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Dr. Kat’s List: Mobile Technology Lovers, Tap Your Way to Success at These Five Campuses
Whether you own an Amazon Kindle DX, just got the super-hot iPad, or prefer the newest in ultralight PC netbooks, you can’t deny that portable technology is advancing fast. Smartphones have become more and more popular, with the iPhone emerging as the device of choice among teens (according to a recent survey by investment firm Piper Jaffray). Now it’s not exactly breaking news that teens like gadgets, but did you know that some schools are encouraging the use of the iPhone and iPod Touch to stay connected in and out of the classroom? The iPad is also making waves as the latest education tool, though tablet computing has been utilized at some universities for a few years now. At a time when you can carry what is essentially a mini computer in your pocket, it’s hard to imagine that wireless campuses are still a relatively new phenomenon for many colleges and universities. The expert counselors at IvyWise have compiled a list of five schools that are integrating mobile technology with the student experience.
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
This private university launched a free iPhone application for students, iStanford, that provides a campus map, course catalog and access to information about campus athletics. The app was developed by TerriblyClever, a company started by Stanford students, which was sold to online education management software giant Blackboard last year for about $4 million. The students continue to run the company while keeping up with their studies-talk about real-life experience! Stanford lends its support to budding entrepreneurs and the role that mobile devices play in students’ lives; the university even has a special section on their website dedicated to student-developed applications, http://studentapps.stanford.edu/. To aid students in this mobile computing endeavor, the university is among several schools participating in the iPhone University Developer program. According to a source in the New York Times, Stanford’s online version of their iPhone programming class “is pretty much the primary way to learn about iPhone development right now.” Students interested in a career in technology can take advantage of Stanford’s tech-topia Silicon Valley location. Regardless of how savvy you are with a BlackBerry, Palm Pre, or other smartphone, the Bay Area is a great location to be a student?the weather in northern California tends to be sunny and mild. The campus community is tight-knit and students overwhelmingly prefer to live in dorms, which can be incubators for great ideas. The “Google Guys”, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, famously met while PhD candidates at Stanford, and the undergraduate alumni list features other prominent entrepreneurs, including the founders of Hewlett-Packard (HP), Yahoo!, and the co-founder of PayPal.
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
The University of Missouri has taken a different approach to the popular devices. The university’s School of Journalism requires incoming freshman to have an iPod Touch or an iPhone. Students are encouraged to utilize the devices to re-watch lectures after they attend class. “Lectures are the worst possible learning format,” said an associate dean at the journalism school. “There’s been some research done that shows if a student can hear that lecture a second time, they retain three times as much of that lecture.” Students can still also access the materials on their computers. This public university, commonly referred to as “Mizzou,” also holds a student contest to develop, test and market a new iPhone application. Students throughout the university, including business, journalism, and computer science students, pitch their apps and business plans to university and industry judges. In addition to being the first school to require the Apple devices, the university’s Journalism school holds the title of another first: the first journalism program in the world. The program counts Brad Pitt among its former students, and the university at large has educated the likes of Sam Walton (founder of Wal-Mart) and musician Sheryl Crow. In their free time students like to take time to get off campus and explore the charming town of Columbia, which is full of mom-and-pop stores and sidewalk cafes, like The Heidelberg, a popular student-hang out. Back on campus, Mizzou students head to Buck’s Ice Cream Place, a learning center that is part of the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. At Buck’s, students dish up spirited school flavors like Tiger Stripe or Mizzou Gold, and read up on Mizzou’s ice cream research, like “Release of Flavor Compounds From Full-Fat and Low-Fat Ice Cream During Eating.”
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
This public university is a key place to consider adding to your college list if you’re interested in learning how to build a mobile computing application – the computer science department recently introduced a three-credit course on iPhone programming. A former iPhone developer teaches the class, and students get real-world programming experience working with mobile technology. As a result, local and national technology companies have expressed interest in hiring students that have taken the class. Considered a “Public Ivy,” UMD has many well-regarded majors for students to choose from, as well as a thriving athletics program. UMD also offers “living-learning” communities, in which students with similar interests share residential space, take classes together, and engage in specialized research. For budding business owners, UMD created the nation’s first entrepreneurial living-learning community, Hinman CEOs, where students take part in networking and team-building exercises, attend special lecture series, and are encouraged to start their own businesses (like well-known web publishing site, www.squarespace.com/). For fun, students have plenty of options for the weekend, as the university is situated within easy travel distance of both Baltimore and Washington D.C. The town of College Park is also a great place for students to hang out when they’re not on campus. Students can head to local favorite, Rita’s Ice for custard or the student-friendly Berwyn Cafe for falafel.
Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
Seton Hill recently initiated a new program called the Griffin Technology Advantage, which aims to expose students to the technology they will need to use in the workplace upon graduation. Starting this fall, all freshmen entering this private university will receive a MacBook laptop and an iPad. And no need to worry about outdated technology – come junior year, the university will replace the laptop with a new one, and students will be able to take that computer with them when they graduate. So why offer a laptop and an iPad? The administration’s goal is for students to use the iPad to utilize electronic textbooks in university courses, and even replace dorm phones, by pairing the tablet device with Seton Hill’s new wireless network. This private university is not only on the cutting edge of technology; Seton Hill also offers an award winning entrepreneurial program for women, E-Magnify. For three years running, Entrepreneur Magazine ranked Seton Hill as one of the top 100 Entrepreneurial Colleges and Universities, and the school boasts a 94% job placement rate for recent graduates. The school was female-only up until 2002, when it went coed, and just eight years later over one third of the student population is male. Seton Hill recently created a football program, and both men and women participate in Division II team sports. Seton Hill is a Catholic university, so ministry has a strong presence on campus, and students have many local and global service options, such as the Bethlehem Project (which works to prevent homelessness in the local area) and Alternative Breaks (a service opportunity that takes place abroad during fall and summer school breaks). To relax on the weekends, students take advantage of the university’s idyllic location and go skiing, hiking or canoeing down the Youghiogheny River. To catch up on city action, the university hosts organized trips and students head to New York City, Washington, D.C. or nearby Pittsburgh.
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Got Buckeye Fever? There’s an App for that. Fans of the Ohio State University athletics program know how to use mobile technology to their advantage. This public university has several apps in the iPhone App Store that make it easy to keep track of team schedules, scores, stats and even the lyrics to the Ohio State fight song. Recently three Ohio State computer science students developed a school spirit app in which users can upload and post photos to http://www.osu.edu/O-H-I-O/ of their friends spelling out the letters O-H-I-O in various locations (like the stadiums of rival teams). The Internet isn’t the only place to find Ohio State school spirit?the Buckeye marching band, one of the largest all-brass and percussion bands in the world, pioneered many spirited traditions used by marching bands all over the country, such as measured step marching and animated formations. The band’s famous script formation (Ohio) is often imitated by other schools. When they’re not supporting the team, or attending class, students can hang out at the recently reopened Ohio Union, and on the Oval, the university’s quad. There is a long-standing tradition that says students who can hold hands while walking the length of the Oval (from the main library to College Road, about a quarter of a mile) will be together forever. And there are many potential hand-holding partners – Ohio State is the second-largest college campus in the country, with nearly half a million alumni. Famous buckeyes include children’s writer R.L. Stein (of Goosebumps fame), pop-artist artist Roy Lichtenstein, and basketball Hall-of-Famer Bobby Knight.
Technology is advancing at warp-speed, so odds are good that many other universities will begin offering similar programs based on mobile computing. By the time you head off to college, you might have the ability to receive course assignments, upload a presentation, plan a group study session and check your grades, all while walking across the quad.
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Couple arrested at Tokyo's Haneda airport for attempting to smuggle meth worth ¥1.8 billion
YOKOHAMA - A 43-year-old man and his 34-year-old wife have been arrested at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on suspicion of smuggling methamphetamine with an approximate street value of ¥1.8 billion ($16.7 million), police and customs officials said Monday.
The amount, about 30 kilograms, is the largest haul Japanese customs have confiscated in a stimulant drug smuggling case involving a passenger jet, the officials said.
Kazuki Sato, who runs a pet shop in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, and his wife Natsumi, are suspected of attempting to smuggle the illegal drug in their checked luggage — divided into 30 coffee pouches in two sports bags — from an airport in Nairobi, Kenya, to Haneda on April 4.
Customs officials at Haneda found the hidden narcotics during a luggage inspection and contacted the police.
The couple has visited Kenya multiple times since 2014 along with their 15-year-old and 5-year-old sons.
Kazuki told investigators he had been asked by a man he met at a bar in Yokohama to become a drug courier for him, and had since smuggled drugs six times for payments ranging from ¥4 million to ¥10 million per trip.
The suspect was also quoted as saying the man advised the couple to travel with their children so authorities would not cast a suspicious eye on them.
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Don't Expect a Quantum Smartphone Anytime Soon
But quantum computing could change biochemistry, materials science, and encryption.
By Graham Templeton
Filed Under Physics & Security
Quantum computers have acquired an almost mythical quality for parts of the sci-fi and tech-focused internet because we hope they end up being scientific tools for solving some of the most difficult and important problems in the universe.
By building a working understanding of the incredible new physics of “quantum bits,” scientists are building the tools that could help design a clean form of mass energy production, or even new medical therapies.
A quantum computer is the sort of thing that most people wouldn’t believe if they heard about it in a bar. It’s defined as a computer “which makes use of the quantum states of subatomic particles to store information,” according to the Oxford Living Dictionary, but it’s actually much more complex than even that.
Rather than computing with bits of information that are in either a 1-state or a 0-state, quantum computers compute with qubits of information (pronounced “KYOO-bits”) that are simultaneously in a 1-state and a 0-state thanks to the magic of quantum physics. In fact, qubits must be in this nonspecific state of “superposition” or the quantum computer won’t function. Keeping the qubits in this fragile state requires shielding the computer from any interaction with the outside environment, including observation by the operators of the computer itself, meaning that quantum computers are black boxes. Inputs enter, travel every possible path through the qubits simultaneously, and then an output is produced. Just don’t look inside, though — if you do, the whole thing stops working.
They are keeping up to 2,000 separate particles in quantum superposition, and if you believe some people, coordinating calculations on those particles across parallel universes.
As insane as that sounds, quantum computers really do exist in the world right now. Canadian startup D-Wave Systems has famously sold specialized quantum computers to everyone from Google to the U.S. government, and since Lockheed engineers don’t tend to buy mutli-million dollar computers that don’t work, the news has sparked renewed interest in the seemingly exaggerated statements about the technology’s potential. D-Wave’s machines still can’t be used to run all forms of quantum algorithm, but they could offer enormous speed advantages in specialized fields.
It’s unlikely the world will see a quantum smartphone anytime soon, but the technology’s applications to biochemistry, materials science, and encryption could change the world far more than any consumer product.
The reason for the incredible disruptive potential, as pointed out by Dave Wecker of Microsoft’s LIQUi|> (pronounced “liquid”) or Language Integrated Quantum Operations, is that quantum computers are best suited to different sorts of problems. Among other things, LIQUi|> can simulate a quantum environment so would-be quantum programmers can test their code.
“The main thing a quantum computer does is open up new areas that classical machines really can’t address,” Wecker tells Inverse. “Quantum computers are not a threat to classical machines.”
Consider the case of a 10-bit computer and a 10-qubit quantum computer. Digital computers have 2n possible states, where n is the number of transistors in the processor, meaning that a 10-bit computer can have 1024, or 210, different combinations of 1’s and 0’s. Since regular computers follow regular logic, it will thus take 1024 cycles of the processor to check every one of these 1,024 possibilities. A 10-qubit quantum computer on the other hand, keeps its 10-qubits in a superposition of states, meaning that it can check all 1,024 possibilities at the same time. In this case, that makes the quantum approach about a thousand times faster at the very specific task of checking raw combinatorial possibilities, and the speed differential only goes up as the quantum processors incorporate more qubits.
There are real applications for that sort of speed, today. The furthest along is probably analysis of protein folding, a problem so computationally difficult that scientists have asked the entire world to donate computer time. The question is just how a linear series of amino acids, specified by a gene, folds up over and over inside a living cell to create the complex three-dimensional structure of the final protein, which then dictates that protein’s behavior. Quantum computers have already shown great promise in battering through the sheer scale of the challenge of figuring out the rules that govern this process, and if they’re successful they could spark an unprecedented revolution in medicine.
Additionally, Wecker pointed out that currently, around 3 percent of the world’s energy goes into the production of fertilizer to keep food growing, but the “Haber process” of fixing nitrogen in these fertilizers is far less efficient than the system used by natural, nitrifying bacteria that do much the same thing far more slowly. By applying the sheer power of quantum computers to the bacterial proteins of this nitrification process, quantum could let agriculture take the biggest step forward since the First World War, not only improving food production per acre but greatly reduce emissions from the industrial processes. The ability to study the exact structure and function of proteins could also reveal the exact workings of cellular photosynthesis, which is also far more efficient than today’s solar photovoltaic cells, increasing solar energy output and potentially making the process carbon-fixing as well.
Once we’ve used quantum computers to design these artificial leaves to make all that nice free solar electricity, though, what are we to do with it? Today, there are only three answers: use it right away, store it at a great cost, or lose it as though it never existed at all.
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Many scientists hope that quantum computers could help with design of so-called high-temperature superconductors, which can conduct electricity with literally zero resistance, and thus zero loss of energy during transmission. There are already some short superconducting grid cables, but they’re much too expensive to revolutionize the global grid, as a whole.
Thus, we can realistically imagine quantum computers being used to study proteins, allowing the collection of nearly unlimited solar energy on the sands of the Sahara Desert, and then being used to study materials, allowing that energy to be sold in Reykjavik, or Moscow, or Orange County.
But revolutionizing medicine and power production is just the beginning — quantum computers could be the most disruptive technology to national security since nuclear weapons. The reason is that virtually all of modern security is ultimately based on the simple computational difficulty of factoring large numbers. This is the mathematical shield that protects everything from Facebook messages to the U.S. power grid, and quantum computers are perfectly suited to blowing past it.
The National Security Agency headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland.
That’s why quantum computers are rumored to be at the heart of secret government surveillance plans that can read the unprotected communications of everyone — because someday, they really could be. A factoring problem that might take a modern computer centuries to complete could theoretically be solved by a quantum computer in a matter of seconds.
Google's campus.
Right now, the most advanced quantum computers are coming from Google and IBM, but they don’t incorporate enough qubits to be used for this purpose. On the other hand, D-Wave’s 2000 qubit computer is more than big enough, but it uses a more limited approach called quantum annealing, which can’t execute the factoring algorithm that could end all of modern computer security. This means that it’s unlikely the NSA has really managed to use quantum computers for that purpose, but it’s a foregone conclusion that they’re trying to develop annealing algorithms that could be.
If the FBI had had a working quantum code-breaking machine during and after its infamous Apple encryption showdown, negotiation would have been totally unnecessary, and there wouldn’t have been a thing Apple could have done to stop the FBI from taking whatever it liked. Quantum computers have such enormous potential to break encryption that just the possibility of quantum machines has led to the formation of an all-new area of mathematics called “post-quantum cryptography,” focused on finding algorithms efficient enough to be used every day that could nonetheless offer protection against the power of a quantum machine.
D-Wave’s newest model of limited quantum computer goes for a cool $15 million, however, and with price-tags like that there just aren’t a lot of units available to study. Thankfully, IBM is making access to its IBM Q prototype available over the cloud, and Wecker’s own LIQUi|> project features a quantum computer simulator that allows researchers to run their code, though only at normal speeds. It doesn’t provide the incredible speed benefits of a real quantum computer, but it does let you check to see if your code will work on one.
Remember, whenever hype for quantum computers crosses from their problem-solving applications to their potential in consumer electronics: the most powerful quantum computer in the world today can’t even run a copy of Pong. The potential speed of a quantum computer could be literally unimaginable — but only where it best applies.
All this means that, even in the mid- and long-term future, quantum computers might not replace the processor in your phone, not even through the cloud. Rather, Wecker envisions a role not unlike that for GPUs. “Since the quantum computer will most likely be a co-processor, it’s probable that the O/S will really reside on the classical machine that runs it.” What will be key is developing the breadth of software necessary to fully exploit this hybrid environment.
“This is why we made [LIQUi|>] available to everyone. We’re hoping that lots of people getting a chance to program a quantum computer (even in simulation) will lead to breakthroughs in fundamental algorithms.”
Much like the current rise of neuromorphic computers, the coming rise of quantum computing won’t so much supplant existing computers as supplement them. Neuromorphic computers will take some of the jobs that tax classical computers, like machine learning, while quantum computers will take others, like mass sorting and brute force possibility checking. This leaves classical computers to do the things they do best: linear math, and the execution of ordered, unchanging commands. They could even find a permanent place running slow, limited, but above-all transparent simulations of quantum computers, letting coders openly check their algorithms before they enter the quantum box.
So, leave the conspiracy theories at the door — they really aren’t necessary to find a truly bizarre and exciting area of research. We might never get a quantum-speed game engine, or even a Windows Q, but if quantum computers can solve some of the most pressing problems in science and engineering today, they could change the world far more fundamentally than that.
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The $35,000 Tesla Model 3 Is Here: Could Elon Musk Launch a $25,000 EV?
By Mike Brown
Filed Under Innovation, Cars, Electric Cars, Elon Musk, Sustainable Energy & Tesla Model 3
Tesla has achieved its goal of launching a $35,000 electric vehicle, but its prices could still go even lower. The Model 3, the firm’s cheapest-ever car, is part of a plan outlined in 2016 to reach more consumers and help transition the world to sustainable energy. While the ultra-cheap iteration launched last month opens electric cars to a mass market price point, CEO Elon Musk has suggested in the past that the company could go even lower.
“For us to get to a $25,000 car, that’s something we could do but it’s probably, if we work really hard, maybe we could do that in three years, four years,” Musk told YouTuber Marques “MKBHD” Brownlee in August 2018. Brownlee noted that most consumers trade in a Toyota Prius to purchase a Tesla, but with a price tag near the $20,000 mark for the 2019 model, there’s still a pretty wide gap between the two companies’ vehicles.
Beyond the range — the base-level Model 3 only drives for 220 miles per charge, compared to 310 miles for the higher-end versions — Tesla had to make a number of cutbacks to even reach $35,000 in the first place. It has cheaper seats, manual adjustment, basic audio, no garage door opener, and no smartphone holder. But Musk is clearly passionate about not only building a successful car company, but truly moving the needle away from fossil fuels, which he has described in the past as the “dumbest experiment in human history.”
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“If anyone can do it, it will be Tesla.”
The main issue with reaching that $25,000 price point will be the battery cost, but technology is moving fast. A 60 kilowatt-hour battery, similar to the one currently found in the $40,000 mid-range Tesla Model 3, would have cost around $40,000 in 2013. A 100 kilowatt-hour battery, like the one currently found in the $79,000 Tesla Model S, would have cost around $18,000 in 2018. Shiv Patel, a research analyst with ABI Research, tells Inverse that a $25,000 car would likely require a $5,000 battery, “which may be overly ambitious over a three-to-four year period.”
“However, I do think that if anyone can do it, it will be Tesla,” Patel says. “Tesla is a world leader in battery technology meaning the cost of its battery as a cost per [kilowatt-hour] is among the lowest in the industry and it now is only one of a few companies that has significant scale on its battery production. Furthermore, Tesla also operates a unique supply chain compared to the rest of the automotive industry, where large parts of production are in-house, thereby reducing potential production costs.”
Tesla's planned finished Gigafactory, which produces batteries for the firm.
The key figure that experts are looking at is the price per kilowatt-hour, and it’s believed that Tesla leads the way. The company stated in early 2016 that it had already reached under $190 per kilowatt-hour at the pack level, which means a 50 kilowatt-hour battery would cost $9,500. It stated its long-term plan is to reach $100 by 2020, which would bring that 50 kilowatt-hour battery down to the magic $5,000. Sam Jaffe, an analyst with Cairn Energy Research Advisors, claimed in December 2018 that Tesla has likely reached $116. Other electric car makers, Jaffe stated, are likely around $146. That places Tesla in a strong position to reach even lower prices.
“I wouldn’t expect it from Tesla for at least five years,” Sam Abuelsamid, senior analyst for Navigant Research, tells Inverse. “However, I do expect other manufacturers to have offerings in that price range sooner including Volkswagen which has promised that its upcoming ID hatchback (launching later this year) will be price comparably to the Golf. However, VW will likely be taking a loss on that car for several years, but they can afford to subsidize it with other more profitable models.”
Musk deflected questions about battery prices in a January earnings call, describing it as a “highly proprietary number.” However, Musk went on to add that “we do think we have the best costs in the world.” Tesla has also made some interesting moves in underlying technology, acquiring Maxwell Technologies for $218 million last month, a firm that claims it can make denser batteries than ever.
The company may be focused on building 500,000 cars in 2019, but it could pale in comparison to the demand spurred by a $25,000 car. It’s all about the big battery under the hood.
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The Lost Decade: Lessons From Japan's Real Estate Crisis
By Barry Nielsen
Free markets economies are subject to cycles. Economic cycles consist of fluctuating periods of economic expansion and contraction as measured by a nation's gross domestic product (GDP). The length of economic cycles (periods of expansion vs. contraction) can vary greatly. The traditional measure of an economic recession is two or more consecutive quarters of falling gross domestic product. There are also economic depressions, which are extended periods of economic contraction such as the Great Depression of the 1930s.
From 1991 through 2001, Japan experienced a period of economic stagnation and price deflation known as "Japan's Lost Decade." While the Japanese economy outgrew this period, it did so at a pace that was much slower than other industrialized nations. During this period, the Japanese economy suffered from both a credit crunch and a liquidity trap. In this article we'll define and discuss the meanings of these terms, and draw upon "Japan's Lost Decade" for examples.
Japan's Lost Decade
Japan's economy was the envy of the world in the 1980s - it grew at an average annual rate (as measured by GDP) of 3.89% in the 1980s, compared to 3.07% in the United States (according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis). But Japan's economy ran into troubles in the 1990s. From 1991 to 2003, the Japanese economy, as measured by GDP, grew only 1.14% annually, well below that of other industrialized nations ("The Causes of Japan's Lost Decade" by Charles Yuji Horioka. Japan & The World Economy, June 2006). We'll look at the causes of Japan's slow growth in the following sections, but it's worth mentioning here that the slow growth started in 1989 with the bursting of a couple bubbles.
Japan's equity and real estate bubbles burst starting in the fall of 1989. Equity values plunged 60% from late 1989 to August 1992, while land values dropped throughout the 1990s, falling an incredible 70% by 2001. (To read more about bubbles, see Economic Meltdowns: Let Them Burn Or Stamp Them Out? and Why Housing Market Bubbles Pop.)
The Bank of Japan's Interest Rate Mistakes
It is generally acknowledged that the Bank of Japan (BoJ), Japan's central bank, made several mistakes that may have added to and prolonged the negative effects of the bursting of the equity and real estate bubbles. For example, monetary policy was stop and go; concerned about inflation and asset prices, the Bank of Japan put the brakes on the money supply in the late 1980s, which may have contributed to the bursting of the equity bubble. Then, as equity values fell, the BoJ continued to raise interest rates because it remained concerned with real estate values, which were still appreciating. Higher interest rates contributed to the end of rising land prices, but they also helped the overall economy slide into a downward spiral. In 1991, as equity and land prices fell, the Bank of Japan dramatically reversed course and began to cut interest rates, according to "Japan's Lost Decade: Lessons for the United States in 2008", by John Makin (AEI Online, March 2008).
But it was too late, a liquidity trap had already been set, and a credit crunch was setting in.
A Liquidity Trap
A liquidity trap is an economic scenario in which households and investors sit on cash; either in short-term accounts or literally as cash on hand.
They might do this for a few reasons: they have no confidence that they can earn a higher rate of return by investing, they believe deflation is on the horizon (cash will increase in value relative to fixed assets) or deflation already exists. All three reasons are highly correlated, and under such circumstances, household and investor beliefs become reality. In a liquidity trap, low interest rates, as a matter of monetary policy, become ineffective. People and investors simply don't spend or invest. They believe goods and services will be cheaper tomorrow, so they wait to consume, and they believe they can earn a better return by simply sitting on their money than by investing it. The Bank of Japan's discount rate was 0.5% for much of the '90s, but it failed to stimulate the Japanese economy, and deflation persisted. (For more insight, see What does deflation mean to investors?)
Breaking Out of a Liquidity Trap
To break out of a liquidity trap, households and business have to be willing to spend and invest. One way of getting them to do so is through fiscal policy. Governments can give money directly to consumers through reductions in tax rates, issuances of tax rebates and public spending. Japan tried several fiscal policy measures to break out of its liquidity trap, but it is generally believed that these measures were not well executed - money was wasted on inefficient public works projects and given to failing businesses. Most economists agree that for fiscal stimulus policy to be effective, money must be allocated efficiently. In other words, let the market decided where to spend and invest by placing money directly in the hands of consumers. (For related reading, check out What Is Fiscal Policy?)
Another way to break out of the liquidity trap is to "re-inflate" the economy by increasing the actual supply of money as opposed to targeting nominal interest rates. A central bank can inject money into an economy without regard for an established target interest rate (such as the fed funds rate in the U.S.) through the purchase of government bonds in open-market operations. This is when a central bank purchases a bond, in which case it effectively exchanges it for cash, which increases the money supply. This is known as the monetization of debt. (It should be noted that open-market operations are also used to attain and maintain target interest rates, but when a central bank monetizes the debt, it does so without regard for a target interest rate.) (To learn more, read How do central banks inject money into the economy?)
In 2001, the Bank of Japan began to target the money supply instead of interest rates, which helped to moderate deflation and stimulate economic growth. However, when a central bank injects money into the financial system, banks are left with more money on hand, but also must be willing to lend that money out. This brings us to the next problem Japan faced: a credit crunch.
A credit crunch is an economic scenario in which banks have tightened lending requirements and for the most part, do not lend. They may not lend for several reasons, including: 1) the need to hold onto reserves in order repair their balance sheets after suffering loses, which happened to Japanese banks that had invested heavily in real estate, and 2) there might be a general pullback in risk taking, which has happened in the United States in 2007 and 2008 as financial institutions that initially suffered loses related to subprime mortgage lending pulled back in all types of lending, deleveraged their balance sheets and generally sought to reduce their levels of risk in all areas. (Keep reading about the mortgage meltdown in our Subprime Mortgages special feature.)
Calculated risk-taking and lending is the life-blood of a free market economy. When capital is put to work, jobs are created, spending increases, efficiencies are discovered (productivity increases) and the economy grows.
On the other hand, when banks are reluctant to lend, it is difficult for the economy to grow. In the same manner that a liquidity trap leads to deflation, a credit crunch is also conducive to deflation as banks are unwilling to lend and, therefore, consumers and businesses are unable to spend, causing prices to fall.
Solutions to a Credit Crunch
As mentioned, Japan also suffered from a credit crunch in the 1990s and Japanese banks were slow to take losses. Even though public funds were made available to banks to restructure their balance sheets, they failed to do so because of the fear of stigma associated with revealing long-concealed losses and the fear of losing control to foreign investors ("Japan's Lost Decade: Lessons for the United States in 2008", by John Makin, AEI Online, March 2008) To break out of a credit crunch, bank losses must be recognized, the banking system must be transparent, and banks must gain confidence in their ability to assess and manage risk.
Clearly, deflation causes a lot of problems. When asset prices are falling, households and investors hoard cash because cash will be worth more tomorrow than it is today. This creates a liquidity trap. When asset prices fall, the value of collateral backing loans falls, which in turn leads to bank losses. When banks suffer losses, they stop lending, creating a credit crunch. Most of the time, we think of inflation as a very bad economic problem, which it can be, but re-inflating an economy might be precisely what is needed to avoid prolonged periods of slow growth such as what Japan experienced in the 1990s. (To learn more about inflation, see Inflation: What Is Inflation?)
The problem is that re-inflating an economy isn't easy, especially when banks are unwilling to lend. The great American economist, Milton Friedman, suggested that the way to avoid a liquidity trap is by bypassing financial intermediaries and giving money directly to individuals to spend. This is known as "helicopter money", because the theory is that a central bank could literally drop money from a helicopter. This also suggests that regardless of which country you live in, life is all about being in the right place at the right time!
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Central Bank Definition
A central bank is an entity responsible for the monetary system of a nation or a group of nations: regulating the money supply and interest rates.
Abenomics is a nickname for the multi-pronged economic program of Japanese prime minister Shinzō Abe.
Quantitative Easing Definition
Quantitative easing is a monetary policy in which a central bank purchases specified quantities of financial assets to increase the money supply and encourage lending and investment.
Deflationary Spiral
A deflationary spiral is a downward price reaction to an economic crisis leading to lower production, lower wages, decreased demand and still lower prices.
Zero-Bound Interest Rate
A zero-bound interest rate is the lower limit of zero on short-term interest rates.
Monetary Policy Definition
Monetary policy: Actions of a central bank or other agencies that determine the size and rate of growth of the money supply, which will affect interest rates.
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The Next Big Thing: AIAA and Iridium NEXT Mission Team Launch $250,000 Scholarship Endowment
by David Ovienmhada | Mar 22, 2012 | Innovation, Iridium NEXT, Social Responsibility | 0 comments
Knowledge is the foundation of our industry. Without it we wouldn’t have satellites or cell phones. NASA wouldn’t exist. Nor would spaceflight or exploration. Iridium NEXT, a bold vision for a second-generation satellite constellation, would be a far reaching idea instead of an imminent reality.
From left: Scott Smith, Iridium Executive Vice President, Satellite Development & Operations, Matt Desch, Iridium CEO, and General Bob Dickman USAF (Ret.) of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Foundation present the $250,000 scholarship endowment at Satellite 2012 on March 14.
Our lives today would be vastly different without the benefits brought about by knowledge seekers who pushed the limits.
To underscore our commitment to knowledge and fostering education for the next generation young innovators, the AIAA Foundation recently announced the launch of a new program, along with Iridium and partners, which will award annual scholarships to the best and brightest aerospace engineering students across the world.
We’re working with Thales Alenia Space, SpaceX, Orbital Sciences Corp., Lockheed Martin, Boeing and SEAKR, who, in addition to Iridium, have committed almost half of the anticipated endowment. We anticipate the other 30 Iridium NEXT Mission Team members will be excited to participate as well.
The scholarships will be awarded annually to promising students, including those already engaged in the development of Iridium NEXT through Iridium or partner internships. Each year, scholarship recipients will form the Iridium NEXT Class of Scholars.
We are very excited about this program and will keep the Iridium 360 community up-to-date throughout the process. If you’re interested in learning more now, please click here.
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Project HOPE in Belize: How one phone call brings hope to a family
by David Ovienmhada | Jul 17, 2013 | Iridium 9555, Social Responsibility | 0 comments
When you’re in a remote area away from your friends and family, it’s comforting to know that you have a reliable source of communication. Through our work with Project HOPE in Belize, Iridium was able to provide that connection for volunteers Amy Kogut, a midwife, and Lindsey Zupancic, RN, as well as a local family who was in a dire situation. The following story has been shared with us by Amy Champagne, Project HOPE’s Volunteer Public Announcement Officer.
I had been in exotic Belize for a week, surrounded by an array of new smells, faces and trees filled with plush fruits and vegetables, participating in a humanitarian mission that was a collaboration between the U.S. Air Force and Project HOPE. We were teaching Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) to local healthcare providers. The volunteers and I were enjoying our favorite local Belizean dish, Hudut, which consists of fish marinated in coconut milk and a side of coconut shavings mixed with plantains chunks, when the phone rang.
If there is one thing to know about having a satellite phone, it’s that you never really know who will be on the other end. It still surprises me that regardless of how remote of a location we are, our Iridium® satellite phone keeps us connected.
Midwife Amy Kogut (center) with HOPE nurse (L) Lindsey Zupancic and (R) a local counterpart.
“Hello,” said a nervous voice in broken English. The person calling was a medical provider from a rural health clinic located about ten minutes away from the restaurant. “I’m looking for the midwives and nurses that are here from Project HOPE.”
I handed the phone to Project HOPE volunteer and midwife, Amy Kogut. I knew she would be able to answer the doctor’s questions better than I could.
A pregnant woman was in trouble. During an ultrasound, the fetal Doppler had detected something unusual in the baby’s heartbeat. A doctor had diagnosed the problem as fetal tachycardia, an abnormal increase in the infant’s heartbeat.
I’m not a medical professional, but I had just spent the previous week with the HOPE volunteers studying local maternal healthcare policies and procedures. Any suspicions as to if there was a problem were quickly confirmed when the volunteers left their meals half eaten and immediately headed for the door.
Little did I know, this same Iridium satellite phone would later be the point of contact for uniting a family.
We rushed into a crowded emergency room where we passed by six women in the post-partum recovery room. As my colleagues changed into a pair of scrubs I noticed a woman sitting in a wheel chair with a look on her face that said “anguish.”
I heard her mumble something quietly. Listening closer, I heard her say, “Please call my husband, he’s at work.”
Her husband was in Belize City working in a sugar cane field. He had no idea that his wife and unborn child were in trouble. As I watched her, my heart went out to her. She was alone. She was scared. And she desperately wanted to speak to her husband.
Working with Project HOPE has taught me many things. One of those is that sometimes it’s the little things that can change a person’s life. I wasn’t a doctor, and I couldn’t promise her that her baby would be safe. But I did have a phone. And I could call her husband.
She knew I was desperately trying to reach her spouse. The phone call was short, but as the anesthesia took hold of her, she had a peaceful look in her eyes. She knew her husband was leaving work immediately.
Shortly after the nonverbal exchange of emotion, the patient underwent surgery. Dr. Rosado, using the instructions learned in the ALSO course, prepped her abdominal area.
The newborn was a beautiful, healthy baby boy. The mother could recover with ease because she had spoken to her husband and knew he was rushing to the hospital to be by her side.
There are many reasons to carry a satellite phone, but emergency communications and peace-of-mind are two very significant benefits that can be achieved through Iridium’s always-on, always-reliable communications network. Iridium is proud to be a part of Project HOPE’s humanitarian mission to improve the quality of obstetric care in Belize. To learn more about Project HOPE, visit: http://www.projecthope.org/
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Home ABC US News Two killed after helicopter hits power lines, bursts into flames in NY
Two killed after helicopter hits power lines, bursts into flames in NY
tfoxfoto/Thinkstock(BEEKMANTOWN, N.Y.) -- Two people were killed when their helicopter hit a set of power lines and exploded in flames in far northern New York on Tuesday afternoon. Miraculously, two other men in the helicopter who jumped to the ground managed to survive.
The accident took place at about 4:16 p.m. in Beekmantown, New York, which is about 30 minutes south of the Canadian border.
Video showed the helicopter engulfed in flames and falling from power lines.
According to the Plattsburgh Press Republican, all four men in the helicopter jumped to the ground. Two of the men were taken to the hospital, treated and released.
It is not clear what caused the accident, but Catalyst Aviation, which owned the aircraft, provides equipment and personnel for power-line inspections.
"The helicopter at the time of the incident was working on the power lines or the structure that supports them, and at some point something catastrophic happened that caused the aircraft to crash; that's not been determined yet what really the cause was," Clinton County Emergency Manager Eric Day told Burlington, Vermont, ABC News affiliate WVNY-TV.
The accident took place near a large field and no one was injured on the ground.
"I saw something off in the distance kind of smoking, [and] thought maybe it was a transformer that had blown up or something, but as I kept coming up on it I saw bigger flames and as I got closer I could tell it was something else but you could see people down in the field doing CPR and the victims and everything," eyewitness Heather Porter told WVNY.
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the accident.
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Blackburn-born Steve Pemberton back on the small screen in new series
They’re responsible for some of TV’s darkest creations, from the grotesque villagers in The League Of Gentlemen to a hook-handed clown and a murderous man-child in Psychoville.
Now Blackburn-born Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith are back with a new BBC Two comedy series Inside No. 9, which promises to be just as deliciously macabre.
Written by and starring the pair, the show consists of six standalone stories about the peculiar goings-on at houses with the same door number.
With genres ranging from gothic horror to psychological thriller, the series is, as Shearsmith promises, “undiluted us”.
So it comes as a surprise to meet the talented duo and discover they seem really rather normal.
Life outside work also sounds fairly typical for the pair, who met at college and went on to form The League Of Gentlemen with friends Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson.
“We have lunch a lot. We both have kids in the same school and we live very close to each other [in North London], so we see each other pretty much all the time,” says Pemberton, who has three children – Lucas, 13, Madeleine, 11, and Adam, 8 – with partner Alison.
But the 46-year-old, who will star alongside Sarah Lancashire in new BBC One crime thriller Happy Valley, soon admits that, a bit like the homes in Inside No. 9, things aren’t completely average in his household.
“I’ve got three severed heads in my study which we used in Psychoville. One is my face and head-carved into a pumpkin, which is quite horrible,” he says. “The kids take it in their stride really. That’s what their dad does.”
Pemberton’s children are yet to watch his darker work, while Shearsmith, 44, is also protective of his children, Danny, 9, and Holly, 11, with wife Jane.
“I’m quite puritanical – they’ve not seen anything I’ve done, apart from Horrible Histories. They know I do weird things. I think they’ve seen some pictures of League Of Gentlemen, but they haven’t watched it yet.
“They’ll have a treat, a back catalogue when they’re old enough. When they’re about 25,” he laughs.
Pemberton adds: “When I was 13, I’d watched [horror films] I Spit On Your Grave and The Exorcist. There wasn’t the same control as now, parents didn’t know what you were doing. You’d go down to the video library and get whatever you want.
“We’re a lot more aware of what our kids are doing, and that’s a good thing. But at the end of the day, we watched all that stuff.”
“And we turned out all right,” adds Shearsmith.
In fact, it was their spine-tingling childhood viewing which provided the inspiration for anthology series Inside No. 9.
“It used to be such fun to watch Tales Of The Unexpected or Hammer House Of Horror and just get a one-off story,” Shearsmith says.
The series boasts a stellar cast with appearances from veteran actor Timothy West, Bond star Helen McCrory and Hollywood darling Gemma Arterton.
Episode one sees an eclectic bunch of party-goers play the children’s game Sardines. As guests step one by one into an old wardrobe, the atmosphere gets more claustrophobic – particularly when one foul-smelling guest, Stinky John (played by comedy actor Marc Wootton), clambers in.
There is, as can be expected from this duo, a chilling twist at the end of the half-hour episode.
The rest of the series is also set to be full of surprises, with unlucky cat burglars, odd siblings living in a refrigerated gothic mansion, and a blood-soaked actor’s dressing room.
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Brookston couple's handiwork turns into fine art
“Twinrocker: 48 Years of Hand Papermaking” opens Friday at the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette.
Brookston couple's handiwork turns into fine art “Twinrocker: 48 Years of Hand Papermaking” opens Friday at the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette. Check out this story on jconline.com: https://on.jconline.com/2xiBEZV
Amy Long, For the Journal & Courier Published 9:00 a.m. ET Sept. 19, 2018 | Updated 11:09 a.m. ET Sept. 19, 2018
Kathryn Clark with a paper mold.(Photo: Provided)
LAFAYETTE — Most art exhibitions are organized around a theme: a series of sculptures by one artist, for example, or a collection of diverse watercolor paintings created by different members of the same art club.
On Friday, the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette unveils an exhibition of works that are related not by artist, subject matter or medium, but by the paper upon which they were created.
“Twinrocker: 48 Years of Hand Papermaking,” continuing through Nov. 25 at the museum, 102 S. 10th St., in Lafayette, features 36 diverse works of art from the collection of Howard and Kathryn Clark, founders of Twinrocker Handmade Paper in Brookston.
For nearly five decades, the Clarks’ small paper mill in rural Brookston, Indiana, has been producing custom cotton rag papers for some of the most iconic American artists, including Robert Rauschenberg, Jim Dine, Claes Oldenburg and Sol LeWitt.
The exhibition includes a range of artworks – from photographs of Native Americans by Edward Curtis to Islamic calligraphy, to pages from the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible, to digital “cels” from the Disney movie “The Rescuers Down Under.” It celebrates the care that the Clarks take in their craft in an era of mass-production, and confronts the idea that the essence of an artwork runs deeper than meaning or medium, ideas or imagery, color or technique. Art begins with – and is elevated by – the very tangible, physical materials upon which it is built.
For a print, a painting, or a drawing, or for a limited-edition book, the paper is the foundation. And handmade paper offers the artist an exceptional surface for expression.
“Handmade paper, because its handmade, has a look to it that’s very subtle,” Howard Clark said. “Because it’s handmade, it enhances the image on it, and it’s amazing.”
“There’s just a level of care that’s put into it,” says Michael Crowthers, the art museum’s curator of collections, exhibitions and education, pointing out that working with hand papermakers gives artists and book publishers the opportunity to tweak the size, shape or thickness of the paper or come up with other innovations that would enhance the final work.
“You can go buy a suit or a pair of shoes off the rack and they may fit you fine. And that works for a lot of artists, and that’s perfectly acceptable. But there are times that you want that perfect fit.”
Many in the art community credit Kathryn and Howard Clark with reviving the craft of handmade paper production in the U.S. (Photo: Provided)
The Clarks and their Twinrocker paper mill may be familiar to many. The couple have been longtime members of the art museum, and their business is situated right next-door to the popular Klein Brot Haus bakery, in a former tractor dealership, on East Third Street in Brookston.
But the mill’s unassuming edifice – and its location in the heart of rural America – belie its significance and the impact it has had on American art. The Clarks are credited with reviving the craft of handmade paper production in the U.S.; for years, they were the only handmade paper mill in the country.
Howard, originally from Lafayette, and Kathryn, from Indianapolis, met at Wayne State University in Detroit. Howard studied industrial design. Kathryn pursued an MFA in printmaking, and at one point had the opportunity to make her own paper for a lithography project, unaware that Wayne State was the only place in the country where hand papermaking was being taught, albeit with primitive techniques and equipment. The centuries-old craft of hand papermaking continued in Europe; but the resources – the methods, the know-how and experts to pass that all along – simply were not available in the U.S.
“I never thought that I would make paper again,” Kathryn recalls. “It wasn’t something that I thought was fabulous. The teachers didn’t know how to make paper. They were experimenting, really.”
“It was caveman papermaking,” Howard chuckles.
After grad school, Kathryn and Howard moved to San Francisco. It was the early 1970s, and the graphic arts were flourishing in a city teeming with artists, beat poets and publishing houses for high-end limited-edition books. Kathryn had packed along some of the paper she had made in Michigan.
She landed a position at Collector’s Press, and her experience with hand papermaking – and the fact that she actually had some of her own – caused quite a stir in the city’s art and fine book publishing circles. Handmade paper was available only from Europe, and it was nearly impossible for anyone in San Francisco to get their hands on some.
“These fine book printers were just gaga,” Kathryn says. “It was like, ‘Oh my goodness, you really should do that here. We want you to make handmade paper for our limited-edition books!’ We could see that there was this real need for this.”
Encouraged by the buzz, Harold designed and built equipment, and the Clarks set up a papermaking studio in their basement. The painstaking process – which involves beating cotton rags into a pulp, then draining the mash through a screen, pressing it and drying it, and which includes plenty of trial and error – takes days. One of their first orders was 100 sheets for prints by the internationally known Mexican artist José Luis Cuevas, and it was a feat to make them all of consistent size, thickness and quality.
A short time later, though, following the death of Howard’s father, the couple moved back to Indiana to help out Howard’s grandmother on the family farm near Brookston. Their reputation followed them. And the move turned out to me one of their best business decisions.
If they had stayed in San Francisco, “we would have been a local San Francisco thing,” Kathryn says. “If we’d been in New York, we would have been swallowed up by New York City.”
The interest generated while they were in San Francisco translated into contacts and clients. The city’s best artists, book publishers are letterpress people spread the word that handmade paper was finally available in the U.S.
“They were talking to people on the phone in New York City and other places. They were all saying, ‘It’s unbelievable. This couple is going to make paper on a tiny little farm in a cornfield in Indiana!’ ” Kathryn said. “So, people felt like we could be their papermaker because we weren’t local to anything.”
The exhibition features works from the Clarks’ own collection – books and prints and other artworks given to the couple by the artists and publishers with whom they had worked.
It includes pages from a Pennyroyal Caxton Bible, which was designed and created by noted printmaker Barry Moser and includes 232 relief-engraving illustrations. The limited-edition publication required 8,000 sheets of Twinrocker paper, their largest order.
The exhibition also includes two digital prints from the 1990 Disney movie “The Rescuers Down Under,” the first film to be completely created digitally. Traditionally, makers of animated films give cels – transparent sheets upon which the animation is drawn – as gifts to people involved with the movies. But since there are no cels for digital animation, the Clarks developed a handmade paper that could be used on an Iris digital inkjet printer.
“Each one of those pieces of paper was not stamped out by a machine in a different country. It was made 25 miles away by hand, dried out, and went through the entire process,” Crowthers said. “There are more handmade paper operations now in this country, but this was the first. And reviving an artistry deserves some merit, if nothing else.”
“Twinrocker: 48 Years of Hand Papermaking” opensFriday and continues through Nov. 25 at the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, 102 S. 10th St., in Lafayette. Several classes and workshops will be presented in conjunction with the exhibition, including a presentation of “The Mark of the Maker,” the 1991 Oscar-nominated documentary film about Kathryn and Howard Clark, at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 16, as well as papermaking workshops for children and adults. Check artlafayette.org for more details.
