants, attractions, services and area businesses. The City of Wauwatosa, Potawatomi Hotel & Casino and the Wisconsin Center District are strategic partners with VISIT Milwaukee, providing funding support for conventions and tourism programs. For more information call 1-800-554-1448 or visit www.visitmilwaukee.org.
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Under 11’s Triumph at Tournament
November 1, 2014 /0 Comments/in Ghana /by UTS GB
The newest recruits to United Through Sport in Ghana which form part of our new Under 11 side triumphed at the Right to Dream under 11’s tournament last Saturday, 29th November 2014 .
After a shaky start in the first match the players adjusted to the pitch and match format – 10 minutes each side with no off-side rule. The first match ended with a disappointing 2-0 defeat from the opposition and rival academy Right to Dream, but they picked themselves up and outshone their opponents in the second match of the group stage with a brilliant 2-1 win. As the boys found their game, they went from strength to strength for the rest of the tournament – the third match saw the team pick up even more momentum scoring goal after goal with the match finishing at a staggering 5-1 win to United Through Sport. This fantastic score sealed United Through Sport’s place in the tournament final
The tournament final saw United Through Sport take on rival academy team, Right to Dream – unlike their first meeting at the beginning of the day’s tournament, neither team were able to outwit each other to score. At full time the score was still 0-0 and the referee added 10 minutes of extra time to the match, this still didn’t bring results and the game was taken to penalties. United Through Sport started off well against their opponents as they took an early lead, scoring their penalties and saving the Right to Dream attempts; this was short-lived though and the teams were soon tied as they reached the end of the best of five shoot out. United Through Sport clinched the match in the additional penalties added – fellow players from U13’s and U15’s were ecstatic and joined the boys in their celebrations along with the staff members that had accompanied them.
Before the teams called it a day, the presentation ceremony took place with two trophies being awarded – the first being for the winning team and the second being for the best player of the tournament. United Through Sport were delighted to receive both trophies – winning the tournament and the best player award which went to one of our newest recruits, Richmond Asante aka Pedro.
All of the United Through Sport players and staff were over the moon and extremely proud of their achievement. It just shows that hard work and determination really does pay off!
A huge congratulations goes to all of our Under 11’s – long may your successes continue!
The United Through Sport U17’s are competing in their own tournament this coming Friday (5th December) and we hope they are able to replicate the U11’s success from last weekend.
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Patches in action: Photos of SSI being worn by the troops.
Ranger-1972 replied to Teamski's topic in MISCELLANEOUS / OTHER
Went through the list of all the brigadier generals in the U.S. Army shown in the 1935 Army Register without discovering anyone who as commander of the 21st Infantry Brigade in the Hawaiian Division. Did, however, discover that BG Thomas E. Merrill was the commander of the 11th Field Artillery Brigade in the Hawaiian Division from 1934-1937 (per the Field Artillery Journal and his biography), the same years that BG Nuttman was commanding the 22nd Infantry Brigade in Hawaii. The officer second from the right on the reviewing stand might be BG Merrill.
Interesting to observe that, although all four of these generals were combat veterans of the First World War, none of them are wearing the overseas chevrons on their lower left sleeves. Also interesting to note that the CO, 22nd Inf Bde is "under arms" (e.g., wearing his saber), but the CO of the division is not wearing his. Just goes to show that "uniformity" was not very much enforced during the interwar years.
Correction to my previous transmission. Unlikely that the CG of the Hawaiian Separate Coast Artillery Brigade would be wearing the SSI of the Hawaiian Division (and the SSI for that Separate CA Bde was not authorized until 1936 - shown below). The two general officers to the right of the reviewing stand may be the commanders of the 21st and 22nd Infantry Brigades within the Hawaiian Division. BG Louis M. Nuttman commanded the 22nd Inf Bde from 1934-37 (photo below shows him wearing the 4th Division SSI when he was CO of the 18th Inf Bde from 1937-38). I've not found the
Do you have any additional photos of this event which might show the SSI worn by the officer second from the right?
M1895 Infantry Officer Trousers
Ranger-1972 replied to SARGE's topic in UNIFORMS
The Infantry wore both white and light blue as their branch color, depending on (1) when and (2) what article of clothing. From the Revolution until 1851, the color worn by the Infantry was white. From 1851-1857, the color worn by the Infantry was Saxony blue. From 1857-1886, it was sky blue. Once again, in 1886, the Infantry reverted to wearing white as their branch color. This continued until 1902, when light blue was prescribed once again. HOWEVER, white continued to be used on trouser stripes, the linings of officer's capes, and enlisted chevrons as late as 1917.
Enlistedman's Mess Dress Uniform
Ranger-1972 replied to QED4's topic in UNIFORMS
There was a mess jacket for NCOs in the pre-WWII Army. This is a photo of a cavalry sergeant's jacket, dated 1938. Note the small service stripes and that the miniature medals are worn on the jacket, not on the lapel (as they are today). Notice also that the stripe on the trousers (and the color of the sergeant's stripes and the service stripes are tied to the sergeant's branch (yellow for cavalry). Artillery NCOs would have had a scarlet stripe on the trousers / scarlet chevrons / scarlet service stripes. Infantry would have been infantry blue. Signal Corps would have been orange. QM woul
White Army Officer's Mess Uniform -- Ca 1912
Ranger-1972 replied to GIl Sanow's topic in UNIFORMS
Gil - Great early (pre-1928) white mess uniform. Perhaps he was stationed in Coblenz during the Occupation after WWI, and had the uniform tailored while he was there. I managed to acquire the white mess uniform (complete with trousers, vest, and hat) worn by then-Major Otto H. Schrader, CAC. During WWI (1916-18), he was stationed at Ft Kamehameha, guarding the approaches to Pearl Harbor in the Territory of Hawaii, becoming the C.O. from Jun-Nov 1918. In the same purchase, I got his M-1937 dress blue uniform (with the 'pinks' riding breeches & russet boots), as well as his special even
Is this General Ira Wyche's West Point commissioning uniform?
Ranger-1972 replied to riflegreen297's topic in UNIFORMS
Wear of the full-dress uniform was discontinued as the US entered WWI in 1917, and was not reauthorized (as an optional uniform) until 1929. It was worn again from 1929 to 1936, when the high-collar, double-breasted full dress coat and the high-collar undress sack coat was discontinued. At that time, the dress & full-dress uniforms were slight variations on the roll-collar, single-breasted coat very similar to what is still worn today by Army officers. The reason that this officer never upgraded his full-dress coat is that a company-grade officer (2LT, 1LT, CPT) wore two rows
2nd Inf Div soldiers could earn the right to wear the division patch as a combat unit shoulder sleeve insignia from 1968 to 1973 if they served north of the Imjin River (e.g., adjacent to or within the DMZ). In 1973, hostile fire pay was discontinued for Korea. Soldiers qualified for HFP if they were assigned north of the Imjin River during a given month. After six months of HFP, they earned an overseas bar for wear on their Class A uniform, and the right to wear the 2nd ID patch on their right sleeve when they departed Korea.
In the 1970s, Tae Kwan Do was a mandatory part of physical training throughout the 2nd Infantry Division (along with the standard push-ups, sit-ups, and run). At least in the direct support Field Artillery battalion I was in, we had one or more Black Belt KATUSA soldiers in each battery. Soldiers could take additional Tae Kwan Do lessons on their own time after duty hours. Many units had Tae Kwan Do teams, and there was competition across the division. Guessing these two are winners of one of those tournaments. Muhammed Ali made a 3-day trip to Korea in late June 1976, including a visit t
In 1978, I had a female sergeant assigned to the Service Battery I commanded in Germany (1st Infantry Division Forward). She was from the Division Support Command element -- and attached to my supply section. She went with my unit to the field just like everyone else in the battery.
Correction - Lieutenant Colonel John W. Paddock.
Colonel John W. Paddock, Commanding Officer, 155th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, 17th Airborne Division (photo likely taken in the fall of 1944 in England, prior to the division deploying to fight in the Battle of the Bulge).
Colonel Thomas S. Gunby, Executive Officer, 17th Airborne Division Artillery (photo likely taken in the fall of 1944 in England, prior to the division deploying to fight in the Battle of the Bulge). 17th Division Artillery Commander was BG Joseph V. Phelps
The 82nd Airborne Division tended to march to its own drumbeat. In the mid-1970s, the 82nd Abn Div was wearing maroon berets, though they were not authorized by AR 670-1. I (along with three other officers) was sent TDY to the Field Artillery Survey Officer's Course at Ft Sill, OK (target acquisition and surveying in artillery batteries were taught there) in spring 1974. All of us young lieutenants from the 82nd Abn DIVARTY were told when we arrived that we were not permitted to wear the maroon berets while at Ft Sill. We initially told them to pound sand - we were TDY and not assigned to
The 56th Artillery Group (later 56th Artillery Brigade; later 56th Artillery Command) was the Pershing missile unit in Germany from 1964 until the missiles were withdrawn from service after the INF Treaty was signed. The 56th consisted of three Pershing missile battalions (1-41 FA in Schwabisch-Gmund, 3-84 FA in Neckarsulm and Heilbronn, and 1-84 FA in Neu Ulm), plus an infantry battalion for local defense (2-4 Inf with companies in Heilbronn, Kornwestheim, and Neu Ulm), a chemical decon detachment, and a maintenance battalion. To the best of my knowledge, the 2-4 Inf was one of o
Notice on the 6 April 1948 color photo of the return to the Capitol of the national flag which had flown there on 7 Dec 1941, and then been raised over Rome, Berlin, and Tokyo, that the Army colonel on the far right (with back to the camera) is wearing riding breeches and riding boots with spurs. The other officers in the same row on the steps of the Capitol all have on Military District of Washington SSI, and I presume he does as well - though I cannot blow up the picture with enough clarity to be sure. Below is a photo from the other side of the Capitol, showing the officer on the right.
