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__label__wiki	0.881599	0.881599	Preston Moochnek Tampas Lowry Zoo Take a quick visit here to the Lowry Zoo See some of the animals at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Florida In Repose The cheetah has a slender, long-legged body with blunt semi-retractable claws. Its chest is deep and its waist is narrow. The coarse, short fur of the cheetah is tan with round black spots measuring from 2 to 3 cm (¾ to 1¼ inches) across, affording it some camouflage while hunting. There are no spots on its white underside, but the tail has spots, which merge to form four to six dark rings at the end. The tail usually ends in a bushy white tuft. The cheetah has a small head with high-set eyes. Black "tear marks" run from the corner of its eyes down the sides of the nose to its mouth to keep sunlight out of its eyes and to aid in hunting and seeing long distances. The adult animal weighs from 40 to 65 kg (90 to 140 lb). Its total body length is from 115 to 135 cm (45 in to 55 in), while the tail can measure up to 84 cm (33 in) in length. Males tend to be slightly larger than females and have slightly bigger heads, but there is not a great variation in cheetah sizes and it is difficult to tell males and females apart by appearance alone. Compared to a similarly-sized tiger, the cheetah is generally shorter-bodied, but is longer tailed and taller (it averages about 90 cm or 36 in tall) and so it appears more streamlined. Some cheetahs also have a rare fur pattern mutation: cheetahs with larger, blotchy, merged spots are known as 'king cheetahs'. It was once thought to be a separate subspecies, but it is merely a mutation of the African cheetah. The 'king cheetah' has only been seen in the wild a handful of times, but it has been bred in captivity. The cheetah's paws have semi-retractable claws[6] (known only in three other cat species - the Fishing Cat, the Flat-headed Cat and the Iriomote Cat) offering the cat extra grip in its high-speed pursuits. The ligament structure of the cheetah's claws is the same as those of other cats; it simply lacks the sheath of skin and fur present in other varieties, and therefore the claws are always visible, with the exception of the dewclaw. The dewclaw itself is much shorter and straighter than other cats. Adaptations that enable the cheetah to run as fast as it does include large nostrils that allow for increased oxygen intake, and an enlarged heart and lungs that work together to circulate oxygen efficiently. During a typical chase its respiratory rate increases from 60 to 150 breaths per minute[6]. While running, in addition to having good traction due to its semi-retractable claws, the cheetah uses its tail as a rudder-like means of steering to allow it to make sharp turns, necessary to outflank prey who often make such turns to escape. Unlike "true" big cats, the cheetah can purr as it inhales, but cannot roar. By contrast, the big cats can roar but cannot purr, except while exhaling. However, the cheetah is still considered by some to be the smallest of the big cats. While it is often mistaken for the leopard, the cheetah does have distinguishing features, such as the aforementioned long "tear-streak" lines that run from the corners of its eyes to its mouth. The body frame of the cheetah is also very different from that of the leopard, most notably so in its thinner and longer tail, and unlike the leopard, its spots are not arranged into rosettes. The cheetah is a vulnerable species. Out of all the big cats, it is the least able to adapt to new environments. It has always proved difficult to breed in captivity, although recently a few zoos have been successful. Once widely hunted for its fur, the cheetah now suffers more from the loss of both habitat and prey. The cheetah was formerly considered to be particularly primitive among the cats and to have evolved approximately 18 million years ago. New research, however puts the last common ancestor of all 40 existing species of feline more recently, at 11 million years. The same research indicates that the cheetah, while highly derived morphologically, is not a particularly ancient lineage, having separated from its closest living relatives (the cougar Puma concolor and the jaguarundi Puma yaguarondi) around 5 million years ago	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2678
__label__wiki	0.612741	0.612741	Home / Science / First Results From The Most Detailed Simulation Of The Universe Yet First Results From The Most Detailed Simulation Of The Universe Yet Astronomers have just unveiled an incredible new tool to answer some of the most complex questions about how galaxies form. The team used Illustris TNG50 – the "most detailed large-scale simulation of the cosmos yet." The first results indicate there is a crucial interplay between cosmic gas flows and galactic structures, something we are unable to learn from observations alone. The simulation is a “universe in a box,” whereby researchers put in the necessary rules and ingredients and then let it evolve. The findings, reported in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, are particularly important for the formation of spiral galaxies. Starting from messy clumps of gas, thin disks typical of spiral galaxies naturally emerge in the simulation. As time goes by, chaotic clumps settle into orderly spirals and the inflow of gas produces stars in the disk in an ordered circular orbit. “In practice, TNG50 shows that our own Milky Way galaxy with its thin disk is at the height of galaxy fashion: over the past 10 billion years, at least those galaxies that are still forming new stars have become more and more disk-like, and their chaotic internal motions have decreased considerably,” co-lead of the team Dr Annalisa Pillepich, from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, said in a statement. “The Universe was much more messy when it was just a few billion years old!” The simulation is a cube of space 230 million light-years across, with the researchers capable of tracking its evolution at a scale a million times smaller. They started with 20 billion particles that represent clumps of dark matter and regular matter over a simulated time equivalent to the age of the universe. In this cosmic cube, researchers track thousands of galaxies as they evolved and changed over the age of the universe. Volume 90% “Numerical experiments of this kind are particularly successful when you get out more than you put in. In our simulation, we see phenomena that had not been programmed explicitly into the simulation code. These phenomena emerge in a natural fashion, from the complex interplay of the basic physical ingredients of our model universe,” explained Dr Dylan Nelson, from the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics. The formation of spirals was one of the emergent phenomena. Another was the production of gas outflows from galaxies. As gas is released by supernovae and supermassive black holes, it slows down and can fall back in, accelerating the formation of the thin disks. To run the simulation on a single processor would have taken 15,000 years. Instead, the team used 16,000 processor cores from the Hazel Hen supercomputer in Stuttgart, Germany, making it the most demanding computational cosmological simulation to date. All the data from the simulation will be released to the public, and the team hopes that many more emergent phenomena will be discovered in the TNG50.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2679
__label__cc	0.584248	0.415752	Performances & Engagements Review and Interview in Fanfare of Orlando Jacinto Garcia Orchestral Music Volume Two on Toccata Classics Below is a copy of the review and interview that appeared in Fanfare in August 2018 reprinted with their permission. ORLANDO JACINTO GARCÍA a rising tide 1 . from darkness to luminosity 2 . The distant wind II 3 . of wind, sea and light • Orlando Jacinto García, cond; 1 Jennifer Choi (vn); 3 Fernando Domínguez (cl); 2 Cristina Valdés (pn); Málaga PO • TOCCATA 0435 (60:30) A clutch of first recordings has come from the unstoppable Toccata Classics. Volume One of this García series featured José Serebrier conducting the Málaga Philharmonic; although I have not heard that particular disc, the basic tenets of the music seem constant. García’s music speaks deeply, and its strength is that it can say so much in such relatively short spaces of time, given its Feldman-like demeanor (García actually worked with that composer). There is a notion that music that is slow-moving with Minimalist tendencies is expected to last for huge spans of time; García confounds this expectation while evoking deeply emotional responses. The first piece, a rising tide (una marea creciente), was composed in 2014 and is for solo violin and string orchestra, supplemented by wind chimes and wine glasses activated by running fingertips around the rims. Violinist Jennifer Choi seems to specialize in contemporary music—previous discs by her feature works by John Zorn and Anthony Coleman—and she performs a rising tide with perfect intonation and a hushed sense of loss. An ascending figure permeates the score, extending itself as if organically growing; in the final portion, the violin is accompanied by the wind chimes and wine glasses (the latter played by the orchestra members). Written for the excellent and clearly sensitive pianist Cristina Valdés, the present performer, from darkness to luminosity (2015) holds a piano part that is far from overtly soloistic. Capitalizing on alternative ways of producing sound from a piano (plucking strings, both with the fingernail and with the flesh of the finger, for instance) as well as playing in the traditional way, the piece is beautifully static initially but holds a more active (“virtuoso” is stretching it) central panel. There are some beautiful conventionally played passages of ascending gestures; this time they turn in on themselves at the end. Silence, active within itself rather than a space between sounds, is a prime component of the distant wind II (el viento distante II, 2013) for clarinet and strings. Violins imitating white noise, the silvery sound of wind chimes, and a clarinetist who is asked to breathe air through his instrument as well as play in the traditional manner are all sonic components of this mysterious soundscape. The piece is based on the distant wind I of nine months earlier. Crucial to the success of this piece is the ability of not only the soloist but also of the orchestral strings to play sonorities quietly and with perfect control, something in which the Málaga Philharmonic completely succeeds. The piece ends with the interesting sound of the string players humming quietly against a final suspended note on the clarinet. Composed specifically for the present recording project, of wind, sea and light is the only work here without a named soloist. The grouping of the elements in the title rightly places it as a synthesis of the three other works on the disc, actually quoting from their materials. While there are passages of movement, the core elements of García’s voice shine through; perhaps his more Minimalistic side comes through most overtly in this piece. This is fascinating, stimulating fare, excellently recorded in Málaga’s Sala Beethoven and provided with a booklet essay by Sarah Cahill that is a model of its kind. Bravo! Colin Clarke Transcending Time with Orlando Jacinto García By Robert Schulslaper In music, as in physics, the perception of time is relative, a phenomenon that composer Orlando Jacinto García has made the cornerstone of his aesthetic. Combining in most instances a slowly evolving musical panorama with an acute tonal sensitivity, his compositions subtly extend and enhance a listener’s sense of time. It’s not necessary, however, to be aware of García’s philosophical preoccupations to enjoy his music. In contrast to the somber reflections occasioned by his previous release, Auschwitz (they will never be forgotten), Volume Two of his orchestral music contemplates the “gentle forces of nature” (Sarah Cahill). To learn more about García and his highly individual sound world, read on. What part did music play in your childhood? My grandmother was a classically trained pianist, having studied in the conservatory in Havana. I remember as a young child of five or six listening to her play everything from Cuban composers, like Lecuona, Cervantes, and Saumell, to Chopin and themes from operas and zarzuelas. We spent most weekends visiting her and my grandfather at their house in Varadero, so I was continually hearing this as a young child. This continued when we came to the U.S., as shortly after we all finally arrived my grandfather passed away and she moved in with us, so of course we acquired a piano. In addition to her piano playing, at around the same time she would also play LP recordings for me of much of the same type of music. My own formal musical training began when I was eight years old and in third grade. By then we had moved after a brief time in Miami to Baltimore, and it was in elementary school that I began to play the clarinet. Beyond my grandmother’s influence, my early interest in music was stimulated by a concert presented at my grade school by a woodwind trio from the Baltimore Symphony. I remember signing up for oboe lessons, as I was fascinated by the sound of the instrument, but of course most schools didn’t (and still don’t) have oboes so I wound up with a metal clarinet. A few years later I added the alto saxophone, since that’s what they needed in the wind group at the school. Around the same time, I began to teach myself to play the electric guitar, as that was the instrument of the times (the late 1960s early 1970s); later I added the flute. But I was always very interested in how instruments worked, even borrowing my brother’s trombone while in high school and trying to play it, as well and spending hours in my high school’s music room trying to teach myself to play the contrabass. Why did your family leave Cuba? We arrived in Miami from Havana in January of 1961 as my parents were fleeing what they strongly felt was an oppressive and dictatorial communist government. I was just a month shy of my seventh birthday and it was quite an experience, but that’s for another interview. What sort of progression did your musical education follow once you were living here? My musical education began, as I mentioned earlier, by being very influenced by my grandmother and with my studies in the public schools in Baltimore. After that I wound up at Frostburg State University in far-western Maryland, not because it was the preferred choice but because I wanted to desperately get out of the house and my parents would not support my studies outside of the state (I was definitely a rebellious teen). So, I found a university where I could not live at home but still attend. My time at FSU was where I grew up, as after the first two years as a music major I flunked out. After coming to my senses, I returned as a Philosophy and Spanish Literature major, winding up with close to a 4.0, while keeping my foot in the music program, playing guitar in the jazz band most semesters and taking a few music courses. After graduating from Frostburg, I found myself returning to Miami, a place that we often visited given that we had relatives living there, and there I saw what was going on at the University of Miami. At that time, it had added a new, young, up-and-coming composer to the faculty, Dennis Kam, who eventually wound up being an important mentor. To make a longer story short, Dennis eventually accepted me as a graduate student and I would up completing my Masters and Doctorate under his mentorship. When did it first dawn on you that you were a composer? That’s a very good question. I was always improvising musical ideas from the start, even in third grade while learning the clarinet, without knowing that it was improvisation. As I got older and the improvisations became more structured and I was able to repeat previous material and ideas, they became “works.” Some of this occurred while I was in the ensembles at secondary school, and some when I began playing in commercial music groups. My earliest “compositions” where probably the instrumental works I wrote with a blues/rock/pop Baltimore-based group called Grain that I was in during my teens, in which I played saxophone and guitar. My more “classical” musical works were probably some very Debussy/Gershwin-like piano pieces that I wrote while at Frostburg State University. The few theory courses and the music and Western Man history course I took probably had a lot to do with that. Upon my move to Miami after the BA, I began even more formal training at Florida International University, where I wound up briefly to finish the credits I needed for an undergraduate degree in music composition so that I could begin graduate studies in composition at the University of Miami. While at FIU and the U of M, I composed well over 60 compositions and wound up tossing the vast majority of them, since I saw them as etudes or exercises. It wasn’t until after I worked with Feldman just after finishing my doctorate that I felt I had Opus 1 in my catalog; that was in the spring of 1985. Since then I have created over 200 works. So I guess that at some point during my formal composition training I decided that I was a composer, although the exact moment is hard to pin down. Frankly, it just feels like something I have been involved with most of my life. In addition to playing with Grain, you were in a salsa band some time later. Salsa is usually a rather frenetic music that couldn’t be more different from your current orientation. What sort of evolution led from one to the other? Kyle Gann writes that “It is uncommon for García’s music to evince his Cuban background.” What would be the discernable traces of South and Central American music that have “migrated” into your current aesthetic? Perhaps well hidden but subtly felt? It was when I was in my early 20s and had returned to Miami that I was in a salsa band (there was no salsa in Baltimore at that time). Although it was a very entertaining and positive experience and helped pay some of the bills, it definitely was not something I was planning on pursuing at the professional level. And I guess that what Kyle was referring to is the fact that I in no way try to consciously reference Cuban or any other folk or vernacular music in my work. That doesn’t mean that I avoid sound sources, etc., that might evoke that music (e.g. Latin percussion instruments, texts and titles in Spanish, etc.) or that there may be some subtle subconscious references that appear from time to time, but it’s definitely not something that I do intentionally. Besides Dennis Kam, have there been other notable teachers who helped you on your way? As a young composer, I was very fortunate to work with some fantastic mentors, some directly as teachers, others in master class situations, and others less formally. Some of these include the aforementioned Dennis Kam, who brought me into the second half of the 20th century and continued to introduce me to musical stasis, a world that to this day is the focal point of my aesthetics; David Del Tredici, who taught me the possibilities of orchestration and to trust my instincts; John Corigliano, who further taught me the possibilities of orchestration and about the real world and what it meant to be a professional composer; Donald Erb, who taught me to trust my abilities to write melodies; Bernard Rands, who also taught me about orchestration and the possibilities of instruments and the beauty of melodies; Earle Brown, who taught me the possibilities of notation and the exploration of sound; and Morton Feldman, who taught me a great deal about all of the above. That’s quite an impressive list. Of those cited I would guess that it was Morton Feldman who most closely shared your interest in writing music that would extend a listener’s sense of time, even if he might have come at it from a slight different direction. When did you first become acquainted? I met Morton Feldman at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, located on the east coast of Florida, as part of a residency for which I had applied and been accepted. I was interested in his music although I only knew a few of his works. At the time (the mid-1980s) I was trying to find a way to write a music that froze time without employing what Reich, Glass, et al. were utilizing in their works. So, a different type of static music that was in between categories. My work up to that point was somewhat eclectic, and I was very much searching for a way to create this static music without references to other music. The three-week residency with Feldman was intense, as I spent most days with him and his then much younger graduate student Barbara Monk (whom he later married) and one other older composer, David Maves, who came by periodically as he was on sabbatical and working on other projects. The days would start in the mornings and go into the evenings, with Feldman playing recordings of his works and showing us the scores. In addition, on most days I brought him scores of my music, which he would listen to after I left and would give me his critiques of the next day. It wasn’t until near the end of the residency that he finally had something positive to say about one of my works, so when he finally did it was very rewarding. I found that his music did just what I was looking for, and so I was very drawn to his aesthetics. Oddly enough he spoke very little about freezing time or stasis, and instead was very interested in “liberating sound.” For him it was about focusing on sound and the rest would take care of itself. What was it about the concept of time extension that so captivated you? I have always felt that art—whether visual art, poetry, music, etc.—should somehow change the perception of reality for the person coming into contact with it. When I first came across music that evolved slowly, whether it was the minimalist composers in the late 1970s, music from Asia like that of the gamelan or Korean Aak court music, which I experienced just slightly later, I was fascinated by the sensation that it created of a completely different time world. As a result, I continue to explore this aesthetic today in a variety of ways. One of the tracks on your previous CD [Auschwitz (they will never be forgotten)] is “In memoriam Earle Brown.” We’ve learned that he was one of your teachers but what else would you like to tell us about him? I first met Earle in June in Buffalo in the late 1980s. He was probably one of the nicest and most approachable persons you could ever meet. I found his interest in notation and improvisation fascinating, as he had a background in jazz and wanted to bring that somehow to his work. As he described it to me, his hope was to bring the same improvisatory nature of jazz, where a soloist improvises over chord changes, to contemporary art music (in his case a somewhat pointillistic, gestural, atonal music), and he did this with his notation. Earle was also very supportive of young composers, myself included, writing letters of recommendation and speaking on behalf of me and many others. In memoriam Earle Brown came about when Eduardo Marturet, the conductor of the Miami Symphony Orchestra, approached me for a new work as part of my role as one of his orchestra’s associated composers. I knew that Eduardo was also a fan of Brown’s music, and so I proposed that my new work be dedicated to Earle. Eduardo was of course on board. Although the work pays homage to Earle, the approach was not to compose a work that sounded like him. Instead, I included sections that incorporated the notation he used in Available Forms, where the musical material is in boxes that the conductor cues in and out as he or she wishes. The result is that every time these sections are heard they are in a different order, mimicking the Calder mobiles where hanging material is rearranged every time you see it, depending upon where you are standing. As is widely known Calder’s work had a big impact on Earle’s thinking, and Calder’s sculptures are some of my favorite works. When I first started to listen to Volume Two of your orchestral music, I didn’t know anything about you or your aesthetic, but my impression was that your music had a seductive dream-like quality, perhaps because of its slow, sustained pace. I could easily see how peoples’ extra-musical fantasies could be led in a certain direction by the nature-inspired titles. While I’m not someone who regularly fantasizes while listening, I don’t deny music’s programmatic possibilities. How do you conceive of your music in this regard? Sarah Cahill’s booklet notes explain that although it would be logical to assume that your titles refer to natural occurrences, in the end to draw such parallels would be misleading. For example, the “rise” in a rising tide refers to a musical process and not a natural one, even if that might be the first association that springs to mind because of our world’s obsession with rising sea levels. I am very open to people having different interpretations and associations to my work. I am also very cognizant of the power of the references that titles and text often evoke. A good example is my prior CD on Toccata Classics, and the titled work Auschwitz (nunca se olvidaran) for choir and orchestra. The only text in the work is nunca se olvidaran (“they will never be forgotten” in Spanish), which is whispered at different points but is barely intelligible. Yet the work has been received as a very powerful statement in remembrance of those who perished in the Holocaust, especially by survivors who associated the sounds in the piece with what they experienced in the concentration camps. This of course was not something that I could replicate even if I wanted to. Yet, as a test a few years after the premiere, I played the work for my students in a different context, changing the title to a mathematical equation and re-contextualizing the whispered text, explaining it was about memory. Of course, there were no perception/references whatsoever to the Holocaust, just comments about the beauty of the sonorities, melodic writing, etc.—in other words the musical material. This basically informed me that titles have a very important role to play in musical works, and while I never expect the listener to hear specific references I can make suggestions based on the titles. Another first impression was that you were something of a minimalist (a genre you’ve already mentioned in passing), not in its original sense but as someone who favors a sparse musical landscape dotted with sufficient sonic landmarks to sustain interest. Like most composers, I prefer not to deal with labels or to have my work labeled, since labels mean so many different things to different people. My work has been called minimalist, which given the restricted material might make some sense, although as you mention I don’t employ the techniques you find in most minimalist works (especially the earlier minimal works). It has also been called Post-Feldman, which given that he had quite an impact in my thinking I guess might make some sense, although my music is in many ways very different than my mentor’s. This is especially the case in my more recent works, where there are sections that include quite a bit of musical activity and material. Often this material has a repetitive rhythmic nature, hencve the more recent label of West Coast minimalism. Frankly, since the labels are not up to me, I try not to pay too much attention to them and just compose what I find of interest. You seem to me to be a very painterly composer, or as Kyle Gann puts it, “one of the most ‘imagistic’ composers around,” someone who “[composes] directly in sonorities, subjectively placing them next to one another without concern for musical logic.” Well, there is a certain amount of truth to that, especially when you consider that Debussy’s Jeux is a work that has had quite a bit of impact on my thinking. And if you know it, it’s probably is one of the more kaleidoscopic pieces ever written, certainly for the time it was created. The result is that I can pretty much present sections of diverse material next to each other, so long as some of it continues to return at different points throughout the work. In addition, my emphasis on sound and timbre certainly can suggest a painterly world. Although Kyle Gann posits a lack of “concern for musical logic” on your part, it seems to me that all forms of music have an internal logic, even if it departs from the accepted traditions or expectations. I don’t know that people are capable of writing a truly random music in which no patterns or “meaningful” juxtapositions could be discerned. I seem to remember that there were experiments in the 1960s to write computer music that was totally random but that they didn’t succeed. While “randomness” is an interesting concept, there is certainly nothing random about my work. It’s actually rather tightly knit. Notwithstanding that, I usually use an organic process when I compose (meaning that material grows organically in some ways from previous material). This organic approach often leads to sectional development that occurs rather intuitively, as opposed to any pre-compositional plan. When you write in the booklet of “changing the perception of time in the listener and creating a static world,” it seems to me that, reduced to its ultimate, it would result in having one note or group of notes sounding endlessly. And yet music by its very nature, being composed of waves and frequencies, can’t be completely static. I believe that for “static” music to be effective there has to be enough to draw in the listener. In my case, I try to create what I hope are beautiful sonorities and melodies, and while they may be evolving slowly and restricted insofar as the amount of material is concerned, they are hopefully attractive enough to capture the listener. If someone tells me my music is very strange but very beautiful, I have done my job. In the final analysis, technically and conceptually, so long as a sound exists in time there is no such thing as total stasis, just varying degrees of stasis, and this is something I try to explore. Do you ever think you will depart significantly from your current style? Although it really depends on how much of my work one knows, I definitely see my music as having evolved from what I was writing in 1985, just after my working with Feldman, to what I am doing today—not a radical departure, but definitely a noticeable difference. My earlier works from that time featured a very dissonant harmonic palette, were full of silences, very static, and rarely included extended techniques. That has gradually changed over time, and extended techniques and everything from very consonant harmonies to tonal implications and works with few if any silences are all now in my catalog. In addition, recent works seem to include more material, and although still somewhat static they are more directional at times than was my earlier music. Of course, all of this is always at the service of liberating sound, creating a relatively slowly unfolding sound world, and changing the perception of time in the listener. How would you compare Volume Two to your first CD, Auschwitz (they will never be forgotten)? For me the second Toccata Classics CD includes more recent works with soloists that feature more motion than the earlier works in the Auschwitz CD. Part of this was dictated by the addition of the soloists; although still somewhat restricted by the nature of the instrumentation, there is more material. Beyond that the new CD is also an example of my exploration of creating larger “moves” or interruptions that change the pacing of a work, and in that the perception of time in the listener. Whereas these “moves” or “interruptions” were very short in earlier works, in my more recent music these “moves,” as Morty used to call them, take more prominence. In addition, the more recent music in some ways is more eclectic than my works from the past, in that more incongruous material is presented side by side, but always within a relatively slowly evolving sound world and (going back to the Jeux example) returning in a kaleidoscopic fashion. Fanfare readers know Toccata Classics as the brainchild of critic Martin Anderson. How did the two of your meet? I came into contact with Martin Anderson and Toccata Classics thanks to the assistance of Jose Serebrier, who was the conductor on my first Toccata release. Jose knew Martin and his label and felt that it was a perfect fit for the Auschwitz CD so he introduced Martin to my work, which fortunately Martin found to be of interest. I was very attracted to Toccata since it had recently released a CD by my good friend and colleague, the outstanding Mexican composer Mario Lavista. When Jose recommended Toccata to me I spoke with Mario about his experience, and he was quite positive. As a result, I went forward and have been very pleased ever since. Given the success of the earlier album in distribution, reviews, a Latin Grammy nomination, etc., I was more than happy to continue with Martin and Toccata for this new project. Although there isn’t a great deal of new music on the Toccata label the composers included, in my opinion, are excellent, with Mario and Beat Furrer among others represented. And, just as important, Martin has been fantastic to work with, so I very much see the probability of continued projects with Toccata in the future. In many of your scores you change the metrical signatures from bar to bar. The execution on the CD sounded flawless, but I can’t help but wonder if that constantly fluctuating pulse is stressful for the musicians. I understand why you might do it to create a feeling of flux and fluidity, but I wonder if it would be possible to achieve the same results within a more stable metrical system. Just after working with Feldman in February of 1985, I returned to Miami with the task of writing what I considered my Opus 1 for premiere at a concert that I was sharing with one of my former professors. The concert was being presented in Miami as part of a wonderful concert series run by an important cultural organization, Tigertail Productions, and its founder Mary Luft. I worked quite feverishly on this new work for flute, clarinet, and two percussionists. The new work, about twenty minutes long, was titled The German Archer and dedicated to Feldman; it was pretty much all changing meter, given what I had seen in Feldman’s music. I contacted a good composer/conductor friend, who like me had graduated from the University of Miami, to conduct the work since I was playing the clarinet part. Shortly after giving him the score he called me, offering to show me how to notate the work all in 4/4. To make a long story short, at some point I arranged the first several bars of the work in 4/4, and of course when it was rehearsed it sounded nothing like the version in changing meter (or what I was hearing in my head). So, no matter how many accent marks, ties over bar lines, etc, you employ it’s not the same, and that’s why Feldman used this approach and I followed after him. As it turned out, the work was premiered with my friend conducting all of the changing meters quite successfully. Frankly, most performers and conductors of contemporary music today are pretty accustomed to the approach. Even those involved in a more traditional world can navigate this notation if they are apt to do so. In general, do you prefer to compose for the orchestra? My catalog includes over 200 works, and so while I love writing for orchestra and have quite a number of orchestral works in my catalog I have composed for just about every combination of instruments/voices, not to mention solo works. I have written quite a few mixed media and interdisciplinary works, everything from a full evening-length collaborative work for dance, electronics, and video to fixed media works, to mixed works with acoustic instruments and fixed and/or interactive media, to installations (including a major site-specific work with dance, music, video, and text), to a non-narrative 90-minute video opera for five singers, chamber orchestra, video, and electronics. Your website includes a section devoted to your teaching and details the curriculum you’ve developed for your students that’s intended to expose them to every sort of music, ancient, modern, and electronic. In my teaching I stress the importance of being informed, which means basically knowing all music (from Palestrina and before to Lachenmann and beyond) and having the students’ works somehow reflect that, notwithstanding whatever aesthetics they ultimately prefer to work in. As for electronic music, I have quite a number of works in my catalog, mostly fixed media (or what was called tape) and acoustic instrument(s), some with video created in collaboration with visual artists [see above]. In addition, my electronic music is no different from my acoustic music. It’s still an exploration of the liberation of sound, so there is a definite link between my acoustic music and my electro-acoustic music. My electro-acoustic music is also very often centered on the manipulation of and interaction with samples of acoustic instruments. Feldman’s 3 voices for a live soprano, in which he combined a live solo part with two recorded parts sung by the same soprano, served as an important early model for my electro-acoustic works, which more often than not feature a live performer interacting with previously recorded samples of the same performer. Another aspect of your rather innovative curriculum is that you want your students to be familiar with pop and other vernacular music: I found quite humorous your comment that this wasn’t something you had to make much effort to promote. Do you still listen to that sort of music (or even play it), or do you reside exclusively within your own artistic universe? It’s not so much that I want them to be familiar with that type of music as much as it is that they just naturally are, just like I was with the pop music of the time when I was growing up. As a musician, I have more or less stayed abreast of the pop music being created today (Latin and otherwise), although not at the same level as when I was much younger. Why I think it’s important for my students has much more to do with the fact that many of them will go on to work as composers for hire in film, video, and TV, and those worlds definitely require that you can handle those styles. Even as avant-garde as I am supposed to be, last year I wrote the music for a documentary being created by a colleague at my university, a documentary that I had very strong feelings about and hence my interest in wanting to help and to be involved. The documentary, liberty square rising, dealt with a project in a disadvantaged part of Miami that was being renovated and the tenants’ trepidation with their future fate. In addition to my orchestral music, which the documentary filmmaker incorporated, I created and recorded short tracks of “funk,” “blues,” and “reggae” music (of course in my own different kind of world) as appropriate for the different segments he requested. The result was quite gratifying and, given that I also have designed a documentary film scoring class for my students, this gave me the tools to further prepare some of them for another part of the “real world.” I don’t know much about composition curricula, but I wonder how many music departments around the world require aspiring composers to play recitals on their instruments. It sounds like a very original idea and perhaps not always one the students would appreciate! It is extremely important for a composer to know what a performer must experience and endure. And while I rarely perform any longer, I do conduct. So, I very much instill the importance of being involved in the interpretation of music, whether it be as a performer with my undergraduates or as a conductor, in some cases with my graduate students. Ultimately it makes them better composers, and frankly I have heard very few complaints if any regarding this over the thirty-plus years I have been teaching. If I may say one last thing about your teaching, I enjoyed your invoking Bartók’s dictum that it’s impossible to teach composition, even as you made a very good case for doing so. I think the best I can offer readers who are interested in my views on this subject is to suggest that they go to my article, Teaching Composition: A Sign of Matooority, found on my web page under the teaching tab and also archived on The New Music Box website. In a short summation, my view is that you can’t really teach composition, only techniques and repertoire. From there, the hope is that the student has enough musicianship, musicality, motivation, and talent to absorb what you give them and take it forward. And as mentioned earlier, making sure that students are informed is extremely important. Before we end our conversation, would you give our readers a brief overview of any interesting projects you’re planning for the future? I am currently working on a new piece for piano and string quartet for an excellent pianist, Asiya Korepanova, and my good friends and colleagues, the Amernet String Quartet, to be premiered next month. After that I will be writing a new work for the Montreal-based Quasar Saxophone Quartet with fixed media electronics for premiere in the spring; then a work for two pianos and two percussionists for Ensemble Berlin Piano Percussion; a new work for viola and string orchestra for a good friend, violist Michael Klotz; and a new work for clarinet and fixed media for Mexico City-based virtuoso Fernando Dominguez, all for the following season. I have an ongoing large-scale project that I am very excited about, namely an interdisciplinary Virtual Reality opera, which at the moment is in its early stages but has the potential to be a very important part of my catalog. Lastly, I hope to release more albums of my works over the next two to three years, one featuring the Amernet string quartet and the other again with my friends in the Malaga Philharmonic. So I certainly can’t complain about not having enough to do; but then again, I wouldn’t have it any other way. ©2019, Orlando Jacinto García. All rights reserved. Website by Funky Burrito.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2680
__label__wiki	0.685572	0.685572	4 million meals, 400 dogs, 180,000 patients -- humanitarian milestones in Orlando SCOTT MAXWELLTaking Names In Wednesday’s column, I highlighted what I called “Milestones of Humanity” – amazing benchmarks reached by Central Florida’s nonprofit community. It started with Give Kids the World – which hosted its 130,000 kid on Saturday. The next day, the Christian Service Center of Orlando served its 4 millionth meal. So I put out the call for other impressive benchmarks. And I received dozens of responses – far more than I could ever fit in the print edition of the paper. So I have a more full list here — with links to each and every agency included with the organization’s name. AND I WELCOME MORE NOTES FROM YOU GUYS AS WELL. After this, if you know of a worthy nonprofit that recently reached an impressive milestone, feel free to share it here as well. Now let’s get started… 300 million meals. Second Harvest Food Bank will have served this year, since its inception in 1983. 20 job fairs. That’s one for almost every year that Christian Help of Casselberry has been around, trying to match eager workers with open jobs. 120,000 mattress. All recycled by Mustard Seed of Central Florida. The best ones go to sparse homes. Others are broken down for parts, everything from carpet padding to mulch. 235 homes. Habitat for Humanity of Greater Orlando’s has been so successful, it’s next challenge is building an entire 59-home community. 800,000 lentil casseroles. (This is one of my favorites – just for uniqueness’s sake.) The Celebration Foundation in Osceola County has been trying to fight hunger issues for two years – and hopes to hit 1 million casseroles by year’s end. 325,000 students have seen shows at the Orlando Repertory Theatre for free and reduced prices. We’re talking everything from Dr. Seuss and Anne Frank to Charlotte’s Web and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer — shows for free and reduced prices. 400 dogs. It’s can take two years to train a service dog. But Canine Companions for Independence has trained 400 of them since opening its Orange County campus in 2000 — dogs that special-needs recipients get for free. $100 million. That’s how much Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation has donated to nearly 800 organizations over the last 40 years — including many of those on this very list. 180,000 patients. Shepherd’s Hope has been seeing, treating and counseling the uninsured since 1997. Doctors, nurses and other health-care professionals who volunteer their time to families — some of whom are so desperate for health care, they line up at clinics hours before they open. 4,500 wishes. All granted by Make-A-Wish of Central and Northern Florida to kids with life-threatening illnesses. Maybe it’s a vacation. Maybe it’s a new puppy. Every kid has a dream. And these kids deserve to see theirs come true as much as any. 280,000 prescriptions. All written by Health Care for the Homeless, which also provides counseling sessions and doctor’s visits to struggling individuals and families. 12,000 kids. Some were the children of women who worked in citrus packing plants in 1939. Others are kids who work in low-wage hotel jobs today. All have attended Winter Park Day Nursery, which has provided child care services to working families for 75 years. 1,500 adults have learned English, thanks to the Apopka nuns and the hard-working volunteers at Hope CommUnity Center. 3,500 grants. Grant-processing may not sound sexy. But for Winter Park’s Foundation for Foster Children, it means providing foster kids with money to pay for things like piano lessons, field trips and graduation caps and gowns — things many kids take for granted. 17 million bars of soap. Clean the World sends the bars all over the globe to try to fight and prevent disease and death in impoverished countries. 50,000 caregivers. Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia isn’t easy. That’s why the Alzheimer's & Dementia Resource Center exists — to be a resource for those who help others — over 50,000 of them over the past 30 years. 60 years. That’s pre-Disney. And that’s when United Cerebral Palsy of Central Florida (now UCP) began serving special-needs kids who didn’t have other choices for school. Now, they help more than 3,000Ö kids with autism, Down Syndrome and more every year. 20,000 sick kids. Just last month, Ronald McDonald House hosted its 20,000th critically sick child and family. Also, two of the first guests of the house on the campus of the Arnold Palmer hospital just celebrated a milestone as well. Premature twins Ethan and Emma Andersen just turned 11. 15,000 students. Jamie McWilliam’s nonprofit story grew out of fury and sorrow. After her son was killed in a hit and run, she wanted to encourage kids to make the right choices in life. So she formed Parents Encouraging Confident Choices five years ago to bring the message of responsibility to students — and has spoken to 15,000 students since. I know you folks have some more stories and milestones you want to share. Please do so … Habitat for Humanity International Make-A-Wish Foundation of America	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2681
__label__wiki	0.721555	0.721555	The Time I Witnessed a Mafia Murder By Antonio Vassallo SourcePhoto by Jan Stromme Because a picture is worth 1,000 cover-ups. Interview and translation by Niko Vorobjov Back in 1992, I was working as a photographer in the town of Capaci, in western Sicily. At that time, the Mafia was really powerful. It was smuggling heroin to the U.S. and collecting the pizzo, a kind of unofficial tax that was really just a guise for a protection racket. Anyone who refused to pay, like Sicilian businessman Libero Grassi, could face severe consequences. On Aug. 29, 1991, Grassi was shot three times in the head as he made his way to his shop for taking a public stand against the Mafia. The Mafia had police, politicians and the security services in its pocket. But one man would not be deterred. His name was Giovanni Falcone. A crusading judge, Falcone grew up in the ruins of post-WWII Palermo, playing football with the kids who would grow up to be gangsters. Together with his childhood friend Paolo Borsellino, Falcone went after the mob like no one had ever done before. In the 1980s, Falcone presided over the Maxi Trial, which saw 338 mobsters convicted and sent down for a total of 2,665 years in jail, as well as 19 life sentences. Not only that, but for the first time the Italian government was forced to admit that La Cosa Nostra, “this thing of ours,” does actually exist. And that’s why they had to take him out. On May 23, 1992, a blast rocked the A29 highway that links Palermo with southwestern Sicily as Falcone made his way from the airport together with his wife, Francesca, and a team of bodyguards. I didn’t recognize him, but he was still alive, just moving his head a little bit. “You finally did it, you bastards! You got what you wanted! You killed me!” he screamed. I live really close to the highway, and I was at home when I heard the explosions. Immediately I got my camera and jumped on the scooter. When I arrived, the scene was like something from one of those American war movies. There was no road — no motorway at all. I had to drop my scooter and continue on foot when I saw this huge crater. The fireball destroyed the first car in the convoy, while the second car, which was carrying Falcone and his wife, slammed into the wall of cement that leaped from the road as the explosion ripped through the ground around it. As I climbed over the crater, I saw Falcone in his car. I didn’t recognize him, but he was still alive, just moving his head a little bit. “You finally did it, you bastards! You got what you wanted! You killed me!” he screamed. I was so shocked I couldn’t even take any pictures. I didn’t know what to do. Just then, I saw a young man come out of a car in front of me. He was pointing a gun, maybe a Kalashnikov. I thought that maybe he was a hit man sent to finish the job, so I ran into the bushes. A few minutes later the emergency services arrived, so I felt it was safe to go back to take photos. However, two men arrived claiming to be police but wearing plain clothes. They demanded I hand over my photos, but I said no unless they could show me some ID. So they twisted my arm and forced me to hand over the film. I thought there would be some kind of official investigation, and I would be called to testify, but nothing ever happened. In Capaci everyone knows each other, so I knew right away who the low-level goons were that planned the massacre. But for months nothing happened, and no one was arrested. So eventually my friends and I took the car and drove over to Caltanissetta, in the middle of Sicily, where a very famous prosecutor, Ilda Boccassini, had taken over the case. We told her everything we knew, but when we asked whether she’d gotten my photographs, she asked me, “What photographs?” The next day I got a call from the chief of police of Palermo, who told me, “Sorry, we have your photos, but we forgot to send them. We will send them tomorrow.” But the photos never arrived. And that’s when I got scared. Maybe my camera took a shot of something no one was supposed to see. The killers surely wouldn’t have expected someone to show up that early after the bombing and start snooping around. I never saw my photographs from that day again. Art commentary on his violent passing. Source Photo courtesy of Niko Vorobyov After the death of his friend, Falcone’s partner, Borsellino, knew his days were numbered. He started making excuses to get away from his security detail, wandering off to buy packs of cigarettes on his own, hoping a single bullet in the back of his head would spare them the massacre that occurred in Capaci. He would not get his wish. On July 19, 1992, a car bomb exploded outside his mother’s house, killing not only Borsellino but also five of his bodyguards, including Emanuela Loi, a 24-year-old police officer from Sardinia. One of the crucial pieces of evidence, Borsellino’s little red notebook — where he wrote down all he knew about the Mafia and their connections to the deep state and politics — disappeared from the crime scene. To me, there’s no doubt that the security services were involved in Falcone’s and Borsellino’s murders, and they are still covering it up. Seventeen years after the bombings, I had a chance to meet with the people who were in the third car, the members of Falcone’s escort who survived the massacre. In particular, I got to talk to Angelo Corbo, the man who threatened me with a Kalashnikov. “Yes, I was going to shoot you,” he told me. “All these years I was wondering, Who is this man with the black box in his hands, peering at us after we’d just been blown up? You tell me now it’s a camera, but I was really going to shoot you!” So I realized that whether they were police guards or Mafiosi, running away was the right thing to do. No one could have expected the murder of Falcone in 1992. He’d been transferred to Rome, and there was a feeling among all of us that he’d been saved. With such a terrible, shocking crime, the Mafia wanted to silence us ordinary Sicilians. But it did exactly the opposite of what they’d planned. The people had had enough, and an uprising began that continues to this day. In 2004 Addiopizzo was born, a movement of activists and shopkeepers who refuse to pay protection money to the Mafia. Now there’s more than a thousand of us, and unlike Libero Grassi, they can’t kill us all. Sometime after the massacre, my friends and I went up to the mountain from which mob hit man Giovanni Brusca peered down on the highway and pushed the button that took away five lives. We brought with us a huge ladder and a bucket of paint, and we wrote No Mafia on the side of a tall white house overlooking Capaci. Every year, a group of people come and repaint it. I hope that as more young people pass through and see the message, our island will one day be free. Antonio Vassallo, OZY Author Contact Antonio Vassallo The John Gotti of the Russian Mafia When Vyacheslav K. When Mussolini’s Mafia Buster Cleaned Up Sicily — and Sent Mobsters to America Few hated the Mafia as much as Benito Mussolini. The Black Godfather Who Rose, Fell and Vanished Young, tough and brash, Frank Matthews thumbed his nose at New York’s Mafia bosses while creating his own drug empire and living the gangsta high life. The Al Capone of India The “Don of Bombay” is a world-renowned, and hunted, terrorist. Bulgaria's Richest Man or Mafia Kingpin? Possibly Both The Best Rising Stars of 2017: Vasil “the Skull” Bozhkov has made billions, but has links to organized crime. 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The Legend of Pittsburgh's Sharpest Wiseguy Nick the Blade was a real-life Goodfella who sold heroin, handled mob beefs and lived by the code of omerta. The Only Mafia TV Show That Makes You Laugh It wouldn’t have happened a few decades ago, but Italy is now taking aim at the mob — with satire. The App That Fights the Mafia An app called NOma uses the power of history and memory to fight the force of the Mafia. Living a Double Life as a Member of the Mob Lights, camera and action are all well and good, but for Joe Pistone, the real-life Donnie Brasco, things worked out much less well than they did in the movies.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2684
__label__wiki	0.6053	0.6053	PCMA Asia Pacific Convene CMP Series Courses Scholarships & Opportunities Videos & On Demand Webinars Business Events Compass CMP Online Prep Digital Event Fast Track Digital Event Strategist (DES) Ascent: Inclusion & Diversity COVID-19 Resources & Insights Digital Experience Institute PCMA Recovery Discovery ISSUES & NEWSLETTERS ARTICLES & SPECIAL SECTIONS CMP Series Required Reading COVID-19 & Business Events • COVID-19 Recovery Dashboards • Digital Event Tips & Case Studies Incoming PCMA Board Chair: ‘We’re Going to Start to See Events Come Back’ in Late 2021 Full Industry Calendar PCMA Chapter Events Webinars & Rebroadcasts Convening Asia Pacific: The Global Recovery Forum Convening Leaders 2021 Shop #EVENTBOSS Join PCMA Catalyst Forum & Directory CE Transcript PCMA, CEMA announce strategic alliance to support, educate, grow audiences JANUARY 6, 2020 – PCMA, the world’s largest platform for business events professionals, and the Corporate Event Marketing Association (CEMA), a premier global community of corporate event marketers, announced today a strategic alliance that will introduce each organization to new audiences. The agreement, which starts Jan. 1, 2020, calls for collaboration and cross promotion through educational initiatives to help increase brand presence and membership. Financial terms are not being disclosed. “PCMA has a commitment to bringing its members access to leading edge education and content that helps them deliver economic and social transformation through business events,” said Sherrif Karamat, CAE, PCMA’s president and CEO. “This strategic alliance with CEMA allows us to deliver more resources to our members while expanding our audience so we can continue to demonstrate how business events transform global economies and societies.” The strategic agreement calls for CEMA to co-develop education at each of PCMA’s four signature events: Convening Leaders, EduCon, European Influencers Summit and Asia Pacific Annual Conference. PCMA will deliver education at the annual CEMA Summit and during CEMA Study Tours. In addition, both organizations will collaborate on webinars and other services to deliver greater value to each other’s membership. “CEMA and PCMA share a vision for the advancement of event marketing as a vital element in the marketing stack and each brand offers unique and complementary qualities and services to help event professionals learn and grow,” said CEMA President and CEO Kimberley Gishler. “We look forward to collaborating on new and exciting research and educational programming as well as expanding access to professional networking, knowledge sharing and rich event experiences to both PCMA and CEMA members.” PCMA also has strategic agreements with AIME (Asia Pacific Incentives Meetings Events), Abu Dhabi and Sarawak, Malaysia, IAPCO, COCAL and a joint venture with Destinations International for the annual Destination Showcase event. For media queries from the Americas and EMEA and requests for interviews with Sherrif Karamat, please contact: Maryam Sabbagh msabbagh@pcma.org For Asia Pacific media inquiries, please contact: Jessica Kauffman, Senior Account Manager, ZADRO jessica@zadroagency.com.au About PCMA PCMA believes that business events can economically and socially transform communities, enterprises and individuals. As the world’s largest platform for business events strategists and their business partners, PCMA’s success is driven by a commitment to providing provocative executive-level education, face-to-face networking and business intelligence to its membership of 8,400 professionals and students and global audience of over 100,000 business event stakeholders. Through its Ascent leadership initiative to promote inclusion and diversity across the business events industry and beyond, PCMA seeks to empower those challenged by gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity or disabilities to find success. Headquartered in Chicago, PCMA has 17 chapters throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico with members in more than 40 countries and regional offices in Ireland, Australia and Singapore. Visit us at pcma.org or on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. 35 E. Wacker Dr. +1 877-827-7262 (toll-free) +1 312-423-7262 (main) Help \| Privacy Policy \| Terms of Use Submit Your Session Idea Videos, Webinars & CE Library Digital Experience Institute (DEI) Convening Asia Pacific Convening Leaders Destination Showcase 2020 European Influencers Summit PCMA EduCon Business Event Bootcamp Digital Event Strategist Sherrif Karamat, President and Chief Executive Officer Sherrif Karamat, CAE, is President and Chief Executive Officer of PCMA. Karamat also serves as President of the PCMA Foundation and Publisher of Convene magazine. As CEO, Karamat leads the vision, mission and promise for PCMA’s global family of brands. Karamat serves the greater business events industry as a prominent business architect, enabling our community to become a catalyst for economic and social progress, organizational success, and personal and professional development. In his previous role as Chief Operating Officer, Karamat led the development and implementation of PCMA’s new vision: driving global economic and social transformation through business events. In addition to his responsibilities at executive level, Karamat also directed streamlining of PCMA’s content creation and delivery channels into one organization. He oversaw partnership, business services, membership, business development and technology teams. As part of PCMA’s growth strategy, Karamat has led a major data intelligence program and played a key role in the 2017 acquisition of Incentive Conference & Event Society Asia Pacific (ICESAP). A leader in the business events industry, Karamat previously served as Vice President of Business Sales and Services for Toronto Convention & Visitors (Tourism Toronto). He has served on various boards and is currently a director on the Destination International Board of Trustees. Karamat is a life-long learner. In addition to completing his bachelor’s degree and Masters of Business Administration from York University in Toronto, Canada, he has completed postgraduate certificate programs at Wharton School of Business at University of Pennsylvania, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago. At Harvard Business and Law School, he completed a program on strategic negotiations for senior executives and a program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one on data intelligence and big data. Robert Haas, Chief Administrative Officer Robert Haas is responsible for PCMA’s IT, human resources, data and finance departments as its first Chief Administrative Officer. He utilizes data, content and personalized experiences to help PCMA better understand its members’ needs and develop an audience-focused strategy. Haas has more than 15 years of database marketing, product development and consulting experience from working in business-to-business and business-to-consumer industries. He understands how innovation, research and technology intersect and evaluates what is leading edge versus cutting edge. Haas will leverage data to determine best practices in business events and how the industry can drive global economic and social transformation. He previously served as PCMA’s Chief Innovation Officer. He joined PCMA as Vice President of Business Development and Data Intelligence. His previous roles include Senior Vice President of Strategic Product Development and Marketing at Scranton Gillette Communications Inc. and in direct response marketing for Tribune Direct. He has a bachelor’s degree in international business from St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin. Mona Cotton, Chief Business Officer As Chief Business Officer, Mona Cotton leads the Business Development, Client and Member Services, and Business Services teams. She has more than 20 years of business leadership experience in the areas of partnership, sponsorship, business development, media publishing and business services. Cotton, a PCMA leader for more than 15 years, takes a strategic approach to transforming PCMA’s client relationships and business opportunities. Her role at PCMA is to facilitate connections between business-to-business organizations and business-to-consumer operations, identifying opportunities to fuel economic and social progress and success for PCMA and its members, customers and clients. While she has watched as business events shifted from logistics to engagement, Cotton said the value of relationships remains steadfast in the industry. Prior to PCMA, Cotton led and supported various sales efforts at the National Association of REALTORS, Airborne Express (now DHL) and Fox Associates, a Chicago-based magazine representative firm. She received a bachelor’s degree in marketing and advertising from Indiana University. Michelle Crowley, Chief Growth & Innovation Officer Michelle Crowley oversees regional brand development, content outreach and innovation as PCMA’s first Chief Growth & Innovation Officer. She is responsible for regional and revenue development in the Americas, Asia Pacific (APAC) and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions. In addition, Crowley is responsible for education and product development. She leads PCMA’s global growth strategy by evaluating and identifying how the organization can deliver value to its members through new and existing business models, education programs and new products. Crowley began her career at PCMA and continues to work with global travel brands, build strategic relationships and partnerships with key markets, and design year-round engagement campaigns. She has held various positions at PCMA including Vice President for Global Growth and Business Transformation. Crowley is 2019 MBA graduate of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She received her bachelor’s degree from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Meredith Rollins, Chief Community Officer As PCMA’s first Chief Community Officer, Meredith Rollins leads the community engagement team. The team delivers programs and services that strengthen the connections between PCMA members, facilitate knowledge sharing and advance the network of professionals in the global business events industry. Her key areas of responsibility include community and chapter engagement, research, social impact and volunteerism. She remains Executive Director of the PCMA Foundation. Rollins joined PCMA in 2007 and held roles in project management, global development and account management with the PCMA partnership program. She was Director of Strategic Development for the Association for Corporate Growth, a global community for middle-market M&A business leaders from 2012 to 2015. Rollins became Executive Director of the PCMA Foundation in 2015. Rollins received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Gina Meier, Director, Human Resources Gina Meier is Director of Human Resources for PCMA, a position she has held since 2006. She is responsible for helping PCMA execute its vision of driving global economic and social transformation through its human capital. Her responsibilities including professional development, culture, talent development, employee integration and employee engagement. Meier began her human resources career in 1999 as human resources manager for Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide LLC, now a subsidiary of Marriott International Inc. She previously worked as director and manager in Starwood’s housekeeping division. Meier received a bachelor’s degree in hotel/motel administration and management from Eastern Illinois University. Bruce MacMillan, Chief Marketing Officer Bruce MacMillan is responsible for PCMA’s global brand development and marketing strategies as PCMA’s Chief Marketing Officer. He leads the marketing, events and print and digital teams, which includes Convene magazine. MacMillan has more than 30 years of experience in the global business events and tourism industry and has worked with business enterprises on every continent. His past leadership roles include CEO of VisitDFW, a regional consumer content marketing venture, CEO of Meeting Professionals International and CEO of Tourism Toronto. He developed and led Vancouver, B.C.’s successful national bid for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. MacMillan also runs BANDWIDTH consultancy, advising destinations on event sales and marketing strategies and served as consortium consulting partner in the Destinations International DestinationNEXT global initiative. MacMillan has received numerous awards including twice being named one of the Top Twenty most influential people in the global MICE industry. APAC Annual Conference Registration	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2686
__label__wiki	0.978521	0.978521	Cal Baptist moving to NCAA Division I SportsCollege Sports In this file photo from March 5, 2016, CBU's team celebrates after winning the Men's basketball championship against Azusa Pacific. The game was held at Concordia University. The Lancers announced Friday, January 13, 2017 that they're beginning the process to transition to an NCAA Division I Program. By Allan Steele \| asteele@scng.com \| The Press-Enterprise RIVERSIDE – California Baptist University announced Friday that it will begin the process of moving to NCAA Division I, college athletics highest level. The school accepted an invitation to join the Western Athletic Conference, which is the first step in a multi-year transition from CBU’s current status as an NCAA Division II member, and will put the small Riverside school in the same competitive pool as UCLA, USC, and cross-town neighbor UC Riverside. “We’re making this decision based on where we think CBU is and what we think is best for us going forward,” CBU president Ronald Ellis said. CBU will continue to compete in the NCAA Division II PacWest Conference next season before joining the WAC beginning with the 2018-2019 season. A four-year transition period is required before the Lancers are official members of Division I and eligible to compete in Division I postseason events. The school will be eligible for the postseason in the 2022-2023 season. Ellis said the timing was right for the move. Division I is the top echelon of collegiate sports and the building blocks have been set at CBU, both on the field and internally. Division I offers more exposure to the school and the athletes, and is also a branding opportunity, he said. Alexander: CBU’s Division I move is anything but a surprise The announcement comes just five years after CBU made the leap from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, typically a level for smaller, less funded programs, and transitioned to the NCAA and the PacWest Conference. Since then, the Lancer programs have thrived, winning 24 conference titles and placing fourth in the nation among Division II schools in last season’s Learfield Directors’ Cup, which ranks schools’ overall athletic success. Cal Baptist is also building a $73 million on-campus arena which is set to open this spring. Ellis noted the new arena was part of series of building blocks set in place to eventually make the move. “One thing about our university, it’s been my experience, that you are given a directive on where you’re going and then you’re given the resources and encouraged to make that happen,” said athletic director Micah Parker, who was tasked with spearheading the move. “There are expectations.” Parker said the move probably won’t be a surprise to anyone who followed the program. Even as an NAIA member, Cal Baptist dominated the competition and competed at a high level, with baseball and softball facilities comparable to bigger schools and even some Division I programs. Ellis, who came to CBU in 1994 when there were about 800 students, said he envisioned the whole campus growing rapidly, and that included athletics. The first goal was to get a successful NAIA program ready to move to the NCAA. Planning for that move took several years, he said, but when CBU filed its application to join the NCAA in July of 2010, the pieces were in place. He also noted the campus now has more than 9,000 students and is projected to grow to 12,000 by 2025. The move went smoothly and the Lancers became a force in the PacWest in nearly every sport. The program has won four PacWest Commissioner’s Cups in its five years and won nine conference championships last season. “We thought we’d be successful in Division II but we didn’t know for sure,” Parker said. All the while, CBU was looking at the bigger picture, Parker said. The preparation, experience and success of making the leap to Division II helped in planning for the ultimate move to Division I. “When we went to DII we felt very strongly that we fit,” Ellis said. “It wasn’t like we were going to go and then get there.” When UC Riverside moved from Division II to Division I in 2000, the program struggled financially after its budget was cut prior to joining the Big West. UCR’s initiation into Division I was painful because the department never seemed to have enough resources or school backing to fully thrive. Parker won’t compare CBU’s move to UCR, even as a cautionary tale. But, as a private institution, CBU doesn’t have the same budgetary constraints as a state or UC school. “Every school has their issues that they have to deal with,” Parker said. One issue CBU hasn’t had a problem with is funding. Parker said all CBU teams are currently fully funded to Division II scholarship levels. There will be more scholarships available at the Division I level and the plan is to keep the teams at the maximum allowed. “We’ll have to do more fundraising,” Parker said. “We’ve done well for DII, but we’ll have to step it up … our intention and plan to fund so we can be successful.” Parker said when he hired men’s basketball coach Rick Croy and women’s basketball coach Jarrod Olson, he told them about the possibility of a new arena and a potential move to Division I. “I told them don’t be unhappy if we don’t have an arena, but I believe we’re going to have an arena,” Parker said. “There’s a possibility that we would be moving up, but don’t come here if that’s the thing that makes you happy … I told them everything I was told when I was hired that was possible to happen, has happened. I think they can say the same thing.” Croy, who was an assistant at UCR when the Highlanders made the move in 2000, has built his program into a PacWest favorite. CBU is ranked No. 5 in the country. Olson’s women’s team is No. 8 in the nation in this week’s WBCA Coaches poll and has already guided the program to an NCAA Division II championship game two years ago. “I always sensed that the university’s constantly trying to move things forward and be better than they were yesterday,” Croy said. “I think the mindset here and direction of the leadership is to strive for improvement and I think this move reflects that. There’s a lot of energy behind it.” Both coaches said they don’t expect their recruiting process to change much as the Division I era approaches. “Some players are going to find themselves on a team they were not recruited toward, as far as a level,” Olson said, referring to freshmen and sophomores that will be playing a Division I schedule in two years. “There’s going to be some growing pains with that. On both of our teams, the type of competitors we have, they’ll embrace that.” The move does not require the school to add any teams, but upgrades to the soccer field and baseball and softball stadiums and possibly aquatics are being discussed. The men’s and women’s water polo teams will remain in their leagues, the men in the Western Water Polo Association and the women in the Golden Coast Conference. The wrestling team, which currently competes in the DII Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, will have to find a new Division I affiliation. After years of planning, Parker said things are just getting started at CBU. “We’re not going to change who we are,” he said. “We’re going to be changing who we’re competing against.” var _ndnq = _ndnq \|\| []; _ndnq.push([’embed’]); WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PROFILE The WAC’s history dates back to 1962, when the original six-team league of Arizona, Arizona State, Brigham Young, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming began competition. The current conference makeup is wide-ranging, with schools located in the Pacific Northwest, the Midwest, and deep into southern Texas. Here’s a look at the conference members. CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD Location: Bakersfield, CA. Nickname: Roadrunners Enrollment: 9,000 Joined WAC: 2013 The Roadrunners won 30 NCAA national championships as a Division II program and completed the reclassification process in 2009. The Roadrunners have qualified for five NCAA tournaments, winning the Western Athletic Conference Tournaments in volleyball (2014), baseball (2015), men’s basketball (2016) and softball (2016). CHICAGO STATE Location: Chicago, Ill. Nickname: Cougars The Cougars are in their fourth year as a member of the WAC. The CSU women’s golf team finished second at the PGA Minority Championships last season and posted a school-record 311.9 shooting average. Women’s soccer led the WAC in total saves and saves per game while ranking second among the NCAA Division I in saves per game. Location: Phoenix, Ariz. Nickname: Lopes Enrollment: 18,000 The Lopes have transitioned smoothly in a short time. GCU won the Learfield Sports Directors Cup in back-to-back years (2011-12, 2012-13) as the top performing school in Division II. The Lopes won two NCAA Division II National Championships and during their two seasons in the WAC, have won regular season titles in softball (2014), women’s indoor track and field (2014, 2015, 2016), men’s indoor track and field (2016), men’s and women’s outdoor track and field (2016), baseball (2015), women’s tennis (2015) and men’s tennis (2016). Location: Kansas City, Mo. Nickname: Roos UMKC is in its fourth year in the Western Athletic Conference in 2016. The Roos won a pair of WAC titles last season in men’s golf and men’s tennis. Antoine Rozner made school history last year, finishing in a tie for eighth at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships, while Bryce Miller finished ninth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, earning both student-athletes All-American honors.UMKC student-athletes posted a 3.31 cumulative GPA and an 87 percent Graduation Success rate and the Academic Progress Rate of 979 ranked second in the WAC. Location: Las Cruces, N.M. Nickname: Aggies The most senior member of the WAC, New Mexico State won its second-straight WAC Commissioner’s Cup in 2015-16 by claiming WAC Championships in 10 sports with volleyball, women’s basketball, women’s golf and men’s tennis advancing to NCAA tournament competition. Location: Seattle, Wash. Nickname: Redhawks Seattle’s men’s soccer team advanced to the Sweet 16, women’s soccer won its third straight WAC regular season title, and baseball won its first conference regular-season championship last season. In swimming, Blaise Wittenauer-Lee won the program’s first WAC individual title. Location: Edinburg, Texas Nickname: Vaqueros Joined WAC (as UTPA): 2013 Formerly Pan American University, the school has won 16 national titles and 146 conference titles since 1952. The school boasts six alums who have played in the NBA, including former NBA champion, All-Star and Olympic Gold Medalist Luke Jackson, and has had 35 players selected in the MLB draft. The UTRGV women’s tennis team made its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2016 after winning the department’s first WAC Tournament Championship. Location: Orem, Utah Nickname: Wolverines The Wolverines captured four WAC championships (men’s cross country, women’s cross country, women’s soccer, baseball) last season, running the total to 10 conference titles in three years. Three teams advanced to their first NCAA tournament, with women’s soccer earning its berth with a win in the WAC tournament championship. The men’s soccer team became the first team sport at UVU to earn an at-large berth to the NCAA tournament after finishing second in the WAC regular season and tournament. The baseball team claimed the WAC Tournament to earn the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Cal Baptist University Allan Steele \| Reporter Allan Steele has been a sports writer with the Press-Enterprise since 1999. He's covered events at every level from CIF championships to NCAA, MLB, NFL and NBA playoffs and even covered the Sparks run to two WNBA titles back in the day. Currently covers the eight Inland-area colleges. Since he no longer covers MLB, can now root for the Dodgers and the inevitable World Series celebration. 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__label__cc	0.728099	0.271901	NHS CONTACT INFORMATION Jen Janes: janesj@peetzschool.org Peetz Red Ribbon Week 2017 "Better Things To Do Than Drugs!" Friday in the Small Gym! Assembly @ 8:30 AM Stay Tuned for a special guest speaker PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE The purpose of this award is to recognize academic success in the classroom. https://www2.ed.gov/programs/presedaward/index.html Awards are given to students who are graduating from elementary, middle or high schools that meet the criteria below. The purpose of this award is to recognize academic success in the classroom. To be eligible for the President's Award for Educational Excellence, students at each award level (elementary, middle, or high school) must meet the requirements in Category A and either 1 or 2 of Category C. If a school does not have letter grades, a student must meet the requirements in Category B and either 1 or 2 of Category C. Grade Point Average: Students are to earn a grade point average of 90 on a 100 point scale, (an A on a letter scale or a 3.5 on a 4.0 scale). When computing grade point averages at the respective award level, only the years at that level are to be included through the fall semester of the exiting grade. Note: Elementary schools are not to include K-3 in their computations. School Criteria/Standards: Standards for the award are to be established by each school that reflects a 90 percent level or higher on the traditional grading scale. This category enables school personnel to use new assessment and evaluation tools in developing award criteria at their school and apply the criteria fairly to all students. The primary indicators of excellence must be based on academic achievement. School personnel may also consider, as part of the criteria, activities in which a student demonstrates high motivation, initiative, integrity, intellectual depth, leadership qualities and/or exceptional judgment. They may also require student essays and outstanding attendance, but these activities must bear some relationship to the academic performance of a student. In addition to A or B, schools are to include one or more of the following criteria to determine their selected students: State Tests and Nationally-Normed Achievement Tests: High achievement in reading or math on state tests or nationally-normed tests. The school may consider college admissions examinations for seniors, for example the SAT or ACT.