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Gold Spot Price & Charts in Indonesian Rupiah
Gold Prices Per Ounce, Gram & Kilo in IDR
Please scroll down for a full, IDR interactive gold price chart, and also view our popular gold bullion product categories below:
Gold Prices in Indonesian Rupiah
The Indonesian Rupiah is the official currency of Indonesia. The rupiah gates its name from the Hindustani word rupiya, which is ultimately derived from Sanskrit. Like U.S. Dollars and many other currencies, the Indonesian Rupiah can be subdivided into 100 smaller units known as sen. The Indonesian Rupiah is issued and controlled by the Bank of Indonesia.
The price of gold can be quoted in and transacted in rupiah. Although gold is often traded and quoted in U.S. Dollars, it can be exchanged in any currency. Residents of Indonesia, for example, would likely see gold quoted per ounce, gram or kilo in Indonesian Rupiah. Prices may, however, also be quoted in other currencies such as dollars or euros.
Gold Pricing in Indonesian Rupiah
Gold prices can be quoted in or transacted by the ounce, gram and kilo. Due to the rupiah’s exchange rate versus the dollar, an ounce of gold can appear to be quite a bit of money when quoted in rupiah. (As of this writing one U.S. Dollar is equivalent to over 13364 rupiah). A weaker rupiah can make gold relatively more expensive, while a stronger rupiah may make gold relatively less expensive.
The Grasberg Mine
Indonesia is home to the largest gold mine in the entire world. This mine is also one of the largest copper mines as well. It is located in Papua near the tallest mountain in the province. The mine is owned primarily by Freeport-Mcmoran, with the Indonesian Government also owning a stake.
Indonesia is a large commodity producing and exporting nation and has several exchanges. Indonesia has one of Asia’s largest populations, and the nation features a vibrant physical gold market.
Indonesia has a substantial jewelry market, and some estimates put recent gold demand for jewelry at nearly 40 tonnes.
Indonesian Refineries
Logam Mulia, located in Jakarta, is the nation’s only major gold and silver refiner. The refinery is a subsidiary of a state-owned company that is focused on exploration, extraction and refining. Logam Mulia refines gold for several Indonesian gold producers, and sells gold in both domestic as well as international markets.
An additional refinery has begun operations in 2015.
Although it may not be the largest gold market in Asia, Indonesian gold demand is significant and could potentially rise in the future. Unlike many other countries hungry for gold, Indonesia’s gold market begins at the top of the chain from mining to production to fabrication to distribution to exporting. With one of the largest populations in Asia and a growing middle class, the Indonesian gold market may potentially see significant growth in the years ahead.
Indonesia has one of the largest economies in Asia and is one of the emerging market economies of the world. Indonesia is reportedly in the top ten countries in the entire world in terms of GDP.
Considerable investment has been made in Indonesia since the 1980s. U.S. investors got involved in oil and gas, as well as mining projects. Japan, India, the U.K. and others also fueled investment in the country.
The country is rich with natural resources, including tin, copper, gold, crude oil, natural gas and more. The country is a large exporter of oil and gas, electronics, rubber and more.
As the Indonesian economy continues to grow, demand for gold may potentially rise. Not only is gold desired for its use in jewelry making, but it is also desired for its investment value. Further economic expansion in Indonesia could potentially also increase the value of the rupiah.
Indonesia has two commodity exchanges on which gold futures contracts are traded. Gold prices may be determined by these contracts, and may also be influenced by other pricing mechanisms such as the London gold price.
With the popularity of gold throughout Asia, gold may be transacted more and more in currencies outside of dollars. Asian markets may also potentially play a more significant role in the pricing of gold for world markets.
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SPI Lasers sets sights on London stock exchange
Fiber laser specialist SPI Lasers is seeking admission to the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange.
Oct 1st, 2005
SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - Fiber laser specialist SPI Lasers is seeking admission to the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange. At the launch, estimated to be in late October or early November, “SPI Lasers plc” will become the new holding company of the Southampton Photonics group, which includes both UK and US companies. Apart from its manufacturing facility in Southampton, the Group has sales offices in San Jose, Detroit, Paris, and Munich; an established network of distributors; and an applications center in Los Gatos, CA.
Established as Southampton Photonics Inc, SPI Lasers was formed as a start-up company from the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) of the University of Southampton in June 2000. At the time it was claimed that the initial investment of £37 million made SPI the largest university spin-out in the UK. The company built on the university’s track record in the design and manufacture of fiber lasers and fiber-optic components and kept close links with the ORC. Originally specializing in telecom applications, a new management team appointed in 2002 shifted the focus of the company to producing lasers for a wide variety of market sectors and applications. Today SPI manufactures continuous-wave and modulated lasers for drilling, cutting, and welding and pulsed fiber lasers for marking.
The AIM is targeted at smaller but growing businesses. According to SPI Lasers’ CEO David Parker, that growth is exactly what the company has in mind. He anticipates rapid growth for the second half of 2005 and for 2006 as adoption of the core products expands. Flotation will provide working capital. Using Laser Focus World 2005 Annual Review figures, Parker estimates the worldwide material manufacturing or material-processing market at US$1.5 billion, of which approximately half is addressable by the Group’s current product offerings.
“The optical fibre-laser market is growing strongly in response to rapid, ongoing developments in manufacturing,” Parker said. “Given the valuable efficiencies and significant cost savings involved, we see this trend continuing. We believe the next growth phase will be particularly strong, and we see compelling evidence in our current deal flows. Based on the response to our offering by our established customers, we are confident and are positioning the Group to exploit this opportunity.”
To date the Group has been financed by venture capital companies, including Amadeus Capital Partners, Advent Venture Partners, Interwest and Sevin Rosen. The university is no longer a major share holder but still benefits from royalties generated by the company.
- Bridget K. Marx
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Cal State trustees agree to boost faculty salaries, ending yearlong dispute
Faculty union members at Cal Poly Pomona, part of the Cal State system, practiced marching through campus in the days leading up to a scheduled strike last month. The strike was canceled after a last-minute deal was struck between union and university leaders.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
By Rosanna Xia
The Cal State Board of Trustees approved a plan Tuesday to raise faculty salaries by 10.5% over three years, capping a long-running dispute over pay that threatened to wreak havoc on the nation’s largest public university system.
The board’s Committee on Collective Bargaining voted unanimously to implement an agreement that was negotiated by university administrators and the California Faculty Assn. last month. The last-minute deal averted a planned five-day strike that would have disrupted operations across all 23 Cal State campuses.
CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White, said he was grateful the trustees ratified the agreement. He emphasized the important role that Cal State’s more than 26,000 professors, lecturers, coaches, librarians and counselors play in enabling university priorities, such as student achievement and degree completion.
“Investing in our faculty is an investment in our students’ learning,” said White, who led the negotiations with the faculty union.
Union President Jennifer Eagan acknowledged that it had been "a difficult year” for faculty, administrators and students, but she said the outcome was worth it.
“We are pleased that we managed to avoid a strike and come to a reasonable agreement that takes fair and necessary steps toward resolving long-standing and much-aggrieved salary problems for the faculty," said Eagan, a professor of philosophy and public administration at Cal State East Bay.
With salary issues resolved, union leaders and Cal State officials can now focus on other important faculty issues, she added, such as increasing the number of tenured professors.
The dispute began about a year ago, when the union demanded a 5% pay raise for professors and other faculty members. Cal State said it could only afford a 2% raise. White had said that anything more would jeopardize the system’s other important priorities, such as increasing enrollment and supporting vital student programs.
The compromise plan allows for a larger pay increase, but spreads out the cost over three fiscal years. It starts with a non-retroactive, 5% general raise that takes effect on June 30, the last day of the budget year. Then on July 1, a 2% raise will kick in, giving faculty what amounts to a 7% salary increase. A final bump on July 1, 2017, will bring the total increase to about 10.5%.
Members of the California Faculty Association chapter of Cal Poly Pomona march through campus Tuesday to President Soraya Coley’s office.
The California Faculty Assn., a union that represents about 26,000 members, has has put off a strike that had been scheduled for next week.
Faculty union members at Cal Poly Pomona, part of the Cal State system, practiced marching through campus in the days leading up to a scheduled strike last month. The strike was canceled after a last-minute deal was struck between union and university leaders. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
The Cal Poly Pomona campus. The California Faculty Association has put off a strike that had been scheduled for next week.
Soraya Coley, Cal Poly Pomona president, speaks to faculty after a protest march to her office Tuesday.
Cal Poly Pomona President Soraya Coley, left, hugs retired mathematics professor Harriet Lord, who marched with other faculty to Coley’s office Tuesday.
As part of the agreement, the union agreed to double the time it would take for professors to become vested for retiree health benefits.
Union members welcomed the deal three weeks ago with a 97% vote of approval.
“All faculty and all staff are valued and their work is important,” said trustee Adam Day, a member of the collective bargaining committee. “I’d like to thank everyone for their hard work and dedication for getting us to this point today.”
All told, the 10.5% increase will cost the Cal State system about $200 million. But since the salary increases will be paid out over time, funding for Cal State’s other priorities will not need to be cut, White said.
So far, administrators have identified about $68 million to cover the salary increases going into July and are hopeful they will secure additional funding from the state by the end of the next budget cycle.
At Tuesday’s meeting, both the board of trustees and the union called on state officials to increase Cal State funding. University advocates have been lobbying Gov. Jerry Brown to add $101.3 million to his proposed budget for Cal State’s overall operations, which includes faculty compensation. The system lost more than $1 billion in funding during the recession, White said, and its annual budget is still about $135 million below 2008 funding levels.
Brown’s May state budget revision included an extra $25 million to improve graduation rates. But that money was just a one-time boost, Eagan said.
“The CSU needs an increase in permanent and recurring funding,” she said. “We don’t have one-time students. Students recur. There are more of them every year .... We need to restore ongoing funding to the system to be able to serve them all.”
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VIDEO: Newt Gingrich Revelation! Trump WINS If He Follows These Steps…
February 6, 2016 By Peter Johns
“Well, I’m going to go out on a limb and say I think Trump will probably win,” said Gingrich, continuing: “Trump’s great strength is he is bigger than anybody else in the race. He’s done bigger things. He’s built bigger companies. He has bigger ideas.”
The prize in reference was the New Hampshire primary.
Former Representative, Speaker of the House and Presidential candidate, Newt Gingrich – dislike what parts of him you will – provides clear and insightful analysis into the Republican campaign.
Demonstrating the academic analytical chops of the university professor he is, he outlines poignant, yet simple, steps that could sew up the nomination for the leading Republican candidates, especially Donald Trump.
“But, I have to tell you,” Gingrich continued. “I think this recent round by him doesn’t help him. It shrinks him. All this ‘back and forth’ with Ted Cruz is, in my judgment, as a political figure is stupid.”
“People don’t want to elect a president who engages in 7th grade recess name calling. And that’s what this is like. These guys are out there on the playground yelling at each other. It doesn’t help Cruz. But it really doesn’t help Trump.”
“Trump’s great strength is he is bigger than anybody else in the race. He’s done bigger things. He’s built bigger companies. He has bigger ideas. And now he’s just kind of shrinking himself in a way that I’m really surprised by. And I really think it is very much to his disadvantage.”
“I think he probably is still going to win New Hampshire.”
It seems the Trump campaign has already taken note of Gingrich’s analysis here, too, as Trump appeared to turn down the heat on his recent fiery missives directed at Cruz.
On Rubio, Gingrich noted that he has received from strong endorsements from some U.S. Senators, which stands in stark contrast with Cruz, who hasn’t won many friends in the Senate.
Gingrich also commented on how dire Hillary Clinton’s campaign has become. He said she demonstrated a “lack of any ethical framework” and “she ain’t got no appeal.”
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We've seen pictures and videos of the effects of climate change. C'mon accept it. We've even wanted to do something about it. But then.....Well, we all kind of forgot!! Climate change is redrawing world boundaries, and its impact is already being felt everywhere; as sea levels rise, crops fail, weather becomes more and more extreme, and more areas get prone to drought and flooding, more and more efforts are undertaken to show the people of this planet that they're going to have to roll up their sleeves and start working to improve the conditions that our planet is in.
And Google has come up with a path-breaking (well..... almost) idea to show the people the destruction unleashed upon the earth through their popular programme, Google Earth. Instead of focussing on short-term destruction they're simply showing you the effects of climate change in the longer run......100 years to be precise.
So now you can see the earth that your grandchildren will be born into....if you keep polluting the Earth.If you want to see how your country looks like in 2100, try Google's new navigation tool on Google Earth.
Through a new project called "Climate Change in Our World", Google Earth users around the world will now be able to see how climatic change can affect the planet and its people over the next century.
The project, a collaboration between Google, the Government of UK, the Met Office Hadley Center, and the British Antarctic Survey, is explained in two new layers or animations on Google Earth.
One draws on the UK Met Office Hadley Center to show world temperatures through the next hundred years, under medium projections of greenhouse gas emissions, along with stories of how people are already affected by changing weather patterns. Information can also be accessed on action that can be taken by individuals, communities, businesses, and governments to tackle climate change.
The other layer, developed by the British Antarctic Survey, shows the retreat of Antarctic ice shelves since the 1950s, highlighting the importance of Antarctica in affecting climate change.
I for one was amazed by the BAS map which makes even an environment dum-dum like me want to get out there and stop global warming.
Check it out as soon as possible
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NewsAbortionThu Nov 2, 2017 - 3:08 pm EST
Ohio House votes to ban abortions on babies with Down syndrome
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 2, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — The Ohio House overwhelmingly passed a bill outlawing aborting a child because of a possible Down syndrome diagnosis.
The Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act (HB 214) bans abortionists from terminating a pregnancy based on prenatal prediction of Down syndrome. The Ohio Senate has not yet acted on the bill.
Co-sponsor Rep. Sarah LaTourette, R-Chesterland, says the bill stops lethal discrimination against children with Down syndrome.
“This bill is about so much more than abortion,” LaTourette explained. “It’s about discriminating against some of our most vulnerable, discriminating against an unborn child simply because they might have a Down syndrome diagnosis. That’s something that I find absolutely unacceptable.”
“Today’s vote is a vote against modern-day eugenics, plain and simple,” Ohio Right to Life’s Mike Gonidakis stated in a press release. “While aborting a human child is always wrong, we should all agree that there is something particularly egregious about targeting babies with disabilities for destruction.”
“After seeing the horrors of eugenics play out in the 20th century, it is appalling that this legislation is even up for debate,” the pro-life president added.
Planned Parenthood is asking its supporters to fight HB 214, calling the legislation an “awful bill“ that “do(es) nothing to improve or protect patient’s health.”
Around the world, a diagnosis of possible Down syndrome is often a death sentence. In Iceland, officials boast about having eradicated Down syndrome as the result of national promotion of abortion. Fully 100 percent of preborn babies showing the possibility of Down syndrome are terminated in the womb. Nearly the same is true in Denmark, where 98 percent are aborted.
Down syndrome is genetic. One in 691 babies is born with Down syndrome. The cause is not known, but it can be detected in the womb or after birth to help the child therapeutically.
Live Action reported that parents “are not informed of the advances in science and medicine that allow people with Down syndrome to lead successful lives. Today, people with Down syndrome receive equal education alongside their peers, and many live on their own, get married, and hold jobs.”
Last week, Down advocate Frank Stephens testified before a congressional committee that those with Down syndrome have fulfilling lives that are definitely worth living.
Amniocentesis testing can be wrong, and newer, less invasive testing gives a false “positive” 50 percent of the time or more. The Boston Globe published a major study by the New England Center for Investigative Reporting that concluded “hundreds” of parents are aborting healthy babies.
“We have an obligation to protect our friends with Down syndrome, not only because they can teach us to be a more loving and empathetic society, but because they, like all of us, are endowed with the fundamental right to life,” Gonidakis said. “Ohio is paving the way for a society that stands up to discrimination and defends the most vulnerable among us.”
Penalties for violating the proposed law include the abortionist losing his or her license to practice in Ohio and up to 18 months in jail, in addition to personal liability costs.
As the Ohio senate considers the Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act, Ohio Right to Life asks pro-lifers to sign a petition urging senators to pass the HB 214.
The bill is co-sponsored with LaTourette by Rep. Derek Merrin, R-Monclova Township.
Ohio House votes to ban abortions on babies with Down syndrome Ohio House votes to ban abortions on babies with Down syndrome News By Fr. Mark Hodges
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Forecasting the Next Generation Workforce
Andy Makar | April 18, 2013
Do you ever wonder how the new college graduates will impact the workforce?
As an adjunct professor and a part-time IT recruiter, LiquidPlanner contributor Andy Makar regularly interacts with the budding workforce of our future. The Millennial generation (aka the Facebook generation) represents a technically connected group of people who collaborate, are entrepreneurial-minded, and work at a much faster pace than previous generations.
In this LiquidPlanner Q&A, Andy gives us his instructor’s perspective about the impact today’s students will have on tomorrow’s corporate culture.
Q: What is a key difference you notice in how your students prepare for work after college?
A: More students are already in the working world while pursuing their undergraduate and graduate degrees. According to a study by Pew Research, one out of every four Millennial students is working while enrolled full-time in school. Based on my recruiting experience, many of these students are working in their field of study while pursuing their academic degree.
Technology has also helped students become solopreneurs and innovators while pursuing their education. The startup costs to form a technology-based business are low, and there are a lot of opportunities in consulting, mobile application development and traditional website development. One student I interviewed showed me his “Rate My Beer” mobile app – something he developed while in school. He was already generating an income from local microbreweries advertising with this – all this before getting a full-time job.
Today, more graduating students not only have real world experience but they’re turning ideas into working software solutions and profiting from them. Just look at 17-year-old Nick D’Aloisio who sold his Summly news application to Yahoo for $30 million. Startups emerge as students put academic theory directly into practice at school and into their own endeavors.
Q: What will this generation do for business and industry in the future?
A. This generation of workers will change the way we collaborate and communicate on projects. In my classes, students are connected with their laptops, iPads and smart phones and often operate multiple devices while “participating” in the class lecture or classroom exercise. Instead of the phone, many students (and instructors) prefer to use email to communicate and many resort to texting their professors. In addition to working with their peers on a project, this generation will leverage their social networks to solve problems.
For example, I’ve seen situations where students collaborate with friends in other countries to help them with their assignments. In the academic world, students learn that presenting someone else’s work as their own will earn them a failing grade. However, this collaboration practice is legitimate, and shows how a social network has become the new problem-solving tool.
Q: Does this Millennial generation work at a different pace than its predecessors?
Yes, they expect faster iterations of project lifecycles. Which will result in faster product lifecycles and a stronger focus on collaborating to solve problems using the social tools at their fingertips.
Q: How should businesses adapt to this new generation?
Businesses have to let teams use social network technology in order to collaborate better. I know some businesses actively block YouTube, Facebook and Twitter from their corporate firewalls. This is a mistake. The workforce is shifting to use these tools to engage with the community at large – and this contributes to solving business problems
Q: How are businesses already adapting for a more collaborative work culture?
I see the collaboration trend with several co-working spaces opening in the Detroit area. Startup companies can rent a desk space or a conference room and work amongst other startup businesses. This environment shares overhead costs and encourages collaboration across small teams. In these environments, the typical currency is goodwill and bartering skills, rather than money.
The focus on collaboration is also making its impact on the larger traditional businesses. As office buildings are renovated, businesses are incorporating coffee house features by providing larger lounge environments equipped with plenty of power plugs, comfortable seating and plenty of room to break out and solve problems together. These environments become much more productive than the mundane world of the three-wall desk. If given the choice, I’d rather work in a coffee house environment where I have a comfortable working area rather than searching for my business partner in a sea of cubicles.
Q: The Baby Boomers saw the demise of the 30-year company man/woman. What will the Millennials’ career trajectory look like?
I expect the new workforce will challenge the traditional management structure to provide more challenging and rewarding career paths. The new generation of workers is willing to change jobs easier and recognize the fact that the company they work for today will not be the company they work for in a few years. The churn in talent will force stoic organizations to examine how they develop employees. If the organization doesn’t change, the Millennial employee will be more than happy to look for a new job.
I spoke with one of my younger colleagues who, after three years of working for a stable Fortune 100 company, decided to simply quit. After giving his two-week’s notice, he realized he had two weeks before he ran out of money. So he formed his own software company. One year later, with a business partner and a lot of hustle, he is developing software solutions for Fortune 500 companies and working in Italy for three months with MacBook in hand.
Bob Dylan was right – in 1964 and still, today: The Times They Are a-Changin’!
As fellow professionals how would you answer these questions? What are you seeing in your own workplace as the younger generation begins to work on your projects? Share your comment, below – we’d love to hear from you.
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UN chief urges faster foreign aid for Pakistan
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Islamabad: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged foreign donors to speed up aid to Pakistan after the country’s worst floods in decades disrupted the lives of more than a tenth of its 170 million people.
Swelled by torrential monsoon rains, major rivers have flooded Pakistan’s mountain valleys and fertile plains, killing up to 1,600 people and leaving two million homeless.
Six million people still need food, shelter and water and medicine, the United Nations says.
But with an area roughly the size of Italy hit by floods, government and foreign aid has been slow in coming and the United Nations has warned of a second wave of deaths among the sick and hungry if help does not arrive.
The UN has reported the first case of cholera amid fears that disease outbreaks could spread with survivors sleeping in makeshift tarpaulin tents. Some beg or loot.
Bridges have collapsed, highways have been snapped in two by torrential rains and villages have been cut off from the outside world in what was already one of the poorest countries in Asia.
Only a quarter of the $459 million aid needed for initial relief has arrived, according to the United Nations.
“I am here ... to share my sympathy and solidarity of the United Nations together with the people and government of Pakistan at this time of trial," Ban said on arriving in Pakistan.
“I am here also to urge the world community to speed up their assistance to Pakistan."
Ban met both Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and President Asif Ali Zardari, who has been a lightening rod for popular anger after travelling to Europe as the catastrophe unfolded and not cutting short his trip.
The UN leader plans to visit flood hit areas on Sunday.
Ban’s visit comes as millions of Pakistanis are increasingly frustrated by the government that has already been hit by political bickering and Taliban militant violence,
Pakistan’s government has been accused of being too slow to respond to the crisis with victims relying mostly on the military -- the most powerful force in Pakistan -- and foreign aid agencies for help.
Floodwaters pose new threats to the populous Sindh province and the southwest province of Baluchistan, a region also hit by a decades long separatist insurgency.
At least 500,000 tonnes of wheat have been destroyed by the floods. At Kot Addu in southern Punjab, thousands of bags lay ruined as workers were unable to move them quickly enough from rising floodwater.
“How many bags of wheat can you shift to a safer place in five or six hours? said Naseem Khan Khattak, owner of a flour mill that was submerged by floods. “We could do absolutely nothing. How were we to combat the deluge?"
Highlighting the lack of logistical support and helicopters for relief efforts, flour, cooking oil and rice were carried by mules along narrow mountain tracks to 150,000 people in Shahpur in the northwest Swat valley.
Despite the government’s perceived failure to tackle the crisis, a military coup is unlikely. The army’s priority is fighting Taliban insurgents, and seizing power during a disaster would make no sense, analysts say.
Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and Gilani have said they would leave politics aside in the crisis, possibly helping to create more political stability.
The International Monetary Fund has warned of major economic harm and the Finance Ministry said it would miss this year’s 4.5% gross domestic product growth target.
Any economic downturn would come just as the government aims to fund projects to win hearts and minds in the battle against the Taliban.
Wheat, cotton and sugar crops have all suffered damage in a country where agriculture is a mainstay of the economy.
Waters roared down from the northwest to Punjab province to Sindh, where more flooding is expected. Sindh is home to Pakistan’s biggest city and commercial hub Karachi. Floods have damaged mostly rural areas there, although concerns are rising that other urban centres are at risk.
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What are FHA Loan Limits in Florida?
FHA loans are a low down payment mortgage program and Florida FHA loan limits are connected to local home values. Search the charts below to determine the maximum mortgage amount allowed for your county. FHA loan limits in Florida are set above the floor amount of $275,665 across roughly half the state.
Florida FHA Loan Limits Search:
ALACHUA GAINESVILLE, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
BAKER JACKSONVILLE, FL $330,050 $422,500 $510,700 $634,700
BAY PANAMA CITY, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
BRADFORD NON-METRO $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
BREVARD PALM BAY-MELBOURNE-TITUSVILLE, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
BROWARD MIAMI-FORT LAUDERDALE-WEST PALM BEACH, $345,000 $441,650 $533,850 $663,450
CALHOUN NON-METRO $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
CHARLOTTE PUNTA GORDA, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
CITRUS HOMOSASSA SPRINGS, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
CLAY JACKSONVILLE, FL $330,050 $422,500 $510,700 $634,700
COLLIER NAPLES-IMMOKALEE-MARCO ISLAND, FL $450,800 $577,100 $697,600 $866,950
COLUMBIA LAKE CITY, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
DESOTO ARCADIA, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
DIXIE NON-METRO $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
DUVAL JACKSONVILLE, FL $330,050 $422,500 $510,700 $634,700
ESCAMBIA PENSACOLA-FERRY PASS-BRENT, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
FLAGLER DELTONA-DAYTONA BEACH-ORMOND BEACH, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
FRANKLIN NON-METRO $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
GADSDEN TALLAHASSEE, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
GILCHRIST GAINESVILLE, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
GLADES NON-METRO $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
GULF PANAMA CITY, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
HAMILTON NON-METRO $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
HARDEE WAUCHULA, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
HENDRY CLEWISTON, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
HERNANDO TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
HIGHLANDS SEBRING, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
HILLSBOROUGH TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
HOLMES NON-METRO $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
INDIAN RIVER SEBASTIAN-VERO BEACH, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
JACKSON NON-METRO $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
JEFFERSON TALLAHASSEE, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
LAFAYETTE NON-METRO $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
LAKE ORLANDO-KISSIMMEE-SANFORD, FL $277,150 $354,800 $428,850 $532,950
LEE CAPE CORAL-FORT MYERS, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
LEON TALLAHASSEE, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
LEVY NON-METRO $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
LIBERTY NON-METRO $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
MADISON NON-METRO $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
MANATEE NORTH PORT-SARASOTA-BRADENTON, FL $287,500 $368,050 $444,900 $552,900
MARION OCALA, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
MARTIN PORT ST. LUCIE, FL $316,250 $404,850 $489,350 $608,150
MIAMI-DADE MIAMI-FORT LAUDERDALE-WEST PALM BEACH, $345,000 $441,650 $533,850 $663,450
MONROE KEY WEST, FL $529,000 $677,200 $818,600 $1,017,300
NASSAU JACKSONVILLE, FL $330,050 $422,500 $510,700 $634,700
OKALOOSA CRESTVIEW-FORT WALTON BEACH-DESTIN, FL $341,550 $437,250 $528,500 $656,800
OKEECHOBEE OKEECHOBEE, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
ORANGE ORLANDO-KISSIMMEE-SANFORD, FL $277,150 $354,800 $428,850 $532,950
OSCEOLA ORLANDO-KISSIMMEE-SANFORD, FL $277,150 $354,800 $428,850 $532,950
PALM BEACH MIAMI-FORT LAUDERDALE-WEST PALM BEACH, $345,000 $441,650 $533,850 $663,450
PASCO TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
PINELLAS TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
POLK LAKELAND-WINTER HAVEN, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
PUTNAM PALATKA, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
SANTA ROSA PENSACOLA-FERRY PASS-BRENT, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
SARASOTA NORTH PORT-SARASOTA-BRADENTON, FL $287,500 $368,050 $444,900 $552,900
SEMINOLE ORLANDO-KISSIMMEE-SANFORD, FL $277,150 $354,800 $428,850 $532,950
ST. JOHNS JACKSONVILLE, FL $330,050 $422,500 $510,700 $634,700
ST. LUCIE PORT ST. LUCIE, FL $316,250 $404,850 $489,350 $608,150
SUMTER THE VILLAGES, FL $287,500 $368,050 $444,900 $552,900
SUWANNEE NON-METRO $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
TAYLOR NON-METRO $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
UNION NON-METRO $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
VOLUSIA DELTONA-DAYTONA BEACH-ORMOND BEACH, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
WAKULLA TALLAHASSEE, FL $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
WALTON CRESTVIEW-FORT WALTON BEACH-DESTIN, FL $341,550 $437,250 $528,500 $656,800
WASHINGTON NON-METRO $275,665 $352,950 $426,625 $530,150
Florida FHA loan limits can change at any time. Check back often to ensure accurate information.
How are Florida FHA Limits Set?
Mortgage limits for Florida FHA loans are based on median housing prices for the particular Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and county. More specifically, “Median Sale Price” for area homes in each county or MSA is considered the determining factor. National FHA mortgage limits for low costs areas are set at 65 percent of the national conventional conforming loan limit. FHA loan limits are updated yearly.
FL FHA Loan-to-Value Limits (LTV)
Purchase Loans – The mortgage loan-to-value limit in FL is 96.5% of the lower of the purchase price or the appraised value of the home.
Refinance Loans – The refinance loan-to-value limit in FL is 97.75% of the lower of the appraised property value, or the mortgage amount plus closing costs. If you’re refinancing and taking cash out from equity, the loan limit will be limited to 85% of the appraised home value.
Florida FHA loan limits are set above the floor FHA mortgage amount in Miami, Orlando, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Jacksonville, Sarasota, Fort Lauderdale, Naples, Daytona, Kissimmee, Tallahassee, Lakeland, Fort Walton Beach, Panama City, Destin, Gainesville, Key West, West Palm Beach and Port Charlotte. You may also want to view these additional FHA loan resources before deciding on a mortgage loan:
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You can sue your law firm over data breach, but good luck winning
This is the third post in a month we've dedicated to the topic of law firm data security, and for good reason. These are scary times, folks. The breach that is now widely known simply as The Panama Papers showed that the nightmare scenario many had long portended is now a reality: a hacker has cracked open a major law firm's IT framework like a piñata and strewn its contents across cyberspace.
It is common knowledge that law firms are low-hanging fruit for cybercriminals because, as legal ethics expert Eli Wald told us recently, they handle the valuable distillate of all the sensitive information their clients possess. In other words, law firms are clearinghouses for the world's most sought after business secrets, which makes it doubly scary that their security infrastructures are thought to be vulnerable both to bad actors and run-of-the-mill human error.
In this, the second the part of our conversation with Wald, a former attorney who now teaches at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, he explains why law firm clients have little recourse in addressing data breach, and the consequences of that lack of accountability. The third and final part of the interview will be posted later this week.
Logikcull: We’ve established the reasons why law firms are perhaps more vulnerable to data breach. In what specific areas do you think they're at most risk? We deal mostly with discovery and see a lot of gaps in that process. But what other areas would you say are ripe for breach?
Eli Wald: I think we already touched on the primary area, which is people. Law firms are institutions where the primary asset is people, and people tend to make mistakes, either because they’re not as familiar with cybersecurity or because they haven’t been trained appropriately, or both. We see this, for instance, in the rise of successful phishing attempts.
Do law firms have issues with equipment and infrastructure? With lawyers downloading, surfing, using external drives, and logging in from insecure sites? Yes, of course. I think that the one issue that good law firms most address is insufficient training, and lack of follow-up to that training. So to come full circle to where we started, law firms are increasingly aware of cybersecurity threats, but what they lack is a better appreciation of what those threats are and what to do about them.
"Law firms are increasingly aware of cybersecurity threats, but what they lack is a better appreciation of what those threats are and what to do about them."
The second most important factor, and you alluded to it before, is the lack of accountability and even liability such that law firms are often able to get away with insufficient, inappropriate conduct. And because there are insufficient incentives to get lawyers to alter their unsafe cyber ways, it is not, to me, a huge surprise that, when a breach does occur, the mitigation and follow up is below par.
"There is a lack of accountability... such that law firms are often able to get away with insufficient, inappropriate conduct."
Logikcull: One of the things that you write about in your paper is that it’s very hard for clients who have suffered data breaches at the hands of their law firms to actually pursue malpractice cases. Can you tell us a little bit more about why that’s the case?
Wald: The thinking here is that, if lawyers fail to secure their clients' information, clients will find out, get upset, and perhaps sue them. That’s one way to address the malfeasance of lawyers. You can also fire them, or fail to hire them again.
When clients sue lawyers for negligent conduct, we call that malpractice. But, even for the non-lawyers among us, a quick crash course in malpractice will amount to realizing that a successful malpractice cause of action consists of four elements. They are really intuitive.
First, you have to show that the lawyer owed a duty. For our purposes, if an attorney represents a client, that usually establishes what we call the "privity requirement," or the existence of a duty requirement. So we've checked that box.
The second component is breach of that duty, meaning, in plain English, the lawyer did something wrong. The lawyer was negligent. The lawyer’s conduct fell below a standard of care. In this case, it is not necessarily easy (to show a lawyer was negligent), but if you could produce an expert, and you can document what the lawyer or the law firm did, or failed to do to secure the data, a client is likely to be able to navigate his or her way through the element of breach.
But what clients are often unable to do is meet and satisfy the third and fourth elements of a successful malpractice suit. The third is causation of damages. What does that mean? It means that a successful plaintiff would have to show that the client would not have suffered damages if not for the lawyer’s negligence. And then if you can show damages, you proceed to the fourth element: show exactly what harm was done to you.
"It's no surprise to say that clients often will not be in a position to be able to successfully prove causation and damages."
But for those of us who are well-versed in cybersecurity, it's no surprise to say that clients often times will not be in a position to be able to successfully prove causation and damages. Why? We know that, often, when a breach occurs, an attack took place and we know what underlying information was compromised. But we often don't know who was the perpetrator. And we don’t know exactly how the information was compromised. We don’t know if, for example, it was just copied, and if so, how so and for what purpose, or how it was used.
So a client often knows that a breach has taken place, but it simply doesn't know enough to establish causation and damages. As a result, malpractice liability is rare. Not just for lawyers -- it's also rare when it comes to corporate entities and service providers who are responsible for maintenance of information. And for the very same reason, it’s hard for a successful plaintiff to show causation and damages.
Logikcull: So you have all these unknowns, as you say, when it comes to proving causation and damages. Another thing you mentioned is that you have to show your counsel fell below some standard of care. It has been argued that it is also hard to show a lawyer fell below a standard of care because, when it comes to cybersecurity issues, there really is no standard of care. There’s no bright line demarcation that says "this is the standard of care you have to meet in protecting your client's data." What are your thoughts on that?
Wald: So actually, in this regard, there is some good news. You were asking a few minutes ago about the role of the ABA in holding lawyers to a higher standard of care. We've already said that malpractice claims may not pose a way forward. Maybe one possible way to move forward is through additional regulation by the ABA and other bar organizations.
"Malpractice claims may not pose a way forward. Maybe one possible way to move forward is through additional regulation by the ABA and other bar organizations."
In fact, the ABA has actually already introduced revisions to its Model Rules of Professional conduct. And some of the revisions go to the core of exactly what you asked me about. That is, the ABA has formulated rules that attempt to, in fact, define the very standard of conduct that lawyers must follow.
Specifically, the ABA has revised Rule 1.6, which deals with confidentiality. It has added subsection 1.6(c) that specifically spells out the responsibility of lawyers to protect confidential submissions of clients against “unauthorized access.”
For those who are not familiar, the ABA also provides comments to rules that explore and further delineate the rule. In new comments to this new subsection, 1.6(c), the ABA begins to spell out the standard of care that is referred to as "reasonable measures." The short version is, rather than impose strict liability on lawyers and say that "every time client information has been compromised will infer that the lawyer was negligent," the rule attempts to set a negligence standard such that lawyers will be liable for a breach of the standard of care when they fail to take reasonable measures to protect the confidential information of the client.
"The (ABA Model Rule) attempts to set a negligence standard such that lawyers will be liable for a breach of the standard of care when they fail to take reasonable measures to protect the confidential information of the client."
I actually think the negligence standard here works well. All of us well versed in cyber-technology and cybersecurity are aware that the possibility of protecting information 100% of the time is slim to none. And even if we could protect information to a significant degree, say close to 100%, the cost of doing that would be quite prohibitive to doing business. So I think that the approach that the ABA now follows -- the approach that it now suggests to the various states that follow and incorporate the rules into their state laws -- is common sense.
If you missed the first part of our interview with Professor Wald, it can be read here. To learn more about how you can secure your client’s data in the age of cybercrime, visit our free resource library here.
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Festival Hall
Festival hall returns to parish
CABINET members have unanimously voted to return the Festival Hall to Alderley Edge Parish Council - as long as a mutually beneficial funding agreement between the borough and the parish can be agreed.
Councillor Andrew Knowles said it had been a lot of hard work, but added: "Everyone is a winner."
In addition to capital savings for the borough, Coun Knowles said the council’s revenue budget would be reduced from savings on overheads previously incurred servicing and maintaining the hall.
Cabinet chairman Councillor Wesley Fitzgerald said: "This is one that’s had a long gestation period – it’s not something that is new to us.
"There will be benefits all around."
Alderley Edge Parish Council have been meeting with borough council representatives since the subject of transferring the building was first broached in September 2005.
The parish council said from the outset they were willing to take on the future management of the property and are keen to progress plans to convert the front of Festival Hall into a medical centre.
Over the last year the borough council has conducted a feasibility study from an architectural and financial perspective to determine if it is possible to locate a surgery in the building while continuing to house the parish council and retain its use as a community facility.
Under the proposal, the front of the hall will be redeveloped to accommodate a surgery controlled by East Cheshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) and rented to the PCT at a market rent based on the overall costs of the conversion.
The remaining space in the hall will be remodelled to minimise the loss of facilities or functions, improve access and reduce future maintenance costs.
Alderley Edge councillor Frank Keegan said: "I think it is good news from Alderley Edge’s point of view.
"We started with the idea of converting the front of the hall to a medical centre and we will press on with those plans.
"It will generate lots of income hopefully.
"It also keeps the remaining part of the hall for public use."
Alderley Edge Parish Council chairman Mary Maczkowiak said she was absolutely delighted with the decision and thanked everyone in Alderley who had petitioned their councillor and the borough to transfer the hall back to the village.
"I’m over the moon and it’s fantastic work by everyone concerned.
"The officers obviously came to their senses.
"For the future it’s going to be a fantastic asset for Alderley Edge."
A valuation of the Festival Hall has given an existing use value of between £325,000 and £350,000, and an open market value of between £1.3 million and £1.6 million.
Cabinet have delegated the authority to complete the negotiations for the transfer to the corporate managers of the finance and asset management department and legal and democratic services.
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In Rebuke of Forgetfulness
Alia Malek makes the case for remembering the history of displaced people across Europe
Patrick Zachmann A boat coming from Libya has been spotted and caught by the coast guards (Costiera Guardia) 35 miles away from Lampedusa. They escort it to the port where coast-guards, police, Protezione Civile, a (...)
mbulances, buses, Red Cross and other NGOs are expecting the boat and the migrants. There are 158 persons, including 22 women and babies, and come from several African countries, including Somalia, Nigeria, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Niger, Tchad, Errythrea and Togo. Only some are political refugees. Most of them left their native countries for economic reasons and were trapped in Libya. They will all be, regardless of their countries of origins, very quickly sent away from Lampedusa to different parts of Italy, where they will be able to stay for six months. A few of them will go back to their country and others will continue their epic trip to France, Holland, Germany, Denmark or Sweden. The whole operation of disembarkation, counting of the migrants and transfer into buses is extremely well organized and quickly done. A person in charge tells the photographer, "Have you seen how fast we operate from their boat to the buses? Then, tourists don't see them." Lampedusa, Italy. July 2011. July 8, 2011. © Patrick Zachmann | Magnum Photos
Europa, an Illustrated Introduction to Europe for Migrants and Refugees, is a project initiated by a group of Magnum photographers and journalists. To mark its release, civil rights lawyer and author Alia Malek, who edited the book, explains why it is important to remember the history of displaced people on the move. Alia Malek makes the case for remembering the history of displaced people across Europe.
By now, this should all be rather familiar, we’ve been here so many times before: where there is war, displacement always follows.
Similarly, we should all know that as much as these are destructive forces, they are also integral in shaping the makeup of the many societies they touch, no matter how these countries emerge in the after – whether in triumph or defeat. And no one is really untouched. Most nations that we take for granted as cohesive today were themselves products of demographic shifts and movements, often as a result of conflict – either within their borders or from without.
Yet, once the bullet-riddled surfaces are repaired, veterans and survivors aged, refugees assimilated, prosperity regained, and other similar scars begin to fade, so does – remarkably – robust historical memory. Instead, it is what becomes pockmarked, its grooves often filled in with a collective (and at times willful) amnesia. Thus, even in places not so long ago ravaged by war and displacement, these become the afflictions of others. As such, news of them are usually greeted with a shrug, especially now that in recent decades, it is the developing world that is more often stricken.
Moises Saman Refugees disembark an inflatable raft on the shores of the island of Lesbos. They had traveled from Assos, Turkey, in inflatable rafts to reach the European Union in the hopes of being granted asyl (...)
um. Lesbos Island, Greece. September 29, 2015. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman A map of Lesbos Island carried by a refugee with instructions and directions written in arabic. Lesbos Island, Greece. September, 2015. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Shortcomings of modern memory and attention spans aside, however, conflict and the waves of people inevitably spurred to flee it are nothing new, nor have they ever been only developing world maladies. In fact, the international laws that govern how nations must treat people fleeing conflict and persecution and the principles that have formed the contours of modern-day debates about refugees (including the need for collective action), all stem from a very specific European context; namely, the 20th century events that would recast the continent as we know it today, from World War I to the Spanish Civil War, World War II, the Holocaust, the expulsion of ethnic Germans, and the march of Communism.
Cristina Garcia Rodero Kosovo. 1999. © Cristina Garcia Rodero | Magnum Photos
But if the events that have made (and continue to make, culture is dynamic after all) Europe have receded into distant memory because of time and because the people who lived through many of these upheavals have died, then photographs that capture these moments can serve as a powerful and tangible rebuke to our forgetfulness.
Of the images that have become iconic of these eras, many were captured by Magnum photographers. (Magnum too was established in the aftermath of World War II, itself an expression of collective action.) Already potent in their time, these pictures have become immortal witnesses to what once was and what once transpired.
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography Refugees making their way through the ruined Soviet sector. Berlin. 1945. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
David Seymour The bathers have put their clothes to dry on the barbed wire fence, which is in fact the borderline between East and West Germany and the most Northern part of the Iron Curtain. Travemunde on the B (...)
altic coast, Schleswig-Holstein. 1949. © David Seymour | Magnum Photos
These pictures compellingly capture the forcible displacement, deportation, and resettlement of millions of people in the aftermath of war — the very same events that prompted the international community to negotiate guidelines, laws, and conventions to ensure the adequate treatment of refugees and to protect their human rights. These efforts culminated in the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. While the 1951 Convention was more or less limited to protecting European refugees, with conflict and resultant displacement continuing to occur across the globe, the 1967 Protocol expanded its scope. Moreover, these laws and their underlying tenets are the foundations of important regional conventions far beyond Europe, as well as worldwide national laws relating to the treatment of refugees.
Peter van Agtmael A refugee camp for Kurds who fled the fighting in Kobane. Suruç, Turkey. November 6. 2014. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael The hand of Ashgar Hassanzadeh, 34, an Afghan refugee who had three fingers chopped off and 22 bones broken by the Taliban threatening him for working with coalition forces. He fled with his family (...)
to Europe and was detained in Bavaria. They are now in a refugee camp in Wurzburg, Bavaria. It is the largest camp in Bavaria and refugees usually spend years there before their status is resolved and they are granted residency, or they are deported back to their home country. The refugees are housed in a barracks from the Nazi era and receive a small subsidy from the German government. There is widespread frustration and depression in the camp, including a recent suicide by an Iranian refugee and a hunger strike by another group. Wurzburg, Germany. 2013. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Likewise, the very creation of the European Union attests to what watershed moments these were for Europe itself. After war and displacement had devastated Europe, its countries – both former enemies and allies – began establishing a body of laws that would cement their cooperation in a number of institutions, with the aim that war would not only become unthinkable, but materially impossible. In addition to integrating their trade, creating a common currency, and opening their borders, they also developed a common asylum system in keeping with the 1951 Convention. This system has been used as Europe has dealt with non-European asylum seekers as well as new waves of European refugees caused by the fall of the Soviet Union and the disintegration of Yugoslavia, which in turn have continued to shape Europe as we know it today.
However, the current state of the debate around refugees in Europe – as the continent faces a large, but by no means its largest, movement of refugees – would imply that many Europeans believe that Europe itself has never seen conflict or migration, as if it had emerged like Venus from the sea, intact and unchanging. This has helped fuel a kind of hysteria that posits that what is happening now in terms of the refugees in Europe is so unique that EU member states must suspend their cooperation in collective decision-making and abandon the values they supposedly embraced in joining the union in the first place – values for which the EU was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012. (Never mind that the developing world bears exponentially more of the planet’s refugee burden, displacements that external meddling, both past and present, can claim partial credit for.)
Chien-Chi Chang Refugee families wait hopelessly all day and all night to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near Idomeni. Idomeni, Greece. March, 2016. © Chien-Chi Chang | Magnum Photos
It was while photographing this mass movement of people into Europe that Magnum member and photographer Thomas Dworzak conceived of Europa: An Illustrated Guide to Europe for Migrants and Refugees, a book on which both Magnum Photos and the Magnum Foundation collaborated. After frequently being asked for information by refugees as they travelled to Europe, he saw a need that he thought photography and Magnum’s impressive photographic archive could help answer. The project soon grew to include a team of photographers and journalists who have been covering both the refugee crisis in Europe and the many contexts across the Middle East, Asia, and Africa that gave rise to these migrations.