Here is a color newsreel film of MacArthur showing the flag raising at the reopened US Embassy in Tokyo in September 1945. https://archive.org/details/42874MacarthurFootage
Here is a link to a color newsreel film taken during the flag raising in Berlin in July 1945. http://footage.framepool.com/en/shot/356885643-henry-l-stimson-george-patton-flag-ceremony-lucius-clay
On 7 Dec 1941, a Congressman from Texas introduced a motion that the flag flying over the Capitol was to be preserved - and flown over Tokyo once the U.S. had defeated them. When Germany and Italy declared war on the United States, the motion was amended to include Rome and Berlin. This flag was subsequently raised over Rome (on 4 July 1944), Berlin (on 25 July 1945), and Tokyo (in September 1945) - as each was occupied by the U.S. Army. President Truman raised the flag over what later became Clay Kaserne in Berlin when he was in the city for the Potsdam Conference. In this photo (6
Captain Roger Donlon was the first Medal of Honor winner in Vietnam. (He also was the reviewing officer for the annual parade of the 1st Junior ROTC Brigade in El Paso, TX in 1968. Back then, JROTC was mandatory for all high school students in Texas - for at least two years. The 1st JROTC Brigade had 11 battalions of cadets -- one for each high school in El Paso. There was another JROTC Brigade in Ysleta, TX -- just to the south of El Paso -- which had another 10 battalions of cadets. Different times.)
M1881 Infantry Dress Helmet
Ranger-1972 replied to ken1967's topic in INDIAN WARS
Thanks -- great information.
Noticed that MG Miles is wearing his old colonel's overcoat in both photos (with 5 rows of braid on the sleeve) and a non-regulation sword belt / slings. He also has a distinctive collar trim on the second photo. You cannot see the cuff braid in that photo. In the painting below of LTG Miles, he has clearly designed his own cuff and collar braid, and his own shoulder knots. In the second photo, LTG Miles is wearing a unique white M1902 visor cap (with just two stars above the eagle, even though he was a 3-star at that point) with his full-dress blue uniform.
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Words for Worship
Skit for Famous UU Women
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By Susan Jhirad
Julia Ward Howe
Frances Watkins Harper
All the women file onto the stage (through the side door on the stage, and stand with shawls over their heads, their backs to the audience).
Narrator: Women in the 18th and 19th century were supposed to stay in their place- in the home, raising children, not get an education, not vote, not work, not to think for themselves about God or life- but somehow Unitarian and Universalist women didn’t always fit the mold…
One by one, they come forward to the mike and introduce themselves.
Abigail Adams: I am Abigail Adams, the second first lady of the United States. I was also a mother and managed a farm. I made homemade bullets for the Revolutionary War. And I told my husband, in no uncertain terms, when he was writing that new Constitution of his, “Remember the Ladies!”
Julia Ward Howe: I am Julia Ward Howe. You probably know me as the woman who wrote “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” but I was also an active abolitionist. My husband and I supported John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry and were strongly against slavery. I also fought for women’s rights, prison reform and education for all. You know in my day, women couldn’t go to college and poor people got no education at all.
Frances Watkins Harper: I am Frances Watkins Harper, a novelist, poet, writer and educator. Some have called me “the mother of African-American journalism” because I wrote and published so many magazine articles. I also fought against slavery, and helped slaves escape through the Underground Railway. After the Civil War, I joined Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in fighting for women’s right to vote.
Clara Barton: I’m Clara Barton. I was a nurse on the front lines of the Civil War at a time when women weren’t supposed to nurse soldiers and it was brutal. I founded the American Red Cross. I was also a teacher, and established the first public school in New Jersey. People didn’t think poor children or women should go to school, but I did!
Florence Nightingale (English accent): So you were a nurse! I’m Florence Nightingale. I was a nurse too. That’s amazing. And I faced the same problem you did, although as you can tell, I came from England and a pretty wealthy family. I didn’t want to get married, I wanted to serve others. I worked in England’s hospitals for the poor- with their terrible sanitation and on the front lines with dying soldiers in the Crimean War.
Lydia Maria (pronounced Ma-ry-a) Child: You know me, I think, as the author of that cute Thanksgiving song “Over the River and Through the Woods.” A nice tune, but I believe I have done more than that! Everybody loved my children’s stories, and my book The Frugal Housewife, which frankly I wrote because my husband and I were having a tough time surviving. But my reading public wasn’t thrilled when I joined the abolitionist cause, and spoke out strongly against slavery. I also helped slaves in the Underground Railway. Later, I founded the Massachusetts Women’s Suffrage association, advocating for the vote for women, and also worked for the cause of the Native Americans having their own language and religion.
Narrator: You're certainly a remarkable group of women. But I have some questions for you all. In your time, all women were supposed to be wives and mothers first. What do you all think about marriage?
Julia Ward Howe: Well, to be honest, not much. My husband Samuel believed in abolition and many other good causes. But he didn’t believe women should work. He resented it when I wanted to work outside the home. It was only after he died that I was able to really do what I wanted, although he died without leaving any money. Still, I had my freedom. He also didn’t believe that women should have sexual freedom outside of marriage --though he believed that men could; the old double standard.
Abigail Adams: I have a slightly different opinion. I truly loved my husband John. He was a good man. He respected my opinions, although he didn’t listen to me about putting women’s rights into the Constitution. I said “remember the ladies,” and he forgot them. And he did leave me alone to raise the children and tend the farm by myself for years on end, while he worked for the Continental Congress, and was Ambassador to France and then President of the United States! I confess, it was sometimes very hard. I felt very lonely. It was really better later in our lives when he retired and we could spend some time together on our farm in Quincy.
Clara Barton: Well, I can’t really comment. I chose not to marry, so that I could do the important work of helping others. Some people thought that was strange. I didn’t. I was happy with my work.
Frances Watkins Harper: I started working as a seamstress when I was 14, and didn’t get married until I was 35, after I had already become a writer and activist. I loved my husband Fenton, a widower with 3 children. But I must admit, I stopped lecturing while I was married to him, and only started again after he died. I agree with Julia, however, that there is a double standard about sex for men and for women. In fact, I wrote a poem about that! It’s called “The double standard.” Do any of you want to hear a little of it? It’s too long to read it all.
All: Yes!
Frances: “Crime has no sex and yet today
I wear the brand of shame;
Whilst he amid the gay and proud
Still bears an honored name.
Can you blame me if I’ve learned to think
Your hate of vice a sham,
When you so coldly crushed me down
And then excused the man?”
(They all applaud)
Florence Nightingale: My parents exposed me to all sorts of reading and study, and travel. But in the end, they wanted me to use all that education just to be a good housewife and mother. My father nearly had a stroke when I refused an eligible young man and refused to marry anybody. But I found my true vocation was nursing, healing the sick and wounded and improving the terrible hospitals in England.
Lydia Maria Child: My husband David was a good man too, and we worked together in many of the same causes, but he couldn’t manage money and wound up in jail for debt. We both had to struggle quite a bit. After he died, I continued my own work, and for the first time, had some financial security.
Narrator: How many of you supported the women’s right to vote?
They all raise their hands, and say in unison:
All: We all did!
Narrator: How many of you actually got to vote in your lifetimes?
They all look sad and shake their heads.
All: None of us.
Narrator: Is there anything you’d like to say to young women today?
All: Yes! Stand up for yourselves, and for others, and exercise the right to vote we all fought so hard for. Get involved. Use your God-given hearts, talents and minds freely and generously.
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Civilians in Central African Republic Organizing Self-Defense Forces
With fighting in the Central African Republic displacing thousands of civilians, some people are setting up self-defense forces to protect their families.
Civilians fleeing fighting in surrounding areas have doubled the population of the town of Obo, near the border with Congo and Sudan - and more than 1,000 kilometers from the capital Bangui.
With Central African Republic rebels and the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army attacking, abducting and raping civilians in neighboring villages, the people of Obo are organized to defend themselves.
Wamba Aniragbe, who heads Obo's self-defense committee, says they create these civil defense groups out of concern for all the suffering, the numbers of women and children who are being killed.
Sorovo Sarvatoriopal and his seven children fled their village one year ago. Returning home, he finds a lifetime of possessions scattered across the compound.
Before the rebels, he says, he farmed and hunted and raised enough money to buy clothes for his children. Now it is difficult. He can not go hunting. He has no access to his fields, so there are no crops to sell.
He is living in a makeshift shelter with his children.
He says he is suffering because he is far from his home. He collects firewood to earn a little money to support his children, and some neighbors have given them corn.
Because the roads farmers used to bring food to market in Obo are now unsafe, former mayor Pierre-Ambroise Takouall says trade in the town has virtually stopped, and food is scarce.
He says there is a total shortage of food and goods. The farmer can not access his fields. The hunter can not go into the bush to get fresh meat. And the shopkeepers can not move around to bring back essential goods. We are stuck.