— OR — Recommendations from a Teacher plus One Other Staff Member: One recommendation is to reflect outstanding achievement such as English, mathematics, science, history, geography, art, foreign language, and any other courses that reflect a school's core curriculum. This judgment is to be supported by tangible evidence that is comprised of either results on teacher-made tests, portfolio assessment, or special projects. The second recommendation from a school staff member may address, for example: involvement in community service or co-curricular activities including tutoring other students and/or demonstration of creativity and achievement in the visual and performing arts.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2689
__label__cc	0.67092	0.32908	How to deal with change \| Coping with life & work changes \| 2018 Tips How to cope with change in life and work – top tips Change is inevitable and can happen when we least expect it. I read Spencer Johnson's internationally bestselling book, Who Moved My Cheese? to find out how best to cope with change. I learned six simple truths. By Margaret Gray Accept that change happens The first step in dealing with change is to simply accept that change happens no matter what you do. It is not a result of the world turning against you or of personal failure – it just happens as the world turns. Asking yourself why something is changing, or why it’s changing in your life can cause a lot of stress and sadness. It’s also simply unhelpful. Anticipate change Although some change comes along without warning, there are usually signs that things are about to change. If you are like me, you often ignore these because you have become so comfortable in your present situation that you refuse to acknowledge impending change. If parts of your relationship or your job start to show signs of wear and tear, face up to those signs of imminent change before becoming suddenly overwhelmed. The better prepared you are for changes in your life, the easier the transition will be. Adapt to change quickly The more willing you are to integrate change into your life, the less of an impact it will have on your wellbeing. It is important to be flexible in your relationship and your job, ready to flourish in new situations and take on different challenges. Rather than being stressed by change, think about being psyched by the opportunities ahead. View change as a chance to learn new skills, grow on a personal level, and explore your capabilities. Initiate change yourself Dr Johnson uses the example of a small chain of family businesses that are reluctant to close as competition from the opening of a mega-store nearby cuts their revenue in half. They could simply wait for the businesses to close in time due to bankruptcy, causing a huge change in the life of the family, but Dr Johnson believes the owners should beat change to the punch. He suggests that they close their small shops and build a large, competing mega-store with the same family values. By initiating change, they are able to deal with the problem before the problem deals with them. Enjoy change! No matter how scary change may seem, there is always a positive side to it. A new job or school is a chance to meet new people and make lifelong friendships; finding yourself newly single means you have more time for your hobbies, passions, and friends. Try not to think of change as a setback, but rather a set-up for future success and enjoyment. Be ready to change quickly and enjoy it again and again Without change, my life would be repetitive and dull, forcing me into a continuous rut. Change is part and parcel of living an exciting, dynamic, and stimulating life. The sooner I embrace it, the better. Who Moved My Cheese? is a fictional story about the different ways of approaching and dealing with change. Having sold over ten million copies, it has helped people from all walks of life adjust to transitions in their lives. With over 2.5 million copies sold worldwide, Who Moved My Cheese? is a simple parable that reveals profound truths It is the amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life, for example a good job, a loving relationship, money or possessions, health or spiritual peace of mind. The maze is where you look for what you want, perhaps the organisation you work in, or the family or community you live in. The problem is that the cheese keeps moving. In the story, the characters are faced with unexpected change in their search for the cheese. One of them eventually deals with change successfully and writes what he has learned on the maze walls for you to discover. You'll learn how to anticipate, adapt to and enjoy change and be ready to change quickly whenever you need to. Discover the secret of the writing on the wall for yourself and enjoy less stress and more success in your work and life. Written for all ages, this story takes less than an hour to read, but its unique insights will last a lifetime. Spencer Johnson, MD, is one of the world's leading authors of inspirational writing. He has written many New York Times bestsellers, including the worldwide phenomenon Who Moved My Cheese? and, with Kenneth Blanchard, The One Minute Manager. His works have become cultural touchstones and are available in 40 languages. How to change your beliefs to seize new opportunities In his new book Out of the Maze, Dr Spencer Johnson, author of multimillion bestseller Who Moved My Cheese? explores why some of us find it more difficult than others to adapt to change, and how our beliefs may be preventing us from seizing new opportunities. How to deal with anxiety and panic at work Journalist Margaret Gray shares her take on The Anxiety Cure, by Klaus Bernhardt, an expert psychotherapist helping thousands live free from anxiety and panic	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2690
__label__wiki	0.974174	0.974174	Sermons from Our Redeemer on Breitung Religion & Spirituality:Christianity "Seek the Lord and Live!" (Amos 5:6-7, 10-14) Sermon for the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost, October 14, 2018, by Rev. Matthew D. Ruesch "The Lord Is the Giver of Good Wine" (Amos 9:11-15) "Imperishable, Undefiled, & Unfading" (1 Peter 1:3-9) "Light in the Darkened World" (Isaiah 60:1-6) "Where Is Your Egypt" (Genesis 46:1-7) "What's in a Name?" (Numbers 6:22-27) "What Eyes Don't See and Ears Don't Hear" (Isaiah 11:1-5) "Christmas in a Tent" (Exodus 40:17-21, 34-38) "The Sign of Immanuel" (Isaiah 7:10-14) "Jesus: A Prophet for Our Day" (Deuteronomy 18:15-19) "Come...with Salvation!" (Psalm 85) "Moving Terrains" (Isaiah 40:1-11) "Come...to Deliver Us!" (Psalm 50:1-15) "Look to the Sunrise" (Malachi 4:1-6) "Come...in Glory!" (Psalm 24) "The Days Are Coming for the Exiles" (Jeremiah 23:5-8) "Thankful Foreigners" (Luke 17:11-19) "Prepare for the Feast" (Matthew 25:1-13) "No Fooling" (Matthew 22:15-22) "The Forgiveness of the Christian Is the Life of the Church" (Matthew 18:21-35) "We Win!" (Matthew 5:1-12) 87.6k 47,493.0k Kingdom Power Fellowship Int'l	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2691
__label__cc	0.569574	0.430426	Due to the COVID-19 health crisis, services are currently being held online only. LEARN MORE How to Accept Christ Join The Rest The Rest Children Women of the Rest WFAM Athletic Ministry The Athletic Ministry is designed to provide spiritual guidance through recreational activities for members of the Pilgrim Rest family and friends. We also reach out to the community in a way that will allow boys, girls, men and women to fellowship in a Christian environment through basketball and volleyball leagues and tournaments. Crisis Center The Crisis Center was established in 1995 to assist members of our church family and the community with the basic necessities of life. This includes rent, mortgage, utilities, food, clothing and medical supplemental aid. It is here to step in, step up and help people step out of a bad situation; because through Christ there is always hope. Operating hours are Monday - Thursday from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm. For an appointment, please call (214) 821-4443 Facing Addictions and Changing Expectations Many people have been in a storm, weathered the storm and found their way out of the storm; however, some have a problem in staying away from the next storm even though they see, hear and know that it’s coming. The F.A.C.E.S. ministry is a very important part of the church in that its primary focus is to be a pillar of strength for persons that have been faced with the adversity of dealing with substance and emotional abuse. Prison Outreach Soul Saving Evangelists (POSSE) Matthew 25:36 says "I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.” The Prison Outreach Soul Saving Evangelists (P.O.S.S.E.) provides spiritual guidance, mentorship, fellowship, counseling, evangelism and a Christian rapport to men, women and families impacted by incarceration. Soul Winners Action Team The Soul Winners Action Team (S.W.A.T.) is designed for the sole purpose of evangelism and winning lost souls to Christ. For various reasons, people are afraid to come to church; however, Hebrews 10:25 instructs us: "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." Members of the church are properly taught how to go out into the world and win the souls of those without a savior and bring them to Christ. ©2021 Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2693
__label__wiki	0.910674	0.910674	Knight seniors seek elusive sectional Jesús Jiménez Palladium-Item Garrett Dill and Austin Kenworthy have been with Northeastern High School’s varsity baseball team since their freshmen year. As sophomores, they helped the Knights share the Tri-Eastern Conference championship with Hagerstown and win the Wayne County tournament. As juniors, they helped the Knights advance to the sectional championship game. They’re headed there again Monday night, but what’s eluded them so far has been that sectional championship. Northeastern visits Centerville Monday at 7 p.m. for the Indiana High School Athletic Association Class 2A Sectional 41 championship, a rematch of last year’s championship game, which Knightstown won 5-3. “Doing all those accomplishments like TEC, Wayne County, makes you feel good winning a championship,” said Dill, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, an RBI and scored a run in Northeastern’s 8-4 semifinal win over Centerville Thursday. “Especially with Austin Kenworthy, me and him have been here since freshman year, going all the way through with county and TEC, that’s been in the back of our heads, we’ve been here four years and haven’t gotten a sectional. It would just feel great.” Northeastern’s last sectional title came in 2004 as part of a three-year reign. The Knights have five total sectionals, including one in 1968. Also seniors are Bailey Stewart, Zach Lester and Tanner Angel. Stewart, who has committed to play basketball for Earlham College, played football as a sophomore at National Trail and baseball his freshmen and sophomore years, before missing last year with a broken hand. He transferred to Northeastern where he helped the Knight Basketball team advance to the regional championship game. “It’s just been a fun year,” he said. “I’ve been relaxed and very comfortable, everybody welcomed me right from the get-go, so I was very comfortable all the way from Day 1, to be honest.” Knightstown ended the season earning votes in the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 2A state poll. They steamrolled Union County 19-1 in Wednesday’s first round, then knocked off Winchester 4-1 in Thursday’s second semifinal. Northeastern avenged last year’s sectional loss with a 3-2, eight-inning win at Knightstown earlier this year. “That’s what they’re hoping for, and that’s who you want to see in that final game," Northeastern coach Steve Bray said. "You want to see a good program, a good ball club that comes out and plays the game the right way. They’re not going to make a lot of mistakes, it keeps you honest in your game, it keeps your game elevated, it keeps your game up, keeps you on top of it, so I feel like they’ll help us bring our best game.” This time, the stakes are higher. The Sectional 41 champion advances to the Park Tudor regional to face the Sectional 42 champion at 11 a.m. Saturday. Eastern Hancock and Irvington Prep Academy were scheduled to play in the 5 p.m. semifinal Saturday, while Indianapolis Howe and Heritage Christian were scheduled to play at 7:30. “It’d mean a lot. Not just to us, the fans, coaches, just to ourselves,” said Fisher, who started last year’s sectional final as a sophomore. “We’ve worked hard for it. I just want to come out, get this championship for these seniors. We’ve all worked for it, they’ve worked for it, just want to give them what they want.” What: IHSAA Class 2A Sectional 41 championship. When/where: 7 p.m. Monday at Centerville. Teams: Knightstown vs. Northeastern. Cost: $6 per session or $10. Next: Sectional 41 champion faces Sectional 42 champion 11 a.m. Saturday at Park Tudor.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2698
__label__cc	0.62586	0.37414	PHC RETREATS & EVENTS Seek, Find, Renew Purification Heritage Center is a sacred place to seek, find, and renew faith through beauty, peace, and historical connection. It is our hope that this blog will provide a sacred space for our online community to SEEK a deeper relationship with God, FIND helpful spiritual tools and resources to grow in the spiritual life and thus RENEW their faith. Read, like and share what speaks to you! Nancy Ewing Nancy Ewing is passionate about all aspects of sacred art, and firmly believes that beauty is a path to God, the author of all Beauty. She has a wide knowledge of how religious topics and Scripture stories have been shown in art, and has given talks about sacred art to a variety of Church groups. For the past 13 years Nancy has specifically combined her interests in art, history, and her Catholic faith in her work as an icon painter and teacher. Amanda Hailey A Protestant convert to Catholicism, Amanda began her journey into the Church by way of a silent retreat. Enthralled by the beauty of devotion she witnessed, she asked the question, “What am I protesting?” That question inspired an extensive search for answers. After reading over 60 books, pouring over countless articles, essays and blogs and interrogating an evangelistic priest with relentless questions, she entered into full communion with the Catholic Church on May 28, 2008. Betsy Orr Betsy Orr is a native of Atlanta, a mother of two young adults, and a convert to Catholicism. A life-long Christian raised in the Episcopal church, she experienced a deep conversion and was received into the Catholic Church in May of 2008. Out of her love and appreciation for having become Catholic, Betsy serves as President of PHC and devotes her time to revitalizing the area where the Catholic faith took root in her beloved home state of Georgia. Helen Young Helen is a native Atlantan and graduate of the University of Virginia. She has been married for 30 years to Deacon Brad Young who serves at St Catherine’s in Kennesaw, and they have three adult children. Helen has served as the RCIA Director and Coordinator of Adult Faith Formation at the Cathedral of Christ the King. She also serves the St Catherine’s parish community where she leads an adult program - Faith and the Spiritual Life and coordinates the wedding preparation ministry there. She is currently enrolled at Heart of Christ/Avila Institute where she is in formation for spiritual direction. The St. Anna Series Inspired by the Spirit Your Tribe Gifts and Purpose hdraperyoung The Practice of the Present Moment We are an Easter people, a people of love! Watch and Wait and Pray Be Not Afraid Eyes on Jesus Second Week of Lent First Week of Lent Prepare for a fruitful Lent - part 2 Purification Heritage Center A Sacred Place to Seek, Find and Renew Faith friends@purificationheritagecenter.org Washington, GA 30673 www.PurificationHeritageCenter.org	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2701
__label__wiki	0.872668	0.872668	Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (1) Global South (96) Middle East and Northern Africa (8) Russia and Central Asia (30) (-) New Zealand (22) Five Eyes (8) Interception of Communications (1) Location Surveillance Technology (1) Mass Surveillance (10) Examples (1) UN: Reject mass surveillance General Assembly Should Pass Strong Resolution on the Right to Privacy in the Digital Age (New York, November 21, 2013) – The United Nations General Assembly should approve a new resolution and make clear that indiscriminate surveillance is never consistent with the right to privacy, five human rights organizations said in a November 21, 2013 letter to members of the United Nations General Assembly. After heated negotiations, the draft resolution on digital privacy initiated by Brazil and … UN Calls On Namibia, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Africa, and Sweden To Reform Surveillance. Will the Governments Act? This week the UN Human Rights Committee has issued recommendations to the Governments of Namibia, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Africa, and Sweden to reform and strengthen surveillance and privacy protections. The Committee recommendations touch upon some of the fundamental issues of surveillance powers and the right to privacy, including mass surveillance, retention of communication data, judicial authorisation, transparency, oversight, and regulating intelligence sharing. These recommendations… Content type: Advocacy The Right to Privacy in New Zealand This Universal Periodic Review stakeholder report is a submission by Privacy International presented to raise concerns regarding the situation of the violation of the right to privacy in New Zealand as part of the 32nd session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group. Content type: Report Privacy International notes New Zealand’s written replies to the list of issues prior to reporting in relation to the New Zealand’s laws, policies and practices related to interception of personal communications. A review of the security and intelligence legislation is currently underway in accordance with the Intelligence and Security Committee Act. It is expected that the Parliament will consider the review in 2016. Hence this represents a significant opportunity to amend the current… The Five Eyes Fact Sheet With the launch of the "Eyes Wide Open" project, Privacy International has put together a fact sheet about the secretive Five Eyes alliance. Consider this a guide to the secret surveillance alliance that has infiltrated every aspect of the modern global communications system. Beginning in 1946, an alliance of five English-speaking countries (the US, the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand) developed a series of bilateral agreements over more than a decade that became known as the UKUSA… Skype, please act like the responsible global citizen you claim to be The recent acquisition of Skype by Microsoft, coupled with a series of infrastructural changes, has resulted in a flurry of responses, concerns and analysis of exactly what kind of assistance Skype can provide to law enforcement agencies. Under this heightened scrutiny, Skype released a statement on their blog on 26th July, purporting to re-affirm their commitment to the privacy of their users. Privacy International are delighted to read that Skype believes that recent media reports are “… Privacy International Launches International Campaign For Greater Transparency Around Secretive Intelligence Sharing Activities Between Governments Privacy International, in partnership with 30+ national human rights organisations, has today written to national intelligence oversight bodies in over 40 countries seeking information on the intelligence sharing activities of their governments. Countries may use secret intelligence sharing arrangements to circumvent international and domestic rules on direct surveillance. These arrangements can also lead to the exchange of information that can facilitate human rights abuses, particularly in… Privacy International Files Lawsuit To Compel Disclosure Of Secretive 1946 Surveillance Agreement Privacy International has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to compel disclosure of records relating to a 1946 surveillance agreement between the US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, known as the “Five Eyes alliance”.* We are represented by Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA). The most recent publicly available version of the Five Eyes surveillance agreement dates from 1955. Our complaint was filed before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia… Privacy International files complaint with Australian spy authorities over Five Eyes data sharing Privacy International today has filed a complaint with the Australian Inspector-General of Intelligence Security, calling for an immediate investigation into deeply troubling reports that the Australian intelligence services offered to violate the privacy rights of millions of citizens by handing over bulk metadata to its Five Eye partners. According to the leaked Five Eyes memo published in the Guardian on 2 December, the Australian Signals Directorate, during a meeting with the secretive… New Zealand police require consent to enforce quarantine via mobile phone tracking New Zealand's lockdown protocol includes a system to allow the police to monitor the whereabouts of travellers returning home. On arrival at the border, incoming travellers are asked for a contact mobile number. Once Welfare has ensured they have suitable accommodation, they receive a text from NZ Police asking them to consent to tracking; if they do, they are required to turn on location services to allow police to monitor their compliance with quarantine. Consent is required under the terms… New Zealand opposition MP leaks COVID-19 patient details to press The New Zealand MP Hamish Walker, a member of the centre-right opposition National party, admitted leaking the details of all the country’s 18 active COVID-19 cases to the media in order to “expose the government’s shortcoming”. Walker said he had been advised that his actions were not illegal. The government has announced an independent inquiry. Publication: Guardian Writer: Eleanor Ainge Roy New Zealand must respect its international human rights obligations This post was written by William Marks, a former volunteer at Privacy International. The right to privacy is central to the protection of human dignity, and supports and reinforces other rights, such as the right to freedom of expression and association. Privacy International, supported by the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School, recently submitted a joint stakeholder report to the United Nations Human Rights Council regarding New Zealand’s protection of the right to… New Zealand considers "CovidCard" digital contact tracing option Among several other digital contact tracing options, the New Zealand government is considering distributing Bluetooth enabled credit card-sized "CovidCards" to all 5 million New Zealanders. The card solves some problems such as lack of access to or comfort with smartphones for 19% of the population, and opting out would be a simple matter of leaving the card at home. The private consortium backing the card estimates, based on Singapore's experience and the fact that 51% of smartphone users… Is this a club we want to be part of? The following is an excerpt from an Op-Ed written in the New Zealand Herald by Privacy International's Legal Officer Anna Crowe: Since the release of documents by Edward Snowden nearly a year ago, New Zealand has often been seen as a passive participant in the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance, not unlike a good kid hanging out with the wrong crowd. However, Snowden documents released last month and the news that New Zealand appears to be sharing intelligence used in drone strikes… International Intelligence Bullying The central premise of international intelligence cooperation is that states are able to both access valuable partner information to protect their national security, and focus their own resources elsewhere in a mutually beneficial way. But is it really a quid-pro-quo partnership? As the Intercept recently revealed, German policy-makers certainly have reason to doubt that this would be the case. What Germany has learned, like many others before them, is that dependence on the collection… General Assembly Should Pass Strong Resolution on the Right to Privacy in the Digital Age The United Nations General Assembly should approve a new resolution and make clear that indiscriminate surveillance is never consistent with the right to privacy, five human rights organizations said in a November 21, 2013 letter to members of the United Nations General Assembly. After heated negotiations, the draft resolution on digital privacy initiated by Brazil and Germany emerged on November 21 relatively undamaged, despite efforts by the United States and other members of the “Five Eyes… Five Eyes Integration and the Law Few revelations have been been as troubling for the right to privacy as uncovering the scope of the Five Eyes alliance. The intelligence club made up of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States has integrated its collection efforts, staff, bases, and analysis programs. Yet the legal rulebook governing how the agencies ensure the most comprehensive joint surveillance effort in the history of mankind remains secret. The little that is known suggests a… Eyes Wide Open: Unmasking the Five-Eyed monster Privacy International is proud to announce our new project, Eyes Wide Open, which aims to pry open the Five Eyes arrangement and bring it under the rule of law. Read our Special Report "Eyes Wide Open" and learn more about the project below. For almost 70 years, a secret post-war alliance of five English-speaking countries has been building a global surveillance infrastructure to “master the internet” and spy on the worlds communications. This arrangement binds together the US, UK, Canada,… The recent revelations, made possible by NSA-whistleblower Edward Snowden, of the reach and scope of global surveillance practices have prompted a fundamental re-examination of the role of intelligence services in conducting coordinated cross-border surveillance. The Five Eyes alliance of States – comprised of the United States National Security Agency (NSA), the United Kingdom’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), Canada’s Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), the… Despite Claims of 'Going Dark', Five Eyes More Powerful than Ever The recent revelations, made possible by NSA-whistleblower Edward Snowden, of the reach and scope of global surveillance practices have prompted a fundamental re- examination of the role of intelligence services in conducting coordinated cross-border surveillance. The Five Eyes alliance of States – comprised of the United States National Security Agency (NSA), the United Kingdom’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), Canada’s Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), the… A Week On The Right To Privacy At The UN In Geneva This week will see the right to privacy take center stage at the UN in Geneva. The UN Special rapporteur on the right to privacy will present his first report to the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday 9 March. Meanwhile the Human Rights Committee will review the records of surveillance and the right to privacy of South Africa and Sweden among others. The new Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy A year ago the Human Rights Council established the mandate of the Special Rapporteur…	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2709
__label__cc	0.558322	0.441678	Opinions Politics foreign policy Saudi Arabia yemen The case for a values-based foreign policy Much is up in the air as Britain navigates the final stages of Brexit—and the Covid-19 pandemic. But we can’t lose sight of our role on the world stage By Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the UN in 2019 ©Xinhua/Li Muzi With all the uncertainties of Brexit and the global response to Covid-19, it may seem sensible for the government to delay the publication of its Integrated Review of security, defence, foreign and development policies, which was expected this month. Yet, if 2020 has taught us anything, it is that we need to learn to live with uncertainties—and find better ways of managing them. When it comes to Britain’s role on the world stage, we are long… Dr Danny Sriskandarajah became Chief Executive of Oxfam GB in January 2019. Prior to that he led CIVICUS, the global alliance of civil society organisations, was Director General of the Royal Commonwealth Society, and has held various posts at the Institute for Public Policy Research. He tweets at @dhnnjyn More stories by Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah Popular in Opinions Republic of unequals Angus Deaton Why I chose to study classics Charlotte Higgins Introducing Prospect's new website Tom Clark & Chris Tilbury The rule of law—Prospect's new report Alex Dean	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2713
__label__wiki	0.973756	0.973756	Murray Gleeson Australian former judge AC GBS QC Gleeson in 2006 11th Chief Justice of Australia 22 May 1998 – 29 August 2008 Nominated by Sir William Deane Sir Gerard Brennan Robert French 15th Chief Justice of New South Wales 2 November 1988 – 21 May 1998 Nick Greiner Sir James Rowland Sir Laurence Street James Spigelman (1938-08-30) 30 August 1938 (age 82) Wingham, New South Wales, Australia Anthony Murray Gleeson AC GBS QC (born 30 August 1938) is an Australian former judge who served as the 11th Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1998 to 2008. Gleeson was born in Wingham, New South Wales, and studied law at the University of Sydney. He was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1963 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1974, becoming one of the state's leading barristers. Gleeson was appointed Chief Justice of New South Wales in 1988, serving until his elevation to the High Court in 1998. He and Samuel Griffith (appointed 1903) are the only people to have been elevated directly from the chief justiceship of a state to the chief justiceship of the High Court. As required by the constitution, he retired from the court when he reached his 70th birthday. In October 2020, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that Gleeson's daughter, Jacqueline Gleeson, will be elevated to the High Court following the retirement of Justice Virginia Bell.[1] 2 Legal career 3 Judicial career 3.1 Chief Justice of New South Wales 3.2 Chief Justice of Australia 3.3 Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong Gleeson was born in Wingham, New South Wales, the eldest of four children. He was educated at St. Joseph's College in Hunters Hill, where he won the Lawrence Campbell Oratory Competition in both 1953 and 1955, before matriculating to receive first class honours degrees in Arts and Law from the University of Sydney. Among his graduating class of 1962 were John Howard, later to become Prime Minister; and Michael Kirby, who later served alongside him as a judge on the High Court.[2] Legal career[edit] After graduation, Gleeson spent one year as a solicitor at Messrs Murphy & Moloney. Gleeson was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1963, where he read with Laurence Street and Anthony Mason - his future predecessors as Chief Justice of New South Wales and Chief Justice of Australia respectively. His appearances as junior counsel focussed mainly on matters of taxation and commercial law, as well as important constitutional cases including Strickland v Rocla Concrete Pipes Ltd, which concerned the scope of the corporations power. Upon his appointment as Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1974, Gleeson's career as senior counsel continued to focus on commercial and constitutional matters. However he also appeared in some high-profile criminal cases, including his successful defence before a jury of National Party MP Ian Sinclair in 1980.[3] In the same year he appeared for the appellants in Port Jackson Stevedoring v Salmond & Spraggon, the last case granted leave to appeal to the Privy Council from the High Court.[3] In 1981 he appeared for former Prime Minister Sir William McMahon in Evans v Crichton-Browne, excluding the rhetoric of electoral advertising from judicial scrutiny under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.[3] Gleeson was President of the New South Wales Bar Association 1984–1985. He was a methodical counsel, who prepared his cases and even his cross examinations in minute detail. Retired Justice of Appeal Roderick Meagher said jokingly of Gleeson: "He has written nothing outside his professional work. He takes no interest in either music or art. He does, however, like flowers. He stares at them to make them wilt."[4] Judicial career[edit] Chief Justice of New South Wales[edit] Gleeson was appointed Chief Justice of New South Wales in 1988, the first barrister to be directly elevated to the Chief Justiceship since Frederick Jordan in 1934.[3] According to convention, he was also made Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales in 1989. During Gleeson's decade as Chief Justice of New South Wales, the court system dealt with considerable change including fast growing demand, cost constraints and delays. He sought to delineate appropriate boundaries for the political debate surrounding litigation, and was adamant that the proper administration of justice was a part of civilised government and not a free market privilege.[3] The tradition of the Chief Justice frequently appearing in the Court of Criminal Appeal was continued under Gleeson's tenure. In this role, he appeared as a judge in R v Birks, where it was found a trial counsel's proved incompetence was a ground of appeal, and Attorney-General (NSW) v Milat, where an indigent accused was found to be entitled to legal representation as a basic requirement of fairness in a serious legal trial.[3] Gleeson also frequently presided in the Court of Appeal, a forum more suited to his expertise in administrative, commercial, and constitutional law. In 1992, he presided over Greiner v Independent Commission Against Corruption, which exonerated Nick Greiner from charges of corruption, although Greiner was forced to resign as Premier months earlier by independents who controlled the balance of power in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Other notable cases include Ballina Shire Council v Ringland, where he endorsed the constitutionally implied right to freedom of political communication and concluded that councillors could not sue for defamation on statements about their performance, and Egan v Willis where the New South Wales Legislative Council was found to be empowered to compel the treasurer Michael Egan (then a member of the Legislative Council) to produce documents and to suspend him for non-compliance. In Egan v Chadwick, this power was found to be not limited by legal professional privilege. Chief Justice of Australia[edit] In May 1998, Gleeson was appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, replacing Sir Gerard Brennan. He was the first Chief Justice of a state supreme court to be appointed Chief Justice of the High Court since Samuel Griffith, whose own state Chief Justiceship preceded the formation of the High Court.[3] He is also the first Chief Justice not to have been made a knight (however, Australia had ceased the practice of awarding knighthoods some years previously). During his tenure as Chief Justice, Gleeson actively maintained the importance of judicial independence in the face of increasing executive government power and public anger with court decisions. He also spoke out against the use of torture, forced confessions and detention without trial.[5][6] His tenure as Chief Justice was also characterised by a large number of joint judgments, and a relatively frequent number of judgments that clearly and plainly provide the Court's ratio decidendi.[3] In 2020, at least six former associates of Dyson Heydon, another member of the bench led by Murray Gleeson, accused Heydon of sexual harassment, and one alleged that another judge, Michael McHugh had told Murray Gleeson about one of alleged acts.[7] On 30 July 2008, it was announced that Federal Court justice Robert French would succeed Gleeson as Chief Justice. In accordance with the Australian Constitution, he retired from the High Court on 29 August 2008, the day before his 70th birthday. The occasion was marked by a ceremonial sitting of the High Court in Canberra. Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong[edit] On 7 November 2008, Gleeson was appointed a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. He is given a Chinese name "紀立信" (Jyutping: gei2lap6seon3) by the Hong Kong Judiciary.[8] Honours[edit] He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1986.[9] He received Australia's highest civil honour when he was made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 1992.[10] He was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001.[11] Life Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.[12] Personal life[edit] He married Robyn Paterson in 1965, and the couple have four children. Their eldest daughter, Jacqueline, was appointed a judge of the Federal Court of Australia in 2014, after practising law as a barrister at the Sydney Bar and as general counsel of the Australian Broadcasting Authority.[13] In October 2020, she was appointed to the High Court of Australia by Prime Minister Scott Morrison.[14] Another daughter, Rebecca, is married to actor Eric Bana.[15] In September 2006, The Australian Financial Review magazine named Gleeson Australia's seventh most overtly powerful person.[16] ^ "Prime Minister announces new High Court justices ahead of dual retirement". ABC News. Retrieved 28 October 2020. ^ Kirby, Michael (16 July 1998). "Murray Gleeson - Law Student". High Court of Australia. ^ a b c d e f g h Walker, Bret (2001). "Gleeson, (Anthony) Murray". In Blackshield, Tony; Coper, Michael; Williams, George (eds.). The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. pp. 305–307. ^ Ackland, Richard (12 March 2004). "Stand by as Roddy comes off the bench". The Sydney Morning Herald. ^ Wilkinson, Marian (7 October 2006). "Torture debate: Chief Justice lays down law". The Sydney Morning Herald. ^ "A Core Value, Annual Colloquium, Judicial Conference of Australia" (PDF). High Court of Australia. 6 October 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2006. ^ "Murray Gleeson: What Did He Know About Dyson Heydon?". A Rich Life. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020. ^ "Senior Judicial Appointment". Info.gov.hk. Retrieved 29 January 2018. ^ It's an Honour - Officer of the Order of Australia ^ It's an Honour - Companion of the Order of Australia ^ It's an Honour - Centenary Medal ^ "Australian Academy of Law - Member public profile". Australian Academy of Law. Retrieved 31 July 2020. ^ Gleeson, Justice (22 April 2014). "Ceremonial sitting of the Full Court for the swearing in and welcome of the Honourable Justice Gleeson". Fedcourt.gov.au. Retrieved 29 January 2018. ^ Kate Halfpenny. "Under the Gun". Who Magazine. 8 August 2000. ^ "Howard most powerful". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 September 2006. Interview - The Law Report ABC Radio National talks to Murray Gleeson about his 20 years on the bench. 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__label__wiki	0.997378	0.997378	What did your North East Herts or South Cambridgeshire MP claim on expenses? David Powles And Nick Gill Our five MPs spent just shy of £3 million on expenses and allowances in the last parliament. Picture: Parliament - Credit: Archant Our two MPs claimed £1.17 million in allowances and expenses while representing the area in parliament during the past five years, new figures have revealed. Andrew Lansley and Sir Oliver Heald's expenses claims during the last parliament. - Credit: Archant An analysis of claims for staff, office costs, travel and accommodation shows how both North East Herts MP Sir Oliver Heald and Andrew Lansley – who stepped down from his South Cambs seat before May’s general election – saw their bills rise by more than 25 per cent for 2014/15, when compared to four years earlier. Meanwhile, latest figures released by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority show that both Sir Oliver and Mr Lansley registered increases for what they received in 2014/15 when compared to the previous 12 months. In the year-long run up to the election, Mr Lansley’s claims rose by 12.7 per cent, while Sir Oliver’s claims were up by 9.6 per cent. The rises did relate to increased staff costs, but both were higher than the national average rise of 1.6 per cent. In the four years from 2011/12, both MPs saw rises in what they claimed annually – 40 per cent for Mr Lansley and 17 per cent for Sir Oliver. For year-on-year comparisons, we have used figures for the last four years, rather than five, due to a change in how staff costs were reported. The totals do not include MPs’ basic salary, which was set at £67,000 but recently rose to £74,000 per year. In total, Sir Oliver, claimed £606,000 and during the period in question saw rises in office, travel and staff costs. He was asked to comment on our findings, but failed to respond. Mr Lansley, who has since been replaced by Heidi Allen, claimed £570,000 in five years, including an extra £40,000 on staff costs during his final year in office. His annual travel costs also rose from around £2,000 to £6,000 during the five years. Mr Lansley also did not respond to an email. New MP Mrs Allen will be expected to publish her allowance and expenses claims every quarter. Further afield, Mid Beds MP Nadine Dorries recouped £680,000, in her five-year term despite not claiming any accommodation costs for the final year. North East Beds MP Mr Burt claimed £666,000 and also saw a £31,000 increase in staff costs for the final year. Hitchin and Harpenden MP Peter Lilley, who claimed £573,000 in the same period, saw his staff costs rise considerably during the last four years, from £110,000 in 2011/12, compared to £129,000 last year. The £474,000 total of MP Stephen McPartland, who represents Stevenage, remained relatively small in comparison because he made no claims for travel or accommodation in the five years. All MPs are entitled to claim expenses to aid their parliamentary work, and the investigation found no evidence among our local MPs of the sorts of claims that sparked scandal six years ago. IPSA chief executive Marcial Boo said: “As the regulator of the public funds that go to MPs, IPSA ensures that taxpayers’ money is used transparently, and that MPs are appropriately resourced to carry out their parliamentary functions.”	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2718
__label__wiki	0.66125	0.66125	Careers in Exercise and Sports Science: From Athletic Performance to Disease Prevention By Elisabeth Pain Jul. 30, 2004 , 8:00 AM On the evening of 13 August, the Olympic Torch will reach the end of its 2004 international journey at the Olympic Stadium in Athens. To the public, the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games will be the kick-off to a display of festivities, a promise for breathtaking sporting records, and above all a celebration of human performance. For the elite athletes of the 37 different sports disciplines who will compete over the following 16 days, the time will have come to make a reality check on their ultimate dream. After years of extreme training, intense mental preparation, and often many sacrifices, the athletes will get to know--some in the space of a few minutes--how close to an Olympic gold medal they can really get. But to the sports and exercise scientists, the Olympic Games are bound to represent one of the most wonderful examples of how science may be used to push further the limits of the human body and the human mind--enhancing physical abilities, stretching our perception of the possible, and bringing faith into dreams. Athletes may appear on their own on the trackside, but not very far from them is a cohort of trainers, coaches, nutritionists, physiotherapists, sports psychologists, to name but a few. An Olympic medal is a reward for their achievements too. Of course, working by the side of elite athletes is the most visible career option available to sports and exercise scientists. But pushing the boundaries of the possible starts in the lab, and, increasingly, the knowledge and technical advances made in the sporting environment are being brought to clinical settings. It seems the benefits of sports and exercise science are set to reach beyond the elite athletes and so are the career opportunities. Next Wave has asked sports and exercise scientists from a diversity of backgrounds to let you peek into what their jobs are really like and how as scientists they made it there. We've explored the different avenues into the field, found out where opportunities are to be found, as well as identified the hurdles and rewards you should expect in a career in exercise and sports science. So, do you think you're up to the challenge? If you lack the confidence, remind yourself of what Wayne Gretzky, ice hockey player, once said: You'll miss 100% of the shots you'll never take. Get a Feel for the Field of Sports and Exercise Science Keeping your Finger on the Pulse of Exercise and Sport Science What exactly is "exercise and sports science?" What does it take to break into the field and what employment opportunities are there for early-career scientists? Next Wave Europe editor Elisabeth Pain peers into the job market trends and issues everyone should know about. Finding the Right Track after your Sports Science Degree As far as finding a job goes, there certainly is more to graduating in sports science than fitness training and PE teaching. To Tinaz Kumana the opportunities, from supporting elite performance to the health of the nation are there for the taking, but it is crucial students shake their blinkers off before entering the field. This Time, We Mean It A technology called Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) helps distance runners and road race organizers keep more accurate performance times and report results on larger numbers of competitors. Next Wave's Alan Kotok says RFID is also one of the hot new electronic technologies with growing career potential for engineers and scientists. Meet Some Sports Scientists at Work Olympic Inspiration When Ben Brennan visited a friend during the '96 Olympics, in Atlanta, he realized that sports psychology was what he wanted to do. Now Brennan treats athletes with performance enhancement techniques as well as through more traditional clinical therapy in the New York/New Jersey area. A Booming Field Philip Atherton , a distance runner, describes his motivation and training as a sports scientist, where he says the love for what you do - both sports and science - is the most important attribute. Pushing the Boundaries of Elite Sport Tegwen Rooks has represented Great Britain in rowing, served as a rowing coach and gained a degree in psychology, followed by a MSc in sport science. Using his education and athletic background he has channelled his professional development into becoming a sport psychologist. Funding Face-Off Next Wave's Andrew Fazekas talks with McGill University professor David Pearsall who studies equipment design and helmet protection used by both amateur and professional hockey players. Successfully getting funding for his projects from major sports equipment manufacturers since 1995, he offers young upcoming researchers valuable advice on what it takes to start and stay in the corporate funding game. Reach Out for Your Dreams Monna Arvinen-Barrow , a Finnish figure and synchronized skating coach has come all the way to the UK for a degree and then a PhD in sports psychology. She finds that while fulfilling her dream of becoming a sports psychologist she's found much more on the way. Getting Ice Time According to Next Wave's Andrew Fazekas , the field of sports science is getting lots of ice time with early career scientists in Canada. A researcher working on improving safety on the ice in two different sports talks about experiences in the field and offers valuable insights on current and future career prospects in Canadian sports science. Clap Your Skates Diederik Hol got involved in the development of the clapskate as an MSc student, an invention that turned the ice speedskating world upside down. Next Wave's Terry Vriejenhoek says that being on the edge of commerce and science, Hol recognises the importance of good ideas and open mindedness. My Journey Out From Under The Stairs Stephen Seiler , an American exercise physiologist now living in Norway, tells us how his research went from looking into medically-relevant topics to enhancing athlete performance, to eventually blend the two. Talent Development in Science and Sports What mattered most to Nicholas Holt , an Englishman in Canada, was to apply his sport psychology research to the sporting ground. So when he's not looking into the factors that may affect talent development, chances are, he's on a soccer pitch with the teams he´s coaching. Training at the American Sports Medicine Institute MiSciNet Editor Robin Arnette takes a snapshot of the Student Research Program at the American Sports Medicine Institute (ASMI) in Birmingham in the US, a unique centre in that it trains both sports science physicians and researchers. Diary of a Sports Medicine Intern Rochelle Nicholls is one of ASMI's former students. She then came all the way from Australia to learn about the biomechanics of baseball at ASMI and explains how her research experience has helped her along her career back in Australia. Elisabeth Pain Elisabeth Pain is contributing editor for Europe.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2719
__label__wiki	0.592841	0.592841	"JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK" (2016) (Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders) (PG-13) Action: A former Army major helps out his successor when she is wrongly framed for espionage. Jack Reacher (TOM CRUISE) is a former Army major who still does work from time to time for the military, but is mostly a drifter and mercenary answering only to himself. He has had a phone and e-mail flirtation with his successor, Major Susan Turner (COBIE SMULDERS), for some time and finally decides to travel to Washington, D.C., to take her on a dinner date. Once there, he learns that she has been court-martialed and is suspected of international espionage. He is immediately suspicious of a colonel (HOLT McCALLANY), who is her interim replacement, and Espin (ALDIS HODGE), an officer who was on Turner's team up until her arrest. All the while, a shadowy figure known as General Harkness (ROBERT KNEPPER) seems to be calling the shots from behind a corporate desk. At the same time, Reacher learns that he may have a 15-year-old daughter, Samantha (DANIKA YAROSH), who he knew nothing about. When an assassin known as The Hunter (PATRICK HEUSINGER) tries to kill her at her foster home but fails, Reacher realizes there may be a larger conspiracy at play. He busts Turner out of military prison and goes on the run with her and Samantha to try and draw out the real culprits. Older teens may have some interest due to its PG-13 rating and action elements. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13 For sequences of violence and action, some bloody images, language, and thematic elements.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2722
__label__wiki	0.851779	0.851779	Richmond 5°c Our Facebook feedsRichmond & Twickenham Times Our Twitter feeds@richmondtimes What's Your Vibe? Games and Tech Appeal to find family of young man who died trying to cross motorway Appeal to find family of man who died trying to cross M1 By Harry Bullmore @HarryBullmore Reporter Police are trying to identify a man who died while crossing a motorway more than a year ago POLICE are trying to find the family of a young man who died while trying to cross a motorway on foot one year ago. He died at the scene after being struck by several vehicles on the M1. The identity of the casualty remains unknown following the fatal collision on November 29, 2019. Northamptonshire Police have issued a renewed appeal alongside a new e-fit image of the man to see if his family can be found. An e-fit of a man who died when he was hit by several vehicles while trying to cross the M1 last year This appeal has been shared by police forces across the country, including Sussex Police, in the hope that someone will recognise the image. Detective Sergeant Mahesh Patel of Northamptonshire Police said: "It’s been a year now since this fatal road traffic collision and, despite extensive enquiries, including circulating this man’s DNA and fingerprints internationally, his identity still remains unknown. “This man is someone’s son and, somewhere out there, he has a family who may have no idea that he has sadly died. “I’m therefore really keen to re-appeal for information in the hope that we might be able to get in touch with a relative so he can be properly laid to rest. “This man is someone’s son and somewhere out there, he has a family who may have no idea that he has sadly died." Can you help us identify this man who died a year ago on the M1? We're really keen to find his family so he can be properly laid to rest. https://t.co/ZDTB6dExTj pic.twitter.com/6cEdxVUZ2H — Northants Police (@NorthantsPolice) November 30, 2020 "Even someone with the smallest piece of information is encouraged to come forward.” An expert at Liverpool John Moores University produced the e-fit to show what the man would have looked like, in the hope that someone will recognise him and be able to provide information on his identity. He is believed to have been in his late teens or early 20s, with black hair and brown eyes. He had a wispy growth of facial hair and what looks to be an old piercing in his left ear lobe. He also had two faint linear scars, about 1.5cm and 3cm long, on the back of his lower left arm. At the time of his death, he was wearing a black, long-sleeved top marked with the words "The Urban Club, Bronx", a black and grey jumper and black jeans. He was carrying a European plug phone charger, some euros and a Samsung mobile phone with an Orange France sim card in it. Are you able to help our colleagues @NorthantsPolice identify this man who died on the M1 a year ago? https://t.co/fWbFrhls4u — Sussex Police (@sussex_police) November 30, 2020 A Northamptonshire Police spokesman said: "It is suspected that he may have entered the country illegally, disembarked from a lorry, and for unknown reasons crossed the southbound carriageway of the M1, making it successfully across all three lanes, before being struck in an attempt to then cross the northbound carriageway. "Anyone who recognises the man or knows who he might be is asked to please contact Northamptonshire Police on 101. "Alternatively you can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111."	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2727
__label__wiki	0.508824	0.508824	Silsden towpath to receive government funding A towpath that passes along the canal from Silsden to the West Yorkshire boundary will benefit from £500,000 of investment, under the Government’s Getting Building Fund. The cash will enable the completion of improvement works on the towpath that is part of the Leeds Liverpool Canal route. The £900 million fund was announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in June as part of the Conservative Government’s New Deal for Britain. It’s an ambitious economic strategy to rebuild the country after coronavirus, by putting skills and infrastructure investment at the heart of our economic recovery. More than 300 projects, which have been determined as ‘shovel-ready, have been allocated a share of the fund. In total, the investment is expected to deliver up to 45,000 homes, create up to 85,000 jobs and reduce around 65 million kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions across England. The towpath upgrade from Silsden to the edge of West Yorkshire will benefit walkers and cyclists. Improving the condition of the path has been a long-running campaign of local councillor Rebecca Whitaker and is backed by the MP for the constituency, Robbie Moore. It builds on the commitments made by Boris Johnson and the Conservatives during last year’s General Election to level up the whole country, investing in infrastructure and communities across the whole country. The Prime Minister’s New Deal accelerated more than £5 billion of investment on infrastructure projects, including the Getting Building Fund, while the Chancellor has also recently set out a Plan for Jobs, to support people in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Commenting, Robbie said: “Levelling up between northern and southern parts of England was a key pledge during the 2019 General Election campaign. I’m really pleased that despite the challenges coronavirus has thrown at us we’re still able to deliver on these projects which will improve the local area, boost the economy and create more jobs. “Through important funds such as this, we can future proof our towns with better, greener infrastructure, while also supporting jobs over the months and years ahead. This project will be great for improving pedestrian and cycling connectivity for our area, and will help pull visitors into Silsden." Councillor Rebecca Whitaker said: "I am very pleased to see Government funding has been given for completing the upgrade on the canal towpath between Silsden and Kildwick. This is something I have supported and advocated during my work on Bradford Council. I am glad that WYCA has finally agreed to complete this part of the towpath which is long overdue. It is a historical transport link and is part of Silsden's local heritage When it is finished it will make it easier for walkers to negotiate the towpath especially for those with disabilities and families with little ones in prams. It will of course make a smoother and faster ride for those on cycles so I hope consideration will be shown by different users towards one another. “The upgrade of the canal towpath between Riddlesden and Silsden in 2018 has made a huge difference already to the amount of people who use the canal and I look forward to the 'missing link' being completed as soon as possible." Also commenting, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said: “As we get Britain building we are also laying the foundations for a green economic recovery by investing in vital infrastructure for local communities, creating jobs and building environmentally-friendly homes with a huge £1.3 billion investment announced today. “This Government is determined to level up all parts of the country and this funding will not only give a much-needed boost to our economic recovery, it will help build the good quality, affordable homes the country needs.” Robbie believes that people want to see more MP’s in parliament who have had real life experience, been involved in business and are not afraid of rolling up their sleeves and getting on with the job. Stay in touch with more good news like this! Stay informed on this and other local issues. In which of these ways can you help us? Delivering a few leaflets locally now and again Helping with office and admin tasks Making calls to voters and volunteers Joining our canvassing team to knock on doors Potentially standing to be a local Conservative Councillor	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2732
__label__wiki	0.998637	0.998637	ROBERT HUTH Stoke and Germany Goliath byadmin July 23, 2013 Uncategorized Robert Huth is a professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for the Premier League club Stoke City and is a former German international defender and has played for the Germans in the FIFA World Cup 2006 at home. Born in East Berlin, Huth played at two local clubs at youth level after which, he was signed by Premier League giants Chelsea in 2001 for the academy before he broke into the first team. However, after being handed his first senior call up to the side by then manager Claudio Ranieri, he failed to establish himself in a defensive lineup that included the likes of former England captain John Terry, Portugal international Ricardo Carvalho, and Frenchman William Gallas and was armed out to fellow Premier League club Middlesbrough for a transfer fee of £ 6 million. Robert Huth spent three seasons at the Riverside club before newly promoted Premier League club Stoke City paid £ 5 million for his signature, which was then the record transfer fee for the club. The 2010/11 season was the most successful season he has had at the club in which he played in the FA Cup final for the club, losing 1-0 to Manchester City and was named the club’s Player of the Season. With the signing of former England players Jonathan Woodgate and Matthew Upson, Huth has also played at right back for the club. Robert Huth made his debut for the German national team at a very young age and played for the Germany Under-21 team between 2004 and 2005 and was handed his debut by the senior national team in 2004 as well. He was a part of the Germany team that played in the FIFA Confederations Cup of 2005 and the FIFA World Cup of 2006 on home soil. Taggedhuth Huth Lot 26 May 2012 Betting on next season's Premier League #cfc #lghu #mufc 2010 @ManUnitedCheat @MyFantasyTeam Begovic Brigitte Brom Celebrations Chelsea City Class. clean delap equals Final football goal goals Highlights huth Huth's League Liverpool match part Premier Pugh Pulis Robert Robert Huth Rooney scored season Shawcross sings stoke tally team this West Whitehead Wilson World Proudly powered by WordPress \| Theme: Showme by NEThemes.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2733
__label__wiki	0.584488	0.584488	Jan 29, 2013 By Mario Garcia Bob Newman: “We are through with that ‘death of print’ moment” [Originally published July 7, 2011] TAKEAWAY: He is one of the most prolific, talented and—I must add—nicest people in our business. Meet Bob Newman, who after a glorious career as design director to the most celebrated magazine titles, has now become Creative Director for Reader’s Digest. With Newman we have the inspirational example of a design director who sees visual storytelling as the key, regardless of platform. Mario: What made you take the plunge and go for this job after your time as a successful freelancer? Bob: I’ve been working as a freelancer/consultant since 2007, when I left Fortune. These days magazine consulting is a tough business. I’ve been lucky to have a wide variety of work experiences, at some places like Cottage Living, AARP, and Reader’s Digest, where they brought me in as their on-site creative director. The appeal of Reader’s Digest is two-fold. First, it gives me a chance to work in a wide range of platforms. I’ve already worked on their iPad and PlayBook apps, and they have a lot more in the works, plus books, special issues, email newsletters, the website, and more. It’s a chance to dig in deep to all kinds of branding and really learn a lot. Secondly, Reader’s Digest is a great magazine and a great brand, and I like the idea of being able to throw myself completely into its creation. It’s a big brand, but not a huge company and operation, compared to Time Inc. or Hearst, and that means I can get my hands on a lot of work and make a big impact. There’s something very seductive to me about being able to put all my energy and passion into one magazine. Mario: You are a man who has been one of the great names in design of printed magazines. How do you see your role now and in the next five years? Bob: I feel like there’s still so much to learn, both in the print and digital worlds. Every time we do an new app we learn so many lessons. And in terms of print, one thing I’m looking forward to at Reader’s Digest is doing more hands-on work. It’s not really a stand-back-and-supervise kind of place. The staff is lean and mean and everyone has to get their hands dirty. I plan on revving up my technical skills, especially with Illustrator and Photoshop, where I have to admit I’m pretty weak. That means my role is going to be both as a creative spirit and a hands-on art director and app and page designer. There’s a great edit, art and photo team at Reader’s Digest, and they’re already doing amazing work, so my role will just be to add to that. I think the next five years will be about learning to work in a wide range of platforms, and also figuring out how best to make the print product as engaging and essential to as many people as possible. Reader’s Digest has been through some tough times business-wise over the past few years, and it’s great to be working there as they come out of that and emerge as a very vital and contemporary magazine. Mario: Often, people tell me: are you being disloyal to print by getting so immersed into tablet and digital publishing. Do you get the same reaction? Bob: I think we’ve come through that “death of print” moment, and people realize that now it’s all about the content and the wide variety of platforms. Hopefully print will use this historical moment to strengthen the actual product, to make itself better and highly relevant. Functionality and useablity aren’t just terms for digital products anymore; they are also essential to the print product. The moment is coming very soon where we’re going to hit the point where print is no longer the central product that the other platforms revolve around. Very soon we’re going to see unique products and content specifically designed for each platform. We’re not there yet, but that’s the big dynamic for the next five years. In terms of some kind of disloyalty, I don’t see print being so loyal to all the people I know who have lost their jobs over the past few years. And if print is such a great medium, why is there so much printed garbage out there? Look, music survived the death of the LP and movies survived the end of VHS tapes. There’s no primacy of print; it’s just a mechanism for delivering content and design and visual pleasure. I don’t really care what format I work in as long as the product and the message is honest and has integrity, both in terms of content and design. Bob’s special thanks to his talented team I’m lucky to be working with an incredibly talented visual crew at Reader’s Digest. These folks have been responsible for all the visual brilliance on both the app and the print versions of the magazine: Dean Abatemarco, Bill Black, Marti Golon, Linda Hall, Emilie Harjes, Jennifer Klein, and Tara Knight, as well as our iPad design consultant Linda Rubes. The Bob Newman essentials: Grew up in Buffalo, worked as a printer, political organizer, and magazine editor before becoming an art director. He was the design director of: The Village Voice, Guitar World, Entertainment Weekly, New York, Details, Vibe, Fortune, Real Simple. He left Fortune in 2007 to freelance and consult. He worked as consulting creative and design director for Cottage Living, AARP, O, Southern Living, and Reader’s Digest, did the TV Guide redesign last year, and also worked as creative director for JCK, the trade jewelry retail magazine. Bob is also very accessible at Facebook page, Newmanology, and Twitter, @newmanology!	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2734
__label__wiki	0.951382	0.951382	David J. Sherry David J. Sherry: Guitar (acoustic) Guitar (electric) Vocals RIYL David J. Sherry fronts Diamond Is Forever!, a Neil Diamond tribute band founded in 2005. Sherry works on the side as a video editor, while backup singer Ce Ce Taylor is a retired California attorney who also serves as the band’s manager. Band members live all over the county, including Carlsbad, Chula Vista, Encinitas, El Cajon, Escondido, and La Jolla. Asked what distinguishes his neo-Neil from others doing the Diamond, Sherry says, “First and foremost, it’s our passion for getting the music and performance right, unlike other tributes like Super Diamond, who do more of a Diamond-meets-Bon Jovi metal sound.” “We recreate the popular late-’70s and early-’80s Jazz Singer Diamond,” says Sherry, who was 13 when he purchased his very first album in 1969, Diamond’s Live at the Troubadour. “[We use] costumes, smoke and mirrors, and a huge American flag that unfurls during ‘America,’ à la Diamond’s own concerts. We work hard to capture the feel and the excitement of Neil’s Hot August Night and Love at the Greek concerts, using dialogue taken directly from these concerts, as well as [telling] stories behind the songs.” According to Sherry, “We sometimes mix the best studio versions of his songs along with the best live concert tempos. For example, we perform ‘Shilo’ very much like the live concert version from Hot August Night, along with a mandolin part not present on the original Uni Records single and also layering in Diamond’s original signature horn lines taken from his Bang Records single.” Sometimes, Sherry says, his Diamond finds itself in the rough, as in February ’08 when they played an aging theater in Encinitas. “The moment we took the stage, things started going wrong. During the first song, someone flipped a switch in the projection room to rewind a movie reel and blew out the fuses, not once but three times, knocking out all the sound.” In addition, “San Diego was experiencing one of its coldest spells in history, and the theater, being 80 years old, had no heat. Players were blowing on their fingers to keep them from going numb. Not only did the fog machine compete with the frozen breath of the band members and audience, but the big American flag refused to unfurl.” During the performance, “A dog ran up and down the aisles and rows of seats, startling people and scavenging all the edibles…We found out later the dog was a local celebrity, having made an unexpected appearance onstage the prior weekend with Leon Russell.” In summer 2012, the band embarked on a six-week overseas tour that included TV performances in Malta. "Europe was just incredible. [I] love Berlin, which is being considered by many as the new Paris, also loads of fun and nostalgia visiting the Beatles old early 60s stomping grounds the Reeperbaum, with the Indra Club, the remains of the Star Club and all in Hamburg. Lost my camera there, so the only photos I have of Hamburg are in my head, but that's okay. Next visit." This tour brought Sherry to his former homeland of Malta for the second time in six months, after having been away almost 35 years. "One exciting moment was meeting Malta's King of Rock 'n' Roll, Freddie Portelli. I have records of his in my collection from when I was a teen in Malta, and he was sooo cool wanting to meet with me. He expressed he is really proud of what I have archived and was so complimentary about my performance and connection with my audience and about my band." "I was amazed how much Maltese I could remember and actually speak which helped all the way around and made my TV and radio audiences respond even more favorably." The tour wrapped with a last-minute performance booked at the Hard Rock Cafe in Berlin, Germany on the 4th of July, 2012. His summer 2013 album Glory Road contains 16 tracks recorded with his Diamond Is Forever! Band. Taking personal inspiration from the title track (“It tells the story of a regular guy with a special dream”), Sherry went to Morgan Ranch Studios in Encinitas to record covers such as “Sweet Caroline,” “September Morn,” “Hell Yeah,” “Holly Holy,” “I Am...I Said,” and “The Boat That I Row.” A video was filmed for the title track while Sherry spent a month in Europe doing TV and radio appearances. “We shot all over London,” says Sherry, who once played a nine-month U.K. residency at age 20. By summer 2014, Glory Road had risen to number one on the D'Amato Top 15 album chart, beating out Maltese music icon Freddie Portelli, known as "il Rey" (the King) with his first studio album of all new material in several years. "David Sherry in Malta is kinda like David Hasslehoff in Germany now. Very cool even with the icky side of that. However I will NOT be getting drunk and eating a hamburger off the floor, while being video taped!" 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__label__wiki	0.805148	0.805148	In the hot seat: What climate change looks like in the exam room Melissa Bailey Kaiser Health News Apr 16, 2020 at 10:56 AM Apr 16, 2020 at 10:56 AM BOSTON ― A 4-year-old girl was rushed to the emergency room three times in one week for asthma attacks. An elderly man, who’d been holed up in a top-floor apartment with no air conditioning during a heat wave, showed up at a hospital with a temperature of 106 degrees. A 27-year-old man arrived in the ER with trouble breathing ― and learned he had end-stage kidney disease, linked to his time as a sugar cane farmer in the sweltering fields of El Salvador. These patients, whose cases were recounted by doctors, all arrived at Boston-area hospitals in recent years. While the coronavirus pandemic is at the forefront of doctor-patient conversations these days, there’s another factor continuing to shape patients’ health: climate change. Global warming is often associated with dramatic effects such as hurricanes, fires and floods, but patients’ health issues represent the subtler ways that climate change is showing up in the exam room, according to the physicians who treated them. Dr. Renee Salas, an emergency physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, said she was working a night shift when the 4-year-old arrived the third time, struggling to breathe. The girl’s mother felt helpless that she couldn’t protect her daughter, whose condition was so severe that she had to be admitted to the hospital, Salas recalled. She found time to talk with the patient’s mother about the larger factors at play: The girl’s asthma appeared to be triggered by a high pollen count that week. And pollen levels are rising in general because of higher levels of carbon dioxide, which she explained is linked to human-caused climate change. Salas, a national expert on climate change and health, is a driving force behind an initiative to spur clinicians and hospitals to take a more active role in responding to climate change. The effort launched in Boston in February, and organizers aim to spread it to seven U.S. cities and Australia over the next year and a half. Although there is scientific consensus on a mounting climate crisis, some people reject the idea that rising temperatures are linked to human activity. The controversy can make doctors hesitant to bring it up. Even at the climate change discussion in Boston, one panelist suggested the topic may be too political for the exam room. Dr. Nicholas Hill, head of the Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Division at Tufts Medical Center of Medicine, recalled treating a “cute little old lady” in her 80’s who likes Fox News, a favorite of climate change doubters. With someone like her, talking about climate change may hurt the doctor-patient relationship, he suggested. “How far do you go in advocating with patients?” Doctors and nurses are well suited to influence public opinion because the public considers them “trusted messengers,” said Dr. Aaron Bernstein, who co-organized the Boston event and co-directs the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard’s school of public health. People have confidence they will provide reliable information when they make highly personal and even life-or-death decisions. Bernstein and others are urging clinicians to exert their influence by contacting elected officials, serving as expert witnesses, attending public protests and reducing their hospital’s carbon emissions. They’re also encouraging them to raise the topic with patients. Dr. Mary Rice, a pulmonologist who researches air quality at Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center here, recognized that in a 20-minute clinic visit, doctors don’t have much time to spare. But “I think we should be talking to our patients about this,” she said. “Just inserting that sentence, that one of the reasons your allergies are getting worse is that the allergy season is worse than it used to be, and that’s because of climate change.” Salas, who has been a doctor for seven years, said she had little awareness of the topic until she heard climate change described as the “greatest public health emergency of our time” during a 2013 conference. “I was dumbfounded about why I hadn’t heard of this, climate change harming health,” she said. “I clearly saw this is going to make my job harder” in emergency medicine. Now, Salas said, she sees ample evidence of climate change in the exam room. After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, for instance, a woman seeking refuge in Boston showed up with a bag of empty pill bottles and thrust it at Salas, asking for refills, she recalled. The patient hadn’t had her medications replenished for weeks because of the storm, whose destructive power was likely intensified by climate change, according to scientists. Climate change presents many threats across the country, Salas noted: Heat stress can exacerbate mental illness, prompt more aggression and violence, and hurt pregnancy outcomes. Air pollution worsens respiratory problems. High temperatures can weaken the effectiveness of medications such as albuterol inhalers and EpiPens. The delivery of health care is also being disrupted. Disasters like Hurricane Maria have caused shortages in basic medical supplies. Last November, nearly 250 California hospitals lost power in planned outages to prevent wildfires. Natural disasters can interrupt the treatment of cancer, leading to earlier death. Even a short heatwave can upend routine care: On a hot day last summer, for instance, power failed at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and firefighters had to move patients down from the top floor because it was too hot, Salas said. Other effects of climate change vary by region. Salas and others urged clinicians to look out for unexpected conditions, such as Lyme disease and West Nile virus, that are spreading to new territory as temperatures rise. In California, where wildfires have become a fact of life, researchers are scrambling to document the ways smoke inhalation is affecting patients’ health, including higher rates of acute bronchitis, pneumonia, heart attacks, strokes, irregular heartbeats and premature births. Researchers have shown that heavy exposure to wildfire smoke can change the DNA of immune cells, but they’re uncertain whether that will have a long-term impact, said Dr. Mary Prunicki, director of air pollution and health research at Stanford University’s center for allergy and asthma research. “It causes a lot of anxiety,” Prunicki said. “Everyone feels helpless because we simply don’t know — we’re not able to give concrete facts back to the patient.” In Denver, Dr. Jay Lemery, a professor of emergency medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, said he’s seeing how people with chronic illnesses like diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease suffer more with extreme heat. There’s no medical code for “hottest day of the year,” Lemery said, “but we see it; it’s real. Those people are struggling in a way that they wouldn’t” because of climbing temperatures, he said. “Climate change right now is a threat multiplier — it makes bad things worse.” Lemery and Prunicki are among the doctors planning to organize events in their respective regions to educate peers about climate-related threats to patients’ health, through the Climate Crisis and Clinical Practice Initiative, the effort launched in Boston in February. “There are so many really brilliant, smart clinicians who have no clue” about the link between climate change and human health, said Lemery, who has also written a textbook and started a fellowship on the topic. Salas said she sometimes hears pushback that climate change is too political for the exam room. But despite misleading information from the fossil fuel industry, she said, the science is clear. Based on the evidence, 97% of climate scientists agree that humans are causing global warming. Salas said that, as she sat with the distraught mother of the 4-year-old girl with asthma in Boston, her decision to broach the topic was easy. “Of course I have to talk to her about climate change,” Salas said, “because it’s impairing her ability to care for her daughter.”	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2739
__label__wiki	0.720416	0.720416	Ghosts and Legends: Alice of The Hermitage William Richardson Beaumont Mill as Social Studies project Alice of the Hermitage The story of Alice Flagg of Georgetown, who became very ill and died of malaria while in boarding school at the age of 15. Alice's fiance' had given her a diamond ring, but her brother disapproved and told her to give it back. But Alice placed the ring on a ribbon and wore it around her neck. While Alice was in a coma, her brother took the ring and threw it into the creek. Alice died in her home in Murrells Inlet and was laid to rest in the All Saints Waccamaw Episcopal Church Cemetery. It is believed that she is still searching for the ring. Her last name and dates do not appear on her gravestone because her brother wanted her to be forgotten.