Antoine d’ Agata Security camera stills. Melilla, Spain. 2013. © Antoine d’ Agata | Magnum Photos
Antoine d’ Agata Security cameras stills. Melilla, Spain. 2013. © Antoine d’ Agata | Magnum Photos
I was brought on to develop the content and structure that would be built around the photographs. To do so, I was guided by conversations I had had in Syria as it unraveled and in Europe as I journeyed with thousands of people making their way from Greece to Germany in the summer of 2015. Certain things I heard repeatedly struck me. Many Syrians and Iraqis told me that the kind of devastation, societal disintegration into civil war, and displacement they had experienced had not been seen in recent human history. Yet we had these very conversations on Greek islands where elderly inhabitants had once been cast out and made refugees by the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and as we trekked through the Balkans, navigating borders still mined from the not so long before days of the Yugoslav war. They spoke of this as they desperately journeyed to an EU that was created because of war and as we crossed borders already well traversed for decades by other refugees. They shared with me their shame of having come from places that had been destroyed for refuge in places that were instead flourishing – as if the place they most wanted to reach, Germany, had always been as it is today.
So many were unaware or had also forgotten this relatable history of a past that arguably resembles the present in the countries they had fled. This is why for Europa we selected war and displacement as the lenses through which we would introduce contemporary Europe to these newcomers. Knowing Europeans might also come to the book out of curiosity, we thought we might also remind them of their own past.
Antoine d’ Agata Video Stills. Nador, Morocco. 2013. © Antoine d’ Agata | Magnum Photos
To help tell this tailored visual narrative of Europe, in addition to photographs and explanatory text, the book also features first person oral histories. Readers and viewers are introduced to the many different people who make up Europe today, from citizens to residents to immigrants to old and new refugees – in their own words telling stories of displacement, war, solidarity, and even reconciliation. Our idea was that in a shared experience, refugees and Europeans might see themselves in the other.
And many of those whose testimonies we share do see much that is familiar in what is happening today – listen to two of them in their own words, speaking about conflicts that bookend Europe’s 20th century.
Jérôme Sessini Dismantling of the southern part of the Calais jungle. Calais, France. March 1, 2016. © Jérôme Sessini | Magnum Photos
Jérôme Sessini A migrant protects himself from the rain with a garbage bag. The migrants who live in the 'Jungle' of Calais are a mix of refugees, asylum seekers and economic migrants from Darfur, Afghanistan, Sy (...)
ria, Iraq and Eritrea. The Calais jungle is the name given to the the shantytown near Calais city, where migrants live while they attempt to enter the United Kingdom by stowing away on ferries, cars, or trains travelling through the Port of Calais or the Eurotunnel Calais Terminal. About 5000 migrants are living in the Jungle of Calais. Calais, France. November 24, 2015. © Jérôme Sessini | Magnum Photos
“In Spain there are at least 114,226 missing people in mass graves. Thousands also went missing into exile and died there, unable to return. Almost half a million Spanish men, women, and children crossed the border on foot at the beginning of 1939, looking for refuge in France, fleeing the fascist armies of Franco, Adolf Hitler, and Benito Mussolini, who had allied themselves in the war in Spain. Many of the Spanish refugees were transferred to internment camps built by French authorities on the beaches, where women gave birth in the sand, the conditions were miserable, and many people fell ill. The image of desperate, hungry people behind wire is something that has repeated itself throughout the world since our time. It’s the same fear, the same desperation, and the same lack of government solidarity.” – Emilio Silva, Madrid, president, Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory in Spain.
“Many Syrian cities look like Bosnian cities, and the sort of mode of destruction is similar. When I see pictures of Aleppo, it’s so spookily similar to pictures from Sarajevo during the war, and that is soul destroying in the sense that when you go through something so tragic, with such a huge loss, you hope that — at least I try to make sense of it by believing that OK, maybe we’ve learned something from this and, now we, as a human race, won’t make the same mistakes again. But, sadly, we do. War is a very high price for those who experience it, but the rest of the world is not very good at learning from others’ mistakes.” – Zrinka Bralo, London, CEO Migrants Organize.
Paolo Pellegrin Volunteers help refugees come ashore near the village of Skala Sikamineas, on the northern tip of the Greek island of Lesbos, after travelling on an inflatable raft from Turkey. After reaching the (...)
island, they have to walk for 55 kilometers in order to reach Mytilini. Once in the capital, they can start the registration process with the Greek authorities. The moment their registration is completed, they can board a ferry that will take them to the mainland. Since the very high numbers of arrivals, the registration process takes at least one week or more. During this time, the living conditions of the refugees are extremely difficult.Thousands of refugees are coming into Lesbos every day during these final days of summer. Syrians make up roughly 70% of arrivals.According to figures released by the UNHCR in July 2015, over 225,000 refugees and migrants have arrived by sea in the Mediterranean and around 2,100 are estimated to have died or gone missing while trying to reach Europe. Lesbos, Greece. August, 2015. © Paolo Pellegrin/Magnum Photos with support from the Pulitzer Center. © Paolo Pellegrin | Magnum Photos
Of course, even if there is something familiar in different conflicts and displacements, they each also have their own specificity. And we can’t ignore the changes time and technological advancements have wrought. Today for example, thanks to social media, states no longer have a monopoly on the narrative of what is happening inside their borders, images and words can be disseminated much faster and without filters, and people across the world can build relationships without ever meeting. There are more opportunities for individuals to act independently in reaction to developments facing their societies. There are also challenges, such as the impact of climate change on people’s ability to survive, which newly try longstanding definitions of who is a refugee.
And in Europe today, there is much made of how these refugees are particularly different from the refugees of yesteryear, which will make them particularly difficult to successfully integrate.
Bieke Depoorter A., aged 16, is from Afghanistan. He is pictured here having breakfast, before going to school, which he started 5 weeks ago. His family fled to Iran one year ago. A. came to Germany all by himself (...)
, crossing the Mediterranean sea from Turkey to Greece, then over land to Germany. He has two sisters (aged 18 and 14) who he misses a lot. A. arrived in Germany 9 months ago and has been living with the family of Joachim Frank for three months now. Cologne, Germany. 2016. © Bieke Depoorter | Magnum Photos
Bieke Depoorter A. with his new friends at school during break. Cologne, Germany. 2016. © Bieke Depoorter | Magnum Photos
Yet these arguments have been made before, with difference once easily constructed where today we might see none. In Europa, for example, readers can meet Ira, an ethnically German woman from Latvia who fled the USSR, because of religious persecution (she’s a practicing Christian). She made it to West Germany in 1977 when she was 14. She recounts how there, her classmates bullied her because they found her way of dress and grooming too foreign (no, she didn’t wear a hijab) and how teachers discriminated against her because of her language skills (she spoke German). Today she is a docent at the museum opened at the refugee camp where she was once processed and where new refugees continue to arrive.
Jérôme Sessini Syrian families, mostly from Aleppo, are placed in a refugee camp in Vasariste near the Serbian-Hungarian border. After a day to recover, they will walk and attempt to cross the Serbian-Hungarian (...)
border. The migrants, mostly from the Middle East, but also from as far as Afghanistan, are aiming to get to Serbia, the last country that stands between them and a European Union member state, Hungary. Vasariste, Serbia. August 12, 2015. © Jérôme Sessini | Magnum Photos
Indeed, none of the influxes of new people to any place have ever been without their growing pains. They are an inherent part of the process of becoming a part of each other – even in the societies that we today take for granted as being whole. It would likely be energy better spent to expect it and plan for it, rather than aggravate it with xenophobic rhetoric and policy. And given that we have yet to rid ourselves of war and its consequences, it’s a process that is destined to be repeated. If we want to instead quicken our learning curve each time these events occur and draw on similar experiences – both the successes and the failures – then we need to know of them in the first place. That means documenting them, as Magnum photographers and other storytellers continue to do across the globe. And we’ll likely need to hold on to these testimonies for future generations, when we again forget and need reminding.
Thomas Dworzak A village on the Luxembourg-German-French border on the Moselle river. On June 14, 1985, the first EU agreement to open European internal borders was signed on the boat "Princess Marie-Astrid", giv (...)
ing the name to the "Schengen Area". On July 28, 2016, the village celebrates the 125 years of the Nassau-Luxembourg dynasty with the hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and his wife Stéphanie, and the Major of Schengen, Ben Homan. Camino de Compostela. Schengen, Luxembourg. May, 2016. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Europa: An Illustrated Introduction to Europe for Migrants and Refugees is a book created by a group of Magnum photographers and journalists who have been covering both the refugee crisis in Europe and the many contexts across the Middle East, Asia, and Africa that gave rise to these migrations. This book is launched in partnership with the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) as the first project under its special program, the Arab European Creative Platform. The book harnesses the collective energy, skills and resources of its contributors to create Europa, a collaborative and independent book, the first of its kind intended for practical use by migrants and refugees, and as an educational tool to inform, engage, and facilitate community exchange.
Written in four languages – Arabic, Farsi, English, and French – the book offers an introduction to the motivations behind the creation of the European Union, how it developed, its current ethos, and the relevant debates that will determine its future. Through first-person testimonies, readers are also introduced to many of the different people who make up Europe today — from citizens to residents to immigrants to old and new refugees — who in their own words tell their stories of displacement, war, solidarity, and reconciliation.
Jean Gaumy The border zone between East and West Germany, near Kassel. Germany. 1977. © Jean Gaumy | Magnum Photos
Burt Glinn East German workman bricking up a window that is due to become part of the wall dividing the city. West Berlin, Germany. 1961. © Burt Glinn | Magnum Photos
In the spirit of a travel guide the book also offers “Practical Information”. This chapter highlights the major destination countries, providing basic information about the different political systems, geography, demographics, traditions, as well as typical foods and drinks, films and books of interest, and a list of institutions and organisations that provide information and service to migrants and refugees.
Europa has been produced in partnership with the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) in the framework of the Beirut-Berlin Creative Platform (BBCP), Magnum Photos, Al-liquindoi, and On The Move, in cooperation with Allianz Kulturstiftung, Magnum Foundation, and the Geneviève McMillan-Reba Stewart Foundation.
To view and download the book click here.
Michael Christopher Brown Syrian Kurdish refugees enter Turkey from the town of Kobane, also known as Ayn al-Arab, in Syria, and surrounding villages. Suruc, Turkey. September 27, 2014. © Michael Christopher Brown | Magnum Photos
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The iPhone 7 is on the way - here's what to expect
We're a month away from the arrival of a new iPhone and a new Apple Watch - and the rumours are beginning to hot up
Justin Connolly
Apple CEO Tim Cook will reveal the new iPhone 7 at a special event next month
We all know that only one thing can excite the internet more than a Kardashian derrière – and that’s a new iPhone.
And while I can’t claim to be up on Kim and co, I can tell you all there is to know about the next phone from Apple – which could well be in your hands in a little over a month.
Yes – the iPhone 7 is on the horizon, so now is as good a time as any to round up the rumours and explore what delights Tim Cook and his pals from Cupertino may have in store for us.
Here’s what they’re saying on the world wide web. Although remember – nobody but Tim’s inner circle know for sure if any of this is true...
Design ‘disappointment’
The iPhone 7 will look very much like the iPhone 6S (with perhaps fewer antenna bands on the back), so don’t expect anything groundbreaking. Lots of people will say that this means Apple is finished and the phone will be a dud – but it’ll sell like those hot cakes everyone’s always talking about.
It’ll come in the 4.7in and 5.5in sizes currently available. Next year the iPhone turns 10, and Apple will keep its design power dry this year for something spectacular to mark that milestone.
The new iPhone will look a lot like the current model, and run iOS 10
Cameras at the double
The iPhone 7 Plus will come with a dual-lens rear camera that should produce much sharper images and perform better in low light.
It may also be able to perform some kind of 3D scanning magic. The smaller iPhone won’t have this camera, though – just the one lens, but better than the 6S.
Jack it in
The iPhone 7 will have no headphone jack. So how will we listen to our music? Apple will include headphones that attach to the phone via the lightning port on the bottom, or will offer up wireless headphones that connect to the phone using bluetooth (maybe even both).
This may mean that you will be able to charge the phone wirelessly (like the Apple Watch), so you will still be able to charge the phone and listen to music at the same time. There will be an adapter available which will allow you to use your current headphones – but you will have to pay extra for this, and people will be very angry about that.
Water work
The iPhone 7 will be water resistant. Other smartphones can be submerged 1.5m under water for 30 minutes and surface unscathed – if Apple isn’t looking to match that, it’s going to look very silly indeed.
Button flush
The home button on both models will not be a ‘real’ button, and will sit flush to the face of the phone.
It will employ sophisticated haptic feedback (also known as vibration) to make it feel like the button clicks when you press it, but the button will not actually move. The same technology is used in the trackpads of MacBooks.
Faster and longer
It almost goes without saying that the iPhone 7 will feature the next generation A10 chip from Apple and will be faster than the iPhone 6S.
It’ll also have better battery life. Although perhaps not much better given the improvements in the cameras.
Apple Watch 2 will focus on health and fitness
Going pro
There might be a third iPhone model called the iPhone Pro. It will have a 5.5in screen, and will be the one that has the dual-lens (while the regular 7 Plus will have the same single lens as the 7).
It will also feature a ‘smart connector’ (as seen on the iPad Pro), and support the Apple Pencil.
The iPhone 7 will be revealed at a special Apple event in San Fransisco on September 7, and will go on sale on September 16.
Watch out for the watch
Apple will reveal the Apple Watch 2.0 at the same event – the current first-generation model is now two years old.
Apple Watch running watchOS 3
The new version will look similar to the current model, but will be faster and will include a GPS radio and an improved barometer. Apple will go big on selling the health and fitness elements of the watch.
We’ve seen iOS 10 that will run on these new iPhones, and watchOS 3 that will power the new watches. Expect the software to be released at the same time as the new phones drop.
Technology and games
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Key player in egg farm trafficking ring pleads guilty to smuggling teen workers
The man had a $6 million contract to provide workers to egg farms in La Rue, Croton, Mount Victory and Goshen.
Key player in egg farm trafficking ring pleads guilty to smuggling teen workers The man had a $6 million contract to provide workers to egg farms in La Rue, Croton, Mount Victory and Goshen. Check out this story on marionstar.com: https://ohne.ws/2NpeCe5
Sarah Volpenhein, Marion Star Published 10:07 a.m. ET Sept. 18, 2018
This photo taken July 17, 2015, shows a mobile home that prosecutors say Guatemalan teenagers were forced to live in when they weren’t working at area egg farms. Prosecutors say immigrant teenagers brought to Ohio and forced to work long hours on egg farms had been fraudulently plucked from U.S. custody after arriving at the border.(Photo: AP)
MARION — One of the men alleged to play a key role in a labor trafficking scheme across central Ohio has admitted to conspiring to smuggle Guatemalan teenagers into the United States to work on egg farms in and around Marion County.
Pablo Duran Sr. pleaded guilty on Monday in U.S. District Court to encouraging illegal entry, part of a plea agreement in which federal prosecutors agreed to drop charges of forced labor and forced labor conspiracy they had leveled against him in a 2016 federal indictment, according to a copy of the plea agreement.
Encouraging illegal entry carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison, according to the plea agreement.
In depth: Young Guatemalans forced to work at area egg farms
In 2013 and 2014, Duran's company had a multi-million dollar contract with Trillium Farms to provide workers to its central Ohio egg farms, where at least eight Guatemalan teenagers, some as young as 14 or 15 years old, were forced to work for little pay and under the threat of violence against them or their families.
Federal prosecutors accuse Duran of working with a counterpart in Guatemala to recruit minors from the Central American country and smuggle them into the U.S. to work on egg farms in La Rue, Croton, Mount Victory and Goshen.
In the plea agreement, Duran did not admit to knowing that the teenagers had been made to work by force or threats of violence.
Officials at Trillium Farms have said they were unaware that Duran's subcontracted workers were here illegally and were being forced to work. Trillium officials have also said they have since started working with experts to prevent labor trafficking in their egg facilities.
In the plea agreement made public Monday, Duran admitted to knowing that Guatemalans, some of them minors, "had been smuggled into the United States through coercion or threat" to work on the egg farms, according to the plea agreement.
Six other people have pleaded guilty and been convicted for their roles in the labor trafficking scheme in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, including Aroldo Castillo-Serrano, who recruited Guatemalan teenagers to come to the U.S., charging them $15,000 as a smuggling debt and taking the deeds to their families' land as collateral, according to court papers.
More: PBS to air film investigating labor trafficking ring in Marion County
More: Marion trafficking case at root of current immigration uproar
Castillo-Serrano also controlled the New Bloomington trailers where the migrants were forced to live, charging them hundreds of dollars in rent to live several to a trailer, according to an affidavit filed by an FBI agent in federal court.
Castillo-Serrano was sentenced to a little over 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to forced labor conspiracy, forced labor, witness tampering and aiding and abetting the trafficking and harboring of aliens.
The teenagers smuggled here were falsely promised good jobs and a chance to attend school in the U.S., according to court papers. Instead they were made to work up to 12 hours per day, six or seven days per week, with their traffickers taking a large cut of their paychecks to put toward smuggling debts, debts that they never saw a receipt for and that were sometimes arbitrarily increased. If they complained, they or their families were threatened, court papers say. The workers were forced to live in trailers, at least one of which had no heat, no working toilet and no hot water, according to court records.
In the plea agreement, Duran also admits that he profited financially from the labor scheme, with Trillium Farms paying his company about $6 million in 2013 and 2014.
The plea says that Duran may have to pay restitution to his victims.
Duran's sentencing is set for Jan. 7, according to Mike Tobin, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office.
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Before the billionaire’s student-loan gift, one Morehouse student dropped out due to financial pressures
By Jillian Berman
Published: May 23, 2019 11:03 a.m. ET
Jordan Long would have been in the Morehouse class of 2019, if all went according to plan
Robert F. Smith, left, announced during his commencement address Sunday that he would be paying off the student debt of the Morehouse class of 2019.
JillianBerman
When billionaire Robert Smith announced that he would be wiping away the student debt of the Morehouse Class of 2019, graduates looked on stunned and, once the announcement sank in, erupted into cheers. Social media was set ablaze with tweets TWTR, -1.78% and posts applauding Smith’s generous gesture.
But one young man had a different reaction.
Jordan Long describes his emotions in the immediate aftermath of that decision as “shock, happiness for my friends and also a little bit of sadness.”
‘I really made a home for myself and I had to leave it all behind.’
—Jordan Long, 22, who would have been part of the Class of 2019, but dropped out due to financial pressures
He would have been part of the Class of 2019 if everything had gone according to plan.
The 22-year-old attended Morehouse for two years before leaving the school due to financial challenges. Towards the end of his sophomore year, Long began to realize he and his family couldn’t continue to make the finances work and he didn’t want to keep asking for relatives to co-sign on student loans so he could afford his education. Long and his family are about $60,000 in debt for his education, he said.
Long attended Morehouse, a historically black college, in part to fulfill a dream of surrounding himself with “other young black minds,” he said.
Still, the decision to leave was a tough one. He was involved in multiple campus organizations and said he was getting ready to assume a leadership role on in the campus’ LGBTQ organization and was heavily involved in other student groups.
“I really made a home for myself and I had to leave it all behind,” Long said.
Jordan Long would have been in Morehouse’s class of 2019 if all went according to plan.
Long’s story is all too common: Just 60% of first-time, full-time undergraduate students graduate college within six years, and finances often play a role in their struggle to complete school. It also highlights the challenges of relying on generosity to deal with college affordability and student debt.
Of course other students like Long, who went to Morehouse, but didn’t have the luck of being in the Class of 2019 won’t have access to Smith’s generous gift. And more broadly, millions of students and families will continue to struggle to afford college and pay off their loans.
Black families in particular feel this burden acutely — the racial wealth gap means that black students are more likely to borrow to attend college, borrow more and struggle more to repay it than their white counterparts.
Related: Why Robert F. Smith’s pledge to pay off Morehouse loans is a turning point for colleges and the billionaires that support them
“The question isn’t — is this kind,” said Anand Giridharadas, the author of the book Winners Take All, the Elite Charade of Changing the world. “The question is what is a society that depends on kind gilded whims to occasionally solve the problems of people versus a society that institutionalizes kindness so that those kids don’t have to take out that debt in the first place.”
‘Free quality education should be a right for everyone in the world.’
—Jordan Long
Giridharadas, who is a frequent critic of the role that philanthropy by the super-rich plays in our society, argued that changing tax policies could help ensure that students like Long aren’t left behind.
He pointed to the favorable tax treatment of carried interest — the profits earned by private equity firms like the one Smith co-founded — as one example. In the past Smith has said he opposes a tax increase on these types of profits, something proposed many including, then-candidate Donald Trump during is 2016 campaign for president.
“This is an act of tremendous generosity, but it is not a substitute for justice, including tax justice,” Giridharadas said of Smith’s gift.
It’s also still unclear exactly how the gift will play out, including whether it will cover debt incurred by parents to send their sons to Morehouse. Parent PLUS loans, a government-loan product for parents, are a common source of financing for families of students attending historically black colleges.
The school thanked Smith for his “surprise” donation in a statement and said its office of business and finance as well as its office of enrollment management is working to calculate the details of the gift. Students who graduate from Morehouse owe between $30,000 and $40,000 on average in student loans, according to the school.
“As soon as we have a final figure, we will share it with our new graduates so that they can continue on the path to careers and top-tier graduate schools student loan debt-free,” the statement reads.
In the meantime, Long is back in his hometown of Oakland, Calif., studying at a community college and hoping to ultimately transfer to a California state school to earn his four-year degree. He hopes to get a bachelor’s degree in sociology and said he’d like to work in community organizing after he graduates.
Long set up a GoFundMe to help him pay off his debt and afford future college costs, after a tweet about his situation went viral earlier this week, but he’s hopeful for a broader systemic solution. “Free quality education should be a right for everyone in the world,” he said.
Thus far, he has raised $1,055 of a $67,000 goal.
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Jillian Berman covers student debt and millennial finance. You can follow her on Twitter @JillianBerman.
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The Fantasy Islam of the University of Chicago's Fred Donner (Part 2)
by Stephen M. Kirby
https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57704/the-fantasy-islam-of-the-university-of-chicago
In Part 1, we looked at Donner's book Muhammad and the Believers at the Origins of Islam and saw that Donner's premise of an ecumenical "Believers' movement" founded by Muhammad was not supported by fact. In Part 2 we will look at more misinformation in Donner's book.
Five prayers a day was established after Muhammad's death?
On p. 62 Donner wrote that the Koran specified three prayers a day but it said nothing about five daily prayers. He wrote:
The systemization of ritual prayers into five clearly defined times – a systemization that occurred in the century after Muhammad's death – does not seem yet to have taken place (at least the Qur'an provides no compelling evidence for such systemization)...
So according to Donner, the compulsory five daily prayers was a ritual that was not systematized until decades after Muhammad's death (also see p. 215).
Donner is correct that the Koran does not explicitly specify five prayers a day (although there are some Koran verses that are understood by authoritative Muslim scholars, beginning with Muhammad's cousin ibn 'Abbas, to indirectly refer to these five prayers[1]).
But he is incorrect about when these five daily prayers were systemized. According to al-Tabari, soon after Muhammad received his first revelation he was taken up into the seven levels of heaven by the Angel Gabriel. During this journey Muhammad met Allah who gave Muhammad the requirement of five daily prayers for the Muslims.[2] The Muslim scholar Ibn Ishaq also related the story of how Allah had required the five daily prayers, and Ibn Ishaq even wrote that the Angel Gabriel visited Muhammad and actually prayed with Muhammad to show him the appropriate manner and time for each of these five prayers.[3] Muhammad then had the prayers called at the appropriate time and his followers copied his prayer ritual.
Al-Tabari and ibn Ishaq were trusted sources used by Donner, and both of these early Muslim scholars had written that the five daily prayers had been established (systemized) during Muhammad's early years in Mecca, and not "in the century after Muhammad's death." But this information would not have fit well with Donner's narrative about the Believers' movement.
Muhammad went to Medina to "reunify and heal" the town?
On p. 42 Donner had an interesting take on why Muhammad moved to Medina (Yathrib):
The people of Yathrib who sought out Muhammad were yearning for someone to reunify and heal their town.
On p. 74 Donner wrote:
Traditional narratives describe how Muhammad was invited to Yathrib/Medina to serve as arbiter of disputes between feuding tribes there, particularly the Aws and Khazraj and their Jewish allies.
The "people of Yathrib" who were initially attracted by Muhammad's teachings were from the Arab Khazraj tribe. But were they really "yearning for someone to reunify and heal their town"?
Donner also raised the question about why Muhammad had been accepted by the Khazraj but rejected by his fellow Meccans. According to Donner this was one of the "stubborn questions" that the traditional sources had left "unaddressed" (p. 52):
...the historian is faced with many stubborn questions that the sources leave unaddressed...For example, why were the pagans of Medina so readily won over to Muhammad's message, while the Quraysh of Mecca resisted it so bitterly?
I was surprised about Donner's claim that this was a question that had not been addressed. From the standpoint of the Meccans, Muhammad's preaching that there was only one god was an attack on their ancestral polytheism and the prosperity of Mecca. For many years Mecca had been a destination for pilgrims because it was the location of the Ka'ba, the sacred building housing several hundred pagan tribal gods. Providing food and lodging for these pilgrims was a lucrative business for many Meccans. But now Muhammad was denying all of these tribal gods and going around preaching that there was only one god. Consequently, resistance to this new religion started building among the Meccans. Donner himself had even touched on part of this reason on p. 41!
So why did Muhammad have success when he first approached a small group of the Khazraj in the year 620? This was not an "unaddressed" question because one of Donner's own sources, al-Tabari, had explained it this way:
One of the things which God had done for them in order to prepare them for Islam was that the Jews lived with them in their land. The Jews were people of scripture and knowledge, while the Khazraj were polytheists and idolaters. They had gained the mastery over the Jews in their land, and whenever any dispute arose among them the Jews would say to them, "A prophet will be sent soon. His time is at hand. We shall follow him, and with him as our leader we shall kill you as 'Ad and Iram were killed." When the Messenger of God spoke to this group of people [the Khazraj] and called them to God, they said to one another, "Take note! This, by God, is the prophet with whom the Jews are menacing you. Do not let them be before you in accepting him."[4]
This was similarly explained by ibn Ishaq, another one of Donner's sources.[5]
So this small group of Khazraj had not accepted Islam because of Muhammad's religious discourses and recitation of Koran verses; they had accepted Islam because they believed that Muhammad was the prophet with which the Jews had been threatening them. These six men of the Khajraz wanted to be the first to join with that prophet against the Jews.
This explanation for Muhammad's success with the Khazraj was reinforced when he met with a larger group of Khazraj Muslims in 622, shortly before the Muslims started emigrating to Medina. These new Muslims took an oath of allegiance to Muhammad and swore to protect him as they would their wives and children if he came to Medina. This was known as the "Second Pledge of al-'Aqabah." This oath of allegiance included a pledge to wage war against all of mankind:
When they gathered to take the oath of allegiance to the Messenger of God, al-'Abbas b. 'Ubadah b. Nadlah al-Ansari...said, "People of the Khazraj, do you know what you are pledging yourselves to in swearing allegiance to this man?" "Yes," they said. He continued, "In swearing allegiance to him you are pledging yourselves to wage war against all mankind."[6]
The Medinan Muslims (the Ansar) would later say:
We are those who have given the Bai'a (pledge) to Muhammad for Jihad (i.e. holy fighting) as long as we live.[7]
This oath of allegiance also meant that the Muslims in Medina would have to sever their ties with the Jews of Medina. One of these Muslims said to Muhammad:
O Messenger of God, there are ties between us and other people which we shall have to sever (meaning the Jews). If we do this and God gives you victory, will you perhaps return to your own people and leave us?" The Messenger of God smiled and then said, "Rather, blood is blood, and blood shed without retaliation is blood shed without retaliation. You are of me and I am of you. I shall fight whomever you fight and make peace with whomever you make peace with."[8]
Muhammad did not have initial success in Mecca because he was threatening to upset the religious/social/economic order. He had success in Medina because he was considered the prophet who would come in and crush the Jews and give power to the new Muslim converts in Medina. To claim that Muhammad was invited to Medina as an "arbiter" to "reunify and heal" the town is a work of fiction that ignores the writings of authoritative Muslim scholars, including two that Donner had listed as sources.[9]
Al-Hudaybiya
On pp. 47-48 Donner wrote:
Then, according to traditional sources, in 6/628, Muhammad and a large following marched unarmed toward Mecca with the avowed intention of doing the 'umra or "lesser pilgrimage"...the fact that they set out without weapons was meant to confirm their peaceful intentions.
On p. 65 Donner repeated this claim that Muhammad and his followers were "unarmed" at the time of that pilgrimage.
But early authoritative Muslim scholars reported it quite differently:
Ibn Ishaq noted that Muhammad had a quiver of arrows, that one of the Muslims was standing by Muhammad "clad in mail," that a small band of Meccans had attacked Muhammad's camp "with stones and arrows" but had been captured by the Muslims (difficult to do if the Muslims had been unarmed), and 'Umar, a Muslim leader, was wearing a sword.[10]
Al-Tabari reported that after Muhammad had travelled only a short distance toward Mecca,
'Umar said to him, "Messenger of God, will you without arms or horses enter the territory of people who are at war with you?" So the Prophet sent to Medina and left no horses or weapons there untaken.[11]
Al-Tabari also reported that Muhammad had a quiver of arrows, that a Muslim standing next to Muhammad had a sword and a "mail neck-protector," that there was brief armed fighting between some of the Muslims and Meccans, and that 'Umar was armed with a sword.[12]
Ibn Sa'd reported that the Muslims left Medina carrying swords and that Muhammad had a quiver of arrows.[13]
Al-Waqidi reported that the Muslims were wearing swords, that at one point the Muslim "cavalry" faced off with a Meccan "cavalry," that Muhammad had a quiver of arrows, that a Muslim with a sword and wearing a helmet was standing by Muhammad, and that Muhammad had a spear.[14]
If there was any doubt about the Muslims being armed, there were two reports that showed that Muhammad was prepared to do battle.
Muhammad had sent a spy ahead as he was travelling toward Mecca:
The Prophet proceeded on till he reached (a village called) Ghadir-al-Ashtat. There his spy came and said, "The Quraish (infidels) have collected a great number of people against you, and they have collected against you the Ethiopians, and they will fight with you, and will stop you and prevent you from entering the Ka'bah." The Prophet said, "O people! Give me your opinion. Do you recommend that I should destroy the families and offspring of those who want to stop us from (going to) the Ka'bah?"[15]
Muhammad would not have talked with his followers about confronting their opponents and destroying the families of those opponents if the Muslims were unarmed. However, despite being armed, the Muslims decided to engage peacefully with the Meccans instead of fighting them.
And al-Tabari had written that after they had arrived outside Mecca, Muhammad sent 'Uthman into Mecca to talk with the Meccan leaders. Muhammad was later erroneously informed that 'Uthman had been killed by the Meccans. Muhammad gathered the Muslims together to swear allegiance to him (the Pledge of al-Ridwan) and said, "We will not leave until we fight it out with the enemy."[16] Negotiations with the Meccans resumed after Muhammad found out that 'Uthman had not been harmed. Here again, there would have been no talk of fighting the Meccans if the Muslims had been unarmed.
Unfortunately Donner did not identify the "traditional sources" that supposedly claimed that Muhammad and his followers marched "unarmed" toward Mecca. On the other hand, we can see that many authoritative early Muslim scholars, including two of Donner's sources, had, to the contrary, written that Muhammad and his followers were actually armed.
Muhammad changed the direction of prayer (qibla) on his own?
On p. 214 Donner wrote that there was evidence that "early Believers from Arabia...participated in the prayer practices of some of the Christian (and Jewish?) communities they encountered," including having an east-facing direction of prayer. He noted, however, that as the "Believers" transitioned into "Muslims" they started praying in a different direction to differentiate themselves from non-Muslims. Donner then wrote this curious statement:
It is possible that the vague traditional reports about Muhammad himself changing the direction of prayer during his early years in Medina are a retouched, vestigial memory of this change, projected back to the time of the prophet to make it acceptable to later generations.
Why would Donner ascribe this to "vague traditional reports" when earlier on pp. 44-45 he had written that "according to tradition":
At first Muhammad and his Believers faced toward Jerusalem in prayer, as the Jews did, but after some time Muhammad ordered that the Believers should conduct prayers facing Mecca instead. This change of qibla (prayer orientation), which is mentioned in the revelation (Q. 2:142-145), may reflect Muhammad's deteriorating relations with the town's Jews, who according to traditional sources were for the most part not won over to his movement.
This change in the qibla happened around February 624,[17] and as Donner noted, the change in the qibla is found in the Koran – Chapter 2:142-145 (and also 148-150). But contrary to what Donner wrote, these Koran verses show that it was actually Allah who had commanded the change in the direction of prayer toward Mecca, and this was done in response to Muhammad's request to change the prayer direction. In addition, ibn Ishaq and al-Tabari had also written that Allah had commanded the change in the qibla.[18]
Why would Donner state that Muhammad himself had changed the qibla when the Koran and two of his sources clearly stated that it was Allah who had commanded that change? And why would Donner refer to "vague traditional reports" when the change in the qibla is noted in the Koran, and on p. 53 of his book Donner had written that the Koran was "the most important source of information about the early community of Believers"? Perhaps it is because the claim that "vague traditional reports" about Muhammad himself commanding the change had been projected back in time better fits Donner's narrative about the supposed transition from the "Believers movement" to "Muslims."
Cathisma Church and shared places of worship with Christians
Donner not only claimed that early Arab Believers had shared prayer practices with Christians, but also that the Believers and Christians had actually shared places of worship. He wrote (p. 115):
Indeed, the Arabian Believers may even have shared places of worship with Christians when they first arrived in a new area...Some archaeological evidence seems to support the idea of joint places of worship as well; excavation at the Cathisma Church, a Byzantine-era construction between Bethlehem and Jerusalem, has revealed that in its final phase it was modified to accommodate the Believers by the addition of a mihrab or prayer niche on the south wall (facing Mecca), while the rest of the building continued to function as a church oriented in an easterly direction.
On p. 250, in his "Notes and Guide to Further Reading," Donner referred to an article by Leah Di Segni to support his statement about the final building phase of the Cathisma Church, and Donner referred especially to p. 248 of that article.[19] But examining subsequent pages in that article raises some interesting considerations about the timing of this final building phase.
Jerusalem surrendered to the Muslims in 637. If the Cathisma Church was an example of how the "Believers" and the Christians worshipped together when the "Believers" first arrived in an area, it would appear that the addition of the mihrab for the "Believers" would have been done within a few years after the surrender of Jerusalem; in other words sometime during the middle of the 7th Century.
However, Di Segni had a different approach to dating the addition of the mihrab. De Segni wrote on p. 248 that there were three building phases to the Cathisma Church:
...the foundation phase, dated by written sources to ca. 450, a renovation in the sixth century, and another in the early Muslim period, in which a new mosaic pavement was laid and the southern part of the church was adapted for the use of Muslims by the addition of a mihrab, while the rest of the building apparently continued to function as a church. The third and last pavement is dated by the excavators to the eighth century...
But on pp. 248-250 Di Segni discussed one of the outer rooms on the southern side of the church that appeared to have also been built during that third phase. After examining the information found in a Greek inscription in the mosaic floor of that room, Di Segni added a new time frame for the third building phase of the Cathisma Church:
Therefore, one is tempted to date the pavement of this room – and possibly the entire renovation of the church – not to the eighth but to the ninth century.
According to Donner, the final building phase of the Cathisma Church appeared to have been done around the middle of the 7th Century. However, according to his source for this information, the final building phase was really done in either the 8th or the 9th Century.
The timing for this final building phase is muddied even more by Donner's statement on p. 214:
The evidence of the Cathisma Church, with its east-facing apse and the south-facing mihrab or prayer niche added in the final phase of construction, presumably reflects architecturally the very moment when the Qur'anic Believers began to redefine themselves as "Muslims," distinct from their erstwhile Christian co-Believers.
Was this "very moment" in the 7th, 8th, or 9th Century?
In Part 3 we will look at additional examples of Believers "sharing" places of worship with Christians.
The Koran was revealed about Muhammad?
On p. 53 Donner wrote that each verse of the Koran was revealed about "a particular episode in the life of Muhammad." Unfortunately, Donner is not correct.
Islamic Doctrine teaches that the verses of the Koran can be divided into two categories:
1. Those verses revealed because of a specific incident or occurrence. Such verses "must have been revealed in response to the occurrence, and give an answer or ruling pertaining to that occurrence."
2. Those verses revealed without a preceding incident or occurrence. Most of the verses in the Koran were revealed without a particular preceding incident.[20]
Since most verses in the Koran were not connected to a particular incident, that means that many, if not most of the events that occurred during the time of Muhammad had no direct connection to verses in the Koran. But the claim that each verse of the Koran was connected to a particular incident in Muhammad's life allows one to not only provide new meanings to Koran verses, but to also ignore the early biographical writings of authoritative Muslim scholars which, as we have seen and will see again, often contradict Donner's claims about his Believers' movement.
When was the Koran really codified?
...finally, about twenty years after Muhammad's death, the scattered written and unwritten parts of the revelation were collected by an editorial committee and compiled in definitive written form.
Donner later wrote on pp. 153-154 that this compilation was done by 'Uthman, the third Caliph, who decided "to codify the Qur'an text." According to Donner, 'Uthman asked "a team...to collect and compare all available copies of the Qur'an and to prepare a single, unified text."
This is a surprisingly inaccurate claim by Donner because in reality, the codification of the Koran started within months of Muhammad's death.
During Muhammad's lifetime the revelation of verses in the Koran had not been collected into one book because the revelations kept occurring, and Muhammad would indicate where among the previously revealed verses a new revelation was to be placed. When Muhammad died in June 632 the revelations ended. While many of the Koran verses had been written down by scribes, others of the verses had only been memorized by one or more of the Muslims who had reportedly heard them from Muhammad. In the Wars of Apostasy that began after Muhammad's death, some of these Muslims were getting killed in battle. Consequently, in December 632 Abu Bakr, the first Caliph, commanded that all of the verses, whether written down or only memorized, be collected in order to be put into one book. There were a few Muslims who had memorized all of the verses in the order which Muhammad had recited them, so it was in this order that the verses were codified. Only one copy of the Koran was created, and it was kept in safe-keeping by Muhammad's widow Hafsa.
In 644 'Uthman bin Affan became the third Caliph. For many years the Muslim armies had been spreading Islam throughout the region, and in the rapidly growing Muslim world there were starting to be differences in how the Koran was being copied and recited. Consequently, 'Uthman obtained the original copy of the Koran from Hafsa and ordered additional copies to be made. These additional copies were then sent to the various regions of the Muslim empire, and 'Uthman ordered any other existing copies of the Koran, or portions thereof, to be destroyed.[21]
One can only wonder why Donner was not aware of the original codification done by Abu Bakr.
On to Part 3
There is even more misinformation to be found in Donner's book, and we shall wrap it up in the third, and final part.
[1] "Are the five daily prayers mentioned in the Qur'an?" Islam Questions and Answers; accessible at https://islamqa.info/en/answers/1092/are-the-five-daily-prayers-mentioned-in-the-quraan.
[2] Abu Ja'far Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari, The History of al-Tabari: Muhammad at Mecca, Vol. VI, trans. and annotated W. Montgomery Watt and M. V. McDonald (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1988), pp. 78-80.
[3] The Life of Muhammad (Sirat Rasul Allah), pp. 186-187, and 112-113, respectively.
[4] The History of al-Tabari: Muhammad at Mecca, pp. 124-125. This reason was also noted in Muhammad ibn 'Abdul Wahhab at-Tamimi, Abridged Biography of Prophet Muhammad, ed. 'Abdur-Rahman bin Nasir Al-Barrak, 'Abdul 'Azeez bin 'Abdullah Ar-Rajihi, and Muhammad Al-'Ali Al-Barrak (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Darussalam, 2003), p. 160; Safiur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Darussalam, 2008), pp. 175-176; and Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, When the Moon Split (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Darussalam, 2009), p. 151.
[5] The Life of Muhammad (Sirat Rasul Allah), pp. 197-198.
[6] The History of al-Tabari: Muhammad at Mecca, p. 134. This statement by al-'Abbas b. 'Ubadah was similarly reported in The Life of Muhammad (Sirat Rasul Allah), p. 204; and The Sealed Nectar, p. 192.
[7] Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol. 5, Book 63, No. 3796, p. 86.
[8] The History of al-Tabari: Muhammad at Mecca, p. 133. For a similarly worded report see The Life of Muhammad (Sirat Rasul Allah), pp. 203-204; The Sealed Nectar, p. 191; and Abridged Biography of Prophet Muhammad, p. 166.
[9] For more on the crucial role that the Khazraj played in Islam see my article "Islam could have died with Muhammad," Jihad Watch, February 8, 2018; accessible at https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/02/islam-could-have-died-with-muhammad.
[10] The Life of Muhammad (Sirat Rasul Allah), pp. 501, 502, 503, and 505, respectively.
[11] Abu Ja'far Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari, The History of al-Tabari: The Victory of Islam, Vol. VIII, trans. and annotated Michael Fishbein (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1997), p. 71.
[12] Ibid., pp. 73-74, 76, 79-81, and 87, respectively.
[13] Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Sa'd ibn Mani' al-Zuhri al-Basri, Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir, trans. S. Moinul Haq (New Delhi, India: Kitab Bhavan, 2009), Vol. 2, pp. 117 and 119.
[14] Muhammad b. 'Umar al-Waqidi, The Life of Muhammad: Al-Waqidi's Kitab al-Maghazi, trans. Rizwi Faizer, Amal Ismail, and AbdulKader Tayob, ed. Rizwi Faizer (London and New York: Routledge, 2013), pp. 281, 286, 289, 292, and 302, respectively.
[15] Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol. 5, Book 64, Nos. 4178-4179, p. 303. This was similarly reported in The Life of Muhammad: Al-Waqidi's Kitab al-Maghazi, p. 285.
[16] The History of al-Tabari: The Victory of Islam, p. 82.
[17] The Life of Muhammad (Sirat Rasul Allah), p. 289.
[18] The Life of Muhammad (Sirat Rasul Allah), p. 259; and Abu Ja'far Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari, The History of al-Tabari: The Foundation of the Community, Vol. VII, trans. and annotated W. Montgomery Watt and M. V. McDonald (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1987), p. 24.
[19] Leah Di Segni, "Christian Epigraphy in the Holy Land," Aram 15, 2003, pp. 247-267.
[20] Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi, An Introduction to the Sciences of the Qur'aan (Birmingham, UK: Al-Hidaayah Publishing, 1999), p. 107.
[21] For an interesting overview of how the Koran was compiled see Jalal-al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman al-Suyuti, The Perfect Guide to the Sciences of the Qur'an, trans. Hamid Algar, et al. (Reading, UK: Garnet Publishing, 2011), pp. 137-153.
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Turkey Pushing Out Western NGOs
Ross Longton
Since the outbreak of the Syrian war, Turkey has become a critical conduit for international humanitarian operations and life-saving economic support to approximately three million Syrian refugees. Turkey’s decision to restrict various international NGOs from operating within its territory is now disrupting crucial provisions to those in both northern Syria, and inside its own borders.
In 2014, Turkey passed the ‘Foreigners under Temporary Protection’ regulation, which created a commitment to provide free health care and education to refugees. At the time of passing, the duration and severity of the conflict could not have been predicted, nor the vast amount of resources that would be needed to uphold this commitment. To make matters worse, Turkey has been largely abandoned to deal with the refugee crisis on its own, particularly after signing a 2016 deal with the E.U. that returned refugees from mainland Europe in exchange for the promise of a more liberal visa trade deal for Turkish nationals.
A long-term integration strategy is now essential as not all Turkish citizens are happy about the millions of refugees arriving in their communities. As is common with people fleeing war zones, many Syrian refugees arrive without documentation, skill-sets, or the linguistic capabilities required to integrate effectively into their new host communities. Of these, 1.8 million are of working age, but only 10 percent are university-level educated and 80 percent have received eight years of education or less. This is now polarizing the regions surrounding the Turkish-Syrian border, and social and economic ties are becoming increasingly strained as a result.
Syria’s refugee population are no longer the only ones feeling increasingly unwelcome inside Turkey. Since January, aggressive post-coup purges have seen 560 foundations, 1,125 associations, and 19 trade unions closed in a crack-down by the government. Furthermore, multiple international humanitarian organizations have also been shut down, including: the Italian-based Coordination of the Organizations for Voluntary Service, the UK-based International NGO Safety Organization, Denmark’s DanChurchAid, and the U.S.-based Mercy Corps. On April 20, 15 International Medical Corps staff members - while possessing valid Turkish work permits - were detained by authorities in Gaziantep. Four of the staff were deported back to their respective countries, while the remaining 11 Syrian nationals were remanded in custody until their release on May 5.
Government targeting and unconstitutional profiling of these organizations is still ongoing. In the last few months, the offices of many NGOs based in the Turkish-Syrian border towns of Gaziantep and Hatay have been subject to frequent police visits and work permit inspections. Turkey has cited employment and visa violations as the reason for these inspections. However, it is likely that such actions are motivated by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s increasing realpolitik diplomacy, as he attempts to maneuver against perceived enemy interests both at home and abroad. Turkey’s rage at ongoing U.S. support for Syrian-Kurdish People’s Protection Unit (Y.P.G.) operations in Syria is well known, and as Ankara looks for ways to hold this partnership to ransom, Mercy Corps is unlikely to be the only casualty.