The International Committee of the Red Cross has been distributing food to the people of Obo since October. Convoys of trucks bring basic food staples and seeds for crops, but Red Cross officials say with all the security problems, most farmers are too afraid to tend their fields.
Uganda Says 10 Soldiers Killed in Central African Republic
Soldiers were chasing Lord's Resistance Army rebels
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New U.S. Congress to Shape Foreign Policy
By Victor Morales
On Thursday, the 110th Congress of the United States will be sworn into office. VOA's Victor Morales leads a roundtable discussion on the foreign policy issues facing the new Congress and the relationship between the legislative and executive branches of American government.
MR. MORALES: When it comes to U.S. foreign affairs, the Executive Branch of government -- the president -- typically determines policy for the country. And under our system of checks and balances, the Congress keeps a close eye on the President's agenda.
But last November, President Bush's Republican Party lost majorities in both houses of Congress to the opposition Democrats.
How will that affect America's stand on foreign affairs?
Joining me to examine U.S. foreign policy and the new Congress are: Will Marshall -- president of the Progressive Policy Institute, which seeks to define and promote liberal politics here in the United States. And, David Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union -- the nation's oldest and largest grassroots conservative political organization.
David Keene, let me begin with you. How will Democratic control of Congress play out in terms of foreign policy?
MR. KEENE: The major issue on the minds of voters was their dissatisfaction with the management of the Iraq War and the fact that there's no apparent end in sight. The Bush administration, from the beginning, said that this is going to be a long struggle. But they didn't have a plan, which you need in a democratic society, to make sure the people are with you during the course of the long struggle. Voters got frustrated, they didn't see an end, they didn't think it was being all that well managed. And the Democrats benefitted greatly from that. The problem that the Democrats now have is that to some degree their base really turned out [at the polls], it was really motivated because they wanted to get them [i.e., the Republicans] out and end this war. And as a result, they [i.e., the Democrats] bought a part of the war [i.e., are now at least partly responsible for the outcome of the war]. And they have some joint responsibility, but they don't have a position and they don't really know what to do about it.
MR. MORALES: Will Marshall, let me ask you the same question. Are we going to see some major foreign policy changes with regard to Iraq and, say, the war on terror?
MR. MARSHALL: I think we've already seen them. This election was not a vote for the Democratric alternative; it was a vote against the Republican record with Iraq certainly being at the top of the list of the problems the public had with the Republican regime in Washington. So already, you had a kind of vote of no confidence, which is why the administration is casting about for something different. So I see a very corrosive debate opening up on the Republican side -- a kind of a "Who lost Iraq?" debate. It has been simmering under the surface for the last year or so and now it's about to break out.
MR. KEENE: I think that debate is going to be caustic across the board. The Democrats, for example, seized on the Iraq Study Group report, which essentially argues that the whole thing that is going on [in Iraq] is the result of Palestinian-Israeli conflict -- that Sunnis are killing Shi'ites in Iraq largely because we can't solve the Israeli problem. And that's going to come to the fore of the debate later on. I think the fact is that the [American] people were and are upset with the conduct of the war. The problem now with the Democrats -- and we saw this in the elections -- is they benefitted from that, but didn't have to say anything. The fact is that if you look at the real conclusions of the [Iraq] Study Group and others is that we have a dangerous world; we have a war that's not going well. And I'm not sure that either the authors of the Iraq Study Group report -- from both sides of the aisle [i.e., Democrats and Republicans] -- or members of Congress from either side of the aisle or people in the White House really know what they ought to be doing and how to get it right. And I think that discussion is going to take place and is going to be overlain with ideological and partisan considerations that are going to make it difficult to come out with any kind of a clean resolution.
MR. MORALES: Will Marshall, let me ask you: Will pragmatism win out over ideology for the Democrats in Congress?
MR. MARSHALL: I think it already has in the early tests. David's right. Both parties are really convulsed and divided by Iraq. I actually think the long knives are out and are sharper on the Republican side [i.e., the debate will be more intense among Republicans]. But there's no question that the left wing of the Democratic Party interpreted the election results as vindication of their argument that we ought to have gotten out of Iraq yesterday. But I don't think that's where the public has been. The public has been conflicted. They don't think the Bush administration has a plan for success in Iraq, but they haven't been terribly receptive to the idea that we should just get out and abandon our responsibilities to the Iraqi people and to our own security interests in making sure we don't leave a situation behind that presents an intolerable offense to the country [i.e., the United States].
MR. MORALES: Gentlemen, we have about a minute left and I would like to ask each of you, beginning with David Keene: What should a foreign audience take away from our conversation today in terms of learning about how American government works?
MR. KEENE: The one thing I always say to people, whether in this country or abroad, is don't look at the results of an American election and conclude that that those results simply underscore what you want them to demonstrate because they're a lot more complicated than that. And I think we're entering into a period when -- if things work out right, both domestically and internationally -- the parties [i.e., the Democrats and Republicans] may be able to work a little better together. If they don't, we're going to be in for more partisanship and more fights over the course of the next few years.
MR. MORALES: And Will Marshall, you get the last word.
MR. MARSHALL: I think the big lesson of this election, Victor, was that you can only get away with divorcing ideology and partisan politics from governing successfully for so long. I think the Bush administration got away with it for too long, principally because of its huge advantage on security issues before this election. But what happened was that the governance wasn't working. The Republicans were spending too much, they weren't grappling with the big problems, they were messing up in Iraq. So this election was an accountability moment.
MR. KEENE: I think that's right.
MR. MARSHALL: It was an opportunity for the voters to say, "We don't think you're doing a good job. This is not an ideological decision; it's a pragmatic judgment. And we're willing to let the other side have a shot [i.e., a chance to lead], even though we're not entirely confident in them either."
MR. MORALES: We'll have to end it there. I would like to thank my guests: David Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union, and Will Marshall, president of the Progressive Policy Institute.
This story was first broadcast on the English news program,VOA News Now. For other Focus reports click here.
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Released Cuban Dissident Describes Prison Ordeal
An international media rights group says a dissident journalist recently released by Cuban authorities says he would have preferred death to continued imprisonment.
A statement from Reporters Without Borders Friday quoted Mario Enrique Mayo Hernandez as calling his imprisonment "psychologically traumatizing."
Mayo said, in his own words, that he "wanted to leave this world rather than live in such conditions" as a prisoner in jails and a military hospital. He described being on constant alert against abuse by guards, fights among prisoners, theft and humiliation.
Mayo says he is still being treated for depression.
The journalist was one of the 75 dissidents rounded up by Cuban authorities in March 2003.
The 41-year-old Mayo had been serving a 20-year prison sentence, but was released earlier this month on medical grounds. He and other pro-democracy activists were arrested in a crackdown on the opposition.
They were later sentenced to terms ranging from six to 28 years in prison after being convicted on charges of working with and receiving money from the U.S. government to undermine Cuban President Fidel Castro. The activists and U.S. officials denied the charge.
Cuba Frees Dissident Jailed in 2003 Crackdown
Another one of the 75 dissidents rounded up by Cuban authorities in March 2003 has been released from prison. Relatives and opposition sources say dissident lawyer Mario Enrique Mayo Hernandez was freed Thursday for health reasons, bringing to 15 the number who have been released. He suffers from high blood pressure and other problems. The 41-year-old Mayo had been serving a 20-year prison sentence. He and the other pro-democracy activists were arrested in a…
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Senate Votes to Reopen US Government, Raise Debt Ceiling
The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday night to approve a last-minute compromise to reopen the federal government and raise the debt ceiling to avoid a potential U.S. default on its debts.
The bill passed 81 to 18. It now goes to the House of Representatives, where Speaker John Boehner says Republicans will not block it.
President Barack Obama says when the bill reaches his desk, he will he will sign it immediately and the government will reopen immediately.
Mr. Obama thanked leaders of both parties and said it is time to earn back the lost trust of the American people.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, and his Republican colleague Mitch McConnell put together the composite bill Wednesday, a day before the current debt ceiling expires.
The bill would keep the government running until at least January 15 and raise the borrowing limit enough to put off the risk of default until at least February 7. In the meantime, lawmakers would negotiate on spending cuts.
Reid called the government shutdown and anxiety caused by a possible default a manufactured crisis that inflicted pain on the country for no good reason.
If the debt ceiling was not raised, the United States would lose the authority to borrow money to keep paying its bills.
The government shut down on October 1 when the Senate rejected House demands to defund or delay President Obama's health care law as part of a spending bill. The president has said he will not negotiate any changes in the law until the government reopens.
House Speaker John Boehner said House Republicans fought with everything they had to force negotiations on the law, nicknamed "Obamacare." He said his party will continue to push for legislative oversight and highlight perceived flaws in the scheme.
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Thousands Gather in New York for Billy Graham's Final 'Crusade'
Tens of thousands of Christians gathered Friday in New York, where the Reverend Billy Graham delivered the first of three sermons at what he calls his final U.S. "crusade."
The man known as America's pastor preached for a half hour to the overflow crowd gathered for the three-day prayer event. Many arrived hours early for a chance to see the 86-year-old preacher.
During six decades as a Christian evangelist, Reverend Graham has preached to an estimated 200 million people in more than 180 countries. He has counseled U.S. presidents and other world leaders, and taken part in nine presidential inaugurations.
Reverend Graham suffers from Parkinson's disease, fluid on the brain and prostate cancer. He uses a walker because of a pelvic fracture.
Some information for this report provided by AFP and AP.