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2740
__label__wiki	0.703188	0.703188	Home » Artists » Eamonn Karran » Forgotten Road Forgotten Road Forgotten Road by Eamonn Karran CDs and digital downloads available for purchase at: http://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Road-Eamonn-Karran/dp/B00TC26HSG/ref=sr_1_1_twi_... https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Eamonn_Karran_Forgotten_Road?id=Bfvxnx... Karran’s piano work here is delicate, strong, and always interesting” —NeuFutur Magazine The hauntingly beautiful “Fairy Dance” sets the mystical tone that permeates Karran’s second album, which evokes the ancient Celtic roots of his Northern Ireland homeland. Tempo and spirit liven as uilleann pipes, drums and synthesizer embellish “An Grainan,” while the penultimate “Ease My Mind” will surely awaken the oft’ times elusive art of letting go that we all crave. Watch the video for “Forgotten Road” “Best of 2015” by Michael Debbage of Mainly Piano Music for: 1. Fairy Dance 4:08 Fairy Dance.mp3 2. Forgotten Road 5:03 Forgotten Road.mp3 3. Angel of Tullagh Strand 5:16 Angel of Tullagh Strand.mp3 4. Beyond the Vale 5:21 Beyond The Vale.mp3 5. Crest of Life 5:48 Crest of Life.mp3 6. Kindred Souls 4:50 Kindred Souls.mp3 7. Hold My Hand 4:58 Hold My Hand.mp3 8. The Last Dance 4:33 The Last Dance.mp3 9. An Grainan 4:34 An Grainan.mp3 10. As the Foyle Gently Flows 4:49 As The Foyle Gently Flows.mp3 11. Ease My Mind 4:31 Ease My Mind.mp3 12. Fascination 5:19 Fascination.mp3 More Music By This Artist Press Acclaim RJ Lannan Zone Music Reporter I am a musical traveler of sorts, so when I read the title of Eamonn Karran’s latest release, Forgotten Road, I was intrigued. The cover art suggests that if I walk through the trees, down this dusty road, letting the afternoon sun be my guide, adventure will be waiting around the corner. I could not resist and I made the journey. I am glad I did. In deference to Robert Frost and the Road Less Traveled, adventure was there! Eamonn Karran is an Irish self-taught pianist hailing from Derry City in Northern Ireland. He is a very busy man as Father, husband, composer and believer in angels. I do not find the last item ironic in any way, for I am a believer, too. Forgotten Road is twelve tracks of captivating contemporary music. There are many solo piano works, but there are some that have traditional Irish accompaniment. Karran has achieved a sense of balance as he explores the world of the known versus the world of the unknown, with a quality of respect, warmth and humor. “Fairy Dance” begins the adventure with a medium tempo and suggests to me that the fairy just woke and feels the warmth of the sun. She decided to dance in the air. The sun sparkles on the morning dew as my little fairy friend swirls and glides. It is a celebration of warmth. There is spit of land to the north, just west of Ballylifin in County Donegal. The road narrows considerably, but just three clicks of travel will get you to Tullagh Strand. Eamonn testifies to the wonder of the land in his song the “Angel of Tullagh Strand.” There are unexplained encounters in life that make you a believer. Sometimes it is just a presence, maybe a hand on your shoulder. Other times it is an answer to a prayer or a saving grace, but they can all attributed to one thing … angels. Eamonn’s flowing tune has that mystical energy about it. “Beyond the Vale” has some synthesized washes in the background, but the piano lead is strong and inviting. Perhaps this is one of the places I ended up when I took that road. It was over a green hill that had a path I could barely make out, but it was there. The music allowed me to forget that beleaguered world and explore my own daydreams. The solo piano number “Hold My Hand” sounds like an old Irish ballad that is played in the parlor when the sun sets and it is time for a pipe and a cup, what the old folk called a scoraíocht, or an evening visit. It brings back the memory of the warm day, the dusty road and the journey from one village to another. When your greatest riches are fashioned from love, you cling tightly to it whether it be child and parent, dear old friends, or lovers. Eamonn pays reverent tribute to a sacred place known as the stone palace with the sunny view in the song “An Grainan.” The mystical fort is 4000 years old and one of the highest points of County Donegal and it is bursting with magic. The music contains seraphic voices, flawless piano, and delightful flute. Like the stones, each note in the melody has a story to tell of saints and sun gods and heroes and legends. It is one of my many favorites on the album. The most placid song on Forgotten Road has to be “As the Folye Gently Flows.” Marking the divide between Derry and Donegal the An Feabhal, the Foyle River is the fastest flowing river in the North. It is fed not by a single source, but by many tributaries, making it the web that holds the land together, whether it be in nature or in song. Karran’s crystalline melody sparkles not only like the sun on the Foyle during the day, but like the city lights that reflect off its waters in the night sky. This is the first time I have heard Eamonn Karan’s music, but I immediately put him on the same shelf as Phil Coulter and that is a mighty high shelf. There is s spirituality to Karran’s music that is a rare find, giving peace to body and soul. After hearing this inspired album, it would be my pleasure to share another journey with the talented pianist and composer. Highly recommended. Rating: Very Good+ Kathy Parsons MainlyPiano.com Forgotten Road is the second album from pianist/composer Eamonn Karran following his 2014 Real Music debut, Distant Sun. Even more so than his first album, Forgotten Road evokes the ancient Celtic roots of Karran’s home in Northern Ireland. The music is piano-based (electronic) and often richly orchestrated (synth), reflecting a variety of moods and colorful life experiences. A devoted family man (father to five and recently a grandfather for the first time), Karran often finds his musical inspiration comes from his daily life. His goal for his music is to bring light and happiness to those he meets and to make a positive difference in people’s lives. A self-taught pianist from the age of seven, Karran’s playing and composing styles are warm, accessible, and often very soothing. Forgotten Road begins with “Fairy Dance,” a graceful piano solo that has a simple melody and comes from the heart — a lovely start! The title track is also solo piano – sweet, dreamy, and gently bittersweet. “Angel of Tullagh Strand” becomes much more ambient with keyboard washes of instrumental, vocal, and water sounds — blissfully peaceful and calming. “Beyond the Vale” takes a cinematic turn, with a gorgeous and very poignant piano melody over orchestral and atmospheric sounds. Reflective and nostalgic, it’s a favorite. I love “Kindred Souls,” which has some really interesting passages that sound more improvised and spontaneous than much of the music. Mostly a piano solo, there are a few additional sounds that add color and tone. Haunting and very deeply-felt, this is a real beauty. “Hold My Hand” is a sweet love song, pure and simple. “An Grainan” translates as “sunny place,” but there are a variety of places with that name in Ireland. The piece itself is one of the “bigger” pieces on the album featuring uilleann pipes, piano, lively percussion, synth, and a dramatic tale to tell — very descriptive and intriguing. I’d love to know the story behind it! “Ease My Mind” has a soulful piano melody with synth shadings of voices, strings, and other instrumentation — very touching and beautiful! “Fascination” returns to a somewhat freer, more improvised style, bringing the album to a rich and satisfying close. Eamonn Karran is well on his way to becoming a mainstay of the Real Music label. Forgotten Road is wonderful music for relaxation, driving, studying, and any number of quiet activities, so be sure to check it out. Recommended! Stephen Cairns Piano Heaven After achieving much critical acclaim for his debut Real Music release, listeners might have been wondering if Eamonn Karran could reach such dizzy heights again with his eagerly anticipated follow-up album — Forgotten Road. Fans of the genre need not have worried; from the opening bars of this outstanding album, it is clear that Eamonn has not just matched the high standard set with Distant Sun, he has surpassed it in every way. Forgotten Road features twelve original compositions from the magical hands of this Irish composer, with the album clocking in at just shy of an hour in duration. A lot has happened for better and worse in Eamonn's life over the past year or two, and this is reflected in the compositions that feature on this masterpiece of an album. Eamonn lost his beloved mother during the recording process, the very lady who nurtured his interest in piano from the tender age of seven. Much happier news came with the arrival of Eamonn's first grandson, Olly, in August 2014. There are, perhaps not surprisingly, contrasting moods featuring on this album, and this certainly helps to keep the listener's attention throughout. Both the opening and closing tracks capture the intrigue and sense of mystery the composer feels to this day with the paranormal and spiritual forces. The first track, “Fairy Dance” is quite upbeat and features solo piano. The opening electronic touches give the closing piece, “Fascination” a sense of mystery and intrigue, also illustrated by the atmospheric cover art of the album. The deliberate positioning of these two tracks to open and close the album give it its shape, and demonstrates the significance of the supernatural in Eamonn's life. The composer himself explains, "I am a big kid when it comes to all things paranormal and spiritual; I'm completely fascinated by it and always have been. There are legends of fairytales that say that a lone tree in a field must never be harmed as it belongs to the little people who dance around them. These tracks are dedicated to those stories that I often heard as a kid. There was one of these trees close to Tullagh Strand, and on holidays I would be a little creeped out passing it especially late in the evening, thinking I might come across some little people dancing!" Whilst the opening seconds could not be more different, the two compositions are both equally as beautiful and set the tone for the album. Forgotten Road is a glorious, sentimental piece which reflects on events and journeys of the past — significant events of others, perhaps long forgotten, but immortalized forever through photographs and other documents. People can be taken away from us, but never the memories of them. Eamonn explains, "Whilst clearing out my mother's house after her passing, we came across many sentimental things that she and her sister, Jean, had kept. Upon reading many of the little notes and looking at the photos, it dawned on me how many adventures the most important people in my life had taken, and how at that moment I was probably the only person who knew the details of those forgotten paths. It was almost like the story of their life was being mapped out in front of me, and it was beautiful but also sad to see and read of the journeys they had taken, the people they met and how all this is now long forgotten. I'm glad this is the title track to my album as it represents so much about our life's path over the last number of years." With its Celtic opening hinting at the composer's roots, I am particularly fond of a section at around the 2:00 minute mark — a playful interlude. Happy memories here, I feel. The third track of this wonderful album is entitled “Angel of Tullagh Strand”. It has a mysterious feel to its opening and again illustrates Eamonn's fascination of the unknown. The piano makes an appearance after 48 seconds, and the tone immediately softens. Best described as hauntingly beautiful with angelic voices singing wordless vocals, we are taken back to Eamonn's childhood. “Tullagh Bay is a beautiful beach in Donegal where I spent many childhood holidays. We had a mobile home there. It's a fantastic place, and I feel so blessed to have been able to spend so much time close to nature and the sea. My deep belief in angels has led me to believe that we are all guided though life, and places like this are part of what makes our spiritual journey so amazing," explains Eamonn. “Beyond the Vale” is one of my three favourite tracks from the album. With subtle synthesizer embellishments, the melody here is simply gorgeous. Here, Eamonn is looking beyond life, and with his own brush with death some years ago, it is perhaps only natural that he might be pondering this. "Beyond what we know as our physical existence, is a mystery to many of us and something that I have begun to question over the last few years. The Vale actually means the Veil of life, that curtain which is removed once we awaken and realise what is beyond. This track is dedicated to my journey of discovering what happens to our soul after this life ends and why we travel a certain path to reach this destination." Such is the beauty of this track, the composer certainly creates the feeling that there is nothing to be feared about the unknown journey ahead of each and every one of us. It is ironic that a near-fatal car accident was the turning-point in Eamonn's career. Along with his wife, Eamonn made the decision to focus on his music. This gamble has certainly paid dividends, and it is only really now that he has the opportunity to develop ideas from years ago and be as one with the piano and creative process. This opportunity to devote his life to the piano has led to the creation of some outstanding music, such as the track “Crest of Life” and this is not lost on Eamonn who says, "Through the many dark days, I have come to realise that there are also good times especially regarding my music. This is the crest of my life, a time when I can finally get the chance to be creative and do what I have longed to do for many years. If I had been told five years ago that I would be composing and releasing my own pieces though an incredible label such as Real Music, I would never ever have believed it. I spent many days sitting playing melodies and ideas for tunes but never had the courage or knowledge to record, so most of them remained in my own head until recently. Now it's like a tidal wave of creativeness — hence two albums so close together — but I think album three may be a quite a bit in the future!" This is another lovely track which I can listen to over and over again. It is timeless. Few albums are as consistently beautiful as Forgotten Road, and it is with tracks such as “Kindred Souls” that the listener comes to realise what a natural talent Eamonn Karran is, and his ability to create melodic, heart-felt compositions time and time again. Never overly-complicated, it is the perfect tonic for relaxation. “Hold My Hand” has an emotional story attached to it. It is about his mother's final days. The opening is mournful, but the piece develops into a very Celtic-sounding track suggesting the reminiscing of happy moments that will never be forgotten. Eamonn explains to the reader, "In October 2013, after taking ill, my mother suddenly passed away and this had a huge impact on what I was producing. This has been a dark time for us all and that is reflected in quite a few of my tracks on this album. I didn't intentionally mean for these tracks to seem dark or even depressing but as I don't read music everything I produce is affected by my emotions at that time. I hear certain phrases being spoken and this will stick with me as I compose, hence "Hold My Hand". This was something my mother said to my wife as she lay seriously ill in hospital, and was a very emotional moment for both my wife and myself as this was just before she was operated on and never recovered." Clearly written with his dear mother at the forefront of his mind, it is worthy of note that having listened to the album several times and with no knowledge of the origins of the tracks, this is also my own mother's favourite piece, and she feels a certain 'connection' with it. I am quite sure that Eamonn's late mother will be smiling with approval, as the beauty of this track is beyond words I can create. “The Last Dance” is also influenced by the above events. A tender, slow opening opens like a delicate flower to reveal another sublime composition — always gentle and loving. This is a very reflective piece, and one cannot help but be moved by it. “An Grianan”, as the Real Music notes on the cover state, sees the tempo and spirit liven as uilleann pipes, drums and synthesizer embellish the piece. This is certainly one on its own on this album. Quite avant-garde in fact! This is Eamonn at his most playful and creative. I suspect he had a lot of fun during the composition process for this piece. It is another track which showcases his love of things shrouded in mystery. "An Grianan” or Grianan of Aileach to give it it’s proper title is a mysterious ring fort close to where I live. It has been linked to Irish Clans and Druids throughout history. I always enjoy travelling there as the views are spectacular and its past is literally shouting from the stones. I have been intrigued by its history since I was a child and hope someday to be able to perform live in its grounds as it would make an incredible backdrop for a concert!" Consider the boat-trip across the Irish Sea booked, Eamonn, if this becomes reality. My second favourite piece is “As the Foyle Gently Flows”. The word ‘exquisite’ immediately springs to mind, and this is sure to become a very popular choice with listeners. It is such a melodic piece, and a joy to listen to from start to finish. The unobtrusive guitar complements the piano perfectly. The track captures the beauty of the landmark it symbolically represents. In the words of Eamonn, “This track is named after the river that flows though my home town Derry City and beyond. It's an incredibly scenic river that I have been exploring since childhood. It's a beautiful place to spend time with my family and explore nature at its best.” In an album full of stand-out tracks, it seems almost churlish to pick an outright favourite. However, if push came to shove, it would have to be “Ease My Mind.” This piece is of special significance to me as it was through accidentally discovering this track on YouTube before Eamonn's debut album was released, that I was introduced to this composer's music. From the opening bars, I was hooked. The beauty here lies in its simplicity. If the reader listens to just one track on this album to get a flavour of it, choose this one. Amazingly, it nearly never saw the light of day. "I was persuaded to release this track which was actually recorded a few years ago, and I'm so glad I did as it's now a favourite of mine. Like many of my early pieces, this was influenced by my weak state of mind after losing employment and not knowing which direction to turn. It was a cry for help to ease my state of panic and worry about the future. One of the reasons I think I turned away originally from this track is that it represented a bad time, but I now realise that these times were simply the foundations for what is happening now, and this piece is all part of that journey." As is synonymous with all Real Music albums, the recording quality is top-notch throughout, and I love Stephen Emerson's cover photo. The album was recorded at River City Studios, in Derry City (Northern Ireland), and Eamonn used a Yamaha P105 piano and a Yamaha M06. Real Music, a hugely respected label, might have thought they were taking a risk in signing Eamonn to their impressive roster of musicians, but this release from this incredible pianist not only justifies their bold decision, it propels the composer into the same league as other new-age greats such as George Winston and Kevin Kern. The Forgotten Road will not pass from memory. Take the journey, and its outstanding beauty will stay with the listener for many years to come. ambientvisions.com Forgotten Road is the second album by Eamonn Karran for Real Music and it was quite evident from the first song that he is raising the bar on what we as listeners can expect from each new album that he releases on this label. Forgotten Road consists of twelve tracks that clock in at a few seconds shy of sixty minutes, but Eamonn manages to use each second of these sixty minutes to bring us some very beautiful and emotional piano music that will surely touch one’s soul before the album is finished. Forgotten Road is an amazingly well-crafted album that fills the listener with a sense of peace and serenity. While the music might also be tinged with a touch of sadness or melancholy in a few sections, for the most part the music simply immerses the listener in a calming atmosphere that is very conducive to reflection and meditation. “Crest of Life,” “Fascination,” “An Grainan,” and “As the Foyle Gently Flows” and are some of my favorites from this collection, but there are others that also could just as well have been placed in this grouping of memorable songs from this release. “As the Foyle Gently Flows” is a track that I simply lost myself in. To me this song speaks of contentment and acceptance at the point in life when a person realizes that they are exactly where they should be, doing exactly what they should be doing with their lives. Eamonn’s playing is filled with an intimate and inviting energy that captivates with its nuance and delicacy. The song has a gentle beauty to it that is filled with warm and positive feelings that seem to melt away worries. It is certainly a song that listeners should pay attention to as they move through this collection for the first time. I found the concluding song, entitled “Fascination,” to be a very hopeful way of bringing to a close the time that we spent with Eamonn as he shared with us his feelings encased in the touching music contained on this album. “Fascination” was an uplifting song to me and I found it to embody a delicate innocence that was made even more so by the effortless playing that Eamonn exhibited as his fingers drifted gently over the keys. “Fascination” is an enchanting piece of music and a perfect way to end this album. All in all this album is an exceptional achievement for Karran and a great gift to his growing fan following who are just beginning to understand the passion that Eamonn pours into each and every song that he writes. Forgotten Road overflows with warmth and tenderness as Eamonn’s songs are made complete through his heartfelt and sensitive playing. It is good to see this kind of dedication exhibited on Eamonn’s second album because it speaks volumes as to what we can expect in the future from this talented performer. Recommended by Ambient Visions. James McQuiston “Fairy Dance” is a twinkling composition that is able to tell more of a story than a vocal-heavy composition. Karran’s piano work here is delicate, strong, and always interesting — listeners will be set adrift on the compositions that begin his latest release, Forgotten Road. “Angel of Tullagh Strand” is much more introspective than precedent tracks on Forgotten Road, showcasing a wholly different set of sounds and approaches taken by Karran. The track taps out at a fraction above five minutes, but the deft hand of Karran makes it seem as if no time has passed, utilizing a large amount of open space to create something that will resound loudly with listeners long after the composition has ceased. Two mid-album cuts, “Beyond the Vale” and “Crest of Life,” are a high-water mark for Karran. “Beyond the Vale” is a somber reflection that rises and falls in a fashion that will tattoo itself deep into the psyche of listeners, while “Crest of Life” showcases a composition that bridges the gap between past and present. “As the Foyle Gently Flows” may be on the shorter side of tracks on Forgotten Road, but the sheer density of the arrangement means that fans will have to play the effort multiple times to hear the entirety of what Karran has laid down. Upshot is, Forgotten Road is a bright spot during this cold winter season. Top Tracks: “Angel of Tullagh Strand,” “As the Foyle Gently Flows” Chris Spector Midwest Record This Celt piano man’s special secret sauce is that he plays his melodies on a real piano rather than relying on voltage to get his message across. Sounding like a Jim Brickman that never doubled in commercials, Karran delivers lovely music that takes you away and feels like it frees your mind from the traumas of the day. Real music, as opposed to noodling, this well constructed, well played and well written session takes you back to the days when the bedrock new age labels were right in the sweet spot between noodling and selling out, when they were creating the mass market for new age. Some simply gorgeous contemporary instrumental music from a cat that has the gift. Check it out. 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__label__wiki	0.975291	0.975291	US and Taliban agree in principle to peace framework, envoy says By Mujib Mashal Updated January 29, 2019 — 2.15pm first published at 4.00am Kabul, Afghanistan: American and Taliban officials have agreed in principle to the framework of a deal in which the insurgents would guarantee to prevent Afghan territory from being used by terrorists, and that could lead to a full pullout of US troops in return for larger concessions from the Taliban, the chief US negotiator said Monday. American envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said those concessions must include the Taliban agreeing to a cease-fire and agreeing to talk directly with the Afghan government, issues that the insurgents have doggedly opposed in the past. "We have a draft of the framework that has to be fleshed out before it becomes an agreement," Khalilzad said in an interview in Kabul. "The Taliban have committed, to our satisfaction, to do what is necessary that would prevent Afghanistan from ever becoming a platform for international terrorist groups or individuals." He added: "We felt enough confidence that we said we need to get this fleshed out, and details need to be worked out." After nine years of halting efforts to reach a peace deal with the Taliban, the draft framework, though preliminary, is the biggest tangible step toward ending a two-decade war that has cost tens of thousands of lives and profoundly changed foreign policy in US, Australia and other coalition nations. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, centre, speaks to US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, third left, at the presidential palace in Kabul on Monday. Credit:Afghan Presidential Palace via AP A senior American official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing negotiations, said the Taliban delegation had asked for time to confer with their leadership about the US requirement for the insurgents' agreement to direct Afghan talks and a cease-fire. The official described all those issues as "interconnected" as part of a "package deal" that was likened to a Russian nesting doll. The official's account was supported by details that have been leaked by some Taliban and Western officials in recent days. A senior Taliban official confirmed the draft agreement on the issue of foreign troop withdrawal and that the Taliban pledge that Afghan soil would not be used against others. He said "working groups" would iron out details on the timeline of the withdrawal. Zalmay Khalilzad said the US and the Taliban are the closest they have ever come to reaching an agreement. Credit:AP But in a sign that the conditions the Americans have tied the finalising of the deal to may be difficult to reach, the Taliban official said he did not see the agreement as conditioned on a cease-fire or Taliban talking to the Afghan government. The official declined to say what the Taliban position on the latter two issues was. Khalilzad returned to Afghanistan on Sunday to brief the government in Kabul after conducting six days of talks with the Taliban delegation in Doha, Qatar. In an address to the nation after being briefed by Khalilzad, President Ashraf Ghani expressed concern that a peace deal would be rushed. He highlighted previous settlements that ended in bloodshed, including when the Soviet Union withdrew from the country in the late 1980s. Despite a promise of a peace deal at the time, Afghanistan broke into anarchy, and years later the Afghan president who had been in charge during that transition, Najibullah, was hanged from a pole at a traffic roundabout. "We want peace quickly, we want it soon, but we want it with prudence," Ghani said. "Prudence is important so we do not repeat past mistakes." There is concern among senior Afghan officials about the fact that the Afghan government has still been sidelined from the talks. Afghan bystanders watch the aftermath of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on January 15. All sides are hopeful a solution to the war is near. Credit:AP Ghani's government has been excluded because the insurgents view it as an American puppet. But Ghani called the US-Taliban talks "part of our peace". Officials close to Ghani say he is particularly concerned that the Americans might negotiate important agreements that Afghan officials are not party to, potentially including the shape of an interim government outside of elections. Ghani has repeatedly insisted that such details only be taken up in direct talks between the government and the Taliban. During the talks last week, the Taliban signalled their seriousness by appointing one of their most powerful officials from the original movement, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, as their chief peace negotiator. Though US and Afghan officials said that Baradar was not directly involved in the marathon meetings last week, with some sessions lasting as long as eight hours, he was expected to take the lead in the talks to come. The senior US officials said new high-level talks would start in late February, but suggested that teams from both sides could start on technical details before then. The interview with Khalilzad on Monday was the first time the US government had directly confirmed some details of the agreement taking shape. As the first step in the framework, Khalilzad said that the Taliban were firm about agreeing to keep Afghan territory from being used as a staging ground for terrorism by groups like al-Qaeda and other international terrorists, and had agreed to provide guarantees and an enforcement mechanism for that promise. That had long been a primary demand by US officials, in an effort to keep Afghanistan from reverting back to being the kind of terrorist base it had been at the war's start, in 2001 after al-Qaeda's September 11 attacks on the United States. The next set of contingencies laid out by the senior American official involved in the talks would see the United States agreeing to withdraw combat troops from Afghanistan, but only in return for the Taliban's entering talks with the Afghan government and agreeing to a lasting cease-fire.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2748
__label__wiki	0.957595	0.957595	JENNIFER EGAN & Laura Miller Thu. Apr 14, 2011 at 7:00pm EDT Jennifer Egan is the author of The Invisible Circus, which was released as a feature film by Fine Line in 2001, Emerald City and Other Stories, Look at Me, which was nominated for the National Book Award in 2001, and the bestselling The Keep. Her new book, A Visit From the Goon Squad, a national bestseller, was published last June. Also a journalist, she writes frequently in the New York Times Magazine. Laura Miller helped to co-found Salon.com in 1995 and is currently a staff writer at that publication. She is a frequent contributor to the New York Times Book Review, where she wrote the Last Word column for two years. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal and many other publications. She is the editor of The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors (Penguin, 2000). She lives in New York. The Berger Forum The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street & 5th Avenue Twitter: @LIVEfromtheNYPL Instagram: @nyplevents Follow the event with #LIVEfromtheNYPL	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2750
__label__wiki	0.866849	0.866849	Tripartite Council fails to agree on minimum wage rise The Tripartite Council, comprised of representatives of the government, trade unions and employers, did not agree on the rise in the minimum wage in Czechia in 2021 today, so the cabinet must decide on it, PM Andrej Babis (ANO) told reporters after the council's meeting. While employers would not raise the minimum wage at all, trade unions demand that it rise by 1,400 crowns to 16,000 crowns a month. The coalition government of Babis's ANO and the Social Democrats (CSSD) will decide on the minimum wage level based on the result of a debate on the cancellation of the super-gross salary, that is the gross salary increased by the health and social insurance payments covered by employers, in parliament, Babis and the unions and employers' representatives said. In the past years, the minimum wage was always modified as of January. This year, it increased by 1,250 crowns to 14,600 crowns. Confederation of Industry President Jaroslav Hanak called today's talks about the minimum wage "undignified squabbles." "We have a completely different view of the matter. The government must decide on the tax rate after the super-gross salary cancellation first, which will have an immense impact on net wages," Hanak said. Employers are warning that firms are fighting with the coronavirus crisis consequences. Along with the minimum wave, they would also have to raise the secured wage. It is paid in eight categories according to the qualification level, responsibility and work complexity. It varies from the minimum wage to its double. CMKOS umbrella trade union organisation chairman Josef Stredula said Czech low-income employees should not be in a worse position than their counterparts in the neighbouring Slovakia and Poland. "The economic situation in Slovakia and Poland is a bit worse [than in the Czech Republic]. The minimum wage level in Slovakia is an equivalent of 16,900 crowns," Stredula noted. The social partners have not reached consensus on the minimum wage, so the government must decide on it, Babis concluded. The Labour and Social Affairs Ministry proposed in the summer that the minimum wage correspond to a half of the average wage from the year before last as of 2022. The draft authors write in their documentation for the government that based of their formula, the minimum wage would rise from the current 14,600 to 17,100 crowns as of January. The highest secured wage would thus amount to the average wage of the year before last, that is 34,200 crowns. Last year, some 140,000 employees received the minimum wage in the Czech Republic with a population of 10.6 million, according to the Labour and Social Affairs Ministry's data. Source: ČTK section Aktuálně	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2754
__label__cc	0.723554	0.276446	Wareham man arraigned in fatal stabbing of woman Courier & Sentinel Mar 30, 2020 at 7:35 PM Mar 30, 2020 at 7:35 PM WAREHAM — A 54-year-old Wareham man was ordered held without bail on a single charge of murder following his arraignment Monday via remote hearing in Plymouth District Court. The case against Danny Sherman of 3 Woodbridge Ave. was continued to April 30 for a status hearing. The female victim, 57-year-old Mardiette Deboyes, also lived at 3 Woodbridge Ave. where her body was found last Friday. She had been fatally stabbed. According to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office, Wareham Police received a 911 call for a man in distress in a canoe in a waterway in the area of Marion Road in Wareham at approximately 8:15 a.m. Friday, March 27. First responders arrived and located the man who turned out to be Sherman. He was transported to Tobey Hospital for treatment of non life-threatening injuries. Subsequently, police received information of a possible death at 3 Woodbridge Ave., according to the DA’s office. Police responded to that address and found the victim bleeding and unresponsive in the residence. She was determined to be dead at the scene by emergency medical personnel. Wareham Police contacted Massachusetts State Police Detectives assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office and an investigation commenced. Through their investigation, police determined that Sherman lived with the woman in the home and allegedly stabbed her. Sherman was arrested Friday afternoon. Wareham District Court is currently closed and the arraignment was heard Monday in Plymouth District Court remotely in response to the coronavirus pandemic.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2756
__label__wiki	0.549743	0.549743	Southern Local Elementary Southern Local Jr./Sr. High School Utica Shale Academy Southern Local School District Gifted/Special Education NotifyMe Aviation Class Takes Flight at SLHS One new course at Southern Local High School is definitely taking off as students learn all about aviation. Emily Bowling may be known for directing the band, choir and theater at the school, but she is also a licensed pilot who is sharing her knowledge with students. She said this was the first year for the class and it is currently offered as a semester elective. Currently, there are five students taking part in grades 10-12 and she plans to have another class during the second semester. In addition to completing classwork, students learn to fly unmanned aircraft systems also known as drones. Bowling said she began offering the course because there were many opportunities to have a career in the industry and the sky’s the limit. “Students learn about all aspects of aviation. They are learning about both traditional and fixed-wing airplanes, as well as drones; about the science that allows these machines to fly and the regulations we have to help keep the skies safe,” she added. “They are also exploring careers and educational opportunities in the aviation field. With the proximity to several major airports, along with the growing use of drones in industry, students from Southern Local have a variety of opportunities for careers in the aviation field. Since many of our students may not know much about aviation, I thought it would be great to expose them to all the options we have right here in our region.” Unfortunately, the advent of COVID-19 led to remote classes and prevented the group from experiencing field trips to local airport facilities, so Bowling has found a way to bring the facilities to them. She said students have held Google Meets videoconferences with officials from the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics (PIA) and the U.S. Air Force, but she hopes to one day take students on an actual visit. Bowling said she has always loved airplanes and was fortunate enough to take her first flying lesson at age 15, commenting that she knew that day she wanted to pursue her pilot’s license. “Any student can get a student pilot certificate, but you must be 16 to fly solo in an airplane and 17 to test for your private pilot certificate,” she explained. “To earn the certificate, you need a certain number of flight training hours and must have a variety of set flight experiences. After you pass the FAA written test, you have to take the practical exam, which consists of both an oral exam and a flight test by an FAA federal examiner. All maneuvers must meet a high level of proficiency in order to pass this "check ride.” Now she enjoys sharing what she’s learned with another generation. “Although some of the students in flying airplanes, most are interested in drones. Many industries have started using drones for businesses, and a commercial drone license requires only a written exam. In our class, we cover much of the material needed to pass the official FAA written exam.” Bowling said she has received plenty of positive feedback from her students and several of them said they have enjoyed the class. Senior Hunter Morris, who is eyeing a future as a surveyor, likes the aspect of learning about drones since they are widely used in that field. “It brings you closer to certification and there is a surveying job to fly a drone,” he said. “It's a pretty fun class. It's not like I thought it would be, “said senior Nick Wade. “I want to go to college to major in working on airplane engines.” Meanwhile, Bowling is looking to eventually expand the class to a four-year career pathway. Darrel Kramer, a sophomore at Southern Local High School, tests his skills while operating a drone in the new aviation class. About five high school students currently take part in the elective course and learn all about aircrafts and the science behind them, and hopes are to one day expand it to a four-year career pathway. 38095 State Route 39 Salineville, OH 43945 Copyright © 2021 Southern Local School DIstrict	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2757
__label__wiki	0.508937	0.508937	God commands Jacob to dwell at Beth-el, and build an altar there, Genesis 35:1. He commands his family to purge themselves from idols, and go to Beth-el, Genesis 35:2,3. They obey, Genesis 35:4. He and they go thither, none pursuing them; the reason thereof, Genesis 35:5,6. There he builds an altar, Genesis 35:7. The death and burial of Rebekah’s nurse, Genesis 35:8. God appears to Jacob, confirms his name of Israel, renews the promises, Genesis 35:9-13. For which he sets up a pillar, pours oil thereon, and calls the place Beth-el, Genesis 35:14,15. Going thence Rachel dies in labour of Benjamin, and is buried there, Genesis 35:16-20. Reuben commits incest in his father’s house, Genesis 35:22. Jacob’s sons’ names, Genesis 35:23-26. Jacob visits his father Isaac, Genesis 35:27. His age, death, and burial, Genesis 35:28,29. This was a word in season to comfort his disquieted mind, and convey him to a safer place. Understand, and pay thy vows there made in the time of thy distress, but not yet paid; whether it was Jacob’s error to forget and neglect his former vows and promises; or whether he waited for a fit time, or an admonition from God concerning the season of paying them. The strange gods, the idols, which are so called here, and Deuteronomy 31:16 32:12 Joshua 24:20, because they were the gods of strange and foreign nations, such as all were accounted who were not Israelites. Quest. How came these to be and to continue so long in Jacob’s house. Answ. Either, 1. By Rachel’s means, who brought them from her father’s house, which haply was not discovered till this time. Or, 2. By Leah, and by Jacob’s two concubines, who might possibly bring such with them. Or, 3. By the means of Jacob’s Gentile servants, who might secretly worship such gods; or having taken them from the She-chemites, they might keep them for their precious matter, as gold and silver, though not for religious use. Like a good man, and a good master of a family, he takes care not only for himself, but for all his family, to keep them from the exercise of a false religion, and to engage them as far as he can in the profession and practice of the true. Compare Genesis 18:19 Joshua 24:15. Be clean; cleanse yourselves by outward and ritual washing, as Exodus 19:10,14, which even then was in use; and especially by purging your hearts as well as hands from these idols, which I perceive, to my sorrow, some of you have still retained; and from your late detestable cruelty; that you may be fit to approach to that God who hath now summoned me and you to make a solemn appearance before him. Change your garments, either by putting on new garments, as 2 Samuel 12:20, or by washing the old ones, as Exodus 19:10 Leviticus 15:13. And these, as well as other ceremonial institutions and practices, were professions of their repentance; which consists in putting off the old man, and putting on the new, Ephesians 4:22. He takes God’s gracious promise, and the comfortable hope and assurance of God’s favour to him, and care of him, impressed by God upon his mind and heart, for an answer to his prayers, though he had then seen no success nor accomplishment of God’s word to him. Either because they had been abused to idolatry and superstition at Shechem, or elsewhere, and therefore were to be destroyed according to God’s command, now signified to Jacob, and afterwards delivered to his posterity, Deuteronomy 7:5 12:3; or for fear they should be so abused. For the Scripture seems to insinuate, and other writers expressly affirm, that divers heathen people did wear earrings for the honour of their idols, and with the representations or ensigns of their idols engraven upon them. See Jude 8:24. After he had melted or broken them, (which seems probable from parallel instances, as Exodus 32:20 2 Kings 18:4), Jacob hid them under a certain oak, though not known to his family which it was. He chose that place, either as most proper to put monuments of idolatry under those trees which were so much and so generally abused to idolatry, as oaks especially were, Isaiah 1:29; or as the safest place, where they were likely to remain longest hid, because the heathen had a veneration for oaks, and therefore would not cut them down, nor dig them up, nor do any thing which had a tendency that way. The terror of God, i.e. a great terror sent from God, as Exodus 23:27 Joshua 2:9,11 2 Chronicles 14:14 17:10. So we read of a sleep of God, 1 Samuel 26:12. Nothing less could have secured Jacob, considering the great number, power, and rage of his enemies. In the land of Canaan, properly so called, or where the Canaanites properly so called dwelt. Thus it is distingnished from another Luz, Jude 1:26. El-beth-el, i.e. He confirmed the name which he had formerly given to the place. She came with Rebekah into Canaan, Genesis 24:59, and probably tarried with her whilst she lived, and after her death, as it seems; and, upon Jacob’s desire, after his return from Haran, came into his family; where, being a person of great prudence and piety, her presence and advice was very useful in his numerous and divided family. Allon-bachuth, from the great lamentation which they made there for the loss of a person of such singular worth. Israel shall be thy name. I do not repent of the change which I made of thy name, but I do again confirm it; and as then thou didst prevail over thy brother Esau, so now thou shalt prevail over those of whom thou art afraid. A company of nations, tribes, for number and power, equal to so many nations, shall come out of thy loins, i.e. shall be begotten by thee, as this phrase is taken also in Genesis 46:26 1 Kings 8:19 Acts 2:30. God went up from him; either locally and visibly, to wit, in that human shape in which he appeared to him; or by withdrawing the signs of his special presence, as Genesis 17:22 Jude 13:20; as on the contrary God is said to come down, not by change of place, but by some signal manifestation of his presence and favour, as Exodus 3:8 Numbers 11:17. Either he repaired the old pillar set up by him, Genesis 28:18, which was ruined by the injury of time, or by the neighbouring idolaters; or rather erected a new one, more stable and durable than he could do in that time, as a monument or witness of God’s manifold favours, and of his own gratitude. The drink-offering was of wine, as may be gathered by comparing Exodus 29:40 Numbers 28:14. In departing; or, in going out; namely, out of the body, as Psalms 146:4, which is an argument of the soul’s immortality, especially if compared with Ecclesiastes 12:7. From which places, laid together, we learn the two terms of the journey, whence it goes, and whither it goes. Benjamin; either as near and dear and precious to him as his right hand, which is both more useful and more honourable than the left; see Psalms 80:17; or instead of his right hand, the staff, stay, and comfort of his old age. In the way to Ephrath; not in the city, though that was near; for in ancient times their sepulchres were not in the places of resort, but in separated places, and out of cities. See Matthew 27:60 Luke 7:12. Jacob set a pillar, as a monument or memorial of her life and death, and as a testimony of her future resurrection. Unto this day, i.e. unto the time wherein Moses writ this book, and long after. See 1 Samuel 10:2 Jeremiah 31:15. Or, the tower of the flock; a place where were excellent pastures. See Micah 4:8. This was a horrid incest; for concubines were a sort of wives. See Genesis 22:24 25:1. Israel heard it, and doubtless sadly resented it, both in Reuben, as appears from Genesis 49:4 1 Chronicles 5:1,2; and in Bilhah, whose bed without question he forsook upon it, as afterwards David did in the like case. See 2 Samuel 16:22 20:3. Yet here is no mention of Jacob’s reproof of it, nor any censure of Moses added to it; possibly to teach us, that we are not to approve of every fact which is mentioned in Scripture without censure, and that the miscarriages of professors of religion are rather to be silently bewailed than publicly reproached, lest religion should suffer by it. The sons of Jacob were twelve, which were heads of the twelve tribes; therefore his daughter Dinah is not here mentioned, because she was not the head of a tribe. All but Benjamin, who must in all reason be supposed to be excepted here, because he is said to be born elsewhere, above, Genesis 35:16. But it is a usual synecdoche, whereby that is ascribed to all in gross which belongs to the greatest part. See Genesis 15:13 46:15 Exodus 12:40 Jude 20:46 John 20:24 1 Corinthians 15:5. Jacob came; either with his wives, and children, and estate, to dwell with Isaac; or rather in person, to visit his sick and dying father; for otherwise Jacob having been ten years near his father, no doubt he had oft visited him, and carried his wives and children thither, though Scripture be silent in this particular: but they could not live together because of the greatness of their estates, as it happened with others. See Genesis 13:6 36:7. Was gathered unto his people; either to the society of the dead, or to the congregation of the just. See Genesis 15:15 25:8.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2759
__label__cc	0.538269	0.461731	Home/Articles Shippensburg University Television Ship News SUTV News Cubs' Mills Brings Huge No-Hitter In Win Over Brewers Photo Courtesy: Bleacher Nation, 2020 By: Ben Doyka CHICAGO - Chicago Cubs pitcher Alec Mills threw a big no-hitter against division rival Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday afternoon, resulting in 5 strikeouts throughout the game. Mills, 28, became the 16th Cub to toss a no-hitter in only his 15th career start. The last time Cubs’ fans saw a no-hitter was in 2016 when Jake Arrieta achieved the feat against another division rival Cincinnati Reds. The Cubs are 28-20 and in 1st place in the NL Central in the shortened 60-game MLB season. With just 12 games to go until the start of the playoffs, the Cubs have a 4-game lead on the St. Louis Cardinals for the top spot in their division. Chicago will stay home for 5 games as they take on the Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins until they finish off the season on the road against the Pittsburgh Pirates and in-town rival, the Chicago White Sox. Thanksgiving Travels May Cause an Increase in COVID-19 Cases Chase Elliott Earns First Career NASCAR Championship Decision 2020: PA Races Shippensburg University presents: Shippensburg University Television (SUTV) is the student-run, Emmy-winning television station that gives students the opportunity to experience television studio culture. SUTV produces live news, sports, entertainment, and weather programs every Thursday at 7:00 PM that airs on Xfinity Ch. 21, Campus Ch. 82, & Facebook Live. 1871 Old Main Dr Shippensburg, Pennsylvania 17257 Grove Hall ©2019 by SUTV. Proudly created with Wix.com	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2764
__label__wiki	0.939794	0.939794	Home All News Sports Reifer, Hope pay tribute to Chris Gayle Reifer, Hope pay tribute to Chris Gayle Gayle. * File photo (JAMAICA OBSERVER) — West Indies Head Coach Floyd Reifer has praised veteran batsman Christopher Gayle for his behind-the-scenes role in guiding younger players in the team. The Caribbean side was eliminated from the ICC World Cup at the league stage, with the West Indies talisman playing the final of his five global 50-over tournaments. “Chris is a legend, it’s a pleasure to have Chris in our dressing room,” Reifer said regarding the 39-year-old’s impact. “I believe in having senior players amongst junior players. The junior players can learn a lot from senior players — a guy like Chris Gayle, who has been to five World Cups. He definitely passes on a lot of knowledge and the guys are learning,” he told journalists during the mixed zone on Thursday, moments after the team beat Afghanistan by 23 runs. Gayle, a Jamaican, has said he will make himself available to cap his career for the West Indies against touring India this summer. Wicketkeeper/batsman Shai Hope paid tribute to Gayle, noting the footprint he makes within the West Indies camp. “He’s just one of those guys that I’m sure the entire world will miss him when he goes. It’s going to be a sad day for cricket. “I don’t think we’re going to cry about it [Gayle’s departure] but I think that we have a lot to cherish. I know he’s one of the better players in world cricket, and we’re just happy to have him on our team. I’m sure the guys will do something for him and I know he will appreciate it,” Hope, 25, said during the post-match press conference. Hope and fellow batsmen Nicholas Pooran and Shimron Hetmyer all had their moments, while left-arm pacer Sheldon Cottrell was outstanding with the ball and in the field. Reifer said the experience garnered puts them in good stead for the future. “The positive thing that came out of this World Cup for us is those guys along with Sheldon Cottrell. I’m confident a lot of these guys will give a good showing as we go forward,” he said, noting that Hope, Pooran, and Hetmyer all average over 40 in 50-over cricket. Reifer added that he also expects them to possess the capacity to be successful in all formats. “Guys have to be good enough to adjust. All the great players in the world right now, they play Test cricket and they play T20 cricket, so it’s about being able to adapt to the different conditions, and the different tournaments, and different formats of the game,” he explained. Previous article Brazilian musician João Gilberto, founder of bossa nova, dies in Rio Next article St. Lucian graduates with top academic award in Canada	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2766
__label__wiki	0.925355	0.925355	Stourbridge 5°c Our Facebook feedsStourbridge News Our Twitter feeds@StourbridgeNews Forging a Future Warriors name ex-Welsh international winger as new defence coach Worcester Warriors: Former Super Rugby coach Mark Jones takes defence role By Marcello Cossali-Francis @Mcossalifrancis Reporter Worcester Warriors v Harlequins 260820 FORMER Welsh international winger and ex-Super Rugby coach Mark Jones has been announced as Worcester Warriors' new senior assistant coach. He will be responsible for defence and kicking game. Jones, who was capped 47 times for his country, has been in New Zealand with Super Rugby giants Crusaders as a backs coach last year. In his playing days, Jones played for Llanelli (Scarlets) for his entire career and managed 164 appearances for his region and scored 425 points (85 tries). After being forced to retire through injury in 2010, Jones has been in a coaching role ever since including stints with the Namibian and Welsh national sides. He was a backs coach with the Scarlets for five years between 2010-15 and then had a short spell as head coach with Rotherham before enjoying a successful three years in the same role at Welsh Premiership side RGC 1404. Jones led them to a Welsh National Cup win back in 2017. The Welshman moved to New Zealand to take over as defence coach under Scott Robertson at Super Rugby side Crusaders. Jones will join the Warriors set-up on January 7. “It is fantastic news for the club that Mark will be joining us here at Sixways as Senior Assistant Coach with specific responsibility for our defence and kicking game,” said Warriors Director of Rugby Alan Solomons. “Mark is a well-known former Wales International who has developed into an outstanding coach. “He has spent the last two seasons working as Defence Coach with the Crusaders Super Rugby team and Attack Coach with Canterbury in the Mitre Cup team where he has made a huge impression. “Over and above his ability as a coach, Mark is a first-class person who is well known to both JT and Matt Sherratt. “This will ensure that the good synergy and alignment we have in our coaching group is not only maintained but strengthened. Mark is the ideal fit for us and I look forward to all of us working together in taking the club forward.” Jones explains how a recent visit to Sixways to meet Solomons and the coaching staff swayed his decision. “Once it became clear that I would not be able to go back to Canterbury because of the quarantine situation, things happened very quickly with Warriors,” Jones said. “I was made aware that Alan Solomons was looking for someone to fill a key position in the coaching team and would I be interested. “I came up, had a look around the facilities and had a chat with Alan about his thoughts for the project, to meet the coaching group and get a feel for the place. “Once I did that it was pretty clear that it was a very exciting prospect hence my interest. I know the coaches there, they are great men and I could see myself working well with them and dove-tailing with them. “The owners have got a real ambition to have a steady but sustainable growth over the next few years based around great facilities, a young squad under-pinned by the academy and a forward-looking mentality which aligned well with myself. “I have been fortunate under the current circumstances to find something that aligns as well as it has done. “I would like to thank Canterbury and the Crusaders for all their amazing support and understanding around my family situation and difficult circumstances on regaining entry to New Zealand. “Their support in this transition has been immense. Coaching there has been a terrific experience that we will look back on with great memories. “We have made great friends for life. Special thanks go to the players and supporters in Christchurch for taking us into their family over the last year. Canterbury and Crusaders are among the few organisations that actually exceed their exceptional reputation around the world.”	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2769
__label__wiki	0.987397	0.987397	Ethiopian army accuses WHO chief Tedros of backing dissident region Dr Tedros has served as a member of the politburo of the Tigray People's Liberation Front.PHOTO: AFP Nov 19, 2020, 10:30 pm SGT https://str.sg/JbqQ ADDIS ABABA (BLOOMBERG) - Ethiopia's army accused the head of the World Health Organisation of aiding the dissident Tigray region, including helping secure weapons for its fighters. Chief of Staff General Birhanu Jula also said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus used his position to lobby foreign governments to support the Tigray People's Liberation Front. Gen Birhanu didn't provide evidence to back up his claims. Dr Tedros has served as a member of the politburo of the TPLF, which governs the Tigray region. "He has been campaigning in our neighbouring countries asking them to oppose, condemn the war," Gen Birhanu told reporters on Wednesday (Nov 18) in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. "He has worked to get them weapons, he has used his UN appointment as an opportunity to lobby and convince people to support the TPLF junta. He will not be successful." The government is "not happy" with lobbying by Dr Tedros and is discussing how to approach the issue, Mr Redwan Hussein, Ethiopia's state minister of foreign affairs and spokesman for the government's Emergency Task Force, told reporters in Addis Ababa. WHO Director of Communications Gabriella Stern referred a request for comment to the WHO's media team, which didn't immediately respond to e-mailed questions. Asked to respond to the army's comments, WHO Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti defended Dr Tedros's record in his role as the UN body's director-general. 'PROMOTING PEACE' "I know him as somebody who is passionately promoting global health, promoting the good health of people, and promoting peace," she said in the Congo Republic capital, Brazzaville. "I think it's only in the context of peace that we can have the type of development that delivers good health for people." Clashes in Ethiopia's Tigray region put Horn of Africa on edge Ethiopian army plans further strikes in restive Tigray region Hundreds of people have died and thousands have been displaced since Ethiopian soldiers began attacking Tigray on Nov 4 after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed blamed the region's government for a raid on a federal army base. Relations between Tigray and Mr Abiy's administration have been strained since he took office in 2018 and began consolidating power and sidelining the Tigray People's Liberation Front, which controlled the nation's ruling coalition for two decades. United Nations chief 'deeply alarmed' by armed clashes in Ethiopia's Tigray Ethiopia's Tigray leaders claim airport rocket attacks, threaten Eritrea Dr Tedros, 55, was elected to serve as WHO director-general in 2017. His candidacy was rejected by some Ethiopians, who criticised the human rights record of the TPLF, which controlled Ethiopia's ruling coalition party from 1991 until 2018.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2770
__label__wiki	0.976916	0.976916	Solo Female Japanese Artists Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Tickets Fri Apr 9 2021 Coachella Music Festival Weekend 1 (Lineup To Be Announced, April 9-11, 2021, Rescheduled from April 10-12, 2020 and October 9-11, 2020) 13:00 - Empire Polo Field, Indio, United States 2021 Coachella Music Festival Weekend 2 (Lineup To Be Announced, April 16-18, 2021, Rescheduled from April 17-19, 2020, October 16-18, 2020) 13:00 - Empire Polo Field, Indio, United States Kyary Pamyu Pamyu: fashion blogger with a divine voice Kyary Pamyu Pamyu started her career just like many other Japanese millennials. She created her own blog about fashion and accessories that soon became a viral hit. From the initial success, she went on to become a model and entrepreneur. Her company "Eyemazing" became a household name for false eye lashes, which is a very fashionable accessory in Japan. Just over a year later she graced her fans with her debut single "Pon Pon Pon", which shot instantly into the top 10 national charts. There is no stopping her since she storms from success to success with music albums, live concerts and world tours. Get to see her performing live on stage with Kyary Pamyu Pamyu tickets on offer here at StubHub. From the suburbs of Tokyo to the world stage Kyary Pamyu Pamyu was born in January 1993 as Kiriko Takemura. Her talent for fashion and entertainment transpired from a very early age. Barely 14 years old, she set up her own fashion blog, which turned into a stepping stone to the big wide world fashion, media and music. A chance encounter with producer Yasutaka Nakata, the song writer of her favorite band Perfume, led to the release of Kyary’s first single in July 2011 and her debut album "Moshi Harajuku" in August 2011. Just a week later at just 18 years of age, she published her autobiography "Oh! My God!! Harajuku Girl", telling the story of her rise to stardom. After the release of her second album "Pamyu Pamyu Revolution" in May 2012, which stormed into the national and international charts, she set out on her first concert tour through Japan. The World Expo in Paris led to her first stage appearance in Europe. Countless singles and two more albums later, her fans gave her the title of "J-Pop Princess". Tickets to the next Kyary Pamyu Pamyu concerts are available here at StubHub. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu on world tour Ever since her first single in 2011, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu has ascended to a worldwide music phenomenon. Normally, Japanese singers and bands are hardly known outside the country, but that is very different for Kyary. Her performance at the Expo in Paris attracted over 13,000 fans. An unparalleled success at the time for a rather unknown singer. Her first world tour took her from Japan to France, Singapore, Belgium, Thailand, United Kingdom and the USA. Sold-out concert halls were mesmerised by her music and light show. With her success she carried the torch of the highly popular Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki, who rose to similar fame a decade earlier. More catchy J-Pop can be heard from the singer Miwa. Buy Kyary Pamyu Pamyu tickets right here at StubHub. Buy tickets for Kyary Pamyu Pamyu at StubHub US	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2772
__label__wiki	0.650904	0.650904	TAMKO Charitable Giving “We are committed to operating with integrity and showing support for our community. When our community is strong, we all benefit.”David C. Humphreys, TAMKO President and CEO $3.2 millionTotal Charitable Giving in 2017 20,000 hoursEmployee Volunteer Hours in 2017 TAMKO is more than just a business as we are also part of the community. Members of the TAMKO team live in the communities where we work; their children attend the schools and participate in local youth sports and other good causes. That’s why TAMKO and its shareholders give of their time and resources to support community organizations. We are grateful for our success and believe in helping improve the lives of those around us. Along with creating quality products, being good stewards in the community has been a focus of TAMKO’s for over 70 years. Most recently, TAMKO has been a key supporter of the local American Red Cross. When the devastating EF-5 tornado hit Joplin in 2011, killing 161 people and causing nearly $3 billion in damages, TAMKO donated $1,000,000 to the Greater Ozarks chapter of the American Red Cross for cleanup and aid. In 2016, TAMKO sponsored the “Everyday Heroes” luncheon hosted by Joplin’s American Red Cross, honoring people who gave their time and talents to make a positive impact in the community. In the wake of Hurricane Harvey in Texas this year, TAMKO again donated to the Red Cross for aid, giving $100,000. TAMKO has also been a yearly sponsor of the Big Red Shoe Run with the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Four States in Joplin, where 100% of the proceeds go to benefit the House and the families who stay there. In 2017, the event exceeded its fundraising goal and raised more than $41,000, with more than 400 runners participating. Twenty TAMKO employees participated in the races and several were recognized with awards for their individual times. TAMKO has been a longtime supporter of youth sports, a priority stemming from TAMKO’s earliest days. In 1947, the TAMKO Roofers basketball team formed as part of the YMCA Open League. The team was successful, and by their second season, the TAMKO Roofers got a chance to play against the Harlem Globetrotters. Today, TAMKO sponsors Little League, soccer, and football teams, as well as youth sports groups that cater to young women. TAMKO also sponsors YMCA Family Reading Night, Neighborhood Adult Literacy Action, Walk to Defeat ALS, Boy Scouts, local law enforcement, summer bagged lunch programs, and other important initiatives in the communities where TAMKO operates. “Youth sports are an important part of the fabric of our community where kids can have a chance to have fun in a competitive atmosphere and learn the value of integrity, teamwork and personal responsibility – attributes important to their character which we also hold in high esteem for members of our TAMKO team.” – David Humphreys Charitable giving and supporting individual rights has been a decades-long priority for TAMKO In 1960, the E.L. Craig Foundation was formed to honor the company’s founder, and the J.P. Humphreys Foundation was founded later to honor the company’s second CEO. Over the years, these non-profit foundations have given more than $50 million to support organizations that promote free exercise, individual rights, job training, and civic and community development endeavors. Through the years, TAMKO has been a big supporter of local hospitals. Through the E.L. Craig Foundation and the J.P. Humphreys Foundation (both funded by TAMKO shareholders), Mercy Hospital in Joplin received help to rebuild after it was damaged by the 2011 tornado. In addition to helping Mercy Hospital, TAMKO has sponsored the Celebrating Freeman Nurses event, Breast cancer screenings and mammograms, and a “Stick it to Diabetes” event at Mercy Hospital. In Phillipsburg, Kansas—where TAMKO has a manufacturing facility—TAMKO participated in a variety of efforts to raise funds for individuals suffering from debilitating diseases in 2016. These included a local Hospice auction fundraiser, the Stacy Runnion fundraiser to support a local cancer victim, and the Blair fundraiser to support a TAMKO employee’s wife who suffered large medical expenses. After the 2011 tornado, the Humphreys’ youngest daughter, Rebecca, started A Tree Grows in Joplin, a charity aimed at replacing some of the 15,000 trees that were lost in the storm. A Tree Grows in Joplin has now become Joplin Historical Homes, Inc., aimed at renovating and restoring three of the oldest, most historically significant homes in Joplin. When the renovations are complete, the homes will be developed into a museum celebrating the Victorian period of Joplin’s founding and its key citizens. From supporting hospitals, helping rebuild after devastating natural disasters, and preserving Joplin’s history, TAMKO’s non-profit work benefits the community at large. TAMKO’s two non-profits have donated over $50 million to support organizations that promote free markets, free enterprise, individual rights and responsibilities, including job training and civic and community development endeavors. Education is central to TAMKO’s efforts to benefit the community. In addition to sponsoring the Joplin Globe Spelling Bee, the Joplin High School Constitution team, and a School Fire Safety program, TAMKO is very proud of its 25-year involvement with the Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School. In 1993, TAMKO President and CEO David Humphreys and his wife Debra opened the Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School in Joplin to give students in the community an opportunity to receive a first-class education. By 2012, enrollment had grown to almost 300 students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12. Enrollment is open to all students, and financial aid is available for those who qualify. The school awards more than $600,000 in financial aid annually to nearly half of the student population, and the Humphreys fund another $600,000 in scholarships every year. The merit-based E.L. Craig Scholarship also provides full tuition for as many as 12 students. Since the school opened, 16 classes have graduated and nearly all of the students have immediately enrolled in four-year institutions. “Being invested in the Thomas Jefferson school for 25 years has been such a wonderful experience—there’s nothing better than watching students flourish and enter society as responsible citizens,” says David Humphreys. “We’re invested in Joplin as a community, and we’re invested in Thomas Jefferson as a school.” –Debra Humphreys TAMKO always has, and always will, express our appreciation for all those who put their lives on the line for others, many of whom are members of our TAMKO employee team. “TAMKO so honors and values the character and skills military veterans possess that veterans make up more than 10 percent of TAMKO’s total workforce nationwide and an even larger percentage of our leadership team,” says TAMKO President and CEO David Humphreys. TAMKO’s support extends into transporting wounded veterans for treatment on corporate aircraft, and sponsoring a variety of veteran-focused events and programs. TAMKO has been a proud participant in the Veterans Airlift Command’s (VAC) Hero Flight program to provide free, private air transportation to post 9/11 combat-wounded veterans and their families for medical and other compassionate purposes through a national network of volunteer aircraft owners and pilots. Since flying its first VAC mission in 2008, TAMKO has been able to support 13 of the organization’s missions through the donations of TAMKO’s private aircraft, pilots, and fuel, including two missions in 2016. In addition to the Honor Flights, TAMKO was the food and beverage sponsor for the 2016 Run with the Heroes annual 5K race at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri during Veterans Week. The unique race honors military men and women by having active and reserve members of the nation’s military force run alongside the Run with the Heroes race participants. Outside of Missouri, TAMKO’s facilities and employees in other states honor veterans as well. In 2016, TAMKO’s Frederick, Maryland manufacturing facility honored past and present military service members thanks to a donation from TAMKO for the Field of Honor event, where a display of 250 American flags stood in a solemn formation in front of the St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Church in Ijamsville, Maryland. The display and individual flags sponsored by the community members served to honor past and present military service members and first responders. The Field of Honor was put on by a local Knights of Columbus group and all of the proceeds from the event supported Building Veterans, a Brunswick, Maryland nonprofit that helps veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and substance abuse and provides job and life skills training. In West Virginia, Matthew Ziegler, an Asphalt Technician at TAMKO’s Inwood, West Virginia asphalt processing facility, serves as president of the nonprofit group Brothers Bound, a motorcycle club that holds fundraisers to support local veterans, people in need, and local hospitals. In 2016, Brothers Bound’s veterans event gave away more than $4,000 and a new motorcycle to a local veteran. The group also raised more than $1,600 for a young girl in the area suffering with a neurological disorder. They also donated funds to a local hospital to purchase equipment and to treat drug-addicted infants, as well as several truckloads of supplies for the children’s ward and nurses’ station. TAMKO is proud of its veteran workforce and employees who volunteer on behalf of veterans. TAMKO will always stand with those who put their lives on the line in our armed forces.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2773
__label__wiki	0.607518	0.607518	The Hollywood Conspiracy to Make You Fear Audits Hollywood peddles a lot of stories, and one of the most popular is that there is an IRS agent waiting around every corner. Dorothy from Golden Girls, the stress-out parents on the cult classic This So Called Life, the squad at Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and countless other TV characters all faced grueling audits. On one of the most classic Who’s the Boss? episodes, the IRS agent even comes to Tony and Angela’s home to check out whether they’re reporting honest information. What’s going on? Are audits really this popular? Do you need to worry about the IRS ringing your doorbell? Is the IRS forcing Hollywood to scare you? Is there a Hollywood conspiracy to make you fear audits? Maybe. TV Shows Featuring Audits According to “TV (The Book)” by Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz, these are the top 10 TV shows of all time: All in the Family. These shows have little in common. They were aired from the 50’s to the modern day. They were set everywhere from New Jersey to New Mexico to the Wild West. The characters ranged from prisoners to housewives to mobsters, and their jobs ranged from nuclear power plant inspector to ad exec to bartender. Despite the variety, this group has one thing in common—fear of the IRS. TV Episodes With IRS Audits How common are TV audits? Let’s check it out and see how it stacks up next to reality. In the Simpson’s “Trouble With the Trillions” (season nine, episode 20), the IRS starts to audit Homer, but the agents soon realize his boss is the real prize and they ask Homer to spy on Mr. Burns. Fickle as ever, Homer quickly changes sides and flees to Cuba with Mr. Burns. In reality, this might not even be possible; the IRS is starting to seize passports of people who owe more than $50,000 in tax debt. In “Norm’s Big Audit” (season 11, episode 13). Cheer’s regular, Norm has a choice—accept the audit or get out of it by sleeping with the IRS agent. If you ever are audited, this is a big one to avoid— bribing government officials (with cash or “loving”) is seriously illegal. Breaking Bad’s Walter White wasn’t afraid of breaking the law, and in fact, he had a business just to hide his drug-dealing income from the IRS. However, when the IRS came calling, they didn’t notice that sham car wash. Instead, in “Bug” (season 9, episode 4), the IRS audits Walter’s wife’s former boss. As the bookkeeper, she knew the “books were cooked”. She plays dumb to get out of the situation and it works. Her former boss has to pay the taxes owed, but nobody has to face criminal penalties. In reality, playing dumb can sometimes work, but the IRS can also claim that you’re being willfully blind. That lets them throw the “I didn’t know” excuse out the window. Seinfeld wasn’t immune either. The IRS contacts him about a $50 charitable deduction he made to a fake charity. If it’s an issue this small, the IRS will send a letter. They won’t come knocking at the door. Even Archie Bunker from All in the Family was audited. He failed to report the money he earned driving a cab, and he and Edith have to go to a meeting with an IRS agent. The extended sequence is hilarious, but it begs the question—is there a Hollywood conspiracy? It’s impossible to do an exhaustive survey of every show ever aired to see how common audits are. However, of these ten shows, half contained audits. Based on that, you have a 50-50 shot of getting audited. Seeing that story play out over and over again strikes fear into the heart of taxpayers. But the good news is—audits are not that common. It’s just Hollywood writers who can’t think of anything more dramatic. In fact, I Love Lucy almost featured an audit episode as well. The script was nixed because Desi Arnaz didn’t want Ricky portrayed as a tax fraud. If that show would have aired, the percentage of top ten shows with audits would have jumped to 60. Hollywood Does Not Reflect Reality TV affects culture. When TV shows half of the people getting audited, that makes viewers think they are going to be audited. However, these shows don’t reflect reality. Evidently, the IRS audits less than 1% of taxpayers and they have fallen over the last six years. That means if you are a TV character, you are fifty times more likely to get audited than a real person. In real life, who’s the most likely to get audited? People who report nothing and people who report over $5 million. Five to 16% of people in those categories get audited. If you are scared about an audit, take a deep breath. In spite of what happens on TV, it is unlikely the IRS will audit you. However, that doesn’t mean you should cheat on your taxes—the best way to avoid an audit is to file honestly and on time. The best way to survive an audit is with detailed, well-organized records and professional help. Even characters who weren’t audited had something to say about the IRS. Take these comments from Roseanne, “This stuff is impossible to understand! These laws and explanations of laws; no human being can really understand these things, you know! That’s why you gotta go get some $200-an-hour lawyer to even explain the crap to you, you know, and I can’t afford $200-an-hour!” Here’s the good news: TV isn’t right in this case either. If you need help, it isn’t out of reach, and you can afford it. Fearing an audit? Owe back taxes? Call the number above today. July 20th, 2017\|Tax Opinion, Uncategorized\|0 Comments About the Author: Kari Brummond Kari Brummond is a freelance writer based in Colorado. She specializes in personal finance and tax issues. 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__label__wiki	0.949982	0.949982	A court has ruled that a council’s ‘outrageous’ policy is legal. And it’s so bad even Michael Gove objects to it Steve Topple On Tuesday 15 August, the High Court ruled that members of the public were not allowed to take “direct action” against a council’s “outrageous” policy. And not only does the order fly in the face of democracy, but it even goes against the Tory Environment Secretary Michael Gove’s objections. Which is really saying something… Our green and pleasant land? As The Canary previously reported, Sheffield Tree Action Groups (STAG) is campaigning against the felling of trees around Sheffield. The city’s Labour-led council is undertaking a 25-year, £2bn highway maintenance programme which includes the felling of around 6,000 trees. In 2012, the council gave outsourcing company Amey the contract for street maintenance; and therefore tree felling. But STAG claims that Amey has ignored 30 years of agreements on street trees. The council based the agreements on consultations with local communities. STAG says, however, that: Amey have a clear profit motive – if they blitz the city’s trees in the first five years of their 25-year contract, they can spend the next 20 years with much lower maintenance costs. Subverting democracy, Labour-style Since 2014, residents have been protesting about the planned felling of trees. But after a series of high-profile demonstrations, one which saw two pensioners arrested and 12 police officers present to protect the council’s work, the Labour-led authority took protesters to court. And on 15 August, the judge in the case ordered that Green Party councillor Alison Teal and two campaigners, Calvin Payne and David Dillner, are barred from taking “unlawful direct action or from encouraging others to take direct action” against the tree felling. After the ruling, the council said that anyone who tried to protest “inside a safety zone” around the tree felling area would be in contempt of court and face the risk of a fine or imprisonment. But STAG hit back, and issued this statement: This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, let’s not whitewash what he stood for A new group is raising the voices of ‘Young Socialists’, and it couldn’t come at a better time Wait, what…? Gove? STAG claims that, since 2014, the Labour-led council has ignored its concerns about the tree felling. In response, the council then set up a ‘Tree Forum’, to consult the residents on the tree felling programme. But STAG argues that the council buried the forum’s recommendations. It also claims that the council has felled 3,800 trees so far, with more to follow. The group wants the council to stop felling trees until a proper consultation has taken place. The protesters have even got support from Environment Secretary Gove. He wrote to the council in early August, saying: The destruction of thousands of mature trees from the Steel City will surely damage our children’s rightful inheritance… It is clear that many of Sheffield’s residents are deeply frustrated and angry at the decision… I would call on the council to listen to the people of Sheffield and end [the] tree felling and replacement programme. Pig-headed In a statement, Bryan Lodge (the council’s cabinet member for the environment) said: We have a responsibility to the taxpayers of Sheffield to do everything we can to avoid catastrophic financial consequences if the… work is not completed… Court action has been a last resort… We had no choice but to pursue these injunctions to stop a small number of people from causing major delays, not only to tree works, but also to work on roads, footpaths and street lights across the city. We know from regular feedback that the majority of people in Sheffield support the [tree felling] programme and want us to get the job done. But Green Party councillor Teal said of the court’s decision: It’s deeply worrying and quite extraordinary… I’m still processing it in terms of what it means for democracy: people who haven’t been involved in the campaign are going to be prevented from doing so. What does that tell people? That they’ve got no right to protest about it in future? Gove was clearly acting in the interests of political point-scoring with his intervention. But that does not detract from the wholly undemocratic nature of Sheffield council’s actions. And as STAG said in its statement, the campaign “to save healthy trees goes on”. The implications, however, of a council going to court to stop the public protesting, could outlive the very trees in Sheffield that this whole saga centres around. – Follow STAG on Facebook. Featured image via YouTube Sophia Purdy-Moore , 17th January 2021 Theresa May’s government has been caught twisting the law to sue a cash-strapped fire service for £10m A former Tory adviser breaks ranks and dishes the dirt on senior Conservative links to the far right [TWEETS] Sheffield City Council	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2775
__label__wiki	0.99324	0.99324	Everything We Know About The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard Rhiteek Chatterjee Directed by Patrick Hughes, ‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’ follows Michael Bryce, the world’s top bodyguard who, disgraced after his client is murdered, gets a new chance at redemption when he acquires a new client — Darius Kincaid, a hitman who must testify at the International Criminal Court. The film chronicles the two men’s efforts to put aside their differences and work together to make it to the trial on time. The film stars the sarcastically brilliant Ryan Reynolds as Michael Bryce, the hilariously loud-mouthed Samuel L. Jackson as the equally loud-mouthed hitman Darius Kincaid, the charismatic Salma Hayek as the beautiful Sonia Kincaid and the chameleonic Gary Oldman as the villainous Vladislav Dukhovich. In addition, Élodie Yung and Richard E. Grant also share the screen credits. ‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’, although suffers from a flunky third-act and the archetypal action comedy plot, is hilarious and immensely witty. In addition, the comic chemistry between Deadpool and Nick Fury, or Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson, is amazing to watch. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with many commending the aforementioned chemistry between actors, comedy and action while criticising the clichéd narrative. The movie was released on August 18, 2017, and scored a lacklustre 41% on Rotten Tomatoes but was immensely successful at the box-office, grossing $176.6 million against a budget of $30–69 million. The film’s commercial success instantly spawned off a sequel, with the title ‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’. Lionsgate secured the rights of distributing while Millennium Films, Campbell Grobman Films and Maximum Effort will be in charge of the production. The filming of the sequel began in March of 2019. So, with this information at hand, here is everything we know about ‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’. The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard Plot: What is it about? There has been nothing offered by the studio or the filmmaker about the plot or story-line. However, with the title focusing on the “wife”, we can assume that the film will focus on Salma Hayek’s character which was not explored much in the first film. With the film being an action comedy, it is also suffice to say that the sequel will indulge in another mission that the two men have to compete in, with Sonia Kincaid having more involvement in the narrative. The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard Cast: Who is In it? In May 2018, Lionsgate announced that Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek and Richard E. Grant would reprise their roles as Michael Bryce, Darius Kincaid and Sonia Kincaid respectively. Ryan Reynolds has been on a roll recently. In 2018, the actor came with a blockbuster sequel of ‘Deadpool’, titled ‘Deadpool 2’. In addition, he also voiced and starred in Rob Letterman’s fantasy mystery ‘Pokémon Detective Pikachu’ and is coming up with Michael Bay’s vigilante action film ‘Six Underground’ which is to be distributed by Netflix. The actor is also busy filming ‘Free Guy’, an action comedy which is being directed by Shawn Levy. The actor is also transitioning into the role of the executive producer in the show ‘Don’t’. Samuel L. Jackson has been in the midst of a pretty hectic schedule with six films releasing in the span of two years. The actor has successfully transitioned into the fourth phase of the MCU with the third phase’s last film ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ which is releasing in July 2019. He is also coming up with Tim Story’s action comedy ‘Shaft’, the war drama ‘The Last Full Measure’, ‘The Banker’ and the animated action comedy ‘Blazing Samurai’. Academy Award winner Salma Hayek last starred in Canadian filmmaker Kim Nguyen’s drama thriller ‘The Hummingbird Project’ (2018). She followed the film with Fred Wolf’s comedy ‘Drunk Parents’. The charismatic actress has two more films scheduled to release before ‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’, i.e. the comedy ‘Limited Partners’ and the drama ‘Molly’. English actor Richard E. Grant starred in Marielle Heller’s biographical drama ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ (2018) as Jack Hock for which he won Academy Award and BAFTA nominations, and the animated fantasy adventure ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ (2018). The actor is also essaying the role of Allegiant General Pryde in the upcoming ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’. In March 2019, Lionsgate announced that actors Frank Grillo, Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas and Tom Hopper have also joined the film. Frank Grillo has been quite busy in 2019. The actor is coming up with the action film ‘Boss Level’, the thriller ‘Black and Blue’, the drama ‘Once Upon a Time in Staten Island’, all of which are releasing this year. He is also starring and producing Joe Lynch’s action thriller ‘Point Blank’ before the release of ‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’. Antonio Banderas has three films scheduled to premiere before the sequel to the action comedy. The Spanish actor is essaying the role of Rassouli in the fantasy comedy ‘The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle’, Ferruccio Lamborghini in ‘Lamborghini – The Legend’ and is starring in an unspecified role in ‘X-Men’ series’ horror film ‘The New Mutants’. Banderas is back to the directors’ chair with ‘Akil’ whose release date hasn’t been announced yet. Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman starred in the poorly received crime thriller ‘The Poison Rose’ and the action thriller ‘Angel Has Fallen’ which is hitting theatres in August. Though his position in the cast seemed a little uncertain due to the sexual harassment allegations in 2018, Lionsgate has confirmed that he will be joining the cast. Tom Hopper has two releases before the sequel, with one being Tim Millers’ science fiction action film ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ and the action thriller ‘SAS: Red Notice’. In addition, the English actor also essays the role of the protagonist in Netflix’s superhero web series ‘The Umbrella Academy’ (2019 – ). The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard Crew: Who is behind it? In November 2018, Lionsgate confirmed that Patrick Hughes, who directed ‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’, would return to direct the sequel. The director is quite talented in the genre of action films. The Australian filmmaker directed two other films besides the action comedy, i.e. the positively rated Western thriller ‘Red Hill’ (2010) and the poorly received action film ‘The Expendables 3’ (2014). Terry Stacey replaces Jules O’Loughlin as the cinematographer for the sequel. The English cinematographer last worked on the crime thriller ‘The Poison Rose’ (2019). Icelandic composer Atli Örvarsson is most probably coming back in the sequel. He last worked in the action disaster film ‘How It Ends’, which was released in 2018. The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard Release Date: When will it premiere? As the project has just begun filming, ‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ will most likely release in August, 2020. The first part was released in the month of August which is usually jam-packed with many films, but it still scored big on the box office chart. So, the studio would most probably release try to repeat that success. Stay tuned to The Cinemaholic for more updates on ‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’. Read More: Upcoming Ryan Reynolds Movies	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2776
__label__cc	0.624401	0.375599	Pilot Knob-Historical Marker Eight miles south of Central Austin, Pilot Knob is four hills that make up what was an extinct volcano’s core area. It is two miles in diameter. The hills are made of trap rock, a mafic volcanic rock. Mafic rock is silicate mineral on rock that is magnesium and iron rich. It is usually dark in color and often includes the minerals olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, and biotite. Pilot Knob Marker Pilot Knob present day During the late Cretaceous Period, which lasted 79 million years and was about 145-66 million years ago, Central Texas was underneath the ocean. The volcano formed when magma came to the surface and interacted with unsettled sediments. The water left over from this encounter vaporized into steam which resulted in an explosion that found a crater. Eruption continued and eventually an ash cone built up over the initial explosion crater. Two different methods have been used by geologists to date the volcanic activity at Pilot Knob. One method uses the fossils contained in the stratigraphy of the rocks at Pilot Knob and surrounding areas. Stratigraphy refers to the layers of rock formation. The other method uses isotopic dating of the igneous rock. This method uses the decay of the radioactive isotope of potassium (potassium 40) to argon 40. Scientists can determine the age of rocks by measuring the concentration of potassium in a given rock and the amount of argon gas produced by radioactive decay. This is because the decay rate of potassium 40 to argon 40 is already known from previous experimental work. Once the volcanic activity in the area began to slow, beaches began to develop surrounding the volcano. One such beach, now lithified, appears along Onion Creek and makes up both Upper and Lower McKinney Falls. Lithification is the process in which sediments and other materials turn to stone. "Cretaceous." Wikipedia. Accessed October 4, 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafic. "Pilot Knob." The Historical Marker Database. Accessed October 4, 2015. http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=69231. "Pilot Knob (Austin, Texas)." Wikipedia. Accessed October 4, 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_Knob_(Austin,_Texas). Parker, D.L. "Chapter 4: Pilot Knob - a Cretaceous Volcano near Austin." Guidebook to the Geology of Travis County, via University of Texas Libraries. https://www.lib.utexas.edu/geo/ggtc/ch4.html. "Stratigraphy." Wikipedia. Accessed October 4, 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratigraphy. "Hydrocarbon in Crystalline Rocks (Geological Society Special Publication) (No. 214)" by Geological Society Publishing Texas State Historical Association page on Pilot Knob US 183 and Farm to Market Road 1625 Created by Laney Lenox on October 4th 2015, 2:48:33 pm. Last updated by Ben M on August 24th 2016, 4:16:07 pm.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2777
__label__cc	0.592094	0.407906	Pacific Ocean Park Pier The Pacific Ocean Park Pier was a pier opened in 1958. This pier was located on the water in Santa Monica, CA. When the pier opened it was a huge hit, it was a place buzzing with people from all around that came to have fun at the amusement park on the sea. Due to reconstruction of the city and road closer it became hard to access the pier. The amount of people that visited the pier became much lower which lead to the closer of the Pacific Ocean Park Pier in 1967. Pacific Ocean Park Pier in 1959 when the amusement park was in full motion. Photograph by Jeffery Stanton, "Pacific Ocean Park" ca. 1959. http://www.westland.net/venicehistory/articles/pop.htm Ariel view of Pacific Ocean Park. Photograph found at http://pacificoceanpark.tripod.com/ "Ocean Park Pier" ca. 1946 Pacific Ocean Park Pier after its closer in 1967. Photograph found at http://www.keyword-suggestions.com/cGFjaWZpYyBvY2VhbiBwYXJr/ "The Rise and Spectacular Fall of Pacific Ocean Park" In 1958 an amusement park on a pier opened up. This amusement park was called Pacific Ocean Park, and was advertised as "28 acres of fun and magic, ones first stop on their way to heaven" 1 . One would not be wrong in saying this, this pier was twenty-eight acres on endless fun. This place had food, games, and roller coasters all on top of a sunny California beach. For years people came from all around to visit this amusement park and the thrills it provided, but sadly this was short lived. Due to the attraction this amusement park had many real estate agency's wanted to dip their hands in the money that was to be had here. One agency's project lead to the demolition of many old buildings and the reconstruction new one's. 2 This project damaged many of the roads in the surrounding area. This made it very difficult to access the Pacific Ocean Park Pier and the amount of people going there started to drop. This along with the need for repairs caused the Pacific Ocean Park Pier to close in 1967. 3 After the pier closed in 1967 it became forgotten along with the surrounding area. A place that was once a paradise on the sea became a rotting, abandon pier of trash that was decaying in the water. This place became a place for teens to go cause trouble and explore the decaying pier. It became a place for drug addicts to get high and place for pyromaniacs to set fire. 4 While the Pacific Ocean Park Pier had been forgotten and left to rot the surrounding Santa Monica area did too. This area became a place filled with crime, poverty, and urban decay. This area of Santa Monica became known as Dogtown and was considered one of the last seaside slums of America. 5 This Pier became the ultimate symbol for Dogtown as it lay rotting in the sea forgotten by everyone. While the pier was became a new home for drug addicts, and people to cause trouble it also became home to another group of people. This group of people were the surfers of Dogtown. These surfers took to surfing under the pier because of the type of wave created there. Surfing here was extremely dangerous due to the piers debris that tainted the surrounding area. In order to ride here one had to be skilled and not afraid to get hurt, which heavily influenced the hardcore style of riding that the surfers of Dogtown were known for. This pier became an infamous surf spot that many people wanted to come surf. Although, unlike the amusement park that was once on the pier, non-locals were not welcome. Local riders did everything they could to protect their surf spot from outsiders. They would do everything from throwing rocks at non-locals to destroying their car engines. 6 The surfers of Dogtown would go on to be part of a surf and skate team for the company Zephyr. This team would become known as the Z-boys who would later go on to revolutionize skateboarding. While this pier was abandon and the original idea of an amusement park was forgotten, it did become famously known as the heart of Dogtown and home for the Z-boys. 1 "PACIFIC OCEAN PARK AMUSEMENT PIER." PACIFIC OCEAN PARK AMUSEMENT PIER. Accessed November 10, 2016. http://pacificoceanpark.tripod.com/. 2 Miranda, Carolina A. "The Rise and Spectacular Fall of Venice Beach's Pacific Ocean Park." Los Angeles Times. Accessed November 10, 2016. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-venice-beach-new-book-rise-and-fall-paci.... 4 Dogtown and Z-boys. Directed by Stacy Peralta. Performed by Jay Adams, Tony Alva, Sean Penn. United States of America: Agi Orsi Productions, 2001. DVD. Info also cited from: Duggan, T. (2016). Dogtown. Unpublished, Manuscript. St. Micheal's College. 5 Ibid Information about the Z-boys and the revolution of skateboarding that started in Dogtown. 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__label__wiki	0.669954	0.669954	Up To £20m Carillion starts Scottish rail works 15 Nov 12 Carillion has begun construction work on a £10m project to upgrade Newton junction in South Lanarkshire. The enhancement work will increase the number of train paths available for both local and cross-border services. Network Rail said. Scheduled for completion by winter 2013, the work involves re-modelling the junction with the addition of a new rail line and crossover, a section of track which allows trains to move from one line to another. The overhead stanchions that carry the electric power lines will also be reconfigured and signalling upgraded. A Network Rail spokesman said: “This programme of work will modernise a key junction on Scotland’s railway, bring significant benefits for those using both local and cross-border routes, as well as boosting the overall reliability of rail services. “With rail travel expected to continue to grow in popularity in the future, the project will also create the additional capacity needed to deliver more services in the years ahead.”	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2779
__label__cc	0.656107	0.343893	Golf Open Championship Odds 2021 The Open Championship is the oldest major in golf, starting back in 1860, but who is the favourite for it in 2021? The Open is one of the four golf majors in the sporting calendar. It is the longest-running major and the only one of the four… https://www.thegamehunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/ShaneLowry.jpg 400 850 TheGameHunter https://www.thegamehunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/game2018.png TheGameHunter2020-08-30 07:05:042020-08-31 10:07:50Golf Open Championship Odds 2021 US Open Golf Odds 2020 The US Open is one of the four majors in the golfing calendar, but who is looking on course to win the 2020 edition? First played back in 1898, The US Open is the second oldest golfing major at 125 years old. It is usually the third major… https://www.thegamehunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/portugalmastersgolf-ss.jpg 450 800 TheGameHunter https://www.thegamehunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/game2018.png TheGameHunter2020-06-19 07:39:082020-06-19 09:39:42US Open Golf Odds 2020 Betting Blog, Golf Dustin Johnson Wins 20th PGA Dustin Johnson secured his 20th win on the PGA tour on Sunday after finishing top of the table at the WGC-Mexico Championship. The former world number 1 won the tournament by five shots to Rory McIlroy who finished second. McIlroy did however… https://www.thegamehunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/DJ-Golf-Feature.jpg 350 800 TheGameHunter https://www.thegamehunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/game2018.png TheGameHunter2019-02-25 16:00:202019-05-16 10:27:02Dustin Johnson Wins 20th PGA Golf, News Betfair Paying Seven Places At AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am! This weekend sees the returns of the annual AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-AM tournament held in California and Betfair are paying a massive seven places on the competition! The tournament takes place every February and is played on three different… https://www.thegamehunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Golf-Feature-Image.jpg 350 800 TheGameHunter https://www.thegamehunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/game2018.png TheGameHunter2019-02-07 13:42:412019-02-07 13:42:41Betfair Paying Seven Places At AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am! Tianlang Guan – Not A Typical Teen! It must be fantastic to ‘make it’ aged just 14!, when your partner, two time Masters winner Ben Crenshaw says, “played about four of the most beautiful, delicate pitches you’ve ever seen” you’d have to be forgiven for thinking just… https://www.thegamehunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/young-golfer-940x390.jpg 390 940 TheGameHunter https://www.thegamehunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/game2018.png TheGameHunter2013-04-25 09:45:542020-05-06 11:15:20Tianlang Guan – Not A Typical Teen! Rory Mcllroy In Neighbours? World No 1 golfer Rory Mcllroy looks set to become neighbours to rival and World No 3 Tiger Woods. The 23 year old is thought to have completed the purchase of a £6.7 million Florida super pad about a kilometre from the Woods property. The… https://www.thegamehunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/RoryMcIlroyTigerWoodsNeighbours-850x390.jpg 390 850 TheGameHunter https://www.thegamehunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/game2018.png TheGameHunter2012-12-17 12:52:332020-11-25 09:41:48Rory Mcllroy In Neighbours? The Miracle Of Medinah Wallpaper It's being hailed as the greatest sporting comeback of all time... The Miracle Of Medinah. Over the years the Ryder Cup has seen it's fair share of drama, but the famous tournament has never seen a final day like this before! HOW TO DOWNLOAD… https://www.thegamehunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/miracle-of-medinah-940x390.jpg 390 940 TheGameHunter https://www.thegamehunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/game2018.png TheGameHunter2012-10-02 10:24:022018-05-02 16:12:20The Miracle Of Medinah Wallpaper America Does A ‘Devon Loch’ At Ryder Cup Not since Devon Loch slipped yards from the winning post in the 1956 Grand National has a certain victory turned so quickly into defeat. Sundays session at the Medinah Country Club course in Chicago looked like a victory parade for the U.S.… https://www.thegamehunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/rydercup1.jpg 350 620 TheGameHunter https://www.thegamehunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/game2018.png TheGameHunter2012-10-01 09:01:492012-10-01 09:23:28America Does A ‘Devon Loch’ At Ryder Cup US PGA Championships Preview The fourth Major of 2012 will start from tomorrow at Kiawah Island's Ocean Course, South Carolina, where the world's finest golfers have gathered to find out who is the best among them. The first three Majors of 2012 have all been won by some… https://www.thegamehunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/USPGAChampionship-850x390.jpg 390 850 TheGameHunter https://www.thegamehunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/game2018.png TheGameHunter2012-08-09 17:56:122017-09-18 16:54:50US PGA Championships Preview	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2781
__label__cc	0.539256	0.460744	Archives from August 2016 Gov Family Facts: We Like, We Like To Party (Plan) There’s just something about a country girl, and their uncanny ability to always make you feel welcome, which is one (of the many reasons) why we just love our Teagan. If you need something done, she’s on the case with a smile on her face and both a colleague and a friend. If you’re ever in the bar on a Friday night, swing by and say hi, she’ll love ya for it! Categories News • Ramblings • Permalink GOV FAMILY FILES: WHAT’S COOKING, GOOD LOOKIN’? Some people prefer the strong, silent types, which is why we’re lucky to have Col. Just like a Ronan Keating song, he says it best when he says nothing at all. Count yourselves lucky we got him to fill in this Q & A. Peter Garrett & The Alter Egos @ The Gov Review Music and activism still matter to Peter Garrett; and he still matters to us. During the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Peter Garrett and Midnight Oil sent a profound, political statement regarding the plight of indigenous Australians. Shortly afterwards, he embarked on a political career. Sixteen years later, as the Brazilian sun rose on Rio de Janeiro, the gangly and enigmatic environmental warrior shed his business suit, buttoned up an indigenous print shirt and took to The Gov stage (6 August) in a manner that suggested that his foray into federal politics was just a very bad dream. Regurgitator + Horrorshow + Ball Park Music We’ve been reflecting today on the great vibe there is at The Gov week in and week out. It’s hard to put a finger on what makes it happen, but it’s got a lot to do with those of you who come and share in what we’re doing here. Whether it’s seeing a touring band, grabbing a meal, or chatting in the front bar as the sound hillbilly fiddling floats through the air, the place wouldn’t be the same without our huge Gov family. We’d love you to join in the fun on Friday, 5 August for our Horses Birthday front bar party from 5-7pm. Dress up in your best jockey outfit, bake a cake to enter into our competitions or just come along and have some fun. We hope to see you there. Categories Permalink	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2782
__label__wiki	0.756534	0.756534	TABLE ROCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY Articles about us and our projects Our Museums > Argus Museum -- Newspapers and Photographs > Argus Museum Renovation, 2015 > Argus, Lincoln Journal Star article Article, Republican April 30, 2015 The Argus Newspaper Maple Grove Schoolhouse Museum Opera House Museum Pioneer Museum Turner Log Cabin The Veterans Museum Other links about Table Rock Early settlement TR Cemetery, Fall 2015 HISTORICAL EVENT HISTORIES Swings, teeter totter or merry-go-round Stone homes Photo collection of Terry Hunt Korell Maple Grove Country School Pictures in same studio setting Dick McCourtney oral history Dr. Ed McCrea McCrea's babies 1883 Autograph book of Frank Purcell William McNeal, Worth Remembering Community Club Breakfast for Eclipse Weekend Personal photo collections, a list Photo collection of Bob Blecha, schools Total solar eclipse, 2017 Collection of Amy Hanna-Klepper 1917 History of Maple Grove Country School Dist 18, Clear Creek St. John's (Miller) Cemetery Straightening the Big Nemaha Manuscripts, histories, etc. TR Fair 2018 Kerns How Table Rock Got Its Name Adult Spelling Bee at the Rock School 2018 Table Rock Fair - Parade Taylor, Samuel Autograph Book -- Delphine Goodenkauf, 1901 Flider Drive In Blizzard of 1949 Weather- Winter Dow family Fair 2019 Horton family Not the Table Rock, the True Story of "the" Rock Schroeder Cash Store Sitzman Collection curated by Sandy Cerra 2019 Fair - Recap With grandma AND grandpa Easter Treasure Hunt by Car, 2020 Diseases - smallpox typhoid fever & other illnesses Family Stories, Layden family about a missing father Sitzman Weddings Telegraph, Depot, & Chiclets Back to Just Interesting A Heart Warming Story of Father & Son it's the story! don't you just love a good story? and one set in table rock? even better! Note: the most recent stories are added to the top of this page. scroll down for some darn good ones that have been here for a while! why i like that old stuff by Dean Lewis, grandson of joe & dolores sochor Dean is the son of Diane Sochor Lewis. He wrote & illustrated this ode to this roots in an October 26, 2019 Facebook post: Ever wonder why I have all these old trucks and old devices? Well, to me they are time capsules. Sometimes, I honestly feel lost and I wish I could go back in time. I don’t think I’d wanna come back to this day and age. I miss getting together with family members. I miss going down to grandma and grandpa’s house for the holidays. And this cold and snow on the ground just reminds me way too much of my past. I can just see grandpas electric shop with snow around it all over. His white and red Dodge pickup parked out front. Him inside working on a tv or fencer with his black and white jacket on. With a space heater on to keep him warm. But as I approach the memory just fades into darkness. Having these older trucks around just kind of helps me cope. They take me back to a much simpler time. So no matter what happens, what breaks or busts I will not ever give up on them. I will keep them on the road. Photo 9120, Dean & his grandpa Joe Sochor in front of Table Rock Electric. Photo 9121, Dean with mom Diane & grandpa Joe Sochor A favorite photo of grandma and grandpa Joe & Dolores Sochor. Photo 9124. Dean's Dodge -- modern times, happy memories. Photo 9122. a discussion of the telegraph, the depot, & chiclets Telegraph, Depot, Chiclets ode to a house in 1956 Favorite Table Rock story teller Larry Layden, Class of 1961, comes up with some terrific little memories all the time. Here's one that he posted on our Facebook page as we discussed a house in Lower Town which once was converted for use as a Baptist Church for a time in the 1960s. Later residents included the Dickey family, the Beckman family, and now the Maliks. In 1956, my Aunt, FREDA WILKINSON lived in that house. I used to mow her lawn. That same year she moved to the house next to Dutch Lang, across from my parents. The owner of that house had a household sale in November of that year. At that auction, I, a 14 year old boy, bought my first rifle, a .22 caliber Winchester pump, hexagonal barrel, chambered for .22 shorts. It was a Model 1898. It was also the year the King released "Love Me Tender." I fell in love at least once that year. seen a hobo with a tr letter jacket? Teresa Hanna Rogers Grandma Hanna use to feed the hobos hopping the trains.... Dad came home once asking for his TR letter jacket,and she had given it away to some guy who needed it. Wonder where his jacket traveled to?! Anna Hubka Hanna in her Table Rock kitchen, around 1959? She's on the left. With her is Tillie Rademacher, whose daughter married Anna's son Eddie. Ed Hanna in 1953, with the Class of 1945 at the annual alumni picnic. He's the fellow 2nd from left -- was he lamenting the loss of his letter jacket? charlie mccourtney the state of nebraska highway dept. The March 19, 1934 edition of the Nebraska State Journal carried a story about a little controversy. No self-respecting oxen may hold his head up when pulling a load, our Charlie McCourtney said, but the state of Nebraska didn't care. We still have that same sign in 2020! who is in this picture & when was it taken? photo 986 Charlie Carmichael, his wife, and...? what we looked like From a class picture, Dolores Sochor with lifelong friend Eddie Hanna Dolores Karas Sochor with her great grandchildren in 2019. Photo 8530, shared by Susie Sochor Pete Hedgepath, who is on our Facebook page, told this story after seeing "young & old" posts on Facebook. I presume that the young girl in the top picture is the Gramma in the lower one. I can see the same facial features. Most folks can be recognized when they are "well along in life" by those who knew them.. "Back when," I witnessed this very thing in my youth which I've never forgotten... My great grandmother lived with my grandparents most of her life after her husband died in 1927. She died in 1952 at age 91. In her last years she was pretty well "gone" as far as recognizing those around her and where she was... One day when I was there the doorbell rang and she went to the door and a middle aged..maybe 60 or so man stood there..My grandmother said in a loud strong friendly voice. "WHY TAD WOODHOUSE"...Tad W. was a very distant relative she probably had not seen for 50-60 years. That long ago not seen person instantly triggered her memory of things long past. Did you get the last bedtime story that came when your mom or dad was too tired to read more? "Once there was a calf, and that's half. He stood by a wall, and that's all." Well, this is similarly short. Mrs. Henry Ford (Table Rock Historical Society's Sherry Winkinhofer) brought "The Old Lady" to the 2019 Living History Day in Table Rock. The Old Lady is a 1929 Ford Model A. So, here's the story in pictures. Sherry asked each group of kids: Where is the gas tank? This is the typical response. An encouraging post script: some kids DID figure it out! my name is john david upton ward This one, printed and reprinted in a variety of papers around the country, needs little discussion. This one is from the Monongahela Valley Republican (Pennsylvania). The 1881 census showed John David Upton Ward living with uncle Eugene Ward and aunt Sarah. We don't know much about Uncle Eugene Ward. He and his wife Sarah had just been married in 1879 by Martin J. Mumford, two years before young Master Ward departed. Was Uncle Eugene a real meanie or could he just not afford the cost of an education? Eugene was only 26 himself. (Eugene was one of the children of Will and Carrie Bell Barrett Ward; Carrie is buried in Table Rock.) As of the 1900 census, Eugene had moved to Michigan, where he lived to his death. Since Ward was John David's last name, one would expect that it was one of Eugene's brothers who was the father. Which of Eugene's brothers did John David belong to? There appear to have been three -- James (1850-1919), Leonard (1854-1892), and Charles (1858-1933). -- James David said he was on his way to see his Grandma Ziegler so that was presumably his mother's maiden name. If John David was 10 in 1881, then only James Henry was old enough to have been his father, unless Leonard fathered a child as a teenager. But a search of Ancestry trees shows that James' wife was not a Ziegler, her maiden name was Riggs, and they were not married until 1875. Leonard's only known marriage was in 1881 to Sarah Bacon. A theory: John David Upton Ward was a step son from an earlier marriage by Josephine to a man named Upton. Another theory: the article is fabricated, as was sometimes the case back then. I can't find a John David Ward in Ancestry who matches John David Upton Ward in any way. What happened to this little 10-year-old boy who was so generously put on a train to Dayton, Ohio? Did he reach his destination? If he existed, he has vanished into the mists of time. after a hurricane -- "i alone am left" The Longwell Family Tragedy THE INFLUENZA PANDEMIC OF 1918 HITS Read stories that are poignant, or dramatic, or mysterious, or all of the above. The influenza came to Pawnee County, and it hit Table Rock especially hard. The Table Rock article includes the few photographs that could be found of those who died, usually from school pictures. Read about it. The Influenza Pandemic in Table Rock The Influenza Pandemic in Pawnee County ANOTHER story FROM larry layden Larry passed on a story that he got from Lloyd Vrtiska: A grave and a hanging Lloyd told me that he was told that back around 1930 a man and his family came to [their older brother] Rudy's door looking for work. Their baby girl was sick. Lloyd and Floyd's family hired him for a few weeks work and cared for the sick baby girl as best they could. A few months later Rudy talked to the man again and found out he lived around Pawnee. He asked about the sick little girl and was told she had died. The man said they buried her on the only place that had ever shown kindness to her, somewhere on the Vrtiska homestead. Lloyd told me he and Floyd spent many summers growing up looking for the grave. Every time he spotted a depression in the unbroken prairie pasture they dug down looking for a coffin. They never found anything and didn't know if the story was true. I wonder if Floyd remembers looking for the grave. There used to be a wagon road that followed the stream that goes by the old farmstead. The stream and road cut through a large grove of oak and walnut trees. Lloyd said he was told a group of travelers showed up once with a horse thief tied to a horse. The horse thief was hanged from a large, high branch of one of those trees. He said he and Floyd were sure they knew which branch was. Lori above, her dad Floyd below LORI VRTISKA SEIBL Floyd Vrtiska's daughter Lori responded: I was just visiting with my Dad. He said it probably happened but he sure doesn’t remember it! He said Lloyd could always remember those stories better than he could! LIGHTNING strikes & kills silas bowen a year after lightning struck & killed his brother wife struck down in the influenza pandemic Silas Bowen married Mary Effie Aylor and they had six children, three of whom survived to adulthood: Ralph (1887-1949), and twins Della (1904-1981) and Stella (1904-1994). Those three lost both parents in dramatic circumstances. Silas Bowen farmed near Table Rock. When his twin daughters were only a year old, he was killed. it was 1905 and he was only 42. The story was told in Silas's July 5 obituary: KILLED BY LIGHTNING Silas Bowen, a Well-Known Farmer Instantly Killed. Death, sudden and awful, visited a home in this county yesterday afternoon taking from the husband and father in a manner, that almost stupefies with horror the entire community. Silas Bowen, who lived on a farm about half way between this city and Elk Creek, was struck by lightning and instantly killed. During the day he and his son, Ralph, had been cultivating corn, and when the storm came up, between 4 and 5 o'clock, they started for the barn, Mr. Bowen driving his team and Ralph following with his, being perhaps 20 or 30 feet apart. When within about 50 yards of the barn a heavy bolt of lightning struck, knocking the team driven by Mr. Bowen down, killing Mr. Bowen and the team driven by his son, and shocking the latter so that he fell and lay unconscious for 15 to 20 minutes. When Ralph regained consciousness he went to his father, but found him dead and he hurried to the house, and then to a neighbors for help. The terrible instrument of death had entered the body, down the right leg and out at the ankle, leaving a mark about the width of a man's finger along its course. When he fell, he evidently struck on his face, and the heavy fall of rain washed the dirt and mud upon him so that he was covered with it, and presented an awful sight. The footprints were also washed away. The team driven by Mr. Bowen was not injured, and the team following him, which was killed, fell with their feet to the north and looked as though they had quietly laid down to sleep, there being no evidence of a struggle. The news spread rapidly and the entire town and community was deeply stirred by the calamity. On June 20, 1903, a brother of Mr. Bowen had been instantly killed by lightning while standing in the doorway of a store in Lewiston, and this fact seemed to intensify the feeling of horror which permeated all who heard the dreadful news. Mr. Bowen was 42 years of age and leaves a widow and three children. He was respected and esteemed by all who knew him, had resided in this vicinity for many years. He was a member of Table Rock lodge A.O.U.W. in which he carried $2000. life insurance, also $2000 in the Bankers Life of Lincoln. In the Table Rock Cemetery Read about the pandemic in Table Rock In the Argus in 1904 -- a year before Silas was struck dead by lightning. Services were held at the Table Rock Christian Church. When Silas died, Mary was only 38. She remarried. However, she died in the 1918 influenza pandemic at the age of 50. Her son Ralph was 31 but her twin daughters were only 14. All three siblings lived to old age. heartbreak long ago Heartbreak long ago. Here are the stones of two of Benjamin & Cornelia Horton's children, George & Willie. George was born in 1869, a few years after his father Ben returned from the Civil War (Private, Company H, 46th Illinois Infantry); little George died when he was only 5, in 1874. Willie was a baby who died three days after birth in 1882. George was their first born. Benjamin & Cornelia lost another child, Daisy, who is buried in Humboldt, in 1878 (also a newborn). They had six other children who lived to old age. But the three lost, especially the five-year-old, were surely thought of. Little five-year-old George died 144 years ago. We'll probably never know anything about him than what is in this post. He is buried in the Table Rock Cemetery, he lived and he died. Willie died 136 years ago. Ditto. in 1890, the rest of the family Little George died in 1872 and Willie in 1882. Had they lived, George would have been an 18-year-old in this photo, and Willie would have been 8. Ben & Cornelia had 8 children who lived. The rest of the family, according to Susan Gavitt Horton, whose photo this is, were Hattie, Elvey, Ludelle, Sidney, Arthur, Nellie (Myrtle), Fred, and Grace. Photo 7768, shared by Susan Gavitt Horton in 2019 "in a strange and mysterious way." The August 16, 1878 Nebraska State Journal mentioned a conductor by the name of Charley Foote. It doesn't say that Charley Foote lived in Table Rock. It just says that he "lost an uncle in a strange and mysterious manner near Table Rock." The December 14, 1878 Nebraska State journal said it again: The December 19, 1878 Nebraska State Journal again gives that tagline: "Charley Foote, who lost an uncle in a sad and mysterious manner at Table Rock." This time, the Charley Foote with the lost uncle showed up at the office of the Atchison Globe with beer. What gives? Who knows! Only the Nebraska State Journal, judging from the distance of time. A search of deaths in Table Rock before August 1878 yields no obvious clue. Cosmus Snoke, an Old Soldier of the Civil War, died, but it was of old age. Is the description serious, or is this the punchline of a joke told about this Charley Foote? "Two railroad men walked into a bar,".... it could begin. Or did something sad and mysterious actually happen to an uncle? If so what happened????? If we only knew, we could judge for ourselves whether it was sad or whether it was mysterious. But all we know is that it was Charley Foote's uncle and something happened to him. Did this follow Charley Foote the rest of his life? In those days, when people presumably knew what had happened, is this something that the women talked about in hushed voices as they washed dishes following a church dinner? "Did you see Charley Foote here tonight?" asks one. "Oh yes. And he lost his uncle in a sad and mysterious manner," says another. "Near Table Rock," adds another. In those days when people presumably knew what happened, did Charley Foote walk into a tavern (not in Table Rock -- it was dry back then) and say, "Charley Foote, you old so and so! Is that uncle of yours still lost?" Wink wink. Did Charley Foote go to the Table Rock Cemetery and stand silently at the grave of an uncle and think of the manner in which the uncle had died....near Table Rock? We don't know. We can only guess. And apparently, the Nebraska State Journal had to guess, as well! In the midst of the little series above, even the Nebraska State Journal did not know what had happened! Here is a comment in the October 5, 1878 Nebraska State Journal: And yet, the Nebraska State Journal continued to mention Foote's uncle with no further information other than that he had died in a "sad and mysterious" way! What really happened? If anything? There's got to be a good story there! By the way, did Charley Foote exists? Apparently so, and apparently he was a conductor, and he was a popular man. He had been mentioned by the Nebraska State Journal in an August 5, 1877 story about a train excursion the year before. "Conductor Foote had charge of the train and he did his job well, as he always does." a story about a stone On the eastern edge of the northwest quarter of the Table Rock Cemetery is an imposing stone. It marks the resting place of Mary Fulton. She died in 1907. Mary's husband Al had chosen an epitaph: "A voice I loved is stilled." I recently found the poem from which those poignant words were crafted. A precious one from us has gone, A voice we loved is stilled, A place is vacant in our home, God in His wisdom has recalled, The boon his love has given, And though the body slumbers here, The soul is safe in heaven. The change from a voice "we" loved is stilled is worth thinking of. Two children had been born to them in the early years of their marriage, but neither had survived their mother. Al was left alone. The words are even plaintive when you learn this: Al had heard Mary's voice his entire life. She had been born three weeks after him, on a neighboring farm. In Mary's obituary--for which Al would have provided the information -- it says that they were rocked together in the same cradle. Al served his country as a soldier in the Civil War, perhaps the only time in their lives that they were apart. After Mary died, he ended up in what they then called an"Old Soldier's Home," he having been at the one in Leavenworth. He died a decade after his beloved Mary. His siblings had either no money or no interest in putting up a stone, at least one that would endure for a century. He rests by Mary, which was probably all he wanted. As Mary and Al went about their waning years, their children gone, they must have wondered who would go first, and how it would be for the one left behind. Dr. Ed McCrea of Table Rock said it beautifully in closing his autobiography: As I sit in my study and see the autumn leaves falling, it brings thoughts of happy days that have passed, when life was happy and gay and we sang the songs of long ago. Those songs we cherish so today we sang to our loved ones, but two have passed away and now we are old and alone. The days go swiftly by and we wonder who next will be going, Mother or I. I hope the life I have lived has been a useful one The only other thing we know about Mary so far is that she taught at the District 51 country school in 1885. She taught for three months and was paid $40. She was 36 years old and married at that time. Her son Fred was about 16. It's interesting that a married woman would have taught at a country school in those days. Perhaps they were desperate. Al Fulton's grave is one of the several unmarked Civil War veterans' graves still to be marked with a military tombstone. The Historical Society will apply for it. This is one of the many projects for which money has and will be raised for the maintenance of the graves of the Civil War soldier buried in Table Rock. Al's Civil War Units -- 41st & 53rd Illinois Mary Fulton's Obituary Table Rock Argus, Jan. 24, 1907. Mrs. Mary I. Fulton died at her home in this city about 7:20 last evening after an illness dating back about 18 months, when she suffered a stroke of paralysis. In May last she suffered a second stroke, and a third stroke on the 4th of this month when she was home alone, and she was found unconscious lying partly on the bed after the door of the house had been broken open; from this attack she never recovered, but remained in an unconscious condition until her death. Mary I. Baughman was born in Medina county Ohio, August 1, 1849; when a child she moved with her parents to Indiana, later going to Illinois; she was united in marriage to Al Fulton (who was a baby with her back in the Ohio home and they had been rocked together in the same cradle) at Springfield, Ill. In 1869; two children were born to this union, one dying in childhood, and the other, Fred dying at the age of 33. They came to Nebraska in 1879, locating at Tecumseh, coming to Table Rock four years later. In the spring of 1886 they went west, coming back to Table Rock after four years, where they remained until the fall of 1898, when they moved to Dorchester, they came back to Table Rock last fall and have made their home here since. The funeral services will be held at the M. E. church at 11 o'clock Friday morning, under the auspices of the Women's Relief Corps, the services being conducted by the pastor, J. T. Roberts. To the bereaved husband and other sorrowing relatives, the Argus extends sympathy. Her aged father, 85, living in Lincoln attended the funeral of his daughter and most of the family are gone, one son and one daughter are left. Oscar Fulton also attended the funeral of his brother's wife Mary, from Dorchester, Nebr. Al Fulton's Obituary October 3, 1912 Argus the story of sisters nancy & nancy The story of sisters split by adoption who kept in touch with each other with the help of caring parents. And there's an epilogue. Sisters Nancy Lee and Nancy Patricia, Photo 4101. This is about three families in Oregon. Lifetime Historical Society member Ted Quackenbush was the one who told me the story, which is about his wife Nancy Lee McAlpine Quackenbush. Nancy is the granddaughter of W. G. and Frances Shepherd, who lived in Table Rock for many years. Now for the story: Here’s married couple #1, Robert and Lucille Fisher. In 1936, Robert and Lucille Fisher had a daughter, Nancy Lee. In May 1937, they had another, Patricia Lou. Soon after Patricia’s birth, Robert left her. Lucille was not able to properly care for them. Robert’s sisters took temporary custody, but the State Adoption Agency listed both girls for adoption and were on the way to the Boys and Girls Aid Society. Here’s married couple #2, Elvis and Vina King. In 1936, they had a baby girl who did not survive birth. Elvis named the baby Nancy Lee after his grandmother. Here’s married couple #3, Hugh and Ruby Shepherd McAlpine. This is the Table Rock connection to the story. Ruby grew up in Table Rock. Hugh was a farmer from Seneca, Kansas (about 30 miles south of Table Rock). He was a World War I veteran who had "walked across France." Ruby and Hugh were unhappily childless. Elvis and Vina learned from a friend about the girls. Elvis thought that Vina could only care for one child, and they chose Patricia Lou, who was still a baby. Vina wanted to give Patricia the new name of Nancy Lee, the name of the little girl they had lost of birth, but Elvis would not have that because the sisters would then both be named Nancy Lee. Elvis and Vina compromised on the name Nancy Patricia. Elvis and Vina had became acquainted with Hugh and Ruby who then went to see Nancy. Nancy Lee soon became Nancy Lee McAlpine. Vina at first did not want the girls to know of each other, but again Elvis would have none of that, either. By 1939, both adoptions were final. The King and McAlpine families lived about 30 miles apart and the girls often got to visit each other. In 1943, Ruby got homesick for Nebraska. They packed up and moved back there. They went to the home of her father, Willims G. Shepherd, who by that time had left Table Rock for Endicott, Nebraska. After the Hotel Murphy burned down in 1931, he had built another, smaller, hotel in its footprint, which he called the Two Way Inn. He had in 1937 traded the Two Way Inn for a farm in Endicott. He took off for Endicott, and Slaughter came to Table Rock, where he gave a new name to his new business, the Reno Inn. Months after the McAlpines arrived at Endicott, the farmhouse burned to the ground. Everyone there moved back to Table Rock. Although the McAlpines made many moves after this, Nancy and Nancy stayed in touch with letters. In the summer of 1948, Vina and Nancy Pat traveled from Oregon to Beatrice for the girls’ first visit since the McAlpine’s had left Oregon in 1943. That's when the below photo of the girls on the swings was taken. On the same occasion, in the photo below, Vina King posed with Hugh and Ruby McAlpine, and Ruby's father W. G. Shepherd. Photo 3218, shared by Ted & Nancy Quackenbush epilogue - Nancy & Nancy were not alone This is about a grown-up Nancy's and what happened as she moved to Oregon, to California, and back to Oregon again Nancy and Nancy kept in touch with each other by letters. Nancy McAlpine married Ted Quackenbush and made their home in Nebraska and Nancy King married and made her home in Oregon. In 1960, Ted received an Air Force assignment to Portland Air Base. He and Nancy drove to the new assignment. On the way, they stopped in the Oregon town where Nancy King lived. The girls, both with families by then, were together again. During the three years that Ted was stationed in Portland there were many more visits between the two sisters. There was also a journey to the old farm home where Nancy had joined Hugh and Ruby McAlpine to become a family; Nancy gave perfect directions to get there. During their three years at Portland, Nancy also found her biological father, who still lived there. She discovered from him that he had married again and had five more children. Nancy and Nancy had another sister and four brothers. At the end of their three years, Ted returned to civilian life and they moved to California. During the next 32 years he and Nancy took many vacations to Oregon. In 1996, they retired and moved there, just a few miles from Nancy Patricia. Visit between Nancy and Nancy extended to their siblings in Portland. In 2010, Ted and Nancy moved back to California to be near their adult children. In 2011, with lots of help from others and the internet, Nancy learned that her mother had been in California since the 1940s but had died in 2005. However, Nancy discovered that her mother had remarried and had a girl and two boys between 1941 and 1944, and then remarried a third time and had another daughter. The daughter from her mother’s third marriage lived in Huntington Beach, only 100 miles from Nancy’s home. With help from the DNA test provided by Ancestry, Nancy was able to contact her new siblings, living in Atlanta and Spokane, but one brother had passed away. Nancy's first sister has passed as have all but one brother from her dad's other family but with email and phone calls contact is still being made with those remaining. Her father had five more children and her mother four. Nancy and Nancy had a total of nine siblings that, when they posed on the swings in Beatrice in 1948, they had no idea existed. Now, if that isn’t a good story, what is?! the daughters of clara martin Charlie O. McCourtney fell in love with and married Clara Martin, daughter of a Civil War veteran. Clara died young. You will love this story about the couple and what became of their four daughters appeared in the Historical Society newsletter, 2017 #1 the boy who lost his marbles A lovely story about the grandson of Charlie McCourtney and Will Alderman, janitor at the Table Rock school. It is from the Table Rock Historical Society newsletter, 2017 #2. a story about a quiet old woman A bit flabbergasting, this story about Bessie Penn, Bea Brown's mother! It appeared in the Historical Society newsletter, 2017 #2. howard g. cleaveland spanish-american war veteran railroad brakeman "crippled coach of champions" Howard's nephew Link Lyman, born in Table Rock, played for the Bears and was one of the first football players to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Read about him on the "Born in Table Rock" page Read about Howard's nephew Link Lyman of the Bears This inspiring story came out in the Table Rock Historical Society newsletter, 2017 #2. Here's a short video of a rail car headed down a track, a brakeman riding the front, ready to apply the brake -- part of a flying switch. Consider Howard making that near fatal trip.... dale goodenkauf Class of 1958, high school athlete October 24, 1957 - Dale's last high school football season Dale holding daughter Dawn, undated. Shared by Sharla Sitzman. Dale was 74 when he died in December 2014. He was born in 1940 to Alfred and Katie (Catherine Schmidt) Goodenkauf of Table Rock. He graduated from Table Rock High School in 1958. He married Wava Roberts on May 31, 1965, and they had two children, David and Dawn. Dale is well remembered in the sports field. He lettered in all sports for all four years of high school. He excelled in all sports but was especially well known for his football prowess. After high school, he played softball locally for many years. During high school, he worked weekends as projectionist at the Table Rock Theater. Over the years, he worked as a heavy equipment operator, mechanic, and electrician. Dale lived in Table Rock most of his life, with some years spent in Pawnee City and Beatrice. larry layden remembers dale Dale was outstanding in football . I played with him and he was our "secret weapon." At that time there were three ways to score an extra point after scoring a touchdown. One was to run it in, which was difficult, another was to place kick it, which was the normal attempt, and the third was to drop kick it over the bar. This is no longer allowed and was very seldom done back then because hardly anyone could do it. It was so difficult that a successful attempt was worth two points as I recall. Dale was deadly accurate when he dropped kicked the ball and won a number of games for us. wayne knippelmeyer remembers dale I faced Dale one time in a softball game. I came to bat 3 times. I saw 9 pitches!! Every pitch was either a swing and miss or a strike. larry also remembers: Dale was a gifted auto mechanic, like his father, and usually had an engine hoisted up to a tree while he overhauled it. I think his first car was a 48 Ford that was wrecked when he got it. I helped him change the bent fenders and work on the engine. When we got thru the car had a blue body and black fenders and a flat head V-8 that purred and growled like a new car. This would have been around 1955. He was a good friend for many years. a small gallery of things from the argus he broke the law! the pretty girl was picqued. M. H. Marble was a Justice of the Peace in Table Rock for many decades. As a JP, Judge Marble heard various small matters -- theft of a pig, damage to a fence, a fight, alcohol abuse. It is all set forth in log books that are with Judge Marble's desk in the Argus Museum. The logs are handwritten and not indexed but are well worth some time. Here is a news item about one event that is in there somewhere, from the April 30, 1897 edition: It is sometimes quite costly to tell a young woman how handsome you think she is, and on Saturday night Samuel Shawhan...had a costly experience of the kind. He had bowled up some and was finally arrested and charged with being drunk and disorderly, one of the specifications being that he had insulted a young lady. At the trial before Square Marble, the young lady was a witness and asked what the man had said to her replied that he said ‘she was the prettiest girl in town.’ The judge found him guilty assessed a fine of $5 and costs against him – a total of $13.45, which Shawhan paid. He declared he will never again tell a pretty girl what he thinks of her. Samuel Shawhan married Miss Mary Ellen Bryant on March 14, 1900 and they proceeded to have two children. Was she pretty? Did he lose his resolve and tell her she was pretty and if so, was he fined again? We will never know. That's part of another story. I do know that Sam died young. It was only 10 years after he was fined. He was only 36. I hope those seven years of married life that he had were with a pretty girl and full of joy. Samuel Shawhan, buried in the Table Rock Cemetery. Sam's older brother Edgar, born in 1860 and lived to be 97. Sam was born 1871. Perhaps Sam would have had a resemblance to Edgar had he reached this age. Photo shared by Cindy Ann Shutts on Ancestry. a story of a lynch mob pouring into the county jail and what happened before and after The Young Laundress's Murder A door now in the Pioneer Museum was the jail door in the courthouse. In 1911, the current courthouse replaced the one that was the site of this story; apparently this door was in the 1911 courthouse and removed during renovation at some point. If it had been in the old jail it would have witnessed many events. Of the many dramatic events, the night the vigilantes came for Frederick Emmons is likely the most dramatic. The story begins with the 1888 murder of a young laundress at the Exchange Hotel in Pawnee City by Emmons; she had refused his offer of marriage. It ended with him "committing suicide" at a railroad bridge, at the hands of a lynch mob. Read about it by following the link. the silent burial of mike mccourt Historical Society member Luella Hinrichsen, poring over old editions of the Argus in search of obituaries, came across the sad story of Mike mccourt, a man who "was accentric in the extreme, his brain mechanism was not always working harmoniously." Editor Frank Taylor understood the rich tapestry woven by the lives of the people of Table Rock. He reported news but also painted word pictures of people he knew, almost always with dignity. In the August 25, 1904 edition of the Table Rock Argus is the obituary of Mike McCourt. Taylor's word image of Mike McCourt, who was believed to be 65 or 70 years old: Mike McCourt, whom nearly every man, woman and child in this vicinity knew at least by sight, is dead and buried. For twenty five years or more he has lived here. He was a bachelor and lived alone in a little house on a thirty-acre tract of ground northeast of the city, which he has owned and occupied for several years. Mike was eccentric in the extreme, his brain mechanism not always working harmoniously, but he was never known to injure anyone. One of his vagaries was a belief that his enemies had set the spirits on him and that these demons haunted his house to do him injury. On Friday, Mike was found outside his house "in a helpless condition." He was cared for and his condition improved but then he fell and hit his head, an attributed attributed to a "paralytic stroke" and shortly thereafter. Mike's burial leaves question never to be answered about his relationship to the Catholic Church. He was said to have money, but he kept his financial affairs to himself. He was said to have made a will giving his property to the Catholic Church. However, the obituary reported that burial in the Catholic Cemetery (St. John's, northeast of town) had been REFUSED. Taylor wrote: There were no funeral services; no priest at the grave; but amid a silence, broken only by the falling of the clay upon the coffin, the body was laid in its tomb. Perhaps in its utter silence the burial was more impressive than had there been elaborate ceremonies, but it is unusual. The Argus reported in the September 1, 1904 edition that an effort had been made to find money that McCourt may have hidden at his home. He apparently did have a good amount of the money in the bank, but there were stories of treasure. Many people who were somewhat familiar with the habits of Michael McCourt, who died ten days ago, had an idea that he had money buried somewhere about his premises and the estimated amount of this hidden treasure varied with the individual guesser. On Saturday morning F. A. Harrison, who is executor of the estate under the will, was accompanied by Judge Marble and others repaired to Mike's late residence. With spade and pick, they proceeded to turn over more mother earth than either gentleman had in years before. In hopes of finding the money, they dug in the garden, in the yard under the house, and in ever conceivable place where the treasure might be hid. Finally, in a stove in the house, they found 85 cents, and in the stove pipe 4 cents more. Given how much money he had in the bank, they figured it not likely that he had hidden it at home and the search was abandoned, with 89 cents for their efforts. In the end, Pawnee County probate records reveal that Mr. McCourt left a will, which he had prepared in 1895. He did not leave money to the church. Mr. McCourt had some land and money in the bank, worth several thousand dollars. Of that, he left $10 to each of two sisters, and everything else to his brother Bryan. Bryan still lived in Ireland. He did not travel to Table Rock but rather appeared through attorneys in New York City, who retained the local Pawnee County firm of Story & Story to represent Bryan's interests. little gems that stand without retelling Silas Hays on left and "Mr. Law," a Table Rock contemporary. In 1862, Mr. Hays took a little trip to California. This family photo was shared by Historical Society member Brad Bowen. Silas and Elizabeth Hays, 1870, a few years before they came to Table Rock. Shared on Ancestry by SherryBerthot65. Nebraska State Journal, March 16, 1923 This article was shared on Ancestry but sadly we forgot to note the tree from which it came. If marks the birthday of Silas Hays of Table Rock. The reference to the Chief is presumably to the Pawnee Chief, an early competitor to the Republican. It tells of Silas Hays' wagon trip to California, Spring of 1862. george & clara cooper they borrowed a buggy Historical Society member Luella Hinrichsen, poring over old editions of the Argus in search of obituaries, came across the lovely story about a wedding in 1870. It was in the July 11, 1924 Argus. The story needs no re-writing. Wedded Long, Long Ago- On July 3, 1870 a wedding ceremony was performed which united the loves of two Table Rock young people. So tightly was the knot tied that all the storm and stress of the intervening years have not been able to break it, and the husband and wife are living together today in contented and happy old age in Table Rock. The contracting parties to this wedding of fifty-four years ago were George M. Lane and Miss Clara Cooper, popular young people of this community, and members of prominent pioneer families of the community. George had a fine team of horses, but no buggy, and so he went to C. H. Norris, who owned the only buggy then in Table Rock, hitched his own horses to it and in pride and happiness the young couple took their honeymoon trip.... They commenced life together on a farm west of Table Rock. For the past quarter of a century or more they have lived in town having retired from the farm. Since they began life together they have always lived here in Table Rock, their children were born and grew to manhood and womanhood here.... hey realize that time has wrought great changes in conditions in Table Rock and Nebraska, for they have lived through them in the years of their married life, and as they go on down the journey of life hand in hand it is the hope of their many friends that joy and happiness will follow them to the journey's end. George died in 1925 at age 76, Clara in 1931 at age 77. When they married in 1870, George was 21 and Clara 16. George & Clara, undated, shared by Historical Society member Terry Korrell, photo 1806. della purcell & parker mccoy it didn't work out 1891 - a wedding picture 1900 - an apology. KIND OF. How's that for a story?! You can write whatever you want in your head! "Friends, I have wronged my wife..." Yet he asks not to be criticized..... Anyway, the best revenge is living well, and Della, who never remarried, did that. She raised her two beautiful daughters, Ruth and Stella, to be two beautiful young ladies. Parker missed the boat. Ruth & Stella McCoy, Photo 1836. This is Photo 1837, Della Purcell McCoy with her daughters Ruth and Stella. No Parker in sight, too bad, so sad! I wonder whether he got the prayers he asked for in lieu of criticism? Della was born in 1872 -- she was 19 in her wedding picture. Ruth McCoy Muscheites, who is on the left, was born in 1894. This picture may be circa 1907, with Ruth at 13 and Della at 35. The photographer may have elicited a pensive gaze from each, but it does not look that time has particularly affected Della's loveliness. traveling at the amazing speed of a mile a minute a desperate attempt to reach his dying wife in time The 1905 Argus article is headlined:: "Mrs. C. S. Wood Passes Away While the Husband is Flying Toward Table Rock at the Rate of a Mile a Minute." Here's the story, as derived from the article, her obituary and his. One day, Charles S. Wood left for Pierre, South Dakota, to buy sheep. The next day his wife -- July 26, 1905 -- Nancy, took sick. She had a fever consistent with typhoid fever; the next day the fever ranged from 99 and one-half to one hundred and one-half. She improved for a few days, giving her friends and family hope, but then her condition seriously deteriorated. A telegram was sent to Mr. Wood telling him to come home. The next day, Table Rock received a reply from Pierre. Wood had gone out to look at some sheep and could not be found. Nancy's condition had become "alarming." Word was sent to the Pierre telegraph office to send a messenger after Mr. Wood. "This was done and for four days the messenger drove over the country seeking Mr. Wood, who with a driver named Brown and a gentleman named McKinney were ninety-five miles from Pierre." The messenger finally found Mr. Wood and his two associates. However, the message had been garbled -- it was said that the wife of the driver, Brown, was dying. The three men took off for Pierre. After driving 20 miles, another report reached them. This time it was the brother of Mr. McKinney, the secondman, who was dying. The three men continued heading for Pierre. They received yet another message: that Mr. Wood's mother was the one who was dying. Mr. Wood did not believe the report. The message said that "mother" was sick, and he realized that it had been sent by his children, not his wife Nancy. The three men continued to head for Pierre post haste. A change of teams was secured and the remaining sixty miles to Pierre was made at the rate of eight miles an hour. At Pierre, Wood got a letter from his daughter saying that Nancy was better. The letter was not dated and in fact had been written before Nancy's turn for the worse. However, Wood took enough comfort from it to get some sleep. He was exhausted from the long drive and worry. As Wood slept, the Table Rock people were desperately trying to reach him. Another message had been sent telling of Nancy's deterioration to an alarming condition but Wood could not be found. Finally, the Table Rock people thought to contact the Masonic Lodge, and the order helped locate Wood and get him the message. Wood started for home. His friend C. H. Barnard of Table Rock had been in Lincoln and was sent a telegram begging him to meet Wood at Council Bluffs and to "use every means to hurry." Barnard told Wood of Nancy's condition and got him on Train Number 13 of the Burlington & Missouri Railroad from Burlington to Lincoln. At Lincoln, a special train to Table Rock was arranged to speed Wood on the way to his dying wife. This train was in charge of Conductor K. E. Cleaveland and Engineer Mike Lewis, both well known to Table Rock people. The train "made wonderful time, going so fast that the only lights maintained were those inside the coach." The Lincoln Star reported the story and included particulars of that then "sensational" journey on the special train: Spurred by the news that his wife was dying C. S. Wood of Table Rock last night made the race of his life to reach her bedside before the end came. For twelve days the woman has hovered between life and death, and the husband was absent, with whereabouts unknown to the relatives at home. After many fruitless attempts he was finally located at Pierre, S.D. and the start began. When word was received that he was coming, the physicians made use of the strongest stimulants to keep Mrs. Wood alive until he could reach her. The most sensational part of the trip from Pierre was from Lincoln to Table Rock. Mr. Wood arriving in Lincoln on Burlington train No 13 from Omaha at 12:52. In just three minutes, he was speeding in a "special" train to the south with orders for a clear track and unlimited speed. The distance from Lincoln to Table Rock is sixty-three and a half miles, and this stretch was covered in exactly sixty five minutes, including a delay of five minutes wait for the train from Kansas City. A rate of better than a mile a minute was maintained for the entire distance. "We wanted to have the train ready for starting within a minute after No. 13 arrived," said Chief Dispatcher Mullen this morning, "but there was a delay in the - office of two minutes. The delay was aggravating and it seemed an age to the anxious husband, but the rest of the way was covered in record time." The efforts of Mr. Wood and trainmen were in vain. An hour before the husband arrived Mrs. Wood died. The Argus reported that while the search for Wood was on and while Wood was desperately trying to get to Table Rock as soon as possible, "everything was being done for the sufferer. Dr. Wilson had Dr. Anderson of Pawnee City and Dr. Wallace of St. Joseph to consultation; a trained nurse had been secured from Pawnee City and on Monday Miss Higgins, and a trained typhoid nurse from St. Joseph arrived. Nevertheless, Nancy lapsed into unconsciousness and died nearly an hour before Wood's train arrived at the Table Rock depot. "Throughout her sickness up to the time she lost consciousness, she was cheerful and hopeful and thought she was getting better." "The anguish of Mr. Wood on learning that after all, he was too late to see his wife alive, we will not attempt to describe, but the sadness of it all touches every heart in the community." They had been married since 1867, she having been 19 years old at the time. They had three children together, Charles, Elmer, and Emma. The family came to Table Rock in 1874. "No person more fully possessed the universal admiration and esteem of our people than did Mrs. Wood and her death under the sad circumstances intensifies the feelings of sorrow throughout the entire community." The Methodist church was filled "to its utmost capacity by those who desired to pay a last tribute of respect to the memory of one who in life the esteemed so highly." She was buried in the Table Rock Cemetery. Here is the story as it appeared in the 2017/#4 edition of the newsletter of the Table Rock Historical Society. It describes the efforts of Wood's friends like C. H. Barnard and a heroic train crew that included K. E. Cleaveland of Table Rock. And it tells the story of the final days of Charlie's wife Nancy Wood, dying of typhoid fever. Below: The Table Rock depot where Wood's train arrived an hour too late for him to see his wife before she died. The Methodist Church as it was in 1905. The Table Rock depot as it was when Charles Wood arrived too late to be with his wife Nancy on her deathbed. The previous depot burned in 1892, so this one would have been only 13 years old at the time. (It eventually burned down,too.) The Methodist Church as it was in 1905, when Nancy's funeral was conducted there. Clyde Hoover Barnard (1862-1929). He heped secure a special train for his friend Charles Wood. Photo 1876, A train at the Table Rock depot, undated. Perhaps it was a train like this that went at the fantastic speed of a mile a minute. Photo 1865. The railroad timetable from August 1905. Charles Wood was on Train 13, taken as a special express train for him. The time table shows that Train 13 usually ran from Table Rock to Pawnee City to Wymore, and to Denver and points west. (The train was "vestibuled," meaning that there was a vestibule between each car rather than an open platform.) Conductor K. E. Cleaveland was on Train No. 13. He lived in Table Rock. His sons Art and Howard had fought in Manila in the Spanish-American War in 1898. His won "R. A." graduated from Table Rock in 1899. Conductor Cleaveland's son Howard became a railroad brakeman, and in 1903 suffered a catastrophic back injury. The article here gives a good prognosis, but it was not to be. Howard was never to walk again. It was two years after his son's accident that K. E. Cleaveland's train speed toward Table Rock. a glimpse of C. S. & Nancy wood's lives in happier times more A Little Story About Jim McCurry Jim McCurry, a fallen soldier of the Phillipine-American War, a man who left a fiance in Table Rock, a bright intelligent girl who took the news hard, and a couple of cousins. stories that stand without retelling The Table Rock Historical Society of Table Rock, Nebraska welcomes visitors year round. Contact us at TableRockHistory@gmail.com for details. We have many things not yet posted. Let us know if you have any special requests.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2783
__label__wiki	0.923792	0.923792	Toronto Film Festival Announces Galas & Special Presentations Posted by Doug Dobbins at 12:40 pm on July 23, 2013 Piers Handling, CEO and Director of TIFF, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, unveiled the first round of titles set to premiere in the Galas and Special Presentations programmes at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival. Of the 16 Galas and 55 Special Presentations revealed, this first slate of films includes 40 world premieres from filmmakers including: Bill Condon, Steve McQueen, Sylvain Chomet, John Carney, Jean-Marc Vallée, Atom Egoyan, Amma Asante, Godfrey Reggio, Jason Reitman, John Wells, Denis Villeneuve, Don McKellar, Jasmila Žbanić, Justin Chadwick, Mike Myers, Liza Johnson, Richard Ayoade, David Gordon Green, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Haggis, Manuel Martín Cuenca, Jason Bateman, Bertrand Tavernier and Matthew Weiner. The 38th Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 5 to 15, 2013. Opening Night Film The Fifth Estate Bill Condon, USA World Premiere Triggering an age of high-stakes secrecy, explosive news leaks and the trafficking of classified information, WikiLeaks forever changed the game. This dramatic thriller based on real events reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century’s most fiercely debated organization. The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create a platform that allows whistleblowers to anonymously leak covert data, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes. Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world’s most legendary media organizations combined. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of modern time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society — and what are the costs of exposing them? The film also stars David Thewlis, Stanley Tucci, Laura Linney, Anthony Mackie and Dan Stevens. Closing Night Film Life of Crime Daniel Schechter, USA World Premiere Based on the novel The Switch, by Elmore Leonard, Louis (John Hawkes) and Ordell (yasiin bey, a.k.a. Mos Def) — two common criminals in 1970s Detroit — kidnap the housewife (Jennifer Aniston) of a corrupt real estate developer (Tim Robbins) and hold her for ransom. Also stars Isla Fisher, Will Forte, and Mark Boone Jr. American Dreams in China Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Hong Kong/China North American Premiere 1985. In the midst of China’s economic reform period, three college students — an overzealous hillbilly who refuses to accept his destiny of being a farmer; a cynical intellectual with a superiority complex; and a romantic idealist who wants to be a movie star — bond through a shared fascination with Western literature, music and movies, and an ambition to live the American dream. This sets the three on a roundabout course toward the foundation of a wildly successful English-language tutorial institute — but sudden fame and fortune could tear the friends and their vision apart. The Art of the Steal Jonathan Sobol, Canada World Premiere Crunch Calhoun, a third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief, teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in the world. But it’s not just about the book for Crunch — he’s keen to rewrite some chapters of his own past as well. Starring Jay Baruchel, Matt Dillon, Kurt Russell, Terence Stamp, Katheryn Winnick, Chris Diamantopoulos, Kenneth Welsh and Jason Jones. August: Osage County John Wells, USA World Premiere August: Osage County tells the dark, hilarious and deeply touching story of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose lives have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them. Based on Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize– and Tony Award–winning 2007 play of the same name. Starring Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Benedict Cumberbatch, Abigail Breslin, Sam Shepard and Chris Cooper. Cold Eyes Cho Ui-seok and Kim Byung-seo, South Korea North American Premiere A veteran leader of the Special Crime Department Surveillance Team, and a rookie female detective with gifted powers of reasoning, keep a close watch over a vicious criminal organization. After continuous surveillance and pursuit, they come close to arresting the organization but commit a fatal mistake. Starring Seol Kyung-gu, Jung Woo-sung, Han Hyo-joo, Lee Jun-ho and Jin Gyeong. The Grand Seduction Don McKellar, Canada World Premiere The tiny Newfoundland outport of Tickle Head is set for financial salvation if they can secure a petrochemical plant. Their odds are slim, as a town doctor is needed to land the contract. When one candidate, Dr. Paul Lewis, lands in their lap, the town rallies to seduce him to stay beyond his one-month trial. Paul’s fondness for the village grows as the month passes — though he’s clueless to the fact that everything he has grown to love is an elaborate web of lies. Starring Brendan Gleeson, Taylor Kitsch, Gordon Pinsent, Liane Balaban and Mark Critch. Kill Your Darlings John Krokidas, USA International Premiere Kill Your Darlings is the true story of friendship and murder that led to the birth of an entire generation. This is the previously untold story of murder that brought together a young Allen Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe), Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston), and William Burroughs (Ben Foster) at Columbia University in 1944, providing the spark that would lead to their Beat Revolution. Also stars Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, David Cross, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Elizabeth Olsen, Kyra Sedgwick and John Cullum. The Love Punch Joel Hopkins, France World Premiere Retirement at last! Middle-aged and divorced, company owner Richard Jones is looking forward to a worry-free existence as he arrives at his office on his last day of work. Much to his dismay, he discovers that the management buyout of his company was fraudulent. The company is now bankrupt and the employee pension fund — including his own — has been embezzled. Enlisting the help of his ex-wife Kate, Richard sets out to track down the shady businessman behind the fraud. Before they know it, Richard and Kate are caught up in a cat-and-mouse caper across Europe in a whirlwind of intrigue, mad chases and jewellery theft that could restore Richard’s future — and might just rekindle the couple’s romance. Starring Emma Thompson and Pierce Brosnan. The Lunchbox Ritesh Batra, India/France/Germany North American Premiere Middle class housewife Ila is trying once again to add some spice to her marriage, this time through her cooking. She desperately hopes this new recipe will finally arouse some kind of reaction from her neglectful husband. Unbeknownst to her, the special lunchbox she prepared is mistakenly delivered to miserable office worker Saajan, a lonely man on the verge of retirement. Curious about the lack of reaction from her husband, Ila puts a little note in the following day’s lunchbox which sparks a series of exchanged notes between Saajan and Ila. Evolving into an unexpected friendship between anonymous strangers, they become lost in a virtual relationship that could jeopardize both of their realities. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Justin Chadwick, South Africa World Premiere Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom is based on South African President Nelson Mandela’s autobiography of the same name, which chronicles his early life, coming of age, education, and 27 years in prison before working to rebuild his country’s once-segregated society. Starring Idris Elba as Nelson Mandela, and Naomie Harris as Winnie Mandela. Parkland Peter Landesman, USA North American Premiere November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This film follows, almost in real time, a handful of individuals forced to make split-second decisions after an event that would change their lives and forever alter the world’s landscape: the young doctors and nurses at Parkland Hospital, the chief of the Dallas Secret Service, the unwitting cameraman who captured what has become the most watched and examined film in history, the FBI Agents who had gunman Lee Harvey Oswald within their grasp and Vice President Lyndon Johnson who had to take control of a country in a moment’s notice. Thrust into a scenario of unprecedented drama with unimaginable consequences, these key characters respond with shock, outrage, determination and courage. Woven together, their seemingly disparate perspectives make one of the most thrilling and powerful stories never told. Starring Paul Giamatti, Colin Hanks, Zac Efron, Billy Bob Thornton, Jacki Weaver and Marcia Gay Harden. The Railway Man Jonathan Teplitzky, Australia/United Kingdom World Premiere Based on the bestselling novel, The Railway Man tells the extraordinary and epic true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labour camp during World War II. Decades later, Lomax discovers that the Japanese interpreter he holds responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him, and his haunting past. Starring Academy Award–winner Colin Firth, Jeremy Irvine, and Academy Award–winner Nicole Kidman, the film is a powerful tale of survival, love and redemption. The Right Kind of Wrong Jeremiah Chechik, Canada World Premiere The Right Kind of Wrong is a romantic comedy about a failed-writer-turned-dishwasher and fearless dreamer who risks everything to show the girl of his dreams all that is right with the wrong guy. Starring Ryan Kwanten, Sara Canning and Catherine O’Hara. Rush Ron Howard, United Kingdom/Germany International Premiere Two-time Academy Award winner Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Frost/Nixon) teams up once again with two-time Academy Award– nominated writer Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, The Queen) on Rush — a spectacular big-screen re-creation of the merciless 1970s rivalry between James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl). Also features Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara and Pierfrancesco Favino. Shuddh Desi Romance Maneesh Sharma, India Canadian Premiere Shuddh Desi Romance follows a fresh and very real love story about the hair-raising minefield between love, attraction and commitment. A romantic comedy that tells it like it is, providing a candid look at the affairs of the heart in today’s desi heartland. Starring Rishi Kapoor, Sushant Singh Rajput, Parineeti Chopra and Vaani Kapoor. Supermensch The Legend of Shep Gordon Mike Myers, USA World Premiere In 1991, music manager Shep Gordon held Mike Myers over a barrel a few weeks before shooting Wayne’s World regarding an Alice Cooper song Myers wanted to use in the film. They have been close friends ever since. Twenty-two years later, the story of Gordon’s legendary life in the über-fast lane is now told in Myers’ directorial debut. And this time it’s Myers who has Gordon over a barrel. Shep Gordon: capitalist, protector, hedonist, pioneer, showman, shaman… Supermensch! 12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen, USA 12 Years a Slave tells the incredible true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841 and finally freed in 1853. The story is a triumphant tale of one man’s courage and perseverance to reunite with his family that serves as an important historical and cultural marker in American history. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt, Paul Giamatti, Scoot McNairy, Lupita Nyong’o, Adepero Oduye, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, Michael Kenneth Williams and Alfre Woodard. All Is By My Side John Ridley, United Kingdom World Premiere Jimmy James, an unknown backup guitarist, left New York City for London, England in 1966. A year later he returned — as Jimi Hendrix. All Is By My Side brings authenticity and poignancy to the story of the man behind the legend, and of the people who loved and inspired him. Starring Imogen Poots, Hayley Atwell, André Benjamin, Ruth Negga and Adrian Lester. Attila Marcel Sylvain Chomet, France World Premiere Paul is in his 30s. An orphan since the age of two, he lives with his aunts in a Parisian apartment and leads a reclusive existence as a pianist. That is, until the day he meets Madame Proust. Bad Words Jason Bateman, USA World Premiere After discovering a loophole in the rules of the National Spelling Bee, a disruptive 40-year-old, Guy Trilby, dominates the pre-pubescent competition. An unlikely friendship occurs, however, when an awkward Indian boy is taken with Guy’s rough edges. Meanwhile, a female reporter uncovers Guy’s true motivation for competing. Starring Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, Phillip Baker Hall, Kathryn Hahn and Rohan Chand. Belle Amma Asante, United Kingdom World Premiere Belle is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate bi-racial daughter of an aristocratic Royal Navy Admiral. Belle’s lineage affords her certain privileges, yet also prevents her from fully participating in the traditions of her social standing. Against the ridged boundaries of proper society, Belle finds both her true self and true romance — and influences her uncle to take a role in bringing an end to slavery. Starring Gugu Mbatha Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Reid, Sarah Gadon, Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton, Tom Felton, James Norton, Matthew Goode and Emily Watson. Adèle: Chapters 1 & 2 Abdellatif Kechiche, France North American Premiere At 15, Adèle doesn’t question it: girls go out with boys. Her life is changed forever when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and finds herself. Starring Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos. Burning Bush Agnieszka Holland, Czech Republic North American Premiere This epic, long-form docudrama chronicles the political, legal, and moral fallout that followed after Czech student protester Jan Palach set himself on fire in protest against government repression in 1969. Can a Song Save Your Life? John Carney, USA World Premiere Can a Song Save Your Life? finds Gretta (Keira Knightley) alone in New York City after being heartbroken by her musician boyfriend (Adam Levine). She finds laughter and rejuvenation with a down-on-his-luck record producer (Mark Ruffalo) who recognizes her musical talent and opens up an entire city of possibility for both of them. Cannibal (Caníbal) Manuel Martín Cuenca, Spain/Romania/Russia/France World Premiere Carlos is the most prestigious tailor in Granada, but he’s also a murderer in the shadows. He feels no remorse, no guilt, until Nina appears in his life. She will make him realize the true nature of his actions and, for the first time, love awakens. Carlos is evil incarnate. Nina is pure innocence. And Cannibal is a demon’s love story. Dallas Buyers Club Jean-Marc Vallée, USA World Premiere In this fact-based drama, Matthew McConaughey portrays real-life Texas electrician Ron Woodroof, an ordinary man who found himself in a life-or-death battle with the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies. In 1985, Ron was blindsided with an HIV diagnosis and given 30 days to live. With medications still restricted in the US and the country still divided over how to combat the virus, Ron procured non-toxic alternative treatments from all over the world through both legal and illegal means. To avoid government sanctions against selling non-approved medicines and supplements, Ron established a “buyers club” for fellow HIV-positive people, giving them access to his supplies. Also stars Jennifer Garner and Jared Leto. Devil’s Knot Atom Egoyan, USA World Premiere A haunting true mystery about the infamous killing of three children in a small Arkansas town. The police charge and convict three teens, aka the West Memphis Three, for committing the murders during an alleged satanic ritual, but a mother and investigator suspect that the truth may be even worse. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth, Kevin Durand, Bruce Greenwood, Mireille Enos, Dane DeHaan and Stephen Moyer. he Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her Ned Benson, USA The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her is a two-part love story seen through the eyes of a New York couple trying to understand each other as they cope with personal hardship. The different perspectives of “Him” and “Her” result in two films with a unique look into one couple’s attempt to reclaim the life and love they once had. Starring Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Nina Arianda, Viola Davis, Bill Hader, Ciarán Hinds, Isabelle Huppert, William Hurt, and Jess Weixler. Dom Hemingway Richard Shepard, United Kingdom World Premiere Dom Hemingway is a larger-than-life safecracker with a loose fuse who is funny, profane, and dangerous. After 12 years in prison, looking to collect what he’s owed for keeping his mouth shut for protecting his rich mobster boss, he finds himself drawn back to the perils and pleasures of his criminal lifestyle — while trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter. Starring Jude Law, Richard E. Grant, Demian Bichir, Emilia Clarke, Kerry Condon, Jumayn Hunter, Madalina Ghenea and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett. Don Jon Joseph Gordon-Levitt, USA Canadian Premiere Jon Martello (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a strong, handsome, good old fashioned guy. His buddies call him Don Jon due to his ability to “pull” a different woman every weekend, but even the finest fling doesn’t compare to the bliss he finds alone in front of the computer watching pornography. Barbara Sugarman (Scarlett Johansson) is a bright, beautiful, good old fashioned girl. Raised on romantic Hollywood movies, she’s determined to find her Prince Charming and ride off into the sunset. Wrestling with good old fashioned expectations of the opposite sex, Jon and Barbara struggle against a media culture full of false fantasies to try and find true intimacy in this unexpected comedy. The Double Richard Ayoade, United Kingdom World Premiere Simon is a timid man, scratching out an isolated existence in an indifferent world. He is overlooked at work, scorned by his mother, and ignored by the woman of his dreams. The arrival of a new co-worker, James, serves to upset the balance. James is both Simon’s exact physical double and his opposite — confident, charismatic and good with women. To Simon’s horror, James slowly starts taking over his life. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn and Noah Taylor. Enough Said Nicole Holofcener, USA World Premiere Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is a divorced soon-to-be empty-nester wondering about her next act. Then she meets Marianne (Catherine Keener), the embodiment of her perfect self. Armed with a restored outlook on being middle-aged and single, Eva decides to take a chance on her new love interest Albert (James Gandolfini) — a sweet, funny and like-minded man. Things get complicated when Eva discovers that Albert is in fact the dreaded ex–husband of Marianne. This sharp insightful comedy follows Eva as she humorously tries to secretly juggle both relationships and wonders whether her new favourite friend’s disastrous ex can be her cue for happiness. Also stars Toni Collette, Ben Falcone, Eve Hewson and Tavi Gevinson. Exit Marrakech Caroline Link, Germany International Premiere When 17-year-old Ben visits his father Heinrich in Marrakech, it is the start of an adventurous journey through a foreign country with a picturesque charm and a rough beauty where everything appears possible — including the chance that father and son will lose each other for good, or find one another again. Felony Matthew Saville, Australia World Premiere Three detectives become embroiled in a tense struggle after a tragic accident that leaves a child in critical condition. One is guilty of a crime, one will try to cover it up, and the other attempts to expose it. How far will these men go to disguise and unravel the truth? For Those Who Can Tell No Tales Jasmila Žbani Bosnia and Herzegovina World Premiere Kym, an Australian tourist, decides to travel to Bosnia. Her guidebook leads her to Višegrad, a small town steeped in history, on the border of Bosnia and Serbia. After a night of insomnia in the ‘romantic’ Hotel Vilina Vlas, Kym discovers what happened there during the war. She can no longer be an ordinary tourist and her life will never be the same again. Gloria Sebastián Lelio, Chile/Spain North American Premiere Gloria is 58 years old and still feels young. Making a party out of her loneliness, she fills her nights seeking love in ballrooms for singles. This fragile happiness changes the day she meets Rodolfo. Their intense passion — to which Gloria gives everything, as she feels it may well be her last — leaves her dancing between hope and despair. Gloria will have to pull herself together and find a new strength to realize that in the last act of her life, she could burn brighter than ever. Going Away (Il est parti dimanche) Nicole Garcia, France World Premiere Two unlikely friends — a supply teacher and a lonely young boy suspended between two estranged parents — embark on a weekend motorcycle voyage full of surprises and unforeseen consequences in this surprisingly tough, unsentimental drama. Gravity Alfonso Cuarón, USA/United Kingdom North American Premiere Gravity is a heart-pounding thriller that pulls its audience into the infinite and unforgiving realm of deep space. Sandra Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer accompanied on her first shuttle mission by veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney). On a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone — tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth… and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But their only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space. The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) Paolo Sorrentino, Italy North American Premiere Rome, in the splendour of summer. Jep Gambardella — a handsome man with irresistible charm despite his advancing age — enjoys the city’s social life to the fullest. He attends chic dinners and parties where his sparkling wit is always welcome. A successful journalist, in his youth he wrote a novel that earned him a literary award and a reputation as a frustrated writer. Weary of his lifestyle, Jep sometimes dreams of taking up his pen again, haunted by memories of a youthful love which he still hangs on to. But can he overcome his profound disgust for himself and others in a city whose dazzling beauty sometimes leads to creative paralysis? Half of a Yellow Sun Biyi Bandele, Nigeria/United Kingdom World Premiere An epic love story: Olanna and Kainene are glamorous twins, living a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria. The two women make very different choices of lovers, but rivalry and betrayal must be set aside as their lives are swept up in the turbulence of war. Hateship Loveship Liza Johnson, USA World Premiere Johanna Parry moves to a new town to work for Mr. McCauley and his granddaughter, Sabitha. Sabitha and her friend trick Johanna into a one-way epistolary romance with Sabitha’s father Ken. Johanna lights on fire, and commits a criminal act to get to her lover, who barely knows she exists. Starring Kristen Wiig, Guy Pearce, Christine Lahti, Nick Nolte, Hailee Steinfeld, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Sami Gayle. Ida Pawel Pawlikowski, Poland World Premiere Poland, 1962. Anna is a novice, an orphan brought up by nuns in a convent. Before she takes her vows, she is determined to see Wanda, her only living relative. Wanda tells Anna that Anna is Jewish. Both women embark on a journey not only to discover their tragic family story, but who they really are and where they belong, questioning their religions and beliefs. L’intrepido Gianni Amelio, Italy North American Premiere This film is an affecting and timely story about a middle-aged, precariously employed jack-of-all-trades in Milan who doggedly tries to get by in an unfeeling city while trying to retain his dignity and his passions. The Invisible Woman Ralph Fiennes, United Kingdom World Premiere Nelly (Felicity Jones), a happily-married mother and schoolteacher, is haunted by her past. Her memories, provoked by remorse and guilt, go back in time to follow the story of her relationship with Charles Dickens (Ralph Fiennes), with whom she discovered an exciting but fragile complicity. Dickens — famous, controlling and emotionally isolated within his success — falls for Nelly, who comes from a family of actors. The theatre is a vital arena for Dickens, a brilliant amateur actor and a man more emotionally coherent on the page and on stage than in life. As Nelly becomes Dickens’ muse and the focus of his passion, for both of them secrecy is the price — and for Nelly a life of “invisibility”. Also stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Hollander, Joanna Scanlan, Perdita Weeks, Amanda Hale, Tom Burke, John Kavanagh and Michael Marcus. Joe David Gordon Green, USA North American Premiere A gripping mix of friendship, violence and redemption erupts in the contemporary backwoods South in this adaptation of Larry Brown’s novel, celebrated at once for its grit and its deeply moving core. Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage comes back to his indie roots in the title role as the hard-living, hot-tempered ex-con Joe Ransom, who is just trying to dodge his own instinct for trouble until he meets a hard-luck kid (Tye Sheridan) who awakens in him a fierce and tender-hearted protector. Based on the novel Big Bad Love by the late Larry Brown. Labor Day Jason Reitman, USA World Premiere Labor Day centres on 13-year-old Henry Wheeler as he confronts the pangs of adolescence while struggling to be the man of the house and care for his reclusive mother, Adele. On a back-to-school shopping trip, Henry and his mother encounter Frank Chambers, a man both intimidating and clearly in need of help, who convinces them to take him into their home and later is revealed to be an escaped convict. The events of this long Labor Day weekend will shape all of them for the rest of their lives. Starring Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, Tobey Maguire, Clark Gregg, JK Simmons, Brooke Smith and James Van Der Beek. Like Father, Like Son Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan North American Premiere Two families are forced to choose between nature and nurture — between their natural sons and the sons they have raised. Man of Tai Chi Keanu Reeves, USA/China North American Premiere A young martial artist’s unparalleled Tai Chi skills land him in a highly lucrative underworld fight club. Starring Keanu Reeves and Tiger Chen. MARY Queen of Scots Thomas Imbach, France/Switzerland North American Premiere A queen who lost three kingdoms. A wife who lost three husbands. A woman who lost her head. Mystery Road Ivan Sen, Australia International Premiere Detective Jay Swan returns to his outback hometown to investigate the brutal murder of a teenage girl found in a drain under a highway outside of town. Starring Aaron Pedersen, Ryan Kwanten and Hugo Weaving. Night Moves Kelly Reichardt, USA North American Premiere When do legitimate convictions demand illegal behaviors? What happens to a person’s political principles when they find their back against the wall? Night Moves is the story of three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most spectacular direct action event of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Sarsgaard. Omar Hany Abu-Assad, Palestine North American Premiere Trust and identity are stretched like wire in an impossible West Bank love story. Desires for individual and collective freedom collide. Mere sacrifice isn’t enough; betrayal is the only way to survive. One Chance David Frankel, USA World Premiere This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night. Paul became an instant YouTube phenomenon after being chosen by Simon Cowell for Britain’s Got Talent. Wowing audiences worldwide with his phenomenal voice, Paul went on to win the competition and the hearts of millions. BAFTA winner James Corden stars as Paul Potts and is supported by an ensemble cast that includes Julie Walters, Mackenzie Crook, Colm Meaney, Jemima Rooper and Alexandra Roach. Only Lovers Left Alive Jim Jarmusch, USA North American Premiere Set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangier, an underground musician, deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover. Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister. Can these wise but fragile outsiders continue to survive as the modern world collapses around them? Starring Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt and Anton Yelchin. The Past (Le Passé) Asghar Farhadi, France/Italy North American Premiere Following a four year separation, Ahmad returns to Paris from Tehran, upon his French wife Marie’s request, in order to finalize their divorce proceedings. During his brief stay, Ahmad discovers the conflicting nature of Marie’s relationship with her daughter Lucie. Ahmad’s efforts to improve this relationship soon unveil a secret from their past. Philomena Stephen Frears, United Kingdom North American Premiere Based on the 2009 investigative book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, this film focuses on the efforts of Philomena Lee (Judi Dench), mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock — something Philomena’s Irish-Catholic community didn’t have the highest opinion of — and given away for adoption in the United States. Following church doctrine, she was forced to sign a contract that wouldn’t allow for any sort of inquiry into her son’s whereabouts. After starting a family years later in England and, for the most part, moving on with her life, Philomena meets Sixsmith (Steve Coogan), a BBC reporter with whom she decides to track down her long-lost son. Pioneer (Pionér) Erik Skjoldbjærg, Norway/Germany/Sweden/France/Finland International Premiere Pioneer is set in the early 80s, at the beginning of the Norwegian oil boom. Enormous oil and gas deposits are discovered in the North Sea and the authorities aim to bring the oil ashore through a pipeline from depths of 500 meters. A professional diver, Petter is obsessed with reaching the bottom of the Norwegian Sea. Along with his brother Knut he has the discipline, strength and courage to take on the world’s most dangerous mission. But a sudden, tragic accident changes everything. Petter is sent on a perilous journey where he loses sight of who’s pulling the strings. Gradually he realizes that he is in way over his head and that his life is at stake. Prisoners Denis Villeneuve, USA World Premiere How far would you go to protect your family? Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street. Heading the investigation, Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal) arrests its driver, Alex Jones (Paul Dano), but a lack of evidence forces his release. As the police pursue multiple leads and pressure mounts, knowing his child’s life is at stake the frantic Dover decides he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family? Also features Melissa Leo, Maria Bello, Viola Davis and Terrence Howard. Quai d’Orsay Bertrand Tavernier, France World Premiere Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, lucidity, and efficacy. Enter Arthur Vlaminck. Hired to write the minister’s speeches, Arthur must contend with the sensibilities of his boss and the dirty dealings within the Quai d’Orsay, the ministry’s home. REAL Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan North American Premiere Koichi and Atsumi are lovers who have known each other all their lives. A year ago, Atsumi apparently tried to commit suicide and has been in a coma since then. Through ‘sensing’, a type of neurological treatment allowing communication with a comatose patient, Koichi tries to find out why she tried to kill herself. Starring Takeru Satoh and Haruka Ayase. Starred Up David Mackenzie, United Kingdom World Premiere When troubled teenager Eric is transferred to an adult prison, the new environment serves only to amplify his ultra-violent behavior. He soon comes to the attention of the prison kingpin, who assigns his lieutenant Nev to keep the boy under control. The problem however is that Nev is Eric’s father. They have not seen each other for 12 years, and an uncomfortable stand-off begins as father and son battle to gain some kind of understanding after a decade of mistrust and separation. Third Person Paul Haggis, Belgium World Premiere Love, passion, mystery, betrayal and hope infuse Paul Haggis’ new feature, which follows the interrelated stories of three couples in three cities, Rome, New York and Paris — each with its own secrets. Starring Liam Neeson, Mila Kunis, Adrien Brody, James Franco, Olivia Wilde, Maria Bello, Kim Basinger and Moran Atias. Those Happy Years (Anni Felici) Daniele Luchetti, Italy World Premiere Rome, 1974. Wannabe artist Guido feels trapped by his conventional life and beautiful, bourgeois wife, Serena. Their young sons, Dario and Paolo, are caught between their parents’ passion for each other, their rows and their infidelities. The film tells of those happy years, which seemed so unhappy at the time… Tracks John Curran, United Kingdom/Australia North American Premiere Tracks is the true story of Robyn Davidson who trekked from Alice Springs in Central Australia through almost 2,000 miles of sprawling desert to the Indian Ocean, accompanied only by her loyal dog and four unpredictable camels. This epic and remarkable journey into Australia’s last great frontier was captured by charismatic National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan. These challenging and emotional nine months in the desert marked a new beginning for Robyn that would change the rest of her life. Starring Mia Wasikowska and Adam Driver. Under the Skin Jonathan Glazer, USA/United Kingdom North American Premiere The story of an alien in human form on a journey through Scotland. Part road movie, part science fiction, part real, it’s a film about seeing the world through alien eyes. Starring Scarlett Johansson. Violette Martin Provost, France/Belgium World Premiere Born out of wedlock early in the last century, Violette Leduc meets Simone de Beauvoir in postwar Saint-Germain-des-Près. An intense lifelong relationship develops between the two women authors, based on Violette’s quest for freedom through writing and on Simone’s conviction that she holds in her hands the destiny of an extraordinary writer. Visitors Godfrey Reggio, USA World Premiere Thirty years after Koyaanisqatsi, with support from Philip Glass and Jon Kane, Godfrey Reggio’s portrayal of modern life in Visitors leapfrogs beyond earth-bound filmmakers. Presented by Steven Soderbergh, Visitors offers an experience of technology and transcendental emotionality, taking viewers to the moon and back to confront them with themselves. Walesa. Man of Hope. (Walesa. Czlowiek z nadziei.) Andrzej Wajda, Poland North American Premiere How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common man’s metamorphosis into a charismatic leader — an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard electrician fighting for workers’ rights awakened a hidden desire for freedom in millions of people. We are the Best! (Vi är bäst!) Lukas Moodysson, Sweden North American Premiere Stockholm 1982. Bobo, Klara and Hedvig are three 13-year-old girls who roam the streets. Girls who are brave and tough and strong and weak and confused and weird. Girls who have to take care of themselves way too early. Girls who heat fish fingers in the toaster when mom is at the pub. Girls who start a punk band without any instruments, even though everybody says that punk is dead. Le Week-End Roger Michell, United Kingdom World Premiere Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in their long-lived marriage. 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__label__cc	0.677556	0.322444	Home > Articles > Addictions > A Review of Treatment Approaches for Alcohol and Drug Problems by Cian Kerrisk A multitude of therapeutic approaches have historically been applied to the treatment of people with alcohol or drug dependency. This article will include an overview of treatment models, while considering current best practice guidelines derived from professional literature and academic research. A critical analysis of evidence-based approaches will then be undertaken, while considering the implications for treatment within the New Zealand context. Models of Addiction Treatment: Abstinence or Harm Reduction? The two philosophical stances underpinning treatment are the disease and harm reduction models, which each have divergent views on the nature of addiction (Denning, 2004). The ‘disease model’ views alcoholism as a lifelong illness that requires complete abstinence (Washton & Zweben, 2006), and is evident in 12-step programmes such as Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A) or Narcotics Anonymous (N.A). Interventions based on this model espouse the belief that clients “must be…persuaded to abstain from alcohol for the remainder of their lives” (Hester & Miller, 2003, p.4). Therapeutic or support groups are often considered crucial to the integrated treatment of individuals with alcohol and drug problems (Connors, Donovan, & DiClemente, 2001; Kaufman, 1994). One benefit of 12-step groups is that they enhance social support, and provide strategies for coping with dependence, while promoting spiritual development. Due to difficulties in ensuring rigorous research, only a small number of randomised controlled trials have compared such groups with and other treatment approaches (Emmelkamp & Vedel, 2006). Some New Zealand rehabilitation centres (e.g. Higher Ground, 2010) do however incorporate a 12-step philosophy into intensive treatment that includes group work, assessments, and individual counselling and case management. In contrast to the disease model the harm reduction model proposes that people with previous alcohol problems can maintain minimal substance use and drink/drug socially in a controlled manner (Valliant, 1996, cited Emmenkamp & Vedel, 2006). Such views are based on the premise that although abstinence is necessary in some cases, addiction is treatable. Harm reduction also relates to reducing risky behaviours associated with use and is epitomised by needle exchange programmes (ADIO, 2010) and the Community Alcohol and Drug Service methadone programme (CADS, 2010). Phases of Addiction Treatment The phases of treatment within alcohol and drug focused therapy consist of: assessment, goal setting, treatment planning, taking action and preventing relapse (Washton & Zweben, 2006). The widely endorsed bio-psycho-social approach to assessment is commonly used as it acknowledges the multifaceted influences that contribute towards addiction (Degler, 1991; Miller, 1985; Thombs, 1994; cited in Denning, 2004). Assessment often includes gathering historical information, observing patterns of substance use and assessing the level of risk or dependency (Glidden-Tracey, 2005; Washton & Zweben, 2006). Assessment sessions can also serve as an opportunity to implement “brief intervention” strategies such as advice on responsible levels of use (NZGG, 2008, pp.19-20). Once the assessment stage has been completed two key treatment plan factors are for the client to stop or curtail substance use, and to ameliorate the psychological and emotional problems causing or resulting from use (Gerald, 1992). The New Zealand Guidelines Group states that a health practitioner’s task with regards to assessment and treatment is to “identify the patient’s current state of readiness to change and act appropriately” (NZGG, 2008, pp.19-21). Assessment tools such as the ‘stages of change readiness and treatment eagerness scale’ (SOC-RATES; Miller & Tonigan, 1996, cited in Connors et al, 2001) and the ‘Stages of Change’ or trans-theoretical model devised by Prochaska and DiClemente (1986) may therefore be useful. This model outlines the stages people go through when changing addictive behaviours. It also provides a framework to consider the most suitable interventions for clients who are in the pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, or maintenance stages (Connors et al, 2001). Therapeutic Approach to Addiction Treatment Approaches to working with alcohol and drug abusing clients have changed drastically over the last thirty years. Until the 1980’s the usual way of treating unmotivated or ambivalent clients was through confrontational methods, which included the intentional coordination of a crisis (Bratter, 1975, cited in Glidden-Tracey, 2005; Johnson, 1973, 1986, cited in Morgan & Litzke, 2008). Such approaches are not common today as they relate to high drop out rates and poor outcomes (Miller & Rollnick, 2002). This is verified by Stanton (2004, p.170), who found that success rates for confrontational interventions ranged from 0-36%, with the average being only 20%. Family interventions do not however have to involve confrontational interventions and couple or family treatments that consider the context of social systems have shown to be efficacious (Connors et al, 2001), and may also reduce attrition (Carrol & Oskin, 2005). In line with recent evidence, researchers have advised alcohol and drug clinicians to adopt “a non-confrontational approach” (Hilarski, 2005, p.2), such as Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change (Miller & Rollnick, 2002), which was found to be more effective in addressing alcohol abuse than confrontational counselling (Miller, Benefield & Tonigan, 1993). This widely sanctioned treatment approach integrates an empathic client-centred counselling style (e.g. Rogers, 1951) with more directive strategies in order to increase motivation and facilitate change among clients who may be ambivalent about reducing or stopping their substance use (Glidden-Tracey, 2005; Washton & Zweben, 2006). Miller & Rollnick (1991, pp.20-28) explain that the “building blocks” of Motivational Interviewing include ‘rolling with resistance’, giving feedback, removing barriers, providing choices, practicing empathy, clarifying goals and actively helping. Developing discrepancy and eliciting change talk are also important. Other principles include being positive and reassuring, avoiding pressuring tactics and supporting self-efficacy (Miller & Rollnick, 2002; Washton & Zweben, 2006). Research on Motivational Interviewing Several comprehensive studies or meta-analyses have proved the efficacy of MI (Miller, Benefield & Tonigan, 1993; Project MATCH, 1997; Stephens, Roffman & Curtin, 2000) and indicated strong empirical support for its use in improving client participation in treatment and reducing alcohol or drug use (Burke, Arkowitz & Menchola, 2003; Noonan & Moyers, 1997). Based on a systematic review of findings from 29 randomized controlled trials Dunn, DeRoo and Rivera (2001) also found that the strongest effects of Motivational Interviewing were with problem drinkers (cited in Miller & Rollnick, 2002). With regards to its use in treating drug dependency one meta-analysis (Saunders, Wilkinson & Phillips, 1995) discovered that Motivational Interviewing was a useful adjunct to methadone treatment for opiate abusers and numerous randomised controlled trials demonstrated the feasibility of MI for other drug dependent populations including cannabis, cocaine and polydrug users (Dennis et al 2004, cited in Emmelkamp & Vedel, 2006, p.87). While outcome studies of Motivational Interviewing have overall had very positive results there is some uncertainty about what contributes to its success (Hilarski, 2005). There are also questions about large variations in outcome results as in some studies there was no significant effect at all (e.g. Hettema, Steel & Miller, 2005). One explanation could include the clinician’s level of training and skills, which may vary across therapists and treatment centres. Additionally, among some client groups MI has not proved to be as effective. Dual diagnosis clients for example do not seem to have the same positive results (Donovan, Rosengren, Downey, Cox & Sloan, 2001). This is problematic as a vast proportion of clients seeking treatment for alcohol or drug use also have mental health issues. With such clients CBT was also found to be superior to Motivational Interviewing and 12-step approaches (Fisher & Bently, 1996; Jerrell & Ridgely, 1995). Psychoanalytic / Psychodynamic Treatment Approaches Compared to other treatment methods psychoanalytic or psychodynamic therapies have received strong criticism and some authors claim there is no evidence verifying the efficacy of these approaches for treating alcohol and drug problems (Gerald, 1992; Rotgers et al, 2003). Furthermore, many underlying assumptions and techniques inherent in these approaches contradict “some basic principles that inform and guide the treatment of substance abuse” (Washton & Zweben, 2006, p.6). For example, delving into early (often traumatic) experiences and bringing unconscious material to the surface is likely to drive a client into heavier substance use as a way of coping with feelings that are overwhelming (Bender & Messner, 2003). Despite this caution, issues of a psychodynamic nature do arise in alcohol and drug therapy including developmental and attachment issues, defences, strong transference and counter-transference, and repetition of maladaptive patterns related to past experiences (Kaufman, 1994; Washton & Zweben, 2006). Such deep exploratory work may not however be possible until the client has successfully controlled substance use and increased ego strength. Contemporary psychodynamic psychotherapy approaches that incorporate attachment theory (Bowlby, 1982), revised Object Relations (Cashdan, 1988; Glickauf-Hughes & Wells, 1997), Relational Psychoanalytic (Mitchell, 1988, Mitchell & Aron, 1999), or Self Psychology (Kohut, 1996, 2001; Wolf, 1988) methodologies are however becoming increasingly accepted (Rotgers et al, 2003, p.3, Flores, 2004, p.3). Cognitive and Behavioural Approaches to Treatment Cognitive and Behavioural approaches are also widely used with alcohol and drug using clients. In a meta-analysis of 17 studies Walters (2000) found that behavioural self control programs (training in drinking rate control, goal setting, identifying high risk situations, alternatives to alcohol use etc) were more effective than no treatment and at least as effective as abstinence based programs…at follow ups of one year or longer” (p.109). Carroll & Osken (2005) also noted that “contingency management, in which patients receive incentives or rewards for meeting specific behavioural goals has particularly strong, consistent and robust empirical support across a range of types of drug use” (p.1453). While contingency management showed greater immediate results, patients who had received CBT had better outcomes after a one-year follow up. Several other studies have shown that CBT has “strong empirical support for use in treatment of alcohol use disorders and have been demonstrated to be effective in drug taking populations as well” (Carroll & Osken, 2005, p.1454). It may not however be feasible for all alcohol and drug clinicians to receive adequate training in order to utilise CBT with the level of expertise that would ensure results concomitant with the research findings. Medication for Addiction Treatment? Awareness by clinicians of medication for addiction treatment also seems important (Rotgers et al, 2003; Volpicelli, Pettinati, McLellan, & O’Brien, 2001). One such medication is Naltrexone, which is widely used alongside talking therapies as a means of suppressing alcohol cravings. Many studies found that clients who were randomly assigned to Naltrexone had significantly fewer relapses than those in the placebo groups (eg. O’Malley et al, 1996; Rohsenow et al, 2000). From my own clinical experience I have found this medication to be useful in assisting my clients meet their goals of minimal use or abstinence. The problem with such pharmacological treatments however is compliance, as some clients may stop taking the medication if they intend to drink. While Benzodiazepines are often used for Alcohol withdrawal and have a place in short term treatment they are highly addiction and can lead to dependence and severe withdrawal symptoms. An Integrated Approach to Addiction Treatment An integrated approach to working with clients is recommended that considers multiple contributing factors including emotional, biological, behavioural, cognitive, and social dimensions (Glidden-Tracey, 2005). Some authors also suggest integrating various therapeutic approaches. Kaufman (1994) and Galanter (1993) for example suggest CBT and Motivational Interviewing at earlier stages followed by long-term psychodynamic work once sobriety is stabilized (cited in Rotgers et al, 2003, p.89). Washton & Zweben (2006) also describe how they draw on Motivational Interviewing, CBT and Psychodynamic approaches. Having used such an approach myself over many years as an Alcohol and Drug Clinician I find that this is very helpful and gives the client initial skills and strategies so that they can stabilise before addressing the ‘underlying issues’ that drives the drinking or drug taking. Such ‘theoretical integrationism’ could make psychodynamic approaches more applicable for alcohol and drug treatment within the New Zealand health system. These syncretistic approaches seek to overcome the inadequacies and partiality of single theories through combining treatment methods from multiple modalities into a new coherent system (Norcross, 2005). From my own practice this is proved to be useful and allows me to integrate my personal approach with the requirements of the agencies where I have worked. The research backing such combined approaches includes McKee et al (2007, cited NZGG, 2008) who compared CBT with CBT enhanced by an initial session of MI for cocaine using clients. Although both treatments had similar results, clients who received the Motivational Interviewing session in addition to CBT had higher motivation to change and “were more engaged”, attended more sessions during treatment and “reported more hope for abstinence and expected success” (NZGG, 2008, p.19). Another study found that while treatment results between CBT and MI were similar, clients receiving Motivational Interviewing achieved similar results but in fewer sessions than those having CBT alone (Burke, Arkowitz & Menchola, 2003, p.857). Research Outlining Best Practice Approaches to Treatment In order to evaluate treatment approaches Miller, Wilbourne, and Hetema (2003, cited in Hester & Miller, 2002) identified a total of 381 clinical trials and ranked the treatment approaches based on effectiveness and outcome. Top ranking treatments included brief intervention (1st), motivational enhancement (2nd) with other treatments including cognitive therapy (13th), 12-step facilitation (37th). Insight and exploratory psychotherapies accumulated one of the lowest scores of any of the treatment modalities, however this could be due to psychotherapists not adjusting their interventions to meet the needs of the clients at a certain stage of therapy. One of the largest research studies designed to evaluate treatment approaches for alcohol abuse called Project MATCH (Matching Alcoholism Treatments to Client Heterogeneity; Project Match research group, 1977, cited Connors et al, 2001). In this study the 12 step facilitation (TSF) approach was compared to Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) and CBT. Results showed that treatment by TSF was “more or less equally effective as motivational enhancement and CBT (Project MATCH research Group, 1997, 1998, cited in Connors et al, 2001, p.105). It was however found that 12-step approaches are less effective if clients who are angry or resistant (MATCH research group, 1998 cited in NZGG, 2008). On the other hand if the client’s family and friends support drinking TSF was better than CBT or MET (Longabaugh, Wiltz, Zweben, & Stout, 1998; Project Match research group, 1998). Therapist-Client Relationship the Most Crucial Success Factor Despite research attempting to prove the superiority of certain therapeutic modalities, numerous meta-analyses (e.g. Hovrath & Symond, 1991; Martin, Garske & Davis, 2000) have shown that the therapist-client relationship and the therapist’s attitude towards their client are the most significant variables effecting treatment outcome, irrespective of the theoretical approach or treatment used. Such findings are consistent with evidence linking ‘working alliance’ to improved outcomes in general psychotherapy literature (Moyers, Miller & Hendrickson, 2005). Washton & Zweben (2006) add that while numerous approaches have been proposed for alcohol and drug treatment, underlying any of these methodologies are the principles of starting where the patient is, ‘doing what works’ and most importantly ‘doing no harm’. Evidence Based Addiction Treatment? As has been shown, health professionals within the alcohol and drug sector are currently able to access a vast amount of literature and utilise research findings and best-practice guidelines to direct their work (Rotgers, Mortensen, Waters, 2003). Such informed therapeutic work is referred to as Evidence Based Practice (EBP), which emphasises the application of empirically based treatments within clinical settings while considering client values and clinical acumen (Chatterjee, Poddar & Ameen, 2005). One aim of EBP is to eradicate harmful treatment and increase the use of helpful methods. The utilisation of such effective approaches is of particular importance for working with substance using clients, who are often ambivalent about treatment. Unfortunately however, evidence-based treatment practices are still not widely used by alcohol and drug clinicians who infrequently incorporate current research findings into their work practice (Fals-Stewart & Birchler, 2002; Foreman, Bovasso & Woody, 2001; McGovern, Fox, Xie & Drake, 2004, cited in Emmelkamp & Vedel, 2006). With regards to the therapeutic approaches classed as ‘not evidence-based’ it could be argued that this labelling may not be due to ineffectiveness, but rather to a lack of empirical research. This lack may in turn derive from the difficulty in measuring gradual but long-lasting changes in a persons’ inner world, sense of self or emotions (which are the goals of less evidence based approaches such as the psychodynamic approach), compared to treatment approaches that are more short-term and behaviourally based and can therefore be more easily measured. Issues of Cultural Sensitivity in a New Zealand Context Another consideration regarding Evidence-based treatment approaches for alcohol and drug issues is whether these approaches are culturally sensitive to Maori and Pacific Island clients. Just because certain modalities have been validated through international research trials does not necessarily mean that they will be effective in the distinctive multi-cultural environment of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Mason Durie (1999) put forward a culturally sensitive approach to counselling and therapy that assumes mental and emotional health problems derive from or are exacerbated by an insecure sense of self and problematic interpersonal relations. With this in mind it seems imperative that Maori and Pacific peoples are offered alcohol and drug treatment that acknowledges their own ethnic and cultural understandings. This need has been addressed within CADS by means of Pacific (Tupu) and Maori (Te Atea Marino) services. In conclusion it has been shown that understandings and approaches aimed at addressing addiction continue to advance over time. The complexities of working with clients with alcohol and drug problems means that generic counselling and therapy methods may not be effectual, or may need to be adapted to work with this client group. 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New York: The Guilford Press. Volpicelli J. R, Pettinati H. M, McLellan A. T, & O'Brien, C. P. (2001). Combining medication and psychosocial treatments for addictions: The BRENDA approach. New York, NY: Guilford Press. Cian Kerrisk is a Registered Psychotherapist (PBANZ) with postgraduate training in both Psychodynamic and Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapies. He is also a Registered Competent Addiction Practitioner (DAPAANZ), a Provisional Member of the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (NZAP) and a Full member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC). Cian works part time as a Clinician for an Addiction and Mental Health service and for Government Family and Community Services projects while managing a Private Practice (Synthesis Therapy and Counselling) in Ponsonby, Auckland. find out more Article posted 8 January 2012 (written 2010, revised 2011)	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2786
__label__wiki	0.701105	0.701105	Predators coaching search: Potential candidates update Josh Cooper jcooper2@tennessean.com Among the factors Predators general manager David Poile will consider as he searches for Barry Trotz's replacement: someone who can embrace the Nashville community with charisma, has a hard-working mentality and, of course, is a good coach. Here's my updated list of potential candidates to replace Trotz, whose contract was not renewed: Peter Laviolette. He seems to be the best fit. He's an offensive-minded coach, will bring some more discipline to the team and has ties to Poile. He's not quite as charismatic as Trotz, which would be a mark against him in this market, but he has won a Stanley Cup and been to another Final. Overall, his credentials are more impressive. Laviolette declined comment about the Predators' opening in a text message to The Tennessean on Tuesday. Phil Housley and Lane Lambert. I still think Housley is a candidate, despite Poile hinting that Housley and fellow Predators assistant Lambert would be long shots at best. Poile said he would talk to both men this week. Housley, hired last summer, is very well-liked within the organization and with management, but lack of experience may do him in for this job. Terry Murray. He may be out of the league, but he was Capitals head coach when Poile was their GM. There's no belief, based on anything Poile said on Monday, that Murray wouldn't be a fit with the Predators. Then again, he is 63 and hasn't coached in the NHL since 2011. Dean Evason. You'd have to think Evason will get a shot, but if the Predators want a wholesale change would they turn to the coach of their American Hockey League affiliate? Evason has made the playoffs with the Milwaukee Admirals in consecutive years with younger rosters, which bodes well for his ability to develop talent and win at the same time. John Stevens. The former Flyers coach went back to pay his dues with the Kings as an assistant coach, and won a Stanley Cup on Darryl Sutter's staff. He was a candidate to be Canucks head coach last offseason, and has been a hot name of late. The Flyers fired Stevens in 2009 and replaced him with Laviolette.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2787
__label__wiki	0.934214	0.934214	Wellington Leader As the Great Depression drew to a close and Texas Panhandle communities recovered from the Dust Bowl, H. Deskins “Deck” Wells managed Texas Press Association’s business and publications almost single-handedly. He served as president of the association in 1938-39 and as executive director from 1941 to 1947. Wells guided the association through fuel and paper shortages, working from his newspaper office in the Texas Panhandle city of Wellington, some 280 miles from Dallas, 400 miles from Austin and more than 500 miles from Houston. Wells was born near Wellington in Collingsworth County in 1902. He attended Canyon Normal College, now West Texas A&M University at Canyon, from 1919 to 1921. He went on to enroll at the University of Texas at Austin and graduate in 1923 with a bachelor’s degree. He extended his education at UT, serving on the editorial staff of The Daily Texan and earning a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1924. After graduation, he returned to Wellington and was hired by his cousin, J. Claude Wells, owner of The Wellington Leader. J. Claude Wells sold a half interest in the newspaper to Wells and together, the two expanded their holdings, acquiring a nearby newspaper, the Memphis Democrat, in 1925. In 1929 he sold J. Claude Wells his half interest in the Memphis Democrat and in 1931 he acquired full ownership of the Wellington Leader. His popular column “Deck’s Didactics” covered topics from international politics to the day-to-day activities of people in his county. Wildlife, geography, the changing seasons, the sky and the stars inspired some of his best writing. The column won many awards, drawing accolades from daily and weekly newspapers across the state. The Leader also won notice as the first newspaper in Texas to publish a history of its hometown. “Biggest mistake made by journalism school graduates is that of choosing country newspaper work because they think it will give them plenty of time to hunt and fish,” Wells once said. “I haven’t had time to do either — nor to raise chickens — for the 15 years I have been working on and publishing the Leader.” Wells published the newspaper more than 50 years before his death in 1976. During those years, Wells also rose in service to his community and to the region, serving first as a Wellington alderman, as mayor from 1933 to 1937 and as a president of the Panhandle Press Association. From the beginning of his work as editor, his obituary states, Wells supported better roads when there was no pavement and better schools because he believed the county’s children were its greatest resources. Wells’ leadership extended into many other fields: hospital and health care, strengthening the country’s agricultural base, development of recreation and preservation of the county’s heritage.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2790
__label__wiki	0.838819	0.838819	Mandy Moore, Shane West mark 'A Walk to Remember' anniversary with sweet tributes Jan. 25, 2018, 8:16 PM UTC / Source: TODAY Has it really been 16 years since Jamie and Landon broke our hearts in "A Walk To Remember"? It has! And, the film's stars, Mandy Moore and Shane West, took to Instagram to celebrate the coming-of-age romance's anniversary. https://www.instagram.com/p/BeYNx3snQbf Moore, 33, shared an adorable throwback pic of her and West's characters canoodling. "Jamie + Landon, 16 years ago, A Walk to Remember," she wrote next to it, adding a sweet red heart for good measure. https://www.instagram.com/p/BeYSBrpnrnv West, 39, shared his own photo of the nuzzling young lovers, captioning it with just a solitary heart and the word "forever." The two actors rarely miss a chance to relive memories of the movie, which broke an entire generation's hearts with its sad tale of star-crossed love. In February 2017, Moore and West even reunited in person to remind fans that true love never dies. https://www.instagram.com/p/BQKPp7AgFLL Moore, who played Jamie Sullivan, a minister's daughter who's dying of leukemia, and West, who played her popular and rebellious suitor Landon Carter, posed for a happy selfie with the film's director, Adam Shankman, during a night out on the town together. Shane West reminisces on 'A Walk to Remember' and working with Mandy Moore June 9, 201702:36 Last June, West opened up to TODAY about what it was like acting opposite Moore, revealing that the two stars clicked right away. Recalled the actor, "(Mandy) had a smile that can melt hearts, and that's pretty much all she did for eight weeks."	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2791
__label__wiki	0.93085	0.93085	Brindley joins Scunthorpe on loan Richard Brindley joins Scunthorpe on loan... Richard Brindley has joined Sky Bet League One side Scunthorpe United on emergency loan until January. The full-back, who featured for the Millers during the 1-1 draw against Norwich City in The Championship this season, joins The Iron after successfully recovering from a minor injury in recent weeks. "Richard is a young player that is very much part of the Steve Evans plan at Rotherham United, but by his own admission he now needs a run of games to allow him the opportunity to compete for a place," boss Steve Evans told www.themillers.co.uk "He joins a good manager in Mark Robins at a very ambitious club in Scunthorpe United and we will be tracking his progress closely through to the January period." The former Chesterfield defender has also featured as a used substitute in the league victory over Millwall and in the Capital One Cup clash with Swansea City this season.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2794
__label__wiki	0.531964	0.531964	The continuous political and military interference by the West in Islamic countries is giving rise to violence and terrorism against the West. As a result, the religion of Islam and its followers are being looked upon with suspicion. It is also being felt that a conspiracy can even be hatched to ban Islam altogether. Though it hasn’t been done in any Western country so far, such reports are emerging from Angola, one of the UK’s “high level prosperity partners” in Africa, where the government is said to have started the process of banning all non-Christian minority faiths. However, Angola, which got freedom from Portugal in 1975, is calling it a step in consonance with its constitution and penal laws. According to Angolan law, any religious group or community should have at least more than a hundred thousand followers and a presence in 12 out of 18 provinces of Angola to gain legal status, giving them the right to construct schools and places of worship. However, there are only Ninety thousand Muslims among Angola’s population of about 18 million. In the garb of above laws, Islam and related buildings especially mosques and educational institutions are being targeted. Even though the government began shutting mosques in 2010, eight mosques have been reportedly shut down in past two years. There are 78 mosques in Angola. Except the ones in the capital Luanda, all the mosques have been closed by the government saying that those managing the mosques don’t have valid license. After a mosque is declared invalid, the Muslims managing that mosque are given 73 hours to dismantle it. However, after the deadline passes, the government machinery themselves either raze it to the ground or set it on fire. The protection of Angolan culture and Catholic values is being forwarded as another reason for justifying such actions against non-Christian religions. This incident in Angola has ignited a debate as to whether it is fair to deny religious freedom to minorities in the name of cultural protection? Although there are several sects of Christians in Angola, the Catholics are in majority. While Protestants form about one-fourth of Angola’s population, Muslims constitute a meager one percent of Angola’s population. They are mostly foreigners, mainly from Western African countries. Most of the Muslims are Sunni Muslims. Foreign Christian missionaries are also very active in Angola. Prior to Angola’s independence in 1975, missionaries had a major say in the country’s affairs. However, they have grown weaker with time. Angola is now in spotlight for being the first country where an attempt to “ban” a religion has been made. Reports suggest that Angolan government has also started work to ‘ban’ other outside religions and faiths in order to ‘protect Angolan culture and Christian values’. According to Angola’s Cultural Minister Rosa Cruz, the Justice and Human Rights Ministry of Angola has not given legal status to Islam, therefore all mosques will remain closed until the next order. Government sources justify the crackdown on mosques saying that the mosques don’t follow the penal law of Angola. They claim that the mosques don’t have valid license. But Islamic organizations active in Angola allege that the government has been giving step-motherly treatment to non-Christians since long. For instance, the government announced installation of air-conditioning systems in all religious places and institutions across the country. However, so far, AC systems have been installed only at 83 places, all of which are Churches or Christian institutions. Where, out of 194 applications by Muslims institutions, none of them has been provided AC system. If a Muslim girl willingly wears traditional veil (hijab) in Angola, the nuns of the missionary schools don’t allow them entry inside class. Christian missionaries consider veils against the Catholic culture. They do so notwithstanding the absence of any explicit written law prohibiting veil in Angola. The anti-Hijab people in Angola can be heard saying, “leave hijab or leave country”. This anti-minority step by the Angolan government will provide strength to those who try to link Islam with terrorism. At the same time, it may lead to anger and frustration within the Muslim world. Moreover, the terror forces active within Islam have got another excuse out to carry their inhuman activities. This step by Angolan government can also have repercussions in those Muslim majority countries where Christians are a minority. Therefore, apart from Angola, any such action on the part of any country can be termed as an attempt to ignite communal violence. No country in this world should have a right to make laws to legally recognize or discard the religious belief of even the smallest of its minority. Wrong Interpretations by Maulvis Defaming ...	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2795
__label__cc	0.563771	0.436229	Michelle Fairley interview: from Lady Stark in Game of Thrones to Julius Caesar The actress is happiest terrifying herself on stage. Next up, Cassius in Julius Caesar. By Benji Wilson Under the parapet: ’I like the doing, not the promoting and the glitz’ FRANCESCO GUIDICINI Benji Wilson Sunday January 28 2018, 12.01am, The Sunday Times We asked Michelle Fairley to wear “anything but black” for our photoshoot, so she turned up wearing black. She doesn’t like being photographed: she wore a beanie pulled down so far over her face that it might as well have been a paper bag. Our photographer says she is the most camera-shy subject he has come across. These are some accolades for a woman who, thanks to Game of Thrones, now gets recognised all round the world. “I love my job, but there’s a side to it I’m not good at and don’t like,” she says. “I’m an actor. I like the doing, not the promoting and the glitz.” What’s on offer today could hardly be described as glitz: we meet in the costume	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2798
__label__cc	0.714334	0.285666	Dr. Elaine Heffner: The 2 sides of aggression Two mothers expressed different concerns about their children’s aggression. One mother was worried about her son being aggressive toward other children. The other mother was concerned about her daughter not being aggressive enough. Aggression seems to be something we feel two ways about — we admire it in some situations and don’t like it in others. Aggression sometimes implies hostile behavior, while at other times it means being self-assertive. We want children to be able to assert themselves, to use initiative and imagination. What we don’t want is for them to assert themselves through behavior we don’t like. But we also seem to be concerned if they are not self-assertive enough. Parents may find themselves giving two messages: Don’t hit or attack others, but “stand up” to others who take your toys away, and fight back if you are hit. Part of the strong reaction to aggressive behavior in young children comes from seeing it through an adult lens, the fear that a child who is striking out at others may become a bully. Hitting or pushing another child is transformed into adult behavior and then seems to call for a harsh adult response. But aggressive behavior can have somewhat different meanings at different stages of development. Toddlers who are not yet speaking often try to make social approaches by grabbing another child’s hair, or face. Young children are not at all clear about “yours” and “mine.” If a toy is lying nearby, you take it to play with. Children who are not yet adept at social approaches sometimes try to join the play of other children in ways that seem aggressive, like knocking down another child’s building, or take a piece of a game someone is playing. If we understand the meaning of this behavior, it gives us a way to teach children better ways to achieve their goals. Children are often not clear themselves about what went wrong in interactions with others. We can help a child who is being disruptive to the play of others by clarifying for him and even for the others, that he really would like to join them, and then if possible, help accomplish that outcome. Children striking out at others in anger may need a different kind of learning. Parents often say, “I know he understands, why does he keep doing that?” Controlling the impulse to strike out when one is angry or frustrated is an ongoing struggle in development that continues well beyond acquiring words and understanding the words of others. Sometimes it is a struggle even for adults — think “road rage.” It is because loss of control seems dangerous that parents have anxiety about children’s aggressive behavior. When children express their anger in primitive ways, it can make us feel angry in turn. Our own anger feels scary because an adult’s loss of control might have serious consequences. But our children are not us. Most of us have developed the ability to control our impulses, and we can help our children while they are developing those controls. That may mean providing the control they lack, being proactive, being alert to situations that we know will cause difficulty for a child. It also may mean removing a child from a situation that is too hard for him to remain in. In responding to aggressive behavior, it helps to remember that both anger and aggression play an important part in developing independence, in growing up and eventually separating from parents. The challenge for us as parents is to support our children’s developing capacity for self-assertion, while teaching acceptable ways of expressing it. — Elaine Heffner, LCSW, Ed.D., has written for Parents Magazine, Fox.com, Redbook, Disney online and PBS Parents, as well as other publications. She has appeared on PBS, ABC, Fox TV and other networks. Dr. Heffner is the author of “Goodenoughmothering: The Best of the Blog,” as well as “Mothering: The Emotional Experience of Motherhood after Freud and Feminism.” She is a psychotherapist and parent educator in private practice, as well as a senior lecturer of education in psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Heffner was a co-founder and served as director of the Nursery School Treatment Center at Payne Whitney Clinic, New York Hospital. And she blogs at goodenoughmothering.com. The Times-News ~ 707 S Main St, Burlington, NC 27215 ~ Do Not Sell My Personal Information ~ Cookie Policy ~ Do Not Sell My Personal Information ~ Privacy Policy ~ Terms Of Service ~ Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2799
__label__wiki	0.871591	0.871591	Other languages Français Türkçe русский Deutsch हिन्दी 简体中文 Arabic Red alerts The Third Newsletter: Water and Farmers I’m writing to you from Beirut, Lebanon, where the sun is shining brightly and the air is crisp. Not far from here, in the east of Damascus, the war in Syria continues. It is not a war that has disappeared from the consciousness of people who live in this land, where war has marked its landscape and its sensibility. A few years ago, a police chief of Beirut had told me that its civil war (1975-1990) had merely entered into a long half-time break. There is always the sense that the country will be attacked by Israel or that its fragile sectarian arrangements will collapse. But for now, as a former government minister told me last night, Lebanon has the safest borders in West Asia and North Africa. I’m entitled to agree with him. In Syria, meanwhile, the worst part of the war continues in two locations – around Damascus, where the Syrian Arab Army is in a fierce fight to clear its suburbs of rebel fighters; and in Northern Syria, where the Turkish forces are in pitched battle with the US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces and where the Turkish army has almost entirely encircled the city of Afrin. In Astana (Kazakhstan), the Russians, Iranians and Turks have opened a dialogue that will result – as I hear – in a deal which will allow the Turkish army free rein in the northern part of Syria to break the momentum of the Syrian Kurdish fighters, while the Turkish government eventually will allow the Syrian forces to attack the rebels in the city of Idlib without interference. In Alternet today, I have a report on this deal making around Afrin and Idlib. But my report is also about the expectation in Damascus that the US might bomb government establishments in the city to insinuate itself into the political process. You can read my report here. Not far from the centre of Damascus, in eastern Ghouta, the government forces have been pounding the rebels – who are, in this area, mainly affiliated to various extremist outfits. This is a tough campaign, which has likely resulted in the death of a large number of civilians. Brief lulls in the fighting have allowed some of the injured to leave the area. But many others are trapped. Much the same happened in Mosul and Raqqa, where US air power devastated the civilians areas in the fight to defeat ISIS. Air campaigns, as the research institute AirWars shows, are hideous and inhumane. Whether they are US bombers or Russian bombers or Syrian bombers, the net result is that ordinary people suffer their wrath. At Frontline, I have a report on the situation of the war in Syria – seven years later – and of the battle in eastern Ghouta for emphasis. You can read my report here. At Tricontinental, we are preparing a dossier on Syria, which should be released in early April. Keep an eye out for it. This will be a difficult dossier to produce because of the great divergence of opinions about what is happening in Syria. People Collect pure drinking water from a long distance by boat on the polluted Buriganga River. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2014. A week ago, the Turkish army cut off the water supply to the city of Afrin (Syria). Once the Turks seized Mydanki Lake, they shut off the delivery of water. Residents in Afrin are using boreholes for water. The risk of disease has increased. This is the use of water as a weapon of war. But another crisis of water is on the horizon. Beirut, for instance, is set to run out of water by 2035 (according to a new study by Fransabank). The bank sees the solution for Beirut and Lebanon in privatisation. This is a curious position to take, for it is widely understood that even the public sector water delivery set-up is deeply entrenched in private hands. Failure to deliver potable water has enhanced the industry for private filtered water, while lack of investment in water delivery is part and parcel of the misuse of public funds. It would obviously be a bank that suggests further privatisation. That is their habit. I’m happy to let you know that we – at Tricontinental – have produced our second dossier Cities Without Water, which you can read here (free to download). The dossier is released a few days before the start of the Alternative World Water Forum (Brasilia, March 17-22). The Forum comes just before the major city of Cape Town (South Africa) is said to run out of water. Our dossier goes through the reasons why there is a crisis in Cape Town, why there was a crisis in Sao Paulo (Brazil) and what was done by the Communist government in Shimla (India) to avert such crises. It is a dossier that explains a problem and then provides a practical and tested set of principles to tackle this crisis. The dossier is illustrated with wonderful pictures (such as the one above) from a group of photographers associated with the Drik Gallery and Picture Library in Dhaka, Bangladesh. I hope you will visit their work here. We wish our friends in the Alternative World Water Forum success in their deliberations and hope they will be able to push back against privatisation as the solution to the crisis of water and cities without water. Last week, I mentioned the Kisan Long March in Maharashtra. A hundred thousand farmers entered Mumbai, where they were greeted by residents with open arms. They came at night and made their camp. When they heard that the Class X students were going to have their exams the next day, they broke camp and marched all night to their final destination so as not to disturb the students the next day. It is a sign of the great humanity of these workers and peasants. They were not prepared to disrupt the city. They had come to deliver a message to the Chief Minister. Not long after they began their encirclement of the government buildings, the Chief Minister and his cabinet pledged to accept all their demands. It is a tremendous victory not only for the farmers in Maharashtra but for the All-India Kisan Sabha (the mass front of the Communist Party of India-Marxist) and – of course – for the farmers across the country and for the Left movement. Such victories, of this scale, do not occur easily. Nor does inspiration come without great cost. It took effort and determination for the organisers of the farmers in the Kisan Sabha to build this campaign and it took a great deal of fortitude and courage for the farmers to march 190 kms to the capital city. Violence from the government was expected. But the dignity of the farmers and the support for their cause stayed the hand of violence. Our Tricontinental Senior Fellow P. Sainath, the founder of PARI, spoke at the final rally. He told Bloomberg that this was a very significant win for the farmers, a short clip that you can see over here (well worth watching this seven minute clip). It is with some pride that I can say that the best reporting on the long march came from our friends at Newsclick and at the People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI). There are too many stories to point to, so I welcome you to go to their websites to have a look at the range of stories. There are, however, a few stories that I hope you will read: Parth M. N, ‘Blistered Feet, Unbroken Spirit’ (PARI, March 13). ‘I am a farmer, I walk this long journey’ (PARI, March 14). Parth M. N., ‘The run the farm, they made the March’ (PARI, March 15). ‘Farmers Paint the Streets Red’ (Newsclick, March 12). ‘Four Leaders You Need to Know About’ (Newsclick, March 12). The struggle is not over. Yesterday, farmers rallied in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. They are prepared to follow their comrades from Maharashtra. Other states will follow. This is an unfolding story. On Wednesday, at 930pm, in Rio de Janeiro, a leftist councilwoman Marielle Franco (1979-2018) was assassinated. Her driver – Anderson Pedro Gomes – was also killed. She was a vocal critic of state violence and had just made a comment on twitter about violence in her society. One more decent person killed. Vijay. To leave this list, see below. To add someone, send an email to newsletter@thetricontinental.org Select Year 2021 2020 2019 2018 Select Month January Select Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Select Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Select Month March April May June July August September October November December The Country Where Liberty Is a Statue: The Second Newsletter (2021) We Are Living in an Emergency That Requires Urgent Action (a note written with Noam Chomsky): The First Newsletter (2021) The Future Will Only Contain What We Put into It Now: The Fifty-Third Newsletter (2020) All the Cannons Will Silently Rust: The Fifty-Second Newsletter (2020) The Revolutionaries, When They Rise, Care for Nothing but Love: Newsletter Fifty-One (2020) We Don’t Listen to the Dying Government of Donald Trump: The Fiftieth Newsletter (2020) We Are Grass. We Grow on Everything: The Forty-Ninth Newsletter (2020). We Suffer from an Incurable Disease Called Hope: The Forty-Eighth Newsletter (2020). It Is Freedom, Only Freedom Which Can Quench Our Thirst: The Forty-Seventh Newsletter (2020). Take a Deep Breath and Then Return to the Work of Building a New World: The Forty-Sixth Newsletter (2020). Wage War Against the Philosophy of War: The Forty-Fifth Newsletter (2020) We Are That History That Is Discredited, but Which Reappears When You Least Expect It: The Forty-Fourth Newsletter (2020) Paradise for Human Victims of Corporate Persons: The Forty-Third Newsletter (2020). Bullets Are Not the Seeds of Life: The Forty-Second Newsletter (2020) When Confronted by Us Hungry Bellies, the Imperialists Reach for Their Guns: The Forty-First Newsletter (2020). If I Didn’t Believe, I Wouldn’t Know How to Breathe: The Fortieth Newsletter (2020). Hunger Will Kill Us Before Coronavirus: The Thirty-Ninth Newsletter (2020). Wise People Know That Winning a War Is No Better Than Losing One: The Thirty-Eighth Newsletter (2020) Not Just an Orchard, Not Merely a Field, We Demand the Whole World: The Thirty-Seventh Newsletter (2020). Six Complexities of These Pandemic Times: The Thirty-Sixth Newsletter (2020). Only the Struggle of the People Will Free the Country: The Thirty-Fifth Newsletter (2020). Tell the People That the Struggle Must Go On: The Thirty-Fourth Newsletter (2020). It Is Late, but It Is Early Morning If We Insist a Little: The Thirty-Third Newsletter (2020) Do Not Reach for the Sky Just to Surrender: The Thirty-Second Newsletter (2020). Humanity Protests Against the Crimes of Death: The Thirty-First Newsletter (2020). Some Are in Super-Yachts and Others Are Clinging to Drifting Debris: The Thirtieth Newsletter (2020). Each Heartbeat Must Be Our Song; the Redness of Blood, Our Banner: The Twenty-Ninth Newsletter (2020). Here Not Death but the Future Is Frightening: The Twenty-Eighth Newsletter (2020). We Are in Palestine, Habibi, and Palestine Is Heaven: The Twenty-Seventh Newsletter (2020). The Dangerous Incompetence of Narendra Modi and Jair Bolsonaro: The Twenty-Sixth Newsletter (2020). Ten-Point Agenda for the Global South After COVID-19: The Twenty-Fifth Newsletter (2020). Living Is No Laughing Matter: The Twenty-Fourth Newsletter (2020). Goliath Is Not Invincible: The Twenty-Third Newsletter (2020). If You Do Not Feel for Humanity, You Have Forgotten to Be Human: The Twenty-Second Newsletter (2020). The Bouficha Appeal Against the Preparations for War: The Twenty-First Newsletter (2020). Hunger Gnaws at the Edges of the World: The Twentieth Newsletter (2020). It Takes a Revolution to Make a Solution: The Nineteenth Newsletter (2020). Farewell to the God of Plague: The Eighteenth Newsletter (2020). Either Socialism Will Defeat the Louse or the Louse Will Defeat Socialism: The Seventeenth Newsletter (2020). Without a Country in Which to Live, a Field to Plant, a Love to Cherish or a Voice to Sing, One is Dead: The Sixteenth Newsletter (2020). Femicide Does Not Respect the Quarantine: The Fifteenth Newsletter (2020). These Migrant Workers Did Not Suddenly Fall From the Sky: The Fourteenth Newsletter (2020). We Won’t Go Back to Normal, Because Normal Was the Problem: The Thirteenth Newsletter (2020) The Mutilated World Is Moved by the Nurses and Doctors: The Twelfth Newsletter (2020). Letter From the Great Wound: The Eleventh Newsletter (2020). We Who Were Nothing and Have Become Everything Shall Construct a New and Better World: The Tenth Newsletter (2020). Show Me The Words That Will Reorder the World, Or Else Keep Silent: The Ninth Newsletter (2020). You Write Injustice on the Earth; We Will Write Revolution in the Skies: The Eighth Newsletter (2020). I Am Tired of Holding Other Worlds in My Fist: The Seventh Newsletter (2020). This Is the Time for Solidarity, Not Stigma: The Sixth Newsletter (2020). I Will Hold You in My Arms a Day After the War: The Fifth Newsletter (2020). When Will The Winter Come to An End?: The Fourth Newsletter (2020). Your Arrow Can Pierce the Sky, But Ours Has Gone into Orbit: The Third Newsletter (2020). What Passes for Reality Is Not Worth Respecting: The Second Newsletter (2020). How Many Millions Did You Make for the Pennies You Gave to the Coolies: The First Newsletter (2020) We Are the Ones Who Will Awaken the Dawn: The Fifty-Second Newsletter (2019). Those Who Search for Dawn Don’t Fear the Night; Nor the Hand that Holds the Dagger: The Fifty-First Newsletter (2019). If You Want Peace, You Get War; If You Want War, You Get Rich: The Fiftieth Newsletter (2019) The Oppressive State Is a Macho Rapist: The Forty-Ninth Newsletter (2019) We Demand Changes So We Can Have a Future: The Forty-Eighth Newsletter (2019) We Thought the House Was Empty: The Forty-Seventh Newsletter (2019) Bolivia Does Not Exist: The Forty-Sixth Newsletter (2019). Even a Clown Is Fascinated by Ideas: The Forty-Fifth Newsletter (2019). The Test of a Country Is Not the Number of Millionaires It Owns, but the Absence of Starvation Among Its Masses: The Forty-Fourth Newsletter (2019). There’s Something That’s Ours on Those Streets and We’re Going to Take It Back: The Forty-Third Newsletter (2019). The IMF Does Not Fight Financial Fires But Douses Them With Gasoline: The Forty-Second Newsletter (2019). If You Take Away Freedom, All Four Seasons and I Will Die: The Forty-First Newsletter (2019). At First, I thought I Was Fighting to Save Rubber Trees. Now I Realize I Am Fighting for Humanity: The Fortieth Newsletter (2019). iPhone Workers Today Are 25 Times More Exploited Than Textile Workers in 19th Century England: The Thirty-Ninth Newsletter (2019). My Voice Is the Gallows for All Tyrants: The Thirty-Eighth Newsletter (2019). Strikes Have Followed Me All My Life: The Thirty-Seventh Newsletter (2019). We Will See Roots Reaching Out for Each Other: The Thirty-Sixth Newsletter (2019) Hungering For The Language Of Class War: The Thirty-Fifth Newsletter (2019). Hybrid Wars Are Destroying Democracies: The Thirty-Fourth Newsletter (2019). History Often Proceeds by Jumps and Zig-Zags. The Thirty-Third Newsletter (2019). There Must Be Bones Under The Paved Street: The Thirty-Second Newsletter (2019). Homage to OSPAAAL, the Organisation of Solidarity for the Peoples of Asia, Africa, and Latin America: Newsletter Thirty-One (2019). As the Ocean Waters Rise, So Do the Islands of Garbage: The Thirtieth Newsletter (2019). 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Promote The Health of All The People of the World: The Fortieth Newsletter (2018) If the Field Cannot Feed the Farmer, then Burn the Field: The Thirty-Ninth Newsletter (2018). Living Our Lives Inside a Tragedy the Size of the Planet: The Thirty-Eighth Newsletter (2018) You Only Run For the Border When You See the Whole City Running As Well: The Thirty-Seventh Newsletter (2018). With Samir Amin By Our Side: The Thirty- Sixth Newsletter (2018) Experience is the Comb You Get When You Are Bald: The Thirty-Fifth Newsletter (2018) The Monstrous Anger of the Guns: The Thirty-Fourth Newsletter (2018). Tomorrow Will Be Too Late To Do What We Should Have Done A Long Time Ago: The Thirty-Third Newsletter (2018) This Village Is Too Big For Us: The Thirty-Second Newsletter (2018) Solidarity is More Than a Slogan: The Thirty-First Newsletter (2018) If You Think Education Is Expensive, Try Ignorance: The Thirtieth Newsletter (2018). There is No Refugee Crisis. 