Erdogan will also remain keen to halt the Y.P.G.’s five-year experiment of self-governance. Ankara has repeatedly stated its intention to prevent the territorial ambitions of Syrian Kurds becoming a reality, and any NGOs that are directly—or indirectly—perceived to provide support or assistance to such groups invite the risk of immediate expulsion. Resurgent Turkish nationalism and concerns over burgeoning Kurdish empowerment is fueling suspicion of outsiders and national media institutions publish narratives that accuse NGO activities as being clandestine, and counter to national interests. In Hatay—a town bordering Syria’s Idlib province—speculation of financial support to Kurdish areas has seen NGOs placed under strict requirements to register meetings of seven or more people with local authorities, 48 hours in advance. These measures are plunging established aid provisions into chaos, and administrative functions are piling up as prohibitive new protocols are implemented and operating licenses become suspended or indefinitely reviewed.
Expulsions of foreign NGOs will allow Turkey to decide who fills the void. Since 2011, many foreign NGOs have been permitted entry and flexible working conditions within Turkey in order to optimize aid delivery to those desperately fleeing Syria. By rescinding these licenses, Turkey will be able to reinstate domestic organizations in their place. While these are not insignificant in number—U.N. reports estimate that there are as many as 469 local aid groups that reach over one million people per month—the overall provision of aid will still be significantly reduced, and is likely to be subject to prescriptive oversight. Those allowed to return will be prohibited from engaging with groups deemed to be detrimental to Turkish interests, and can expect heightened levels of scrutiny and police attention. Specifically, Ankara will envisage this as a key means of implementing greater restrictions on those working within Kurdish areas.
Turkey’s current political climate must also be considered. Domestic political and economic tensions have been compounded by a variety of factors, including an attempted coup, instability, numerous extremist attacks and a tightly-contested referendum. Erdogan will attempt to consolidate power during such political upheaval through more restrictive government protocols. This policy is likely to be extended to NGOs and humanitarian groups, and it can be expected many more will be ostensibly removed without a perceived level of effective judicial or legislative scrutiny.
Turkey is sending a clear message that humanitarian organizations are no longer immune to political battles, both domestic and international. Anti-Western sentiment is rising, and Erdogan’s increasingly nationalist rhetoric and isolationist political stance will have a profound impact on many of those on both sides of the border. An escalating climate of fear for those still working along the Turkish-Syrian border beckons, but it will be the millions of Syrian refugees who suffer most.
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The endless road to equality? International Women’s Day 2016
by UNU-MERIT
gender equality, UN Day, women
Every March 8th the international community honours women for their many and various achievements in the struggle for gender equality. For centuries women’s movements have fought for the rights and freedoms of women and girls – but not in a zero-sum game. Already in 1792 British author and activist Mary Wollstonecraft wrote: “I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.”
The movement has seen many successes, even in the last few months. In December 2015, Saudi Arabia became the last of the UN’s 193 Member States to grant women the right to vote. Now this year a campaign is under way to appoint the first female UN Secretary-General: the ultimate goal in a global effort to empower women. Yet at grassroots level, women face structural obstacles on all sides: from domestic violence to pay gaps to access to education and healthcare. So while marking our achievements, we should also consider the struggles that lie ahead.
Economic empowerment is key at all levels – but especially so in poor families where women play a vital role in household survival and the escape from poverty. Nonetheless, women continue to have limited access to loans and other credit. While most countries recognise women’s property rights, much more needs to be done to ensure access to these rights, particularly in rural areas. The World Bank’s ‘Women, Business and the Law’ report (2016) found that women in 35 out of 173 countries have fewer rights than men to inheriting property. In turn, this hinders access to credit, house / land ownership and impacts other human development factors, including education for girls.
In most developing countries, women are overrepresented in the informal economy. This is often not a choice but stems from patriarchal social norms and lack of access to formal employment. Yet by working in the informal market they also lack access to social security and official employment contracts, thus making them even more vulnerable to exploitation. Such restrictions are not, however, limited to developing countries. The same WB report found that “155 of the 173 economies covered have at least one law impeding women’s economic opportunities”.
Sticky floors and glass ceilings
In developed countries one of the largest discrepancies between men and women can be seen in the formal employment sector. In the Netherlands, for example, only 17% of professors are female, which puts it 24th out of 27 European countries; according to some estimates it will take until 2055 to reach parity. Beyond academia, studies reveal a ‘leaky pipeline’ for women in most parts of the private sector, as while there appears to be a roughly equal number of men and women at entry, the higher the role, the fewer the women are employed. Meanwhile, several countries have established quotas for top positions in large companies. The result of this effort remains to be seen.
Even if women reach top-level positions, they earn on average 21% less than men for the same position. In some countries, such as Germany and Austria this gap is wider among lower earners, where they suffer from the ‘sticky floor’ effect (the opposite of the ‘glass ceiling’), and the pay gap only grows wider with age, as part of the so-called ‘motherhood penalty’. So in various countries on all levels and in all sectors: women are paid less than men.
To address these issues changes in policies are needed and these can only be achieved if women are adequately represented in the political sphere. Indeed, women’s participation in politics has been shown to have large and positive effects on the development of countries and fair gender policies. Unfortunately, the number of women in public office remains low.
Although the number of female parliamentarians has doubled over the last 20 years, still only 22% globally are women. Low female political participation is not unique to any part of the world or to any socio-economic level, and in only very few countries women find themselves proportionately represented in parliament. Take for example the Canadian elections of 2015, where it was still newsworthy that the new cabinet was half-female. The lack of female representation is present at all levels of decision-making, from municipalities to national parliaments to the UN, where only 7 out of the 44 UN Special and Personal Representatives and Envoys of the Secretary-General (SRSGs) are currently women.
The 2011 UN Resolution on women’s political participation states that, “Women in every part of the world continue to be largely marginalized from the political sphere, often as a result of discriminatory laws, practices, attitudes and gender stereotypes, low levels of education, lack of access to health care and the disproportionate effect of poverty on women.” Yet we are still far from achieving this goal, because politics is still considered a ‘male business’ with multiple social and cultural barriers preventing women from taking part; from old boys’ networks favouring male party candidates, to meeting schedules that are tough for working mothers.
Over the last few decades we have seen many great achievements in empowering women to participate in society at large; yet to truly achieve the potential of men and women equally, many more steps need to be taken. Inequality in the economic and the political sphere both at home and on an international level must be addressed. We need to create an environment where more women take the lead. In the words of Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile: “When one woman is a leader, it changes her. When more women are leaders, it changes politics and policies.”
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One Harry Potter Fan Just Turned the 'Harry Potter' Series into a Visual Art Masterpiece
By Eileen Shim
The news: The Harry Potter books have sold 450 million copies and have been translated into 73 languages around the world, but they've never looked quite like this.
Scholastic unveiled new book covers last year for the entire blockbuster series to coincide with the 15th anniversary of the U.S. publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. But a Hungarian art student named Kincso Nagy has taken the Internet by storm with her own take on J.K. Rowling's iconic books — and the results are, dare we say it, magical.
As part of her final project for her bachelor's degree, Nagy — a longtime Potter fan — designed new covers for all seven books and illustrated the first installment.
"The Harry Potter books are so magical so mysterious and so adventurous. Basically these books are on the border of childhood. Therefore my goal was to redesign them with such illustrations that show this extraordinary atmosphere of the books," Nagy writes. "I started to experiment with interactive illustrations [that do] not distract attention from the plot, but add to the story."
And if you thought these covers were cool, this is what happens when you turn the lights off:
Still, the true magic lies within the pages: not only are the illustrations exquisite, but they contain pop-ups and other interactive elements.
Excuse us, we're just heading to Gringotts to withdraw some Galleons for this entire set.
Check out more of Nagy's work here.
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The Rise and Rise of Solar Panels
In the past 12 months, solar power in the UK has nearly doubled. Panels can be found in homes, schools, farms, police stations, train stations, bridges and of course solar farms. The Government has set targets for installations on commercial rooftops, homes and solar farms.
In the UK Renewable Energy Roadmap update issued back in December 2012, it stated that; “The Government believes that solar PV has the potential to form a significant part of the renewable energy generation mix.”
The increasing popularity of solar panels can largely be attributed to cost savings. There is an initial upfront cost, then the panels produce free energy for a very long time. For domestic homes, panels have become more cost effective over the years coupled with the FIT (Feed-in-Tariff) subsidy introduced by the Government in 2010. The FIT scheme ended in March 2019. Experts predict that solar energy will eventually be cheaper than gas and fossil fuel.
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This Week in Weird, March 26
Mar 26, 2010 at 12:01 AM Mar 26, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Convenience store clerk has to tackle a messy job, teen party causes major damage and more.
Think your job stinks? Clerk says customer defaced store bathroom with feces
RAVENSWOOD, W. Va. - A Ravenswood convenience store clerk could honestly tell her bosses she had a "crappy" evening after a difficult customer allegedly decided to deface the store’s bathroom using his own feces.
According to the complaint filed by Ravenswood Police Patrolman B.A. Fox, on March 17, Randy Holcomb, 42, entered Gary’s Beverage & Video appearing very intoxicated.
The complaint states the Holcomb repeatedly called the clerk “Honey” and kept asking her if he could use the store’s bathroom. The clerk refused to allow Holcomb to use the restroom, as it was marked for employees only. However Holcomb allegedly ignored the denial and went into the bathroom anyway. After using the restroom, Holcomb left the store.
After Holcomb left, the clerk said she began to smell a “terrible odor” coming from the bathroom. When she went to check the bathroom, she discovered feces smeared all over the walls, floor, doorknob, light switch and toilet itself. The clerk reported that there was toilet paper available in the restroom. She did not report whether or not Holcomb had flushed prior to leaving.
The clerk then called the police to inform them of the situation, and they responded to the scene. After the police began a search for Holcomb, the clerk reportedly had to spend a considerable time cleaning and sanitizing the entire bathroom.
Based on the condition of the scene and the information provided, Fox obtained a warrant for Holcomb’s arrest on one misdemeanor count of destruction of property. Holcomb was arrested on the warrant and arraigned.
According to Reynolds, Holcomb had recently received a 90-day suspended jail sentence for an unrelated matter.
Teenage party causes $45,000 in damage
EAST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. - Daniel and Jill Abbett returned home from a dream vacation in Paris to a nightmare in their Elm Street home.
The couple found blood and urine smeared on the floors and walls, basketball-sized holes in the walls, an antique sofa had been set on fire, marble counter tops were cracked, flour was stuffed down the toilets, doors were pulled down and windows were smashed.
And that was just a fraction of the damage. With jewelry, electronics, golf clubs and other goods stolen from the home, police estimate damages at a minimum of $45,000.
“They pulled the chandeliers and ceiling fans and were hanging from the ceiling,” Jill Abbett said.
Four East Bridgewater High School students are facing charges, and more could wind up under arrest in what police say was a wild, drunken, teenage party drawing more than 50 people at the house.
“I couldn’t believe what they did to this house,” said police Sgt. Steve Brown, one of the first officers to view the house. “I have been a police officer for 28 years, and I’ve never seen anything like this.”
Man jailed for faking autism
CANTON, Ohio - The young man had a note in his hand when he showed up at Apostolic Lighthouse Tabernacle one Sunday in December. He said he was Gabriel Isaiah Thomas, but had no ID and claimed he didn’t know where he was from.
“Here is my son,” the note read, according to court papers. “If you are reading this then he is truly alone. ... He is severely autistic. Good-bye to all that are left behind.”
The church contacted Perry Township police, who called in the Stark County Board of Developmental Disabilities, who found the young man a place to live.
But over the next few days, as investigators pieced together the fragments of the man’s story, Stark County DD and sheriff’s deputies discovered the truth: It was a scam.
Thomas is really Bradley D. Birdsong. He’s not autistic or disabled. And on Monday Stark County Common Pleas Judge Frank Forchione sentenced him to a year in prison — the maximum — for the con.
Birdsong, who pleaded guilty last month to felony theft and misdemeanor obstructing official business, also has to pay the county $4,000 for the services he used.
After his arrival at the church on Dec. 13, Stark County DD arranged for a psychological evaluation and a caseworker, as well as food, clothing and shelter for Birdsong, Scott said.
Birdsong spoke with a child-like voice. He claimed he couldn’t read or write. He wore a diaper and had to be bathed, according to a summary of the investigation.
But Birdsong’s story also had holes and inconsistencies, the prosecutor said.
When a sheriff’s deputy finally confronted Birdsong about his identity on Dec. 21, his demeanor changed to that of a normal-functioning adult, according to the summary. Giving another false name, he said he had jumped from big city to big city, pulling cons and scams. According to the summary, Birdsong said it was the first time he had pretended to be developmentally disabled.
Golf course operator wants to serve drinks on the green
DUXBURY, Mass. - Golfers know what the 19th hole is; the managers of North Hill Golf Course in Duxbury are interested in creating the 5 1/2th hole.
Representatives of Johnson Golf, which manages the course and has a license to serve liquor in the clubhouse, want permission to have a drinks cart serving alcoholic beverages out on the course during some events.
Steve Follansbee, attorney for Johnson Golf, said the cart would only be used for league matches and “outings,” which he defined as charitable events.
But some selectman voiced their concerns, including that the town, which owns the course, does not have immunity from lawsuits if something happens due to drinking on the course.
Others pointed out that the town received no objection to the idea from the Police Department.
“I could use a cold beer sometimes on the course,” said Selectman Chris Donato, who questioned how much drinking anyone could do on a nine-hole golf course.
Follansbee said a non-alcoholic beverages cart was tried without success. The board voted to keep the public hearing open and make a decision at a later date.
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Rich Galen
The best thing about Iowa's self-promoted position as the opening act of the primary season is: It's only four letters long. Thank God the center of the political universe isn't located in a place called Chickasawhatchee, Georgia.
I didn't go to the big rollout in Des Moines over the weekend, even though I knew I would pine for that unique feeling of the wind, having started on the eastern slopes of the Rockies, raced across the flat, Central Plains with nothing in its way until it slammed into my butt on Grand Avenue.
Next January in Des Moines will be soon enough.
The event was immodestly named "The Iowa Freedom Summit" and was arranged by the equally immodest Congressman from Iowa, Steve King, who was a central figure in the failed coup against House Speaker John Boehner's re-election earlier this month.
Although there will be grumbles and mumbles about the right wing of the GOP getting all the attention - again - it was a useful exercise to allow candidates not named Romney or Bush to get into the spotlight where a significant number of the national press could get a good, and in some cases a first, look.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, of course, is on a first name basis with many of the political press corps because Trenton, NJ is a stop along the Amtrak line between Washington, DC and New York City.
Even before the Curious Case of the Orange Cones.
Far fewer had ever seen Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in his natural habitat which allowed him to come off, as Cameron Joseph wrote for The Hill newspaper:
"Wowing the conservative crowd with a passionate argument for small government and his own lengthy resume."
Sarah Palin, who has as much chance of becoming President as I do, also got a chance to do her act and maintain her speaking fees.
Most of the other speakers have been shining a light on themselves for some time, as well. Texans Senator Ted Cruz and Governor Rick Perry took their turns, as did former Senator Rick Santorum. Others were, according to the Des Moines Register's Jennifer Jacobs, Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Mike Huckabee, and Carly Fiorina.
There were some 1,500 Iowans in attendance, which is a pretty good turnout for an event like this.
Before anyone complains that the "sample size" was too small, keep in mind that small sample sizes are a hallmark of Iowa politics.
On caucus night in 2012, Romney was declared the winner by eight votes 30,015 to 30,007. After an agonizing two week recount, the State Republican Party reversed itself and said that Santorum won by 34 votes.
By that time the circus had moved to South Carolina and Santorum's late-breaking victory was too little, too late.
In addition, the State Party admitted, according to a contemporaneous report in the Washington Times, that
"it could not declare a winner because there are still too many errors which will never be resolved.
END SIDEBAR
All told, 121,503 Iowans voted in a Republican caucus. That was out of a total GOP registration (according to the Secretary of States' website) of 614,913, meaning slightly under 20 percent of eligible voters ventured out to their storied school gymnasiums and fire stations to participate.
That's what I mean about Iowa being the Land of Small Sample Sizes.
The Washington Post's Dan Balz and Robert Costa wrote in Sunday's editions:
"In the coming months, the large field of candidates will feel a strong gravitational pull to the right by activists in a party that has become more conservative over the past eight years."
True enough, but the presumed candidates who attended, plus the presumed candidates who did not, will not fully define the GOP field over the coming year.
As we have discussed before, every Senator, ex-Senator, Governor and ex-Governor - Republican and Democrat - is humming "Hail to the Chief" as they dress every the morning to see if they can make it fit.
On the Secret Decoder Ring page today: Links to the stories about Gov. Scott Walker and the pieces in the Des Moines Register and the Washington Post.
Also a Mullster-provided Mullfoto that is so self-evident it does not need a caption.
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Home North Bengal political news Mamata govt planning hill election in feb
Mamata govt planning hill election in feb
The Mamata Banerjee government is planning to hold elections to the two-tier rural bodies and the four municipalities in the Darjeeling hills in February next year, four months before the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration polls are scheduled to be held.
Sources said the plan was aimed at challenging the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha's hegemony in the GTA now that the Trinamul Congress has gained a toehold in the hills. The last time rural elections were held in the hills was in 2000.
"Elections to gram panchayats and panchayat samities and the four civic bodies in Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Kurseong and Mirik could be held in February next year. The state government has started the ground work," a senior state government official said.
Nabanna sources said the chief minister wanted the rural and civic polls to be held before the GTA elections as Trinamul wanted to put up candidates in all seats. Trinamul had not contested in the first GTA elections, in 2012.
"This will help the ruling party in the GTA elections. If the ruling party wins some of the seats in the rural and civic elections, it will help Trinamul gain more ground in the region before the GTA polls," a source said.
The Trinamul sources said Mamata was confident of winning some seats in the two-tier rural polls and the four municipalities if the elections were held within a few months.
"We have gained some foothold in the hills and that was evident when thousands of people came out of their homes to foil the Morcha strike on September 28. It is clear that we can put up a fight against the Morcha in the GTA polls if we have some elected members in the panchayat samitis, gram panchayats and municipalities," said a minister.
The Morcha's vote share came down by 68.5 per cent in the Assembly elections this year over the 2011 figures. Trinamul had not contested the three hill seats of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong in 2011. The Morcha won all three despite the reduced vote share.
The Trinamul sources said the chief minister's frequent visits to the hills, the move to set up development bodies for several communities in the region and the announcement of a separate Kalimpong district had yielded dividends for the ruling party
"This is the ideal time to take on the Morcha in the GTA. The Darjeeling hills is the only region where Trinamul has not won an election and the chief minister does not want to let go of a chance," a source said.
The state government is aware that the plan could be jeopardised if the GTA moves court demanding a three-tier panchayat system in the hills, which was mentioned in the agreement to create the territorial administration.
The government has submitted to Calcutta High Court its proposal to create the Kalimpong district.
The approval of the Calcutta High Court is required before a new district starts functioning and the process of setting up Kalimpong district has been put on fast forward mode.
"The required inspection from the high court has already been done. We are expecting a positive response before February," said a senior official.
According to Trinamul insiders, if the process required for Kalimpong district could be completed before the elections in February, it would definitely give an added advantage to the ruling party.(TT)
municipalities in the Darjeeling hills in February next year, four months before the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration polls are scheduled to be held.
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Controlling Dangerous Pathogens: A Blueprint for U.S.-Russian Cooperation: A Report to the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program of the U.S. Department of Defense (1997)
Controlling Dangerous Pathogens
A Blueprint for U.S.-Russian Cooperation: A Report to the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program of the U.S. Department of Defense (1997)
National Academy of Sciences; National Research Council; Institute of Medicine; U.S.-Russian Collaborative Program for Research and Monitoring of Pathogens of Global Importance Committee
Conflict and Security Issues — Weapons and Technology
National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council. 1997. Controlling Dangerous Pathogens: A Blueprint for U.S.-Russian Cooperation: A Report to the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program of the U.S. Department of Defense. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/9471.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/9471
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1 The Context for a Program of Bilateral Cooperation 10-22
2 Establishing the Basis for Long-Term Cooperation 23-33
3 Phase 1: A Pathogens Initiative to Expand Cooperation 34-42
4 Phase 2: An Era of Sustained Cooperation 43-49
A Committee and Staff Biographies 50-52
B Extract from Statement of Work of DOD/NAS Contract 53-53
C Consultations and Visits 54-55
D Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous, or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare 56-57
E Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction 58-62
F Australia Group 63-69
G Conclusions of Roundtable on Bilateral Cooperation to Address the Public Health Aspects of Dangerous Pathogens 70-70
H Report of the International Symposium on 71-76
I Descriptions of Pilot Projects 77-78
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The latest news on President Donald Trump's presidency
Trump Says He Will Not Impose Quotas on Uranium Imports
The president instead announced he was going to order a working group to use 90 days to make recommendations to increase domestic uranium production
By Jonathan Lemire and Felicia Fonseca
Published Jul 14, 2019 at 1:28 AM
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump step off Air Force One upon arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, on July 5, 2019.
President Donald Trump says he will not impose quotas on importing uranium, backing away from a possible trade confrontation and breaking with a Commerce Department assessment that America's use of foreign uranium raises national security concerns.
The decision is unusual for Trump, who has pointed to national security concerns in calling for restrictions on foreign metal and autos in trade negotiations. It's also drawing rare criticism from Republicans in energy-rich states.
Uranium is a vital component for the U.S. nuclear arsenal, submarines and power plants, which prompted a monthslong Commerce Department investigation into whether such materials fall under the national security umbrella. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has said that just 5% of the uranium the U.S. needs for military and electricity generation comes from domestic production. Russia, China and other countries supply the rest.
In a statement issued late Friday, Trump said Ross's findings about national security "raise significant concerns." Yet the president opted against quotas as advocated by the domestic uranium industry, which would limit imports to guarantee that U.S. miners supply 25% of uranium for domestic use.
Trump instead announced he was going to order a working group to use 90 days to make recommendations to increase domestic uranium production.
Two Colorado-based uranium mining companies — Energy Fuels Inc. and Ur-Energy Inc. — petitioned the Commerce Department in January 2018 to impose the 25% requirement under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act. The companies said relying on imports poses a "serious threat to our national defense and energy security."
Much of the uranium mined in the U.S. comes from Wyoming. "The decision by the Trump administration is a missed opportunity to protect America's uranium producers," said Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., who denounced using foreign materials. "America should not rely on Vladimir Putin and his satellites to supply our uranium. It's dangerous and unacceptable."
Environmentalists saw the mining companies' petition as part of an effort to expand mining across the U.S. They also were worried about the area outside the boundary of Grand Canyon National Park, where an Obama-era decision placed roughly 1 million acres off limits to new mining claims for a 20-year period.
"We're obviously relieved there's not a quota, but we're not out of the woods yet," said Amber Reimondo, energy program director for the Flagstaff, Arizona-based environmental group the Grand Canyon Trust. "There's clearly some concern with this working group that the president has ordered. And, depending on what comes out of that, it seems likely that there could be additional shortcuts to environmental safeguards."
Last month, the Trump administration designated nearly three dozen minerals, including uranium, as critical. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said at the time the department would work "expeditiously" to streamline the permitting process for mining to locate domestic supplies of minerals.
Energy Fuels has been waiting for uranium prices to rise to restart operations at its Canyon Mine near the Grand Canyon's South Rim entrance. In a statement, the energy companies said they "commend" Trump for recognizing that the nuclear industry was "under siege" and for establishing the working group.
The decision was a rare moment in which the Trump administration did not use the powers of the government to give American companies a trade advantage over international competition. The administration had previously levied tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum, leading to retaliatory tariffs from Canada, Mexico, China and Europe.
Fonseca reported from Flagstaff, Arizona. Associated Press writer Ellen Knickmeyer in Washington contributed to this report.
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External Relations | Relations with IMF | Extended Financial Arrangement 2002
Relations with IMF
Relations with the Bank for International Settlements
Relations with the European Union
Relations with London and Paris Club
The Succession of the Former SFRY
Donations Programme
Article IV Consultation
Under Article IV of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement, the IMF holds bilateral discussions with members, usually every year. During those consultations, the IMF mission reviews the overall economic developments in the country, as well as its policy measures aimed at maintaining of economic stability, ensuring a sustainable external balance and further liberalizing foreign trade.
Upon the completion of the IMF mission consultations, the IMF Executive Board discusses the staff report and issues an assessment of the country’s economic situation and the adequacy of its economic policy measures, based on a comprehensive analysis of the overall economic situation and a wider economic policy strategy of such member country.
Article IV Consultation in 2006 and Post Program Monitoring
The IMF applies Post-Program Monitoring in agreement with a member country after the completion of a regular financial arrangement. Post-Program Monitoring involves frequent consultations and monitoring of the implementation of the economic programme in order to give timely warning of any possible external imbalances.
After the successful completion of the three-year financial arrangement with the IMF in February 2006, the IMF maintained its presence in Serbia under the Post Program Monitoring agreed until to end in October 2007. The IMF mission visited Belgrade in late June 2006 for detailed discussion of macroeconomic developments and implementation of agreed policies and measures. Article IV consultations were also held on this occasion.
On October 18th 2006, following the careful consideration of the staff report on the above talks, the IMF Executive Board issued a Public Information Notice No. 06/120 to mark the conclusion of Article IV Consultations with the Republic of Serbia. In this notice the IMF stated that Serbia had recorded significant economic growth over several preceding years which reflected progress in macroeconomic stabilization, restructuring of the banking sector and privatization. However, economic authorities were still facing challenges of high current account deficit, rising foreign debt and an insufficient volume of fixed investments.
The NBS monetary policy and anti-inflationary measures received positive assessment, as did the NBS’ plan to adopt an inflation targeting regime. To achieve financial stability, the mission recommended, among other things, continuation of privatization and implementation of bankruptcy procedures, stronger banking supervision and a more restrictive fiscal policy stance. In view of the planned continuation of economic restructuring, the IMF advised that the employment policy ought to be oriented towards creating new jobs.
Article IV Consultation in 2007
Article IV Consultations were held in Belgrade on October 26th through November 7th 2007 between the representatives of the IMF and the Republic of Serbia to get an update on the most recent macroeconomic developments, implementation of measures and the economic policy planned for the year ahead.
On January 28th 2008, the IMF Executive Board (PIN No. 08/11) concluded Article IV Consultations with the Republic of Serbia. Strong economic growth and moderate inflation in the Republic of Serbia in 2007 received positive assessment. To a large part, they reflected the impact of tight monetary policy and progress on structural reforms and privatization process during the past seven years of transition.
However, as a result of rapid growth in domestic demand fuelled by large wage increases, credit growth and expansionary fiscal policy, current account deficit widened during the period under review, private external debt accumulated and vulnerabilities rose. The Executive Board, therefore, recommended the conduct of a tighter fiscal policy and enhanced structural reforms.
Large capital inflows allowed for a notable accumulation of foreign exchange reserves, but also represented a challenge for the conduct of macroeconomic policy as they led to a surge in domestic demand. According to the Executive Board, international financial market turbulence increased volatility in domestic markets, while continued political uncertainties added to the underlying vulnerabilities and underscored the importance of stability-oriented macroeconomic policies.
The IMF mission assessed that targeting a tighter fiscal stance would help contain external imbalances, excess demand pressures and increase the likelihood of a turnaround in the current account deficit. Fiscal consolidation should focus on expenditure savings, in particular by curbing discretionary spending and subsidies, controlling public sector wages and pensions, and prioritizing capital spending.
The Executive Board welcomed the success in containing inflationary pressures by a tightened monetary policy, despite food and oil price shocks. The Board encouraged the authorities to aim at keeping core inflation within the projected range of 3-6 percent in 2008, and to formally adopt the inflation targeting regime once necessary conditions were in place.
The efforts to accelerate privatization and implement bankruptcy procedures of socially owned enterprises in order to create possibilities for investment of private capital in public enterprises were welcomed by the Board. Corporate sector reforms and further measures to improve the business climate were assessed as key to enhancing growth and employment.
The Executive Board gave its support to further strengthening of the regulatory framework to manage increasing financial sector risks. Developing domestic capital markets should also contribute to enhanced financial stability in the medium term.
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Trump accuses China of foot-dragging on farm purchases
by: PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press
Posted: Jul 11, 2019 / 12:26 PM CDT / Updated: Jul 11, 2019 / 12:26 PM CDT
President Donald Trump speaks during an event on kidney health at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Wednesday, July 10, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday accused China of “letting us down” by not promptly buying more U.S. farm products.
“They have not been buying the agricultural products from our great Farmers that they said they would,” the president said on Twitter. “Hopefully, they will start soon.”
After meeting with President Xi Jinping late last month, Trump said China had agreed to buy more U.S. agricultural products as part of a cease-fire in the two countries’ trade war. The truce suspended U.S. plans to impose tariffs on an additional $300 billion in Chinese goods — action that would have extended the taxes to everything China ships to America.
The United States and China are sparring over the Trump administration’s allegations that Beijing is using predatory tactics — including stealing sensitive technology and forcing U.S. firms to hand over trade secrets — to try to supplant American technological supremacy.
Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese imports. Beijing has counterpunched by taxing $110 billion in U.S. goods, specifically targeting U.S. farm products produced by many Trump supporters in the U.S. heartland.
The administration has rolled out $27 billion in aid to farmers to ease the pain.
Trump and Xi agreed to restart negotiations that had broken down in May after 11 rounds of talks. So far, the two countries’ top envoys have spoken by phone but haven’t announced plans to resume face-to-face talks.
In addition to opposing sharp-elbowed Chinese tech policies, the United States wants Beijing to buy more U.S. products and to narrow America’s trade deficit with China — a record $381 billion last year.
Last month, a former Chinese diplomat, Zhao Weiping, told reporters in New York that the United States was asking “us to purchase more than we can buy.” He added, “You have to be realistic.”
Still, Larry Kudlow, director of Trump’s National Economic Council, said Thursday that “our side expects China very soon to start purchasing American agriculture commodities, crops, goods and services.”
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OPEC extends oil production cuts amid weaker demand outlook
by: KIYOKO METZLER and DAVID McHUGH, Associated Press
Khalid Al-Falih, Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia arrives for a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, and non OPEC members at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Monday, July 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
VIENNA (AP) — OPEC is extending its deal to cut production for another nine months in bid to keep oil prices from sagging as the oil cartel faces a weakening outlook for global demand.
The decision among the members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries came during a meeting Monday at the cartel’s headquarters in Vienna.
Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said “the commitment to a nine-month extension is unequivocal, very solid, very strong” among OPEC members. He said he expected non-member producing countries such as Russia to join in extending the cuts at a separate meeting on Tuesday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has already said he backs an extension.
The current deal to support prices reduced production by 1.2 million barrels per day starting from Jan. 1 for six months, and will now run into next year. Most of the cuts came from OPEC nations, who agreed to reduce 800,000 barrels per day, with the rest of the cuts coming from Russia and other non-OPEC countries, though not from the United States.
The cuts were aimed to put upward pressure on the price of oil and reduce oversupply.
“This more than compensates for whatever demand concerns that investors have been experiencing in recent months,” said Pavel Molchanov, energy analyst at Raymond James.
He noted that global demand could fall by 200,000 to 300,000 barrels per day but the OPEC cuts will reduce supply by about 1 million barrels per day.
Oil prices will likely increase over the next few months, but there are also many other variables besides OPEC that could impact the price, Molchanov said.
Though tensions between the U.S. and Iran and attacks on tankers near the Strait of Hormuz have pushed up oil prices in recent days, there are concerns among members that over the longer term demand could weaken due to slower global growth. The International Energy Agency, a group of oil consuming countries, cut its demand estimate earlier this month.
The price of Brent crude, the international standard, rose 32 cents Monday to $64.06 a barrel.
Geopolitical turmoil and production problems in various markets have led to concern that oil supply would be tight, conditions which tend to push the price of oil higher. Tensions have been rising in the Middle East as the U.S imposed new sanctions on Iran, and oil tankers have been attacked near the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passage through which a fifth of all oil traded around the world passes. And production out of Venezuela, once one of the world’s largest producers, has collapsed.
Experts say a military conflict between the U.S. and Iran would further constrain oil supply and send oil prices higher.
Yet the outlook for demand and prices has been weakening, not least because of the slowdown in the global economy partly as a result of trade tensions between the U.S. and China. That raises the prospect of lower oil demand and consequently lower prices. The prospect of increased U.S. production of oil from shale deposits also hangs over the market. That could add to supply and weigh on prices, too.
McHugh contributed from Frankfurt. Associated Press Writer Anthony Mills in Vienna and Associated Press Business Writer Cathy Bussewitz in New York contributed to this report.
NEW YORK (AP) — The president of Planned Parenthood, Dr. Leana Wen, was ousted Tuesday after just eight months on the job as the organization faced unprecedented challenges related to its role as the leading abortion provider in the U.S.
Wen, in a Twitter post, said she learned that Planned Parenthood's board "ended my employment at a secret meeting." She indicated the board wanted more emphasis on political advocacy, while she sought to prioritize Planned Parenthood's role as a provider of health care services ranging from birth control to cancer screenings.
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IPA census: creative agencies contract while media expands
Posted by: Emma Hall in Agencies, Creative, Media, News April 25, 2019 1 Comment
If proof were needed that ad agency staff are more stretched than ever, the IPA’s latest census is here with the numbers.
There are fewer people working at IPA agencies than there were a year ago, and the drop in staff numbers has been at the expense of creative agencies, who have cut their numbers by nearly 900 over the last year.
Media agencies, meanwhile, are in the ascendant: they now make up 43.7 per cent of staff at IPA agencies, up from 40.6 per cent in 2017, and 35.9 per cent in 2014. The number of employees in media agencies grew more than 700 to 10,985.
Creative agencies, however, are in long-term decline – in terms of staff numbers at least. They now make up 56.3 per cent of IPA agency staff, down from 59.4 per cent in 2017, and 64.1 per cent in 2014.
After a dip last year, the number of women in c-suite roles is up slightly to 32.7 per cent, but traditional gender divides are still evident. Part time workers are up, at 6.5 per cent, although 87 per cent of these are women. Similarly, women take up 83 per cent of HR and training positions, while men make up 86 per cent of digital programmers and developers.
BAME employees are on the rise, reaching 13.8 per cent of the workforce (up from 12.9 per cent last year), but only 5.5 per cent of c-suite roles are occupied by someone from a non-white background.
Nigel Vaz, who will launch his new IPA president’s manifesto next week, said: “This survey continues to be a barometer for the health of our business and highlights useful trend data. We are a people business and I look forward to working with the IPA on its initiatives to continue to improve diversity across the board within our industry.”
Things are not looking so healthy at the junior end of the scale, either. There was a slight decrease in the number of first-year trainees and apprentices (from 1,021 to 1,009) but an increase at the cheaper intern level (up to 206 from 193 last year). Freelancers are also feeling the pinch, with numbers down to 1,574, from 1,721 in 2017.
For the first time, the IPA asked questions about disability, and found that 11.3 per cent have a registered disability.
The average age in the industry is 33.9 years, and the over 50s take just 6.3 per cent of the roles, with the under 30s on 45.6 per cent.
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About Emma Hall
Emma Hall is the former London Editor of Ad Age, where she covered European marketing advertising, digital and media stories. She has written for newspapers including the Financial Times, The Guardian, The Times and the Telegraph, and was previously a section editor at Campaign. Emma started her career in New York as a researcher for a biography of Keith Richards.
This is the paradox of ‘digital efficiency’. It takes more people to distribute the same investment in media agencies
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Local taxi driver Darrel Bird has won the Moree Thumbs Up Thumbs Down Customer Service Appreciation award for January 2019. Darrel has been a taxi driver in Moree for 32 years and is well known for going above and beyond in his job. He drives the only wheelchair accessible taxi (WAT) in town and provides a large service to the elderly and people with disabilities. “I feel very proud of it, really,” Mr Bird said when he found out he had won the award. He was nominated by Luanne Andrews because of “the care he puts into his job”. Local resident Tanya Fitch, who is also a paraplegic, regularly uses the WAT to get around town. “Darrel is marvelous at his job and he goes over and beyond, he is definitely a vital asset to the local taxi service,” she said. “He is very helpful and assists with more than just driving his customers from A to B. “Darrel is a wonderful person who genuinely cares about his customers and ensures that they are able to get out into the community to participate in all aspects of activities, whether it be social, shopping, medical appointments, vocational or community based. “Darrel is a kind hearted person who is compassionate and understanding of the needs of his customers who need to use an accessible Taxi.” Mr Bird said his job is made easier by the kind people he services. “I do enjoy it, the people in wheelchairs are very good to me. I don’t mind doing it,” he said. “I just make sure I do it right. They treat me very good too, they’re very good to me.” Mr Bird has been driving taxis for a long time now, but can’t see himself stopping any time soon. “I just stayed there. I’m still here, hopefully a bit more time in it. “I thank the customers, they’ve been good to me.”
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February 11 2019 - 12:00PM
Local taxi driver Darrel Bird wins Moree Thumbs Up Thumbs Down Customer Service Appreciation Award for January
Jem Nash
WELL-DESERVED: Darrel Bird receives his Customer Service Appreciation award for the extra care and effort he puts into his job as a taxi driver.
Local taxi driver Darrel Bird has won the Moree Thumbs Up Thumbs Down Customer Service Appreciation award for January 2019.
Darrel has been a taxi driver in Moree for 32 years and is well known for going above and beyond in his job.
He drives the only wheelchair accessible taxi (WAT) in town and provides a large service to the elderly and people with disabilities.
“I feel very proud of it, really,” Mr Bird said when he found out he had won the award.
He was nominated by Luanne Andrews because of “the care he puts into his job”.
Local resident Tanya Fitch, who is also a paraplegic, regularly uses the WAT to get around town.
“Darrel is marvelous at his job and he goes over and beyond, he is definitely a vital asset to the local taxi service,” she said.
“He is very helpful and assists with more than just driving his customers from A to B.
“Darrel is a wonderful person who genuinely cares about his customers and ensures that they are able to get out into the community to participate in all aspects of activities, whether it be social, shopping, medical appointments, vocational or community based.
“Darrel is a kind hearted person who is compassionate and understanding of the needs of his customers who need to use an accessible Taxi.”
Mr Bird said his job is made easier by the kind people he services.
“I do enjoy it, the people in wheelchairs are very good to me. I don’t mind doing it,” he said.
“I just make sure I do it right. They treat me very good too, they’re very good to me.”
Mr Bird has been driving taxis for a long time now, but can’t see himself stopping any time soon.
“I just stayed there. I’m still here, hopefully a bit more time in it.
“I thank the customers, they’ve been good to me.”
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New Texas Law to Ban Texting Behind the Wheel
Last month, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a new law that will make it illegal to text and drive in the state, effective September 1, 2017. Texas is among the last states to enact a ban on texting behind the wheel, with the enactment of the new law following former Governor Rick Perry’s veto of a similar bill in 2011.
Texas Law Will Soon Prohibit Texting and Driving
Despite the delay, the signing of HB 62 is a welcome update to Texas’s laws on distracted driving. Existing law prohibited drivers under age 18 from talking or texting behind the wheel, but did not apply to adult drivers who choose to text and drive (except in specific circumstances, such as while driving in a school zone). When the new texting ban goes into effect on September 1, all drivers in Texas will be prohibited from, “us[ing] a portable wireless communication device to read, write, or send an electronic message while operating a motor vehicle unless the vehicle is stopped.”
The new law includes exceptions for hands-free text messaging, reporting illegal activity, seeking emergency assistance, reading messages reasonably believed to concern emergencies, and using certain devices to communicate for commercial purposes (i.e. for truck drivers to communicate with dispatchers).
No-Texting Signs Coming Soon to a Highway Near You
As part of the new law, the Texas Department of Transportation (TDOT) is required to install signs on all highways entering the state (such as I-10) to notify drivers of the state’s texting ban. The signs must state: (i) Texas law prohibits texting while driving, and (ii) there are fines for texting behind the wheel in Texas. As a misdemeanor offense, texting behind the wheel carries a fine of up to $99 for a first offense, and up to $200 for repeat offenders.
Your Rights as the Victim of a Distracted Driver
Unfortunately, despite the new law, people will continue to text behind the wheel. With texting bans in place in other states around the country, sending and reading text messages have remained among the leading causes of auto accidents nationwide. Victims of texting drivers have always been entitled to seek financial compensation, and Texas’s new law confirms the known dangers of drivers taking their hands off of the wheel and their eyes and minds off of the road.
For more information about your rights after a distracted driving accident, we encourage you to read:
Texting and Driving Accidents
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US Life Expectancy Has Been Declining. Here's Why
The last three years represent the longest consecutive decline in the American lifespan at birth since the period between 1915 and 1918
By Uptin Saiidi | CNBC
Published Jul 9, 2019 at 3:55 PM | Updated at 3:58 PM EDT on Jul 9, 2019
The average life expectancy in the U.S. has been on the decline for three consecutive years.
A baby born in 2017 is expected to live to be 78.6 years old, which is down from 78.7 the year before, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
The last three years represent the longest consecutive decline in the American lifespan at birth since the period between 1915 and 1918, which included World War I and the Spanish Flu pandemic, events that killed many millions worldwide.
Before the recent decline, life expectancy had been steadily rising in the U.S. — which is to be expected of an advanced nation, particularly one that spends more money per citizen on health care than any other country.
The U.S. isn't alone. A study projected the U.K. lifespan will shorten by about five months. While life expectancy is still on the rise in France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands, those countries have also seen a sharp slowdown.
While there's no single cause for the decline in the U.S., a report by the CDC highlights three factors contributing to the decline.
A rise in drug overdoses
In 2017, more than 70,000 deaths occurred because of drug overdoses. Opioids were involved in more than 47,000 of those.
The age-adjusted death rate for drug overdose in the U.S. rose 72% within a decade.
When the CDC analyzed data from emergency room visits, it found that opioid overdoses went up a whopping 30% in the U.S. from July 2016 and September 2017.
Opioids continue to be prescribed at triple the amount they were in 1999, but many are hoping to change that. The federal government has spent more than $2.4 billion in state grants since 2017 in a bid to curb the epidemic.
CDC data shows the number of opioid prescriptions, while still high, is now declining.
An increase in liver disease
Over a 10-year period, the death rate for chronic liver disease and cirrhosis among men aged 25 to 34 increased by nearly 8% per year, while women in the same age group increased more than 11% per year.
The causes of liver disease can vary, from genetics to alcohol consumption and obesity.
A rise in suicide rates
The national suicide rate has increased by 33% since 1999. In 2017 alone, that rate went up by 3.7%.
The global suicide rate, meanwhile, has declined by almost 30% since 2000, with the rates in Russia, Japan, South Korea and India falling significantly over the last decade.
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Colts eager to see defense put to test against Jaguars, Jones-Drew
MICHAEL MAROTASSOCIATED PRESS
Indianapolis faces big challenge — stopping Jacksonville's star running back.
INDIANAPOLIS — Coach Chuck Pagano came to Indianapolis to fix the defense.
He added bigger bodies to stop the run, moved his pass rushers around to create havoc and brought in a new system to change Indy's identity.
So far, so good. The Colts have held Matt Forte and Adrian Peterson in check the first two weeks and on Sunday, they'll face another big test — stopping Jacksonville's Maurice Jones-Drew.
“You can't see him. You can't find him. He's like a rolling ball of butcher knives running up through there,” Pagano said. “He's got legs like tree trunks, I call them two sequoias. I told our guys if you try to hit this guy high and you don't wrap up, you'll bounce off him like bee-bees on a tin can.”
Outside linebacker Robert Mathis learned that lesson the hard way when he once had a clean shot at the 5-foot-7, 210-pound wrecking ball and wound up missing a rare tackle.
Longtime Colts know all about what that feels like.
In 12 career games against Indy, Jones-Drew has rushed for 1,212 yards, nine touchdowns, averaged 5.3 yards per carry, topped 100 yards seven times and set the franchise record for all-purpose yards (303) in a 44-17 rout that was Indy's last loss in its 2006 Super Bowl-winning season. Nobody other than perhaps Tom Brady has been a bigger torn in Indy's side.
For Jones-Drew, it's personal. During the 2006 draft when the Colts had a chance to take the UCLA star late in the first round, they opted instead for Joseph Addai, a decision Jones-Drew has been making them regret the past six years.
“I always have that on my shoulder,” he said. “Coach Pagano, he was in Baltimore at the time I think. He had an opportunity (to draft me). He's getting a double taste now.”
But things have changed dramatically since Jones-Drew last faced this defense on New Year's Day. Back then, he was running for 169 yards and winning the NFL's rushing title while Indianapolis wound up getting the winning ticket in the Andrew Luck Lottery.
Both teams have new coaches, have committed to playing young quarterbacks and have adopted new philosophies.
The difference, so far, is the Colts (1-1) are a little farther ahead.
After years of struggling to stop guys such as Jones-Drew, Indy's new 3-4 hybrid defense held Forte to 80 yards and one touchdown in the season-opener and Peterson to 60 yards last week.
“The whole team's approach is different,” he said. “Obviously, in the past it was to get to the passer. Now their focus is stop the run, be physical.”
Jacksonville's start has been rougher. The Jags (0-2) blew a 10-0 lead at Minnesota and lost 26-23 in overtime as Jones-Drew ran for 77 yards.
In last week's home opener, Jacksonville produced a franchise-worst 117 total yards, more than half coming from Jones-Drew's 60-yard game. Meanwhile, Blaine Gabbert went 7 of 19 for 53 yards before leaving with a glute injury and though all indications are that he will play Sunday, there's no assurance there will be major improvement at a venue where Jacksonville has traditionally struggled.
Defensively, things have actually gotten worse.