Clinton Honors Reverend Billy Graham at Final US Revival Meeting
Former president Bill Clinton, left, speaks alongside the Reverend Billy GrahamFormer President Bill Clinton and his wife, Senator Hillary Clinton, were among 80,000 people attending the second night of Christian evangelist Billy Graham's final revival meeting in the United States. Mr. Clinton greeted the 86-year…
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US to Conclude Probe into Treatment of Afghanistan Detainees Soon - 2004-06-01
The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan says he expects an investigation into the treatment of Afghan detainees in U.S. custody to finish in the next two weeks. Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Lieutenant General David Barno described the probe into U.S. detention facilities in Afghanistan as a "top to bottom review."
The investigation follows allegations that some Afghan detainees were beaten and sexually abused while in U.S. custody, mirroring similar charges against U.S. troops in Iraq.
General Barno says the investigation should finish by mid-June and that he will act on the findings.
"I intend to take rapid action on any areas of concern," he said. "I continue to expect that all of our forces will treat every detainee here with dignity and respect."
The U.S. military currently operates a main detention center at its headquarters at Bagram Air Base, and 19 temporary holding facilities throughout the country, though some of those are sometimes vacant.
The U.S. military is also conducting separate inquiries into the deaths of three detainees over the past 18 months, but has yet to say when those investigations will conclude.
Human rights groups are asking the U.S. military to allow independent observers into Afghan prison facilities, a request the military declines, citing security concerns.
U.S. forces do allow members of the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit the detainees at Bagram and are considering expanding the visits, but rights advocates note the Red Cross reports are not made public.
The U.S. forces currently hold some 400 Afghans in detention, many in connection with the armed insurgency by remnants of Afghanistan's former Taleban regime.
Attacks on Afghan and U.S. targets by the Taleban and their allies, including members of the al-Qaida network, have increased in recent months.
General Barno says the violence is an effort by the insurgents to disrupt planned elections for Afghanistan's post-Taleban government.
"As the September elections approach, we can expect to see additional attempts by remnants of the Taleban and al-Qaida to disrupt and undermine Afghanistan's democratic process," he said.
He says Afghan and U.S. forces are prepared for further Taleban attacks and are determined to provide a safe environment for the elections.
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US, Israel Differ on How to Resolve Iranian Nuclear Issue
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the Iranian nuclear issue can be resolved diplomatically, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling for the dismantlement of Iran's controversial program.
The two men made their remarks Wednesday in Rome as they began talks expected to also focus on Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations and the crisis in Syria.
Kerry said it is critical that Iran make it clear to the world its nuclear program is peaceful. He said the international community is concerned that Iran not be allowed to develop atomic weapons.
"It is of major concern to all of us that Iran not be able to develop a nuclear weapon. While we welcome, and we do welcome, the change of rhetoric, the change of tone, the diplomatic opening that the Iranians have offered through President Rouhani and Foreign Minister Zarif, we have made clear and we are adamant that words are no substitute for actions. And what we will need, all of us, in order to be satisfied with respect to the United Nations sanctions, to the demands of the IAEA , as well as to our own security requirements, we will need to know that actions are being taken which make it crystal clear, undeniably clear, failsafe to the world, that whatever program pursued is indeed a peaceful program. We have said, President Obama has made it very clear, he will pursue a diplomatic initiative, but with eyes wide open."
Iran says its nuclear ambitions are peaceful. But Israel and the West are concerned that Iran is developing nuclear weapons capability. Iran has been hit with Western sanctions after refusing to halt uranium enrichment.
Mr. Netanyahu said Iran should end all enrichment, get rid of fissile material, and close water plants and underground bunkers that he said are used to build atomic weapons.
"The foremost security problem that we face is, as you said, Iran's quest for nuclear weapons. Preventing that is a goal I share with you and President Obama. And you have said, I think wisely, that Iran must not have a nuclear weapons capability. This means that they shouldn't have centrifuges for enrichment. They shouldn't have a plutonium heavy water plant, which is used only for nuclear weapons. They should get rid of the amassed fissile material, and they shouldn't have underground nuclear facilities, underground for one reason, for military purposes. I think you are right. I think no deal is a better than a bad deal. I think a partial deal that leaves Iran with these capabilities is a bad deal."
Last week, talks in Geneva between Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany ended with upbeat assessments from both sides. More talks among the parties are set for November 7.
Earlier Wednesday, Kerry met in Rome with Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta. The two men discussed Italian media reports that U.S. intelligence officials have intercepted Italian phone calls and other communication lines.
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Kremlin: Putin, Trump Likely to Meet in Vietnam
FILE - President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit.
United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will likely meet later this week on the sidelines of an economic summit in Vietnam, The Kremlin said Wednesday.
Yuri Ushakov, a Putin foreign affairs advisor, said “there are things to discuss and we are ready for it.”
He said the two leaders will meet between sessions at the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum that begins Friday in Danang, Vietnam.
He also said Trump and Putin may hold a more “extensive” one-on-one meeting at some point, but no specific date has been set.
Earlier this week, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Russian news agency RIA if the two leaders do meet there is a “great probability” they would discuss the situation in North Korea.
Peskov, though, said there is currently no cooperation between the U.S. and Russia on North Korea.
Trump is currently in China, where he is making his first visit as U.S. president. Just prior to arriving in Beijing Wednesday, Trump gave a speech in front of South Korea's National Assembly, in which he called on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to give up all his nuclear weapons for a chance to step on to “a better path.”
Trump warned the North, “Do not underestimate us and do not try us. We will defend our common security, our shared prosperity and our sacred liberty.”
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Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump as he ran for president last year, told campaign aides he had gained "incredible insights" from Russian lawmakers and "senior members" of President Vladimir Putin's administration when he made a trip to Moscow in the midst of the U.S. election. Page wrote in a July 2016 email to Trump campaign aides that Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich "expressed strong support for Mr. Trump and a desire to work together…
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Hundreds Arrested at Anti-Government Rally in Moscow
Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Moscow Sunday during a demonstration against Russian president Vladimir Putin coinciding with celebrations of Russia's National Unity Day holiday. According to OVD-Info, which monitors crackdowns on demonstrations, 360 people had been arrested in demonstrations across the country by 5pm on Sunday. Moscow police had put the figure in the capital at 260. Tass news agency said that many protesters in Moscow had knives and…
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Hungary Welcomes EU’s First Chinese University Campus
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WHO: SARS-Like Illness Surfaces in Qatari Man
The World Health Organization says a Qatari man is critically ill in a London hospital after displaying symptoms similar to the deadly SARS virus.
In a statement Monday, WHO representatives said the 49-year-old unnamed patient was suffering from acute respiratory infection and kidney failure.
A 60-year-old Saudi national died from a similar virus earlier this year.
WHO officials say that the current patient first showed symptoms on September 3 after a trip to Saudi Arabia. Four days later, he was admitted to an intensive care unit in Doha. On September 11, he was transferred to Britain by air ambulance where he underwent laboratory testing.
At this point, the WHO is not recommending any travel restrictions. The source of the infection remains unknown.
During an earlier SARS outbreak in Asia, travel restrictions were imposed.
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Truck Explosion Kills One, Closes Hwy 278
Jesse EvansMarch 27, 2019
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According to the Arkansas State Police, an explosion of a truck carrying ammonium nitrate on Highway 278 Wednesday morning resulted in the death of one man, the closure of the highway and the evacuation of local residents in Ouachita County.
The explosion occurred shortly after 6:40 a.m. According to the State Police, local fire departments were dispatched at about 6:40 a.m. to Highway 278 near the intersection with Highway 57, west of Camden and east of the Ouachita/Nevada County line. The initial call was for a commercial truck with its brakes on fire. The call reported that the driver was attempting to extinguish the fire.
Firefighters first on scene reportedly began evacuating residents in the area and saw the driver return to the truck just before it exploded. The explosion resulted in the driver’s death and injuries to three firefighters.
The Arkansas Department of Transportation advised that Highway 278 will remain closed in the area until further notice due to a 15 foot deep crater caused by the explosion which extends all the way across the highway.
The State Police sent remains recovered from the site to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for positive identification but suspect that the victim was Randall McDougal, 63, of El Dorado.
The State Police said McDougal was employed by Blann Trucking Company of Hampton, which owned the truck that exploded. McDougal was reportedly transporting the ammonium nitrate from El Dorado to Texarkana.
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With Sysmax products managing competency and compliance at every level, companies can create a positive health and safety culture.
The UK has a strong health and safety culture in the workplace. Legislation covers the broader aspects of occupational health and safety, as well as the specifics of reporting accidents and incidents at work. Of course, this is sometimes parodied in certain media outlets as 'health and safety gone mad'. But the reality is that managing risks really does save lives. Competency and compliance management feeds through to health and safety at every level. In this blog, we're going to take a closer look at how Sysmax products can help improve the health and safety culture when it comes to looking after staff health and broader public safety.
Workplace injuries and ill-health in the UK: a snapshot
A starting point for understanding UK health and safety is the statistics on workplace injuries and ill-health from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Latest available HSE workplace injury figures are for 2018-19, when 147 workers died at work (up from 144 in 2017-18). As for non-fatal injuries, there are two sources of information. The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) is a self-reporting system which logged 69,208 injuries in 2018-19 (down from 71,062 injuries in 2017-18). But the broader measure in the Labour Force Survey showed 581,000 injuries (up from 555,000 in 2017-18). Of non-fatal injuries, 37% were slips, trips and falls, while handling, lifting and carrying accounted for 20%. Together, non-fatal workplace injuries caused the loss of an estimated 4.7 million working days across 2018-19.