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__label__wiki	0.646723	0.646723	1-888-762-8736 (M-F 8am - 5pm CST) 1-888-762-8736 (M-F 8-5 CST) Research, News, and Perspectives DevOps Resource Center Cloud Health Assessment Vulnerabilities & Exploits Unsecure Pagers in Vancouver Expose Sensitive Patient Data: What This Means for Enterprises The nonprofit group Open Privacy Research Society recently publicized in a press release that the confidential medical and personally identifiable information (PII) of patients across Vancouver, Canada, is being leaked through the paging systems of hospitals in the area. Open Privacy reported that the data is being transmitted without encryption and can thus be intercepted by threat actors. This has prompted the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to further look into the incident. The leaked data of patients includes their respective names, ages, genders, diagnoses, attending physicians, and room numbers. The Open Privacy Research Society validated whether the sensitive data being broadcast is that of actual patients by matching it with available information from public obituaries. Open Privacy discovered the security issue on Nov. 11, 2018, and notified Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) about it the next day. The group publicly reported the breach only on Sept. 9, after several correspondences with VCH. In a statement, the health authority said: “VCH takes patient privacy very seriously and is actively working to mitigate the privacy risks you have identified. Please note, however, that VCH has no information to suggest that patient information has been compromised or used for a malicious purpose.” [Trend Micro Research: Attacks Against Industrial Machines via Vulnerable Radio Remote Controllers] Pagers are rarely encrypted Pagers provide a way for healthcare organizations to maintain inter-facility communications without having to use technologies, such as cellular phones, that may disrupt their mission-critical operations. However, this incident shows the implications of leaving them unsecure or exposed. Messages sent over the air via pagers, which have been in use since as early as the 1950s, are rarely encrypted. This is further demonstrated by several case studies conducted in a Trend Micro research, which found that the pagers were leaking unencrypted data. By using tools like software-defined radio (SDR) and USB dongles, which can be easily bought online for as little as US$30, threat actors can, for instance, intercept, steal, and even spoof medical and personally identifiable data and transactions in plain text. This can expose patients to identity fraud and put healthcare organizations at risk of incurring penalties from noncompliance with healthcare data privacy regulations, such as those imposed by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in the U.S. [Related Research: Weaknesses in Pager Technology and How Pagers Can Leak Confidential Information] Pagers can be abused to perpetrate cyberespionage The use of pager technology isn’t just confined to hospitals. In the U.S. and Canada, for example, pagers (and the legacy protocols they use to transmit messages) are also used in industrial control systems (ICSs) and building automation systems, such as those in nuclear power and chemical plants, defense contractors, and semiconductor manufacturing facilities. In related case studies, the Trend Micro researchers Stephen Hilt and Philippe Lin were able to see information, such as facility-related statuses and diagnostics data, being unintentionally leaked. While this information may seem innocuous, they can be used by threat actors to reconnoiter a target’s critical infrastructure and perform lateral movement in order perpetrate cyberespionage or cybercrime. The same security risks are also present in IT environments, some of which were found by Hilt and Lin to still be using pagers. The researchers observed, for instance, how threat actors can steal leaked data, such personal and corporate information such as email addresses and credentials. The stolen information can then be used to eavesdrop on business transactions or be abused to send socially engineered threats like spear phishing and man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks. [READ: Healthcare Under Attack: What Happens to Stolen Medical Records?] Extending security best practices to pagers The use of unsecure, not to mention outdated, communications technologies (or any form of technology, for that matter) in today’s era of smartphones, cloud platforms, and digital transformation has daunting security risks and, in turn, significant impact. Organizations should therefore migrate to using more secure means of communication that comply with data privacy standards. And if using pagers is unavoidable, encrypting messages sent via pagers is a must. Cybersecurity and incident response policies should also be reassessed and reinforced, what with the potential impact of a data breach on an organization’s bottom line and the stringent penalties that it can incur. Employees, for their part, should not just limit their application of cybersecurity best practices to desktops, laptops, or mobile phones, but also extend it to devices used to store or process sensitive information. Posted in Vulnerabilities & Exploits, Data Breach, Enterprise, Healthcare, ICS/SCADA, Data Privacy Online Dating Websites Lure Japanese Customers to Scams No Entry: How Attackers Can Sneak Past Facial Recognition Devices Security 101: How Fileless Attacks Work and Persist in Systems Undertaking Security Challenges in Hybrid Cloud Environments	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2801
__label__wiki	0.549287	0.549287	How to Spend Two Days in New Orleans Your Trip to New Orleans: The Complete Guide SEE FULL GUIDE Day Trips From NOLA NOLA's Best Tours NOLA's Best Museums Guide to Audubon Park Best Jazz Clubs Complete Guide to Mardi Gras Shopping in NOLA Must-Try Food in NOLA Top Bars to Visit NOLA's Craft Beer Best NOLA Hotels Neighborhoods to Know United States Louisiana New Orleans Megan Romer Megan Romer is a travel writer focused on southern Louisiana. She has a background in tourism marketing and has written for TripSavvy since 2011. Nathan Steele / EyeEm / Getty Images Only have two days to spend in New Orleans? Don't worry! You can see a lot of the city in that time, and you don't even have to run to do it. Here's a mini-itinerary for you—don't be afraid to shuffle and swap things to suit your tastes or needs! TripSavvy / Violet Smirnov Day 1: Morning Start your morning in the French Quarter with a steaming hot cup of coffee and a crispy beignet (a sort of hole-less fried donut) at the world-famous Cafe du Monde. It's a little bit of a tourist trap, but not without good reason; the experience is one-of-a-kind and costs less than $5. After you've stuffed yourself with tasty, tasty carbs, walk across Decatur Street where you'll find a row of mule-drawn carriages just waiting for passengers. You can negotiate a bit with the driver, but expect to pay at least $25 for a half-hour tour. It's worth it. You get to ride around in comfort while your driver, a licensed tour guide, shows you the sights and helps you get your bearings in the neighborhood. Context, orientation, and entertainment—a good way to start your trip! When your carriage ride is finished, spend a few minutes just strolling around. Royal Street is great if you're into antiques. Don't miss MS Rau at 630 Royal. This shop deals in fine art and antiques, and often has things like paintings by Monet, Faberge eggs, and Tiffany glass pieces on display (and for sale, if your pockets are deep enough). You also might consider popping into the stunning St. Louis Cathedral, which is free for visitors and worth a stop. This church has been at the heart of the city since its founding and has borne witness to all of the beautiful and horrible things that have happened here. TripSavvy / Vincent Mercer Day 1: Afternoon It won't be too long before you've worked up an appetite again (beignets burn off quickly). Stroll over to the Central Grocery for a muffuletta, a local favorite invented right there. The sandwich is heavy on the olives, so if you're not an olive fan, skip it and pick up one of the Quarter's many fine po-boys instead. Shrimp? Roast beef? Oysters? Ham? You choose. Find a bench in Jackson Square or along the riverfront at Woldenberg Park and people-watch while you nosh. Once you've finished, stroll over to Canal Street and pick up the streetcar. Get an unlimited day pass for $3 or a single ride for $1.25 (if you follow this itinerary exactly, you'll come out ahead with the day pass). You're riding the line with the red cars today, not the green ones. Make sure you board a car that says "City Park" and not the one that says "Cemeteries" because the line forks and we're headed to the park. Watch Now: Essential Things to Do and See in New Orleans Take the streetcar all the way to the end, where it'll drop you a short walk from the New Orleans Museum of Art and its stunning Besthoff Sculpture Garden. The museum houses the finest collection of art on the Gulf Coast, and the permanent collection includes pieces by Picasso, Miro, Monet, and many more. It also houses outstanding collections of Asian, Pacific, Native American, and African art, as well as fascinating rotating exhibits that represent a diverse range of artists, subjects, and media. The sculpture garden is free and worth a stroll, as well. The setting is just gorgeous, and it's a lovely place to spend an afternoon. And check out the park, as well. It's New Orleans' equivalent to New York's Central Park, and it's equally worth exploring. Day 1: Evening Once you've had your fill of art and the great outdoors, hop back on the streetcar and ride it back through Mid-City to Mandina's Restaurant. Get off the streetcar at Carrollton or Clark and walk a couple of blocks to the restaurant. You can't miss it; it's the big pink one with a neon sign. This venerable neighborhood institution serves up some of the finest Italian Creole food (yes, that's a thing) in the city, and you'll find it packed with locals every night—always a good sign! Hop back on the streetcar and back to the French Quarter, where you can jump off at Bourbon Street and gawk and stare as you stroll toward Preservation Hall. This famous club is the best place in the French Quarter (or the whole city, a lot of nights) to hear traditional jazz. They don't serve alcohol inside, so if the show leaves you dry, follow it up with a stop at Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, allegedly the oldest bar in the United States or any of Bourbon Street's other fine (or not-so-fine—no one's judging) drinking establishments. Don't go too crazy, though, you've got a busy day ahead of you! Vincent Mercer / © TripSavvy Good morning, sunshine! How's that head? Get dressed in one of those generically nice all-black travel outfits that you've so wisely brought along (you'll need to look good later) and grease away any overindulgence with a hearty plate of Eggs Benedict or a decadent knife-and-fork breakfast sandwich at the Ruby Slipper on Canal Street (there's a location in the CBD on Magazine Street, too). The coffee flows freely and the service is cheerful, so it's a nice place to start a morning. Once you've chased away your hangover (or just, y'know, had a reasonable breakfast after a nice early night), hop on the St. Charles Streetcar (those are the green ones) and take it to Julia Street. Jump off and walk the couple of blocks over to the National WWII Museum. This extraordinary museum, particularly the newly-opened Freedom Pavilion, offers an eye-opening look at WWII, largely told through the stories of veterans themselves. Artifacts on display include My Gal Sal, a fully-restored B-17 bomber that's hung from the ceiling as if in flight. It's a fascinating place to visit, and one that honestly deserves more than a half-day, but see what you can while you're there and give yourself a reason to come back to the city. Stroll down the street and around the corner to catch lunch at Cochon Butcher. This casual outpost of local celebrity chef Donald Link serves up the best sandwiches in town (and this is a town full of great sandwiches). It's small, crowded, and noisy, but absolutely worth it. Once you're stuffed (again, it's sort of how things go around here), hoof it back to the streetcar and ride down the beautiful St. Charles Avenue, gaping at the ornate and glorious mansions that line the oak-draped street. If it's still a couple of hours before 3:00, feel free to ride all the way out to the end of the line and back. If you're cutting it close on time, jump off at Washington Street (or a stop or two down the line) and stroll into the hub of the Garden District, around Washington and Prytania. Here you'll find Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, one of the city's oldest and most beautiful cemeteries. It gets locked up at 3:00, so you'll want to get in there with at least a half-hour to spare. It's not enormous, but it can be great fun to meander slowly through the lanes, reading the names and learning about the people who are at rest here. It's more peaceful than eerie, so don't be afraid. After you've checked out the cemetery, head out for a walking tour of the neighborhood. Certified local tour guides often take groups around departing from the cemetery gates, and if you haven't planned ahead, you can still sometimes pay cash and jump on board with one of these groups. If you'd rather DIY, you can either just head out blind (plaques in front of many of the houses will keep you pretty well informed) or you can stop into the Garden District Book Shop and buy one of the many books on their shelves that contains a map and suggestions for a self-guided walking tour. It's easy to spend a few hours just ambling around this leafy neighborhood, and there's no reason not to take your time here. This is one of those times when the journey—in this case, a simple walk—is the good part, regardless of whether or not there's any real destination. Jonathan Daniel / Getty Images When you've had your fill of cracked sidewalks and mansion-gawking, take yourself out for one of the best dinners of your life at Commander's Palace. This old-line Creole restaurant has been continuously operating at the heart of the Garden District since 1880, and celebrity chefs like Emeril Legasse and Paul Prudhomme made their bones in this kitchen. Chef Tory McPhail is now at the helm and brings a clean, modern aesthetic and a farm-to-table mentality to classic New Orleans dishes. Commander's regularly makes the cut on hyperbolic lists of best restaurants in the world, and deservedly so. (This, by the way, is why you need to be dressed nicely—no jeans, flip-flops, t-shirts, etc.)' If you still want a little more New Orleans after dinner, grab a cab to one of the city's legendary nightclubs. Tipitina's is a good choice, especially if someone local is playing. The Maple Leaf and Le Bon Temps Roule are both on this side of town, as well, and their calendars are worth a peek—if it's Tuesday, the Rebirth Brass Band will probably be at the former, and if it's Thursday, the Soul Rebels Brass Band will probably be at the latter. Both come highly recommended. If all else fails, you can just cab it across town to Frenchmen Street, where there's guaranteed to be something good playing in one of the many fine clubs on that trip. 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__label__wiki	0.98561	0.98561	Bones Season Finale Will Bring Back an Old Foe Oriana Schwindt June 10, 2015, 6:00 am If this season of Bones has taught us anything, it's that the past is never just the past. "Nothing ever really ends," says executive producer Stephen Nathan. "There are always ripples." So we've seen, in Booth's (David Boreanaz) relapse into gambling addiction; in how various Squints have dealt with the death of beloved coworker Sweets (John Francis Daley); and now in the looming specter of an old foe. Serial killer Christopher Pelant (Andrew Leeds) will return in tonight's season finale—despite having been seemingly shot and killed by Booth last year. "It's not a flashback," promises Nathan. "And he's not a ghost. It's real." Pelant wreaked havoc on the lives of both Booth and wife Brennan (Emily Deschanel) by framing her for murder and breaking up the duo's engagement. However, Nathan says, fans worried that the Pelant story will shanghai the episode can take a deep breath: "The hour is not going to be all about him." Pelant's reappearance comes as members of the Jeffersonian team are questioning their futures. After 10 years of murder solving, the natives are beginning to get a little restless— including Booth and Brennan, who are still struggling to reassemble their marriage, given Booth's setback. "This was the biggest emotional trauma they've faced as a couple," says Nathan, "so they're still feeling the effects of it." A life away from the Jeffersonian, and the FBI, might be what's best for them, for daughter Christine, and for their unborn baby. Could a major move be on the horizon? "There are going to be big changes," Nathan confirms. Since the show hadn't been picked up for Season 11 when the finale was shooting (it has since been renewed), the writers decided to construct an episode that would serve as a satisfying series and season ender. Says Nathan, "It isn't a cliffhanger, but there is a cliff." Bones, Season finale Thursday, June 11, 8/7c, Fox How to Start Streaming: We Tell You How to Check Your Tech & Get Connected 5 hours ago	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2807
__label__wiki	0.990277	0.990277	June 28, 2019 / 2:41 PM House panel approves bill to pay Coast Guard members during government shutdowns Ed Adamczyk The U.S. Coast Guard should be protected from missing paychecks in the event of a future government shutdown, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee agreed Wednesday. File Photo by PO3 Johanna Strickland/U.S. Coast Guard/UPI \| License Photo June 28 (UPI) -- A House committee approved legislation that would allow U.S. Coast Guard members to be paid during any future government shutdowns. The voice vote came on Wednesday as the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act of 2019. The Coast Guard is primarily funded by the Department of Homeland Security, which was affected by the 35-day shutdown of the government in 2018. Coast Guard members missed a Jan. 15 paycheck and were reimbursed after funding was restored in late January. The 41,000 active duty Coast Guard members, 6,000 reservists and 8,500 civilian workers remained on the job despite the shutdown. An employee support program offered suggestions for managing family finances during the shutdown, including garage sales and babysitting, that was widely criticized. "The federal government may have been partially shut down earlier this year, but the brave men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard were still one hundred percent on the job-in the dead of winter no less-carrying out life-saving rescues, interdicting drugs at sea, and doing whatever was necessary to keep our coastal communities safe," Committee Chairman Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., said in a statement Wednesday. "I want to make sure this hostage-taking never happens again." RELATED Judge: USCG officer to remain in jail on weapons charges The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2019 finalizes appropriations for the Coast Guard and the Federal Maritime Commission through the 2021 fiscal year. It includes language suggesting an overhaul of the Coast Guard's icebreaking fleet on the Great Lakes, and authorizes $110 million on design work for updated icebreakers. RELATED Coast Guard plans to add resources in Arctic to counter Russia, China RELATED Trump praises Coast Guard for 'chasing down' U.S. enemies Defense News // 2 days ago U.S. Navy to arm amphibious vessels with long-range missiles Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy plans to integrate anti-ship missiles aboard its amphibious ships, it announced this month, part of a larger effort to increase ship firepower. Air Force task force studies accountability throughout the command Jan. 15 (UPI) -- A 16-member U.S. Air Force task force completed initial assessments this week for greater efforts at command-wide accountability. Britain to double number of Somali infantry soldiers it trains this year Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The British Ministry of Defense said Friday it plans this year to double the number of Somali National Army soldiers it trains in infantry skills, and announced the 500th graduate of its training course in Somalia. Northrop builds command centers for Poland's air, missile defense system Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman began outfitting six portable buildings to be used as command posts for Poland's air and missile defense program, it announced. U.S. troop presence in Iraq, Afghanistan at 2,500, following White House order Jan. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. troop levels in Iraq and Afghanistan fell to 2,500 in each country in accordance with White House orders, the Acting Defense Secretary announced on Friday. USS Porter departs Naval Station Rota for exercises in Europe, Africa Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The USS Porter departed Spain's Naval Station Rota on its ninth Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe this week. DoD 'no place' for those espousing extremist views, officials say Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Pentagon officials said Thursday that the Defense Department has "no place" for those espousing extremist views, and is doing everything it can to eliminate extremism in the department. Future USNS John Lewis oiler launched by General Dynamics NASSCO Jan. 14 (UPI) -- General Dynamics NASSCO this week launched the future USNS John Lewis oiler, which is the first of a new class of tankers that will carry fuel to carrier strike groups operating at sea. Air Force selects Huntsville, Ala., as home to U.S. Space Command Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The Secretary of the Air Force has selected Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., as the preferred location for U.S. Space Command headquarters. Air Force pilot graduates from Navy's electronic attack weapons school Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The first U.S. Air Force Airman to graduate from the Navy Airborne Attack weapons school will be a valuable asset on the topic, his commanding officer said. Celebrities wish Betty White a happy 99th birthday Music producer Phil Spector dies while incarcerated Alabama defeats Ohio State for college football championship	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2811
__label__wiki	0.987295	0.987295	49ers' Aldon Smith charged with three felony weapons counts SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith was charged Wednesday with three felony counts of illegal possession of an assault weapon, stemming from a party at his home in June 2012. The Santa Clara County district attorney's office said in announcing the charges that Smith is expected to surrender on his own later this month. The 24-year-old Smith is on an indefinite leave of absence from the NFC champion Niners while undergoing treatment for substance abuse at an in-patient facility following a DUI arrest Sept. 20. "We've been aware of the incident, the serious nature of it. We're all accountable for our actions, good and bad," 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said Wednesday. "There's a process, due process, that will take place. I don't feel any need to comment further on it." When asked whether Smith — who set a franchise record with 19½ sacks last season — would play again this year, Harbaugh said only, "I don't have any need to further comment on it." On Monday, the coach said he had traded a few text messages with Smith, saying, "Heard that things are going very well, very positive reports back." If convicted, Smith could face up to four years and four months in jail, the district attorney's office said. "The preamble to the assault weapons law states that each assault weapon 'has such a high rate of fire and capacity for firepower that its function as a legitimate sports or recreational firearm is substantially outweighed by the danger that it can be used to kill and injure human beings,'" District Attorney Jeff Rosen said. "California's prohibition of these powerful weapons is not about hunting or target practice. It is about interrupting the long history of death, carnage and grief assault weapons have inflicted on California communities." Smith also is likely to face a suspension from the NFL, perhaps pushed back to next season or after his legal issues are resolved. The 49ers issued a statement Wednesday. "The 49ers organization is aware of the recent developments with Aldon arising from an incident at his home in 2012," the team said. "We recognize the serious nature of this situation, as does Aldon, and will continue to monitor it closely. As this is an ongoing legal matter, we will have no further comment." Last month, Smith and former teammate Delanie Walker were named in a lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court by a Northern California man who said he was shot at a party at Smith's house on June 29, 2012. The players charged a $10 admission and $5 per drink, the lawsuit said. Smith and now-Titans tight end Walker, 29, were allegedly intoxicated on Smith's balcony when they fired gunshots in the air while trying to end the party, the lawsuit said. Before the 2012 home opener last September, Smith was the passenger in a car during an accident in Santa Clara County in which the driver swerved to avoid hitting a deer. Smith sustained a cut beneath his right eyebrow. He apologized and insisted he had grown up. Smith, selected seventh overall in the 2011 draft out of Missouri, had previously been arrested on suspicion of DUI in January 2012 in Miami shortly after the 49ers lost in the NFC championship game. He is on the reserve non-football injury list while in rehab, and there is no NFL minimum for number of games he must miss while on the list. Smith played in a 27-7 home loss to the Colts on Sept. 22 and had five tackles just two days after he was arrested and jailed on suspicion of DUI and marijuana possession. Smith apologized for his behavior after the game. AP Freelance Writer Michael Wagaman contributed to this report. AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2813
__label__wiki	0.819012	0.819012	Asur Tribes About the Tribes: Asur is among the nine Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups( PVTGs) found in Jharkhand. Of the 32 different tribes recorded in the State, only four to five tribes, including Santhali, Ho and Kuruk, have recorded language scripts. As per the 2011 census, the tribe has a population of around 23,000 in Latehar and Gumla districts. In the community, 50% of population could barely speak in Asur language; they are not fluent in the language. The Asur language figures in the list of UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger. Only 7,000 to 8,000 Asur tribals are left in the community who are well conversant in the language. With help from tribal rights activists, Asur Tribal Wisdom Centre, an organization involving Asur tribals, was established at Jobhipat village near Netarhat to protect the language and culture of Asur tribals. Using mobile radio, the Asur community has been spreading the popularity of the language within their geographical limits. About the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups( PVTGs): In 1975, the Government of India initiated to identify the most vulnerable tribal groups as a separate category called PVTGs and declared 52 such groups. Characteristics of PVGT’s : 1. PVTGs have declining or stagnant population 2. Low level of literacy 3. Pre-agricultural level of technology 4. Economically backward 5. Generally inhabit remote localities having poor infrastructure and administrative support. Mukurthi National Park (MNP) The forest department has recently started construction of fire line/firebreak in the MNP. What is Firebreak ? A firebreak is a gap in vegetation or other combustible material that acts as a barrier to slow or stop the progress of a bushfire or wildfire. A firebreak may occur naturally where there is a lack of vegetation or “fuel”, such as a river, lake or canyon. About the MNP: Mukurthi National Park (MNP) is located in the northwest corner of Tamil Nadu in the Western Ghats. It is a part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve(UNESCO World Heritage Site) along with Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Bandipur National Park, Nagarhole National Park, Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary and Silent Valley. Keystone Species : The park was created to protect its keystone species, the Nilgiri Tahr. There has been almost a 27% increase in the population of the Tahr in the Nilgiris over the last few years. Forest Type:The park is characterized by montane grasslands and shrublands interspersed with sholas in a high altitude area of high rainfall, near-freezing temperatures and high winds. Peaks:The Park is also home to Mukurthi Peak, one of the highest peaks in the Nilgiri Hills. Tribes Living Inside: Todas (Todas are a pastoral tribe of the Nīlgiri Hills). Yara virus : A new virus with genes not known before identified. In a lake in Brazil, researchers have discovered a virus that they find unusual and intriguing called Yaravirus, it has a “puzzling origin and phylogeny”. The newly discovered “Yaravirus” contains genes that have never been seen in any other viruses. About Yaravirus: The Yaravirus infects amoeba and has genes that have not been described before, something that could challenge how DNA viruses are classified. Because of the Yaravirus’s small size, it was unlike other viruses that infect amoeba. Named it as a tribute to Yara, the “mother of waters” in the mythological stories of the Tupi-Guarani indigenous tribes. Over 90% of the Yaravirus’s genome has not been observed before. The virus does not infect human cells, according to the researchers. Last Updated : February 18, 2020 at 3:41 pm	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2815
__label__wiki	0.50451	0.50451	Gentrification: The process of making a person or activity more refined or polite This term is a controversial one for sure. After reading the above definition, you may have experienced some very strong feelings well up inside. It is true, there is a lot to be said about gentrification, but my goal is not to stir up feelings concerning what to do about housing, development, or the urban poor. Today, I want to talk about television. Since the beginning of television programming, Americans have seen billions of images through their home screens. Actors and actresses from all walks of life have been given the opportunity to entertain massive audiences, telling unforgettable stories and moving their viewers. There is certainly a lot to say about television, and how influential everyday people can be when they take to the screen. But what if I told you that not everyone has had their fair share of relating the complex and original stories of people and experiences to their audience? What if I told you that instead of giving a rounded, human side to personal stories, some actors are only asked and offered to play roles that fit one into one box, a box that is greatly hindering a whole country’s view about what it means to be that kind of person? Sadly, this is the conundrum we find with Black people and television. Normally, when using the term gentrification, we are discussing “The process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste. (Merriam Dictionary)” This concept has been the basis for many political and social debates, sparking controversy around urban development and renewal, and how cities should approach abandoned houses and overgrown lots, and even where new businesses should be built. There are different arguments for both the pros and cons of gentrification, but I am not here to side with either. Instead, I would like to propose a new idea, one that I believe is relevant to a specific pattern we’ve witnessed in television over the past few decades. This pattern, or phenomenon, rather, deals specifically with black television shows, or tv with a majority black cast. I would like to call it: The Gentrification of Black Television. This is a concept that I think can be defined by a mixture of the two earlier given definitions. In many ways, black people and culture on television has conformed to fit a middle-class taste – one that continues to project stereotyped, non-dimensional characters and situations that often fulfill viewer’s preconceived notions. Gentrification in its regular sense refers to the improvement of a house or area. Black gentrification on television deals with attitudes and desires – how viewers wish to see a particular group of people on television. Let me say this before going farther into the discussion, I do not think and will not imply that middle-class and black-gentrifying attitudes go hand in hand. What I do want to discuss is how we – meaning all Americans, from all ethnicities, even black – wish to see black Americans on television, no matter our economic standing. And it seems to me that Americans don’t expect much from black actors. Let’s look at the kinds of roles we often see played by black actors. Exhibit 1: The Thug. You’ve seen it, I’ve seen it, we’ve all seen a television or movie role where that one black character causes such a nuisance, often projecting fear and a level of discomfort on the other characters. Marlon Riggs, describes this role perfectly, saying, "Black folks have played the role of absorbing and reflecting all that is wrong with America. There is this sense that we can be used because we're so elastic, so empty in our identity that society can project upon us its fantasies and phobias." – Marlon Riggs This is such an issue that we as a country face today. When we continue to present a single minority group as a menace, violent and drug-addicted, it is no wonder we feel apprehensive when coming in contact with the boogeymen shown on our television screens. Our viewpoints are formed by what we meditate on through entertainment, and without even realizing it we continue to feed into this gentrification of black life. It is not that black people can never play “undesired” or “gritty” roles, but must this be such a common occurrence? Exhibit 2: Black BFF/Magical Negro In an article written for ThoughtCo, Nadra Kareem Nittle addressed 5 common black stereotypes on television. The first (and funniest in my opinion) was the “Magical Negro.” This was a character who will “make appearances solely to help white characters out of jams, seemingly unconcerned about their own lives.” Nittle also pointed out that this Magical Negro was only concerned with the life of his/her white (or other) counterpart, as if the black character had no desires or aspirations of their own and just weren’t as valuable. Another common stereotype Nittle examined was that of the “Black Best Friend.” This character Nittle identified to be a woman in most cases, who had spunk, sass, and the right amount of practical wisdom to guide her protagonist through any conflict. https://www.thoughtco.com/common-black-stereotypes-in-tv-film-2834653 Between thugs, convenient best friends, and magical fixer-upper black characters, you would think that American blacks were either slaves or one of the above. But this is just not true. We must stop feeding into and meditating on this message about Black people. We must shift our gentrified taste of how we will see blacks on television. Do we only want to see black thugs and criminals? Do we only want to see that black best friend? Are we truly ok with the magical negro, whose loyalty we can depend on for a motivational boost of confidence here and there? Is that all black people are good for? Then vs. Now? Another factor that proves this gentrifying pattern is in the sudden boom and following decline in television shows featuring a majority black cast. In the 1980’s and 90’s, there were over 30 different black network television shows for Americans to tune into every night. From the Fresh Prince of Bel Aire to the Cosby Show, black characters had the chance to be more than just supporting roles, best friend side-kicks and magical negroes. Now, the protagonists and guest stars were all represented by black actors and actresses, something majority white shows had been experiencing for decades. This is not to say that we should have all black television and all white television shows. I am not suggesting a segregated cable experience, just one that can do justice for all people, regardless of their ethnicity. Denise, Vanessa, and Rudy in the Cosby Show could be a typical all-American teenagers – just like Jennifer and Mallory Keaton in Family Ties. Gentrification of black television is the deliberate dumbing down of the complex lives and experiences of black Americans. It is the same old story, the version of black personalities that we have come to expect and are comfortable with. All black people are not thugs, and we do enjoy more out of life than just giving good advice. Is TV Even a Good Idea? I have been talking for some time about the effects that watching characters on tv can have on our attitudes. But should we even care about our entertainment that much? I think so, because there is so much power in what we experience on tv, and that subconsciously effects our views about the world around us. Not everyone has the same opinion on the matter. Todd Gitlin, professor of sociology and director of the mass communications program at the University of California at Berkeley commented on the topic, "People are looking to a shoddy institution geared to making money to lead us to the promised land, Television is a poor place to look for guidance. It's the dependence on television that makes me queasy and should make others queasy." This observation is true on all accounts. We should be wary of letting our glowing boxes determine how we will interpret the world. The truth is, however, that a good chunk of our free time is spent watching television, with the average American watching 5 hrs and 4minutes per day last year, according to the New York Times. That’s the equivalent of 34 hrs and 28 mins per week! Insane, I know. This is not a matter of you cutting down on those Netflix binges, but what you’ve taken in (and will take in) during that time. It is surprising to me that a professor of mass communications would feel this way. It seems that of all people, a professional in mass communications would be extremely sensitive to our relationship with television, especially given the stats to prove our nation’s (albeit unhealthy) obsession. Encyclopedia.org says that television has the power to “influence viewers' attitudes and beliefs about themselves, as well as about people from other social, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds.” If one glowing box can do this to our society, it is important to evaluate what messages are being projected. Too Many Blacks? While some may agree with my desire to present black people on tv more often and in broader and more unique ways, others, like Sir Ludovic find this notion to be unfair. He said in an interview some years ago, "I'd like to take issue with Will (referring to Will Wyatt, former BBC executive) when he says it was his aim to bring more blacks to the screen, in which it seems he has more than succeeded. I am all in favour of black advancement, but there's now hardly a TV pub, police station, soap, vox pop or ad without rather more than its fair share of black participation." Sir Ludovic’s comments are nothing short of controversial. He sees black “participation” as unfair and out of balance in comparison to other ethnicities. Just having a black person on television shows is not the aim. It is the type of black person that is being portrayed that is the issue, not the fact they are physically present on a show. In a way, Ludovic has a point. Blacks are participating in television all over, but at what cost? How many times can a black woman be the side-kick, or Morgan Freeman play God? Black people are on television, but I don’t think they can really participate to the fullest. We Can Do Better Looking back at the good old days, when many different networks played shows like Moesha, Sister Sister, Living Single and a Different World, it makes me appreciate all the progress we started to make. We are nowhere near perfect, but we are getting better, and are slowly rising out of our television gentrification. Every black woman does not have to fit the best friend stereotype – we have Clair Huxtable and Rainbow Johnson to prove it. Every Black man does not have to play God – We have Jerrod Carmichael and Chadwick Boseman to prove it. We have the power to change our views about how complex people are in real life. Let’s give black people on television the opportunity to make the job easier. This article appeared in the October issue of The Vindicator. 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__label__wiki	0.859108	0.859108	GORDON & MACPHAIL LAUNCHES RARE 60 YEAR OLD LINKWOOD DISTILLERY BOTTLING Leading whisky specialist Gordon & MacPhail, has today announced the launch of a limited-edition Linkwood bottling from 1956, which is believed to be the final remaining 1950s cask from the distillery. Private Collection from Linkwood Distillery 1956 by Gordon & MacPhail (49.4% ABV) is a 60 Year Old single malt Scotch whisky, from a single cask #20, which was laid down to mature at the Linkwood Distillery, on the 3rd of January 1956. Private Collection from Linkwood Distillery 1956 by Gordon MacPhail Cask #20, is from a defining period in the company’s history. It was one of the last casks laid down by John Urquhart, first generation member of the family that owns Gordon & MacPhail, before he retired the following month. It was matured for six decades under the watchful eyes of John’s son, George, and subsequent generations until the decision to bottle was made by the fourth generation of the Urquhart family. Limited to just 53 decanters, this latest release from Gordon & MacPhail, is said to be an intricately layered whisky. Rich, warm aromas lend to a sweet full-bodied experience with highlights of blueberry, fruitcake, and dark chocolate. Commenting on the launch, Stephen Rankin, Director of Prestige and fourth generation member of the Urquhart family, said: “Private Collection from Linkwood Distillery 1956 by Gordon & MacPhail encapsulates the company’s dedication to the art of single malt whisky maturation and tireless pursuit of perfection. This incredible whisky is the culmination of the unrivalled knowledge and skills passed down and strengthened, over the decades, through four generations of my family.” He concluded by saying: “It is the deep understanding of the relationship between the oak and the spirit that has allowed Gordon & MacPhail to nurture this cask for six decades while retaining the unique distillery character.” This latest release, is the second of four exclusive single casks unveiled as part of the ‘Private Collection’ range. The first, Private Collection Glenlivet 1943 by Gordon & MacPhail, a rare wartime cask, was released in October 2017. Private Collection from Linkwood Distillery 1956 by Gordon & MacPhail, will be available later this month from specially selected, specialist retailers, for a RRP of £22,000.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2818
__label__wiki	0.977591	0.977591	November 23 Vallejo A&E Source:… Things To DoEntertainment November 23 Vallejo A&E Source: Sold-out Train concert won’t derail wildfire donations Patrick Monahan and Train play the JaM Cellars at Blue Note Napa in a benefit for fire victims. - CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS SORRY - CAN”T USE THIS ONE (blue background) copyrighted... By Richard Freedman \| rfreedman@timesheraldonline.com \| Vallejo Times Herald PUBLISHED: November 22, 2017 at 12:00 a.m. \| UPDATED: August 29, 2018 at 12:00 a.m. It’s been years since Pat Monahan and Train played a 650-seat venue. That’s typically the number of fans trying to talk their way backstage after a concert. Two years removed from belting out “Soul Sister,” “Drops of Jupiter,” “Marry Me,” and “Save Me, San Francisco” in front of 30,000 packing BottleRock Napa Valley, the band returns for a fund-raising concert Dec. 1 for wildfire victims at the JaM Cellars Ballroom at the Blue Note. Tickets that went for $99 and $249 sold out quickly, though fans who couldn’t get tickets — or those who simply want to help the cause — can donate via the link below to the event beneficiaries, Community Foundation Sonoma County and the Napa Valley Community Foundation Disaster Relief Fund. As a former Sonoma County resident — and with Train boasting its own wine label, Save Me San Francisco Wine Co. — Monahan has strong ties to the area. “It’s not just the wineries that were lost, but so many of these wineries have employees that lost their homes,” Monahan said by phone. “It’s been devastating to a lot of my friends.” A previous commitment to perform in Arizona prevented Train from participating in the huge Nov. 9 benefit at AT&T Park in San Francisco when 40,000 people and sponsors raised $15 million for fire victims in a concert that included Metallica and Dave Matthews. “This is the best we can do, though I’m sure we’ll do more things,” Monahan said, hoping to corral his pals with Counting Crows for a future fundraiser. Though Monahan is thrilled the JaM Cellars show sold out within minutes, he laughed that friends and longtime Train fans are upset. “I’m getting emails, ‘Dude, I need 20 tickets.’ There’s really nothing I can do,” Monahan said, adding that “we looked into possibly streaming the show where people around the world could see it. It would just take a lot of work and a lot of money.” There is something to be said for an intimate concert vs. an ocean of humans in an outdoor concert. “It’s a little scarier when you can see everyone’s facial expressions,” Monahan said. “If what you’re doing is not pleasing them, you see it right away.” Train has made supporting nonprofits a commitment since its 1994 inception, with charities including the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education, HomeAid, Operation Homefront, rock CAN roll, Save The Music Foundation, Special Olympics, and WhyHunger. The Save Me, San Francisco Wine Co. donates proceeds from its sales to support Family House, a nonprofit organization providing temporary housing to families of seriously ill children receiving treatment at the University Of California San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital. The wine company “portfolio” includes the latest unveiling: Drops of Jupiter California Red Wine, which complements Marry Me California Rose, Calling All Angels Chardonnay, and Bulletprooof Picasso Sauvignon Blanc and other wines named after Train tunes. Monahan is proud that all sales of the wine helps Family House. “Years ago, we found this great charity,” he said, thrilled that the wine company has contributed thousands of dollars to the worthy cause. “I’m hoping it would be in Safeway soon,” Monahan said. “The goal is spreading the word about Family House.” Even when Train takes a break, Monahan manages to keep himself in the public eye, notably doing the National Anthem at major sporting events. Recently, it was game No. 1 of the NBA Finals this past June between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers. Through the years, he’s done the difficult song at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio, a home opener of the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park, the Daytona 500 in Florida and the first home game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara for the San Francisco 49ers. With thousands watching in person and millions via television, the Star Spangled Banner doesn’t get any easier, Monahan said, admitting he’s nervous “every single time.” “I hate it so much,” he said, referring to the song’s difficulty, while suggesting to others “don’t ever sing the National Anthem in front of people.” When it comes to his own original material, “when you write a song that you care about, it’s pretty special,” Monahan said. “But when you get to see people react to it in a particular way, I don’t think anything can be compared to that. Performing something that touches people wins by a long shot.” As the youngest of seven children, Monahan acknowledged that he would get hand-me-downs “three or four years past their expiration date.” Thanks to three Top 10 hits — “Hey Soul Sister,” “Drops of Jupiter” and “Drive By” — and 11 other songs that made the Billboard Top 100, Monahan is far from having to wear used clothes. “Honestly, at this phrase, I look at my circle and it’s a beautiful circle,” he said. “It’s not as big as it used to be, but it’s so much better.” It includes family, of course, and there was nothing like returning to his Irish roots. Monahan was in Belfast a month ago and recalled the first time he visited Ireland. “I took my father and my oldest son, who was in grade school,” Monahan said. “My father and I and my son got to play golf. My father is not here any more, but my son and I have that memory.” With two kids children still at home, Monahan said it’s easy to realize when he’s been on the road too long. “When your kids start calling you by your first name,” he said. Though the Dec. 1 Train concert at the JaM Cellars at the Blue Note Napa is sold out, donations can be made to Community Foundation Sonoma County or the Napa Valley Community Foundation Relief Fund at: donatenow.networkforgood.org/1431417 or www.napavalleycf.org/fire-donation-page/ Raley's grocery chain faces more COVID-19 backlash Tesla adds cachet, sales tax to Vallejo Chevy's in Vallejo remains adamant about sit-down dining Fairfield man arrested after hours long standoff Could President Trump declare martial law? Ask a lawyer One of escaped inmates from Merced County jail is from Vallejo Richard Freedman \| Community Editor Community Editor Richard Freedman has been with the Times-Herald 24 years. He writes the entertainment sections for the Times-Herald and The Reporter in Vacaville and occasionally news and sports. He can be reached at rfreedman@timesheraldonline.com or (707) 553-6820. rfreedman@timesheraldonline.com Follow Richard Freedman @richfreedmanvth More in Things To Do Horoscopes Jan. 17, 2021: Michelle Obama, a reward is within reach Horoscopes Jan. 15, 2021: Dove Cameron, protect what you’ve worked so hard to acquire	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2819
__label__wiki	0.556406	0.556406	Dr. Eric Gapud: Giving Back by Furthering his Medical Training in Vasculitis When Eric Gapud, MD, PhD, was in medical school, he was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. As you might expect, he can empathize with the experiences of his patients, particularly those with vasculitis and anyone who has been diagnosed with a rare disease. A physician-scientist, Dr. Gapud is also an instructor of medicine on the junior faculty at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. His area of clinical expertise is rheumatology with a sub-specialty in vasculitis. “I’ve been very fortunate as a patient in that my condition has been stabilized with a biologic,” Dr. Gapud said. “I had a smart doctor who took care of me, who I’ve always admired.” Wanting to do the same for others, Dr. Gapud is taking the opportunity as a clinician and researcher to give back. “Vasculitis is among the rarest and probably the least understood condition that rheumatology, as a whole, deals with,” Dr. Gapud noted. “I’ve always been captivated by that.” His interests include mechanisms and patient outcomes for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, giant cell arteritis, Behcet’s disease, and Takayasu’s arteritis. Dr. Gapud’s training is partially funded by the Vasculitis Foundation. “The VF is pleased to support Dr. Gapud’s training through the Dr. Darwin James Liao Memorial Fund,” said Joyce Kullman, VF Executive Director. “We must encourage the next generation of physician-researchers to choose the field of vasculitis to ensure that our patients receive the care they need.” Dr. Liao was an ophthalmologist, entrepreneur, and inventor in the Seattle, Washington, area. He passed away from complications of eosinophilic granulomatosis polyangiitis (EGPA) in December 2013. Dahlia Mak is the family representative for her brother’s memorial fund held at the VF. “Darwin’s sudden passing from EGPA was absolutely heartbreaking,” said Mak. “It is why improving vasculitis research, awareness and treatment continues to be critically important to our family. We believe that helping clinicians and patients learn more about vasculitis and best practices in treatment will facilitate more timely diagnosis and care.” Dr. Gapud divides his time between seeing patients in the Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center, while conducting molecular immunology research on rheumatic disease mechanisms. Through his current research he has found that most researchers have thought that the function of the molecules involved in the immune system’s response was to kill cells, causing tissues to function abnormally. Using kidney disease in ANCA-associated vasculitis as a model, Dr. Gapud’s research suggests that there may be another side to this that has been underrecognized. “We think by understanding this different set of immune functions that we may be able to further subtype patients and then eventually correlate this with greater precision, like a diagnosis or what a person’s chances are, for example, of progressing to having lung or kidney issues,” he said. “Or if we treat you with agent X over agent Y, will you be more or less likely to do better?” Dr. Gapud earned both his MD and PhD in molecular immunology through the Medical Scientist Training Program at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He then completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Washington University at St. Louis/Barnes Jewish Hospital followed by a fellowship in rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins University. “There’s something about vasculitis, the way it manifests in such a nonspecific way,” Dr. Gapud said. “That means a lot of detective work for the clinician.” Even though progress has been made, Dr. Gapud said he is struck by how little we know: Where do these diseases come from? Why do some of the things we prescribe, like rituximab, work? How do we better predict outcomes? Who’s going to flare and who’s not? Who really needs the high-intensity suppression and for how long? Dr. Gapud said his research will continue indefinitely, as these are important questions that need answers. “We’re finding what we think might be important lessons that could be extrapolated broadly to study autoimmunity and immune function in general,” he said. With the ability to subtype disease, there’s the hope of finding key elements of these pathways that might actually represent novel therapeutic strategies. “It could suggest ways in which certain biologics or other drugs could be used in unexpected ways to treat disease with potentially fewer side effects. Ultimately that is the goal.” “The hope is that with the help of resources like what I’ve been fortunate to have received from the Vasculitis Foundation, that we can continue this work and use it as a springboard for additional research,” Dr. Gapud said. Dahlia Mak said her family is excited to support Dr. Gapud’s work at the Vasculitis Center at Johns Hopkins. “We anticipate that Dr. Gapud’s work will be impactful, from breakthroughs in vasculitis research to acceleration of improvements in patient care,” she said. Author: Nina Silberstein This article originally appeared in the May/June 2020 issue of the VF newsletter. 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__label__wiki	0.676046	0.676046	Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Captive Breeding The shrikes (Family: Laniidae) are a unique group of songbirds because they hunt like birds of prey. They have sharp hooked beaks, but lack the strong grasping legs possessed by true birds of prey. Instead, shrikes will impale their prey on thorns or barbed wire fences, which allows them to tear apart and eat their prey. Sometimes shrikes will leave impaled prey items as a ‘cache’ to be consumed later or a territorial marker. The loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) is the only endemic shrike in North America. The eastern subspecies of the loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus ssp.) is one of the most imperiled birds in North America. In Canada, loggerhead shrikes are now only found in a few isolated pockets of grasslands in Ontario, Quebec, and Manitoba. They used to be found readily from southwestern Manitoba, east to the Maritime Provinces. In 1991, in response to a rapidly declining population, the Committee on the Status of Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) listed the eastern loggerhead shrike as endangered, and it is now protected by provincial endangered species legislation in Ontario, Manitoba, and Quebec. In 1992, a Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Team was formed and recovery plans were produced by 1994. In 1997, when only 100 eastern loggerhead shrikes were estimated to remain in all of Canada and a mere 18 pairs could be found in Ontario, Environment Canada established a captive population to ensure that the unique genetic material of these birds would be preserved. Between 1997 and 1998, 43 young birds were brought into captivity and the first captive breeding followed shortly thereafter. The Toronto Zoo has been involved in the captive breeding of eastern loggerhead shrikes since the program’s inception and have hatched well over 100 chicks. In 2001, the program expanded to include an experimental field breeding and release program, with three pairs being placed in field propagation cages and 10 young released into the wild. The program has expanded considerably since then, with approximately 100 young being produced annually between 2006 and 2010, the majority of which were released into the wild. Released birds have demonstrated the ability to migrate and return to breed in subsequent years, successfully contributing to the wild population. Breeding pairs are infrequently found in Manitoba. In 2010, the first breeding pair in 15 years was found in western Quebec. Loss of suitable grassland habitat and degradation in both the breeding and wintering grounds are the greatest threat to eastern loggerhead shrikes, but the rate of their population decline appears to be greater than the rate of habitat loss. This suggests that other threats may be involved as well. Motor vehicles are one factor that could be involved in their decline since shrikes like to perch on fence and utility lines along roadways, and sometimes collide with passing vehicles. The use of pesticides may also be a factor. Also, conditions or changes to their migration routes may be having an effect on the number of birds that are able to return to Canada from their wintering grounds in the southern United States. Habitat improvement projects began in 2001 and approximately, 12,000 acres of shrike habitat on private lands in Ontario, Quebec, and Manitoba have been restored, enhanced, or protected. In this capacity, the eastern loggerhead shrike serves as an important flagship species since its protection also results in protection for the countless other species that share this habitat. With continued captive breeding and habitat improvements, it is hoped that the number of eastern loggerhead shrikes released each year will continue to increase and that the wild population will become sustainable once again. Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Program Partners Canadian Wildlife Service Conservation Halton – Mountsberg Conservation Area Couchiching Conservancy Little Ray's Reptile Zoo Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) National Zoo - Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Ontario Parks Wildlife Preservation Canada	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2823
__label__wiki	0.563679	0.563679	According to the most recent ZIP code 31602 Georgia demographics data available from the United States Census Bureau released in the American Community Survey in December of 2020, Figure 1 ZIP code 31602 shows it has a Population 2019 of 36,626 which is the largest of all zip codes in the local area. Figure 3 uses the ZIP code 31602 population data for a comparison of the population growth/population change estimates from the years 2010 to 2019 and 31602 Georgia depicts an increase of 1,924 (6%). The total ZIP code 31602 Georgia greater area population percent change for all areas for the years from 2010 to 2019 is shown in Figure 4 and for 31602 indicates it has a Population Change of 5.5% which is in the mid point range of other zip codes in the metro area. Looking at the ZIP code 31602 population density (measured as people per square mile) and providing comparisons to both the national and state average population density in Figure 5, 31602 Georgia depicts it has 898 people per square mile which is the largest of all zip codes in the local area. The next lower population density is 31605 approximately half the size with population density of 440. Figure 6 provides ZIP code 31602 demographics for the overall median age for all people in the region and 31602 depicts it has a Median Age of 29.1 which is the second smallest in terms of overall median age of all people of all the other zip codes in the local area. The zip code with the highest overall median age of all people in the area is 31638 which depicts an age of 52.0 (78.7% larger). The ZIP code 31602 Georgia population data for median age broken out by gender for both men versus the median age of women is shown in Figure 7. 31602 Georgia depicts a median age of men about 7.5% smaller as the median age of women. The next demographic analysis (Figure 8) looks at large generational ZIP code 31602 population groups (and can be useful internet research for employment related research or identifying areas with retirees). Key findings in this chart includes that 31602 Georgia has the largest proportion of people less than 20 years of age at 25.9% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the second smallest in terms of people less than 20 years of age of all the other zip codes in the local area as measured by people between 60 and 69 years old at 7.7% of the total. Figure 10 shows the ZIP code 31602 Georgia Hispanic (including non Hispanic whites) population household ethnicity in the region and 31602 depicts it has a Hispanic or Latino of 5.0% which is less than most other zip codes in the local area. Figure 11 compares the ratio of the amount of men to the amount of women and indicates total male population only slightly larger as the total female population. Figure 12 shows the detailed marriage characteristics broken down by %residents who are married, never married, single, divorced, and widowed. ZIP code 31602 has one of the largest proportions of total percent married at 45% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger zip code being 31601 with 47%. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of never married percent at 11% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 31601 (14%), and #1 31627 (21%) are larger. Figure 14 compares the average household size using the average number of people in a family for ZIP code 31602 households. 31602 depicts it has a Family Size of 3.5 which is the third most average family size of all other zip codes in the greater ZIP code 31602 region. The zip code with the highest average family size in the area is 31606 which depicts an average family size of 3.6 (only about 2.9% larger). Figure 15 shows the overall ratio of ZIP code 31602 households for families to the total number of ZIP code 31602 households and that 31602 depicts it has a Families of 57% which is the second smallest in terms of percent of people who are in a family of all the other zip codes in the metropolitan area. The zip code with the highest percent of people who are in a family in the area is 31638 which depicts a families percent of 79% (39.8% larger). Looking at ZIP code 31602 households that are headed by a husband and wife as a percent of all families in Figure 16, 31602 depicts it has a Married-couple family of 66% which is less than most other zip codes in the local area. The zip code with the highest percent of people in a husband and wife family in the area is 31605 which depicts a husband and wife family percent of 85% (28.0% larger). Figure 17 shows ZIP code 31602 demographics for the head of household for each place using a breakdown of married-couple, male-headed alone, and female-headed alone. 31602 Georgia has one of the largest proportions of households at 26.4% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 31627 (27.9%), and #1 31601 (42.5%) are larger. The next section of charts provide a detailed look at mothers and baby births that occurred over the past 12 months. Figure 18 shows the rate of women aged 15 to 50 years old who have given birth. 31602 shows it has a Birth Rate of 5.8% which is less than most other zip codes in the metro area. The zip code with the highest percent of women who gave birth in the area is 31638 which shows a birth rate of 16.7% (approximately 2.9 times bigger). Figure 19 shows the breakdown of the mother's age for all baby births that occurred in the last 12 months and it has one of the largest proportions of percent of births to mothers aged 15 to 19 at 19% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 31632 (21%), and #1 31605 (34%) are larger. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of births to mothers aged 20 to 24 at 39% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 31606 (84%), and #1 31638 (100%) are larger. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of births to mothers aged 35 to 39 at 15% of the total and is ranked #1. In Figure 20, the demographic data for ZIP code 31602 Georgia teenager birth rate is shown (women between the ages of 15 and 19.) ZIP code 31602 shows it has a Teenager Birth Rate of 5% which is the second most of all the zip codes in the metro area. The zip code with the highest teenager birth rate in the area is 31601 which shows a births to a teenager of 27% ( considerably bigger). In Figure 21, the percentage of all births in the last 12 months to mothers that were unmarried is shown (unwed mothers.) 31602 depicts it has a Unwed Births of 56% which is the third most percent of unwed women who have given birth of all other zip codes in the greater ZIP code 31602 region. The zip code with the highest percent of unwed women who have given birth in the area is 31606 which shows an unwed mother birth rate of 80% (43.1% larger). Unwed mothers who have given birth in the last 12 months are also shown broken down by age group in Figure 24. 31602 Georgia has the percentage of unwed mothers aged 15 to 19 in the mid range of other zip codes in the local area at 69.8% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of unwed mothers aged 20 to 34 at 21.0% of the total and is ranked #1. Figure 25 shows the comparative demographic rate of unwed mothers who have given birth in the last 12 months are broken down by racial group (including the Hispanic birth rate.) 31602 Georgia has one of the largest proportions of White unwed birth rate at 68.0% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger zip code being 31601 with 98.1%. Second, it has the largest proportion of Black unwed birth rate at 81.4% of the total and is ranked #1. Figure 26 shows unwed mothers in poverty (based on median household income definition) who have given birth in the last 12 months. 31602 Georgia has the largest proportion of unwed births and living below poverty level at 25.4% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of unwed births and living between 100% and 199% of poverty level at 25.4% of the total and is ranked #1. For all births to unwed mothers, Figure 27 breaks down the education level of the mother by less than high school through college and post graduate attainment it has one of the largest proportions of percent of unwed mothers with less than high school education at 27% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 31601 (77%), and #1 31632 (100%) are larger. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of unwed mothers who are a high school graduate or equivalent at 51% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of unwed mothers with some college or an associates degree at 22% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger zip code being 31605 with 100%. The next set of demographic data looks at the marital status for ZIP code 31602 households which is useful for internet research. Figure 28 compares the total number of single people in each area. 31602 shows it has a Total Single People of 61% which is the third most of all other zip codes in the local area. The zip code with the highest percent of people who are single for any reason in the area is 31601 which shows a percent single of 68% (11.4% larger). Comparing percent of people who are single for any reason to the United States average of 50%, ZIP code 31602 is 22.4% larger. Also, compared to the state of Georgia, percent of people who are single for any reason of 51%, ZIP code 31602 is 20.1% larger. Figure 30 compares the single people in each area broken down by never married, divorced, and widowed. 31602 Georgia has one of the largest proportions of percent never married at 11% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 31601 (14%), and #1 31627 (21%) are larger. Second, it has in the middle range of other zip codes in the metropolitan area in order of percent divorced at 5% of the total. Figure 31 shows the demographics for the number of single men adults in each area broken out by never married, divorced and widowed. 31602 Georgia has the percentage of men who have never been married the second smallest in terms of percent of men who have never been married of all the other zip codes in the local area at 9% of the total. Figure 32 shows the number of single women adults in each area broken out by never married, divorced and widowed. 31602 Georgia has the percentage of women who are divorced in the center range of other zip codes in the greater region at 8% of the total. Figure 33 shows the ZIP code 31602 demographics for the ratio of the number of single men between the age of 18 and 65, in each area, broken down by age group for the ZIP code 31602 metro area. 31602 Georgia has one of the largest proportions of single men 18 to 24 at 20% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 31605 (21%), and #1 31638 (24%) are larger. Second, it has less than most other zip codes in the surrounding region when ranked by single men 25 to 29 at 12% of the total. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of single men 30 to 34 at 9% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger zip code being 31606 with 10%. Also, it has less than most other zip codes in the surrounding region in terms of single men 45 to 49 at 7% of the total. In addition, it has the smallest proportion of single men 50 to 60 at 2% of the total. Figure 34 shows the ZIP code 31602 population data for the ratio of the number of single women between the age of 18 and 65, in each area, broken down by age group for the ZIP code 31602 metro area. 31602 Georgia has the smallest proportion of single women 40 to 44 at 3% of the total. In Figure 37, the demographic percentage of ZIP code 31602 residents who were not born in the United States is shown (i.e. percent foreign born.) 31602 depicts it has a Percent Foreign Born of 3.4% which is in the mid point range of other zip codes in the local area. The zip code with the highest percent of population who was born in another country in the area is 31605 which shows a percent born outside United States of 5.7% (65.4% larger). Comparing percent of population who was born in another country to the United States average of 13.6%, ZIP code 31602 is approximately a quarter the size. Also, benchmarked against the state of Georgia, percent of population who was born in another country of 10.1%, ZIP code 31602 is approximately a third the size. Figure 39 provides a detailed analysis of non citizens by breaking them into two age groups: Under 18 and over the age of 18. 31602 Georgia depicts a percent of non citizens under 18 years old approximately a fifth the size as the percent of non citizens over 18 years old. Figure 40 provides further information for non citizen age by showing a comparison of the median age for all non citizens immigrants. it has a Non Citizen Median Age of 32.7 which is in the center range of other zip codes in the metropolitan area. The zip code with the highest median age of non citizens in the area is 31605 which depicts a median age of 40.1 (22.6% larger). The next diagram (Figure 41) shows the year of entry that non citizens entered the United States. The year of entry can show the rate of flow at various points of time in the past for when they entered the U.S. it has one of the largest proportions of non citizens who entered the US after 2010 at 60% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger zip code being 31638 with 74%. Second, it has in the middle range of other zip codes in the local area in order of non citizens who entered the US between 2000 to 2009 at 30% of the total. Third, it has less than most other zip codes in the greater region when sorted by non citizens who entered the US between 1990 to 1999 at 6% of the total. Also, it has in the center range of other zip codes in the local area as measured by non citizens who entered the US before 1990 at 4% of the total. For all foreign born people who have gone through naturalization (the process of becoming a legal U.S. resident citizen), Figure 42 shows the year when they became fully naturalized U.S. citizens. it has one of the largest proportions of people naturalized 2015 or later at 15% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger zip code being 31605 with 17%. Second, it has in the mid range of other zip codes in the local area when sorted by people naturalized 2010 to 2014 at 8% of the total. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of people naturalized 2005 to 2009 at 23% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger zip code being 31605 with 25%. Also, it has one of the largest proportions of people naturalized 1995 to 1999 at 14% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger zip code being 31601 with 28%. In addition, it has one of the largest proportions of people naturalized 1990 to 1994 at 7% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger zip code being 31605 with 9%. Furthermore, it has the largest proportion of people naturalized before 1990 at 27% of the total and is ranked #1. Figure 43 displays a map of the globe and shows ZIP code 31602 demographic information for large regions of the world that people from this place originally came from. 31602 Georgia has one of the largest proportions of from Europe at 22% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger zip code being 31605 with 26%. Second, it has the largest proportion of from Africa at 8% of the total and is ranked #1. Figure 44 categorizes the location for where foreign born people originally come from based on very large continental geographic areas. 31602 Georgia has the largest proportion of from Asia at 8% of the total and is ranked #1. Figure 45 is a table that breaks out all the people who were foreign born by which large geographic region where they were born. 31602 Georgia has the largest proportion of people who were born in Northern Europe at 6.4% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of people who were born in Eastern Europe at 10.1% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the largest proportion of people who were born in Western Africa at 0.6% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has the largest proportion of people who were born in the Caribbean at 9.5% of the total and is ranked #1. In addition, it has the largest proportion of people who were born in North America at 7.1% of the total and is ranked #1. 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__label__wiki	0.640578	0.640578	Home History Long Lost Episode 5: Patty Wetterling Long Lost Episode 5: Patty Wetterling By Katie O'Rourke December 20, 2019 Subscribe to Long Lost on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you listen to your podcasts. How can we begin to understand the loss the Klein family has experienced? It’s impossible, but also an important step in how we can try to empathize with and support families in this unthinkable situation. Betty and Kenneth are no longer able to share their experience, so author and Long Lost host Jack El-Hai sat down with Patty Wetterling to discuss how her family navigated the tragedy of her son Jacob’s abduction, and what’s changed since they learned of his fate after 27 years of searching. Like the Kleins, Patty was motivated by her hope in finding her son – and that hope pulled her out of bed each morning and propelled her into action. Four months after Jacob’s abduction, she, along with family and friends, created the Jacob Wetterling Foundation, now the Jacob Wettlering Resource Center. Their mission is to, “work to end all forms of child maltreatment through education, training and prevention, while advocating for and serving children, adult survivors and communities.” Patty spoke with Jack about what we can do for families like the Kleins, who exist in a perpetual limbo as they wait for answers about the fates of their loved ones. It may seem like a small detail, but she said, “One thing that happens when you have a missing child is nobody wants to say their name. And it’s like, just remember, I never forgot about Kenneth, David and Danny. Having other people, hearing that they carried them in their lives, too, and that they remember that these people did exist and they’re a part of your life and you still care. We can all still care.” One of the oldest active missing persons cases in the state of Minnesota, the Klein brothers’ story resurfaces in Long Lost: An Investigative History Series, weaving together the details of that day they went missing in 1951, right up until the present moment. You can listen to the fifth episode of the podcast at the top of this article – and stay tuned for new episodes weekly. You can also start at the very beginning in the first episode of this true-crime podcast, Long Lost Episode 1: Look Everywhere. Then head directly into Long Lost Episode 2: Searching Endlessly, Long Lost Episode 3: The Suspects and Long Lost Episode 4: What’s Hidden. This story is made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and the Friends of Minnesota Experience. Get a brief overview of where the Long Lost podcast series is headed in this preview. Minnesota is no stranger to notoriety when it comes to crime and criminals. In June 1977, the wealthy heiress Elizabeth Congdon and her nurse were murdered inside Glensheen Mansion on the North Shore. Congdon’s adopted daughter, Marjorie, and Marjorie’s then-husband were accused of the crime. But the fallout from the trial and subsequent suspicions for other crimes is the stuff of legend. Read all about it in Glensheen’s Gilded and Grisly Past. Katie O'Rourke MN Hardcore: The Binge Episode	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2826
__label__cc	0.63995	0.36005	cover story Aug. 2, 2007 Beck and Ryan Adams Design Books, Don’t Embarrass Themselves Left: Beck’s cover for Le Grand Meaulnes. Right: Ryan Adams’s Dracula. Courtesy of Penguin UK. For their My Penguin promotion, in which readers are encouraged to design their own book covers on blank-faced copies of Penguin Classics, the British branch of Penguin Books has asked seven musicians to design their own covers for books they love. Beck, who already tried a similar stunt with the DIY cover for his latest album, The Information, chose a semi-obscure French novel, Le Grand Meaulnes by Henri Alain-Fournier. Needless to say, his cover is impeccably designed, as befits the art-and-design-obsessed son of a Fluxus artist. We would expect nothing less. The real surprise is Ryan Adams’s cover for Bram Stoker’s Dracula. A dark and brooding oil painting, it seems to depict a Transylvanian wood with a full moon overhead and something burning in the distance. Blood red and orange seep through the brown. It’s quite disturbing and, actually, not bad at all. We’d be willing to bet that Adams spent more time on this painting than he does on a lot of his songs. My Penguin: The Bands [Penguin.co.uk] overnights 23 mins ago	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2830
__label__wiki	0.572469	0.572469	Spirituality, Morality, and Eco-Activism By Sarah M. Pike, author of For the Wild: Ritual and Commitment in Radical Eco-Activism This guest post is part of our AARSBL blog series published in conjunction with the meetings of the American Academy of Religion & the Society of Biblical Literature in Boston Nov. 18-21. #AARSBL17 For the Wild came about because I wanted to understand the lives and motivations behind “ecoterrorist” stereotypes that were current in the news media during the 1990s. During interviews I discovered that memories and emotions may play an important role in shaping activists’ commitments. Love for other-than-human species, compassion for their suffering, anger about the impact of contemporary human lifestyles on the lives of nonhumans, grief over the degradation of ecosystems and the suffering of other animals: these emotions are expressed through and emerge out of what I describe in the book as protest rites. My book is also concerned with fundamental questions about human identity construction in relation to others, human and nonhuman, expressed through and at the same time created by ritualized actions. I argue that these activists are the radical wing of a broader cultural shift in understanding humans’ place in a multispecies world and a planet in peril. Their actions express trends in contemporary American spiritual expression and moral duties to the nonhuman at the turn of the millennium. Their beliefs and practices reflect a way of being in the world that decenters the human and calls for rethinking our appropriate place in the world. Their stories further our understanding of how younger Americans, in particular, situate the needs of human beings within a world of other species that they see themselves as closely related to and responsible for. The following excerpt is from the introduction: In July 2000, federal agents raided an environmental action camp in Mt. Hood National Forest that was established to protect old-growth forests and their inhabitants, including endangered species, from logging. High above the forest floor, activists had constructed a platform made of rope and plywood where several of them swung from hammocks. Seventeen-year-old Emma Murphy-Ellis held off law enforcement teams for almost eight hours by placing a noose around her neck and threatening to hang herself if they came too close. Murphy-Ellis, going by her forest name Usnea, explained her motivation in the following way: “I state without fear—but with the hope of rallying our collective courage—that I support radical actions. I support tools like industrial sabotage, monkey-wrenching machinery and strategic arson. The Earth’s situation is dire. If other methods are not enough, we must not allow concerns about property rights to stop us from protecting the land, sea and air.” Murphy-Ellis speaks for most radical activists who are ready to put their bodies on the line to defend trees or animals, other lives that they value as much as their own. For the Wild is a study of radical environmental and animal rights activism in late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century America. I set out to explore how teenagers like Murphy-Ellis become committed to forests and animals as worthy of protection and personal sacrifice. I wanted to find out how nature becomes sacred to them, how animals, trees, and mountains come to be what is important and worth sacrificing for. This work is about the paths young activists find themselves following, in tree-sits and road blockades to protect old-growth forests and endangered bird species, or breaking into fur farms at night to release hundreds of mink from cages. These young people join loosely organized, leaderless groups like Earth First! and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), coming to protests from contexts as different as significant childhood experiences in nature and the hardcore punk rock music scene. Various other experiences also spark their commitments, such as viewing a documentary about baby seal hunts or witnessing a grove of woods they loved being turned into a parking lot. What their paths to activism have in common is the growing recognition of a world shared with other, equally valuable beings, and a determined certainty that they have a duty to these others. Sarah M. Pike is Professor of Comparative Religion at California State University, Chico, and, in addition to For the Wild: Ritual and Commitment in Radical Eco-Activism, is the author of Earthly Bodies, Magical Selves: Contemporary Pagans and the Search for Community and New Age and Neopagan Religions in America. TAGS: #AARSBL17, 9780520294967, American Academy of Religion, eco-activism, For the Wild, Sarah M. Pike, Society of Biblical Literature, spirituality CATEGORIES: Environmental Studies, From Our Authors, Meetings and Exhibits, Philosophy, Religion Destroying Yemen: Brothers and Friends Alike, Where Art Thou? Cosmic Narratives, Ecology, and Religion Heading to AAR & SBL? Save 40% on These Religion Titles Cosmic Narratives, Ecology, and Religion Heretics and Ethnographic Investigation in Late Antiquity Sacrifices, Flesh, and Blood	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2831
__label__wiki	0.959757	0.959757	Protesters arrested, residents afraid to work By Judith YangaAug. 