Though they've traditionally ranked among the league's staunchest defense, the Jags have already allowed 339 yards rushing and have the sixth-highest points against total in the NFL.
“I refuse to go 0-3,” defensive end Jerome Mincey said. “We've got to tighten up, rally everybody up, get together, go out there and do what we can do and make it happen.”
But the Jags are not panicking.
“It's early in the season, it's two games,” coach Mike Mularkey said. “It's not doomsday, it's two games.”
Indianapolis understands
While Luck got his first career win by leading the Colts on a last-minute drive last weekend and Pagano has delivered on his promise to rebuild Indy's home-field advantage by winning all three games at Lucas Oil Stadium, including both preseason games, it's the defense that has created the most curiosity in Indy.
Though opponents have completed 68.6 percent of their passes and thrown for four touchdowns, they're averaging just 3.5 yards per carry — a number Indy's defense hasn't hit since Jim Harbaugh was the quarterback in1995.
Can this defense keep it up?
Sunday's showdown with Jones-Drew could go a long way in revealing that answer.
“All three are very good backs,” defensive coordinator Greg Manusky said. “We've got to set the edge, he has great strength, he can break tackles.”
And when reminded of Jones-Drew's previous numbers against Indy, Manusky just smiled.
“We don't want that to happen this week,” he said.
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NASCAR Chase update: Johnson, Keselowski pull away from pack
GODWIN KELLYMOTORSPORTS EDITOR
With three races left on the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup playoffs, two drivers have emerged to lock horns at the top of the points standings.
With three races left in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, two drivers have emerged to lock horns at the top of the points standings.
As almost everyone expected, Jimmie Johnson's strong run at Martinsville Speedway took him to the top of the Chase leaderboard, bumping Brad Keselowski from the point.
Just two points separate the drivers. Still lurking within striking distance are Clint Bowyer -- who has become like a piece of chewing gum, clinging to the bottom of the Chase's sole -- and the streaky Kasey Kahne.
Take a moment to say goodbye to Denny Hamlin, who was a close third last week but tumbled to a distant fifth after a 33rd-place finish at Martinsville. He is 49 points back, which is more than a one-race deficit in points.
PAIR OF ACES
POINTS BACK: --
LAST FIVE RACES: 4th, 17th, 3rd, 9th, 1st
CAREER AT TEXAS: 18 starts, one win, eight top-fives, 9.7 average finish
BUZZ: Hello “Five Time” and welcome back to center stage. Johnson made his power run at Martinsville just in time for the championship crunch. This is no time to get complacent and ride for points. Brad Keselowski will keep Johnson honest from now until Thanksgiving. Pass the giblet gravy.
POINTS BACK: 2
LAST FIVE RACES: 1st, 7th, 11th, 8th, 6th
CAREER AT TEXAS: Eight starts, no wins, no top-fives, 25.2 average finish
BUZZ: The Magical Mystery Tour hit a slight bump in the road at Martinsville, but “Kez” will take his sixth-place finish and move along. The question is whether Keselowski can keep pace with the title master. There is no doubt he has the confidence of a bullfighter. Do they bullfight in Michigan?
JACKS ARE WILD
POINTS BACK: 26
LAST FIVE RACES: 9th, 23rd, 1st, 6th, 5th
CAREER AT TEXAS: 13 starts, no wins, three top-fives, 13.3 average finish
BUZZ: Bowyer just keeps hanging around, but he's running out of races. He needs something big to happen this week to stay up with the No. 48 and the “Blue Deuce.” The funny thing is that out of the drivers who could win at Texas, Bowyer would look the best in a cowboy hat. Think about it.
LAST FIVE RACES: 15th, 12th, 8th, 6th, 4th
CAREER AT TEXAS: 16 starts, one win, four top-fives, 18.8 average finish
BUZZ: If Kahne continues on his current track of finishes, he will come in second at Texas. In his last five starts, Kahne has scored a higher finish each time out. In his last three starts, he has finished eighth, sixth and fourth. Statistically speaking, a second-place finish will keep the streak going at Texas.
STILL IN THE PARK
LAST FIVE RACES: 8th, 14th, 2nd, 13th, 33rd
CAREER AT TEXAS: 14 starts, two wins, five top-fives, 10.3 average finish
BUZZ: Hamlin and Jeff Gordon are in the same place statistically. They will now battle for fifth-place points honors, which looks good in the NASCAR record book. Virginia may be for lovers, but Hamlin does not love his master control unit right now, after it failed him at Martinsville. Hello, wall.
LAST FIVE RACES: 2nd, 2nd, 18th, 10th, 7th
CAREER AT TEXAS: 23 starts, one win, eight top-fives, 16.2 average finish
BUZZ: Of all the tracks the Cup Series visits, Texas is probably Gordon's least favorite venue. Over the years, he's endured some violent wrecks and just plain horrible finishes. This is one of those calendar stops, where the primary mission is bringing the No. 24 back in one piece.
OUTSIDE THE PARK
LAST FIVE RACES: 6th, 13th, 10th, 2nd, 23rd
CAREER AT TEXAS: 14 starts, no wins, one top-five, 16.1 average finish
BUZZ: Not everybody can be running for title honors, and Truex put a fork in his championship hopes at Martinsville. He has to wonder what third-place Bowyer, his teammate, is doing in that No. 15 Toyota. Where is the NAPA know-how? Truex dials it to the “take what you can get” setting at Texas.
LAST FIVE RACES: 35th, 1st, 14th, 1st, 14th
CAREER AT TEXAS: 20 starts, two wins, 11 top-fives, 8.6 average finish
BUZZ: If Kenseth continues his current streak of finishes, he will win at Texas. His last four starts have produced a win, a 14th-place finish, a win and another 14th-place effort. You have to hand it to Kenseth for trying. He is raising the bar on how lame-duck drivers should end their contracts. Car owner Jack Roush must be pleased.
ORBITING EARTH
LAST FIVE RACES: 16th, 6th, 4th, 27th, 10th
CAREER AT TEXAS: 17 starts, two wins, seven top-fives, 16.2 average finish
BUZZ: Remember when Biffle was miffed at the media after winning Michigan. We do. He said, “A lot of people don't expect us to win the championship and don't expect us to compete for the title, but I don't care what they say. We will be a factor when it comes down to Homestead. I promise you that.”
LAST FIVE RACES: 20th, 22nd, 13th, 5th, 27th
BUZZ: Stewart will make it look and sound like he cares about what happens the next three weeks, but the veteran knows just to run out the line, don't waste time, energy or resources. He is busy preparing for the 2013 season and looking forward to his weekend in Las Vegas.
GRAVITY CHECK
LAST FIVE RACES: 13th, 11th, 16th, 11th, 32nd
BUZZ: This is a fact you haven't seen anywhere else in print or on the Internet – Kevin Harvick has yet to win a Cup race as a father. Of course, the two have no correlation. The fact is that Richard Childress Racing needs better equipment. Waltrip Racing has passed RCR in technology. Mikey likes it!
POINTS BACK: 140
LAST FIVE RACES: 11th, 20th, DNS, DNS, 21st
CAREER AT TEXAS: 20 starts, one win, three top-fives, 13.9 average finish
BUZZ: Earnhardt will finish last in the Chase, but at least that string of “did not starts” is over. Earnhardt had a top-10 car at Martinsville, plus found a Nationwide Series driver, Regan Smith, for his JR Motorsports team next season. All things considered, it was a good week for NASCAR's most-stalked driver.
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Virtual reality is helping scientists discover new drugs
The same technology that’s revolutionizing video games is being used to develop new drugs and fight some of the world’s deadliest diseases.
Chemists at C4X Discovery are using the virtual reality technology behind popular game Fortnite to visualize the structure of complex molecules. The tool, called 4Sight, has already been used to create a drug that is now in development to treat addiction.
Biochemists are also using the technology to develop drugs to tackle other diseases, such as cancer and Parkinson’s.
Scientists traditionally used physical models to visualize drugs. But 4Sight allows drug developers to grab hold of virtual molecules and see how they move and respond to stimuli.
The key to drug design is finding the right shape for the molecule to fit inside the targeted protein pocket. If you get the wrong shape, the molecule could fail to attach or even lodge in a different pocket, causing side effects.
“Moving molecules around that are very complicated is so much easier by grabbing them than by trying to use a mouse on a keyboard,” says Craig Fox, chief scientific officer at C4X Discovery.
The company claims that the technology could help to reduce the margin of error during the drug discovery process and enable scientists in different locations to work on drug models in the same virtual room.
“It takes about 10 to 12 years to take a drug from the concept to the market,” says Fox. “It’s often described as trying to find a needle in a haystack.”
It’s also exceedingly expensive. It costs $2.6 billion on average to develop a new prescription medicine that gains market approval, according to the Tufts Center for Study of Drug Development.
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Examining the Human Impact of the Northern Sea Route
A research project is examining how the establishment of Russia’s Northern Sea Route has shaped the lives of residents along the country’s northern coast, amid the booms and busts of industrialization.
Written by Lauren Kaljur Published on Feb. 16, 2017 Read time Approx. 5 minutes
The Arctic port town of Pevek on Russia’s northeast coast was established as a modern settlement to support the expanding Northern Sea Route after World War I. Mikhail Fomichev / RIA Novosti / Sputnik
Most discussion about Russia’s Northern Sea Route focuses on shipping traffic and sea ice. However, an anthropological study is taking a different tack, by looking at how industrialization along the route has affected northern residents.
Connecting the ports of Norway and Japan, the Northern Sea Route (NSR) is roughly half the distance of the southern route between the same two destinations through the Suez Canal. This translates to a saving of around 10 days of travel and related fuel costs. However, the NSR is often impassable for parts of the year due to sea ice. As climate change claims more and more summer ice, though, the route’s navigational window is rapidly changing, and could potentially grow to six months of the year by the end of the century. Ice levels were at the second lowest yearly minimum on record during last September’s travel season, despite some areas holding more ice than normal, such as the Laptev Sea. For convoys equipped with icebreakers, it’s been a year of firsts for winter travel.
The Russian government celebrates the thaw as the beginning of a new era. For the respected Arctic anthropologist and research lead, Nikolai Vakhtin, it’s an era that must be studied. His latest project is a partnership between Tyumen State University in western Siberia and the European University in St. Petersburg. Vakhtin works out of the latter, in the same port city where Russia’s nuclear icebreakers are built (and recent birthplace of Arktika, heralded for her ability to slice through ice 4m/13ft deep). Soon, the team of 10 researchers will commence ethnographies in seaport communities along the coast of the Arctic Ocean from Murmansk in the west to Kamchatka in the east.
The Russian Arctic is a diverse region of roughly 2 million people, including settlers and members of some of the 41 groups represented by the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East (RAIPON). Some communities share a long history of adaptation to change dating back to the frenzied fur trade of the 17th century. Other communities and cities emerged only in the 1950s. Still others, such as the coastal city of Khatanga near the coal-rich Taymyr Peninsula, are being repopulated by Indigenous peoples from surrounding communities following the exodus of settlers in the post-Soviet era.
The idea of the NSR dates back to the 16th century, Vakhtin explains, and its allure has persisted in step with dynamic military, economic and now climatic trends. The result is a region characterized by highs and lows, evidenced by modern hotels and abandoned infrastructure. As if following the jolting ups and downs on a heart monitor display, use of the NSR peaked in the late 1980s, then slowed significantly in the 1990s. It downturned in the years following the Great Recession of the late 2000s, experienced a short spike in 2012–13, then dropped once more in 2015. Part of this wild ride is due to the NSR’s diverse functions: global shipping route, strategic point of military control and facilitator of resource extraction.
On the shipping side, Sergey Balmasov from the Centre for High North Logistics explains that widespread use of the NSR is hampered by a host of restraining forces such as a slumped freight market, collapse in oil prices, icebreaker technology and seasonal navigation periods. If calculated solely based on ship movement from Asia to Europe without call to an NSR port, 19 vessels carrying around 200,000 tonnes were transported in 2016.
On the military side, it was during World War I that Russia began building infrastructure along the NSR to use as a blockade-free exit route, a trend that continued into the Cold War. Vakhtin explains that military motivations for development of the route persist, and though they fluctuate according to geopolitical tensions, it’s a powerful stimulant for economic growth in Arctic towns and cities.
But while the future of the Northern Sea Route as a global transportation corridor remains uncertain, its use as a route for moving Russian Arctic resources to eastern and western markets seems – for the time being – its most enduring material driver.
Although resource prices waver, extensive reserves of diamonds, nickel and liquefied natural gas (LNG) remain locked under the icy terrain, scraped free by glaciers. “Interest in the Arctic is rising: It is connected with the rise of extracting industries,” Vakhtin says.
Today, the NSR is used year-round by Nornickel, the world’s leading nickel producer, as it moves ore from Norilsk to processing plants in the Kola Peninsula. The Taymyr Peninsula holds significant coal deposits, while the Yamal Peninsula holds Russia’s largest gas reserves, propelling the construction of an LNG terminal and seaport in Sabetta. At least one platform for offshore oil extraction is in permanent operation in the Pechora Sea. For these industries, the NSR is an important route for raw building materials and supplies, Vakhtin explains. Though figures vary depending on exactly what movements are included, they totaled 6.9 million tonnes in 2016.
“Usage and viability of NSR as an export route to deliver natural resources out of the Arctic to the markets is on the rise for sure,” echoes Balmasov, who is also the head of the Northern Sea Route information office. (He adds that the route still has a way to go given the general lack of backup infrastructure such as shipment and repair docks, fueling stations and communication, rescue and navigation hubs.) Pressure to complete the $27 billion LNG plant in Sabetta is so great that a Netherlands-based cargo vessel just made history by sailing through the route during the winter months – albeit escorted by icebreakers – to deliver materials for its construction. Similarly, a convoy of vessels carrying supplies destined for port infrastructure in Pevek made history in January by traveling through the western portion of the Siberian coast in the cold of winter. They’ve been locked in ice, however, for a month in Chaunskaya Bay, awaiting assistance from a nuclear icebreaker.
For the many communities along this route, such as the Nenets who herd reindeer and the growing population of Khatanga, these economic and climatic changes are shifting perceptions and realities. It’s an environment ripe for study, and the need to know more about the local effects of development is the driver behind the archival work and ethnographies the team will be conducting within 10 selected communities along the route. “The balance between industrial development and its influence on the local population is an important question that requires extended anthropological research,” Vakhtin says.
“At present we can only say that NSR will influence both the life and the perception of the local people.” This, he says, includes both hopes and fears.
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Truck hits Mennonite carriage, killing boy and injuring 4
Jul 11, 2019 1:22 PM CDT
FARMINGTON, Mo. (AP) — A pickup truck slammed into a horse-drawn carriage in Missouri on Thursday, killing an 8-year-old Mennonite boy and seriously injuring four members of his family, including two other children, authorities said.
The crash happened at around 6:45 a.m. in a remote area of St. Francois County, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) southwest of St. Louis, the Highway Patrol said.
The Mennonite family was on the way to pick blueberries at a nearby farm near when the truck slammed into the back of their carriage, patrol Cpl. Juston Wheetley told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
"The truck went over the top of it. It's literally destroyed," he said of the carriage.
The 8-year-old died at the scene. The other two children, ages 10 and 12, were taken to St. Louis Children's Hospital with serious injuries. The injured adults, ages 50 and 28, were also seriously hurt and were taken to Barnes-Jewish Hospital, authorities said. The 19-year-old driver of the carriage wasn't injured. Authorities haven't released the names of those involved in the crash.
The 19-year-old pickup truck's driver and his passenger were not hurt, and the driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with police, Wheetley said. He said the crash happened on a straight stretch of the two-lane highway and that the carriage had an orange safety placard attached, adding that it isn't clear how fast the truck was going.
The county's Mennonite community was established just two years ago, the Post-Dispatch reported.
Wheetley said Mennonite and Amish carriages have previously been struck by motorized vehicles in Missouri, but that Thursday's crash was the most "severe" he was aware of in that area.
There have been other similar fatal wrecks in recent years, including last month in Algansee Township in southern Michigan, when a pickup truck slammed into a horse-drawn carriage, killing three young Amish children and seriously injuring one other and their mother. The 21-year-old pickup truck's driver was charged with drunken driving causing death and serious injury.
In October of 2017, a truck crashed into a buggy near Sheridan, Michigan, killing three children whose family was on its way to a Sunday service. The 29-year-old truck driver pleaded guilty to misdemeanor moving violation charges.
Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://www.stltoday.com
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Satanists Place Statue Between Christmas Tree and Menorah at Illinois Capitol
By Daniel Moritz-Rabson On 12/5/18 at 10:48 AM EST
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A statue from The Satanic Temple-Chicago was added to the holiday decorations at the Illinois statehouse, The State Journal-Register reported.
Positioned between a Christmas tree and a menorah, the sculpture depicts a forearm holding an apple, with a snake coiled around arm, according to BBC News.
The statue, which is four-and-a-half feet tall, is titled "Knowledge Is The Greatest Gift." Lex Manticore, a spokesman from the temple, said that the arm alludes to the arm of Eve from the Biblical tale of the Garden of Eden.
"We see Satan as a hero in that story, of course, spreading knowledge," Manticore said. "We believe that you should basically act with the best scientific understanding of the world when you make decisions."
He also noted that the Temple does not believe in supernatural phenomena and worships "no deities."
"Not only do we not worship a literal Satan, but we don't believe one actually exists. Satan for us is a metaphor...Throughout literary history, [it's] been used as a character that represents rebellion in the face of religious tyranny."
The temple provoked some opposition. Illinois Family Action, an organization that says it "works to advance public policies to protect the sanctity of human life, Christian marriage and the natural family and other initiatives which are consistent with principles of good government," criticized the installation.
Satanic Temple monument was added to the #Illinois Capitol rotunda displays. They fail to realize that the little baby in the manger has CRUSHED Satan's head and the gates of hell will NOT prevail. https://t.co/xYXEKeRPus #ILRight #ccot
— IL Family Action (@ILfamilyaction) December 4, 2018
"They fail to realize that the little baby in the manger has CRUSHED Satan's head and the gates of hell will NOT prevail," the organization tweeted.
Dave Druker, spokesman for the Illinois secretary of state, said that the group was legally permitted to place the display in the Capitol, which is a public space. "Under the Constitution, the First Amendment, people have a right to express their feelings, their thoughts," Druker said.
The Satanic Temple was founded in 2012 in Salem, Massachusetts, BBC News reported.
In August, The Satanic Temple placed a statue of a "goat-headed, winged creature called Baphomet" outside the Arkansas Capitol during a protest against the placement of a Ten Commandments monument on state grounds, according to the Associated Press.
"If you're going to have one religious monument up then it should be open to others, and if you don't agree with that then let's just not have any at all," Satanic Arkansas co-founder Ivy Forrester said.
Arkansas installed its first Ten Commandments monument in 2017. Less than 24 hours after it was finished, a protester drove his car into the monument, destroying it.
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China’s Fu Mingxia was the top female diver of the 1990s. She has been at her best on the platform, winning the Olympic gold medal in that event in 1992 and 1996, and was World Champion in 1991 and 1994. In 1996, Fu won both the springboard and platform at the Olympics, duplicating the feats of Vicky Draves (1948), Pat McCormick (1952-56) and Ingrid Krämer (1960), who also won both events at the same Olympics. Fu retired briefly after the 1996 Olympics, but returned to compete in the 2000 Olympics, defending her springboard gold medal and winning a silver medal...
China’s Fu Mingxia was the top female diver of the 1990s. She has been at her best on the platform, winning the Olympic gold medal in that event in 1992 and 1996, and was World Champion in 1991 and 1994. In 1996, Fu won both the springboard and platform at the Olympics, duplicating the feats of Vicky Draves (1948), Pat McCormick (1952-56) and Ingrid Krämer (1960), who also won both events at the same Olympics. Fu retired briefly after the 1996 Olympics, but returned to compete in the 2000 Olympics, defending her springboard gold medal and winning a silver medal in the new synchronized springboard event.
Mingxia in numbers
Gold medal:4 Silver medal:1 Bronze medal:
1 Gold medal
2 Silver medal
Synchronized Springboard
Wonder Kid Fu Takes Flight | Barcelona 1992
Women's 10m Platform Diving Final | Barcelona 1992
Champion Diver
Diving events
FINA World Championships - Gwangju
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Ondarock / Interviste / Twin Peaks
Free to experiment
interview by Stefano Bartolotta
Before the first Italian show ever of this rock n roll quintet from Chicago, in Milan supporting Cage The Elephant, we met Cadien Lake James and Colin Croom. Their answers show how the band is still having fun in making music, and at the same time they are getting more and more self confidence and a clear artistic vision.
Unfortunately, our website never talked about you before this interview. So, would you like to be the first to introduce yourself to us?
Cadien - I’ll just say we’re Twin Peaks, five friends from Chicago, we play rock n roll, and we’re in Milan right now…
You said you’re five friends, but I read that t first you were four, and then the fifth man came. How did it happen?
Cadien - Since we were younger, we’ve always played with him, he’s always been a really good friend to us, and two and a half years ago we worked on our second record and he helped as an engineer and played some stuff, it just worked out really well and we decided this way.
So, how do the songs get born? Is there a main songwriter or do you write collectively?
Cadien - We are four different songwriters, so, pretty much we individually write songs, then, when web ring them to the table, we work on them together, and we get them finished this way.
Listening to this new album, I think the sound is less edgy and there are many more details and instruments. You already said that one of the reason is that you have a fifth permanent member now, but if you want to talk more about this, please do it.
Cadien - Yes, I think it has a lot to do about having enough time.
Colin - We recorded the album in a much more free environment, we were at a friend’s house, and the recording took us about four weeks in total, then we were in a quiet place in Massachussets, there was not a lot to do, so we were very focused on what we had to do. We had the opportunity to experiment, to create, to expand.
Without any kind of clock or countdown or deadline.
Colin - Yes, we weren’t spending money so we said that we had to keep going, we just wanted to come down to that.
Cadien - We have been able to really play whatever we wanted, to experiment with the tracks, that’s a big deal. We were able to create a fuller sound.
I really like what you did on harmonies, I can hear a lot of nice harmonies on the album, it seems you focused more on them than in the previous albums.
Cadien - Yeah, we have four different voices, so you try to utilize them as much as you can, if we could, we would have harmonies in everything, but we’re no Beach Boys, so we can’t do that. It’s fun and a good way for us to practice, and people appreciate that.
You said you are no Beach Boys, but I think that on the album you can hear some atmospheres that remind of West Coast. The guitar jangles remind me of The Byrds, and if we think about current bands, of Allah-Las, and I’m a big fan of them.
Colin - We appreciate that style of production, and we listen to that kind of records a lot, so probably that’s why our sound is influenced by them.
Cadien - This kind of production has much more quality and makes the sound more warm.
And were you on the same page with the people that helped producing the record? I read that some friends collaborated with you on this.
Colin - Yeah, our buddy Andrew Humphrey worked with us, he also worked with bands like Dinosaur Jr. or Kurt Vile.
These are different sounds than yours, Kurt Vile can be more or less related, but Dinosaur Jr. are really different.
Cadien - Yes, but he got it right away what we wanted to do.
Colin - He also is a funny person, he always calls us “hippy stoners”
Cadien - Which is not completely true, only half true.
I have two favorite songs on this album, so I ask you if you want to talk about one of the two songs or both, they are “You Don’t” and “Holding Roses”.
Cadien - “You Don’t” is one of my favorite actually, it has something unique in it.
Colin - Yes, like the fan we used as a percussion, we brushed this metal fan.
Cadien - There’s a lot of stuff we used as percussions on that song, we also used bottles and glasses. Anyway, I think it’s a good song.
Colin - About “Holding Roses”, we basically recorded it live, we added something afterwards like piano.
Cadien - It’s really like taking a simple idea, keeping it and adding on.
What would you say about your lyrics?
Colin - I don’t think our lyrics are conceptual, they’re like we are young men from Chicago and we sing about this. A lot of songs are about girls.
Cadien - Yes, I think for now we still didn’t find a way to tell something different, from a more mature angle, but I think it’s just another step in the process and we’ll try to find our own voice. In the old days, you wrote lyrics, and as long as the sound’s good, it’s good, but now you try to have more mind on it, and we want to focus on it, for a growth.
Colin - When you’re young, you care more about the music.
Cadien - It’s also just about experiences and reinterpreting them.
Tonight you’re playing for the first time in Italy, so, in case you come back, what can we expect from your live shows?
Cadien - A lot of energy, we work as a well-oiled machine I think, and we bring the rock.
Colin - We’re not the kind of band that stands still, we don’t travel to stand still on stage.
My last question is about the project Our First 100 Days, that you are part of. So, about Donald Trump, there were people who, before he was elected, thought he would not have done all the things he was saying, but instead he’s actually doing them.
Cadien - He’s doing it, yeah, so I think a project like that is important. It feels good for us to be a part of something like that, we’re in a situation where we have to ease a platform that makes our voices as a representation of people that are disappointed. We need artists to step up, because politicians didn’t get it done, so now the people have to try their best to stick together. It’s a little part, but it means a lot to contribute.
Colin - We started this tour three days before he officially started, so we are sad to be abroad and to be represented by him, he should not be representing us.
I read the songs have the aim to bring a sort of social conscience to the listener, but are they already released or do all the contributors write a sing especially for this project?
Cadien - I don’t even know, we still didn’t think about that, we are touring now so we haven’t worked on it, when we come back it’s one of the things we have to do, but whatever comes out, we’ll be happy to make our voice heard.
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University of NottinghamNewsPress releases2012JanuaryLow reporting of clinical trial data in key US database, study shows
Low reporting of clinical trial data in key US database, study shows
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Many clinical trials in the US are failing to report their findings in a publically available database, despite a recent law that compels them to do so, say researchers at The University of Nottingham.
The study, by Dr Andrew Prayle, Dr Matthew Hurley and Professor Alan Smyth in the University’s Division of Child Health and reported in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), showed that out of the studies completed in the States during the course of 2009, less than one-quarter had logged their results on the ClinicalTrials.gov website.
Dr Prayle said: “We think it’s really important that the results of clinical trials are widely disseminated to help doctors make the right decisions when treating patients. The ClinicalTrials.gov website allows researchers to publish summary results of clinical trials on their website, which is free for all to view. This will improve access to trial results, as not all trials end up being published in academic journals.
“Recent legislation in the USA requires some clinical trials to publish their results on the website within a year of the trial finishing. We cross-referenced the ClinicalTrials.gov database and another database called Drugs@FDA to identify trials which should have reported results, and found that around a quarter had uploaded results to the website.”
A key principal of best practice in the conduct of clinical trials is that a summary of the trial should be freely available while the study is ongoing and that, on completion of the study, the results should also be easily and quickly accessed. However, until recent times, there was no legal obligation for scientists to offer access to the results of their trial, many of which go unreported by scientific or medical journals.
The US has lead the way in legislation to make clinical trials more transparent. In February 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Modernization Act in the US prompted the creation of a national clinical trials registry, ClinicalTrials.gov. The FDA Amendments Act (FDAAA) of 2007 made it a mandatory requirement for the registration of trial result summaries within a year in most cases for studies that have at least one site in the US, are of a drug, device or biological agent and had started or were ongoing as of September 2007. This visionary legislation will revolutionise access to clinical trial data, as it is free for all to access.
To check compliance with the US law, the Nottingham team selected trials subject to mandatory reporting within one year which were completed between January 1 and December 31 2009. The timeframe was chosen because all the studies completing within the year would have had at least one year to report results.
They then cross-referenced the investigational drug for each of the applicable clinical trials with the FDA database of approved drugs, Drugs@FDA. They found that out of 738 trials that were classified as subject to mandatory reporting, just 163 (22 per cent) had reported results. The study found that the influence of the funding body or sponsor seemed to be considerable — industry funded trials subject to mandatory reporting were far more likely to report results compared with other funders. Importantly a positive effect of the legislation was noted — where trials did not fall under the legislation only 10 per cent of them had reported results.
Dr Prayle added: “Further research is needed to identify why many trials had not had results uploaded. The legislation has only recently been enacted, and we hope that given time more clinical trials will report their results.”
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Notes to editors: The University of Nottingham, described by The Sunday Times University Guide 2011 as ‘the embodiment of the modern international university’, has award-winning campuses in the United Kingdom, China and Malaysia. It is ranked in the UK's Top 10 and the World's Top 75 universities by the Shanghai Jiao Tong (SJTU) and the QS World University Rankings. It was named ‘the world’s greenest university’ in the UI GreenMetric World University Ranking 2011, a league table of the most environmentally-friendly higher education institutions.
The University is committed to providing a truly international education for its 40,000 students, producing world-leading research and benefiting the communities around its campuses in the UK and Asia. Impact: The Nottingham Campaign, its biggest ever fund-raising campaign, will deliver the University’s vision to change lives, tackle global issues and shape the future. For more details, visit: www.nottingham.ac.uk/impactcampaign
More than 90 per cent of research at The University of Nottingham is of international quality, according to the most recent Research Assessment Exercise, with almost 60 per cent of all research defined as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’. Research Fortnight analysis of RAE 2008 ranked the University 7th in the UK by research power.
The University’s vision is to be recognised around the world for its signature contributions, especially in global food security, energy & sustainability, and health. The University won a Queen’s Award for Higher and Further Education in 2011, for its research on global food security.
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NRDC Takes Trump Administration To Court Over Refusal to Ban Pesticide Linked to Learning Disabilities in Children
Kate Slusark Kiely, 212-727-4592 or kkiely@nrdc.org
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to evade a federal court order by refusing to proceed with its proposed ban of chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children—according to litigation filed today by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Pesticide Action Network. Just last fall, EPA’s own health analysis of the chemical showed that residues on fruits and vegetables led to exposures in children up to 14,000 percent higher than EPA’s safety limit.
“The Trump administration is not above the law—and we will not let them put our kids at risk,” said Erik Olson, senior attorney and Director of the Health Program at NRDC. “The science is clear that this chemical is dangerous, yet Administrator Pruitt is ignoring findings from EPA’s own experts and brushing off the courts to keep it on the market. We are asking the court to step-in to keep our children safe.”
EPA had been under a court order to respond to petition to ban the chemical—filed in 2007 by NRDC and PAN—by last Friday, March 31. Instead, the agency announced last week that it would wait five more years before making any further safety determination on the use of the chemical, effectively greenlighting its continued use on food crops in the meantime.
NRDC and PAN, represented in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by Earthjustice, today filed a motion to enforce the previous court order and require EPA to make a decision on the proposed ban within 30 days. The group argues that EPA cannot delay its decision on the ban any further because it has not presented any new scientific research that reverses their findings last fall that the pesticide is dangerous and widespread on U.S. produce.
Significant science shows that exposure to low levels of the pesticide in early life can lead to increased risk of learning disabilities, including reductions in IQ, developmental delay, and behavioral problems, such as ADHD.
“EPA is refusing to take this chemical off the market—but it is not rescinding its own scientists’ finding that this pesticide is toxic to children,” said Miriam Rotkin-Ellman, senior scientist at NRDC. “Parents shouldn’t have to worry that a dangerous chemical might be lurking in the fruits and veggies they feed their kids. The health of our children must come before chemical corporations.”
NRDC has been pressing EPA to ban agricultural uses of chlorpyrifos for nearly a decade. Earlier this year, NRDC joined nearly 50 doctors, nurses, public health experts and scientific researchers in urging the agency to take swift action in light of new research suggesting much smaller concentrations of the pesticide than previously believed are dangerous to children.
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with more than 2 million members and online activists. Since 1970, our lawyers, scientists, and other environmental specialists have worked to protect the world's natural resources, public health, and the environment. NRDC has offices in New York City; Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles; San Francisco; Chicago; Bozeman, Montana; and Beijing. Visit us at www.nrdc.org and follow us on Twitter @NRDC.
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Home / Your Government / The Premier / Media Releases from the Premier / Premier announces renewed support for the iconic Sculpture by the Sea
Premier announces renewed support for the iconic Sculpture by the Sea
Published 23rd October, 2014
NSW Premier Mike Baird has today announced the NSW Government will continue its support for the world famous Sculpture by the Sea for a further four years.
Mr Baird made the announcement at the launch of Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, with Founding Director David Handley at Marks Park, Tamarama.
Mr Baird said the NSW Liberals & Nationals Government had renewed its commitment to provide $1.2 million toward the outdoor exhibition for the next four years.
“Sculpture by the Sea is one of Sydney’s best known and loved outdoor exhibitions and I’m proud to announce our continued support for this annual event,” Mr Baird said.
“The exhibition along Sydney’s iconic Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk is going from strength to strength and is now considered to be the largest and best attended annual sculpture exhibition in the world.
“Sculpture by the Sea attracts about 500,000 visitors to NSW each year, including an increasing number of people from Western Sydney.
“Last year, 24 per cent of visitors – or more than 100,000 people – from the region visited the exhibition along Sydney’s Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk, up from seven per cent in 2007.
“Sculpture by the Sea increases the State’s appeal as an international arts and cultural destination, with more than 14,000 visitors arriving from interstate, and almost 5,000 arriving from overseas.
“The exhibition also provides an almost $60 million boost in indirect expenditure to the State economy as a result of the visitors who travel to NSW specifically for the exhibition.
“I’m proud to support this popular, free outdoor exhibition, offering people an opportunity to experience more than 100 art works from Australian and international sculptors.”
Mr Handley thanked the Premier for the NSW Government’s commitment and said the funding would assist in planning four more exciting years of the exhibition.
“It’s a pleasure to work with the NSW Government and to receive this all important support, without which it would be almost impossible to stage Sculpture the Sea.
“Importantly one third of the funding goes directly to artists to help them with their costs of exhibiting in this free to the public event,” said Mr Handley.
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Lincoln Medical Center Receives National Recognition for Excellence in Stroke Care
Recognition Acknowledges Implementation of the Highest Quality Stroke Care Designed to Save Lives, Reduce Disability and Improve the Lives of Stroke Patients
Milton Nuñez, Executive Director of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) Lincoln Medical Center, announced today that HHC Lincoln has received from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) the “Get With the Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus Award” as well as the “Get With The Guidelines® – Target: Stroke Honor Roll – Elite Plus Quality Achievement Award,” for the successful implementation of higher standards of stroke care, aimed at reducing death and disability, and improving the lives of stroke patients.
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“When a patient comes through our doors in a critical situation, they trust us to provide the right care, at the right time,” said Milton Nuñez. “As a New York State designated Stroke Center, Lincoln Medical Center continues to achieve a high level of quality performance, implementing life-prolonging treatments, and ensuring that the care we provide to stroke patients is aligned with the latest scientific guidelines.”
HHC Lincoln earned the “Stroke Gold Plus Award” for achieving 85% or higher compliance for two consecutive years with all seven of the Association’s stroke achievement measures, including aggressive guidelines for the use of certain medications, and encouraging patients to enroll in Smoking Cessation and other secondary stroke prevention programs to improve patient outcomes.
To achieve the “Target: Stroke Honor Roll – Elite Plus Award,” hospitals must meet quality measures developed to reduce the time between the patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with the blood clot-busting medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat ischemic stroke. If given intravenously in the first three hours after the start of stroke symptoms, the medication, tPA, has been shown to significantly reduce the effects of stroke and lessen the chance of permanent disability.
“Our receipt of this important Gold Plus status and our inclusion in the Honor Roll-Elite Plus is a testament to the great care provided at Lincoln Medical Center,” said Anita Soni, MD, Chief Medical Officer. “I am proud of our world-class medical team whom work tirelessly to ensure that stroke patients receive the most appropriate and evidenced-based treatment. The patients in our community deserve the absolute best in healthcare and we work toward this goal daily.”
“The Gold Plus is a top award given to select hospitals in each state and would not have been possible without the support and hard work from multiple disciplines and departments,” said Riyad Basir, MD, FCCP, Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Director of Stroke Center. “This is one of the finest examples of collaboration amongst interdisciplinary teams. With a stroke, time lost is brain lost, and this award demonstrates our commitment to quality and patient-centered care.”
Contact:Ian Michaels , (212) 788-3339 Renelda Walker, Lincoln Medical Center , (718) 579-5777
About NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln
NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, located at 234 East 149th Street in the Bronx, is a 362-bed, Acute Care Level 1 Trauma Center with the busiest single site emergency department in the region. Winner of the 2012 American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Finalist Award, and 2013 recognition as a “Top Performer on Key Quality Measures” by The Joint Commission, the hospital emphasizes primary care and specialty medicine and uses the latest advances in medical science. The hospital is a member of the NYC Health + Hospitals health care system.
The NYC Health + Hospitals health care system is a $6.7 billion integrated healthcare delivery system, the largest municipal healthcare organization in the country, and one of the New York area’s largest providers of government-sponsored health insurance, MetroPlus Health Plan, the plan of choice for nearly half a million New Yorkers. The NYC Health + Hospitals health care system serves 1.4 million New Yorkers every year and more than 475,000 are uninsured. The system provides medical, mental health and substance abuse services through its 11 acute care hospitals, five skilled nursing facilities, six large diagnostic and treatment centers and more than 70 community based clinics. NYC Health + Hospitals/Home Care also provides in-home services for New Yorkers. The NYC Health + Hospitals system was the 2008 recipient of the National Quality Forum and The Joint Commission’s John M. Eisenberg Award for Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality. For more information, visit www.nychealthandhospitals.org or find us on https://www.facebook.com/NYCHealthSystem or twitter.com/NYCHealthSystem.
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Author - Keri Giannotti
Keri Giannotti2018-09-18T15:46:04+00:00
Photo Credit: Michael Mc Mahon
Today we celebrate Armed Forces Day! Although our United States Armed Services are divided into multiple branches, we should all take the time to appreciate the unified strength of our Armed Forces.
Post World War Two, under the National Security Act of 1947 Congress changed the name of the Department of War to the Department of Defense and restructured the American Military under one Department headed by one Secretary. Now the United States Army, the United States Marine Corp (which was prior under the Department of the Navy), the United States Navy (which had its own department), and the newly minted Air Force are under one single unified department. As part of this, President Harry S. Truman led the effort to establish a single holiday to celebrate all military members for their service rather than the separate “birthday holidays” each branch has.
In his Proclamation Truman said “I call upon my fellow citizens to display the flag of the United States at their homes on Armed Forces Day and to participate in exercises expressive of our recognition of skill, gallantry, and uncompromising devotion to duty characteristic of the Armed Forces in the carrying out of their missions”
Honoring all of the branches is a critical element of the design of the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial. At the base of our Memorial are flag representing all of the branches which served in Vietnam. The flags from left to right are the flag of the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and the Coast Guard. The order of the flags is not by the date of creation but by the casualty total. According, to research complied by the National Archives with the Department of Defense. The Army suffered the most casualties during the Vietnam Era with 38,224. The Marines, 14,884 men, the Navy at 2,559, The Air Force at 2,586. The US Coast Guard has the least number of casualties with 7. The Coast Guard’s involvement in Vietnam is little known. President Johnson called them up for deployment and they served in combat and support positions in the Gulf of Tonkin and beyond.
In 1961 John F. Kennedy declared Armed Forces Day a national holiday. It is not a federal holiday therefore many of the nation’s military bases are open and hold activities on the day. The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial is open 24-7, for visitors. We host free guided tours of the Memorial every Saturday at 11am and 2pm and today is no different. Today, like all other days we seek “to honor, to remember and to heal”
Keri A. Giannotti is our Museum Educator and a full time History teacher at Bloomfield High School in Bloomfield, New Jersey. If you have a topic or idea for an educationally related story contact her at kgiannotti@njvvmf.org
Last week we shared the history and significance of celebrating military spouses. Continuing the celebration of Military Spouses, we are pleased to be able to share a conversation between one of our own Vietnam Veteran tour guides, Carl Burns and his wife, Ruth Ann. While Carl was serving in Vietnam, Ruth Ann was able to go to Vietnam to cover war as a journalist. Below is a transcript of their story.
Ruth Ann: As a journalism student at Rutgers University I experienced many feelings on the war. On campus it was being dissected daily by those opposed to the war. The newspapers and television painted a scanty, often confusing picture of life and death, blood and pacification, hope and desolation. And my husband of six months was flying a helicopter out of some place called Cu Chi. Most Americans couldn’t pronounce the names of places in Vietnam–Phuc Lon, Trang Bang, and Hue, they almost sounded like dirty words.
Getting to Vietnam was a long and sometimes discouraging battle in itself. I was only 21 at the time, between my junior and senior year at Douglass College in New Brunswick, New Jersey. I worked as a feature writer for a regional daily newspaper. Through countless letters, visits to media outlets in New York and phone calls, I managed to cut through the military red tape. My trip cost $2,000, and I paid for it from numerous contracts with media from Parade Magazine to the North American Newspaper Alliance.
Armed only with the top of my wedding cake frozen in dry ice, notebooks, a loaned typewriter and cameras from my newspaper, I left for Vietnam. It was 12,000 miles, 29 flight hours, 7 Pan Am dinners and 5 stopovers. Landing was my first taste of the war zone. Our plane dive-bombed for the runway, fearful of enemy firepower. Overheads spilled open, galley kitchen items tumbled down, and a child actually rolled down the aisle. Welcome to Tan Son Nhut Airport.
What met my eye immediately was the vast complexity of this jungle war. Life in Saigon went on like the VC was just another word. Traffic jams rivaled New York and barbed wire was everywhere. Carl’s first words to me after telling me I was beautiful were that we had a little problem with my credentials and he joked, “I might be court martialed.” We spent two days finding the Marine major who actually wrote the in-country rules. He was a big burly guy, chomping on a cigar, looking so much like the tough Marine he was. He looked at my credentials, letters and contracts, and said “Little lady, people are running from this war and look at all you did to get here. You can cover this war.” He stamped my credentials. Finally we had a victory.
Carl: Of course in the beginning I did not want Ruth Ann to come to a warzone. People were running from this war and she was fighting to come over. I watched all my hoochmates making plans to fly to Hawaii or Thailand for two weeks of R&R with their wives and mine was about to land in Saigon.
My company commander could not have been more supportive. First he gave me the bad news that she would not be allowed in country because she was a dependent. But then I looked at him and said, “you don’t know Ruth Ann, she is on her way Sir.” Colonel Peterson gave her his best helicopter pilots to get her around in country. Our experience was unique and I got to see a side of the war that I never would have been exposed to.
There was the story of An Lac orphanage in Vietnam. Madame Ngai lost her own husband and son to the war in North Vietnam. The humanitarian doctor, Tom Dooley helped her establish her orphanage in An Lac. More than 300 children was a hard sight to see; the collateral of war. There were too many children with missing limbs, babies in cribs staring out blankly. Toddlers run up to Ruth Ann and wrapped their little arms around her legs, leaving her dress covered with tiny little handprints.
Ruth Ann: I interviewed nurses in the Third Field Hospital from the Army Nursing Corp. Helicopters flew in broken American bodies and surgeries went on day and night. If you have ever been a fan of Mash and Alan Alda, you have a sense of what the Third Field Hospital was like. I saw and felt the strength and will of America’s soldiers. They were my age. They had missing limbs, scarred faces, broken bones, but no broken wills.
There was Mass at Cu Chi “cathedral” in an open field with a wooden cross and sandbags in ditches to protect us from enemy incoming fire. The Army priest was a third into the Mass when the sound of what I thought was incoming mortar split the heavy air. I instinctively jumped, but the soldier next to me leaned over and said, “Don’t worry, it is ours not theirs.” Kyrie Eleison, Christi Eleison, and an eight-inch howitzer spit its long-range artillery over our heads. Father Piskura looked into the bloody face of death daily. He defined courage as “fright after prayer.”
Carl: For those who waited at home during the war, it was another type of hell, lonely and lacking in support. Ruth Ann lived for slim airmail letters that would often arrive in clumps. I promised her to write every day and she did the same. Those letters were our lifeline to home and mail was rarely on time. Toward the end of my tour, I made Ruth Ann a “short-timers” calendar on index cards marking my last 60 days in Nam. I made her promise to only flip one card per day but knowing her like I did, I knew all 60 would be flipped at once and then she would go back day by day. It was our survival calendar to when I would be home again and our married life could begin again.
It was our first helicopter war. It was our first guerilla war. One war was fought with helicopters and ground troops, and the other was fought with medicine, soap, and food to win the trust of the villagers. What was secured by day went back to the VC at night.
Ruth Ann: Carl and I visited a hamlet and village chief. I sat on a grass mat to sip tea with peasant women. Most thatched roof huts had two rooms. Seven children slept on bamboo slats. There was a fire pit in the middle of the room and a five-foot bomb shelter hole toward the back. The village chief’s wife smiled and she happily nodded when I complimented her children through a translator.
Carl: Vietnam was a country at war for what would seem forever. We saw it in the ravaged countryside, in the bomb shelters in every thatched roof hut, but especially in the faces of children, the waifs of war. Saigon was a refugee city. Children as young as three slept on grass mats on the sidewalks outside our hotel on Tu Do Street. The hotel was bombed, the daily market was bombed. It was the first war in which when fighting ceased for a bit, soldiers returned to their hooches for a beer, TV, a sometimes shower from a water drum on stilts, and a game of touch football.
Ruth Ann: The market where I bargained for presents to bring home was hit by a grenade the next day. The hotel on Tu Do Street, called the gathering place of the elite when the French were there, was bombed a week after I left Saigon. The elite were lizards when I was there.
In Vietnam we were never able to separate out the war from the warriors. There were no parades, no yellow ribbons, and no rallies. Vietnam vets were flipped the bird, cursed at, and called “baby killers.” I saw bravery every day I was in- country. I saw valor and self-sacrifice. I saw complex forces at work on both sides. I met heroes and heroines, my husband was one of the heroes. Our soldiers might be considered ordinary people back home, but here they were doing extraordinary things. I didn’t want to leave, but my husband and my parents were urging me to return. And I had a college degree to finish. It was very tough to go from adrenalin-pounding-days when every sense is on guard, back to college classrooms where the war debate raged.