The effects of ill health are even more striking. Figures show 1.4 million working people suffering from a work-related illness in 2018-19. Of these, just under half a million were new diagnoses within the year. Stress, anxiety or depression accounted for 44% of the total, with musculoskeletal disorders accounting for a further 37%. As a result, an estimated 23.5 million working days were lost due to work-related ill-health during 2018-19.
Failure to protect workers is a costly business
The UK’s robust health and safety legislation has reduced the number of accidents in recent years. Under sentencing guidelines tightened up in 2016, fines imposed on UK companies for health and safety breaches were £54.5 million during 2018-19. A sliding scale of fines is designed to ensure an impact on their bottom line proportionate to the company's size. Companies with a turnover of more than £50 million can now be fined up to £20 million in cases of corporate manslaughter. In the most severe cases, the legislation now also allows for directors to face custodial sentences of up to life imprisonment. Fines are having an effect; enforcement authorities issued fewer notices of legislative breaches to employers in 2018-19.
Yet despite the improvements, workplace accidents and newly diagnosed illness cost the UK economy massively. The HSE estimates these costs in 2018-19 at £15.0 billion. This covers both ‘human’ costs (impacts on individuals’ quality of life, or loss of life), and ‘financial’ costs (loss of production and healthcare costs). Ill-health accounts for two-thirds of this cost. Despite injuries accounting for a greater proportion of breaches, ill-health results in more time off work on average, driving higher costs.
Creating a positive health and safety culture
When it comes to health and safety, best practice relies on a positive culture, where employers protect their staff properly and can potentially save their lives. Anecdotally, we know that many workers believe their company puts productivity above health and safety. In these same businesses, management may see things differently. So, if you haven't got the right culture, compliance can be difficult to achieve. A starting point for a positive health and safety culture must centre on assessing risks and understanding current safety management systems. If you don't get these things right, you’re not going to have sufficient risk mitigation in place to reflect reality. However well-framed health and safety policies may be, a poor understanding of risk fundamentally undermines health and safety practice.
And it’s not just major hazard industries that need to be concerned about safety culture; every industry sector needs an effective safety culture. By making safety an asset, rather than a liability, companies can bring positive, demonstrable results throughout their business. Much of this comes down to clear lines of responsibility. But it also comes down to openness, regular review, and learning from the process to get buy-in for health and safety culture at every level.
Step forward, Sysmax products
With the suite of Sysmax products behind them, companies can create that positive health and safety culture by managing competency and compliance. Matching skills and experience within and across teams ensures that everyone is doing their job safely to the best of their abilities. It may be established employees demonstrating that they can continue to act in a role they've held for a while. Or it may be ensuring that new inductees to a company are rapidly trained as safe and competent in all the processes they use on a daily basis. What's more, as individuals get recognised for their skills and experience, it promotes staff wellbeing too. For companies serious about health and safety, Sysmax can help.
To find out more about how Sysmax products can contribute to a positive health and safety culture, contact one of the team today.
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Peter is the founder and CEO of Sysmax, a market-leader in the areas of compliance, performance improvement and competency management. He has more than 35 years’ experience working with global leaders in high-risk industries such and oil and gas extraction. Peter’s focus is on driving performance improvement though analysis of business compliance and staff competency, including risk analysis, high technology engineering and value development. He works with clients to ensure they make the most of the opportunities inherent with the Sysmax suite
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Cognitive therapy treatment for my depression
My theory on the evolution of multicellularity
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I... I’m quite involved in evolution and I have a model about the evolution of multicellularity, which is published. It’s never been quoted by anyone ever. And it’s quite a nice model, which I can tell you. Do tell us. So single cells were doing very well; why did multicellularity evolve? And my model is, that what happened is that the cell divided and something went wrong and instead of the cells dividing, they stuck together, so they went around as a clump and they went on dividing and some fell off. What advantages did they have? What was the selective advantage? There was one. In hard times when there was no food for these cells to eat, the cells could eat each other. And that’s the origin of multicellularity; the egg is the cell that is fed by other cells. What women are for, are to feed the egg. I think it’s a nice model, but it’s never been quoted by anyone other than myself.
Born in South Africa on October 19 1929, Lewis Wolpert CBE FRS FRSL is a developmental biologist, author, and broadcaster. He was educated at the University of Witwatersrand (BSc), Imperial College London, and at King's College London (PhD). He is currently Emeritus Professor of Biology as applied to medicine in the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology at University College London. In addition to his scientific and research publications, he has written about his own experience of clinical depression in Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression (1999).
Title: My theory on the evolution of multicellularity
Listeners: Eleanor Lawrence
Eleanor Lawrence is a freelance science writer and editor, and co-author of Longman Dictionary of Environmental Science.
Tags: evolution, multicellularity, cell division, ovum
Duration: 1 minute, 10 seconds
Date story recorded: April 2010
Date story went live: 14 June 2010
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Damien Francois
Graduated in 2002 from Joseph Fourier University with a Master in Science, Technology, and Health, the first career of Damien Francois was sport teacher in the French Alp area. In 2006, he started to study glass and ceramics at the Folk High School of Engelshom in Denmark, and then 3 years at The Danish Design School, Center for Glass and Ceramics on Bornholm; where he graduated in 2010 with a BA in Glass.
In 2009, he undertook 3 months internship at RISD with the artist Chris Taylor. He went to Pilchuck glass school as Student, T.A and Staff member. Since 2006 he has worked as assistant for several glass artists, in Denmark, USA, Iceland, Germany and France. Now based in Copenhagen, he is one of the 6 members of the shared glass workshop Luftkraft Glasstudie.
Damien’s work is primarily driven by responses of material experimentations. Based on the exploration and the exploitation of the multitude possibilities that glass offers, his work aims to approach issues of perplexity and uncertainty. He is interested in the unfamiliar side of the glass’s characteristics.
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Join us for this Wheaton Conversations event with vanessa german about the importance of making space for creativity, the meaning of colors and material culture, and the healing power of art. vanessa german is a visual and performance artist based in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Homewood. She is known for her “power figure” sculptures of black female figures, three-dimensional collages adorned with tangible found materials, and the intangible power of art and love. A member of our Emanation 2017 cohort of invited artists, she worked with WheatonArts’ Glass Studio artists to create glass pieces for inclusion in her sculptures. The project’s resulting work, The Parade of Wonder Against the Myth of Certainty, or, How Not to Die of Lies, was a powerful installation that spoke to the grief for murdered black children, the healing power of community, strength found in compassion and vulnerability, and the holding of past, present, and future in black bodies.
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Is Kneeling During the National Anthem a Constitutional Right?
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Take a Knee to Take a Stance: Can Athletes Do This?
Colin Kaepernick paved the way for professional athletes who aren’t happy with the state of the nation to make their voices heard. Racial inequalities and injustices throughout the US have ignited players to exercise their First Amendment right to free speech by kneeling during the national anthem.
As a reminder, the First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
There are no set rules governing players’ rights to kneel during the anthem. This subject is an ongoing debate, but no rules have yet been established, and this controversial topic likely won’t result in the enforcement of regulations without backlash, at least.
Although Kaepernick made the brave decision to kneel during the anthem back in 2016, professional athletes in leagues such as the National Basketball Association (NBA), National Hockey League (NHL) and National Football League (NFL) continue to follow his example today. As a result, people across the globe continue to react strongly to these players’ powerful decisions. Many people support kneeling during the national anthem, while others are angered about these “disrespectful” actions.
Whichever side of the argument you’re on, it’s important to remember that all Americans are protected under the First Amendment. However, private employees, such as NBA and NFL players, must adhere to their company’s rules which may include limitations on free speech. There are currently no rules on keeling during the national anthem, but that may be subject to change.
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In surprise decision, US approves muscular dystrophy drug
by: MATTHEW PERRONE, Associated Press
This image provided by Sarepta Therapeutics in December 2019 shows a box and vial of their drug Vyondys 53. On Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, U.S. health regulators said they approved this second drug for a debilitating form of muscular dystrophy, a surprise decision after the medication was rejected for safety concerns just four months earlier. (Sarepta Therapeutics via AP)
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators approved a second drug for a debilitating form of muscular dystrophy, a surprise decision after the medication was rejected for safety concerns just four months ago.
The ruling marks the second time the Food and Drug Administration has granted preliminary approval for the disease based on early results and is likely to stoke questions about its standards for clearing largely unproven medications.
The FDA said late Thursday it approved Sarepta Therapeutics’ Vyondys 53 for patients with a form of Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy. Duchenne’s affects about 1 in every 3,600 boys in the U.S., causing muscle weakness, loss of movement and early death, usually when patients are in their 20s or 30s. The drug is for a specific type that affects about 8 percent of boys with Duchenne’s.
In August, the FDA appeared to reject the injectable medication, sending a letter to the company that flagged risks of infections and cases of kidney injury in animal studies. But Sarepta disputed the decision, raising it to FDA’s drug center leadership. The company resubmitted its application and data, and the FDA reversed its decision, according to a Sarepta press release.
The FDA said Thursday doctors should monitor the kidney function of patients taking the drug. The drug’s most common side effects include headache, fever, abdominal pain and nausea. Other reactions include rash, fever, hives and skin irritation.
The surprise approval sent company shares rocketing more than 36% in trading Friday. But some Wall Street analysts said the approval suggests loosening standards at the agency.