Carl: I have to admit, I was happy to see Ruth Ann leave Vietnam and return to college. I missed her terribly but knew that she would have a deep understanding of the war and my role in it because she experienced it firsthand. We encourage to you come and hear these stories for yourself on one of our Saturday Tours.
Carl Burn and Ruth Ann Burns are both proud and active Rutgers Alumni, particularly the Rutgers Oral History Archives. Carl is a regular on our tours both with school groups and our Saturday tours. We hope you will hear his story in person, by joining us for a tour of the Memorial.
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Max Laue was born on October 9, 1879 at Pfaffendorf, near Koblenz. He was the son of Julius von Laue, an official in the German military administration, who was raised to hereditary nobility in 1913 and who was often sent to various towns, so that von Laue spent his youth in Brandenburg, Altona, Posen, Berlin and Strassburg, going to school in the three last-named cities. At the Protestant school at Strassburg he came under the influence of Professor Goering, who introduced him to the exact sciences.
In 1898 he left school and for a year did his military service. He then went to the University of Strassburg where he studied mathematics, physics and chemistry; but soon he moved to the University of Göttingen, where he worked under Professor W. Voigt and Professor W. Abraham, who greatly influenced him. After a semester at the University of Munich he went, in 1902, to the University of Berlin to work under Professor Max Planck. Here he attended lectures by O. Lummer on interference spectroscopy and heat radiation, the influence of which was shown in von Laue’s dissertation on interference phenomena in plane-parallel plates.
After obtaining his doctorate at Berlin in 1903, von Laue went for two years to the University of Göttingen. In 1905 he was offered the post of assistant to Max Planck at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Berlin. Here he worked on the application of entropy to radiation fields and on the thermodynamic significance of the coherence of light waves.
In 1909 he went as Privatdozent to the University of Munich, where he lectured on optics, thermodynamics and the theory of relativity and in 1912 he became Professor of Physics at the University of Zurich. In 1914 he moved, as Professor of Physics, to Frankfurt on Main and from 1916 he was engaged in war work at the University of Würzburg on high vacuum tubes used for telephony and wireless communication. In 1919 he was appointed Professor of Physics at the University of Berlin, a post which he held until 1943. From 1934 onwards he acted as consultant to the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt at Berlin-Charlottenburg.
In 1917, when the Institute for Physics was established at Berlin-Dahlem with Einstein as its Director, von Laue had charge, as Second Director, of most of the administrative work of this Institute, which was in close touch with German scientific research. Von Laue exerted, during this period and also later, considerable influence on the development of scientific research in Germany. When Berlin was bombed, this Institute moved to Hechingen, in Württemberg and von Laue accompanied it there. He remained at Hechingen from 1944 until 1945 and here, to distract his thoughts from the war, he wrote a History of Physics, which went into four editions and was translated into seven other languages. Here he welcomed the arrival of the French troops and was taken by an Anglo-American mission, together with nine other German scientists, to England where he remained until 1946 During his confinement in England he wrote a paper on the low absorption of X-rays during diffraction, which he contributed in 1948, to the International Union of Crystallographers at Harvard University. In 1946 he went to Göttingen as Acting Director of the Max Planck Institute and Titular Professor in the University there.
In 1951 he was elected Director of the Fritz Haber Institute for Physical Chemistry at Berlin-Dahlem and here he did much work on X-ray optics in collaboration with Borrmann and others.
In 1958 he retired and in 1959 his 80th birthday was celebrated in Berlin-Dahlem. He lived on, still actively at work, for another six months.
Apart from his earlier work already mentioned, von Laue’s scientific work extended over a wide field. Early in his career he was greatly excited by Einstein’s theory of relativity and between 1907 and 1911 he published eight papers on the application of this theory. In 1911 he published a book on the restricted theory and in 1921 another on the general theory, both books going into several editions
His best known work, however, for which he received the Nobel Prize for Physics for 1914, was his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays on crystals. This discovery originated, as he related in his Nobel Lecture, when he was discussing problems related to the passage of waves of light through a periodic, crystalline arrangement of particles. The idea then came to him that the much shorter electromagnetic rays, which X-rays were supposed to be, would cause in such a medium some kind of diffraction or interference phenomena and that a crystal would provide such a medium. Although his colleagues Sommerfeld, W. Wien and others, with whom he discussed the idea on a skiing expedition, raised objections to the idea, W. Friedrich, one of Sommerfeld’s assistants and P. Knipping tested it out experimentally and, after some failures, succeeded in proving it to be correct. Von Laue worked out the mathematical formulation of it and the discovery was published in 1912. It established the fact that X-rays are electromagnetic in nature and it opened the way to the later work of Sir William and Sir Lawrence Bragg. Subsequently von Laue made other contributions to this subject.
Also prominent in von Laue’s work were his contributions to the problems of superconductivity which he made when he was Professor of Theoretical Physics at Berlin University. At this time Walther Meissner was studying at the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt in Berlin, the remarkable disappearance of ohmic resistance shown by many metals at temperatures of the order of that of liquid helium. An especially valuable contribution then made by von Laue was his explanation, in 1932, of the fact that the threshold of the applied magnetic field which destroys superconductivity varies with the shape of the body because, when the magnetic field is established after the state of superconductivity has been established, the magnetic field is deformed by the supercurrents induced at the surface of the metal being used. This explanation was confirmed and it opened the way to Meissner’s subsequent discovery that a superconductor eliminates the whole magnetic field in its interior and this became the basic idea of F. and H. London’s theory of superconductivity. Von Laue published one paper in collaboration with F. and H. London and between 1937 and 1947 he published a total of 12 papers and a book on this subject.
Among the many honours and distinctions which he was awarded were the Ladenburg Medal, the Max-Planck Medal and the Bimala-Churn-Law Gold Medal of the Indian Association at Calcutta. He held Honorary Doctorates of the Universities of Bonn, Stuttgart, Munich, Berlin, Manchester and Chicago, was a member of the Russian Academy and the Academy of Sciences of Berlin, the German Physical Society and Mathematical Society, the Kant Society, the Academy of Sciences of Vienna, the American Physical Society, the Société Française de Physique and the Société Française de Mineralogie et Crystallographie. He was also Honorary Senator of the MaxPlanck Society and Honorary Member of the German Röntgen Society, and Corresponding Member of the Academies of Sciences of Göttingen, Munich, Turin, Stockholm, Rome (Papal), Madrid, the Academia dei Lincei of Rome, and the Royal Society of London. In 1948 he became Honorary President of the International Union of Crystallographers, in 1952 he was made a Knight of the Order Pour le Mérite, in 1953 he received the Grand Cross with Star for Federal Services, and in 1957 he became an Officer of the Legion of Honour of France.
Much esteemed by his contemporaries for his character and sound judgment, von Laue’s opinions were often sought and during his life he exerted great influence on the direction and development of German scientific work. Among his characteristics were a deep love and admiration of Prussia and a strong sense of justice and fair play. When Hitler and the National Socialist Party were in power, he defended, even at the risk of reprimand or personal injury, scientific views, such as the theory of relativity, which were not approved by the Party or by such strong adherents to it as the physicist Lenard. When Einstein resigned from the Berlin Academy and the Vice-President of this Academy stated that this was no loss, von Laue was the only member of the Academy who protested.
Chief among his recreations were sailing, skiing, mountaineering and motoring. Von Laue was not a rock-climber, but preferred to tour the Alpine glaciers with his scientific friends. As a motorist he was famous in Berlin, first on the motor bicycle on which he went at high speed to his lectures; and later in a car. He loved high speeds, but never, until the fatal collision that ended his life, had any accident.
In his later years he suffered from attacks of depression and a feeling of being persecuted by scientists and by the military authorities, whom he disliked intensely. Usually, however, he successfully overcame these attacks and regained his sense of humour and joy in life. He did not practise any art, but he took an interest in many arts, especially in classical music; and he read widely history and the philosophy of science. He thought of the stars, the mountain peaks and the achievements of the human with awe and humility and was at heart a deeply religious man. He asked that his tombstone should bear the statement that he died trusting firmly in the mercy of God.
In 1910 von Laue married Magdalena Degen.
On April 8, 1960, when he was driving alone to his laboratory, a motor cyclist, who had only received his licence two days previously, collided with von Laue’s car. The motor cyclist was instantly killed and von Laue’s car overturned in the Berlin speedway and he was taken from beneath it by the Fire Brigade. Although he showed at first some signs of recovery from his injuries, he died of them on April 24, at the age of 80.
From Nobel Lectures, Physics 1901-1921, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1967
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Walking Out Special screening on October 9
September 20, 2017 / Oxford Film Festival
Oxford Film Festival will be showing Walking Out by Alex & Andrew Smith October 9th at Malco Oxford Commons, 206 Commonwealth Blvd, at 7pm with producer Brunson Green in attendance for a Q&A. Tickets may be purchased for $7 online at oxfordfilmfest.com or at the door for $12.
Based on award winning American short story, Walking Out tells a crisis story between father and son (starring Matt Bomer and Josh Wiggins) as they embark on a hunting trip and unexpectedly encounter a pack of grizzly bears. This thrilling film will be played at Malco Oxford Commons on October 9th at 7pm. Be sure to stay after for an opportunity to interact with our special guest and producer, Brunson Green, as he holds an open Q&A.
“Co-writers, co-directors and brothers Alex and Andrew J. Smith who outdo The Revenant for sincerity, depth and gorgeousness mount their tale with enough confidence to cut away from the action. Flashbacks to Cal’s own stern father (a red-hatted Bill Pullman) situate the film on a battleground between impulsiveness and maturity,” said Joshua Rothkopf, writer for Timeout.com.
“Between the excellent film and Q&A with the producer Brunson Green, I am sure this will be one of our can’t miss screenings,” said Melanie Addington, executive director of the Oxford Film Festival. “With our goal of fostering a presence of arts in the Oxford community, Malco Oxford Commons has and continues to play a pivotal role in this endeavor. We also appreciate the support of IFC Films for donating half the ticket sales to the festival.”
IFC Films acquired Walking Out after its Sundance premiere and will be releasing the film theatrically nationwide and on VOD in early October. The film also features Bill Pullman as the grandfather, along with Alex Neustaedter and Lily Gladstone.
The Oxford Film Festival was founded in 2003 to bring exciting, new and unusual films (and the people who create them) to North Mississippi. The annual five-day festival screens short and feature-length films in both showcase and competition settings, including narrative and documentary features and shorts; Mississippi narratives, documentaries and music videos, and narrative, documentary, animated and experimental shorts. The festival is a 501c3 not-for- profit organization.
Tickets can be purchased at www.oxfordfilmfest.com or at the door on October 9.
September 20, 2017 / Oxford Film Festival/
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Earth In Mind
SHANNON BINNS | DURATION: 54 MINUTES
Airdate: July 18, 2018
Shannon Binns is the founder and executive director of Sustain Charlotte, a nonprofit organization helping to advance the long-term social, economic, and environmental health of the Charlotte region. Prior to launching Sustain Charlotte in 2010, Shannon worked at The Nature Conservancy in Washington, DC where he was part of their climate change science and policy team. He has also served as an agroforestry volunteer with the Peace Corps in Senegal, helped found a tsunami relief organization in Thailand, and served communities across the Northeast US as a member of AmeriCorps. In the private sector, Shannon has worked as an industrial engineer for Motorola, General Motors, and Trane. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University and a Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University.
This episode is perfect for anyone interested in sustainability and smart growth, and a life of humanitarian work and service.
Shannon explains the mission and work of Sustain Charlotte and what sustainability means to him.
He addresses whether an unregulated free market is the best mechanism for addressing present and future needs.
He discusses smart growth, the costs and benefits of new modes of travel, and the symbolism of becoming a low-carbon city.
Shannon reveals what's on his mind as a leader of an organization.
He describes his childhood in Iowa, the irony of his family business, and a teenage trait he still has to this day.
Shannon details his humanitarian work after college and managing the work emotionally.
He shares a period of depression and what brought hope and optimism back to his life.
Shannon talks about his wife and daughter, the values he carries in his wallet and what he wants his life to be about.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Lucky Ones
To Learn More About Shannon
Shannon Binns | Sustain Charlotte
Shannon Binns | Charlotte Observer
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3 crores take a dip at the Kumbh
Officials said 40 police stations and 58 police outposts have been set up for the royal bath, which is expected to see participation of thousands of people. Devotees thronged to take a dip in the holy Sangam in Prayagraj on the auspicious occasion of Mauni Amavasya on Sunday. Complete silence or ‘maun vrat’ is observed on this day by devotees and ascetics.
This year the auspicious occasion falls during the time of Kumbh and is expected to see a footfall of over 3 crore people gathering to take a dip in the Sangam.
Meanwhile, security has been tightened in Prayagraj for the Mauni Amavasya bath. The mela area has been divided into 10 zones and 25 sectors, which will be overseen by an Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) level officer.
Officials said 40 police stations and 58 police outposts have been set up for the royal bath, which is expected to see participation of thousands of people.
Mauni Amavasya would be the third special bath since the start of the Kumbh fair on January 15. The first special bath took place on Makar Sankranti on the opening day, while the second was held on Paush Purnima on January 21.
According to home department, 43 fire stations, 15 sub-fire stations, 40 fire watchtowers and 96 control watchtowers have been set up in the mela area. The entire area is under surveillance of 440 CCTV cameras. For close coordination and prompt communication, an Integrated Command Control Centre (ICCC) and 12 wireless grids have been established, the official said.
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Story From Josh Ward for MAyor: Democratic mayoral candidate vows to unite the City of Poughkeepsie
Democratic mayoral candidate Joash Ward wants to unify Poughkeepsie and bring in business.
Democratic mayoral candidate vows to unite the City of Poughkeepsie Democratic mayoral candidate Joash Ward wants to unify Poughkeepsie and bring in business. Check out this story on poughkeepsiejournal.com: https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/sponsor-story/joash-ward-for-mayor/2019/05/03/democratic-mayoral-candidate-vows-unite-city-poughkeepsie/3653782002/
Democratic mayoral candidate vows to unite the City of Poughkeepsie
Cemile Kavountzis, for Joash Ward for Mayor Published 6:00 a.m. ET May 3, 2019
From violence to tax reform, Democratic mayoral candidate Joash Ward is ready to tackle the city’s toughest issues and better the lives of its residents. (Photo: Joash Ward for Mayor)
On July 26, 1788, a 31-year-old Alexander Hamilton stood before an assembly at the first Poughkeepsie courthouse on Market Street and argued for the Constitution at a time when New York’s ratification marked an important turning point for the creation of the United States of America. Right now, there is a similar call for action among modern millennial candidates campaigning for change — and reminding voters of the importance of unity.
With a heated mayoral race underway, Joash Ward is a groundbreaking Democratic candidate who has an optimistic vision for the future of the city. A third-generation Poughkeepsie resident, he is driven to fix the area’s failing education system and improve the quality of life for residents across the board, from young, working families to baby boomers. “We are not two cities,” he said. “We are not a north side and a south side, a black side and a white side, the haves and the have nots. We are one city. A city of neighbors.”
A graduate of the public school system, Ward knows the challenges faced by residents every day and is concerned about rising violence, as well as creating job opportunities. “This is already an attractive city,” he said. “I want to make it a safer place to invest.”
Ward is driven to fix the area’s failing education system and improve the quality of life for residents from the young to working families to baby boomers. (Photo: Joash Ward for Mayor)
A homegrown success story, Ward grew up with six siblings in public housing on Washington Street, where he still resides. Staying accessible is important to him and listening to concerns of every day individuals is the foundation of his campaign. After struggling with reading and being in the lowest performing percentile, he went out to astounding achievements, including being one of the youngest public high school valedictorians in the nation’s history.
“I credit my tight-knit family with helping me get through those struggles,” he said. “I saw my older siblings stay up late doing homework, and I knew that the only way I could get ahead was hard work.” Over his career, he has worked for the Obama White House and the U.N. General Assembly. After attending law school at King’s College in London, England, and coming back to Poughkeepsie, he realized his city was in deep crisis and he needed to act.
The decision to run for mayor was not an easy one. These days many of the country’s brightest millennials are lost to the lure of high-paying corporate jobs. However, for Ward, the call to public service was not something he could ignore. “I’m running because our city is deeply in crisis,” he said. “The sitting mayor’s superficial and business-as-usual attitude has allowed the city’s problems to grow and he has done nothing to fix them.”
The Dem candidate donates his time to piloting a new program to mentor young people in the foster care system. (Photo: Joash Ward for Mayor)
He’s ready to ask the tough questions about why a school system with a $100 million budget is failing, why the city is not pursuing tax payments it is owed from real estate investors, and why local job applicants are not being fostered. “Right now, Vassar Brothers Medical Center needs dozens of nurses and we don’t have individuals to staff those positions because our young people are not being trained for jobs,” he said.
For now, he spends his time in the community with his feet on the ground working with the R.E.A.L. Skills Network, a local non-profit that is piloting a new program to mentor young people in the foster care system. His campaign has already received the unanimous vote of the local Democratic party, demonstrating his power to unify this city.
To learn more about his campaign, go to joash4mayor.com.
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Community award for Nottingham plumbing apprentice
Leanne Dainty has been recognised for her dedication to work within the local community in the Screwfix Trade Apprentice 2019 final.
Nottingham plumbing apprentice, Leanne Dainty, 28, has received the first ever community award in the final of Screwfix’s Trade Apprentice 2019 competition.
As well as working towards her Level 3 Plumbing and Heating qualification at Nottingham College, Leanne has given up her own time to complete work at a women’s refuge charity, helping maintain the premises. Leanne had to borrow all the tools from her employer to carry out the projects in properties for vulnerable women. It is because of this Screwfix honoured Leanne with a community award of £1000 to buy everything she needs to continue making a difference.
During the national final at Google HQ in London, Leanne competed in a series of tasks against nine other finalists. The tasks included a panel interview with judges from across the construction industry. It was clear to everyone what a role model Leanne is, not only to women entering the plumbing and heating sector, but also to inspire youngsters to go the extra mile for others in the community.
Leanne says: “Taking part in the Screwfix Trade Apprentice competition has been such an amazing experience. I’ve enjoyed it all and I am honoured to walk away with this award. The money will really help me to support the women I’ve been working with and I hope it helps me to make a real difference to their lives.”
Caroline Welsh, Director of Brand and Marketing at Screwfix, adds: “Screwfix Trade Apprentice is now in its fifth year and we were truly blown away by the attitude, commitment and passion shown by all of our finalists.
“Apprentices form a vital part of the trade and are invaluable to the UK economy, providing a pipeline of fresh talent and innovative ideas. Each year we see many exceptional entries and it was a privilege to be able to spend time with the finalists at this year’s final.
“Leanne’s compassion really impressed us. The work she’s been doing to support vulnerable women in her local community was truly inspiring and I hope the funds awarded will help her to make even more of a difference. I look forward to watching Leanne develop and wish her all the very best!”
Nick Murphy, Chief Executive at Nottingham City Homes, comments: “Apprentices like Leanne are so important to the future of our business and they deserve to be celebrated. I am so proud of Leanne and all the work that she does, it’s great to see she has been recognised nationally in this way.”
To find out more you can visit Screwfix stores, or go to www.screwfix.com/sfta
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Jeremy Bentham (1748 - 1832) was an English philosopher, political radical and legal and social reformer of the early Modern period.
He is best known as the founder of Utilitarianism, which he saw as the underlying moral principle on which his legal and social reforms should be based. Although his influence during his life was perhaps minor, his impact was greater in later years as his ideas were carried on by followers such as John Stuart Mill, Robert Owen and John Austin.
Bentham was born in Spitalfields, London on 15 February 1748, the son of a wealthy Tory attorney. He was a child prodigy and was supposedly found as a toddler sitting at his father's desk reading a multi-volume history of England, and began his study of Latin at the age of three. He went to Westminster School, and in 1760 (at the age of 12) his father sent him to Queen's College, Oxford, where he took his Bachelor's degree in 1763 and his Master's degree in 1766. He trained as a lawyer at Lincoln's Inn, London, and was called to the bar in 1769 (although he never actually practiced).
He soon became disillusioned with the law, however, and he threw off his early Conservative political views after reading the work of the 18th Century British theologian and natural philosopher Joseph Priestley (1733 - 1804). He gained much attention when his first major work, "A Fragment on Government" of 1776, criticized the leading legal theorist in 18th Century England, Sir William Blackstone (1773 - 1780), and, in the wake of this publication, he became friends with the powerful Lord Shelburne (1737 - 1805), which allowed him to take time to travel and to write. Among his early followers were the economist David Ricardo (1772 - 1823), and Robert Owen (1771 - 1858), the Welsh social reformer and one of the founders of Socialism and the cooperative movement.
Bentham was a regular correspondent with the French Comte de Mirabeau (1749 - 1791), a moderate during the French Revolution of 1789 - 1799, although he was an outspoken critic of the revolutionary discourse of natural rights (the concept of a universal right inherent in the nature of living beings, that is not contingent upon laws or beliefs), and of the violence which arose after the Jacobins took power in 1792. He also had a personal friendship with the Latin American independence precursor Francisco de Miranda (1750 - 1816), and carried on a mutually beneficial correspondence with the pioneering political economist Adam Smith.
In about 1808, he met James Mill (1773 - 1836), who was to become his secretary and main collaborator, and together they co-founded the "Westminster Review" in 1823 as a journal for a group of younger disciples who became known as the "philosophical radicals" (contributors to the journal included Lord Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Thomas Carlyle). Mill, and his son, John Stuart Mill, became Bentham's most committed students, and were largely responsible for popularizing Bentham's vision and in particular his theory of Utilitarianism. Bentham tended to write in a rather complex style himself, and other radical reformers such as Sir Francis Burdett (1770 - 1844), Leigh Hunt (1784 - 1859), William Cobbett (1763 - 1835) and Henry Brougham (1778 - 1868) attempted to communicate his ideas to the working class.
Jeremy Bentham died on 6 June 1832 in his native London and, as requested in his will, his body was preserved and stored in a wooden cabinet, which he called his "Auto-Icon", and which is still kept on display at University College, London.
Most of Bentham's writing was never published in his own lifetime, and several of his works appeared first in French translations by �tienne Dumont (some only becoming available in English in the 1820s as a result of back-translation from the French). His most important work was "The Principles of Morals and Legislation" of 1780, in which his formulation of Utilitarianism was first expounded.
Bentham proposed an underlying moral principle on which his legal and social reforms should be based, which he called Utilitarianism. This philosophy (essentially a modification of Hedonism) evaluates actions based upon their consequences (a type of Consequentialism), and holds that the right act or policy is that which would cause "the greatest happiness of the greatest number", a phrase which he attributed to Joseph Priestley (1733 - 1804). He also suggested a "felicific calculus" for estimating the moral status (or "happiness factor") of any action, using a classification of 12 pains and 14 pleasures. His initial theory (often referred to as the principle of utility or the greatest happiness principle) was further developed by his students, particularly by John Stuart Mill, to incorporate more of a principle of fairness and justice, the lack of which was criticized in Bentham's original formulation.
His opinions on monetary economics (as opposed to those of his contemporaries Adam Smith and David Ricardo) focused on monetary expansion as a means of helping to create full employment. He can be considered as both a classical, and a market, Liberal, and tried to convince Smith that his "Wealth of Nations" called for too much regulation.
Bentham's political position included arguments in favor of individual and economic freedom, the separation of church and state, freedom of expression, equal rights for women, the abolition of slavery and of physical punishment (including that of children), the recognition of animal rights, the right to divorce, the promotion of free trade and usury and the decriminalization of homosexuality.
Among his many proposals for legal and social reform was a design for a prison building he called the Panopticon, which had an important influence upon later generations of thinkers. As early as 1798, he wrote that universal peace could only be obtained by first achieving European unity. He was also instrumental in the foundation of the University of London in 1826, as the first English university to admit all, regardless of race, creed or political belief.
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The telephone has a rich history and is arguably one of the most influential inventions of our time. The first working model was demonstrated in 1860 by Johann Philipp Reis of Germany, using an intermittent current. From 1875 to 1876, Alexander Graham Bell improved on this design, developing a working model using variations in electric current. During this same time another American inventor named Elisha Gray also developed a working prototype but Bell beat him to the patent office by mere hours. In 1878, Alexander Graham Bell formed the Bell Telephone Company, which later became one of the largest companies in the world.
1877 saw construction of the first regular telephone line from Boston to Somerville, Massachusetts and the first switchboard in Boston. Early telephones were leased in pairs and subscribers had to put up their own line to connect with another. In 1889 came the first coin-operated pay phone, invented by William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut and installed at the Hartford Bank.
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Same-sex marriage became a reality in the United States in 2004 in the wake of a ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Court that it was required under the equal protection clause of the state’s Constitution.
Prior to 2012, same-sex marriage had also been legalized in New York, Connecticut, Iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont and Washington, D.C. In Washington State, a bill legalizing it was passed in February, but opponents said they would seek to block it and put the question before the voters in a referendum.
In February, the New Jersey Assembly approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, setting up a confrontation with Gov. Chris Christie, who vetoed the bill and called on the Legislature to put the issue before voters instead.
Mr. Christie and most state Republican lawmakers want gay marriage put to a popular vote. Democrats say gay marriage is a civil right protected by the Constitution and not subject to referendum.
Also in February, the State Legislature in Maryland gave its final approval to the gay marriage law, which was expected to be signed by Gov. Martin O’Malley. The State Senate voted 25 to 22 on Feb. 23 to legalize same-sex marriage, less than a week after the House of Delegates barely passed the measure. Maryland will become the eighth state legalizing same-sex marriage when the governor signs the legislation, which he sponsored. Opponents vow to bring the measure to voters with a referendum.
In California, a court battle continued. The state’s Supreme Court had ruled in May 2008 that a ban on same-sex marriage was discriminatory, and the state began performing them. The ban was restored in a referendum that fall by a ballot measure known as Proposition 8.
The legality of the Proposition 8 ban was upheld by the state’s Supreme Court, but in August 2011, a federal judge ruled that it was unconstitutional. In February 2012, a federal appeals court agreed. The case is expected to be resolved by the Supreme Court. For more on Proposition 8, click here.
A New York Times/CBS News poll conducted in February 2012 found that 40 percent of respondents supported same-sex marriage, while 23 percent supported civil unions for gay couples and 31 percent said there should be no legal recognition of a gay couple’s relationship.
The issue has been a flashpoint in American politics for more than a decade, setting off waves of competing legislation, lawsuits and ballot initiatives to either legalize or ban the practice and causing rifts within religious groups.
The legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States had been a relatively recent goal of the gay-rights movement, but in the wake of the Massachusetts ruling, gay-rights organizers have placed it at the center of their agenda, steering money and muscle into dozens of state capitals in an often uphill effort to persuade lawmakers. At the same time, conservative groups pushed hard to forestall or reverse other courts through new laws or referendums. Twenty-nine states have constitutional bans on same-sex marriage, while 12 others have laws against it.
Proponents of same-sex marriage have long argued that the institution of marriage is a unique expression of love and commitment and that calling the unions of same-sex couples anything else is a form of second-class citizenship; they also point out that many legal rights are tied to marriage. Those opposed to same-sex marriage agree that marriage is a fundamental bond with ancient roots. But they draw the opposite conclusion, saying that allowing same-sex couples to marry would undermine the institution of marriage itself.
Running Battles: Political and Legal
The issue of same-sex marriage came to the fore after the Supreme Court of Hawaii ruled in 1993 that the denial of marriage licenses to three homosexual couples amounted to unconstitutional discrimination on the basis of sex — not sexual orientation — unless the state could show a compelling reason for the denials.
The Hawaii Legislature passed a bill in 1994 affirming marriage as intended for “man-woman units” capable of procreation. But in 1996, conservatives, fearful that the court case would lead to the sanctioning of marriages of lesbian and gay couples in Hawaii by the end of 1997, campaigned across the nation to insure that the recognition of same-sex marriages would not spread to other states.
The legislative battle picked up momentum as more conservatives became convinced a federal law was required. In September 1996, the United States Congress, approving what was called the “Defense of Marriage Act,” voted overwhelmingly to deny Federal benefits to married people of the same sex and to permit states to ignore such marriages sanctioned in other states. The bill was signed by President Bill Clinton.
In 1998, Hawaii voters rejected the legalization of same-sex marriages.
Same-sex marriage first became a reality in the United States in 2004, after the Supreme Court in Massachusetts ruled that it was required under the equal protection clause of the state’s Constitution. Connecticut began allowing same-sex marriage in late 2008.
In April 2009, Iowa’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of allowing gay couples to marry, and the legislatures of Maine and Vermont passed laws granting the same right in the following weeks. In California, after a court decision in 2008 allowed the marriages, a voter referendum that November, upheld in court in May 2009, barred them.
The New Hampshire legislature approved revisions to a same-sex marriage bill on June 3, 2009, and Gov. John Lynch promptly signed the legislation, making the state the sixth to let gay couples wed and changing the landscape surrounding an issue that brings together deeply held principles and flashpoint politics.
Civil unions, an intermediate step that supporters say has made same-sex marriage seem less threatening, are legal in New Jersey, Connecticut and Vermont. The latter two states are phasing them out after adopting same-sex marriage laws.
In February 2011, President Obama, in a major legal policy shift, directed the Justice Department to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act — the 1996 law that bars federal recognition of same-sex marriages — against lawsuits challenging it as unconstitutional.
On May 15, 2008, the Supreme Court of California voted 4-to-3 that a state law banning same-sex marriage constituted illegal discrimination because domestic partnerships were not a good enough substitute. In its decision, the court wrote that whatever term is used by the state must be granted to all couples who meet its requirements, whatever their gender. The court left open the possibility that another term could denote state-sanctioned unions so long as that term was used across the board.
Opponents quickly organized, and launched the Proposition 8 initiative campaign, asking voters to ban same-sex marriages. After an expensive and hard-fought campaign, the measure passed on Nov. 4, 2008, with 52 percent of the vote. (Florida and Arizona also passed bans at the same time.)
Groups who had fought Proposition 8 immediately filed suit to block it. On May 26, 2009, the state Supreme Court upheld the voter-approved ban but also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect would stay wed. But in August 2010, a federal judge in San Francisco struck down the ban, saying it unfairly targeted gay men and women, handing supporters of such unions a temporary victory in a legal battle that seems all but certain to be settled by the Supreme Court.
In February 2012, a federal appeals court upheld the judge’s ruling. During the period when same-sex marriages were legal in the state, nearly 18,000 couples married; their unions remain in place.
In New Hampshire, lawmakers may soon vote to repeal the state’s two-year-old law allowing gay couples to wed.
A repeal bill appears to have a good chance of passing in the State House and Senate, which are both controlled by Republicans. The bigger question is whether they can muster enough votes to overcome a promised veto from Gov. John Lynch, a Democrat.
Based on party lines, House and Senate Republicans both have veto-proof majorities. But this is an issue where party allegiance gets muddy.
In a state whose “Live Free or Die” motto figures into many a policy decision, even many opponents of same-sex marriage wish the issue would just disappear. Republican lawmakers with libertarian leanings, a sizable group, seem especially unhappy to be facing a repeal vote, as well as those who maintain that cutting spending should be the legislature’s sole concern. Both groups appear worried about a backlash from their constituents.
Should the repeal pass, New Hampshire would be the first state in which a legislature has reversed itself on the issue of same-sex marriage. In Maine, voters repealed a marriage law through a referendum in November 2009, shortly after the Legislature approved it.
In December 2009, the New York State Senate voted down a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage. The vote followed more than a year of lobbying by gay rights organizations, who steered close to $1 million into New York legislative races to boost support for the measure.
But in June 2011, the tide turned when four senators who had voted against legalizing same-sex marriage reversed course, saying their constituents’ thinking on the socially divisive issue had evolved. Lawmakers voted on June 24 to legalize same-sex marriage, making New York the largest state where gay and lesbian couples will be able to wed.
The marriage bill, whose fate was uncertain until moments before the vote, was approved 33 to 29 in a packed but hushed Senate chamber. In the end, four members of the Republican majority joined all but one Democrat in the Senate in supporting the measure after an intense and emotional campaign aimed at the handful of lawmakers wrestling with a decision that divided their friends, their constituents and sometimes their own homes.
The unexpected victory had a clear champion: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat who pledged in 2010 to support same-sex marriage but whose early months in office were dominated by intense battles with lawmakers and some labor unions over spending cuts. Mr. Cuomo made same-sex marriage one of his top priorities for 2011 and deployed his top aide to coordinate the efforts of a half-dozen local gay-rights organizations whose feuding and disorganization had in part been blamed for the defeat two years ago.
The new coalition of same-sex marriage supporters brought in one of Mr. Cuomo’s trusted campaign operatives to supervise a $3 million television and radio campaign aimed at persuading several Republican and Democratic senators to drop their opposition. In New York, passage of the bill reflects rapidly evolving sentiment about same-sex unions. In 2004, according to a Quinnipiac poll, 37 percent of the state’s residents supported allowing same-sex couples to wed. In 2011, 58 percent of them did. Advocates moved aggressively to capitalize on that shift, flooding the district offices of wavering lawmakers with phone calls, e-mails and signed postcards from constituents who favored same-sex marriage, sometimes in bundles that numbered in the thousands.
The law went into effect on June 24, with hundreds of couples marrying within the first hours.
President Obama and Gay Marriage
The flurry of activity in early 2009 has put pressure on President Obama to engage in a variety of gay issues. Mr. Obama has said he opposes same-sex marriage as a Christian but describes himself as a “fierce advocate of equality” for gay men and lesbians. While Mr. Obama has said he is “open to the possibility” that his views on same-sex marriage are misguided, he had offered no signal that he intended to change his position.
In February 2011, Mr. Obama directed the Justice Department to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act against lawsuits challenging it as unconstitutional. The 1996 law barred federal recognition of same-sex marriage.
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. sent a letter to Congress on Feb. 23 saying that his department will take the position in court that the act should be struck down as a violation of same-sex couples’ rights to equal protection under the law.
The move was welcomed by gay-rights advocates, who had often criticized Mr. Obama for moving too slowly in his first two years in office to address such issues. Coming after the administration successfully pushed late in 2010 for repeal of the military’s ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly, the change of policy on the marriage law could intensify the long-running political and ideological clash over same-sex marriage as the 2012 presidential campaign approaches.
A few years ago, the president’s decision might have set off an intense national debate about gay rights. But the Republicans’ reserved response suggested that Mr. Obama may suffer little political damage as he evolves from what many gay rights leaders saw as a lackluster defender of their causes into a far more aggressive advocate.
The Republican responses reflect a belief that the political focus in the near term will be on fiscal issues rather than social ones. Advocates for gay rights, meanwhile, argue that the political ramifications of the president’s decision should be limited because surveys suggest that, while the country is split on the issue, a growing number of people support gay marriage.
Same-Sex Marriage and Religion
Religious institutions have struggled with policies, privileges and rites regarding homosexuality, including whether or not to bless same-sex unions and whether or not gays and lesbians may hold positions of authority. There is no consensus among Christian faith groups on what the Bible says about homosexuality. Meanwhile, many individuals yearn for acceptance from their houses of worship.
In 2005, The United Church of Christ became the first mainline Christian denomination to support same-sex marriage officially when its general synod passed a resolution affirming “equal marriage rights for couples regardless of gender.” The resolution was adopted in the face of efforts to amend the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
In July 2009, at the 76th General Convention of the Episcopal Church, delegates including bishops, clergy and lay members, voted to open “any ordained ministry” to gay men and lesbians, a move that could effectively undermine a moratorium on ordaining gay bishops that the church passed at its last convention in 2006. Delegates also voted not to stand in the way of dioceses that choose to bless the unions of same-sex couples. Both issues have roiled the church for years.
Methodists, Presbyterians and American Baptist Churches have also debated the issues, and other Christian denominations have struggled with how to minister to gay and lesbian members.
Fundamentalist denominations have made significant efforts against homosexuality. The Southern Baptist Convention, for example, has expelled congregations that welcomed homosexuals to their memberships.
Reform Judaism, the largest of the main branches of Judaism, has for years allowed same-sex commitment ceremonies.
Islam prohibits same-sex marriage.
Demographics on Same-Sex Couples
In late August 2011 the Census Bureau released surprising data on where same-sex couples live in the United States. For example, the list of top cities did not include that traditional gay mecca, San Francisco. In fact, the city, which ranked third in 1990 and 11th in 2000, plummeted to No. 28 in 2010. And West Hollywood, once No. 1, dropped out of the top five.
According to the report, the No. 1-ranked town is Provincetown, Mass., at the tip of Cape Cod. Most surprising is how far same-sex couples have dispersed, moving from traditional enclaves and safe havens into farther-flung areas of the country. For instance, Pleasant Ridge, Mich., a suburb of Detroit; New Hope, Pa.; and Rehoboth Beach, Del., a beach town in southern Delaware, were in the top 10. All three had been popular destinations for gay people locally but had never ranked in the top 10.
The reordering reflects the growing influence of baby boomers, who are beginning to retire, and their life transitions are showing up in the data.
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Mehmet Dere, Payback, curated by İlhan Ozan, 2015, Proto5533, Protocinema, Istanbul
Opening event: Saturday, August 29, 4:00-6:00 pm
Exhibition date: August 29-September 27, 2015
Open: Saturdays, 12:00 pm-6:00 pm; during Biennial week, open Thursday, Friday, Saturday
İMÇ 5. Blok No: 5533, Unkapanı-Istanbul
Proto5533 presents the first exhibition, in a series of emerging artist and curator projects, featuring the artist Mehmet Dere curated by Ilhan Ozan. The exhibition, titled Payback, brings together two site-specific sculptural works by Mehmet Dere that revolve around the social and economic significance of İstanbul Manifaturacılar Çarşısı [Istanbul Textile Traders Market] (İMÇ), a landmark that was built in the 1960s and is marked as a major example of Turkish modernist architecture.
Mehmet Dere’s Untitled I (2015) is an oversized reproduction of a ‘pay kuponu,’ which was a promotional coin offered by the daily newspaper Günaydın. This coin was implemented in the late 1960s and the early 1970s at the time when new structures for economic developments encouraging capitalist consumption intersected with national development plans. In this context, the work refers to the development of a modern lifestyle through the act of collecting and acquiring modern household items, as well as new consumption habits in relation to the necessities of urban life of this period. By reappropriating ‘pay kuponu,’ a medium of exchange in everyday life, Dere reveals the tension between the ‘modern utopia’ he questions and the social reality of urban life that was accompanied by urban gentrification, unemployment and social conflicts of the time. The installation of the work implies that the space of 5533 has been flipped, much like the coin itself, pointing to the unpredictable consequences of modernization and urbanization, which despite being seen as economic policies of the period did not bring intended prosperity.
Untitled II (2015), positioned outside of the exhibition space, is also an oversized reproduction, this time of ‘Fırdöndü,’ an object similar to a dice. It was played in games in Turkey dating back to the 1960s. Each of its six surfaces has a different command: ‘Put one,’ ‘Take two,’ ‘Put two,’ ‘Take one,’ ‘Everybody puts one,’ ‘Take all.’ ‘Fırdöndü’ is described in the Turkish Language Association’s (TDK) dictionary as ‘brass, six surfaced gambling tool played like a turning-top.’ Relevant to this context is Dere’s reference to taking and giving as well as the unpredictable action of a gam(bl)e. As an object, it also reflects the artist’s concerns with the social impact of financial psychologies. Additionally, the artist deals with the construction of national ideals and the physical constructions of urbanization by producing the work from cement - the primary building material of the era he evokes.
As Mehmet Dere’s practice is characterized by what is culturally and socially at stake in present-day Turkey, he traces the sociocultural and economic implications of these two found objects in the exhibition through correspondences with the devalued present state of İMÇ and its historical significance.
Born in 1979, Mehmet Dere graduated from Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Fine Arts Department of Painting, 2004. He is the founder of artist run space 49A and a member of K2 Contemporary Art Center in İzmir. Dere was awarded the special prize at the ‘27th Contemporary Artists Exhibition’ at Akbank Art Beyoğlu. In addition to his solo exhibition at Rampa Gallery, 2011; the group exhibitions he participated in include: ‘When Ideas Become Crime’, Tütün Deposu, Istanbul, 2010; ‘Port İzmir 2, Silence_Storm, International Contemporary Art Triennial’, Izmir, 2010; ‘I am Here, The Time is Now’, Rotterdam, 2008; ‘10th İstanbul Biennial Special Project’, Santralistanbul, 2007.
Born in 1987, Ilhan Ozan is a curator, researcher and writer. He received his Bachelor’s in Sociology at Marmara University, 2009; Master’s in Philosophy and Social Thought at Istanbul Bilgi University, 2012. He is a regular contributor to the artist-centered online publication m-est.org. He currently works in Research and Programs at SALT, Istanbul.
Proto5533 presents exhibitions by emerging artists and curators, with guidance from art professionals, mentor curators, from Istanbul and abroad. Proto5533 is a collaboration by Protocinema, an itinerant, site-aware art organization, protocinema.org, and 5533, an artist run space, imc5533.blogspot.com.tr, bringing together an active generation and providing the relationships and tools to nurture its meaningful growth. Selected Curators: Naz Cuguoğlu, Kevser Güler, Mehmet Kahraman, Ghaith Mofeed, Nicole O'Rourke, Ilhan Ozan, Ulya Soley. Mentor Curators: Celenk Bafra, Curator, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul; Anne Ellegood, Senior Curator, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Övül Durmusoğlu, Independent Curator Berlin/Istanbul; Anthony Huberman, Chief Curator, Wattis ICA, San Francisco; November Paynter, Associate Director of Research and Programs, SALT; Yasmil Raymond, Associate Curator, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Mari Spirito, Director, Protocinema, Istanbul/New York; François Quintin, Director Fondation d'entreprise Galeries Lafayette, Paris.
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Sri Lankan Gov't Survives Motion of Non Confidence in Parliament
Colombo, Jul 12 (Prensa Latina) The Sri Lankan government has survived a motion of no confidence filed in parliament due to security failures that prevented the Easter Sunday bombings, local press reported on Friday.
According to the legislators of the Marxist Peoples' Liberation Front, authors of the motion, the leaders of the country did not take effective measures to put the situation under control. Despite having all the necessary information and as a result of 'negligence,' about 262 people were killed and more than 500 were injured.
The ruling National Unity Party (NUP) got 119 votes for and 92 against, the Daily News reported.
According to opponents, India's intelligence services warned its Sri Lankan colleagues that there was a terrorist threat over the country, but apparently the information did not reach the relevant authorities.
A chain of attacks on luxury hotels and churches took place on Sunday, April 21. They were claimed by the self-styled Islamic State, although the government points the members of the local Muslim organization National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) as authors with support of an international network.
More than 100 people have been so far arrested as presumed criminals involved in these criminal events.
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Stanley Gene appointed head coach for Gateshead Thunder
KUMUL great Stanley Gene has been appointed as the new head coach of Championship 1 side Gateshead Thunder.
Gene, 39, a former Papua New Guinea international, has been on the coaching staff of Hull KR, coaching their Under-19 academy squad.
“I am delighted to join Gateshead Thunder. I have been increasingly impressed with the lads and what Kevin Neighbour (former head coach) has achieved,” Gene said.
“My ambition is to take the club to the next level and to continue the hard work that has been put in here already. I’ll be up in the North East soon, and look forward to meeting the fans and sponsors.”
Gene succeeds Neighbour in the role, after his departure at the end of the season.
Neighbour led Thunder to a seventh place finish, with four wins and six bonus point defeats in the 16-game campaign.
Thunder managing director Keith Christie said: “Myself and the Gateshead Thunder Board are delighted to have Stan on board.
“My ambition is to take the club to the next level and to continue the hard work that has been put in here already.
“He will inherit a squad of lads that have been moulded into a team by Kevin Neighbour, and our hope is that he can take us further.”
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Quantum Names Liz King Chief Revenue Officer
Industry Veteran Brings Expansive Technology Experience and Global Perspective
Quantum Corp.
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Corp. (OTCPK: QMCO) today announced that Elizabeth (Liz) King has joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer. King brings more than 25 years of experience in global sales, with leadership positions spanning enterprise, public sector and telecom industries in over 30 countries. A veteran in the information technology market, she has held key executive leadership roles in sales, general management, product management, services, marketing, supply chain and operations on a global scale.
"Liz has been successful at seizing market opportunities and driving sales teams to achieve profitable revenue growth for some of the most respected companies in Silicon Valley," said Jamie Lerner, President and CEO of Quantum. "She has a deep understanding of datacenter infrastructure - including servers, storage, networking, software, and as-a-service offerings – in addition to systems integration, high performance computing, data analytics and complex public sector projects. It speaks volumes that Quantum is attracting this caliber of talent and I'm delighted that we'll have her extensive experience to accelerate Quantum's transformation and bring our solutions to customers worldwide."
King previously held the role of senior vice president, SGI Worldwide Sales for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), which she joined when the company acquired Silicon Graphics International (SGI) in 2016. Prior to SGI she was vice president of strategic alliances for IBM and global systems integrators at Juniper Networks. Before Juniper, she was vice president and general manager of the Hitachi Server Group of Hitachi Data Systems where she was responsible for sales, marketing, operations and customer delivery of Hitachi servers and solutions.
King was previously with Alcatel-Lucent (ALU), serving as vice president, strategic alliances and new business development, global sales. In that role she built ALU's global relationships and drove incremental sales with strategic alliance partners, achieving growth in new and existing markets including enterprise, public sector and regional mobility networks. King also held key senior worldwide sales and business development roles at Sun Microsystems, Raytheon, and Texas Instruments.