“The abruptness of the decision making at the agency does not inspire confidence, in our view,” analyst Debjit Chattopadhyay wrote in a note to investors.
It’s the second time a Sarepta drug has followed an unusual path to approval. In 2016, FDA leaders cleared the company’s first muscular dystrophy drug, overruling agency reviewers who said there was little evidence it worked. The decision also followed an intense lobbying campaign by patients’ families, politicians and physicians. Agency critics suggested the FDA may have bowed to outside pressure.
Vyondys received “accelerated approval” based on preliminary results showing it boosts a protein that aids the growth of muscle fibers. But the drug has not yet been shown to improve patients’ mobility or health. The FDA is requiring Sarepta to conduct followup studies on those measures for both drugs. If the company fails to show the drugs help patients, the FDA can withdraw approval — though it rarely does so.
The follow-up study for Vyondys is due by 2024. The drug will cost $300,000 per year for the typical patient — a child weighing 44 pounds, the company said. That’s the same price as Sarepta’s earlier drug.
Analysts said the unexpected decision could bode well for other experimental drugs with questionable study results, including a closely watched drug Alzheimer’s drug that will soon come before the agency.
The drug’s developers reported results in October suggesting their medication could be the first to slow mental decline in Alzheimer’s. But many experts are skeptical, noting unusual study changes and analyses used during the drug’s development.
Follow Matthew Perrone on Twitter: @AP_FDAwriter
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Caught On Camera: Large Snake Dangling From Overton Park Tree
by: Dave Detling
Posted: Feb 26, 2019 / 06:24 AM CST / Updated: Feb 26, 2019 / 06:24 AM CST
Be careful where you step and be sure to look up in Overton Park. This after several snakes were spotted there over the weekend.
Park officials told Local 24 news some of the park’s snakes moved to higher ground after heavy rains.
One runner managed to capture a photo of both a Rat Snake and a Copperhead right off the running trails.
“I was trying to keep my distance,” said Steve Ballou. “I didn’t want to disturb them because they’re in their own habitat. I didn’t get any closer than I needed to, so I zoomed in on it. When I zoomed in apparently it made it look like a monster.”
Ballou said he uploaded the photos to Facebook without giving it much though.
“This is their natural habitat,” he said. “If you’re out and about in Overton Park you are going to see them. I just never saw one in the tree like that.”
The post quickly started circulating with people questioning what kind of snake it was and how big.
“I thought it was around 7 feet, maybe 10 feet. That is huge,” said Harrison Greene.
“I thought it was at least 5 or 6 feet,” said Tyera McFarland.
Turns out the snake was a rat snake and not nearly as large as people guessed.
“My son helped me identify it,” said Ballou. “It was no bigger than two to three feet.”
Curators at the Memphis Zoo identified the snakes photographed as a gray rat snake and a copperhead. Rat snakes are not poisonous and can grow up to 7 feet long.
“Rat snakes like to go up in trees,” said herpetarium keeper David Billard. “They like to eat birds and move around off the ground whereas the copperhead will be more on the ground. So, it’s more of a rat snake thing to be up in the trees.”
Billard said it’s not uncommon to see snakes in the area, especially with the warmer weather in our area.
“It’s a little strange,” he said. “They typically don’t come out until the end of April. It could have been hungry as well.”
As for Ballou he said the whole experience proves you just need to respect nature.
“This is their home first,” he said. “You’re going to see them. They’re part of the environment. They’re good things. They help control the rodent population.”
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World TeamTennis plans to have fans at West Virginia matches
by: HOWARD FENDRICH, Associated Press
Posted: May 26, 2020 / 08:46 AM CDT / Updated: May 26, 2020 / 11:32 AM CDT
FILE – In this Feb. 18, 2020, file photo, Sofia Kenin returns the ball to Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina during a match of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. If World TeamTennis gets its way, Grand Slam champions Sofia Kenin and Sloane Stephens could be among the first tennis players to compete in front of fans after the coronavirus pandemic prompted lockdowns around the globe. WTT said Tuesday, May 26, 2020, it is planning to allow up to 500 spectators at each of its outdoor matches during a three-week season from July 12 to Aug. 2 at a resort in West Virginia.(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
If World TeamTennis gets its way, Grand Slam champions Sofia Kenin and Sloane Stephens could be among the first tennis players to compete in front of fans after the coronavirus pandemic prompted lockdowns around the globe.
WTT said Tuesday it is planning to allow up to 500 spectators at each of its outdoor matches during a three-week season from July 12 to Aug. 2 at a resort in West Virginia.
The league also announced an increase in total prize money to $5 million this year, $1.5 million more than for its 2019 season.
All tennis events sanctioned by the ATP, WTA and International Tennis Federation are on hold until at least late July because of the COVID-19 outbreak. That includes the French Open, which was supposed to have started its 15-day main draw Sunday but was postponed until September, and Wimbledon, which was canceled outright for the first time in 75 years.
But WTT is not affiliated with those tours — no ATP or WTA ranking points are available for its matches — and does not need to abide by their decisions about when it is OK to compete.
Because of the pandemic, World TeamTennis is bringing all nine of its teams to one site — The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia — instead of having matches played around the United States.
And unlike smaller exhibition tennis events around the world that have been staged without any fans present, WTT intends to sell tickets for one-fifth of a 2,500-seat outdoor stadium.
There also will be an indoor court set up in case it is needed; spectators will not be allowed to watch there.
WTT CEO Carlos Silva said in a recent interview he has been monitoring other sports events taking place to see how they handled health protocols, including UFC fights and NASCAR racing. Neither of those sports allowed spectators at their returns to action this month.
Among the players the WTT said will participate in its matches are Kenin, who won the Australian Open in January, before sanctioned tennis was suspended because of the virus in March; Stephens, the 2017 U.S. Open champion and 2018 French Open runner-up; and twins Bob and Mike Bryan, who have won 16 Grand Slam titles in men’s doubles as a team.
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Schär wins 3rd straight NYC Marathon women’s wheelchair race
Posted: Nov 3, 2019 / 11:28 AM EST / Updated: Nov 3, 2019 / 11:28 AM EST
Manuela Schar, of Switzerland, crosses the finish line to win the pro wheelchair women’s division of the New York City Marathon, in New York’s Central Park, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
NEW YORK (AP) — Manuela Schär of Switzerland has won her third straight women’s wheelchair title at the New York City Marathon, giving her eight consecutive marathon major victories.
After rolling ahead of the record pace for much of Sunday’s race, Schär crossed the finish about a minute off the mark at 1 hour, 44 minutes and 20 seconds.
Daniel Romanchuk of the United States repeated as men’s wheelchair champion in another tight finish over Switzerland’s Marcel Hug.
Romanchuk held off Hug with a final sprint through Central Park, crossing the finish line in 1 hour, 37 minutes and 24 seconds. Hug was one second behind for a second straight year, and Germany’s David Weir and American Aaron Pike were also within 10 seconds.
Last year, Romanchuk became the first American and youngest competitor to win the men’s division as a 20-year-old. He followed with victories this year at the Boston and London Marathons. Hug took the New York title in 2016 and 2017.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Khris Middleton made a couple of huge 3-pointers and the Milwaukee Bucks overcame poor free-throw shooting to snap the Dallas Mavericks' four-game winning streak.
Middleton scored eight points of his 25 points in the final 2 1/2 minutes of the Bucks' 112-109 victory Friday night. Middleton took over after James Johnson’s corner 3-pointer with 3:09 left put Dallas ahead 104-103 — the Mavericks’ first lead since the opening five minutes.
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Our founding fathers even gave us direction as to how to celebrate. John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, “It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance…It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.”
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Police: Woman makes her son walk home naked after getting in trouble at school
Updated: 8:29 AM EST Nov 10, 2016
Brandon Lopez
A mother has been arrested on child cruelty charges after allegedly making her 11-year-old son walk out of school naked. According to Cobb County Police, Joyce Sweetheart Cole was called to her son’s school in Cobb County, Georgia, back in October because her son was in trouble after allegedly bullying a girl. As punishment, she made her son go to school without shoes, police said. Police said that about a month later, the boy and girl agreed to trade candy for a juice box. But when the girl didn’t keep up her end of the bargain, that’s when the boy allegedly kicked her. He was sent to the principal’s office, police said. Cole was called to the school. That’s when police said she made her son take off his clothes, and walk naked from the school to her car. Shortly before getting home, the victim told police she stopped the car outside the apartment complex and made him walk home naked, according to police. Police said the mother told them she made him walk home in just his underwear. Cole was charged with child cruelty and bonded out of jail the same day she was arrested. Her three children have since been place in state custody.
COBB COUNTY, Ga. —
A mother has been arrested on child cruelty charges after allegedly making her 11-year-old son walk out of school naked.
According to Cobb County Police, Joyce Sweetheart Cole was called to her son’s school in Cobb County, Georgia, back in October because her son was in trouble after allegedly bullying a girl. As punishment, she made her son go to school without shoes, police said.
Police said that about a month later, the boy and girl agreed to trade candy for a juice box. But when the girl didn’t keep up her end of the bargain, that’s when the boy allegedly kicked her. He was sent to the principal’s office, police said.
Cole was called to the school. That’s when police said she made her son take off his clothes, and walk naked from the school to her car.
Shortly before getting home, the victim told police she stopped the car outside the apartment complex and made him walk home naked, according to police. Police said the mother told them she made him walk home in just his underwear.
Cole was charged with child cruelty and bonded out of jail the same day she was arrested.
Her three children have since been place in state custody.
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IndyGo's Art in Transit program offers paying gig for artist
Selected artworks will be displayed at bus stops
IndyGo is giving local artists a chance to showcase their work.
By: Cameron Ridle
INDIANAPOLIS — IndyGo is calling on all artists and offering a paying opportunity to have their work on display across Indianapolis.
"This is an exciting partnership with the Arts Council of Indianapolis to bring local art to IndyGo bus stops, shelters, facilities and really showcase some local artist," said Faith Chadwick, a spokesperson for IndyGo.
In the year of a pandemic, IndyGo's Art In Transit program may be one of the few paying gigs many artists have had in months. C.T. Hankins is an IPS art teacher by day and had his work selected to be on display at two different bus stops this year.
"I was actually able to make a little bit of profit on this project," said Hankins. Like many artists Hankins, isn't in the industry of art solely for the money. He does it to make people smile and open their eyes to different views of the world. It's an experience you get through his interactive sculpture called "A bit of me in you." which before being damaged, was on display at a bus stop on Indy's east side.
"We're fed what to imagine. It's very rare that people unplug for a moment and stop looking at social media or TV and they just let themselves dream and when that happens, it's like I'm helping these people have a little daydream, and it kind of feels like magic, it's really empowering," said Hankins.
Proposals for visual arts, literary, and performance-based projects are due to IndyGo by January 10, 2021, and at a time when art galleries and museums are battling COVID restrictions, being on display at a bus stop is a showcase that's nearly pandemic-proof.
"So many people from all different parts of the city ride IndyGo so it's a great opportunity to have your work seen by lots of people, lots of riders and also folks driving or walking down the street," said Chadwick.
To apply for the Art in Transit program, artists must be a Marion County resident and at least 18 years of age. You can submit your proposed idea online at https://www.indygo.net/art/
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Unions stump for big business PQ in Quebec’s October election
Félix Gauthier
In the run up to yesterday’s formal launch of the campaign for Quebec’s October 1 provincial election, many major unions joined forces in a “pre-campaign” aimed at channeling the mass opposition to Philippe Couillard's Liberal government and its savage austerity measures behind the big business Parti Québécois (PQ).
Six of the largest Quebec Federation of Labour (FTQ) affiliates—including the United Steelworkers (USW), Machinists (IAM), and Canadian Unions of Public Employees (CUPE)—plastered “swing” electoral districts in Montreal, Quebec City, and smaller cities with posters bearing the slogan Libécaquiste, Caquilibéral—On mérite mieux (“LibeCAQ, CAQliberal, we deserve better”). The posters show a two-faced head, split vertically, and comprised of half of Couillard’s face and half of the face of CAQ (Coalition Avenir du Québec) leader François Legault.
For decades the unions have politically subordinated the working class to the pro-austerity, pro-independence PQ. And if there was any doubt their current “anti-Liberal, anti-CAQ” campaign is a continuation of this policy, Quebec CUPE President Denis Bolduc was quick to dispel it. Explaining the objectives of the unions’ campaign, he declared their message for working people is, “Go to the Parti Québécois or Québec Solidaire, we are not saying which.”
Formed in 2006, Québec Solidaire is a pseudo-left party that is a junior partner of the PQ-led “Quebec sovereignist (pro-independence) family.” It is electorally competitive in less than a dozen of Quebec’s 125 electoral constituencies.
The unions’ “pre-campaign” amounts to a desperate PR stunt on behalf of the PQ, a party so hated by workers that it could well be reduced to no more than a half-dozen National Assembly legislators after the October 1st election. For months, polls have consistently shown that the PQ has the support of 20 percent of the electorate or less, placing it a poor third behind the Liberals and the right-wing populist CAQ.
Earlier this summer the FTQ published an election platform that declares, “The QFL and its affiliated unions wish the election of a government that is resolutely committed to promoting a system of social justice, human dignity and democratic freedom.”
These hypocritical phrases serve to obscure the reactionary character of the union bureaucracy’s decades-long alliance with the PQ, whose claims to “have a favourable bias for the working class” it long touted, and which it continues to promote as a “progressive party” or, at the very least, a “lesser evil” as compared with the “neo-liberal,” pro-federalist Liberals and CAQ.
In reality, the entire history of the PQ, which was formed in 1968 out of a split-off from the Liberals, shows it to be a faithful and ruthless defender of the interests of the Quebec bourgeoisie.
The union-backed PQ: a pioneer of capitalist austerity
The PQ was a pioneer of capitalist austerity in Quebec and, indeed, across Canada. During its second mandate, from 1981 to 1985, which coincided with a major economic slump, the PQ violently attacked the working class. This included imposing wage-cutting contracts on public sector workers by government decree, threatening to fire striking teachers en masse, and using a record number of “special” or emergency laws to criminalize and break militant public sector strikes.
It was also during this period that the trade unions moved sharply to the right, systematically repudiating any traditions of independent struggle and integrating themselves ever more completely into management, to the point where today they function as an outright industrial police force of capital, imposing factory closures, wage cuts and other concessions to ensure corporate “competitiveness.” As part of this process, the union bureaucracy sought to develop new sources of income, intertwining its interests with those of the rising financial aristocracy.
In 1983, as it was suppressing public sector workers’ opposition to the PQ imposed wage-cuts, the FTQ leadership was negotiating with the PQ government for tax and other concessions so it could proceed with the launching of a union-run investment fund. With assets of more than $14 billion, the Fonds de solidarité FTQ is today Quebec’s largest venture capital firm.
The corporatist reorientation of the unions and the brutal shift of the PQ toward austerity were bound up with global transformations in class relations and capitalism’s mode of accumulation, henceforth based on the parasitic plundering of workers' past social gains and unbridled financial speculation.
Like the contemporaneous Chrétien-Martin federal Liberal government and the Harris Conservative government, the Bouchard-Landry PQ government (1995-2003) slashed billions of dollars from social spending and eliminated tens of thousands of jobs in education and health care. The unions gave their blessing to the PQ’s attacks at “national economic summits,” and in 1999 when nurses rebelled against the impact of years of austerity they isolated them in the face of escalating government threats.
Despite the union bureaucracy’s continuing support, including their establishment in 2005 of a “political club” inside the PQ—the SPQ Libre (Trade Unionists and Progressives for a Free Quebec)—support for the PQ within the working class has hemorrhaged since the turn of the 21st century. For the past 15 years, the PQ has been consigned to the opposition benches for all but 18 months.
In September 2012, it won a plurality of seats and was able to form a minority government, after the unions, with the support of Québec Solidaire and the student associations, channeled the mass movement triggered by the more than half-year long Quebec student strike behind the election of a PQ government.
In May 2012, at the very point when workers were taking to the street to oppose the Charest Liberal government’s efforts to break the strike through savage state repression and the student movement threatened to become the catalyst for a broader working-class challenge to austerity, the unions, with the FTQ in the lead, came forward with the watchword “From the streets, to the ballot box.”
After re-stabilizing bourgeois rule, the PQ government of Pauline Marois quickly transitioned back to social spending cuts, imposed annual hikes in university tuition fees and in 2013 criminalized a province-wide construction strike.
During its year-and-a-half in power, the PQ sought to divert attention from its perpetuation of austerity and to split the working class by promoting anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant chauvinism. In the name of defending “Quebec values” and secularism it brought forward legislation to ban more than a half-million public sector workers from wearing religious symbols, while carving out an exception for Roman Catholic crucifixes
The PQ calculated it could use its chauvinist “Quebec values” campaign to win a majority in the April 2014 election. But instead the Liberals, exploiting disenchantment with the PQ’s austerity measures and widespread opposition to its demonization of immigrants, returned to power.
In 2015-16, mass working class opposition erupted against the Couillard government’s “anti-deficit” campaign. But the unions again torpedoed the incipient mass movement, using the threat of government strikebreaking legislation to prevail on half-a-million teachers, health care workers and civil servants to accept contracts imposing real-wage cuts, pension rollbacks, and other concessions.
What accounts for the growth of the rightwing populist CAQ?
It is this record that explains the profound hostility of ordinary people toward the two traditional governing parties of the Quebec ruling class, the Liberals and PQ.
But because the unions have suppressed the working-class opposition to their austerity agenda, the right-wing populist CAQ has been able to benefit from the anger with the political establishment.
Developments in Quebec parallel those in Ontario, where the Conservatives were elected in June led by the Trump-admirer Doug Ford, the US and Europe. The growth of righting populist and ultra-right forces is the product of the right-wing shift of the ruling establishment as a whole, which is inseparable from the bankruptcy of the traditional “left” parties and the social devastation their policies have caused.
The PQ's recent call for “robust economic nationalism” and the anti-refugee remarks of its leader, Jean-François Lisée, are part of this resurgence of rightwing nationalist politics. This goes hand in hand with the PQ and BQ’s support for the militarist shift in Canadian foreign policy. They are fervent supporters of Canadian imperialism’s participation in the US-led wars in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia and its implication in US military-strategic offensives around the world.
In contrast to the surge to the right of the traditional bourgeois parties, workers are increasingly using their own methods to defend their interests, and in so doing, they are coming into conflict with trade unions and the capitalist state. The recent wildcat strike of Quebec crane operators, and their refusal to return to work despite an order from the Labour Administrative Tribunal and repeated appeals by their own union leaders, took place shortly after the eruption of a mass movement of teachers in the United States. This movement was organized outside the unions, which had to face immense grassroots opposition before they were finally able to strangle it.