King earned a MBA in management from the University of Dallas and holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University.
"Quantum touches people's lives every day in surprising ways. Some of the world's largest brands create and protect on Quantum – it's there behind your favorite television show and supporting the development of the safest self-driving vehicles or the latest medical advances," said Liz King, Chief Revenue Officer, Quantum. "I'm excited about the potential I see to extend the company's reach, and to touch society in so many impactful ways."
Photo Link: https://iq.quantum.com/exLink.asp?59665920OT92F39I206235840&view=1
Photo Caption: Liz King, Chief Revenue Officer, Quantum
Inducement Grant
In connection with Ms. King's appointment, Quantum has agreed to make future grants of equity outside of Quantum's shareholder-approved equity incentive plans, as inducements material to Ms. King's entering into employment with Quantum. This inducement award, which is subject to approval by the independent directors who serve as the Leadership and Compensation Committee of Quantum's board of directors, consists of a total of 300,000 stock units, half of which are time-based and the other half performance-based. Thirty-three percent of the time-based grants will vest on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, subject to Ms. King's continued employment. In the event Ms. King is involuntarily terminated before February 1, 2020, she will receive six months of accelerated vesting for her outstanding RSUs.
About Quantum
Quantum technology and services help customers capture, create and share digital content – and preserve and protect it for decades. With solutions built for every stage of the data lifecycle, Quantum's platforms provide the fastest performance for high-resolution video, images, and industrial IoT. That's why the world's leading entertainment companies, sports franchises, researchers, government agencies, enterprises, and cloud providers are making the world happier, safer, and smarter on Quantum. See how at www.quantum.com.
Quantum, the Quantum logo, StorNext and Xcellis are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Quantum Corporation and its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
"Safe Harbor" Statement: This press release contains "forward-looking" statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. Specifically, but without limitation, statements relating to Quantum having Ms. King's extensive experience to draw from to accelerate Quantum's transformation and bring its solutions to customers worldwide, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to Quantum on the date hereof. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Quantum's actual results to differ materially from those implied by the forward-looking statement, including unexpected changes in the Company's business, the potential impact to Quantum's business of Quantum not being current with its SEC periodic filings, and the potential impact to Quantum's business on the results of its previously announced restatement activities and the financial results ultimately reported by Quantum for the fiscal periods covered by the restatement and for those fiscal periods not yet reported. More detailed information about these risk factors, and additional risk factors, are set forth in Quantum's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties listed in the section entitled "Risk Factors," in Quantum's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2017, especially those risks listed in this section under the headings "Our results of operations depend on a limited number of products and on new product introductions, which may not be successful, in which case our business, financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected." Quantum expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
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‘Handle with care’: literature, archaeology, slavery
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Gill, J
McKenzie, C
Lightfoot, Emma
Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
Gill, J., McKenzie, C., & Lightfoot, E. (2019). ‘Handle with care’: literature, archaeology, slavery. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 44 (1), 21-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/03080188.2018.1543913
This article examines the relationship between literary and bioarchaeological approaches to slavery, and investigates how the methods and priorities of each discipline might inform each other in understanding what it was like to be enslaved. Both bioarchaeologists and creative writers have attempted to access the inner lives of enslaved people, yet there has been little interaction between these disciplines. This paper offers an account of an interdisciplinary research project which brought together a literary scholar, two archaeological scientists and seven creative writers to explore how writing might not only communicate a history primarily understood through archaeological evidence, but could itself inform approaches to that evidence. We discuss two key themes which emerged from the project as ways of opening up, rather than claiming, the past: Conversation and Caring. These are themes which were also crucial to the success of the interdisciplinary process, as it was only through attention to our relationships with each other that we were ultimately able to begin to reassess the nature of material in each of our disciplines.
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03080188.2018.1543913
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Impact of land subsidence due to residual gas production on surficial infrastructures: The Dosso degli Angeli field study (Ravenna, Northern Italy)
The Dosso degli Angeli reservoir is located along the coast of the Adriatic Sea, approximately 20 km north of Ravenna, Italy, in the nearby of the Comacchio Lagoons. The field was discovered in 1968 and the production started in 1971. The production strongly decreased from 1998 to 2004 and suspended in 2004. In 2012 Eni, the oil company managing the reservoir, has planned to complete the exploitation of the residual reserves over the period from 2013 to 2023. An elasto-plastic FE model provided by Eni was used to measure the expected residual land subsidence, whose maximum value will amount to 2.8 cm. In this work the environmental impact assessment of the expected land subsidence has been quantified on the lowlying coastland above the reservoir. Initially, the subsidence map has been used to quantify the displacement gradient ξ in correspondence of sensitive structures (bridges, pumping stations, lagoon embankments, historical buildings, power plants and a power lines) in order to assess the possible damages. Because the maximum ξ value amount to 1 ×10^(−5), i.e. 1 mm over 100 m, no damage is expected to the structures. Moreover, hydrological (HEC-HMS) and hydraulic (HEC-RAS) models have been used to evaluate the possible effects of the land subsidence on the efficiency of the main drainage networks used to keep dry the area, which is mainly located below the mean sea level. The results have shown a negligible loss of efficiency of the drainage system. The study allows concluding that land subsidence due to the residual gas production from the Dosso degli Angeli reservoir will not affects the environment, hydraulic safety, and infrastructures of the Comacchio Lagoons and the lowlying coastland surrounding this precious natural environment.
Titolo: Impact of land subsidence due to residual gas production on surficial infrastructures: The Dosso degli Angeli field study (Ravenna, Northern Italy)
Simeoni, Umberto
Tessari, Umberto
Corbau, Corinne
TOSATTO, OMAR
Polo, Paolo
TEATINI, PIETRO
Abstract: The Dosso degli Angeli reservoir is located along the coast of the Adriatic Sea, approximately 20 km north of Ravenna, Italy, in the nearby of the Comacchio Lagoons. The field was discovered in 1968 and the production started in 1971. The production strongly decreased from 1998 to 2004 and suspended in 2004. In 2012 Eni, the oil company managing the reservoir, has planned to complete the exploitation of the residual reserves over the period from 2013 to 2023. An elasto-plastic FE model provided by Eni was used to measure the expected residual land subsidence, whose maximum value will amount to 2.8 cm. In this work the environmental impact assessment of the expected land subsidence has been quantified on the lowlying coastland above the reservoir. Initially, the subsidence map has been used to quantify the displacement gradient ξ in correspondence of sensitive structures (bridges, pumping stations, lagoon embankments, historical buildings, power plants and a power lines) in order to assess the possible damages. Because the maximum ξ value amount to 1 ×10^(−5), i.e. 1 mm over 100 m, no damage is expected to the structures. Moreover, hydrological (HEC-HMS) and hydraulic (HEC-RAS) models have been used to evaluate the possible effects of the land subsidence on the efficiency of the main drainage networks used to keep dry the area, which is mainly located below the mean sea level. The results have shown a negligible loss of efficiency of the drainage system. The study allows concluding that land subsidence due to the residual gas production from the Dosso degli Angeli reservoir will not affects the environment, hydraulic safety, and infrastructures of the Comacchio Lagoons and the lowlying coastland surrounding this precious natural environment.
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BMW to build 1 bln euro electric car factory in Hungary
FRANKFURT, July 31 (Reuters) - BMW said it is investing 1 billion euros ($1.17 bln) in a new car factory in Debrecen, Hungary capable of building electric cars.
The plant will have a production capacity of 150,000 cars a year and be able to make both electric and combustion engined vehicles.
BMW said it will help the carmaker to expand its manufacturing capacity in Europe, where 45 percent of its cars are sold. ($1 = 0.8527 euros) (Reporting by Edward Taylor Editing by Maria Sheahan)
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Democrats' support for abortion grows, low election priority: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Maria Caspani
(Reuters) - U.S. Democrats' support for abortion rights grew in the last two years, but for most it will be a low priority in the November mid-term election compared with issues such as healthcare and the economy, a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll shows.
FILE PHOTO - Pro-life and pro-choice protesters rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court waiting for the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra case, which remains pending, in Washington, U.S., June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan
The poll found that 68 percent of Democrats said in July that abortion should be legal, up from 60 percent in a similar poll conducted in June 2016.
But just 9 percent of registered Democratic voters cited abortion as the most important issue to determine how they will vote in November, according to an ongoing Reuters/Ipsos poll gauging Americans’ top priorities in the midterm elections.
Sixteen percent said their top priority was healthcare and 12 percent said it was the economy.
“Abortion rights have been kind of an also-ran issue,” said Jeremy Freese, a professor of sociology at Stanford University. “I’m not saying it’s not there as an issue, but I wouldn’t say that it’s risen to the level of being one of the defining issues.”
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Some Democrats, including New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, have made abortion rights front and center in their campaigns ahead of November, hoping to energize supporters after U.S. President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
If Kavanaugh, a conservative, replaces Justice Anthony Kennedy on the top U.S. court, he could tip the balance and help overturn the landmark Roe vs. Wade ruling that legalized abortion.
Campaigning on abortion rights might benefit some Democrats’ fundraising efforts for the mid-term elections, Freese said, but it is hard to gauge whether it will further motivate people to vote.
“I don’t know ... how much that will resonate with voters beyond what it already has,” Freese said, adding that voter enthusiasm is already high among Democrats eager to regain control of Congress.
Some 52 percent of U.S. adults said abortion should be legal, according to the poll, while 61 percent of Republicans said abortion in general should be illegal, little changed since June 2016.
According to Reuters/Ipsos data, 7 percent of U.S. registered voters cited abortion and other social issues as the most important factors determining their vote.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll surveyed 7,543 adults online across the United States in July and it has a credibility interval, a measure of accuracy, of about 1 percentage point.
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Cocaine, heroin among drugs found in Carrie Fisher’s system
Carrie Fisher’s autopsy report shows the actress had cocaine in her system when she fell ill on a plane last year, but investigators could not determine what impact the cocaine and other drugs found in her system had on her death.
Carrie Fisher at the 2011 NewNowNext Awards in Los Angeles on April 7, 2011. A coroner's report released Monday, June 19, 2017, shows Fisher had cocaine, ecstasy and heroin in her system when she became ill on a London to Los Angeles flight in December. (Chris Pizzello/File, AP)
LOS ANGELES — Carrie Fisher’s autopsy report shows the actress had cocaine in her system when she fell ill on a plane last year, but investigators could not determine what impact the cocaine and other drugs found in her system had on her death.
The report released Monday states Fisher may have taken cocaine three days before the Dec. 23 flight on which she became ill. She died four days later.
It also found traces of heroin and MDMA, which is also known as ecstasy, but that they could not determine when Fisher had taken those drugs. The findings were based on toxicology screenings done on samples taken when the “Star Wars” actress arrived at a Los Angeles hospital.
Coroner’s officials ruled Fisher died from sleep apnea and a combination of other factors. A news release issued Friday mentioned drugs were found in Fisher’s system, but it did not provide details.
Monday’s full report contains a detailed explanation of the results, such as why investigators believe Fisher took cocaine at least three days before her flight.
“At this time the significance of cocaine cannot be established in this case,” the report states.
It also states that while heroin is detectable in the system for a briefer period of time, investigators could not determine when Fisher took it or the ecstasy.
“Ms. Fisher suffered what appeared to be a cardiac arrest on the airplane accompanied by vomiting and with a history of sleep apnea. Based on the available toxicological information, we cannot establish the significance of the multiple substances that were detected in Ms. Fisher’s blood and tissue, with regard to the cause of death,” the report states.
Among the factors that contributed to Fisher’s death was buildup of fatty tissue in the walls of her arteries, the coroner’s office said last week.
A phone message left for Fisher’s brother, Todd, was not immediately returned.
Todd Fisher said Friday he was not surprised that drugs may have contributed to his sister’s death.
“I would tell you, from my perspective that there’s certainly no news that Carrie did drugs,” Todd Fisher said. He noted that his sister wrote extensively about her drug use, and that many of the drugs she took were prescribed by doctors to try to treat her mental health conditions.
Fisher long battled drug addiction and mental illness. She said she smoked pot at 13, used LSD by 21 and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 24. She was treated with electroshock therapy and medication.
“I am not shocked that part of her health was affected by drugs,” Todd Fisher said.
He said his sister’s heart condition was probably worsened by her smoking habit, as well as the medications she took. “If you want to know what killed her, it’s all of it,” he said.
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Mega Man Live-Action Film is Moving Forward
20th Century Fox's live-action Mega Man film (you didn't forget about it, did you?) is indeed very much alive. Tonight, Capcom reconfirmed that development on the film is moving forward. Tentatively titled "MEGA MAN", the film will be written and directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, and is scheduled to be produced by Chernin Entertainment (Planet of the Apes series).
Full press release after the jump!
Yuji Ishara Rockman 11 mobile wallpaper (unrelated to film)
Mega Man to be Adapted into Live-Action Hollywood Film for the First Time!
- Capcom aims to energize the brand further on the series' 30th anniversary milestone -
Capcom Co., Ltd. (Capcom) today announced that its popular Mega Man IP is scheduled to be adapted into a live-action Hollywood film for the first time.
Since Mega Man debuted on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987, the series secured its position as one of Capcom's major brands, boasting cumulative sales of 32 million units worldwide (as of June 30, 2018). Mega Man gained a following due to the challenging gameplay that contrasted with the memorable design of its characters; in the 30 years following its launch, the series has spawned numerous spin-offs, which altogether still enjoy the support of a deeply passionate fan base, consisting of everyone from younger players to hardcore gamers alike. Further, the Mega Man brand has been utilized in a wide variety of mediums around the globe, such as in character merchandise, comic books, animated television shows and movies. Mega Man 11, the newest title in the series, was released on October 2, 2018 in North America and Europe and October 4 in Japan.
The feature film, tentatively titled MEGA MAN, will be written and directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, and is scheduled to be distributed by 20th Century Fox. Chernin Entertainment, responsible for the Planet of the Apes series, will be producing it with Masi Oka, of Heroes fame. Based on the influential and globally beloved Mega Man franchise, Capcom aims to appeal to a diverse audience, including not only game players but action movie fans as well, with an adaptation that maintains the world of the Mega Man games, while incorporating the grand production and entertainment value that Hollywood movies are known for.
Capcom proactively leverages its rich library of original content in film and screen adaptations in conjunction with its Single Content Multiple Usage strategy. In addition to the release of Hollywood film Resident Evil: The Final Chapter in 2017 (released December 2016 in Japan), Mega Man: Fully Charged, an animated television show, began airing in North America in August 2018.
Going forward, Capcom remains committed to increasing the brand value of its game content by maximizing the significant promotional effect of visual media.
[ Feature Film: MEGA MAN ]
1. Title MEGA MAN (tentative title)
2. Distributor 20th Century Fox
3. Release Date TBA
【Game: Mega Man 11】
1. Title Mega Man 11
2. Genre Action
3. Platforms PlayStation®4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PC
4. Release Date Japan: October 4, 2018
North America/Europe: October 2, 2018
Asia: October 3, 2018
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Kyle Long October 3, 2018 at 8:45 PM
Oh god, these are horrible directors. Paranormal Activity 3 and 4? The Catfish TV Show? I wouldn't trust these guys to make a no-budget straight to DVD horror movie, MUCH LESS a Mega Man movie.
HELLCIUS MOREIRA DA SILVA October 3, 2018 at 9:05 PM
MEGA WTF............I HOPE THEY DONT FCK HIM.
Tiny Proto October 13, 2018 at 10:30 AM
Don't worry. They will mess it up.
Terrible news. Movie adaptation of games are almost always terrible and I fear they won't be faithful to the series.
I can just hear the whiny cry of annoying conceited Mega Man fans in the distance, chanting "Down with Hollywood! Stop ruining everything with your over the top action movie nonsense!"
What an idiotic comment.
While it's true that some of us have a habit to complain excessively, peoples complaining about hollywood making a adaptation of something is'nt tied to the MM fandom tendency to complain, it's just the general attitude of people toward hollywood movie adapations, which itself stem from Hollywood track records with adaptations. you get the same reactions about Ghost in the shell, Ninja Turtles, The last Airbender, Transformer, Spawn, Dragon Ball, Death Note, etc. How justified the complains are varies from one case to another, but you got this from every fandom.
Anon 2: I was taking a satirical jab at the general reaction people have to these types of announcements. Grow a sense of humor, Mr. Idiotic Comment.
Anon 3: That's what I was referring to actually.
bezoticallyyours83 October 14, 2018 at 11:34 AM
Or its tied to Hollywood's consistent screw ups to adapt cartoon and videogames into decent movies.
Ark Sword October 3, 2018 at 9:17 PM
I always forget that the guy who helped produce Netflix Death Note. Now it's got Paranormal Activity 3 and 4's directors writing it? I'll try to keep my expectations low, but jeez.
I could see this film getting majorly restructured after the Disney buy out of Fox. However I could see Disney turning this around.
I was inconsolable once I read "20th Century Fox" in the article, but then remembered that DISNEY now owns their movie properties. I wonder if this purchase will cause a delay in production. Fingers crossed that it does. It would really help to have the people and resources available to Disney on this project.
Why though?
Everybody is like you know what would be great, a live action Mega Man movie. Is that it? How come I've never met these people?
Francis October 4, 2018 at 6:10 AM
This should be animated, not live action. Mega Man looks goofy in live action.
Mark Havick October 4, 2018 at 7:32 AM
Well he doesn't have to if you, you know, actually built a robot from scratch to look like him but yeah a person in a suit is just not good.
bezoticallyyours83 October 4, 2018 at 10:47 AM
Bah, worst case scenario the movie would be bad and this'll give people on the internet something to make joke about like the death note movie. And since it's pretty clear for anyone nowadays that a Game/Anime or Cartoon movie adaptation is quite different from the source materiel, even if it is, few peoples would get the wrong idea about the Mega Man games because of it. If we're lucky this might even lead some curious people to try the games to see how different it is from it, it hapened before.
for theses reason, i won't even complain.
You know what? I'm not even bothered anymore. Street Fighter, Resident Evil, and soon Monster Hunter have all had terrible live action adaptations, what's one more? It's like tradition for Capcom at this point.
Not just them at that. At this point, the best thing to do about live action movies is enjoy them if they happen to be good, ignore them otherwise.
At least the 90s Street Fighter movie had Raul Julia. Legend of Chun-Li was irredeemable garbage, though.
can they just not
Unknown October 4, 2018 at 5:24 PM
Well, so long as they embrace the campier aspects of the universe then it might be an okay film.
Imma keep my hopes up, but for the time being, let's just say I'm not liking this.
This may not suck as much as the live-action Sonic The Hedgehog movie, but it's definitely going to piss me off more.
Kellie Hart October 5, 2018 at 8:05 PM
Rock's face is mood
George Lane October 8, 2018 at 7:55 AM
I'm hoping that after FOX is purchased by Disney, this becomes an animated CGI film like Astro Boy. Maybe Pixar being the company to take it on under the Disney umbrella?
Lorram Paiva Corrêa October 9, 2018 at 5:10 PM
I didn't watch this movie yet and I didn't like it. 99.9% of Hollywood videogame and/or Japanese productions adaptations are awful and ridiculous, since 93' Super Mario Bros until the recent Death Note and Ghost in the Shell. Certainly Hollywood will make Mega Man movie as a generic sci-fi, when the main characteristic of the franchise is to be a Japanese-esque fantasy, very different from the standard Western language adopted by Hollywood. Everyone knows this, except they. Failure in sight.
What are you going on about?
G.U. October 12, 2018 at 11:41 AM
Why do anti-America comments like this get approved here? Lorram's post needs to be removed.
I fail to see how this is "anti-American". That's his (narrow minded) opinion.
^Anonymous: I think looking at his username tells us that much.
Lorram Paiva Corrêa October 12, 2018 at 6:46 PM
This isn't anti-American preconception, this is a concept formed about what Hollywood does with animes/mangas/games franchises, which most of the time don't make a success with the enthusiasts of these franchises nor with the external public or critics. This is a fact, not my personal opinion - much less anti-American propaganda. And yes, I admire many things about USA - Internet, free enterprise, freedom of speech and various minds that created things that made it possible for our lives to be better.
Deleting comments (I'm not offending or spreading hatred) is the most anti-American thing possible. This is characterist of dictatorial regimes, my Anonymous friends. And using anonymity is cowardly too.
Pastia October 13, 2018 at 2:14 AM
No, it isn't. Just calm down.
I don't think he's wrong. It doesn't have to be an American adaptation to be crappy - it's that most of the people working on these films don't really "get" the source material.
Correct, Tiny Proto. It's not a case of establishing a "Japan god, America crap" false dichotomy - even though the reverse path is possible. Do you remember Powerpuff Girls Z?
Tiny Proto October 16, 2018 at 6:56 PM
Darn tootin I do. I also heard about that Japanese Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon where they have a mech. So corny!
Powderpuff Girls Z was hot garbage. A major embarrassing travesty that should have never happened.
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Nouriel Roubini, (born March 29, 1958, Istanbul, Turkey), Turkish-born American economist and educator who was best known for predicting the 2007–08 subprime mortgage crisis in the United States and the subsequent global financial crisis.
Born to Iranian Jewish parents, Roubini moved with his family to Iran and Israel before they settled in Italy in 1962. After a year at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he studied economics at Bocconi University in Milan (B.A., 1982) and Harvard University (Ph.D., 1988), where he specialized in macroeconomics and international economics. He joined the economics faculty at Yale University in 1988 and taught there until 1995, when he moved to New York University. He also served as a visiting scholar to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), held single-year terms on the White House Council of Economic Advisers (1998–99) and at the U.S. Department of the Treasury (1999–2000), and cofounded (2004) the consulting firm Roubini Global Economics. Roubini spent much of his early career studying countries that experienced extreme economic failures, such as Mexico (in 1994), Thailand and other countries associated with the 1997 Asian financial crisis, Russia (1998), and Argentina (2000). He determined that each shared one common element: a massive current account deficit.(www.britannica.com)
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Celebrating the Charism
On Saturday May 18th a vibrant community of RSC sisters, friends, associates, former RSC’s and their spouses, and volunteers gathered at California to celebrate Mary Aikenhead. We began with a story from Mary Aikenhead’s life in which Robert Henry O’ Neill, an 18 year old was to be executed in a week. In a passionately charged argument with a friend Robert ended up killing him. Robert was brought up to the courts in Dublin for his second trial and Mary Aikenhead asked for prayers:
“There are sad cases nearer home which the Rev. Mother takes to heart, prays over, and interests others about. Among these is the fate of a young soldier (18) confined in the Richmond jail under sentence of death, for having killed one of his comrades in a quarrel provoked by a hot discussion on some religious or political question”. Thus she gives the facts, writing on the 10th of June, 1854.
Sara Atkinson Mary Aikenhead: Her Life, Her Works and Her Friends p. 411
We were reminded that throughout our history as a Congregation and in all our Provinces and Regions, prison ministry has been a consistent commitment. Stephanie Hernandez, a former novice, read a passage from Matthew 25 emphasizing “When I was in prison, you visited me” and then we all reflected on our own response to the Gospel by raising our hands to these questions:
How many of you have visited Jesus in prison?
How many of you have sat in a courtroom with immigrants, youth, or the incarcerated?
How many of you have taken action against the death penalty?
This theme of prison ministry was chosen because a facility where our sisters have ministered over the years, Los Padrinos, a detention center for young people who are incarcerate, is closing in a few weeks. Sr. Teresa Doherty has been the chaplain at Los Padrinos for 44 years! During this time, Teresa has formed, invited and involved more than 100 volunteers to help in this ministry. About 15 of these volunteers were present at the Mary Aikenhead gathering. Los Padrinos detention hall was opened in 1957 and only Mass was available on Sunday; without any catechesis or formation. Our belated Sr. Campion Heavey was the one who asked Cardinal Manning to send Teresa as chaplain. Teresa has advocated for these youth for 44 years, appearing in the courtroom on their behalf as well. Teresa and her volunteers have provided for the spiritual, physical, emotional needs of the incarcerated youth; prepared them for the sacraments and gone the extra mile to show them that someone cares.
Mary Ellen Dunne, one of the volunteers, gave a wonderful testimony to how she has witnessed the charism alive in Teresa. All those present shared where they had seen glimpses of the charism and gave a few examples in small groups.
Since Los Padrinos is closing, each person was challenged to imagine how they will carry the charism forward and continue to visit prisoners.
An optional justice action was part of the prayer and all were encouraged to sign a petition asking our Senators and Representative in Congress to abolish the death penalty in the U.S. The Governor of California has issued a moratorium on the death penalty and we are anxious for this to be a national decision.
Sr Edith Prendergast asked all to extend their hands in a blessing over the Mary Aikenhead volunteers that had served at Los Padrinos and prayed a blessing. Edith then led us in a final blessing over Sr. Teresa Doherty.
A taco bar was then available for all to enjoy Mexican food as well as margaritas and other drinks. It was a very spirited day with lots of laughter and story telling as all reunited under the one person who brought us all together: Mary Aikenhead.
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Sister Ellen Galvin
Entered Religious Life: 9th April 1947
Died: 18th March 2019
Ellen, called in Religion, Sr. Ellen Galvin was born in Swords to Amelia (nee Carpenter) and John Galvin on the 22 June, 1928. She was the eldest of nine children, four of whom survive her, her sisters Rita and Sr. Noel and brothers, Wally and Noel. She entered the Religious Sisters of Charity in 1947 and was professed in 1950.
She had a long and interesting life. She ministered in Ireland, and used her many talents and gifts. She was a wonderful cook and was most creative, especially in producing ‘masterpieces’ in cakes. She could recreate any object into a beautiful cake.
In her later years she studied at Plater College, Oxford and at the great age of 81 she achieved a PhD for ‘A Mystic in Search of a Unifying Truth: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’. She also wrote a short book about her grandfather called ‘Walter Carpenter: A Revolutionary.’
She also produced a book of Poems called ‘Challenging the Eagles’. On the back of the book we read: “Ellen’s poems flow from the beauty and wonder of nature. Her poetry transcends the present – pointing to the beyond.” They also reveal a deep spirituality.
She retired to Lakelands in 2013 and spent five years there when she transferred to Loyola, Merrion in May, 2018. Her time, during these years, was mainly given to prayer, reading and writing.
Her later years were marred by ill-health and this was very difficult for a person of her temperament and disposition and it was very hard for her to have to rely on other people for her every need.
Sincere thanks to the doctors and nurses in both St. Vincent’s Hospital and the Heart Failure Unit in Dun Laoghaire for their wonderful care of her during her last months. Special thanks to the nurses, carers and staff of Lakelands where she spent five years. Words could not express our thanks for the care she received in Loyola. Her family were a great support to her and she treasured their visits.
Ellen was at peace and had no fear. May she now enjoy that everlasting peace which she desired. R.I.P.
We are standing this morning on holy ground: the place where Mary Aikenhead spent the last years of her life as an invalid – a woman whose vision, courage and practical common-sense gave birth to our Congregation and to our long and graced history of service of the poor, the weak and the vulnerable.Today we are celebrating the life of Sr. Joseph Helen, a woman who cherished that charism, serving those in need with fidelity and generosity, and who also spent the last years of her life here in the Hospice.
The readings this morning are both comforting and challenging.In the Gospel Jesus speaks of himself as the Way, the Truth and the Life.He invites us to put our hope and our trust in Him and in His promise to be with us, steadily and constantly as we try each day to walk his way, to speak his truth, to live his life.It is an apt description of the life and commitment of the woman whom we are remembering here.
In her 103 years of life, Sr. Joseph Helen lived through historical and global changes that are impossible for us to imagine.She experienced seismic shifts in Church and state.She witnessed wars and famines on a world scale.Through all of those yearsshe remained steadfastly faithful to the constant core of who she was as an RSC.She was born Dorothy Cunningham in Ballacolla in Portlaoise on 1st July 1908. She was an only girl, with one brother, and was much loved by all.Her childhood and youth reflected the calm ordinariness of children’s lives at that time.Following her degree studies she spent some months caring for her mother who was ill and then secured a job teaching in Mountjoy St. School in Dublin.Her father was not impressed!His comment on hearing of that place was:“It doesn’t sound like much of a job but you like working for the poor and you’ve always been good at it”.She remained there until she entered the Sisters of Charity on 5th October 1931.
In the first reading we are told that God gives strength to the wearied; that those who hope in Yahweh will soar like eagles, run and no grow weary, walk and never tire.That was so true of J. Helen throughout her active life.She was missioned back to Mountjoy St. after her religious profession and taught there for 12 years.Following a year’s further study in Scotland, she went to teach in a Secondary Modern school inWalthamstow in England for a year.And then came the call to be one of our three founding Sisters of the Zambian Region, or Northern Rhodesia as it then was.
In 1948 they set sail, travelling for four weeks by boat – The Athlone Castle -rail, bus and lorry before arriving in Chisekesi Siding on a dark morning on 28th October 1948. Sr. Helen kept a diary of the journey which was printed for the 50th anniversary and which gives a fascinating insight into their journey and how they coped with, what was for them, such a strange and almost ‘alien’ environment.
One can only imagine the anticipation and anxiety, the challenge and the loneliness, the wonder and the doubts that marked that journey and her first months in Zambia.It was a place and people that she came to love and cherish.She committed herself to the education of girls and brought the gift of knowledge and freedom to countless women who still remember her with gratitude and appreciation.There are many past pupils with sad hearts in Zambia at the moment – their sadness at her passing tempered only by their gratitude that she is free from the debilities of her age.And that mourning is echoed this morning among our sisters there in the Region and here in this Chapel in the sisters who lived with her and shared her life for those 30 years.
Her first 15 years in Zambia were spent in the Teacher training college run by the Jesuits and began her work in promoting the education of girls – beginning with the setting up of a girls secondary boarding school in Roma in Lusaka.Nine years later she was appointed Regional Leader and on Independence day 1978she was conferred with the Order of Distinguished Service for 30 years of outstanding service to the people of Zambia in the fields of Education and Social work.
While she was a formidable woman in many ways, with high standards and expectations, her devotion to her religious life and her commitment to education was recognized and appreciated by all who knew her.She was a strict disciplinarian, spoke the truth without apology and demanded very high standards.At the same time her heart was compassionate and her generosity and hospitality were known and appreciated by all.
Like all of us, Helen has known suffering and joy, tears and laughter, pain and happiness, loneliness and friendship.And she had strong relationships with herfriends – too numerous to mention – but exemplified in the love and devotion of Sr. Mary Bernadette Collins and Catherine Fallon.Up to the end she valued and enjoyed her relationships with her nieces, nephews and other family members and followed their lives with interest, with love and with prayer.
In 1978 she was missioned to Ireland and worked on our Constitutions.Subsequently she was appointed as local leader to our community in Crumlin before her appointment to our Provincial Leadership team and consequent arrival here in Our Lady’s Mount in 1981.
Sr. J. Helen’s commitment to Mary Aikenhead's charism was single-minded and she never compromised on that.The second reading confirms her attitude to life:nothing outweighs the supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus. It is only through Him, with Him and in Him that we can find life and happiness and fulfilment.Rooted in that conviction, she endorsed and embraced anything that served the people for whom she cared in a better, more dignified or respectful way.
She suffered in her growing debility and weakness these last years and all of us – family, community, friends and colleagues - were saddened as we watched her suffering and her struggle to cope.In spite of the wonderful, caring staff who surrounded her and the sisters and friends who were her constant support,she had difficult and dispiriting days.Yet she never gave up .Her faith in Providence was the touchstone of her life.In the midst of all her pain and letting-go she was confident that he was with her, holding her, comforting her and in the end, calling her to himself.And when that call came, sheyielded her spirit to the Lord, peace-filled, calm and trusting - blest with a death that had no struggle, no pain, no fear.And perhaps I can end with some words of hers, written in the diary of which I spoke, on her arrival in Chikuni:“Now that we have reached our Promised Land we must thank God and Our Lady for our very pleasant and on the whole easy journey which we have had . . . . “Those words echo, not only the journey to Chikuni, but her life journey, now at its end as she moves, we believe, into the fullness of the Promised land of God’s life and love.
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US environmental agency chief says humans contribute to global warming
The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, said on Friday he believes human activity plays a role in global warming, but measuring that contribution with precision is difficult.
Speaking to reporters at the White House a day after President Donald Trump said he would withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord, Pruitt declined to directly answer questions about whether the president still believed global warming was a hoax, as he had said during the 2016 presidential campaign
Pruitt said he had indicated that global warming is occurring, and that “human activity contributes to it in some manner. Measuring with precision, from my perspective, the degree of human contribution is very challenging.”
(Reporting by Timothy Gardner and Susan Heavey; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) complained and got in a back-and-forth with Swalwell.
Collins sought to have Swalwell's words stricken from the Congressional Record, which would have banned him from speaking for the rest of the day.
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Appeals court delivers ‘tremendous blow to federal workers’ with decision to uphold Trump’s anti-union executive orders
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Speech The Domestic Outlook and the Role of Mining
Alexandra Heath [*]
Head of Economic Analysis Department
Address to the NSW Mining Industry & Suppliers Conference
NSW Parliament House, Sydney – 21 November 2014
The mining industry has been an important part of the New South Wales and Australian economies for a very long time. Coal from New South Wales was Australia's first commodity export and continues to make a significant contribution to Australia's exports over two hundred years later. Gold was first discovered in New South Wales in the early 1850s and BHP was founded in Broken Hill in the 1880s.
Today I am going to give a brief overview of how the mining boom has affected the domestic economy over the past decade before considering the forces currently at work in the mining industry and how they might affect the domestic economy going forward. As a central banker, my normal focus is on the outlook for the domestic economy over the next couple of years. But there are much longer-lived structural forces at work as well as short-run factors. In recognition of this, I will finish up by examining some longer-run trends in demand associated with the economic development of China.
The Role of Mining over the Past Decade
Developments in the mining industry have played a very important role in the dynamics of the Australian economy over the past 10 years or so.
The increase in demand for raw commodities from emerging economies over the 2000s took many, including the Reserve Bank, by surprise. However, as many in the audience will know, it takes some time to ramp up large investment projects, so supply could not keep up with the rapid increase in demand and the result was a substantial rise in commodity prices over a number of years (Graph 1).
The rise in commodity prices has had many positive effects on the Australian economy. First, the Australian terms of trade increased to historically unprecedented levels. This boosted the purchasing power of domestic income. Also, as usually happens, the terms of trade increase was accompanied by an exchange rate appreciation. This effectively redistributed some of the benefits of the rise in the terms of trade to the broader community in the form of lower import prices.
Second, the rise in commodity prices sparked a substantial rise in mining investment. Prior to the boom, mining investment was around 2 per cent of GDP and it peaked at almost 8 per cent of GDP in 2013 (Graph 2). This clearly had a direct benefit to those who were able to get jobs in the mining industry, but there were significant spillovers because this investment generated demand for goods and services from other parts of the economy that are not classified as mining per se, such as manufacturing and business services. Bank research estimates that resource-related activity is much more labour intensive than resource extraction and probably accounted for almost 7 per cent of employment in 2011/12, from around 2½ per cent in 2003/4 (Rayner and Bishop 2013).
Recent research by colleagues at the Bank estimates that the total effect of the mining boom boosted living standards, as measured by real per capita household disposable income, by more than 10 per cent over the decade to 2013 (Downes, Hanslow and Tulip 2014).
The Near-term Outlook
The Australian economy is in transition from the investment phase of the mining boom to the production phase. We have now seen the peak in mining investment and over the near term we expect that the fall in mining investment will be a significant drag on GDP growth. There is, however, some uncertainty around how fast and how far mining investment will fall and the extent to which investment in operational aspects of mining projects will contribute to growth.
The expansion in production capacity for iron ore and coal has already had a direct effect on Australia's exports, which have made a significant contribution to real GDP growth over the past year or so (Graph 3). Iron ore and, to a lesser extent, coal exports are expected to continue to make a positive contribution to GDP growth in the next couple of years as productive capacity continues to ramp up. LNG production capacity will also start coming on line over the next year, which will provide another significant boost to resource exports.
The increase in Australia's production capacity has boosted the global supply of iron ore and coal, as has the increase in production capacity in a number of other countries that have responded to the same fundamentals. Much of the fall in iron ore and coal prices we have seen over the past year or so is the result of increasing global supply, but recently there has also been some easing in demand associated with slower growth in Chinese steel production. The resulting fall in Australia's terms of trade is expected to weigh on household income. Just as the rise in the terms of trade was accompanied by an appreciation of the exchange rate, their fall has been accompanied by a depreciation. Our assessment is that, despite the depreciation since early 2013, the Australian dollar remains above most estimates of its fundamental value.
The transition from the investment phase to the production phase of the mining boom is a significant structural change and there are likely to be distributional effects. There will be a decline in mining employment, and the types of labour required to maintain production of an operating mine or LNG train can be quite different to the labour required in the investment and construction phase. Having said that, information obtained from our business liaison program suggests that many of the people employed in the investment phase of the mining boom had previous experience in the construction industry and many of these people are expected to return to the construction sector (Doyle forthcoming). That is not to downplay the challenges related to the fact that these opportunities are in different parts of the country.
The question of what might happen to commodity prices in the longer-run will depend on the dynamics of global supply and demand. It is hard to know how they will play out, but we can say something about some of the longer-term forces that are likely to affect demand for our commodity exports. In the time that remains, I will talk about some of the main longer-term drivers of Chinese demand for commodities, which currently accounts for a bit over 40 per cent of our commodity exports.
The Longer-term Outlook for Chinese Demand
Chinese GDP growth has been easing from the rapid pace seen over the past decade or so to a little less than 7½ per cent. Unless productivity growth is particularly strong, supply-side factors such as the declining working-age population will make it harder for China to maintain this growth over time. This will affect the demand for commodities produced in Australia and elsewhere. Yet, even if the sustainable growth trajectory for the Chinese economy gradually declines over the medium term, the economy is much larger than it was and is still growing. This implies there will continue to be a huge appetite for commodities of many kinds. Some of this demand can be satisfied by local Chinese production, but given the competitiveness of Australian production in a number of commodities, China is likely to be a large market for Australian resource exports for some time to come.
We also know that the nature of growth in China is changing as the economy evolves and matures. One of the driving forces of this change has been the process of urbanisation. Between the early 1990s and today, the proportion of the Chinese population living in urban areas has doubled (Graph 4). Projections based on data from international organisations suggest that China's urbanisation process still has some way further to run, though the pace is likely to slow.
Urbanisation has had a huge impact on China's demand for commodities. This process tends to be accompanied by increases in the amount of food consumed and its calorific and protein content. It also leads to a huge increase in demand for commodities to build housing, infrastructure, utilities and public buildings. Work by researchers at the Bank suggests that the peak in steel demand for the construction of housing is likely to occur later than the peak in residential construction. This is because the steel intensity of Chinese construction has been increasing over time as a result of buildings becoming taller and having features like underground parking (Berkelmans and Wang 2012). For example, a 50-floor building requires roughly double the amount of steel per square metre as a 15-floor building (Walsh 2011).
As the economy matures, consumption is likely to become a more important driver of growth. Estimates based on data from 2011 suggest that Chinese investment uses output from the Australian mining industry much more intensively than Chinese consumption (Kelly forthcoming). However, just as components of investment such as housing construction are likely to become more commodity intensive, so too will some important components of consumption. For example, motor vehicle use in China is still very low by international standards, but as cities grow and incomes rise, this is likely to become a more important source of steel demand (Graph 5).
China's per capita energy consumption is also currently low relative to that in many advanced economies. This suggests that Chinese energy consumption will increase as the economy develops. The question is then, how will this increase in demand be satisfied?
China's energy consumption is currently heavily tilted towards coal. In 2013, coal accounted for two-thirds of China's energy consumption (Graph 6). Until the late 2000s, nearly all of this demand was satisfied by coal produced in China. However, in recent years there has been a surge in Chinese coal imports that is likely to reflect the fact that steel production has grown rapidly and there has been a fall in the cost of globally supplied coal relative to the cost of coal production in China. The sheer size of Chinese demand for coal means that although China's imports of coal still amount to less than 10 per cent of domestic coal consumption, they account for almost one-quarter of the global trade in coal.
But the Chinese authorities have expressed concerns about air pollution and carbon emissions more generally. One recent manifestation of this was the joint announcement by China and the United States on carbon emissions. The effect of policies designed to address these concerns could put downward pressure on coal consumption in China, but the implications for Australia's coal export volumes will depend on a number of factors including relative prices and competitiveness of our producers.
Unlike other fossil fuels, the Chinese Government is actively pushing to increase the share of gas in domestic energy consumption.[1] It is doing this by increasing the use of pipeline gas and LNG imports as well as tapping China's own, potentially substantial, reserves of unconventional gas. Consumption of LNG in China has more than quadrupled in the space of a decade, and China is now the third largest importer of LNG. Most of this has been the result of an increase in demand for industrial use, but residential consumption has also been rising quickly. This trend in itself is positive for the outlook for Australian LNG exports, but its significance will very much depend on the price and availability of all sources of energy commodities in the years to come.
In conclusion, just as the mining investment boom spurred by high commodity prices had a substantial impact on the Australian economy, so too will the transition from the investment phase to the production phase. The dramatic increase in Australia's capacity to export commodities, along with similar responses from other resource producers around the globe, has increased global supply relative to global demand to the point where prices for these commodities have fallen. Supply will continue to respond to, and affect, commodity prices, and while the growth of Chinese demand is slowing, many of the long-term drivers of the original increase in demand for commodities from China are still in play. The Chinese economy is continuing to evolve in ways that will support demand for resources, and the sheer size of the economy suggests that these demand forces will, over the medium to long term, remain strong.
I would like to thank Natasha Cassidy, Ivan Roberts and other colleagues at the Reserve Bank of Australia for their help in preparing this presentation. [*]
Natural gas produces 370 grams of carbon dioxide per kilowatt hour, compared with 640 grams in the case of crude oil and 720–940 grams for coal (Jacobs 2011). [1]
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Doyle M-A (forthcoming), ‘Labour Movements During the Resources Boom’, RBA Bulletin .
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Rayner V and J Bishop (2013), ‘Industry Dimensions of the Resource Boom: An Input-Output Analysis’, RBA Research Discussion Paper No 2013-02.
Walsh S (2011), ‘New Opportunities for Industry Growth’, Presentation to Metal Bulletin Conference ‘China Iron Ore 2011’, Beijing, 23–24 March. Available at <http://www.riotinto.com/investors/presentations-91_2369.aspx>.
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Capitol Notes: Frankfort's Week Included Session in Old State Capitol
Sun, 02/24/2019 - 17:20 RCN Newsdesk
Peek into one of the journals that have rested for more than a century on the shelves of the State Capitol’s law library and you’ll see the issues that captured lawmakers’ attention on March 15, 1908, the day the Kentucky General Assembly completed its last legislative session in the Old State Capitol.
Matters under discussion included improving coal mine safety, allowing vacation time for prison guards, keeping kids in school, and restoring a Henry Clay monument.
Some of those issues were still around when lawmakers next convened two years later. But their meeting location was brand new. The Old Capitol was left behind as lawmakers began the 1910 session in a magnificent new Capitol building that remains the center of state government to this day.
Still, the Old Capitol has its historic charm. That’s why every decade or so, state lawmakers decide to return to the Old Capitol for a day to celebrate Kentucky history in an architectural treasure that still looks much like it did during the 1800s. That happened again this month as the General Assembly held Feb. 21 proceedings in the Old Capitol’s storied Senate and House chambers.
Coming one day after Presidents Day, the Old Capitol activities gave lawmakers a chance to be addressed by an Abe Lincoln impersonator who joked that he was surprised to be invited to the proceedings since Kentucky heavily voted against him in the 1860 presidential race. “Well, ladies and gentleman, all is forgiven,” he said, “We come together now as one nation, united, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
While most of the Old Capitol activities were ceremonial in nature, lawmakers moved a number of possible new laws further along in the legislative process during the rest of the week. Bills that advanced between Feb. 19 and Feb. 22 include measures on a range of topics:
Foster children. Children in foster care and other out-of-home care placements would have their own statutory “bill of rights” under a bill that cleared the Kentucky House 99-0. The rights include adequate food, clothing, and shelter, as well as a safe, secure and stable family. The bill has been delivered to the Senate.
Felony expungement. Legislation to extend Kentucky’s expungement program to additional people convicted of low-level felonies advanced out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill 57 would allow discretionary expungement of additional Class D felonies not involving sex abuse, breach of public office or crimes against children. The bill now goes to the Senate chamber.
Crime victims. Senate Bill 97, which passed the Senate 35-0, would make it possible for sexual assault victims to go online to check the progress of forensic testing in their cases. The bill now goes to the House for consideration.
Sports wagering. The House Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations Committee approved a bill that would legalize and regulate sports wagering, fantasy sports contests and online poker. Bill 175 would allow licensed wagering on sanctioned professional and college sporting events at Kentucky horse tracks, Kentucky Speedway, or through an app downloaded at one of those locations. Online poker would be regulated by the Kentucky Lottery under the bill. Sports wagering alone would generate an estimated $20 million in annual tax revenue for the state. House Bill 175 now goes to the House chamber.
Golden alerts. A House committee approved legislation to change how the state issues Golden Alert notifications when an impaired person is missing. It would be up to the Kentucky State Police to initiate a Golden Alert under House Bill 150 if the agency decides an alert is necessary for the safety of someone with a physical, mental or cognitive impairment, such as Alzheimer’s disease. The State Police would work with both state and local agencies to issue an alert using existing resources such as electronic highway signs, the Amber Alert broadcast emergency response system, and electronic media. The bill now goes to the House for consideration.