Already numerous throughout the world, such rebellions will only increase because they are the product of the crisis of the capitalist regime of exploitation which the unions support and help sustain, but which for the working class has become unsustainable.
In promoting the pro-big business and ever-more stridently chauvinist PQ, the unions are doubling down on the right-wing course they have pursued for the past five decades and which has facilitated an ever-widening big business offensive against the working class and is now opening the door to the most right-wing elements: the systematic isolation and sabotage of workers' struggles; the political subordination of workers to the profit system; and the use of ethno-linguistic differences to divide French-speaking workers in Quebec from their English-speaking brothers and sisters in the rest of Canada, the United States and internationally.
In order to defend their class interests and oppose austerity and war, workers must break with the nationalist, pro-capitalist and péquiste orientation of the trade unions, and take the path of independent political struggle against a putrefying capitalism on the basis of international socialism.
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Luminescence properties of structurally modified PPVs: PPPV derivatives bearing 2-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole pendants
D. Won Lee, K. Y. Kwon, J. I. Jin, Y. Park, Y. R. Kim, I. W. Hwang
Two new poly(p-phenylenevinylene) (PPV) derivatives bearing 2-phenyl-5-(4-tert-butylphenyl) -1,3,4-oxadiazole pendants were prepared, and their photo- and electroluminescence properties were studied. The first polymer (P-1) is poly[2-{4-[5-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-1,3,4oxadiazolyl]phenyl}-l, 4-phenylenevinylene], which is a PPV derivative having diphenyl-substituted 1,3,4-oxadiazole pendant that is known to be an excellent electron-transporting structure. The second polymer (P-2) is poly[2-{4-[5-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazolyl]phenyl}-5- (2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene]. The only structural difference between P-1 and P-2 is the presence of additional 2-ethylhexyloxy pendant groups in P-2. Both polymers were prepared by direct polymerization of the α,α'-dibromo-p-xylene monomers having the pendant group(s) in the presence of excess potassium tert-butoxide. Both polymers reveal much improved electroluminescence (EL) properties when compared with PPV. They emit luminescence light over the wavelength range from about 500 to 600 nm. The external quantum efficiencies of P-1 and P-2 were respectively 16 and 56 times the value for PPV when LED devices were fabricated using an indium-tin oxide (ITO) coated glass anode and the aluminum cathode. In particular, the EL device ITO/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxy-2,4-thienylene) /P-2/Al:Li geometry revealed a maximum luminance of 1090 cd/m2 at the electric field of 2.36 MV/cm with the external quantum efficiency of 0.045%. The maximum brightness of the ITO/P-2/Ca/Al was 7570 cd/m2 at the electric field of 2.80 MV/cm.
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Won Lee, D., Kwon, K. Y., Jin, J. I., Park, Y., Kim, Y. R., & Hwang, I. W. (2001). Luminescence properties of structurally modified PPVs: PPPV derivatives bearing 2-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole pendants. Chemistry of Materials, 13(2), 565-574. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm000794g
Won Lee, D. ; Kwon, K. Y. ; Jin, J. I. ; Park, Y. ; Kim, Y. R. ; Hwang, I. W. / Luminescence properties of structurally modified PPVs : PPPV derivatives bearing 2-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole pendants. In: Chemistry of Materials. 2001 ; Vol. 13, No. 2. pp. 565-574.
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abstract = "Two new poly(p-phenylenevinylene) (PPV) derivatives bearing 2-phenyl-5-(4-tert-butylphenyl) -1,3,4-oxadiazole pendants were prepared, and their photo- and electroluminescence properties were studied. The first polymer (P-1) is poly[2-{4-[5-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-1,3,4oxadiazolyl]phenyl}-l, 4-phenylenevinylene], which is a PPV derivative having diphenyl-substituted 1,3,4-oxadiazole pendant that is known to be an excellent electron-transporting structure. The second polymer (P-2) is poly[2-{4-[5-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazolyl]phenyl}-5- (2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene]. The only structural difference between P-1 and P-2 is the presence of additional 2-ethylhexyloxy pendant groups in P-2. Both polymers were prepared by direct polymerization of the α,α'-dibromo-p-xylene monomers having the pendant group(s) in the presence of excess potassium tert-butoxide. Both polymers reveal much improved electroluminescence (EL) properties when compared with PPV. They emit luminescence light over the wavelength range from about 500 to 600 nm. The external quantum efficiencies of P-1 and P-2 were respectively 16 and 56 times the value for PPV when LED devices were fabricated using an indium-tin oxide (ITO) coated glass anode and the aluminum cathode. In particular, the EL device ITO/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxy-2,4-thienylene) /P-2/Al:Li geometry revealed a maximum luminance of 1090 cd/m2 at the electric field of 2.36 MV/cm with the external quantum efficiency of 0.045%. The maximum brightness of the ITO/P-2/Ca/Al was 7570 cd/m2 at the electric field of 2.80 MV/cm.",
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Won Lee, D, Kwon, KY, Jin, JI, Park, Y, Kim, YR & Hwang, IW 2001, 'Luminescence properties of structurally modified PPVs: PPPV derivatives bearing 2-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole pendants', Chemistry of Materials, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 565-574. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm000794g
Luminescence properties of structurally modified PPVs : PPPV derivatives bearing 2-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole pendants. / Won Lee, D.; Kwon, K. Y.; Jin, J. I.; Park, Y.; Kim, Y. R.; Hwang, I. W.
In: Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2001, p. 565-574.
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Won Lee D, Kwon KY, Jin JI, Park Y, Kim YR, Hwang IW. Luminescence properties of structurally modified PPVs: PPPV derivatives bearing 2-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole pendants. Chemistry of Materials. 2001;13(2):565-574. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm000794g
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Professor Energizes Movement to Obtain Trump’s Tax Returns
by University of Virginia School of Law February 28, 2017
Professor George Yin served as chief of staff of the U.S. Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation from 2003-05.
Feb. 28, 2017 – When President Donald Trump addresses Congress on Tuesday, George Yin, the University of Virginia School of Law professor who explained how Congress can obtain and reveal the president’s tax returns without his consent, will be there.
Yin, a tax law expert who served as chief of staff of the U.S. Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation (2003-05), which is one of the most influential tax positions in the country, will be the guest of Rep. Bill Pascrell of New Jersey during the joint session of Congress.
According to Yin, the law gives the congressional tax committees the authority to obtain and disclose tax returns without the taxpayer’s consent so long as the committees have a legitimate purpose, such as to investigate and disclose possible conflicts of interest.
Ever since the businessman-president broke with the common practice of presidents over the last 40 years and refused to reveal his tax returns, interest in scrutinizing them has run high. A WhiteHouse.gov petition demanding the returns surpassed a million signatures and the issue has arisen at many town halls.
“With the congressional authority, members of Congress can no longer blame the absence of information solely on the president’s intransigence,” Yin said. “Those refusing to exercise the authority will need to explain why they too support the same secrecy and oppose the public’s right to know.”
Pascrell has been an outspoken proponent of congressional action. A member of the House Ways & Means Committee, he sent a letter Feb. 1 to the committee’s chairman, Kevin Brady, asking him to submit a formal request for Trump’s returns from the past 10 years.
Yin described the authority of the tax committees to obtain the returns in a Feb. 7 op-ed for The Washington Post. He explained the law in more detail in the Feb. 20 edition of the tax-industry publication Tax Notes.
“Some misinformation has been spread by those opposed to exercising the congressional authority, so I thought it would be useful to explain the law as I understand it,” Yin said.
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‘Home Alone’ Dubbed America’s Most Popular Christmas Movie
Every year come December, the debate begins: What is the definitive best Christmas movie of all time? While we may never know the answer, we can certainly glean which is the most popular. According to a nationwide poll reported by MovieWeb, America's most popular holiday movie is the 1990 John Hughes classic Home Alone.
The results of the poll were released in honor of Christmas Movie Marathon Day, December 23. Home Alone scored the highest in 15 different states, including New York, Virginia, and Oklahoma. It isn't surprising that Illinois picked Home Alone as their favorite holiday movie to binge watch — the McAllister family lives in a suburb of Chicago. The Christmas caper starring Macauley Culkin was released to the tune of $476.7 million, and was the highest grossing live-action comedy in history until The Hangover Part II in 2011.
The second highest ranking movie? 2000's How The Grinch Stole Christmas. The live-action Dr. Seuss adaptation starring Jim Carrey was chosen by Texas, Louisiana, and Kentucky, among others.
Surprisingly enough, Robert Zemeckis' The Polar Express ranked third, despite the fact that it's actually kind of creepy. The Tom Hanks-led movie was listed in the 2006 Guinness World Records as the first all-digital capture film.
Rounding out the top five is 2018's Christmas Chronicles starring Kurt Russell as Santa Claus, and Jon Favreau's whimsical Christmas comedy Elf starring Will Ferrell. Other popular holiday movies that popped up from the poll's results include Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Santa Clause, and Love, Actually. Crazy enough, two states — Washington and Kansas — selected Die Hard as their quintessential holiday flick.
Gallery — Classic Holiday TV Specials Ranked From Worst to Best:
Source: ‘Home Alone’ Dubbed America’s Most Popular Christmas Movie
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