Citizens who want to weigh in on the issues under consideration can share their thoughts with Kentucky lawmakers by calling the General Assembly’s toll-free message line at 1.800.372.7181.
From the Legislative Research Commission
Photo: Senate President Robert Stivers (R-Manchester) presides over the General Assembly at the Old State Capitol (LRC)
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Bollywood Movie Review Poorna 2017
Movie – Poorna
Release – March 31, 2017
Actors – Aditi Inamdar, Rahul Bose
Music -Salim - Sulaiman
Lyrics - Amitabh Bhattacharya
Director – Rahul Bose
Running Time – 1 hour 40 minutes
Poorna is a motivational movie, sports movie.
The Movie is produced by Amit Patni and Rahul Bose under the banner of PVR Pictures.
The film was screened at the 2017 Palm Springs International Film Festival where it was named on the festival’s list of “30 Best Films
Poorna movie is based inspired on the life of 13-year-old tribal girl from Telangana who became the youngest girl to climb and conquer the Everest.
Adit Inamdar is playing role as ‘Poorna’ and Rahul Bose as IPS officer Praveen kumar
Plot story of the Movie Poorna –
Foreign Returned IPS officer Pravin Kumar demands a job in social sector mainly in government run schools for tribal villages. He gets posting as he desired.
Harward return IPS officer Praveen Kumar makes many eyebrows raise because of his choice to take up the least preferred profile of a Social Welfare Officer in remote places of Telangana.
In a small village Poorna and her friend both go to one school, older friend of Poorna wants to study, she dreams of becoming someone in life and she encourages Poorna also.
Here we meet the reality of Indian school system, as the parents were not able to pay fees, they must clean the school every day.
Poona’s friend finds a paper clip advertisement about government school where they can study free, and school provides them egg and good food.
Both decide to run away to join that school, but they get caught and after girl friend of Poorna gets married.
She tells Poorna run away to school or she will also get married in one or two years.
The poor father of Poorna takes his daughter to government school as he doesn’t have money for her marriage.
The reality of government school, corruption and how Rahul Bose encourages the kids, how Poorna gets inspired and finally climbs the Everest.
Rahul Bose tells Poorna Remember Girls can do anything.
The first meeting of Kumar and Poorna happens when Poorna runs away from government school. When Kumar meets Poorna on the wayside he asks her a life changing question – “If you run away from school, you set an example for the rest of the girls in school. Just think what kind of example you would like to set for others in life”?
Good dialogues, inspirational movie.
Movie shows us the mentality of Government officers, a realistic movie eye opening movie.
Excellent Movie Must See Movie for everyone
One of the top movies of 2017
Star Rating for Poorna - 4 stars out of 5
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Ohio State Doctor Sexually Abused At Least 177 Male Students, Investigation Finds
Richard Strauss was employed as a doctor at Ohio State University from 1978 until he retired in 1998.
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Merrit Kennedy | NPR | May 17, 2019
For nearly two decades, a doctor at The Ohio State University sexually abused at least 177 male students, according to an exhaustive independent investigation commissioned by the university. Most of the doctor's abuse happened under the auspices of providing the students with medical treatment.
Richard Strauss worked at OSU from September 1978 through March 1998, primarily as a doctor with the Athletic Department and the Student Health Center. The investigation found that university personnel became aware of Strauss' abuse as early as 1979.
However, "despite the persistence, seriousness, and regularity of such complaints, no meaningful action was taken by the University to investigate such concerns until January 1996," when they were first elevated to officials beyond Student Health or the Athletics Department, the report reads.
As a result, Strauss was suspended from working as a treating physician at OSU. The school eventually removed him from his departments, but it kept him on as a tenured faculty member. He voluntarily retired in 1998 with "emeritus" status from the university. Strauss took his own life in 2005.
"The findings are shocking and painful to comprehend," current OSU President Michael Drake said in a message emailed to the OSU community.
"On behalf of the university, we offer our profound regret and sincere apologies to each person who endured Strauss' abuse," said Drake, who became the school's president in 2014. "Our institution's fundamental failure at the time to prevent this abuse was unacceptable — as were the inadequate efforts to thoroughly investigate complaints raised by students and staff members."
Drake added that the university has started the process of revoking Strauss' emeritus status and "will take additional action as appropriate."
"Dreams were broken, relationships with loved ones were damaged, and the harm now carries over to our children as many of us have become so overprotective that it strains the relationship with our kids," Kent Kilgore, a survivor of Strauss' abuse, said in a statement to The Associated Press.
OSU said it launched the independent investigation last April, after a former student came forward with allegations of abuse and "indicated ... that there may have been others who experienced sexual misconduct by Strauss."
The investigation carried out by the law firm Perkins Coie was led by a former federal prosecutor and a former federal government ethics attorney. Both had experience in investigations involving male sexual abuse survivors.
They interviewed 520 people, among them the 177 men who said they had been abused by Strauss.
The report, which runs more than 230 pages, contains a litany of painful stories of abuse from former students who went to Strauss for medical care.
The instances of abuse often involved inappropriate touching of a students' genitals during exams in ways that weren't medically useful. A number of students said Strauss "would routinely touch their genitals at every visit, regardless of the medical ailment presented, including for a sore throat," the report states.
The report also states that members of 15 university athletic teams were abused. Strauss most frequently targeted wrestlers — 48 of them, according to the report. And the abuse often became more explicit over multiple visits.
"We observed that, in many cases, a student's most egregious experience of abuse did not occur during the student's first encounter with Strauss; rather, the abuse escalated over time, in a series of examinations with the student," the report states.
Other students reported that Strauss would frequently shower with teams, appearing to loiter and gawp at students as they were naked in locker rooms and making them uncomfortable.
A former soccer player told investigators that Strauss would sometimes run a single lap just as the team was finishing up practice. "The student noted that it was a commonly-held perception among the players that Strauss was exercising as a pretext to shower with the team, and the student-athletes would try to shower as quickly as possible," the report reads.
Dozens of people who worked as coaches or athletic trainers told investigators that they had been aware of rumors and complaints against Strauss. The abuse was so widely known that it left some students with the idea that it was simply accepted by other university personnel.
"Many of the students felt that Strauss' behavior was an 'open secret,' as it appeared to them that their coaches, trainers, and other team physicians were fully aware of Strauss' activities, and yet few seemed inclined to do anything to stop it," the report states. Students, it adds, said they had the impression the abuse was a form of hazing or a rite of passage.
The university took disciplinary action against Strauss only after a series of student complaints in the mid-1990s. Even after that, he opened an off-campus private men's health clinic near the university — where he continued to abuse patients — and kept his title as a tenured faculty professor.
As Gabe Rosenberg and Adora Namigadde of member station WOSU reported:
"At least 50 students have filed lawsuits against Ohio State, arguing the university knew about and declined to act in response to complaints about Strauss. Their case is headed to mediation.
" 'It's what we've been saying—they've failed to act—investigate or act, and now we have validation,' said Brian Garrett, one of the lead plaintiffs, in an interview Friday.
"The university has referred the report to Columbus Police, the Franklin County Prosecutor's Office, and the Ohio Attorney General's Office."
The investigators and the university's president thanked the survivors for coming forward to share their stories.
"This independent investigation was completed because of the strength and courage of survivors," Drake said.
Read the investigative report here:
View this story at NPR
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Theatre Musical Wicked Tickets Saturday, 14 Sep 2019
Apollo Victoria, London. Saturday, 14 Sep 2019 at 7:30 PM
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Wicked, the West End and Broadway musical sensation, is already the 9th longest running musical in London theatre history. Winner of over 100 major awards, including three Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards and ten theatregoer-voted WhatsOnStage Awards (winning "Best West End Show" on three separate occasions), the classic musical has now been seen by almost 10 million people in London alone.
"Packed with wit, storming songs and beautiful costumes" (The Guardian), Wicked imagines an ingenious backstory and future possibilities to the lives of L. Frank Baum's beloved characters from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and reveals the decisions and events that shape the destinies of two unlikely University friends on their journey to becoming Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
BOOKING PERIOD: Until 23 May 2020
PERFORMANCE TIMES: Monday to Saturday: 7.30pm, Wednesday and Saturday: 2.30pm
RUNNING TIME: The performance lasts 2 hours & 45 minutes. (including a 15 min interval)
AGE RESTRICTION: WICKED is suitable for a general audience and contains no profanities. As a guide to parents, guardians and teachers, it is recommended for ages 7 . All persons aged 15 and under must be accompanied by an adult and may not sit on their own within the auditorium. All persons entering the theatre, regardless of age, must have a ticket. Children under 3 years of age will not be admitted.
PLEASE NOTE: The Apollo Victoria Theatre continues to make the safety and security of its customers and staff a priority. As such, please bear in mind that we may undertake bag checks, so recommend you leave extra time to avoid queues. Suitcases, rucksacks and large bags will not be admitted into the Theatre.
If you are collecting tickets from the Box Office, the queues can be long, so we recommend arriving 30 minutes prior to the performance you are attending.
The producers cannot guarantee the appearance of any particular artist, which is always subject to illness and holidays.
LATECOMERS WILL NOT BE ADMITTED UNTIL A SUITABLE BREAK IN THE PERFORMANCE.
Guests are reminded to keep personal belongings with them at all times. When leaving the theatre please also be aware that pickpockets may operate in the area.
VENUE: APOLLO VICTORIA THEATRE 17 Wilton Rd, Pimlico, London SW1V 1LG
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Bayfront Redevelopment Nonprofit Adds Three New Board Members
The nonprofit that is working to build The Bay recently elected three new members to its board: Carlos de Quesada, Rod Hershberger and Emily Walsh.
By Staff 3/29/2019 at 4:02am
From left to right: Carlos de Quesada, Rod Hershberger and Emily Walsh
Image: Courtesy Nicole Miskovic
The Bay Park Conservancy, whose mission is to design, fundraise for, build and operate the bayfront redevelopment plan known as The Bay, recently elected three new members to its Board of Directors: Carlos de Quesada, Rod Hershberger and Emily Walsh. De Quesada is a managing member and the founder of VeraCruz Advisory, LLC, and has experience in financial advising and strategic consulting. Hershberger is the co-founder and current chairman of the board of PGT Innovations, one of the county's largest employers and a manufacturer of impact-resistant doors and windows. Walsh is the publisher of the Observer Media Group’s four Sarasota-based newspapers, its magazines and its website and leads the company’s digital strategy and operations.
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Barton: Keeping it legal
Tom Barton
About 11 million people who were born outside the United States live in this country illegally, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Ines Kovacevic isn't one of them.
Last week, the 21-year-old native of Bosnia and rising senior at the University of Georgia became a newly minted U.S. citizen during a swearing-in ceremony in Atlanta. She's one of about a million immigrants expected to be naturalized this year.
Call her a living, breathing monument to persevering and playing by the rules while chasing the American dream.
Georgians have been getting a full dose of political rhetoric this summer, generated by the debate over illegal immigration. The Republican candidates for governor tried to out-do one another with proposed fixes, including the creation of a Guantanamo Bay-style lockup for those who don't have proper papers. Not to be outflanked, Democratic nominee Roy Barnes said he would support an Arizona-type law so local cops could enforce federal rules.
Less known, however, is what immigrants must do - and have done - to live here legally. For good.
It's not easy. But it can be done.
Ines Kovacevic is Exhibit A.
Fourteen years ago, she came to the United States with her mother and older brother. She was 7. Her family had been living in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, in the war-torn, former Yugoslavia. The city had been under a four-year siege by an invading Serbian army. Thousands died. Many were missing.
"My mother worked as an architect, and she wanted to get us out because it wasn't safe," said Kovacevic, who's working in Savannah this summer as an intern for U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston.
"We escaped through tunnels and made it to an island off the coast. We had to decide where to go. It came down to the United States, either Georgia or Texas, or New Zealand. The first place that opened up was Georgia. So we chose Georgia."
They wound up in an apartment in Smyrna, an Atlanta suburb. None of them spoke English. They had little money. But they were determined to survive.
"My mother worked three jobs," Kovacevic said. "She worked construction during the day, as a bartender at night and also cleaned the Hyatt hotel." Not surprisingly, the harder she and her children labored, the more fortunate they got.
They learned a new language. They moved to a nicer place in Marietta. Her mother eventually started her own small business. Ines and her brother did well in school, and both went to college (her brother played defensive tackle for Samford University in Alabama). They also got their green cards - with the daughter the first to pursue naturalization.
"It was a long process," she said. "The lady who had my case died. Then the file was lost."
Finally, the paperwork resurfaced and the red tape was meticulously unsnarled. Kovacevic aced the exams that citizen-hopefuls must take, then, along with 177 people from 62 countries (including a guy from Serbia), she swore allegiance to the United States of America.
Mills Fleming, a Savannah attorney who specializes in immigration cases, said legal immigration is frustrating and time-consuming. But that's to be expected, he said, as U.S. immigration officials are "overwhelmed" by the workload.
"It's a privilege to live in this country, not a right," Fleming said. "Everyone wants to come to the United States. If we didn't have rules, we'd be completely overrun."
Kovacevic agrees, saying legal immigration isn't the impossible obstacle that some make it out to be.
"We did it," she said. "It's only fair that anyone who wants to live in this country should do it this way, too."
Tom Barton is the editorial page editor of the Savannah Morning News. tom.barton@savannahnow.com
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Sea Island bankruptcy case moves forward
RUSS BYNUM
BRUNSWICK - A bankruptcy judge cleared the way Thursday for creditors of the Sea Island Co. to vote next month on the luxury resort operator's plan to emerge from Chapter 11 protection by selling its holdings for at least $197.5 million.
Lenders owed more than $600 million by Sea Island and former company executives, retirees and other unsecured creditors claiming at least $100 million must vote to approve or reject the company's bankruptcy plan by Oct. 29.
Sea Island, a family-owned company that has operated secluded getaways on the Georgia coast since 1928, filed for Chapter 11 protection on Aug. 10. The company says costly upgrades and renovations aimed at luring wealthier customers, followed by a recession-driven toll on its resort and real-estate businesses, led to its insolvency.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John S. Dalis approved Thursday the disclosure statement Sea Island must send to more than 4,000 creditors eligible to vote. The disclosure outlines the company's debts and assets and estimates how much money it expects to repay lenders and creditors.
Under Sea Island's plan, lenders including Synovus Bank, Bank of America and Bank of Scotland would recoup about $180 million, less than a third of outstanding loans.
Unsecured creditors would be paid shares from a pool totaling just $3 million. They include former Sea Island President Dennie McCrary, who is owed about $27 million. The company estimates unsecured creditors, at best, would receive about 3 cents per dollar owed to them.
Sea Island's attorneys say the proposed sale offers creditors the best possible returns. If the plan should be rejected and the company has to liquidate under Chapter 7, they estimate selling the company's assets piecemeal would fetch $55 million to $88 million less.
Jordi Guso, an attorney for the unsecured creditors, says his clients are "getting left behind" with a paltry share under Sea Island's plan.
"That $3 million has got to be spread a bunch of different ways," Guso said. "We think there should be more."
The banks have said they support Sea Island's plan and are expected to vote to approve it. That would give the judge latitude to confirm the plan even if the unsecured creditors vote to reject it.
The judge will consider confirmation Nov. 4, nearly a month after both sides learn who Sea Island's new owners would be.
The company has already agreed to sell its four resorts, three golf courses, two private clubs and other properties for $197.5 million to a joint venture managed by Oaktree Capital Management LP of Los Angeles and Avenue Capital Group of New York.
But other bidders may emerge before an Oct. 11 auction required under bankruptcy law.
Earlier this month, Starwood Capital Group tried to make a $199 million bid for Sea Island after it had entered bankruptcy protection. The judge rejected the late bid and said Starwood would have to wait until the auction.
Sea Island, a 2-mile by 5-mile stretch of private beaches and ancient oaks 80 miles south of Savannah, got its start as an exclusive getaway in 1928, when Alfred "Bill" Jones Sr. opened the Cloister resort with his partner, Howard Coffin. The Joneses took over the business after Coffin committed suicide in 1937.
Exclusive clubs are struggling nationwide, with members dropping memberships in hard times.
In 2009, about 140 of the 16,000 golf facilities in the country closed and 50 opened, according to the National Golf Foundation, which represents 4,000 courses nationwide. The industry has lost 100 clubs a year for the past four years.
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Prof Susan McVie OBE FRSE
Professor of Quantitative Criminology, University of Edinburgh
Susan is Professor of Quantitative Criminology in the School of Law at the University of Edinburgh. She is a longstanding associate of SCCJR and was formerly leader of the CJ Quest team which specialized in conducting high quality quantitative criminological research in Scotland. Susan is Director of the ESRC-funded Understanding Inequalities project which seeks to explore the causes and consequences of social inequalities in Scottish society. She is Co-Director of the Administrative Data Research Centre in Scotland, an ESRC-funded data linkage investment, with responsibility for developing research involving new linkages with crime and justice data. She is Co-Director of the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime, a prospective longitudinal study of youth offending based at the University of Edinburgh since 1998. She is also Co-Director of the Applied Quantitative Methods Network (AQMeN), which is an established provider of training and capacity building in statistical methods and data analysis within social science. Susan is involved in the development of several strategic areas of research using advanced statistical modelling and data science.
Susan’s current research interests focus mainly on the study of crime and justice inequalities. She conducts research into youth crime, deviance and substance use; patterns of and trends in crime through the life-course; systems of justice, including transitions from juvenile to adult criminal justice systems; neighbourhood effects on offending; and the application of quantitative methods in the field of criminology. Her current work involves examining the impact of inequalities in the early years on later life chances and outcomes. She is examining trajectories of offending and criminal conviction across adolescence and early adulthood; using multi-level modelling to establish the impact of neighbourhood-level effects and dynamics over and above individual-level effects on individual delinquency; and investigating the impact of both juvenile and adult criminal justice systems on the behaviour of and outcomes for those labelled as offenders.
Evidence, Statistics and Trends
Research Methods and Criminological Theory
s.mcvie@ed.ac.uk
Room 2.13
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Response from SCCJR to the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey Questionnaire Review 2017
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Track Officials Won’t Ban Kenya From Competition
Track and field’s governing body is monitoring Kenya after the country was declared non-compliant by the World Anti-Doping Agency yesterday.
By Erin Strout
Simon Maina/Getty Images
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) declared Kenya noncompliant with its policies this week because the anti-doping legislation the country passed in April was deemed inadequate. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), however, told the Associated Press that it will not impose a competition ban of Kenya’s athletes, which likely clears the way for the country’s athletes to enter the Rio Games in August.
Kenya had been placed on an IAAF monitoring list in March through the end of the year, where it will remain, the AP reports, allowing athletes to compete through the end of 2016. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) could move to ban Kenyan athletes at the Summer Games, but that seems unlikely.
“[A country’s anti-doping agency] can be noncompliant for a number of reasons, there are currently a number of others in this position. It does not mean that the athletes will be stopped from participating in the Olympic Games,” the IOC said in a statement to the AP.
The IOC meets in June to discuss this matter along with many others.
Kenya was given two deadlines by WADA to meet specific criteria to improve its drug testing policies and procedures, but missed both dates. The country passed required legislation late last month that criminalized doping, but WADA said on Thursday that the new law does not satisfy requirements.
The situation in Kenya is different than that of Russia, which is currently banned from competition and may not be allowed into the Olympics. In Russia, officials and athletes were involved in a state-sponsored doping program, bribery, and corruption. In Kenya, the issue is an inadequate drug-testing agency and procedures, although some officials have also been linked to allegations of bribery (asking athletes for money in exchange for lenient doping punishments).
The East African nation is home to many of the world’s best distance runners. At the 2015 IAAF World Championships, Kenya brought home 16 medals. At the 2012 London Games, Kenya won 11 medals in track and field, including two gold. Since then, 40 athletes have been found guilty of doping.
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OLD NEWS: This week in Saanich history – April 6-12
The News’ weekly historical feature looks at Saanich’s plan to erect a life-sized statue of the Queen on the municipal hall lawn
To mark the Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee in 2002, Saanich planned to erect a life-sized statue of the monarch on the front lawn of municipal hall.
Local sculptor Nathan Scott was asked to make a model-sized version of the Queen first, which featured her sitting on a bench with one of her corgis on her lap, the other at her feet, and a handbag over her arm.
It was this week in 2002 that Saanich scrapped the idea, after Mayor Frank Leonard shared the plans with the Saanich News perhaps a little prematurely.
“Leonard says the ‘intent was to have a celebration to mark the occasion of the Queen’s and clearly we’re not fulfilling the purpose.’ Instead, the proposal was kicked around like a political football,” reads the article in the April 10, 2002 edition of the News.
Then-councillor Carol Pickup, chair of the Saanich Arts Advisory Committee, argued Saanich put the cart before the horse, since the committee hadn’t heard anything of the proposed public art piece, and council hadn’t approved anything. She said the estimated $15,000 cost of the project could be better spent, perhaps establishing a youth arts grant.
Coun. Nichola Wade, who was a member of the Saanich Special Events Committee, laughs when she thinks back to 2002. She says the statue was scrapped for an entirely different reason.
“When the (information) got to (the Lieutenant Governor’s office), we were advised it was never going to pass the approvals process because she had a handbag – the Queen never carries a handbag,” Wade says. “The other thing was because it was proposed for a bench there was the potential that folks could take less than respectful photographs of themselves doing stuff there. And you can understand that that would probably not be in keeping with the image that they have maintained over the years.”
The Victoria branch of the Monarchist League of Canada at the time was “very disappointed” that the issue became political, rather than one to honour the Queen’s 50 years on the throne.
“It was a creative opportunity for us to commemorate the Jubilee, but I don’t think Saanich is any less beautiful as a result of the fact we didn’t get the statue,” Wade says. “We found other ways to commemorate the Jubilee with grants to young people, which while it’s not a physical reminder (of the Queen’s visits to Saanich), it’s an investment in the folks who live here.”
editor@saanichnews.com
In other news this week…
• 1994 – The province announces the acquisition and protection of land between Goldstream Park and the Saanich Peninsula, that will be known as Gowlland Tod Provincial Park. The land had been under private ownership, but the province acquired it after a “number of intense months of negotiations,” said then-environment Minister Moe Sihota. Gowlland Tod Provincial Park spans 1,280 hectares on the east side of Finlayson Arm and the Saanich Inlet.
• 1996 – Felicita’s Pub at the University of Victoria gets the OK from Saanich council to serve liquor on an outdoor patio adjoining the pub. Two councillors didn’t support the proposal, arguing that an academic institution shouldn’t be “spending its resources” on expanding drinking opportunities on-campus, and that UVic doesn’t contribute to municipal taxation so on-campus business shouldn’t expand.
• 2000 – Former Saanich councillor (1987 to 1999) and butcher Ray Williams is found guilty under Canada’s Food and Drug Act for selling and labelling food at his shop in a false, misleading or deceptive manner. Among the charges are selling foreign beef labelled as Canadian beef, and not identifying items that had been previously frozen. In June 2000, he was given a $5,000 fine.
A stretch of nice weather
Walk-a-thon and bake sale for little red Saanich pre-school
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Colin Farrell as Ray Velcoro in “True Detective," Jesse Plemons as Ed Blomquist in “Fargo" (HBO/Lacey Terrell, FX/Mathias Clamer)
Love "Fargo" but hate "True Detective?": Inside the good, the bad and the ugly of TV's prestige anthology shows
The origins and quality of these shows, which include "American Horror Story" and "American Crime," vary wildly
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2015/10/12/love_fargo_but_hate_true_detective_inside_the_good_the_bad_and_the_ugly_of_tvs_prestige_anthology_shows/
October 13, 2015 1:57AM (UTC)
You may have heard that we have a lot of good television these days. As David Carr wrote in this 2014 column, “In the short span of five years, table talk has shifted, at least among the people I socialize with, from books and movies to television. The idiot box gained heft and intellectual credibility to the point where you seem dumb if you are not watching it.”
And in the space of prestige TV—that niche of expensive and critically acclaimed television, made for that niche of wealthy and critical audiences—you’re dumbest of all if you’re not hip to “anthology series,” a fancy-sounding name for a show that reboots its premise with some regularity. (Often, it switches up the actors, too, though that’s not a requirement.) It’s a phrase that gets used a lot today, but anthology series are nearly as old as television and haven’t gone anywhere, though they have changed quite a bit. The heyday of the anthology series was in the 1950s, when American audiences were looking for theater, literally, on television. There’s a lot to say on this topic—Stephen Bowie wrote an in-depth piece for the A.V. Club last year on “Playhouse 90,” a CBS anthology series that swept the Emmys in 1957 with its high quality, huge budget, and live broadcasts. PBS’ ongoing “Masterpiece Theatre” is an extension of this same desire to see plays enacted on television, except exhibited in installments, over the course of a few weeks or months. But it’s not just theater. Thrillers like the iconic “The Twilight Zone” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”—and the decidedly less iconic Nickelodeon series “Are You Afraid Of The Dark?”—are also anthology series.
Like everything else TV does, the format is an attempt to snag a consistent audience. Some shows go for serialization (“Lost”) or even hyperserialization (“All My Children”) in order to keep an audience interested. The anthology series has a different angle; it promises a thrill or a chill, but is always mixing up the how. As a result, the viewing experience is shot through with a bit more tension; the audience can’t expect the same actors, relationships, or storylines that got them interested in the first place.
Currently, anthology miniseries represent a middle ground between film and television—even more of a middle ground than traditional prestige drama, which often stretched to five, six, or seven seasons. An anthology promises a collection of stories that definitively end, instead of trickle off; but it also promises eight or 10 or 12 installments of each story, to develop over a few months. The boundedness of the format means that movie stars like Matthew McConaughey, Felicity Huffman, and Jessica Lange can be drawn into starring roles without being tied to a years-long contract. It also means a viewer can join the show in season four and still watch a complete story. And as evidenced by how all four of the anthology miniseries on air right now are headed by distinctive showrunners, the format offers a canvas for an incredible exploration of style.
But though each one has had elements of brilliance, there isn’t one that is peerless — “True Detective”’s second season was a failure, “Fargo” has too many weird wannabe problems to be really great, “American Crime” is a bit too broadcast-network boring, and “American Horror Story” is out of its goddamn mind. That’s a lot of time and money spent on four shows when none of them are the next “Mad Men” or “Breaking Bad.”
I think this is because each series is trying so hard to be relevant and popular, albeit in four rather different ways. Anthology miniseries have been packaged and presented as the next big thing for studios as well as audiences, and each one has its own tragic flaw. “True Detective,” the most well-known series, has the most romantic origin story possible—unknown writer Nic Pizzolatto creating a script on a shadow and a dream, and then somehow getting it noticed by A-lister Matthew McConaughey, who angled to play Rust Cohle and attracted fellow star Woody Harrelson to the project. “True Detective” was the subject of a bidding war in spring 2012, as HBO, Showtime, and FX battled over it. HBO, as we know, won this battle. Showtime stepped out of the anthology miniseries game. FX went on immediately to create “Fargo,” in a studio-driven creative process that is almost the exact opposite of Pizzolatto’s lonely scribbling. FX teamed up with MGM’s television arm to choose a movie to adapt into a series. The Coen Brothers’ cult hit “Fargo” was selected from a list.
It’s no wonder, then, that “True Detective”’s fiery appeal crashed and burned in season two, as the extremely inexperienced Pizzolatto made every second-season mistake in the book, along with taking some time for petty digs at critics, his former colleagues, and the industry at large. And it's similarly no wonder that “Fargo” has felt frustratingly derivative right from the start, as its well-compensated characters take on the Minnesotan accent that “Fargo,” the film, drew out from obscurity and lent charm through the studied musings of Frances McDormand.
Meanwhile, though “American Horror Story” is the show that inspired “True Detective”’s Nic Pizzolatto to build his spec script in anthology form, Ryan Murphy’s creation became an anthology series almost after the fact. The first season has been retroactively dubbed “Murder House,” but when the show debuted, FX didn’t package the show as an anthology—either hedging on the idea of a changing premise every season or worrying that audiences, confused by the format, might not tune in. When “American Horror Story” stuck with the anthology format—now in its fifth iteration, with “Hotel”—viewers and critics stuck with it, too, taken by both the wild gyrations of Murphy’s style and the incredible talent he drew to the show, including Lange, Kathy Bates, and Sarah Paulson. But the format has also exacerbated a lot of Murphy’s longstanding issues with continuity and character development, flattening the show into an hours-long music video.
And “American Crime,” on ABC, is good, but deadly earnest—after-school special earnest. The show boasts more focus on diversity than any of the other series—“American Horror Story” is a study in fantastic and diverse casting, but “American Crime” is saturated with the politics of race relations. It’s brought to screen by John Ridley, screenwriter for Oscar winner “12 Years A Slave.” And of all these shows, it is most like HBO’s heralded “The Wire”—but without that show’s dry wit and coarse speech, because you know, broadcast. The portrayal of addiction feels a little too Hollywood, and the pronouncements of racism a little too convenient. It’s a reminder of both why we love television and why prestige TV was so thrilling when it first appeared on the scene in the late ‘90s—broadcast’s circumspectness is understandable and even necessary, but it’s also so cathartic to engage in the issues of the day with the invective, grit, and physicality that is only possible on cable.
For all that “anthology miniseries” is a fancy-sounding phrase with many syllables, it’s not a guarantor of quality. It’s more that “anthology miniseries” is the label we give our most ambitious experiments. And you don’t always want to be in the same room as ambitious experiments—haven’t we learned anything from comic books? Still, what is true for Spider-Man is true for us, too—there are rewards to be reaped, along with the risks. Just wear your safety goggles.
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Caoimhe Toman Sharecast News
London could face worker shortages due to Brexit visa restrictions
London could suffer from the tougher post-Brexit immigration rules with the City left facing a shortage of workers, said business lobby London First.
The restrictions are set to prioritise highly-skilled immigration but this could harm many industries that need a more diverse range of skill sets.
According to Jasmine Whitbread, London First' boss, who is also a non-executive director at Standard Chartered: “Having diverse people from around the world does make London outperform, so we do need to be able to attract those people.”
Whitbread said that the one thing businesses in all sectors agree that needs to be secured is continued access to global talent because “you can’t have a great global competitive city without global competitive people”.
One of the concerns in business is the regulation of the pay grade for migrants that will be introduced after Brexit. Although the £30,000 threshold for certain types of visa has not yet been decided.
In an interview with Bloomberg Television, Whitbread said: “The problem with that is half of all Londoners actually earn less than 30,000 pounds, and a third of all Londoners are born outside the UK.”
“There’s many skilled people out there who aren’t earning 30,000. Nurses, radiographers, chefs -- we’ve got a shortage of chefs across London -- carers, construction workers. That’s the key sticking point that we’re still in debate on with the government.”
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Carleton University’s roots as a non-denominational college supported in part by charitable donations from the Ottawa community make it unique among Ontario universities. Founded in 1942, Carleton was created in response to the need to help provide the young people in Ottawa, many of whom had taken on jobs to cope with the pressures of the Depression.
We take pride in our institution and are committed to providing the programs and services that contribute to Carleton University being an employer of choice.
Carleton University Research Centres (CURCS) serve to:
Group talents of interdisciplinary researchers
Provide focal points for research activities
Provide strong profiles in the search for research resources and the provision of services
Provide points of entry for outside agencies seeking appropriate expertise
A consortium of nine Canadian universities and Indian partners, led by Carleton, Ryerson and Simon Fraser, strengthened its position in India with the opening of offices that provide space to focus on entrepreneurship and innovation. The announcement was made today by Roseann O’Reilly Runte, Carleton’s president and vice-chancellor, at a press conference in New Delhi.
These Top 25 received a prize of $3,000, registration and accommodation at Congress at Brock University (provided by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences), and an invitation to participate in an exclusive research communications workshop at Congress.
Carleton attracts leading researchers who are committed to innovation, collaboration and taking innovative approaches to addressing critical real-world problems,” said Rafik Goubran, vice-president (Research and International). “Congratulations to both our newest CRC, Dr. Robertson and to Dr. Gruber on his renewal.
The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) and Carleton University’s Co-operative Education office are pleased to announce a partnership to expand career opportunities for students within the autonomous vehicle (AV) sector and to advance Ottawa’s position as the AV capital of Canada.
On June 20, academics joined civil society and funding organizations from across Canada at Carleton University to launch Community-Campus Engage Canada, a network that will strengthen connections between participating institutions and co-create socially innovative research that’s equitable, ethical and respectful.
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South twists Sadie Hawkins’ tradition
Sadie Pelini, Staff writer
It’s October again and for South students that means more than just Halloween. It’s Sadie Hawkins’. It’s that time of year when the girls work on their best moves and boys wait patiently to be asked for their hand in square dancing. The Sadie Hawkins’ dance is one of South High’s most anticipated traditions, so where did it come from?
It all started on November 15th, 1937 with a comic strip written by Al Capp. Capp wrote a strip called “Li’l Abner,” and on that fateful day in November, Capp penned a story about Hekzebiah Hawkins and his laughable scheme to get his daughter, Sadie, out of his house. Hekzebiah was afraid Sadie would never marry and live at home for the rest of her life, so he created a race in which all the unmarried women would chase the unmarried men out of their town, Dogpatch.
If a woman happened to catch one of the men, they would be married. The idea was so popular amongst fans that Sadie Hawkins’ Day became an annual event, in both “Li’l Abner” and the entire country.
South has participated in the Sadie Hawkins’ tradition for many years and the excitement has never changed. Each year, girls find a boy they want to be accompanied by and think of a creative way to ask him. “It’s the most stressful part of the year,” said junior Annie Pudvah, adding, “You have to time it right and be creative.”
Pudvah asked her date, junior Miles Westrich, by decorating his locker. Other methods have been handmade cards, cakes, signs, or personalized singing telegrams. Freshmen Hazel Bryan asked her date, fellow freshmen Alexander Smith, with a sandwich that had several layers, each of which had a letter on it that collectively spelled out “S-A-D-I-E-S-?” Bryan said she went through nearly a dozen possibilities before deciding to ask Smith, and declared the entire process “nerve wracking.”
After finding dates, the couples work together to create matching outfits. For most of the country, Sadie’s is a formal dance, and the intensity of the matching will rarely expand farther then a tie or a corsage, but for South students, it tends to go deeper.
Outfits can range from matching plaid shirts and match sets, such as nerds or pirates, to more elaborate costumes like Popeye and Olive Oyl or Cinderella and Prince Charming.
The dance is held at Bunker Park Stables in Andover, Minnesota, where it has been held since 2004. The bus ride out to Bunker Park is roughly an hour long, and provides the perfect atmosphere for getting to know your date.
After arriving at Bunker Park, students can choose from a variety of activities such as taking hay rides through the woods, sitting by the bonfire, square dancing, or just plain socializing. This year, several new events have been added, such as three-legged races, potato sack races, and costume contests, which had been held at the dance in the past.
“When I was looking at the dance from someone else’s perspective…it got boring,” said senior Will Lee. He and senior Asiyah Aziz are social event co-chairs for South High’s chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS), which organizes the dance. Lee said he hopes the new additions will make the dance more exciting and worth the school’s money.
Another aspect of the dance that adds excitement is the presence of sheriffs, a group of seniors set on breaking couples up. Couples are asked to hold hands for the entirety of the dance, and the sheriffs are assigned the task of separating them. If a couple drops hands, a sheriff can send them to “jail,” a picnic table in the middle of the dance. As punishment for being caught, the couple must stand on the table and kiss for an amount of time set by the sheriffs.
“Honestly, I kinda like it when people tackle me and having to go to the table. It’s exciting!” said junior Mary Gibbons, who is attending the dance with junior Adam El Hmamsi.
Lee, who will be a sheriff at this year’s dance, said that being a sheriff is fun because “You get to run around and control if people are having fun or not.” Lee added, “It makes you feel like you’re in that higher, upper, senior status.” Sheriffs are selected mainly through NHS, but the opportunity is also available if you are the date of another sheriff.
Although Sadie’s is a highly popular event among students, there are a few issues regarding the dance. “You just gotta choose the right person,” said junior Carley Hammers, “and I just didn’t.” Hammers has not attended the dance since freshmen year and is not planning on going this year. She is one of the many students to choose a date whose company they discovered they disliked, and for those students it can often take the fun out of the dance.
There are some dates, however, that fail before even entering the dance. Senior Sammi Hantous says that he would rather be the one asking because, “It’s hard to say no, so it’s nice to have the choice [of whom to go with].” It is also common for one or both sides of the date to cancel on each other after discovering they do not want to go with one another after all. This has happened from as soon as the start of school, to as late as the day before the dance.
Sadie’s can also be an awkward time for those without dates, especially the boys waiting to be asked. “It’s kind of a pain to have to wait,” said senior Will Anthony, who does have a date to the dance. Boys who were not asked to the dance are less likely to attend without a date than girls without a date, who will often attend in groups with other single ladies.
Because of reported problems with alcohol at the dance during previous years, there will be breathalyzer tests for any student that the administration suspects of using alcohol before getting on the bus.
“We’re doing it at all the dances,” said Steve Simondet, an assistant principal for South. “Unfortunately it’s standard procedure now. But we found from homecoming [which happened earlier this month] that because kids knew and the expectations were clear, kids did a really nice job.” It has yet to be determined whether or not these tests will take place during the dance as well.
“[I’m most excited for] seeing everyone’s outfits! That’s my favorite part,” said Pudvah. Senior John Ulrich, on the other hand, said that he was most excited for the three-legged race. Regardless of what part you are excited for, the Sadie Hawkins’ dance is an interesting alternative to normal school dances, making it one of the most popular dances of the year.
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Sex offences are among the hundreds of crimes being committed by children in Somerset
But the number of crimes committed by children in the area is falling
Stock photo: a Child's hands handcuffed in front.
Sexual, theft and drug offences were among the 413 crimes committed by children in Somerset last year.
That is nearly eight offences a week, the latest Ministry of Justice data shows.
The figures related to children and young people aged 10 to 17 who received convictions or cautions for offences in our area.
The majority of crimes were incidents of violence against another person (116), followed by criminal damage (71).
There were 52 cases of children committing theft or handling stolen goods, in addition to 42 motoring offences.
Violence against another person is the most common crime
Children committed 32 public order crimes, as well as 30 drug crimes.
The data is for the number of crimes committed by children, and not the number of children who committed crimes.
One child may have committed more than one offence. There were 11 reports of youngsters committing domestic burglary and four cases of arson.
Other crimes in Somerset included four counts of robbery and three sexual offences.
Despite this, the number of crimes committed by children in our area is falling.
You can view the complete table of data, below.
Figures have only been available at a local level since 2014/15, when there were 691 convictions or cautions.
The following year that fell to 496, before dropping to 413 in 2016/17. Across England and Wales, the number of offences committed by children is also falling.
There were 72,985 in 2016/17 - down from 79,374 the previous year.
Of all the crimes committed by children in England and Wales, more than a quarter were of violence against the person (20,163).
That was followed by criminal damage (8,381), and theft and handling stolen goods (8,313).
Ross Little, from the National Association for Youth Justice, said: "The way in the youth justice system responds to children's low level problematic behaviour has shifted dramatically in recent years towards adopting an informal approach wherever possible, resulting in a lower use of formal sanctions involving police cautions or prosecuting children.
The number of crimes committed by children in Somerset is falling.
"The rationale for this shift is an increasing recognition that pulling children into the formal youth justice system has a range of negative effects.
"It impacts negatively on educational outcomes and the prospects that young people will successfully negotiate the transition to the world of work.
"From a wider perspective, there is clear evidence that where children are unnecessarily criminalised, this serves to increase significantly the risk that children will continue to offend.
Hundreds of crimes have been committed by children in Somerset (Image: Getty)
"Conversely, if children are kept away from the youth justice, they are much more likely to successfully grow out of crime.
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"Changing the law so that courts can only lock up children who pose a genuine risk through their behaviour would serve to reduce further the number of children in prison.
"In addition, better engagement with children subject to community sentences, ensuring that the intervention is relevant and that children see it as being helpful to them, would improve outcomes associated with disposals, and would have the potential to reduce levels of re-offending and a return to court."
Got a Bridgwater or West Somerset story to share? Email me at michael.taylor@reachplc.com or call 01935 709742.
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The Skeptical Raptor
The old feathered dinosaur has over 30 years experience in endocrinology and cardiology. As a part of that background, they had extensive education in immunology, microbiology, cell biology, biochemistry, and evolutionary biology. So this is why I kind of stick in a few areas.
Most of the background is research and development in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry. Yeah, some of you will take that as proof of some conspiracy. But, science is science – the only thing that matters is evidence, and that’s the only thing the ancient dinosaur uses
The old dinosaur has an undergraduate degree in Biology from a top US research university and a graduate degree in Biochemistry/Endocrinology from a major US research university. This was during the early Cretaceous, of course.
Credentials don’t matter
Given the amount of ignorance posted in the comments section, let’s be clear. It doesn’t matter who the withered dinosaur is, where they went to school (although if you all had a couple of functional neurons, it’s not that hard to tell), or what they did or didn’t do in the 65 million years send the end of the Cretaceous.
Mr. Andrew Wakefield presumably attended medical school, and he perpetrated one of the largest medical frauds in the history of mankind. Linus Pauling won two Nobel Prizes, yet wrote pseudoscientific books about vitamin C, which has no effect on cancer or colds. Tetyana Obukhanych has a Ph.D. in immunology, and she hasn’t written one accurate thing about vaccines.
The only thing that matters is evidence, not false authority. If you present a point in scientific discussions that are supported by the scientific consensus, then it’s pretty much settled.
Based on this, here’s all you need to know about the old feathered dinosaur. He or she graduated from the Reseda Institute of VW Auto Repair and Janitorial Engineering. He or she worked cleaning the toilets of the Big Pharma Reptilian Overlords. But he or she utilizes only peer-reviewed scientific evidence published in the top biomedical journals to support any of his or her claims.
Because only of the old dinosaur’s long history, he knows that opinions aren’t relevant, and evidence-based facts do.
A skeptic (or if you write in British/Australian/South African/New Zealand/Canadian English, sceptic) is a person inclined to question or doubt all accepted opinions. In common vernacular, a skeptic is someone who requires extraordinary evidence before accepting extraordinary claims. Why haven’t aliens left some piece of their technology behind? Or why can’t we find one decaying remains of Sasquatch? As a skeptic, the Skeptical Raptor doesn’t accept the existence of a god or gods, magical claims in medicine and science, and claims made by politicians who don’t provide adequate scientific evidence for their claims?
The old dinosaur’s areas of expertise are in medicine and science, so we will probably stick with discussing those topics. But if we see anything about Sasquatch, we might have to comment, just because.
You can contact the ancient feathered dinosaur directly through Twitter, @SkepticalRaptor.
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Charlotte loses NBA All-Star Game thanks to House Bill 2
Written By Tadd Haislop
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Sorry, Charlotte. Just as you feared, the NBA will not tolerate North Carolina's House Bill 2.
The league has pulled the 2017 NBA All-Star Game away from Charlotte, though it hopes to reschedule it in the city for 2019.
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The NBA All-Star Game, set to be played Feb. 19, is the latest event to be either moved or canceled as a result of the state's controversial "bathroom law." Commissioner Adam Silver had expressed concern with the law but gave North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory a chance to change the legislation, which many consider discriminatory.
"Since March, when North Carolina enacted HB2 and the issue of legal protections for the LGBT community in Charlotte became prominent, the NBA and the Charlotte Hornets have been working diligently to foster constructive dialogue and try to effect positive change," the NBA said in a statement. "We have been guided in these discussions by the long-standing core values of our league. These include not only diversity, inclusion, fairness and respect for others but also the willingness to listen and consider opposing points of view.
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"Our week-long schedule of All-Star events and activities is intended to be a global celebration of basketball, our league, and the values for which we stand, and to bring together all members of the NBA community - current and former players, league and team officials, business partners, and fans. While we recognize that the NBA cannot choose the law in every city, state, and country in which we do business, we do not believe we can successfully host our All-Star festivities in Charlotte in the climate created by HB2.
"We look forward to re-starting plans for our All-Star festivities in Charlotte for 2019 provided there is an appropriate resolution to this matter."
"We understand the NBA's decision and the challenges around holding the NBA All-Star Game in Charlotte this season. There was an exhaustive effort from all parties to keep the event in Charlotte, and we are disappointed we were unable to do so," Hornets owner Michael Jordan said in a statement Thursday afternoon. "With that said, we are pleased that the NBA opened the door for Charlotte to host All-Star Weekend again as soon as an opportunity was available in 2019. We want to thank the City of Charlotte and the business community for their backing throughout this entire process, starting with the initial bid. We are confident that they will be just as supportive and enthusiastic for the 2019 NBA All-Star Game."
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McCrory, a Republican, struck a defiant tone in his response to the decision.
"The sports and entertainment elite, Attorney General Roy Cooper (McCrory's Democratic opponent in this year's gubernatorial election) and the liberal media have for months misrepresented our laws and maligned the people of North Carolina simply because most people believe boys and girls should be able to use school bathrooms, locker rooms and showers without the opposite sex present," McCrory said in a statement. "Twenty-one other states have joined North Carolina to challenge the federal overreach by the Obama administration mandating their bathroom policies in all businesses and schools instead of allowing accommodations for unique circumstances. Left-wing special interest groups have no moral authority to try and intimidate the large majority of American parents who agree in common-sense bathroom and shower privacy for our children. American families should be on notice that the selective corporate elite are imposing their political will on communities in which they do business, thus bypassing the democratic and legal process."
The league has not said which city will host the 2017 game instead, though The Vertical reported New Orleans is a front-runner.
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