31, 2016 \| BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (UMNS) United Methodists in Beni report that bodies believed to be victims of the Aug. 13 massacre are still being found. Meanwhile, a protest march against terrorism turned violent, with a civilian and a police officer killed. Authorities arrested and detained 148 protesters for 48 hours. Since 2014, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, specifically the town of Beni, has been the site of several massacres, with 1,200 to 1,500 estimated killed. While officials say 56 people were killed in the latest massacre, United Methodists in the area have reported that more than 102 people were killed and several injured, including the district superintendent in Beni. The latest attack has been blamed on the rebel Allied Democratic Forces, a group linked to Islamists in Uganda. The district superintendent, whose name is being withheld for his own safety, reports that in addition to bodies still being found, there have been reports of bodies floating in the Semliki River. The day after the protests, a person suspected of being involved in the Allied Democratic Forces terrorist group was burned to death. The district superintendent said the church condemns such acts of revenge. The lay leader of the United Methodist Church of Jerusalem in Beni said several United Methodist families have survivors of the massacre living in their homes, which is straining the water supply and raising concerns about the spread of disease. People are worried about malnutrition, since they are afraid to go into the fields to tend crops. He said parents also are afraid to send their children to school. The church leaders asked for continued prayers for the residents of Beni. Yanga is director of communications for the East Congo Episcopal Area. News media contact: Vicki Brown, (615) 742-470 or [email protected]. Wesley’s Chapel makes history relevant today The Methodist congregation at Bermondsey offers practical assistance and the spirit of Jesus to a diverse community. Bishops begin high-stakes deliberations Council of Bishops president said the church is watching as bishops finalize recommendations aimed at fending off church splits over homosexuality. Native American Course of Study empowers pastors Program connects theology course work and Native traditions, helping graduates grow Native congregations.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2833
__label__cc	0.583338	0.416662	Home/News/Wildlife and Nature Protection Society Monthly Lecture – January 2018 Wildlife and Nature Protection Society Monthly Lecture – January 2018 Social life and survival strategies of the Sri Lankan Leopards Leopards are Mammalian carnivores at the apex of the food chain in this island. They not only feed on large herbivores like Sambhur and buffaloes but feed on dozens of other species both large and small including reptiles and amphibians. They don’t only feed on little creatures such as mice and frogs to subsist when food is scarce but consistently will kill and eat small prey opportunistically. Highly adaptable and versatile in both diet and habitat preference Leopards live in marginal areas where other large cats have been long extirpated from. The Leopards adaptive radiation throughout Asia and Africa is one of the great success stories of Mammalian evolution. With a long association with humans from a time that the leopard was not quite a leopard and humans were not quite human; today it seems that Leopards have learnt more about us than we have learnt about them. Primarily Leopards have realized that humans are best avoided as they pose an ever-present danger. However Leopards are able to live in close proximity to human settlements even urban areas and live on livestock pets and suitable refuse especially when those very humans have depleted the Leopards natural prey base, by habitat destruction and hunting. We have always underestimated Leopards and do not give this intelligent, adaptable cat enough credit for living as our neighbors in many areas of this country mostly unknown and unseen by their human neighbors. Human leopard conflict however is a growing problem in some areas especially the hills. It is possible to avoid this conflict altogether thereby ensuring the long term survival of Leopards if a few behavior changes are undertaken by us. The Leopards natural instinct to avoid humans, its unparalleled camouflage and its secretive nature and its learning capacity will all help to minimize the conflict which is driven by us. Fear mongering, unnecessary persecution and disinformation are unhelpful at best and prevent an easy coexistence which can be lucrative and beneficial to even people who have to live with Leopards as neighbors. Leopards are an important part of the food chain and ecological balance in the landscape and are an important keystone species. Their extinction will have unforeseen, adverse consequences throughout the wilderness areas of the country, impacting directly on a myriad other species. January 18, 6pm at the Cinema Hall, BMICH, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7. The Wildlife and Nature Protection Society Monthly Lecture is open to all members and non-members, admission free Rukshan Jayewardene Rukshan Jayewardene’s early education was at the Royal College Colombo. After an unremarkable academic career, in his final year in school he learnt about animal diversity and biological evolution under the Zoology curriculum. More than any other school lesson, this revolutionary theory, first propounded by Charles Darwin, more than 100 years earlier and taught by an inspired teacher at Royal College, fascinated him and fired his imagination, and was to make a lasting, impression. His first job was at the National Zoological Gardens Department or simply the Dehiwala Zoo. By observation and experience he learned much about animals at the zoo, especially Leopards and other big cats : Leopards were to become a lifelong obsession. He was fortunate to have the guiding hand of his first boss Mr. Lyn de Alwis on his shoulder, sometimes, it was a firm, cautionary hand to someone who was impulsive and often threw caution to the four winds. In retrospect, he is eternally grateful to his late mentor and boss. Today, he has an undergraduate degree in Anthropology from the University of Maryland At College Park and a post graduate degree ( MPhil.) in South Asian Archaeology from the University of Cambridge U.K. He counts 14 years of field experience as an Archaeologist. The work encompassed eight Districts in the country, mostly studying ancient irrigation and related settlements of the early historic period of the island. Always fascinated by nature he had to sometimes force himself to keep his eyes glued to the ground, while doing fieldwork, rather than on the myriad birds, flying at treetop height. He retains an abiding interest in Palaeontological Research, especially in recovering past environments from the fossil record, through pollen, diatom, macro fossil, stone tool and faunal analysis. He has a special interest in understanding evolutionary relationships between proto. humans, other primates and adaptive radiation of all species. He is currently a founding trustee at the Leopard Trust (Est. 2002) A founder member and chairman of the Wilderness and Protected Areas Foundation (Est.2005) A Director at The Environmental Foundation Limited (Est. 1981) and the President of the WNPS (Est. 1894) Pic by Rukshan Jayewardene	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2839
__label__wiki	0.69284	0.69284	Khama holds IEC at ransom By Utlwanang Gasennelwe The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of Botswana has implied that it is at the mercy of the contentious Electoral Act which bestows President Lt. Gen. Dr. Ian Khama with enormous powers to set an election date, either in a General Election or by-election. Khama has the sole prerogative to set a date for the Tlokweng constituency by-election, which was left without a Parliamentary representative following the demise of the area legislator, Same Bathobakae last December. In the by-election Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC)’s Masego Segokgo will lock horns with Elijah Katse of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party. In the 2014 general Elections, Same Bathobakae of UDC garnered 6442 votes against Olebile Gaborone of BDP’s 3867 and Jacob Zachariah representing the BCP only got 1195. UDC contests the by-election in cooperation with the BCP. According to IEC Public Relations Officer (PRO), Osupile Maroba, they can only await Khama to set the date as is espoused by the Electoral law of the country. Maroba highlighted that the Electoral Act is the main legal document that guides the operations of IEC. “Our job is simple, we just execute the law as is, the president issues the writ of election and he can do that at the time he sees fit, the law states that, as IEC we just apply the law,” he insisted to this publication. He continued to point out that: “but the Electoral Act is silent when it comes to the time frame subsequent to the occurrence of a vacancy of the office of the Member of Parliament (MP)” and therefore only the president discerns the date at a convenient time. Khama gets powers from the Section 34 of the Electoral Act which posits that (1) “for the purpose of a General Election to the National Assembly or of a by-election to fill a vacancy therein caused by death, resignation or otherwise, the President shall issue a writ under the public Seal of Botswana, addressed to the Returning Officer of each constituency for which a member is to be returned, fixing – a) the place and day at and on which, and the hours between which, the returning officer nominations of candidates for elections; b) the day for the taking of any poll which may become necessary.” Just like the parliamentary procedure, the Act also states that it is the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development who shall issue an Election Instrument fixing the place, day, and hours between which the Returning Officer will receive nominations of candidates and the day for taking any poll in case of elections, of representatives of local government, which may become necessary. When reached for comment, the BDP Secretary General, Botsalo Ntuane, highlighted that the said section of the Act attracts controversy in his judgement. “Personally I don’t think it’s advisable for the president to exercise sole prerogative of issuing election date because he is then unfairly accused of pulling rank and favouring his own party as is the case now with Tlokweng. But the law is as is until it is changed,” the outspoken BDP SG told WeekendPost. Ntuane further mentioned that they too, as BDP do not know the set date yet. He continued: “but presumably that will be done when the President has consulted with the IEC. The best people to speak to are the OP and IEC. We are anxious like everyone else.” In his assessment, the UDC Publicity Secretary, Moeti Mohwasa, said the delay of the issuance of the writ of election in Tlokweng by Khama is simply tantamount to undermining the electorates of the area. “The Tlokweng constituents currently still don’t have a legislator. How will their voice be heard if they don’t have a representative, more especially for this long? This is the 4th month the area dwellers go without an MP. We can only conclude that Khama does not see it fit and necessary for them to have a representative,” Mohwasa fumed. He added that it is clear that Khama’s delay to issue a writ borders on his own party interest than Tlokweng constituents as he possibly wants to prepare and put his own house in order first before announcing the election date. “As we have been saying, this trickles down to prior calls made by opposition that the president must not set the dates of elections at all, particularly by-elections, precisely because he is also an interested party as the leader of BDP!” Mohwasa pointed out. The UDC mouthpiece also maintained to this publication that Khama is clearly undermining the democracy as well as Batlokwa and their parliamentary representation. Meanwhile observers have contended that if the IEC is to fulfil its primary objective of ensuring free and fair elections, then it should be the IEC, and not the State President or a minister, who should issue writ of elections. They point out that the Executive would obviously have a vested interest in the outcome of such elections. “The choice of the election date by the Executive gives the ruling party undue advantage, as this amount to using inside information.” A classic case in point is said to be in relation to 2013/14 Francistown West by election in which president issued a writ of elections a day before the by-elections, he invoked section 46 of the Electoral Act, and postponed the by-election from 23 November 2013 to 25 January 2014 on what many say was for political reasons. Internal court fights ensued within the BDP following a primary election, consequently delaying the party to field a candidate before IEC closed for submission of nominations. The by-election was later won by Dr. Habaudi Hobona of BCP. The reasons advanced then was that it was in the public interest to do so following a controversial petition requesting for the postponement, as the relevant section states that if the President is satisfied that it is in the public interest, he may by proclamation adjourn the poll to some other day. It also said that President Khama alone has the powers to withdraw the by-election writ and issue a new one at his will. The proclamations are not helped by the fact that IEC is currently seen as not entirely independent as it is placed under the auspices of the Office of the President, a ministry in a government – emanating from a ruling political party’s triumph. Selibe Phikwe economic rebirth faces challenges Masitara anti-corruption drive annoys BDP Keamogetse Motone While it takes a lot to penetrate and thrive in the male dominated political space in Botswana, Block 3 Ward councillor Motamma Horatius, is one of the few females defying the odds. Driven by passion, Horatius has always worn many hats and today she has become one of the few women who are thriving in the political space in Botswana. Prior to pursuing politics, she was an active participated in the creative space. Horatius, a beauty queen, notably famous for her reign as Miss World Tourism Botswana represented Botswana in a television show famously known as Big Brother Africa. During her stay in the house, she got termed darling of the continent for an outstanding performance that promoted unity, humility and culture. After serving for some time in public space, and making a name for herself as well as serving as a brand ambassador she decided to step in a career that will forever challenge her. This was after she had travelled the world and demonstrated her unique leadership skills and brilliance. “I stopped and asked myself why am I not incorporating this brilliance back home. And wherever you go worldwide Botswana with all her faults is a beacon of hope in everything. And even successful countries came here to benchmark and implemented our policies and are flourishing such as Rwanda. So I decided to join active politics and go straight to the ruling party to add a youthful feel to an already existing force and help modernise it to serve better not from afar but from within,” she clarified. “So my ample experience in civic leadership across countries around the world catapulted me to join active politics because I wondered, if I can do as much as an individual even across nations, how much can I do whilst in office, locally. And I chose to start from the ground up, in order to avoid leaving the locals behind.” The stern and tenacious young leader, currently sit as the Chairperson of Finance Committee at Gaborone City Council, and also chairs Performance Monitoring Committee. While a typical girl would dream of becoming either a nurse or choose a ‘girl’ orientated deemed career, she had a heart for politics from a very young age. By the time she left the creative space, she had already made a name for herself, that she needed no introduction. “I had to acknowledge first that I am a woman, and being a woman means you have to work 200 percent more than your male counterparts. So it took sleeplessness nights, and a massive amount of working smart to win legitimately,” she said. She acknowledges that she faced a lot of challenges during the 2019 elections which she had to overcome through the assistance of her loved ones and family. “Politics is expensive but I managed by God’s grace, family, friends, acquaintances and good Samaritans but my mind helped. I am a very good planner when it comes to execution,” she said. “Another hurdle is, being a young woman, I had conceived during the time of primary elections; so campaigning whilst expectant, managing your emotions through betrayals, insults, stress, house-to-house then giving birth and having to hit the ground in less than two weeks having given birth via C-section, was a hurdle I overcame by God’s mercy and I am thankful to my family for helping me with the kids because politics means a lot of time away from home.” “Another hurdle was to portray an all rounded culturally grounded Motswana woman soft but yet stern, respectful but can articulate issues well. Because even though we are civilized our society still upholds unwritten yet practiced values of what a woman is and what a man is, and if you defy societal expectations, it judges you harshly. But thankfully I remained focused on who I was and didn’t try alternate anything When I lost some of the original members of my campaign team. The pain was deep. But I wiped my tears. Soldiered on, and God increased twice the initial number.” At some point she had to face demeaning words from other male contestants, but the best to do at the time was to shun negativity and stay focused. Male intimidation never tugged her down. “My experience with 2019 elections was rather inclined to learning as it was my first time running for office as a politician, so I wanted to see if really hard work has results because I always hear stories of how people are bought,” she said. “So since I was not buying anyone, I was on a learning curve to test my hard work style of delivery against what is believed out there. So it was exciting and again I say it was a learning curve as most NGOs fighting to increase women participation in politics were continuously training us.’ Despite everything she feels women political participation in Botswana is still low. She has pleaded with the media to cover them more often as she believes maybe it will help more women to run for office. Botswana has few women in parliament, giving men dominance in policy decisions. In a 63-seat parliament, Botswana has only seven female MPs, four of them being specially elected lawmakers. According to the 2019 edition of the biennial Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Map of Women in Politics. Among the top African countries with a high percentage of women in ministerial positions are Rwanda (51.9%), South Africa (48.6%), Ethiopia (47.6%), Seychelles (45.5%), Uganda (36.7%) and Mali (34.4%). The lowest percentage in Africa was in Morocco (5.6%), which has only one female minister in a cabinet of 18. Other countries with fewer than 10% women ministers include Nigeria (8%), Mauritius (8.7%) and Sudan (9.5%).Other African countries with high percentages of women MPs include Namibia (46.2%), South Africa (42.7%) and Senegal (41.8%), according to the report. Though a slight increase, Botswana is still lagging behind when it comes to women political participation. According to a report made by IEC for the 2019 elections, there is 11.1% women representation in parliament. There has been a 1.6% slight increase from the 2019 election compared to the 2014 elections. According to United Nations, there are two main obstacles that prevent women from participating fully in political life. These are structural barriers, whereby discriminatory laws and institutions still limit women’s ability to run for office, and capacity gaps, which occur when women are less likely than men to have the education, contacts and resources needed to become effective leaders. As it stands though, Botswana has continued to recognize gender equality as central to socio-economic, political and cultural development through its National Vision 2036. Following the adoption of the National Policy on Gender and Development in 2015, the National Gender Commission was established in September 2016, to monitor implementation of the policy. Goitseone Seven Government ministries and departments have moved to cut expenditure in the last quarter of financial year in order to survive the economic hardship occasioned by the covid-19 pandemic. Since the outbreak, Government and the private sector have been hard hit financially due to limited economic activity brought about by government response to fighting the pandemic. In an urgent savingram by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Molefi Keaja addressed to all council secretaries and town clerks, the government informs that it is facing unprecedented budgetary challenges for Financial Year 2020/2021. “This has necessitated measures to be put in place to conserve cash and ensure that government is able to honour its financial obligations in the remaining (3) months of the financial year,” said the savingram dated 24 December 2020. The Government has cut all travel by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) including State owned entities (SOEs) and Local Authorities until the next financial year in April 2021. It has also taken a decision that all meetings, interviews, seminars, workshops, conferences, retreats, annual ceremonies and hospitality events should be conducted virtually, which save on the cost of securing venues, conference facilities and meals/refreshments. “No replenishment of refreshments for the Executive Cadre (E2 salary scale and above) until the end of the financial year,” Keaja directed. Last year government also resolved that due to the financial effects of Covid-19 the government will no longer recruit for any jobs during the 2020/2021 financial year. The Cabinet directed that the 2020/2021 provision for vacancies be withdrawn from Ministries, Departments and Agencies recurrent budgets to cater for supplementary estimates. According to the saving gram then by the Directorate on Public Service Management (DPSM) said the country faces fiscal challenges which have been accentuated by the emergence and the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Amongst key ministries and departments affected were the Botswana Defence Force, National Strategy Office, Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS), Commissioner of Police, Commissioner of Prisons, Clerk of National Assembly and the Directorate on Corruption & Economic Crime (DCEC). It further deliberated that all various institutions that had begun recruitment for existing vacant positions be frozen for the remaining period of the 2020/2021 financial year. “Since funds for the vacancies will only be recruited in the next financial year 2020/20121, Ministries, Department and Agencies are advised to discontinue recruitment into such vacancies until 1st April 2021. Those who are already at an advanced stage of recruitment process are advised to withhold appointments until further notice.” The Director of Directorate on Public Service Management (DPSM), Goitseone Mosalakatane, told the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in September that despite the high unemployment rate, they cannot hire for the posts because part of the funds have been withdrawn to fight the Coronavirus. With just a few days into the New Year, Covid-19 seems to be taking its toll and its effects will be felt vastly in the long run. Countries worldwide, including Botswana are injecting in millions of money in the fight against the deadly virus therefore placing immense uncertainty on country’s economy. When delivering his speech at last year’s State of Nation Address President Mokgweetsi Masisi said during 2020, the domestic economy was expected to contract by 8.9 percent indicating that this is attributed to an expected sharp decline in major sectors such as mining, (minus 24.5 percent); trade, hotels and restaurants (minus 27.4 percent); construction (minus 6 percent); manufacturing (minus 3.9 percent); and transport and communications (minus 2.5 percent). However, he assured that the economy is expected to rebound during 2021, with overall growth projected at 7.7 percent. The anticipated recovery will be driven by a rebound in growth of some major sectors such as mining (14.4 percent), trade, hotels and restaurants (18.8 percent), and transport and communications (4.2 percent). Furthermore, Masisi pointed out that the recovery will also be supported by the Economic Recovery and Transformation Plan currently being implemented by Government. “It is critical to note that these projections are dependent on, among others, the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions. These containment measures have the effect of reducing spending by firms and households and causing supply-chain disruptions. Beyond this, the recovery phase will be influenced by confidence effects on households and businesses; sectoral transformation and changes in work patterns; as well as prospects for the recovery of global financial markets and commodity prices.” Emphasising this, he explained that despite the challenges of COVID-19 there still remains the delicate balance of opening the economy whilst containing the disease burden. “Inflation according to the latest data from Statistics Botswana, inflation fell significantly from 2.2 percent in September 2019 to 1.8 percent in September 2020, remaining below the lower bound of the Bank of Botswana’s medium-term objective range of 3 to 6 percent,” he said. The significant decline in inflation mainly reflects the downward adjustment in fuel prices in June 2020. However, inflation may rise above the current forecasts if the international commodity prices increase beyond current projections and in the event of upward price pressures occasioned by supply constraints due to travel restrictions and lockdowns. The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) last year had to cancel its elective congress due to the strict measures that had to be put in place due to Covid-19 pandemic outbreak. Two other party events Women’s Wing Congress including the much anticipated victorious election celebration were also postponed due to the pandemic as gatherings were cancelled indefinitely. However the BDP is adamant that the party will be able to hold its National Congress and all other events that had been frozen this year. Speaking to this publication chairman of BDP Communication & International Relations Sub-Committee Kagelelo Kentse said that the party was readying itself for the congress with the main objective being to review resolutions that were taken at their 38th National Congress in Mochudi in 2019. Emphasising this, Kentse said it was commendable that most of the resolutions taken in 2019 have by far been fulfilled. Moreover, he said it would mean a lot for the party to be able to meet at the congress, this he said would give them the opportunity to introspect and reflect with regards to their manifesto. In 2019 the BDP made about eleven resolutions of which five of these were resolved and gazetted. The abridged resolutions were that the amendment of the law to allow agricultural land owners to use up to 50 percent of their land for non-core purposes, to amend the law to cancel transfer duty on property transferred between the spouses. President Masisi also passed a law to allow married couples to be independently allocated land and increase threshold for non-payment of transfer on property acquired from P250k to P750k. On the resolution in the tourism sector, Kentse said efforts are very advanced to have local play a part. He said there is ongoing work with the Ministry of Lands on concessions that will be allocated to citizens. According to the BDP communications chair the Ministry of Tourism has availed more opportunities in dams for tourism thus far, having already issued expression of interest for Letsibogo, Dikgatlhong, and Gaborone dams. Citizens are said to have applied for tenders which are currently under evaluation. There are about 45 campsites set aside for citizens in game reserves and forest reserves for tourism. The resolution on the declaration of assets and liabilities law which was passed and amended this year, was supported by all legislators including those from opposition. Emphasising this he explained that contentions were on issues to do with valuations, and leaders have started declaring. With the Congress comprising of the elective congress, the BDP is yet to embark on it an objective Kentse said is on their to do list this year even though the calendar of events has not yet been made. The elective congress has aroused interest, especially the Secretary General position which has attracted a number of participants of which observers believe will accord the incumbent, Mpho Balopi, the current secretary general, the opportunity to buy time if at all he will seek re-election in the position.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2840
__label__wiki	0.601367	0.601367	'Thank you, football:' An open letter from Robert Earnshaw January 28, 20164:05AM PST Robert Earnshaw Thank you, football. Today, I announce the end of my playing career. First, I am thankful to the people who have been a part of my journey: my friends, my dear family - my son, my three sisters, brother, and my beautiful and strong mother. Your support means the world to me. We have memories and experiences that we will forever cherish. Second, thank you to all my previous clubs: Cardiff City, Greenock Morton, West Brom, Norwich City, Derby, Nottingham Forest, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Toronto FC, Blackpool, Chicago Fire, and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Thank you to all the players that I have shared the football pitch with, the coaches and support staff for their endless of hours of support, and most important thank you to the fans. I have fond memories of watching my mum play football in Zambia and then in Malawi where I went to school, making footballs with plastic bags, having crocodiles as school pets, and living in an African coal mine village. I was raised by my mum, who was working two jobs and still managed the time to support me. I have no doubt that this is where I get my energy and drive. I lost my father when I was nine so I never had a father figure. In a way, football has been like a father to me. It has taught me about life, about working hard and staying focused. Football has taught me about the world, about religion, nationalities and communities, and how regardless of our numerous backgrounds we can all come together to play a game we all love. Football taught me how to be a man on and off the field and to be a better person. Football has given me a chance to play on the same team as some of my heroes and has also given me the opportunity to play against and share the pitch with some of the best players to have played the game, people like Ronaldinho, Del Piero, Kaka, Pirlo, Giggs, Ronaldo, Bergkamp, Henry, and Beckham – I could go on. “Football taught me how to be a man on and off the field and to be a better person.” - Robert Earnshaw From kicking footballs against our garage door in Caerphilly, Wales, to growing up and playing in the English Premier League, to gracing the international stage with Wales – I’ll never forget any of it. Being able to represent every fan and every football supporter in Wales 59 times, and scoring the winning goal against Germany on my debut are great moments I share with my country and are truly special to me. At a young age, I knew my passion for this game when I watched football on TV and specifically when I watched the USA World Cup ‘94, so it's fitting that my playing career has come full circle to end in Major League Soccer. After 579 matches and 236 goals later in my 19th year, I can now say this chapter is turning to give me a chance to start a different role and give back what I've learned and experienced. I've always been scared to see the end of my playing days and now that it’s here I’m sad but excited that Vancouver Whitecaps FC have given me a chance to become the head coach of the U-14 Pre-Residency team, as well as the club’s strikers coach. They say your life starts when you retire from football, and now I can’t wait to get started and really enjoy my other passions.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2842
__label__wiki	0.938102	0.938102	Shorthanded 'Caps host Houston on Saturday in final match before Copa break May 27, 20168:00AM PDT VANCOUVER, BC – It’s been a memorable month of May for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. And they’re looking to close it out in style. #BuckUp for Mental Health and bring a dollar to the match! The ‘Caps (6W-6L-2D) return to BC Place on Saturday to host Houston Dynamo (3W-7L-2D) in their final MLS match before the league’s two-week break for the Copa América Centenario. TICKETS: http://ow.ly/mZxq300A8Ym \| KICKOFF: 3 p.m. PT \| TV: TSN 1 \| RADIO: TSN 1040 Here’s everything you need to know about the match. The ‘Caps are 3W-1L-0D in the month of May thus far. They opened the month with three straight wins over Portland Timbers, Chicago Fire, and Toronto FC, before falling 4-2 to the Timbers last weekend at Providence Park. Whitecaps FC head coach Carl Robinson spoke this week about the importance of eliminating key “individual errors” after “gifting” the Timbers with all four of their goals. “We’ve conceded 24 goals in 14 games," Robinson told reporters. "If you actually look at individual errors, [there are] far, far too many, so we need to cut them out. If we cut them out, then we’ve got half a chance.” At the other end of the pitch, the ‘Caps are now the third highest scoring team in MLS with 22 goals in 14 matches. They're also undefeated in six straight matches at BC Place. The Dynamo enter Saturday’s contest at the bottom of the Western Conference table with a 3W-7L-2D record. Most of their struggles have come on the road, where they are 0W-6L-0D. Most recently, Houston fell 1-0 to Chicago Fire last weekend in Illinois. Also of note, the Dynamo and now former head coach Owen Coyle agreed to part ways on Wednesday, so it will be interesting to see how the team responds come Saturday. "You don’t know what’s going to happen," said Whitecaps FC midfielder Andrew Jacobson. "You don’t know how they’re going to show up, how those players are going to deal with it. I think you prepare for them to come out flying with really not a lot to lose at this point. So it’s very dangerous. I get the feeling they’re going to be very motivated." INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES The ‘Caps will be without three key pieces on Saturday with centre back Kendall Waston, midfielder Christian Bolaños, and striker Blas Pérez having joined their national teams ahead of the Copa América Centenario. "There’s no point crying over spilled milk," Robinson said. "Players that aren’t here. It just sounds like a broken record. We’re missing players, but it is what is. Every team goes through it. We’ll just deal with it. I’ve built a squad here for a reason and one of those reasons is Saturday’s game." Houston will also be missing an important piece in Jamaican midfielder Giles Barnes, who leads the team with four goals and two assists. KEY MATCHUPS Tim Parker (CB) vs. Will Bruin (F): Bruin leads the line for Houston – and he does it quite well. His work rate and hold-up play makes him a handful for opposing defenders, and he also has three goals and two assists. Expect Bruin and Parker to see a lot of each other. Parker is tied for the league-lead with 72 clearances. Kekuta Manneh (LW/F) vs. Sheanon Williams (RB): Manneh has been on a tear as of late, recording three goals and two assists in his last three matches. Can he keep things going against the Dynamo? Pedro Morales (M) vs. Ricardo Clark (M): It’s also been a big month for Morales, who has two goals and two assists in his last three matches. The ‘Caps captain has been playing as a box-to-box midfielder as of late – the same role Clark plays for Houston. This will be the second of three meetings between Vancouver and Houston this season. The ‘Caps won the first one 1-0 on March 26 at BC Place thanks to a 23rd-minute Morales PK. Coincidentally, the ‘Caps were shorthanded for that encounter too with Waston and Parker both away on international duty. Vancouver’s all-time record against Houston is 5W-3L-0D – the home team has won every game. Surely, the ‘Caps will be hoping that trend continues on Saturday. MILESTONE MATCH Goalkeeper David Ousted will make his 100th appearance in a Whitecaps FC uniform, including the playoffs and Amway Canadian Championship, in Saturday's match. Following Saturday’s match, Whitecaps FC don’t return to MLS action until June 18 vs. New England Revolution as the league breaks for the upcoming Copa América Centenario. However, the ‘Caps are set to kick off their defence of the Voyageurs Cup with a pair of matches vs. Ottawa Fury FC in the Amway Canadian Championship semifinal. The first leg will be played on Wednesday, June 1 in Ottawa (4:30 p.m. PT on TSN1), before the series shifts to BC Place for the second leg on Wednesday, June 8 (7 p.m. PT – tickets still available).	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2843
__label__cc	0.625257	0.374743	from the October 2005 issue Juan and Xtabay Fiction by Miguel Angel May May Translated from Spanish by Earl Shorris and by Sylvia Sasson Shorris Note: This piece was originally written in Yucatecan Maya. The author, Miguel May, is a personal friend. He lives in Mérida, Yucatán. His family still lives in a small town not far from the city. Although they speak Yucatecan Maya eloquently--along with such people as Eleuterio Póot Yah who was the major informant for the late Munro Edmunson--they like to travel. They are highly sophisticated people who love their own language and culture. When Miguel May visited with us in San Francisco, we had been to the usual tourist places, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Top of the Mark and so on, when Miguel said there was one thing he had to do before he went on to a meeting in Bethel, Alaska: he had to bring a San Francisco Giants baseball cap back for one of their most loyal fans, his father. This is the tale of what happened to a person who used to get drunk very often and who did not believe in the existence of ghosts, nor in the Xtabay, which is said to appear to nocturnal drunkards. One day, Juan came out of his house to get together and drink with some friends; the party went so well that night fell. Since they had spent all their money, they went to their houses to rest. Juan hardly remembered how he got to his house, but when he got there he did not go to sleep immediately. Upon seeing him, his wife asked him if he wanted something to eat. "Man, aren't you hungry? Perhaps you spent the entire day drinking? Look at what time you finally came home." "Don't start nagging me, because I am hungry. I just came back. I am going to pee," And he staggered off to the patio. He was leaning on the trunk of an oak tree when he heard someone speaking to him. "Let's eat. Hold on, so you don't fall down." "Yes....what did you make to eat?" "Only pork and beans." "Again?" "What? If you don't give me money...." Juan did not think that the person who was speaking to him was not his wife, the only thing he knew was that someone would give him something eat. When he realized what was happening, he was going down the path with that woman. He was still drunk and he did not feel the thorns that scratched his as he was crossing over the forest; his clothes were torn completely; and of his xanab kéwel (or traditional sandals) only the left one remained. When he looked up, he saw that it was his wife who was accompanying him. That reminded him that he was going to eat, and he asked his wife: "Didn't you tell me that you were going to eat? Where is it?" "Wait until we get there." Soon they arrived at a house and pushed open the door; a light blinded him and he quickly covered his face. "Come in," said the woman. "Why is there so much light? Is it already morning?" "It isn't dawn yet, but soon," she answered. She went into the house, and he felt himself staggering; he had not yet sobered up. He looked inside and saw people with horrible, disfigured faces; the atmosphere was hot; there was a smell of burnt meat and he felt that he, too, was burning; he tried to get out, but the woman held on to his arm and said to him: "Where are you going? Aren't you yearning to drink more?" "Leave me alone! You are not my wife, and this is not my house," shouted Juan, when he began to return to his senses. He flew into a rage and he staggered, trying to get away from that place as the door was closing; he rushed, and with great difficulty managed to get out. Outside, he felt menaced, as the woman got ahead of him. Then he thought, This must be the Xtabay that people talk about. He look his left sandal and started to hit her, but she disappeared. Now he was left surrounded by thorns; he wanted to move, but they were scratching his body; there was no way he could go anywhere, and he began to shout. "Hey! Help me! I can't get out of here!" A little while after he began shouting, a man with long gray hair and a long white beard, dressed in a white tunic appeared, and asked him: "My good man, what are you doing on the forest at this hour?" "I, sir, no... but where did you come from? I have been looking for a way out of here for a long time and I haven't been able to do it, and there you are now before me." "You have not told me how you got here." "Truthfully, sir, although it shames me to say, I had gone out drinking with my friends, and I went too far. I barely remember that I was urinating on the trunk of a tree in the patio of my house when I heard a woman talking to me about eating, but it did not occur to me that she was not my wife: she brought me here to this place where there were many men with wrinkled faces, very horrible; with great difficulty I managed to escape; that woman wanted to grab me again, but I hit her with my left sandal. She disappeared, and then you arrived." "Man, what happened to you is really very ugly. The woman who brought you is Xtabay. Her work is to take everyone who is drunk and who is on the street. This time she wanted to take you to hell, where all the demons live. Actually, they say it is a very hot place, as you noted. If you had been tricked, you would never have gotten out." "And how did she bring me here?" "How? She assumes the form of an evil wind that takes one to a seldom traveled place, where there are few dwellings. And this is why no one sees that someone has been taken; and you do not even realize it, because you are still very drunk; this is why you don't fee the pain when the thorns stick to your body. You feel it when you sober up. The one thing I was to tell you is that I am the Master of the Forest. I am in charge of everything that happens here; take my cane so that you can push the thorns aside. When you point to the place where you want to pass, a path will open." "How can I repay this great favor you are doing for me?" asked Juan, satisfied that it would help him get away. "You don't have to pay me anything, the only thing you have to do is take care of yourself," said the man, and he disappeared. Juan saw that he did have the cane in his hand; he pointed to where he wanted to go and the thorns parted, and he went through. When he arrived at the main path, he said, "My God! Where am I going now? Help me." He looked to see where the paths led, and he scratched his head, because he did not know what to do. He would start to go on one side then stop himself; he wanted to go to the opposite side and again he stopped himself. Finally, he just stopped on the road. Then he heard a wagon coming. " Jáulej, jáulej! Giddyup, animals!" He was cheered by that. Little by little, he heard the sound of the wagon come closer, and when it was upon him, he asked: "Please, wait!" "Xooj, xooj! Whoa," said the man. And then he asked Juan what he was doing there. "What are you doing naked in the forest? At that moment, he realized that he was walking around naked, and he was very embarrassed. "The truth is that I had a few drinks and the Xtabay brought me here." "Where is your village?" "My village is Kimbilé." "Take these old clothes and cover yourself so that you can go before dawn. Take the road that goes west. In that way you will come out directly behind the stone wall of don Elut's land; once you are there, you will be able to get to your house." He took the clothing and covered himself; then he thanked the man who had helped him. It was getting light when he jumped over the stone wall of his house, and went across the patio. Inside the house, he was heard to shout: "Old lady, open the door!" The woman asked, "Who are you? What do you want?" It had not yet become light. The woman did not think it was her husband speaking. "It's me, Juan," he answered. "Take the bolt off the door so that I can come in." The woman recognized the voice of her husband and she opened the door. She saw him pale and without clothing. "Where did you get wiped out, man? I thought you had gone to have another drink. That's why I sent someone to look for you, but you didn't show up anywhere. Come in," and she helped him in. "Ay, my wife, the Xtabay kidnapped me while I was urinating. At that moment I thought it was you, which is why I went with her. When I started to sober up and I realized where I was, I escaped. A man helped me to get out of the forest and another one who was on his way to look for charcoal lent me his old clothes, and that was how I came back." ""Go, have another drink now." "I am not going even if they pay me. Today, you hear a man who will never take another drink, I learned from my experience." "God willing, it's true," said his wife, and she started taking care of his wounds. When I passed by, she was still taking the thorns out of Juan's body. Originally published in Diez Relatos Mayas, Letras Maya Contemporáneas, Tercera Series, Volúmen 10, 1998. Read more from the October 2005 issue Dreams and Memories of a Common Man Miguel Angel May May Miguel Angel May May is a member of the board of many organizations, from Escritores en Lengua Indígenas in México to the Howard Meredith Indian Humanities Center at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. » More about Miguel Angel May May Earl Shorris was a prominent social critic and author. His works include Ofay; The Boots of the Virgin; A Novel of Pancho Villa; The Death of the Great Spirit; The Oppressed Middle: Scenes From Corporate Life; Latinos: A Biography of the People; and New American Blues: A Journey Through Poverty to Democracy among others. He was the coeditor of In the Language of Kings: An Anthology of Mesoamerican Literature, Pre-Columbian to the Present; The Life and Times of Mexico; and While Someone Else Is Eating: Poets and Novelists on Reaganism. He was a contributing editor to Harper’s, and his essays and articles appeared in the Nation, the Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, American Educator, the Antioch Review, and many more publications. He founded and chaired the advisory board of The Clemente Course in the Humanities; and cofounded—with Howard Meredith and members of the Kiowa, Cherokee, Chickashaw, Maya, Nahua, Lakota, CYup'ik, and other tribes and nations—the Pan-American Indian Humanities Center at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. He died in May of 2012. » More about Earl Shorris Sylvia Sasson Shorris is the author of Talking Pictures: With the People Who Made Them and co-editor of While Someone Else Is Eating: Poets and Novelists on Reaganism and In the Language of Kings: An Anthology of Mesoamerican Literature Pre-Columbian to the Present. She has published articles in The Nation, Chicago Tribune, Fork Roads, and Review (a publication of the Center for Inter-American Relations), and has been a translator in Mexico for Luis Montes Film Distribution, and in New York for 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation. » More about Sylvia Sasson Shorris	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2848
__label__cc	0.567909	0.432091	from the September 2017 issue Fiction by Juan Gabriel Vásquez Translated from Spanish by Anne McLean Luck of the draw spares one young man while simultaneously condemning his friend to a tragic fate in this short story by Juan Gabriel Vásquez. Ernesto Wolf. In the class list our surnames were neighbors, because after mine there don’t tend to be too many surnames in Colombia (unless it’s a foreign one or some curiosity: Yáñez or Zapata, Yammara or Zúñiga). The day of the lottery that would or would not send us into the army, alphabetical order meant that I would pick before he did. In the burgundy-coloured velvet bag there were only two left, one blue and one red, where a little while before there had been almost fifty, the number of students who were eligible for military service that year. Picking the red ball would send me into the army; the other would send my friend. The system was very simple. This took place in the Teatro Patria, a building attached to the Cavalry School, where now they show bad movies and where there used to be, once in a while, a comedy, the odd concert, a magic act. A magic act, yes, that’s what the lottery was like. All the boys in the final year of high school acted as the audience along with a few more or less supportive teachers; on stage, three actors: a lieutenant with plasterwork hair (maybe he was a lieutenant, but I’m not sure: I don’t really remember his shoulders or his lapel or his breast pocket, and anyway I’ve never been able to recognize ranks), a uniformed assistant and a volunteer who had gone up, unwillingly, to participate in the magic, to pick out the little ball that could deprive him of civilian life for a year. The assistant, smelling of mothballs, held up the bag of lottery balls. I put in my hand, pulled out the blue ball, and before I had time to think that I had condemned my friend, he had invaded the stage to embrace me and provoke the indignation of the officer and the complicity of the assistant, a wink from her blue-shadowed, generously-mascaraed eyelid. The soldier, lieutenant, or whatever he was, took out his Kilométrico ballpoint and signed an ivory-colored, watermarked, and embossed paper, folded it in three, and handed it to me as if he were handing me a smelly rag, at the same time biting the plastic pen cap: the white, saliva-covered cap, glistening against a background of yellow teeth. Ernesto and the woman, meanwhile, were talking; he didn’t want to draw his red ball, since it was the last one and the procedure seemed superfluous to him, and there was no possible surprise for the audience, the mass of high school grads who shared the same idea of the entertainment: that the guy next to him would be recruited. But the woman and maybe her makeup convinced him to reach his hand in, to take out the ball—and convinced him of other things, too. The next day, at lunchtime, my telephone rang. “What a body she had, bro,” Ernesto’s boggy voice said to me. “You couldn’t tell from the uniform.” We saw each other afterward a couple of times and then seeing each other didn’t depend on us. Unscrupulously anxious, offensively meek, Ernesto Wolf joined the Ayacucho Company of the Tenth Brigade, in Tolemaida, at the end of August that same year. Ayacucho: the cacophony meant nothing to him, except a vague echo from primary school. Ernesto, grandson of a foreigner who was once accused of a lack of patriotism in a major newspaper, son of a father who had grown up not quite sure where he was from, although he had been baptized with a name from the calendar of saints, so as not to be out of place, didn’t know much about Ayacucho in particular or the wars of independence in general. I thought that friendship obliged me to give him a hand with his patriotism. I got up early one Sunday; I took a snapshot of the Monument of Heroes and took it to Tolemaida between the pages of the newspaper. Two cacophonies and a disguised insult, all carved into the semiprecious stone of national independence: this I handed to Cadet Wolf. It was August, as I said, and the wind was already getting up, and on the patches of grass around the monument people had set up improvised lines and were selling kites, geometric tissue paper with bamboo skeletons that could never withstand the onslaught of a single gust of mountain wind. In Tolemaida, which wasn’t in the mountains but down in the tropical lowlands, there was no wind: in Tolemaida, the air didn’t move, didn’t seem to ever move. Lance Corporal Jaramillo would drape an old boa constrictor over their shoulders, and the length of time they had to carry it depended on the extent of their insubordination; Lance Corporal Jaramillo, as threat or dissuasion, told the company the only urban legend there was in that rural region, the dungeon of Cuatro Bolas, where an immense black man had his way with rebellious recruits in an unholy manner. For a year, Ernesto Wolf told more stories about Lance Corporal Jaramillo than he’d ever told about anyone ever. Lance Corporal Jaramillo was responsible for the immobility of the air, for the fevers, for the blisters the rifles gave them on their hands, during firing range exercises. He was responsible for the tears of the youngest cadets (there were some who were just fifteen, precocious high school graduates) hidden behind the storehouse or in the lavatories, and at night muffled by their pillows. Lance Corporal Jaramillo. I never knew his first name; I never saw him, but I came to hate him. On Sundays, on visits to the Escuela de Lanceros or at the Wolfs’ house in Bogotá, Ernesto sat—on the dry grass, if the visit was in Tolemaida; if it was in Bogotá, at the head of the table—and told stories; facing him, his parents and I ate and looked at each other and together we hated Lance Corporal Jaramillo. But now that I think about it, maybe I’m mistaken: Antonio, his father, was only present if the leave day was a Sunday, and he never set foot inside the Escuela de Lanceros, just as he’d never entered the Teatro Patria. One of those Sundays, while we were waiting for the bus that brought Ernesto from Tolemaida when he got leave, stuck in a car with the windows rolled up tight (the dust, the noise of Puente Aranda), Antonio Wolf, who was growing fond of me by then, said out of the blue: “But you wouldn’t have wanted.” He said it like that, he said that strange seemingly incomplete phrase, gripping the steering wheel with those hands of an old boxer, of a Bavarian peasant, the hands that would never cease to look like those of a recent arrival, although it hadn’t been him but his father who’d been the immigrant. He said it without looking at me, because inside a car people tend not to look at each other. Like a fire or a cinema screen, a car’s windshield attracts the gaze, traps and dominates it. “What?” I said. “To go like that,” he said. “To go and waste time. Ernesto did want to go. And what for? To learn to swear stupid allegiances and shoot a rifle that he’s never going to use again in his life.” I was eighteen years old then. I didn’t understand the words: I understood that Antonio Wolf, a man I had come to respect, was talking frankly to me and perhaps also respected me. But I hadn’t earned that respect, because it had been chance, not ideas or principles, that had been responsible for me not having to go into that damned place where they learn to swear stupid allegiances and shoot rifles they’d never use again, but where most of all they wasted time, our own time and our parents’ time as well, where life got snagged. And there the Wolfs’ life got snagged. Sixteen days before finishing his military service, Ernesto died in the middle of some maneuvers I don’t know the name of. A pulley snapped, the rope Ernesto was suspended from fell into the ninety-foot drop between two mountains, Ernesto’s body smashed into the rocks at fifty miles an hour, and everyone agreed that he must already have been dead when he fell to the bottom of the valley, where there’s a little waterfall the teenagers of the region tend to use as a spot to lose their virginity. I could have gone to the funeral, but I didn’t. I made one call, found the Wolfs’ telephone line busy, and left it at that. I sent flowers and a note explaining that I was in Barranquilla, which was a lie, of course, and I remember the absurd difficulty I had in deciding between Barranquilla and Cali, which city would seem less unlikely or raise fewer doubts. I didn’t find out later if the Wolfs had believed me or if they’d recognized my rude lie: they never answered my note and I never went to see them after the accident. I began to study law, and by the middle of the degree I knew I’d never practice, because I’d written a book of short stories and in the process of doing so I’d realized that I didn’t want to do anything else for the rest of my life. I went to Paris. I lived in Paris for almost three years. I went to Belgium. I spent eleven months in Belgium, ten minutes from an unpronounceable village in the Ardennes. In October 1999, I arrived in Barcelona; in December of the same year, while spending the holidays with my family in Bogotá, I met a German woman who had arrived in Colombia in 1936. I asked her questions about her life, about how her family had escaped from the Nazis, about the things she found in Colombia when she arrived; she answered with a freedom that I’ve never found again and I noted down her answers on the squared pages of a small notepad, the kind that have a picture or a logo on the side (in this case it was a famous phrase in Italian: Guardatti dall’uomo di un solo libro). Years later I used those pages, those answers—in a word, that life—to write a novel. The novel was published in July 2004. Its plot turned on a German immigrant who, toward the end of the Second World War, was confined in the Hotel Sabaneta, a luxury hotel converted by the Colombian government into a temporary internment camp for enemy citizens (enemies of Roosevelt, sympathizers of Hitler or Mussolini). Researching the novel had been particularly difficult, because some subjects continue to be sensitive or even forbidden in many families of the German community in Bogotá; and that’s why it seemed so ironic to me that after it was published so many people came to ask me to listen to their story now, that now I should tell their story. Months later I was still receiving emails from Germans or children of Germans who had read the book and were correcting one or two details—the color of a wall, for example, or the existence of some plant in some precise place—and scolding me for not having become better informed before offering me their stories for my next book. I replied with evasive courtesy (out of superstitions I can’t explain, I’ve never refused any offer outright). And weeks later another similar email would arrive, or a message from someone who knew someone who knew someone who had been in the Hotel Sabaneta and who could give me information if I needed it. And that’s why I wasn’t surprised to receive, in February 2006, an envelope with a German name on the back. I confess it took me several seconds to recognize it, I confess to having climbed two or three steps of the entrance to my building before the face that belonged to that name appeared in my head. I opened the letter on the stairs, began to read it in the elevator and finished it standing in the kitchen of my apartment, with my briefcase still hanging from my shoulder, with the front door wide open and the keys in the lock. Isn’t it strange (the letter said to me), in Spanish there’s no word for what I am. If your wife dies you’re a widower, if your father dies you’re an orphan, but what are you if your son dies? It is so grotesque for your child to die that the language has not learned what to call these people, even though children have been dying before their parents forever and parents have been suffering the deaths of their children forever. I’ve followed your trail (the letter said to me), but up till now I’d decided not to do anything about it. Not to look for you, not to write, do you know why? Because I hated you. I don’t hate you anymore, or rather, there are days when I hate you, I wake up hating you and wishing for your death, and sometimes I wake up wishing your children would die, if you have children. But other days I don’t. Forgive me for telling you like this, by letter, one should tell people things like this face to face, live and in person, but on this occasion I cannot, because you’re over there, of course, you live in Barcelona, and I am here, in a little house in Chía that I bought after the divorce. You know about the divorce, I imagine, because it was the most talked about one of the year in Bogotá, all the ugly details came to light. Anyway, I’m not going to get into that, what matters now is confessing that I hated you. I hated you because you weren’t Ernesto, because but for very little you could have been Ernesto and nevertheless you weren’t Ernesto. You went to the same school, knew the same things, played on the same football team, were in the same row that day in the Teatro Patria, but you got to the bag of lottery balls first, you got the ball that should have been Ernesto’s. You sent him to Tolemaida, and I can’t get that out of my head. If you were called Arango or Barrera instead of being called what you are, my son would still be alive, and I would still have my life in my own hands. But my son is dead, he has this fucking surname and he’s dead for having this fucking surname, the name that appears on his tombstone. And maybe what’s going on is that I can’t forgive myself for giving it to him. But why should I expect you to understand all this? (the letter said to me). When you didn’t even have the guts to show up at the cemetery to say good-bye to your lifelong friend. When you live over there, far away from this country where a person does military service and might not come out of it alive, living a comfortable life, what’s it going to matter to you? When you’ve gone into hiding since the death of your friend out of pure fear of showing your face and seeing that there is a destroyed family, that this family could have been yours and wasn’t simply by chance. What are you afraid of? Are you afraid it’ll be your turn one day? It will (the letter said to me), I swear to you, one day you will face a moment like that, you’ll realize that sometimes a person needs others, and if the others aren’t around at the right moment your life can come crashing down. I don’t know what would have happened to my life if I could have given you a hug the day of the funeral and said thanks for coming, or if you’d kept coming to the house for a meal once a week like you did when Ernesto was doing his service and had leave. We used to talk about Lance Corporal Jaramillo, Ernesto told us about that dungeon and the snake the cadets had to carry on their shoulders. Sometimes I think I would have endured everything better if I could have remembered those things with you sitting at the table. Ernesto loved you; you were going to be like those friends a person has their whole life. And you could have been a comfort to us, we loved you (the letter said to me), we shared Ernesto’s affection for you. But now (the letter said to me) that’s all water under the bridge: you weren’t there, you hid and denied us your comfort, and things started to go badly at home, until it all came tumbling down. It was at Christmas, already ten years ago, how time flies. I don’t really remember what happened, but people told me later that I had chased her around a table, that Pilar had to hide in a bathroom. What I do remember, however, is having taken the car to leave the party, and that I drove without really knowing where I was going, and that only after parking somewhere I realized I was at Puente Aranda, in the same parking lot where the buses from Tolemaida stopped, the same place where you and I used to wait for Ernesto sometimes and where we once had a conversation I’ll never forget. The letter said all this to me. I remember, first of all, having thought: he’s sick. He’s dying. And I remember the immediate dismay, not sadness or nostalgia or indignation either (although some indignation, provoked by Antonio Wolf’s accusations, would have been legitimate). I did not answer the letter; I looked at the back of the envelope, confirmed that the sender’s address—that little house in Chía—was complete, and I put the envelope and letter on a bookshelf in my study, between two albums of photos of my daughters, those daughters whom Antonio Wolf was threatening. Maybe I chose that place to repudiate the letter, so that the letter would provoke repudiation; and I was successful, without a doubt, because during the year that followed I opened those albums many times and many times I looked at the photos of my daughters, but I never reread the letter. And maybe I would never have reread it if I hadn’t received, in January 2007, news of Antonio Wolf’s death. One very cold Monday morning I got up, checked my email, and there was a newsletter, sent by the alumni association of my school. His passing—a word I’ve always despised—was announced, the date and time of the exequias—likewise that word—and reminded us that the deceased—one more—was the father of a graduate, but didn’t say that his son had died many years before. So three months later, when I had to go back to Bogotá, I stuck the letter in with my papers. I did it because I know myself well, I know my quirks and my manias and knew I’d regret it if I missed the opportunity to see, even if from afar, the house where Antonio Wolf had lived his last years, the years of his decline and death, and where he had written the most hostile and at the same time most intimate letter I’d ever received. I let a few days go by after my arrival, but on the third I took the envelope and, in a borrowed car, drove the twenty or so miles between Bogotá and Chía. Finding the house was not difficult: Chía is a miniscule town and walking from one side of it to the other takes no more than fifteen minutes. The numeration of the streets led me to a gated estate: ten houses of cheap brick, facing each other in two rows of five and separated by an area paved in the same brick, or bricks the same salmon color that always look new. In the center of the flat space was a soccer ball (a new one: one of those balls with silver and yellow) and a plastic thermos. There were motorcycles parked in front of a few houses; at the end, a shirtless man in sandals disappeared inside the running motor of a Renault 4. And that’s as far as I’d got, standing on the sidewalk in front of a caretaker’s hut with darkened windows, squinting to see if I could make out the numbers on the houses and guess which one had been Antonio Wolf’s, when the super came out and asked me where I was going. I was more surprised than him as I watched him return to his cubicle, call through the intercom and come out again to say: “Go ahead.” And ahead I went. Ten, twenty, thirty steps; people looking out their windows, behind the net curtains, to see the visitor; a door that opens, a woman who comes out. She’s about forty. She’s wearing a Christmas apron, although Christmas was four months ago, and she’s drying her hands; under her arm she’s carrying a plastic corrugated folder, the kind that close and open with a Velcro strip. “Here’s what Don Antonio left you,” the woman handed me the folder. “He told me you were going to come. He also said not to let you in, not even for a glass of water.” In her voice was resentment, but also obedience: the obedience of someone carrying out an errand they don’t understand. I took the folder without looking at her; I wanted to say good-bye, but the woman had already turned around and was walking toward her door. When I got to the car I put the folder on top of the letter: the two missives with which Antonio Wolf remained present in my life sixteen years after we’d seen each other for the last time. I started the engine, not wanting to stay in front of the house and in front of the caretaker (a strange sort of embarrassment), but I was already thinking of going into the center of Chía, with its large free parking lot that had no attendants or gates. And that’s what I did: I drove down to the shopping district, parked in front of Los Tres Elefantes, and began to look through the contents of the file folder. None of what I found surprised me. Or rather: before I opened the folder I already knew what I would find, the way you know certain things from the back of your head, even before you get what we call intuition or a premonition. The oldest document was a page from the school yearbook. There we are, the two of us, Ernesto and me, in our football kit, lifting the trophy of a Bogotá tournament. Then there was a copy of the April 1997 issue of the magazine Cromos, open at the page that announced, in five short lines, the news of the publication of my first novel. And suddenly I found myself reclining the passenger seat to make more room and organizing all the documents inside the car, using every available surface—the dashboard, the open door of the glove compartment, the back seat, the armrests—to spread out the chronology of my life since Ernesto Wolf’s death. There was the news of my books, every review or interview that had appeared in the Colombian press. Some documents were not originals but yellowing photocopies, as if Antonio had found out about the news item too late and had to photocopy the magazine at a library. Others were underlined, not with a pencil, but with cheap ballpoint pens, and in those passages I appeared making grandiloquent or silly declarations, or spouting clichés, or inanely answering a journalist’s inane questions. In the articles relating to my novel about Germans in Colombia, there were more underlined passages; and under every one of my comments on exile, life elsewhere, the difficulty of adaptation, memory and the past and the way we inherit the errors of our ancestors, Antonio’s lines seemed full of a pride that made me uncomfortable, made me feel dirty, as if it didn’t belong to me. I never managed to find out who the woman who handed me the plastic folder was. At that moment, of course, various options occurred to me, and on my way back to Bogotá I was playing with ideas, imagining Antonio Wolf’s unknown life while driving distractedly down the highway. That messenger would be a woman from the village, perhaps a campesina; Wolf had hired her as a domestic and then, little by little, he’d come to realize he had no one else in the world. The woman was also on her own and perhaps had a daughter, a young daughter whom Wolf would have taken in. I imagined the change in the relationship between two lonely and confused people, imagined scenes of guilty sex that would have scandalized Bogotá society, imagined Wolf saying that this woman would keep living in the house after his death. But most of all I imagined him dedicated to collecting someone else’s life, feeling that he was replacing with the power of the distant documents the emptiness that the absence of his son caused in his life. I imagined him talking to the woman of that boy who wrote books and lived far away. I imagined him, at night, dreaming that the boy was his son, that his son was living far away and writing books. I imagined him fantasizing about the possibility of lying, of telling that woman that the boy was really his son, and I imagined him feeling, during the brief moments of the lie, the illusion of happiness. © Juan Gabríel Vasquez. By arrangement with the author. Translation © 2017 by Anne McLean. All rights reserved. Read more from the September 2017 issue I Never Wanted to Sock You in the Face, Javier That Deep Ocean… Juan Gabriel Vasquez is a critically acclaimed Colombian writer, translator, and award-winning author. Educated in Barcelona and in Paris at the Sorbonne, he now teaches in Barcelona, where he lives with his wife and twin daughters. » More about Juan Gabriel Vásquez Anne McLean translates Latin American and Spanish novels, short stories, memoirs, and other writings by authors including Héctor Abad, Julio Cortázar, Ignacio Martínez de Pisón, Evelio Rosero, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, and Enrique Vila-Matas. Her most recent translation is Outlaws, by Javier Cercas. » More about Anne McLean	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2849
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__label__wiki	0.538341	0.538341	McKibben’s Divestment Tour – Brought to You by Wall Street [Part VII of an Investigative Report] [The Wolves of Wall Street] admin Dec 18, 2014 350.org / 1Sky, Avaaz, Ceres, Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Purpose [Public Relations Arm of Avaaz] The Art of Annihilation Part seven of an investigative series by Cory Morningstar Divestment Investigative Report Series [Further Reading]: Part I • Part II • Part III • Part IV • Part V • Part VI • Part VII • Part VIII • Part IX • Part X • Part XI • Part XII • Part XIII Image courtesy of Mark Gould “Of all our studies, it is history that is best qualified to reward our research.” — Malcolm X Prologue: A Coup d’État of Nature – Led by the Non-Profit Industrial Complex It is somewhat ironic that anti-REDD climate activists, faux green organizations (in contrast to legitimate grassroots organizations that do exist, although few and far between) and self-proclaimed environmentalists, who consider themselves progressive will speak out against the commodification of nature’s natural resources while simultaneously promoting the toothless divestment campaign promoted by the useless mainstream groups allegedly on the left. It’s ironic because the divestment campaign will result (succeed) in a colossal injection of money shifting over to the very portfolios heavily invested in, thus dependent upon, the intense commodification and privatization of Earth’s last remaining forests, (via REDD, environmental “markets” and the like). This tour de force will be executed with cunning precision under the guise of environmental stewardship and “internalizing negative externalities through appropriate pricing.” Thus, ironically (if in appearances only), the greatest surge in the ultimate corporate capture of Earth’s final remaining resources is being led, and will be accomplished, by the very environmentalists and environmental groups that claim to oppose such corporate domination and capture. Beyond shelling out billions of tax-exempt dollars (i.e., investments) to those institutions most accommodating in the non-profit industrial complex (otherwise known as foundations), the corporations need not lift a finger to sell this pseudo green agenda to the people in the environmental movement; the feat is being carried out by a tag team comprised of the legitimate and the faux environmentalists. As the public is wholly ignorant and gullible, it almost has no comprehension of the following: the magnitude of our ecological crisis the root causes of the planetary crisis, or the non-profit industrial complex as an instrument of hegemony. The commodification of the commons will represent the greatest, and most cunning, coup d’état in the history of corporate dominance – an extraordinary fait accompli of unparalleled scale, with unimaginable repercussions for humanity and all life. Further, it matters little whether or not the money is moved from direct investments in fossil fuel corporations to so-called “socially responsible investments.” The fact of the matter is that all corporations on the planet (and therefore by extension, all investments on the planet) are dependent upon and will continue to require massive amounts of fossil fuels to continue to grow and expand ad infinitum – as required by the industrialized capitalist economic system. The windmills and solar panels serve as beautiful (marketing) imagery as a panacea for our energy issues, yet they are illusory – the fake veneer for the commodification of the commons, which is the fundamental objective of Wall Street, the very advisers of the divestment campaign. Thus we find ourselves unwilling to acknowledge the necessity to dismantle the industrialized capitalist economic system, choosing instead to embrace an illusion designed by corporate power. Monetizing Natural Capital \| Ecosystem Services You may recognize Mindy Lubber’s name (President of 350.org partner, Ceres) from the Think Progress blog (excellent climate science source, funded in large part by Rockefeller) where she is referred to as “an expert on water scarcity” among the liberal left. Therefore, it should be of little surprise to anyone that a key focus of Ceres appears to be meticulously and cautiously preparing the ground for mass privatization (what Ceres refers to as “monetizing natural capital” or “ecosystem services”) of water in the United States (and beyond). [Restoring Flows, Financing the Next Generation of Water Systems, A Strategy for Coalition Building. Authors: Ceres and American Rovers, DOCUMENT] “Unlike market development in Europe and Australia, the private sector has had a relatively small role in providing water infrastructure services in the United States. While some communities have entered into a variety of arrangements to ‘privatize’ their water services, there is a wide range of potential roles that private entities may play in the water market that fall short of being an outright full-service provider.” [Emphasis added] Under “Needs and Opportunities” within the report: “Develop alternate model business plans for providers, including public, private and public:private partnerships.” Preparing a populace – one that strongly opposes water privatization – for water privatization requires calculated language and schemes to keep the public at bay. Schemes that “fall short of being an outright full-service provider,” if outright privatization in its most pure form is not an option, are an imperative for “success.” As president of Ceres, Lubber is well compensated for the task at hand with an annual salary from the Ceres non-profit of $193,025, with an additional $32,190 in “other compensation for the organization and other related organizations.” [Source: Form 990, 2012]. With Ceres receiving 60% of its revenues from foundation grants in the 2012 fiscal year ($5,233,360) with membership fees ($1,843,052) providing 22% of the revenues [2012 annual report] (conference fees, sponsorship, and individual family and “foundation family” account for the remainder to the tune of $8,316,636), the Ceres non-profit is in a position to pay flush salaries. The monetization of Earth’s remaining natural resources (or “natural capital,” the carefully applied term that acts as a patina masking the true intent) sounds as though it is far too vile of an idea to ever be accepted by society. Yet, the elite establishment – with the non-profit industrial complex as their pimps of pathological ideologies – have every intent of seeing the commodification of Earth’s remaining natural resources transform into capital, for complete corporate capture in the not-so-distant future. Consider the behavioural change experiment that took place on September 21, 2014 (branded as “The People’s Climate March”). The People’s Climate March in New York City was a mobilization campaign created by Avaaz and 350.org, with 350.org at the forefront. Perhaps never in history have we witnessed 300,000 to 400,000 citizens (whose rights and freedoms are being systematically dismantled every day by a corporate-state that liberal elites continue to prop up) joining hands with their oppressors – literally marching with their oppressors in the streets both knowingly and willingly. This must be considered a benchmark in history by those who study behavioural change – a feat perhaps unmatched since 1929 when Edward Bernays brilliantly transformed cigarettes into “freedom torches” as the symbol of emancipated women for the tobacco industry. [Video (running time: 2:52). Excerpt from the movie “The War You Don’t See” by John Pilger. Bernays, a pioneer of modern propaganda, persuaded woman to embrace smoking as a symbol of women’s liberation.] The Road to Riches \| Monetization of Earth’s Remaining Natural Resources The following excerpts are extracted from the article This Changes Nothing. Why the People’s Climate March Guarantees Climate Catastrophe published on Wrong Kind of Green (September 12, 2014). It serves as an introduction to the PR firm Purpose (Inc.) – as a glimpse into a behavioural change/economics think-tank. Vision: “Purpose is a global initiative that draws on leading technologies, political organizing and behavioral economics to build powerful, tech-savvy movements that can transform culture and influence policy.” “Purpose was born out of some of the most successful experiments in mass digital participation. Our principals are co-founders of Avaaz, the world’s largest online political movement with more than nine million members operating in 14 languages, and the creators of Australia’s GetUp!, an internationally recognized social movement phenomenon with more members than all the country’s political parties combined….” [Source] Avaaz and GetUp co-founders Jeremy Heimans (CEO) and David Madden are also founders of the New York consulting firm, Purpose Inc. Avaaz co-founder James Slezak is also identified as a co-founder and CEO of Purpose at its inception in 2009. The expertise behind both Avaaz and Purpose is in behavioural change. Where the employment of behavioural change infused by Avaaz is on display, the double-breasted, for-profit Purpose, with its non-profit arm, sells their expertise to further the interest of hegemony and capital. Whether it be a glossy campaign to help facilitate yet another illegal “humanitarian intervention” led by the empire’s U.S. militarism (an oxymoron if there ever was one), or the creation of a new global “green” economy, Purpose is the consulting firm that the wolves of Wall Street and oligarchs alike depend upon to make it happen. “We’ve been talking in a broader way about the future of consumer activism, of organizing people not as citizens but as consumers.” — Jeremy Heimans, when asked how he was going to use the $100,000 he received from the Ford Foundation Purpose (with its co-founders), a favourite of high-finance websites such as The Economist and Forbes, sell their consulting services and branding/marketing campaigns to Google, Audi, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and many others that comprise the world’s most powerful corporations and institutions. In 2012 it raised $3m from investors. Ford Foundation, which has given Purpose’s non-profit arm a grant, “reckons it is shaping up to be ‘one of the blue-chip social organisations of the future.'” [Source] Purpose, like many other foundations such as Rockefeller (who initially incubated 1Sky, which merged with 350.org in 2011) also serves as an “incubator of social movements.” [Further reading on Purpose] Make no mistake, the Yale (Avaaz co-founder and former U.S. Representative Tom Perriello) and Harvard graduates that comprise the Avaaz boys (many having been groomed by McKinsey and Company) are considered “the dream team” by the globe’s most powerful capitalists, including at the United Nations and the World Bank. Heimans, the Avaaz front man of Purpose, is a darling of the high-finance corporate world. “In 2011, Jeremy received the Ford Foundation’s 75th anniversary Visionaries Award. The World Economic Forum at Davos has named him a Young Global Leader, and the World e-Government Forum has named Jeremy and Purpose co-founder David Madden among the “Top 10 People Who Are Changing the World of the Internet and Politics.” [Source] Heimans, like his co-founders at Avaaz, has close relationships with those at the helm of the push toward the illusory green economy, including Kumi Naidoo of Greenpeace and Richard Branson, who has founded the B Team, of which Heimans serves as a “team member.” [Further reading on the B Team can be found in an upcoming segment of this investigative report.] Note that Avaaz and 350.org were the first two NGOs signed on to the 2009 Havas Advertising campaign TckTckTck. TckTckTck succeeded in successfully undermining the radical emissions reductions required, put forward by the State of Bolivia and the G77 at COP15. More recently Avaaz, 350.org and Greenpeace joined hands to form the NGO SumOfUs. [Further reading: SumOfUs are Corporate Whores \| Some Of Us Are Not] Like so many other left “progressives” jumping on board the “socially responsible investment” industry, Heimans is no exception, serving on the advisory board of Leap Frog Investments. [Source] On September 29, 2012 a media release announced “The Vital Few” – a new social media platform for The Asset Owners Disclosure Project, an online forum to link individuals who are concerned about their pension fund investments directed towards the fossil fuel industry. The release included statements from both Kelly Rigg (TckTckTck) and Heimans. “Supported by the head of the global trade union movement and other key civil society groups the platform, called ‘The Vital Few’ will allow pension fund members to drive transparency and accountability in a $60 trillion industry that has become the largest pool of investment capital in the world…. The Vital Few initiative, by starting with the issue of climate risk, is a milestone in helping restore genuine ownership to capitalism.” The Strategy of “Changing Everything” In the video published on November 21, 2012, filmed during a lecture on Purpose’s innovative model of “movement entrepreneurship,” Heimans discloses that the “demand for the green economy is in a rut.” He states: “…how else could movement building and mass participation help transform society? And that’s what we’re working on at Purpose. We’re thinking at Purpose not just how you build political movements but now what are some of the insights from that, that can be used to do things like scale demand for the green economy? Right? Demand for the green economy is in a rut. There isn’t large-scale demand it. What if we tried to build a movement around that and organize people in a systematic way….” In this Tedx talk (published September 7, 2012) the goal, and the campaign to achieve the goal, are made clear: kill “green” marketing (including the key term “green economy”) in order to push forward the green economy – without saying as much. Heimans states: “…Well, the results of our research really have two main conclusions I want to share with you today, and the first is a little startling and it may create a little bit of a disequilibrium… and that is that I think we need to kill the language and imagery and green in order to have any real shot at scaling sustainable consumption. Sustainable consumption just isn’t working right now as we’ll talk about in a moment. We’re going to have to kill green as a frame for consumers in order to try to rework that problem.” Hence – you have the new terminology agreed upon and already being employed by both the foundations and the non-profit-industrial complex: The “new economy.” Heimans continues: “So they like the idea of green, it’s kind of a value they are happy to cloak themselves in, you know it’s a brand value, but the reality is market share just isn’t there because as soon as it’s even slightly difficult they’re out the door. So what do we do? So here’s some things that I think we can do that might up-end this situation and as I said, it does require starting with killing green as a friend. We can’t lead with green, because most of the green products that are out there start by knocking on the front door and hitting you on the head and saying, you know, ‘We’re green, do the right thing.’ We need a radically different approach to the way we introduce this issue to consumers. We need to put green aside.” Heimans summarizes the methodology. “… the answer we think is to get behind the businesses that are at this intersection of mass participation where you can get lots of people in a network, you can grow market share very quickly of the new forms of businesses that are green, but don’t knock on the door and announce themselves as green. If we can do this, if we can create a new economy that takes these models that can very quickly acquire market share and we can give people a sense they’re part of something much bigger, we’ll build the green economy, we just won’t talk about it and we won’t say that we’re doing it.” As an example of Purpose’s work to build acquiescence and a normalization of the green new economy, we can look at Purpose’s work for Audi. The task at hand is how to take the human right of access to clean water and turn it into a commodity market that a public will embrace: “[Purpose Inc.] helps them to build mass movements to support their favourite causes. Audi, for example, wants to design and promote machines to dispense clean water in India, a market where it hopes to burnish its car brand.” Media is utilized to present the water ATM as an affordable benefit for the disenfranchised, underprivileged and poor: “The perception that rural people won’t pay for quality services is wrong, says Shah. ‘They want to be part of modern society. After a water ATM is set up, 15-20% of the people immediately start buying water. They like to claim “we have a water ATM.”‘” The idea of clean fresh water for all, as a human right rather than an “affordable” commodity, will quickly disappear as fast as the drinking fountains one used to find in our communities not that long ago. (One may wish to note that today, we find corporations writing many of their own articles for media, who in turn present them as journalism. Round and round we go.) “Purpose also hopes to develop a business promoting ‘new economy’ products such as solar energy. It will recommend to its members that they buy solar power from such-and-such a provider. In return, it will charge a referral fee.” — The Economist, The business of campaigning, Profit with Purpose, January 26, 2013 We can assume this business model will be employed across the board. Purpose tells the story that entices the purchase, Purpose mobilizes the movements building on the foundation of the story, and Purpose receives their referral fee in the mail. +++Further reading on behavioural change: Avaaz: Imperialist Pimps of Militarism, Protectors of the Oligarchy, Trusted Facilitators of War \| Part II, Section II [link] Ignoring the Obvious – The Only Number that Matters Has Always Been Zero Ceres: “60-90% reduction in GHG emissions from 1990 levels is needed by 2050 to avoid worst case scenarios for global warming” [Source: CERES 2007-2008 Annual Report] Ceres: “Companies will reduce GHG emissions by 25% from their 2005 baseline by 2020, by improving energy efficiency of operations by at least 50%, reducing electricity demand by at least 15% and obtaining at least 30% of energy from renewable sources.… The Ceres Roadmap expectations are aligned with the scientific targets recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that call for the U.S. to achieve reductions of 80 percent below 1990 baseline levels by 2050. —The Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability current webpage [Source] Reality: “There must be radical reductions of emissions starting from now. In our view, by 2017 we should cut, developed countries must cut by 52%, 65% by 2020, 80% by 2030, well above 100 [percent] by 2050. And this is very important because the more you defer action the more you condemn millions of people to immeasurable suffering. So the idea that you start from 4% today and you achieve 80 or 50 in 2050 simply means that you do not care about the lives of those who will be devastated in this period, until you pick up the pace.” — Lumumba Di-Aping, chief negotiator of the G77, COP15, Source On May 9, 2013, concentrations of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the global atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in human history, the highest since the Pliocene. (The daily average for May 9, 2013 was 400.03 ppm) It is slightly ironic that 350.org succeeded so brilliantly in the complete pacification of a global civil society by promoting 350 ppm as a “safe operating limit for humanity.” Thus, the message so skillfully projected/orchestrated in tandem with media, that global citizens were not/are not in any immediate danger, provided the means to further destroy our shared environment in order to allow the very economic structure systemically destroying all life on Earth to continue unabashed. The message that can be summarized as “continue as you were” was (and continues to be) in stark contrast to the message laid out to humanity in 1988. At the Changing Atmosphere conference in 1988, in Toronto, Canada, scientists, politicians and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) acknowledged the following: “The stabilizing of the atmospheric concentrations of CO2 is an imperative goal. It is currently estimated to require reductions of more than 50 per cent from present [1988] emission levels. Energy research and development budgets must be massively directed to energy options which would eliminate or greatly reduce CO2 emissions and to studies undertaken to further refine the target reductions.” [In 1988 the average CO2 atmospheric concentration was 351.56 ppm.] They warned that: “Humanity is conducting an unintended, uncontrolled, globally pervasive experiment, whose ultimate consequences are second only to global nuclear war.” Yet the non-profit industrial complex (in which both 350.org and its partner Ceres play leading roles) would have us believe that 25 years (over a quarter of a century) later, with atmospheric carbon emissions having exceeded 400 ppm, with planetary boundaries being surpassed, irreversible feedbacks having been set into motion, disappearing Arctic sea ice, ocean acidification, mass species eradication/extinctions, and hundreds of thousands of climate-related deaths each and every passing year, we can still afford to keep burning fossil fuels under the guise of “clean” energy and so-called carbon “budgets.” “350 ppm is a death sentence.… The safe level of CO2 for SIDS (Small Island Developing States) is around 260 parts per million.… CO2 buildup must be reversed, not allowed to increase or even be stabilized at 350 ppm, which would amount to a death sentence for coral reefs, small island developing states, and billions of people living along low lying coastlines.” — Scientific & Technical Briefing to the Association of Small Island States (AOSIS), United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen, Denmark, December 7-18, 2009 [1] The NPIC Stop the KXL (Keystone XL pipeline extension) campaign qualifies as a brilliant and strategic, albeit suicidal, Trojan horse. Simultaneously, the campaign led by 350.org paved the way for our collective denialism to be embraced and embellished. For the past five years this multi-million-dollar campaign was relentless in the quest to ensure it was perceived as the key most important struggle in our climate struggle. Who can forget James Hansen referring to the KXL project as “the fuse to the largest carbon bomb on the planet” and “game over” for the climate? All while dialogue on consumption/growth fetish, industrialized capitalism, militarism, Fukushima/nuclear, transition to a plant-based diet, rapidly destabilizing methane hydrates (literal carbon bombs) and Warren Buffett’s newfound rail dynasty now transporting the same tar sands oil via bomb trains, was nowhere to be found. The focus on a single pipeline granted the American populace full permission to ignore the urgent need to connect the dots, as the window for any possible climate mitigation finally closed. Keep the economy growing was the underlying message. The chosen discourse, that of 350 ppm as our global target (the maximum / uppermost limit) was and remains an excellent way to avoid facing the fact that only by achieving virtual zero carbon emissions can the planet even begin to cool (cooling that would not even begin for centuries, if not thousands of years, after zero was achieved). Not to worry, once atmospheric CO2 reaches unfathomable numbers and the “target” of 350 ppm begins to sound ridiculous, 350.org et al will simply move on to the 400.org campaign. It’s already established and waiting in the virtual wings. [http://400.350.org/] Above screenshot: 400.org campaign. It’s already established and waiting in the virtual wings. [http://400.350.org/] Chalk up the bizarre fact that there appears to be no anger by the public whatsoever in response to this highly-financed recklessness and disregard for life. This is no doubt due to a lifetime of obedience, passivity, subservience and indoctrination – much of it hammered home, drilled into the ever more vacant minds, by the non-profit industrial complex itself. That being said, people will get mad as hell when the grocery store shelves go empty. Of course, that will be far too late. “Even more disturbing is new research from Ballantyne, Axford et al. which says that during the Pliocene epoch, when CO2 levels were ~400 ppm, Arctic surface temperatures were 15-20°C warmer than today’s surface temperatures. They suggest that much of the surface warming likely was due to ice-free conditions in the Arctic.” [Source] Today, the Arctic sea ice is declining at an unprecedented speed. “Very soon we may experience the iconic moment when, one day in the summer, we look at satellite images and see no sea-ice coverage in the Arctic, just open water” (McKie, 2012). To clarify, only by achieving virtual zero carbon emissions can the planet even begin to cool. [“In fact, only in the case of essentially complete elimination of emissions can the atmospheric concentration of CO2 ultimately be stabilised at a constant level.” [http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/faq-10-3.html] The concept of the “carbon budget” (legitimized by the Carbon Tracker et al reports, Bill McKibben (350.org) and the liberal left at large) is nothing more than a crafted mechanism that serves the reckless illusion that global society can continue to “safely burn” fossil fuels for many more decades. Ignore the fact that a “release of up to 50 Gt of predicted amount of hydrate storage [is] highly possible for abrupt release at any time”. [N. Shakhova, I. Semiletov, A. Salyuk, D. Kosmach, 2008] No, the mounting climate emergency is not today. Rather, it’s only a problem that we can put off dealing with until 30 years from now. (The so-called carbon budget will be discussed further in this report). Apathy is slowly consuming the last vestiges of our humanity – we are slowly drowning in a sea of indifference. Today, more than 25 years after the Changing Atmosphere conference in 1988, CO2 emissions have reached an all-time high. As corporate profits and corporate power have soared – so have emissions. The global community must acknowledge that the industrialized capitalist economic system cannot ensure our survival – it can only ensure our certain demise. Ignoring the Fact that the Oligarchs Finance the “Movements” The following excerpts [Further reading: Keystone XL: The Art of NGO Discourse – Part 1V \| Buffett Acquires the Non-Profit Industrial Complex] serve as an example of how the oligarchs fund the movements. During the last four years, Americans have been coerced into focusing on a single, symbolic campaign to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline. This campaign was funded in large part by the Tides Foundation, which distributes the funds (from other foundations) to qualifying NGOs and groups. The number one funder of the Tides Foundation leading up to and during this time period was none other than the NoVo Foundation, founded on monies provided by Warren Buffett. [“NoVo was created in 2006 after Warren Buffett pledged to donate 350,000 shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock to the foundation.”] It is maintained by Warren Buffett’s son, Peter Buffett (co-chair) and partner Jennifer Buffett (president and co-chair). “Anonymity is very important to most of the people we work with.” — Drummond Pike, Founder of Tides Drummond Pike founded Tides Foundation in 1976 [2]; the Tides Center in 1996 [3], the Advocacy Fund in 1994, Groundspring.org in 1999; Tides Inc. in 2003 [4], Tides Shared Spaces/Tides Two Rivers Foundation in 2004; and the Tides Network in 2006. [5] By 2010, the combined cash flow of Tides regularly exceeded $200 million per year. Pike served as Chief Executive Officer of all Tides organizations until November 2010. [Source] Pike received an annual base compensation of $240,000 (2010) according to the 2010 Tides Foundation 990. More recently, Pike was named a Principal with Equilibrium Capital (a private equity impact investing firm based in Portland – the very kind promoted by 350.org’s divestment campaign. (“Distribution and Sales: We raise and scale institutional-quality capital”) According to Tides, Pike is also volunteering time with Paladin Partners, LLC. Paladin Partners provides financial plans, consulting services, and investment services. Pike currently serves on the Board of Directors of Working Assets, which he co-founded with Michael Kieschnick and Laura Scher. CREDO Mobile is a division of Working Assets. Prior to co-founding Credo Mobile (formerly known as Working Assets Wireless), Kieschnick served at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Kieschnick also served as an economic advisor to Gov. Jerry Brown of California (1980–1982), and helped create several “socially responsible” investment (SRI) funds [Wikipedia], again, the same SRI funds promoted by the 350.org divestment campaign. Photo: REVEL 2011 Awardee Naomi Klein with Michael Kieschnick. Michael Kieschnick is a co-founder (with Drummond Pike of Tides) and president of Credo Mobile. Image: Rainforest Action Network via Flickr. Rainforest Action Network’s ultra white and ultra elite annual benefit REVEL event. [6] The Tides Foundation could be described as a priceless, magical, money-funneling machine of epic proportion for the oligarchs. It receives money from donors and then distributes these funds to the recipients of their choice. In this way, donors can strategically fund specific campaigns or specific organizations without ever disclosing their identities. These transactions are called “Anonymous Donor Advised Funds” or simply “Donor Advised Funds.” (Many such transactions are documented in the information that follows. The NoVo Foundation grants to Tides – both Tides Foundation and the Tides Center). The Tides Foundation focuses on fundraising and grant-making, while the Tides Center operates as a fiscal sponsor (“to promote and support emerging social change and educational programs”), enticing novice NGOs with the shelter of Tides’ own charitable tax-exempt status, and other desirable/coveted benefits. The far-right website, Activist Cash, is perceptive in their following observation: “Tides does two things better than any other foundation or charity in the U.S. today: it routinely obscures the sources of its tax-exempt millions, and makes it difficult (if not impossible) to discern how the funds are actually being used…. In practice, ‘Tides’ behaves less like a philanthropy than a money-laundering enterprise… taking money from other foundations and spending it as the donor requires. Called donor-advised giving, this pass-through funding vehicle provides public-relations insulation for the money’s original donors. By using Tides to funnel its capital, a large public charity can indirectly fund a project with which it would prefer not to be directly identified in public…. In many cases, even the eventual recipient of the funding has no idea how Tides got it in the first place. This fits the Buffett to NoVo to Tides to 350.org et al transactions – to a T. As the following information will demonstrate, money (in the form of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway stock) was funnelled from Warren Buffett, to the Buffett family’s NoVo Foundation, to Tides, and finally to selected NGOs who led the Stop the Keystone XL campaign, which played a key role in Warren Buffett achieving his 21st century rail empire, thus brilliantly demonstrating the need for covert funding of highly financed “movements.” Of course, these are not real movements but merely highly financed campaigns presented as “grassroots” movements. The sources of the funding (the wealthy elite, corporations, unions, other foundations, etc.) are “giving” the funds for specific reasons, campaigns and purposes – as the Buffett-NoVo-Tides transaction so clearly demonstrates. Thus, philanthropy should not be considered unbridled generosity, rather it should be considered strategic, long-term investment and tax evasion under the cloak of good will. Further, without an insider and/or documents, it’s almost impossible to follow the money, which is exactly why foundations are so imperative to the oligarchs that finance them to the tune of billions of dollars every year. In 2010, the Keystone XL pipeline was pushed to the forefront by the non-profit industrial complex, in tandem with both mainstream and so-called progressive media, to become the main focus of the anti-tar sands campaign and indeed, the climate movement as a whole. While it deliberately and strategically captured the full attention of the populace, billionaire Warren Buffett, financial advisor to Barrack Obama, quietly built his 21st century rail dynasty and started shipping tar sands oil by rail with absolutely no dissent or interference. All eyes were on one single pipeline, which was, for the most part, already built. In keeping with reality, perhaps it is necessary to outline the fact that Tides, recipient of millions of dollars (approximately $26 million since 2004) via the Buffett family’s NoVo Foundation, in turn, also channels hundreds of thousands of dollars into Ceres, with grants spiking up to and during the peak years of the Keystone XL campaign (years 2009, 1010 and 2011). (As disclosed previously, in 2010, Tides granted $150,000 to Ceres, with $100,000 of these funds specifically earmarked for a “tar sands campaign.” [Tides 990, 2010] As well, in 2008 Ceres received $50,000 from Wallace Global, also designated for a tar sands campaign.) [TIDES FUNDS TO CERES (LIST OF GRANTEES): 2011, $120,000 \| 2010, $150,000 \| 2009, $100,000 \| 2006, $17,500 \| 2004, $25,000.00] It is of interest to note that Suzanne Nossel, former Executive Director of Amnesty International USA and trusted instrument of American hegemony, serves on Tides Board of Directors. On October 1, 2012, in the article “Amnesty Coup,” author Jay Taber writes: “As an experienced advocate for neoliberal coercion to achieve American hegemony, she has taken an aggressive pro-war stance over the last decade, including the US invasion of Iraq and the NATO bombing of Libya.” All while: “Gary D. Schwartz joins NoVo after fifteen years of service at Tides. He was the founder of the Tides’ New York office and served in many different capacities during his tenure there including Interim CEO before departing in 2014.” [Source] The interlocking directorate contagion continues to thrive in the non-profit industrial complex. Next: Part VIII [Cory Morningstar is an independent investigative journalist, writer and environmental activist, focusing on global ecological collapse and political analysis of the non-profit industrial complex. She resides in Canada. Her recent writings can be found on Wrong Kind of Green, The Art of Annihilation, Counterpunch, Political Context, Canadians for Action on Climate Change and Countercurrents. Her writing has also been published by Bolivia Rising and Cambio, the official newspaper of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. You can follow her on twitter @elleprovocateur]	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2854
__label__wiki	0.932906	0.932906	'Daddy!': Soldier surprises his son by hiding in ice cream truck Updated: 1:51 PM EDT Aug 8, 2019 A soldier surprised his 7-year-old son in an unforgettable way.U.S. Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Todd Ballantine showed up in an ice cream truck to greet his son, Caydan, after serving in Kuwait for six months."Unforgettable for both of us," Ballantine said.Ballantine had a Mr. Ding-A-Ling ice cream truck help him with his plan, and he wore his uniform and hid in the truck as Caydan put in his order.Tap the video above to find out more about how the momentous greeting happened. KEESEVILLE, N.Y. — A soldier surprised his 7-year-old son in an unforgettable way. U.S. Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Todd Ballantine showed up in an ice cream truck to greet his son, Caydan, after serving in Kuwait for six months. "Unforgettable for both of us," Ballantine said. Ballantine had a Mr. Ding-A-Ling ice cream truck help him with his plan, and he wore his uniform and hid in the truck as Caydan put in his order. Tap the video above to find out more about how the momentous greeting happened.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2855
__label__wiki	0.529417	0.529417	船舶与航空 Boat International US Edition July 2019 ShowBoats International is the leading magazine for big boat owners in the North American market. Since its launch in 1983 it has established itself as the indispensable guide for discerning, affluent buyers in the multi-billion dollar luxury yacht market. Published 10 times a year from Fort Lauderdale, the heart of the US luxury yachting community, Showboats International is the most authoritative voice, providing the best in luxury yachting and brokerage, written and photographed by the world's leading yachting journalists. Boat International Media 出版周期: 购买期刊 10 期号 Huge, heartfelt congratulations to everyone who picked up a Neptune at the BOAT International 2019 World Superyacht Awards in May (page 67). These highly coveted accolades are judged by an elite panel of current and former superyacht owners, who bring hundreds of years of combined experience to the table. 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In spite of the fairly benign forecast, the wind has whipped the ocean into a lumpy mess. The Ocean Alexander 45 Divergence takes it all in its stride though, and as it makes contact with the hard water again and again, there are no vibrations – at least of the bad kind. Quite a few carbon fiber accents, including on the dash, amp up the cool factor, but most of the boat and hardtop is fiberglass and resin. Ocean Alexander builds the boat on Merritt Island, Florida, where it also manufactures its 70e Motoryacht, using vacuum infusion. The process reduces airborne pollution, and on the construction side results in lighter, stronger hulls with consistent thickness. As we pick up speed I try to take… artistic allies LILY GABRIELLA Raised between her native Brazil and Monaco, Lily Gabriella Elia was exposed to beautiful jewels in her childhood, courtesy of the impressive collection belonging to her grandmother, the philanthropist Lily Safra. 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__label__cc	0.583585	0.416415	Mental Health / Evaluation of the national mental health strategy Promotion and prevention Page last updated: December 1997 Promotion and prevention is one of the overarching aims of the National Mental Health Strategy. A number of measures are advocated, designed to "...promote the mental health of the Australian community and, where possible, prevent the development of mental health problems and mental disorders."1 The measures proposed are based on a combination of: community education to reduce ignorance and stigma; secondary and tertiary prevention strategies to minimise the impact of mental illness when it occurs; and research. The Strategy's approach acknowledges that society's attitude to mental health affects the impact of mental illness on the individual. The intended outcome is that " those with mental disorders will be ... better understood, less feared, less discriminated against and have better access to community life." 1 The Strategy also accepted that little evidence is available to show that primary prevention is effective for 'most severe problems and mental disorders'. It therefore placed greater emphasis on early intervention and rehabilitation as preventive strategies. A number of national initiatives have been taken to progress mental health promotion objectives. The Community Awareness Program was the most ambitious. Commencing in 1995, it comprised a series of media advertisements promoting the message of 'mental illness is like any other illness.' This was backed up by the distribution of pamphlets, posters and other educational materials, along with the positioning of billboards in prominent locations in the several capital cities. In the primary prevention area, limited initiatives were taken, mainly centred on allocation of funds to the National Health and Medical Research Council to strengthen the mental health research profile. (See Table 7) Early intervention has been given greater focus by the Strategy. Community- based crisis teams are becoming more widespread. 'Early psychosis' services have been established in several locations, with the aim of reducing the long term impact of these disorders. In a related initiative, the Commonwealth has made available $31 million to be targeted at reducing suicide in youth. The Area Case Studies suggest there is little health promotion at the service delivery level. Local activities tend to be 'one off', centred around Mental Health Week and Schizophrenia Awareness Week. Negligible activity of a primary prevention type is conducted. Feedback from the national and local area consultations suggest that only marginal gains have been made in promoting mental health issues in the community. Strong support was expressed for the Community Awareness Program and its impact on raising awareness of mental health issues. Its major achievements were the validating effect it had on consumers, as well as the written materials, which continue to be used extensively by many community groups. The overwhelming feedback was the campaign made no inroads to changing community attitudes or behaviour towards people with mental illness. Consumers report that stigma and discrimination remain at the high level that existed prior to the Strategy. Opportunities for local groups to coordinate promotional activity with the national campaign were missed. The campaign also was not appropriate for a range of groups, including people from non-English speaking backgrounds and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. For mental health service providers, promotion work is a low priority. Defining what is expected of service providers, and the relative roles of primary health care in promoting broader mental health issues, is needed. On a positive level, better outcomes were reported when services targeted action at sections of the local community which, as a result of their attitudes, created difficulties for mentally ill people. Special campaigns of this type would benefit from national support in the form of educational materials, advice or funds. Overall, there is a need to take the national initiatives on mental health promotion to the next stage. The committee believes that targeted projects, rather than broad use of media campaigns, will give the best returns. On prevention issues, the Strategy is reported by national stakeholders to have had no obvious impact on the incidence or prevalence of mental disorders. Lack of relevant data on the extent of mental disorders in the community prevents validation of this view, but given no significant primary prevention programs have been conducted under the Strategy, there is little reason to challenge it. National direction in the area of primary prevention is needed for several reasons. First, mental health services need to be guided in clarifying responsibilities. Confusion is apparent as to what constitutes primary prevention and what, if any, activities may be effective within their sphere of control. From the providers' perspective, conflicting messages are communicated by the Strategy when it simultaneously urges primary prevention and prioritisation of 'serious mental illness' Second, the Strategy needs to define and stimulate development of special programs for 'at risk' groups. As indicated earlier, a range of special needs groups has been identified in the professional literature. Third, support for primary care providers, particularly general practitioners, is needed to assist them in working with people 'at risk' of developing mental illnesses. Fourth, the National Strategy provides the best vehicle to take a position of 'moral leadership' to emphasise that all segments of Australian society share a responsibility for fostering and promoting well being. Exploratory work is needed to identify how this role can be used most effectively in promoting a public health approach to mental health. In the area of early intervention, there are three important observations arising from this evaluation. First, the 'culture of early intervention' is welcomed by consumers and carers but seen to be too limited in its distribution across mental health services. The approaches promoted in the new 'early psychosis' programs have relevance to all people who experience a mental illness, regardless of the type of illness or whether they are suffering their first or a subsequent episode. Second, the use of the term 'serious mental illness' has paradoxically inhibited early intervention where it could be effective. Many consumers reported being refused admission to care because they did not meet the (unspecified) serious mental illness criteria, only to experience a full relapse shortly afterward. There are critical training implications for providers in this finding. Finally, the expansion of extended hours services in the community is valued by all stakeholders and seen to have increased the availability of early intervention services. The main issue is that such services are still only available to the minority of Australians who suffer a mental illness. Table 7: Prevention and promotion policy objectives Table 7 is presented as a list in this HTML version for accessibility reasons. It is presented as a table in the PDF version. To develop programs which educate the public on mental disorders, including those initiated through mainstream health promotion activities. To develop and evaluate primary, secondary and tertiary preventive programs as an essential component of all care provided for people at risk of mental disorder. Source: National Mental Health Policy, 1992 Approach to the evaluation Consumer and carer rights Service mix Appendix 1: Details of evaluation research components Appendix 2: Summary of progress against national mental health strategy objectives	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2857
__label__cc	0.690394	0.309606	Thank you all! Next rally, October 3rd, Customs house. - A festival of Freedom! PLEASE SCROLL TO THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA FOR THE YELLOW VEST IRELAND PRIVACY POLICY. What follows is a brief introduction to privacy policies, and the legislation that underpins them. Here some info on privacy policies for those of a curious disposition. https://www.privacypolicies.com/blog/gdpr-privacy-policy/ Here’s the GDPR (general data protection law) regulations from the EU (which has massive fines, and imprisonment, as punishment for non compliance) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02016R0679-20160504 Of particular interest to anyone may be article 83 in the above document, which outlines grounds for fines: General conditions for imposing administrative fines Each supervisory authority shall ensure that the imposition of administrative fines pursuant to this Article in respect of infringements of this Regulation referred to in paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 shall in each individual case be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Administrative fines shall, depending on the circumstances of each individual case, be imposed in addition to, or instead of, measures referred to in points (a) to (h) and (j) of Article 58(2). 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__label__wiki	0.745725	0.745725	Blunt Force Yoga True Crime Memoir 7. Under Color of Law Dana’s case was unfolding in a climate of retaliation, intimidation, coverups, and malignant incompetence by public officials backed by public institutions. The story of Judge Judith L. Meyer offers a telling example. Judge Meyer signed the first search warrant in Dana’s case. Later, in 2017, in open court, Judge Meyer criticized Detective Johnson for botching a different murder investigation. At the time, Judge Meyer said the behavior of Long Beach detectives in the case was “appalling and unethical and inappropriate.” Her words were quoted in the Long Beach Press-Telegram in an article by Jeremiah Dobruck published on April 23, 2018. This botched murder investigation began in 2010 when Johnson and his partner were assigned to the case of a young man gunned down in the street near his home. Angie Christides, prosecutor from the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office, complained to her supervisors that Johnson and his partner “were involved in a series of either blunders or intentional omissions during the investigation.” Christides reportedly recommended adding Johnson to the “Brady list,” a list of police officers whose credibility is subject to court review because they have knowingly lied in an official capacity. Johnson’s superiors defended him, blaming the prosecutor for mistakes in the case. Johnson retaliated against the prosecutor by filing a complaint with the State Bar of California. Meanwhile, police officers paid a private visit to Judge Meyer. In a secret letter dated the same day the Press-Telegram report was published, Judge Meyer recanted her criticism and vouched for the integrity of the detectives. A report by Dobruck and Kelly Puente published in the Long Beach Post on April 18, 2019, quoted one local attorney’s reaction to this private visit from police: “They basically went into the judge’s chambers with documents in their hands to try to convince her that she made a mistake, and they did this in order to save their credibility. Why would you do it in this fashion if not to intimidate? This speaks to the level they will go to protect themselves.” LBPost.com A visit from Long Beach police can make even a well-respected superior court judge change her tune. To salvage the credibility of Detective Johnson, top brass went to bat for him, putting the integrity and credibility of the entire police department on the line. These facts illuminate what happened next with Dana’s case. My heartsick parents and I had just left the hospital after the meeting with the social worker and nurse who explained Dana’s injuries. We were grappling with the disturbing impression that my sister had died under suspicious circumstances. Huck wanted us to follow him home. He and my brother were ahead of us in Dana’s car. A small army of police officers in front of Dana’s house was a welcome sight. Flashing lights lit up the block in red and blue. I thought the good guys had arrived. Officers asked Huck to remain in the driveway as they waited for the search warrant and homicide detectives Todd Johnson and Roger Zottneck. Huck kept talking about the home’s awesome surveillance system and “smart home” electronic features. My brother later told me he thought Huck should keep his mouth shut. If Huck would be arrested, Stephen wanted it to be on suspicion of murder, not because Huck said something insulting to police. Huck bragged that his cameras recorded everything happening in and around his house. Police became very interested in the surveillance system. Later, I would write to the Long Beach Citizen Police Complaint Commission: “Police investigators focused on the cameras to the exclusion of everything else. Police were willfully blind to homicide evidence that was right in front of their eyes.” CPCC complaint (pdf) That night, homicide detectives placed an evidence marker near a pair of shoes Huck had worn. The shoes were in the dining area, next to one of the orange chairs, far from the yoga room. Just inches from the marker, blood evidence is clearly visible. Blood spatter can be seen on a chair leg. A streak of blood runs down the chair back. Police photos taken in the master bath show a dark trail on the floor running from the bathroom door and into the room. I suspect Dana was in the bathroom when she was bludgeoned in the back of her head. Markings on the concrete floor suggest that, at some point in the attack, Dana’s bleeding head was near the bathroom door, and she was dragged toward the shower. Reddish-brown tread prints from Birkenstock sandals can be seen on the bathroom floor, too. In home-surveillance videos, Huck can be seen wearing Birkenstock sandals prior to changing his clothes and taking the dog for a walk. The resolution of the police photos is high enough to show no hair on the bathroom floor. Having hair like Dana’s, I’m confident that the only time when not a single strand of hair can be found on the bathroom floor is immediately after the floor has been cleaned. I suspect Huck tried to clean the bloodstains off the floor in the master bath but was unable to remove them completely. To further disguise the bloodstains, he coated the floor with decorative stain. He had applied decorative stain to concrete surfaces throughout the house in the past, as noted in the This Old House article (pdf) about the kitchen remodel. Despite visible blood in the dining area and suspicious stains in the master bath, homicide detectives failed to test chemically for the presence of blood anywhere in the house that night. In police photos, more than one dozen dumbbells are clearly visible in the yoga room. Later, it occurred to me that the hexagonal edges of the dumbbells might match what the nurse had told us about Dana’s scalp laceration being shaped like an upside-down letter L, accompanied by two points of impact to her skull that were about an inch apart. Police photos show other possible weapons in the house, such as a dumbbell seemingly out of place near the kitchen hutch, a set of golf clubs in the garage, and a wrist-rocket slingshot with a plastic bag of marbles and metal ball bearings on the floor of the master bedroom next to Huck’s nightstand. Police photos also show State Farm life-insurance papers on the dining table. Police removed the surveillance DVR and Dana’s iPad from the house, along with some of Huck’s clothes. Notably, the orange t-shirt Huck had worn for much of the morning on March 3 was not obtained by police. We couldn’t understand why police didn’t take Huck’s computer, iPad, and multiple phones, too. That night, Detective Johnson talked to my dad and brother, assuring them that Huck was totally innocent. Johnson said he had searched the house thoroughly and didn’t find anything suspicious. A guy would have to be crazy to kill his wife with so many cameras in his house. We thought Johnson might be playing a game to make Huck think he had been cleared. We thought, surely, the police would aggressively investigate. We were wrong. Johnson had decided right then and there that Dana had died in a yoga accident. Later, I spoke to one of Johnson’s former partners who told me Johnson had a reputation for reaching hasty conclusions about cases. More experienced investigators like Zottneck were paired with Johnson to make him slow down and do things by the book. Zottneck was weary of this in 2014. He went on leave soon after Dana’s death. Huck wasn’t arrested. The next day at the hospital, he seemed ecstatic. He retained all rights as Dana’s next of kin. He signed papers authorizing the harvesting of her vital organs for donation. He informed us that Dana would be cremated as soon as possible. He would have her ashes tattooed into his skin. He knew people with cremains tattoos, he told us, and thought it was cool. He planned to mix Dana’s leftover ashes with the ashes of her long-dead dog, a Vizsla named Roger. We thought this plan macabre and insulting to Dana, but we had no legal standing to prevent Huck from doing whatever he wished. We decided to appear to go along with him while trying to talk him out of it. Eventually, my dad struck a bargain by agreeing to pay all mortuary and memorial expenses in exchange for half of Dana’s ashes. Even in death, I thought, Huck was holding her hostage, calculating her ransom. Dana’s case had become a coroner’s case. Once a hospital patient is declared dead and falls under the coroner’s jurisdiction, laws protect the integrity of a homicide investigation. For example, the person’s entire body along with his or her clothing, whether removed from or still on the body, becomes evidence belonging to the coroner. Doctors officially pronounced Dana dead on March 6, 2014. That afternoon, my parents and brother returned to Denver. After they left, Huck left the hospital, too, and, as far as I know, never returned to see Dana. I would stay in Long Beach for as long as Dana was in the hospital, and longer to ensure receipt of half of Dana’s ashes from the mortuary. Dana remained in her hospital bed as her organs were tested and prepared for harvesting surgery, which was scheduled for March 8. During the afternoon on March 6, a nurse came into Dana’s room and we briefly talked. She told me a doctor who had treated Dana in the emergency room was nearby in the ICU. I asked her to find out if the doctor would be willing to talk to me. The nurse brought him into the room and closed the door behind her. The doctor told me Dana’s case hit close to home for him. His wife was Dana’s age and was a yoga practitioner, too. He was on his way to his son’s baseball game shortly after treating Dana when he called police. He spoke to an officer he knew whose name was Moore, I think, but perhaps it was Moody. The officer asked if Dana might have been hit with a baseball bat. The doctor said, yes, her injuries were consistent with being hit with a bat. When the doctor heard organ harvesting had been approved, he knew Huck had gotten away with the perfect crime. In the doctor’s experience, organ harvesting would not be allowed unless authorities had decided not to pursue a homicide investigation. The coroner’s office had approved the harvesting of Dana’s organs by a company called One Legacy. Later, I learned from afiling in a civil lawsuit that, at the time of Dana’s death, the L.A. County Coroner’s Office had disturbingly close ties with One Legacy. A whistleblower retaliation suit filed on May 10, 2017, by coroner investigator Denise Bertone reads in part: “One Legacy is a private non-profit organization that is the only organ and tissue harvesting company in Southern California, and has significant influence over the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Department. One Legacy has unfettered access to the Coroner Department’s private crypt, which it monitors on a daily basis to examine decedents in order to identify target donors. One Legacy also has complete access to the Department’s secure computer system, from which it obtains next of kin contact information to obtain authorization for harvesting. In addition, the Department has an insurance policy, purchased by One Legacy, for legal claims relating to organ and tissue donations. One Legacy is required to obtain consent from a Coroner Department doctor before it can harvest the decedent’s organs or tissue. Certain doctors in the Department never refuse consent, so One Legacy can always obtain consent to harvest if it asks certain doctors in the Department, even in cases where it is critical to preserve the decedents’ bodies for homicide investigations.” Denise Bertone v. County of Los Angeles Bertone’s lawsuit stemmed from a troubling incident in 2013 involving the death of a boy. According to the filing: “Before the boy died, he had entered a coma after being submerged in a washing machine. The boy was then taken to a hospital where One Legacy obtained consent from his guardians to have his organs harvested for donation after his cardiac death. …While the boy was still alive, he was taken off the ventilator, but then continued to gasp for air, and did not go into cardiac arrest. When the boy failed to go into cardiac arrest, the attending physician administered 500 micrograms of Fentanyl—a strong narcotic—to the boy with the purpose of inducing his death while the harvesting team was waiting in the operating room. After the 500 micrograms of Fentanyl were administered, the boy went into cardiac arrest and died, after which One Legacy harvested his organs.” Bertone contends L.A. County Coroner Dr. Mark Fajardo closed the investigation into the boy’s death in October 2013, falsely stating on the death certificate that the boy died due to consequences of “near drowning” rather than fentanyl. Bertone claims Fajardo told her he had no doubt the boy was killed for his organs, but “you just can’t say that.” Further, Fajardo allegedly warned Bertone: “While you work for me, you will never criticize One Legacy.” It’s a shocking case in which, allegedly, the coroner was willing to overlook homicide for the sake of extracting a child’s organs. I can’t help but wonder whether the coroner’s office was as forgiving and organ-hungry in Dana’s case. Except for her ruined brain, Dana was remarkably healthy. One Legacy took and transplanted her heart, liver, kidneys, lungs, and more. Sick and dying people benefited incalculably from Dana’s gifts. Still, I don’t think Fajardo or One Legacy should pat themselves on the back. Considering their cozy, ghoulish relationship, it’s likely that the coroner’s office prioritized harvesting Dana’s organs over seeking justice for her. She was a defenseless victim of crime, and instead of advocating on her behalf, Los Angeles County stripped her for parts. She could not have foreseen this when she opted to be an organ donor on her driver’s license. The day Dana’s organs were taken, March 8, 2014, was a Saturday. On Sunday, I called the coroner’s office to ask what would happen next. I was worried that Huck, as next of kin, could refuse to let her body be autopsied. The person I talked to assured me the autopsy would happen and suggested I call back on Monday. On Monday, March 10, I was told Dana’s body had not been received by the coroner’s office. The hospital told me Dana was no longer there. Where was she? At 11 a.m., I visited the headquarters of the Long Beach Police Department. I asked to speak to the detective in homicide who was handling the case of Dana Jones. The officer at the information window looked up Dana’s name in a computer and said there was no record of any case. I told him a dozen or more patrol cars and investigators had spent hours at Dana’s house on the night of March 4. Officers had conducted a door-to-door canvas of her street. The officer told me he could find no police record of a call to Dana’s address ever. He gave me the phone number for the homicide desk. I called homicide and spoke to a woman who did not recognize the name Dana Jones. She asked if I meant someone named Perez. I repeated the name Dana Jones. The woman made a sound of recognition and said Detective Johnson would be the person to talk to, but detectives aren’t in on Mondays. I left my name and number and told her I wanted to meet with Johnson in person if possible. Johnson had done nothing to advance the homicide investigation. The reason why no one could find information about Dana’s case is because Johnson had decided there was no case. He had dropped it. Later, I learned that a woman named Kristie Perez had been murdered by her husband, who in turn had killed himself. Johnson and Zottneck had been assigned to the Perez case. This murder-suicide happened on March 6, 2014, two days after Johnson and Zottneck had been assigned to Dana’s case. Worried that Dana’s body had gone missing and police couldn’t care less, I drove to the coroner’s office in Boyle Heights near downtown Los Angeles. The building looked familiar to me from movies and TV. It’s a famous brick edifice built in 1909 known as the “Old Administration Building.” To me, it looked like a haunted building in a scary part of town. At 1:15 p.m., I inquired at the information desk about the location of my dead sister’s remains. Dana’s body was not in the possession of the coroner’s office at that time, I was told, and no investigator had been assigned to her case. I asked to be notified when an investigator was assigned. I stayed off the freeway as I drove slowly back to Long Beach. I was glad to sit in traffic because it seemed to be the only normal thing. I couldn’t understand why no one cared about Dana. No one was even mildly curious. It was as if women died of alleged yoga-induced head trauma every minute of every day. At 1:58 p.m., Detective Johnson called me. I pulled into a parking lot. We spoke for 25 minutes and 46 seconds. Johnson told me he had seen surveillance video from Dana’s house. It backed up Huck’s story, he claimed. No further investigation was pursued. I argued with Johnson. I told him that if he looked, he would find a mountain of incriminating evidence. I knew this because I knew Huck. Johnson claimed that too much time had passed for police to go back to the scene and look for things they had missed. He said Huck already had too much time to think up answers to possible police questions. Johnson said he could not question Huck any further because he would “lawyer up.” The only way he could make an arrest, he said, was if Huck came in and confessed. Johnson said Dana had a previous head injury from a yoga fall in Hawaii. Huck had told him all about it. I explained that it wasn’t a yoga fall, Dana hadn’t hit her head, and she hadn’t been to Hawaii in years. Johnson dismissed everything I said. He sounded amused, as if it was a game, as if it was hilarious that I was upset. I kept saying, “Oh my God.” Oh my God, Huck was getting away with murder. That night, I typed up my notes about the conversation and emailed them to my dad’s lawyer in Denver. The next day, I cut-and-pasted most of these notes into an official complaint (pdf) addressed to the Long Beach Citizen Police Complaint Commission. A few hours after we spoke on the phone, Johnson filed his first report about Dana’s case. Six days had passed since he had searched Dana’s house. The report is brief, fewer than 400 words. I will quote it all. On March 10, 2014, at 4:32 p.m., Johnson wrote: “On March 4, 2014, I (Detective Johnson) was contacted by Sergeant Richens regarding a suspicious accidental fall of a female, later identified as Dana Jones that occurred on March 3, 2014, at approximately 0945 hours at 7053 Stearns Street. Sergeant Richens further advised that Jones is on a ventilator and has no brain activity and the family plans to harvest the body.” Johnson’s One Legacy report (pdf) It’s telling that Johnson mischaracterizes the nature of the investigation from the outset as a “suspicious accidental fall.” Other police reports filed prior to Johnson’s characterize the case as a possible assault with a deadly weapon. Even the police photos begin with a title card reading in part, “poss 187 pc,” or “possible homicide,” referencing the statute number pertaining to homicide in the California penal code. Why did Johnson deceptively mischaracterize the nature of the case in his report? Notice, too, Johnson’s claim that Richens told him “the family plans to harvest the body.” On March 3 and 4, we knew nothing about plans to “harvest the body.” Not even Huck mentioned it. During this time, doctors were still running tests to confirm brain death before Dana could be declared dead. It wasn’t until March 5, the day after Johnson proclaimed Huck totally innocent, that my parents, brother, and I heard anything about organ donation. None of the other officers mentioned organ donation in their reports, not Richens, and not Moody, who had interviewed hospital personnel. Johnson wrote in his report: “Jones was doing Yoga in the northeast bedroom when her husband Cain Finn Jones heard a crash.” Johnson states this as if it’s true. It’s the story Huck told. Without testing or questioning it, Johnson endorses Huck’s dubious claim as fact. I should explain that “Cain Finn Jones” is one of Huck’s names. When they were married, Huck’s name was Carl Lynn Jenkins. After his stepfather Rusty Jenkins died, Huck changed his name to Cain Finn Jones in 2010. At the time, Dana and Huck had been married for 10 years. He was a middle-aged man. We thought it odd that Huck suddenly insisted on taking the surname Jones. Dana bristled at the name Cain. She told Huck it was an unfortunate choice for a contractor because, in the Bible, Cain was a murderer who died when the house he had built for himself collapsed on him. Five months after Dana’s death, Huck changed his name to Kane Finn Kealoha. Detective Johnson apparently found nothing suspicious about these name changes. In his report, Johnson wrote regarding Huck: “He checked the surrounding yards thinking the crash sound came from outside. He eventually went into the room where his wife was doing Yoga and found her on her back on the concrete floor. He put his hand behind her head and felt blood. He called for Long Beach Fire. They arrived and treated her injury and transported her to St. Mary’s Hospital.” When I talked to him on the phone, Johnson told me he had studied the surveillance video. But if he had, he would have known Huck didn’t “check the surrounding yards.” The video shows nothing of the kind. I question whether Johnson had seen any of the surveillance video at the time he wrote this report. Johnson’s report continues: “My partner (Detective Zottneck) and I drove to St. Mary’s Hospital and responded to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and located Dana Jones in Pod 5 Room 3. Jones was supine in a hospital bed on her back with her head facing west. She was attached to a ventilator and monitoring devices.” Johnson makes it sound as if Sergeant Richens contacted him about a “suspicious accidental fall,” he and Zottneck hopped in the car, drove to the hospital, and found a brain-dead woman awaiting organ harvesting. End of investigation. Johnson writes: “Due to Jones’ brain swelling, an emergency craniotomy was performed on her head to relieve pressure. St. Mary’s nurses rolled Jones so we could see her head injury on the back of her head. I noticed a 3 inch cut to the back of her head that had 3 to 4 staples closing the wound.” Accurately recording verified facts about the case wasn’t Johnson’s aim, it seems. If it had been, Johnson might have taken the trouble to glance at police photos and count at least nine staples closing Dana’s wound, for example. Johnson writes: “Dr. Heibron Jr. described the wound on the back of Jones’ head, fracture to the left occipital area of the skull and laceration to the lower occipital frontal Hemotoma. The ICU nurse advised us that Jones was given a brain stimulation test and it showed no brain activity.” Did Johnson intend for his description of Dana’s injuries to be incomprehensible? In Officer Moody’s report, Dr. Heilbron’s statement is much clearer. Johnson’s report makes no mention of the suspicions of hospital personnel regarding Dana’s injuries. He neglects to mention that police had obtained a search warrant on March 4. Johnson says nothing about searching Dana’s house and seizing evidence. He omits these key facts. What is the purpose of this report? It’s hard for me to believe this line appears in Johnson’s report, but it does: “The family of Jones plans to donate Jones’ organs to ‘One Legacy’ (A Donate Life Organization) once she is pronounced.” Johnson specifically mentions One Legacy and cites their marketing slogan to boot. It’s weird. It’s as weird as a police report stating something like, “The decedent was wearing Nike (Just Do It) shoes at McDonald’s (I’m Lovin’ It) when shot with a Winchester rifle (Gun that Won the West).” It’s what Adams and Harpster might call extraneous information. It’s an example of repetition, too. Twice now, Johnson has mentioned organ harvesting. In such a brief report, why did Johnson repeat specific details about something completely unrelated to the question of whether homicide had occurred? Johnson concludes his report: “We asked the ICU staff to notify us when Jones is pronounced because this a coroner’s case. On March 6, 2014 at 1035 hours, Dr. Mohsen Rofoogaran pronounced Jones. On March 9, 2014, Jones’ organs in her body were harvested by Legacy One and the body was later transported to Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office assigned Coroner’s Case #2014-01724.” For the third time, Johnson mentions the harvesting of Dana’s organs. In the space of fewer than 400 words, the word “homicide” appears nowhere. “Investigate,” “assault,” and “question” appear nowhere. The only time anyone is “asked” anything is when the ICU is asked to tell Johnson when Dana is declared dead. The phrase “suspicious accidental fall” appears once. What’s suspicious about it? Johnson doesn’t say. The word “yoga” appears twice. By contrast, the words “harvest” and “harvested” appear once each. “One Legacy” and “Legacy One” appear once each. “Donate” appears twice. “Organs” appears twice. He refers to organ harvesting in three places in his brief report, at the beginning, middle, and end. Johnson’s word choices suggest that the point and purpose of this report was not to document facts related to a homicide inquiry. Rather, the emphasis of his report is on the harvesting of Dana’s organs by One Legacy. Why did Detective Johnson focus on this? Perhaps because he had fumbled badly. Whether due to laziness, intoxication, incompetence, malice, or intentional calculation, Johnson had botched the case. It was too late to preserve Dana’s body as evidence in a homicide investigation. Johnson was personally and professionally invested, now, in portraying Dana’s death as a tragic accident. In this, Johnson and Huck had joined common cause. The only public official who would be looking over Johnson’s shoulder outside the LBPD was the coroner. With this report, Johnson sent a loud-and-clear message to Dr. Mark Fajardo and the coroner’s office. Perhaps Johnson knew of the 2013 case in which a boy was injected with fentanyl to expedite organ procurement. Perhaps Johnson knew the coroner’s office was inclined to regard homicide as pardonable if healthy, fresh organs were obtained as a result by One Legacy. The next day, on March 11, 2014, I emailed my complaint about Detective Johnson to Anitra Dempsey, the executive director of the Long Beach Citizen Police Complaint Commission (CPCC). The next morning, police reports show a sudden flurry of activity regarding Dana’s case. In a report dated March 12, 2014, Detective Zottneck logged the receipt of Dana’s iPad and the DVR under tag number 806416 (pdf.) Why were the devices suddenly being logged eight days after they had been taken from Dana’s home? The timing of Zottneck’s report suggests that, prior to March 12, police had done nothing to analyze the devices. Had they even watched any of the video? Within an hour of the devices being logged, Forensics Specialist Carmen Moncure logged two swabs into evidence (pdf), eight days after they had been collected. That same morning, Detective Johnson reported picking up tubes of Dana’s blood from the hospital. According to the paper trail, Detective Mike Dugan transferred Dana’s blood to the sheriff’s department crime lab for toxicology analysis. Then-Sergeant Erik Herzog signed off on this transfer. Subsequent documents show that toxicology analysis was not included in Dana’s autopsy report. Toxicology screening was not even requested. Curiously, months later in December 2014, Long Beach Detective Shea Robertson reported taking these same tubes of blood from the LBPD property section with no word about how they had traveled from the sheriff’s crime lab back to the LBPD. Months after Dana’s body had been cremated, Detective Robertson reported that he gave Dana’s blood to the coroner’s office. Why? His report doesn’t say. These police reports cast serious doubt on whether the LBPD handled evidence promptly and competently in my sister’s case. I received a letter dated July 9, 2014, from Anitra Dempsey informing me that she had withheld my complaint about Detective Johnson from consideration by the Long Beach Citizen Police Complaint Commission. She wrote: “It has been determined by the Police Department’s review staff and the CPCC staff that no further action will be taken on your complaint because the allegation that officers failed to conduct an investigation was either disproved by independent witnesses or physical evidence.” CPCC complaint and responses (pdf) A botched investigation still counts as an investigation, it seems. In Long Beach, no one holds police accountable for botched investigations. Not the police department’s review staff. Not the CPCC. Not the district attorney. Not the coroner. Not even a judge. The state attorney general’s office doesn’t get involved in this kind of thing, either, as they helpfully informed me. In a letter dated May 8, 2019, Casey Hallinan wrote on behalf of Xavier Becerra and the State of California Department of Justice: “We suggest that you continue to address your concerns directly to the Long Beach Police Department.” In other words, Detective Johnson and his staunch defenders who are willing to lean on judges and prosecutors when necessary to protect police credibility are the arbiters of justice for Dana. Read Chapter 8: Foul is Fair Read the book here. Get it on Kindle or in paperback. Listen to the audiobook. home \| site index This site is about the death of kitchen designer Dana Kathleen Jones, the “yoga death” case — LBPD case #14-13657, and Los Angeles County Coroner case #14-01274. 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__label__wiki	0.612513	0.612513	YOTEL ANNOUNCES AMBITIOUS GROWTH PLANS FOR AUSTRALIA AND FIRST FLAGSHIP HOTEL IN MELBOURNE 18 July 2019 – YOTEL today announced its first hotel in Australia: YOTEL Melbourne, slated to open in 2022. The hotel has been signed under a management agreement with Cornerstone Partners Group, an integrated hospitality asset owner and developer with offices in Malaysia, Taiwan and Australia. The 244-room property will be located on 63-69 City Road in Southbank – within walking distance of Melbourne’s CBD, the Arts Precinct, Federation Square and the Melbourne Cricket Ground – to name a few. YOTEL Melbourne will be a flagship property for YOTEL in Australia, featuring the brand’s latest generation of cabins (YOTEL speak for rooms) all equipped with a SmartBed™ as well as YOTEL’s signature KOMYUNITI spaces designed to allow guests to seamlessly switch between work and play, with areas for co-working, informal meetings, relaxing and socialising, serving up everything from flat whites by UK specialty roaster Workshop Coffee to signature cocktails on the outdoor terrace. The property will also feature a 24/7 gym and viewing deck with restaurant and bar. “Over the past two years, we have been actively searching for the right locations and partners to roll out our brands in Australia, a key market for our global expansion and a key feeder market for our hotels in the US, Singapore and the UK. With solid market fundamentals and global appeal, Melbourne is the perfect gateway to launch our first property in the country. Moreover, we are delighted to enter the market with Cornerstone Partners Group, an international leader in hospitality and real estate investments”, said Hubert Viriot, CEO of YOTEL. YOTEL took the hotel industry by storm in Europe, the U.S. and Singapore thanks to its cleverly designed cabins popular with both corporate and leisure travellers who appreciate quality, technology, comfort and a sense of community, but don't need the fuss or price of a traditional luxury hotel. The Company now intends to replicate its success in Australia with a fresh take on the national hotel sector. “Australia is a very sophisticated hotel market with strong stakeholders; however, we believe the affordable luxury segment has been underserved and that’s what YOTEL intends to solve. YOTEL Melbourne will serve as a launching pad for our brand across the country, following a similar strategy as what we did in the USA, where we first opened a property in New York in 2011 and now have 10 hotels under management with extensive operational synergies and strong distribution channels. We are already exploring development opportunities in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth and we are confident we will soon have a robust hotel pipeline in place, targeting both our international customer base as well as the domestic market,” continued Viriot. The group is planning to bring all three its brands to the region - YOTEL (the city centre concept), YOTELAIR (located at airports and busy transport hubs) and YOTELPAD (designed around the long stay guest). YOTEL Melbourne will be owned and developed by Cornerstone Partners Group and architecturally designed by CHT Architects. “Our group is focused on finding gaps in the hospitality markets across Asia Pacific. In Australia, we believe there is an avenue for disruptive brands such as YOTEL, which offer something completely new to the market. We were also impressed by YOTEL’s global development pipeline, focused on key gateway markets, which fits perfectly with our strategy, therefore it was only natural to join forces on our first project in Australia in Melbourne, one of the country’s most cosmopolitan and urbanised cities,” said Jason Chong, CEO, Cornerstone Partners Group.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2866
__label__cc	0.647303	0.352697	Medical Care (medical + care) Medical Sciences 82% Humanities and Social Sciences 5% Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting 3% Life Sciences 2% Law and Criminology 2% Psychology 2% 3 Other Domains 4% Distribution within Medical Sciences Geriatric Medicine 7% Consumer Health General 6% Cardiovascular Disease 3% Dermatology 2% 43 Other Subdomains 59% Kinds of Medical Care usual medical care Terms modified by Medical Care medical care cost medical care program medical care setting medical care survey medical care system medical care utilization MEDICAL CARE AND TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL OF CLINICAL HYPERTENSION, Issue 10 2005 Paul A. Macri MD No abstract is available for this article. [source] Information Technology and Emergency Medical Care during Disasters ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE, Issue 11 2004 Theodore C. Chan MD Abstract Disaster response to mass-casualty incidents represents one of the greatest challenges to a community's emergency response system. Rescuers, field medical personnel, and regional emergency departments and hospitals must often provide care to large numbers of casualties in a setting of limited resources, inadequate communication, misinformation, damaged infrastructure, and great personal risk. Emergency care providers and incident managers attempt to procure and coordinate resources and personnel, often with inaccurate data regarding the true nature of the incident, needs, and ongoing response. In this chaotic environment, new technologies in communications, the Internet, computer miniaturization, and advanced "smart devices" have the potential to vastly improve the emergency medical response to such mass-casualty incident disasters. In particular, next-generation wireless Internet and geopositioning technologies may have the greatest impact on improving communications, information management, and overall disaster response and emergency medical care. These technologies have applications in terms of enhancing mass-casualty field care, provider safety, field incident command, resource management, informatics support, and regional emergency department and hospital care of disaster victims. [source] The Within-Year Concentration of Medical Care: Implications for Family Out-of-Pocket Expenditure Burdens HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH, Issue 3 2009 Thomas M. Selden Objective. To examine the within-year concentration of family health care and the resulting exposure of families to short periods of high expenditure burdens. Data Source. Household data from the pooled 2003 and 2004 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) yielding nationally representative estimates for the nonelderly civilian noninstitutionalized population. Study Design. The paper examines the within-year concentration of family medical care use and the frequency with which family out-of-pocket expenditures exceeded 20 percent of family income, computed at the annual, quarterly, and monthly levels. Principal Findings. On average among families with medical care, 49 percent of all (charge-weighted) care occurred in a single month, and 63 percent occurred in a single quarter). Nationally, 27 percent of the study population experienced at least 1 month in which out-of-pocket expenditures exceeded 20 percent of income. Monthly 20 percent burden rates were highest among the poor, at 43 percent, and were close to or above 30 percent for all but the highest income group (families above four times the federal poverty line). Conclusions. Within-year spikes in health care utilization can create financial pressures missed by conventional annual burden analyses. Within-year health-related financial pressures may be especially acute among lower-income families due to low asset holdings. [source] Multidimensional Attitudes of Medical Residents and Geriatrics Fellows Toward Older People JOURNAL OF AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY, Issue 3 2005 Ming Lee PhD Objectives: To examine dimensions of a validated instrument measuring geriatric attitudes of primary care residents and performances on these dimensions between residents and fellows. Design: Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. Setting: An academic medical center. Participants: Two hundred thirty-eight primary care residents (n=177) and geriatrics fellows (n=61) participated in the study from 1995 to 2000. Measurements: A 14-item, 5-point Likert scale previously validated for measuring primary care residents' attitudes toward older people and geriatric patient care was used. Results: Factor analysis showed four dimensions of the scale, labeled Social Value, Medical Care (MC), Compassion (CP), and Resource Distribution, which demonstrated acceptable reliability. Both groups of subjects showed significantly (P<.001) positive (mean>3) attitudes across the dimensions and times, except for residents, who had near-neutral (mean=3) attitudes on MC. Residents' mean attitude scores on the overall scale and the MC and CP subscales were significantly (P<.001) lower than those of fellows over time. Residents and fellows showed different change patterns in attitudes over time. Residents' attitudes generally improved during the first 2 years of training, whereas fellows' attitudes declined slightly. Personal experience was a strong predictor of residents' attitudes toward older patients. Ethnicity, academic specialty, professional experience, and career interest in geriatrics were also associated with residents' attitude scores. Conclusion: The multidimensional analysis of the scale contributes to better understanding of medical trainees' attitudes and sheds light on educational interventions. [source] Comments on Progress, Medical Care, and the Overuse of Technology JOURNAL OF CLINICAL HYPERTENSION, Issue 8 2005 Marvin Moser MD Editor in Chief Delivery of Medical Care for Migrants in Germany: Delay of Diagnosis and Treatment JOURNAL OF TRAVEL MEDICINE, Issue 3 2006 Katja Lenz MD Background Migrants form 9% of Germany's population and 13% of its capital Berlin. Only limited data are available regarding general health status and prevalence of tropical diseases among migrants in Germany. This study was conducted to investigate the spectrum and frequency of tropical diseases among migrants in Berlin and to evaluate the quality of the medical care provided. The necessity of a routine screening for tropical diseases among migrants was assessed. Methods Anonymized data of migrants presenting to the Berlin Institute of Tropical Medicine between 1999 and 2004 with a stay in Germany below 1 year (n= 153) were analyzed. Results Of all examined migrants, 48% needed immediate medical treatment and 38% carried an infectious disease, mainly nematodes and intestinal protozoa. 19% suffered from a noninfectious disease, mainly anemia, and 12% were transferred to other specialists for further investigation. These figures were similar among asymptomatic and symptomatic patients. The median duration of stay in Germany until presentation was 42 days. While 40% of the migrants were examined within the first 4 weeks of their stay, 20% had not received a medical examination after 6 months. Of this population, 50% required treatment upon presentation. Conclusions The high proportion of delayed diagnosis and treatment indicates a lack of medical service for migrants. While this clearly translates into increased health risks for the individual patient, it also indicates a potential risk for transmission of communicable diseases in the community. The lack of a correlation between symptoms and detected infectious disease indicates the need for a standardized routine screening examination in all migrants. [source] Rationing Medical Care on the Basis of Age: The Moral Dimensions Steven Edwards Medical Care at the End of Life. THE HEYTHROP JOURNAL, Issue 1 2008 A Catholic Perspective. First page of article [source] A Normative Justification for Distinguishing the Ethics of Clinical Research from the Ethics of Medical Care THE JOURNAL OF LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS, Issue 3 2005 Paul Litton Markets and Medical Care: The United States, 1993,2005 THE MILBANK QUARTERLY, Issue 3 2007 Many studies arguing for or against markets to finance medical care investigate "market-oriented" measures such as cost sharing. This article looks at the experience in the American medical marketplace over more than a decade, showing how markets function as institutions in which participants who are self-seeking, but not perfectly rational, exercise power over other participants in the market. Cost experience here was driven more by market power over prices than by management of utilization. Instead of following any logic of efficiency or equity, system transformations were driven by beliefs about investment strategies. At least in the United States' labor and capital markets, competition has shown little ability to rationalize health care systems because its goals do not resemble those of the health care system most people want. [source] The Economics of Public Health and Medical Care RAY LYMAN WILBUR MD Knowledge Translation in International Emergency Medical Care L. Kristian Arnold MD More than 90% of the world population receives emergency medical care from different types of practitioners with little or no specific training in the field and with variable guidance and oversight. Emergency medical care is being recognized by actively practicing physicians around the world as an increasingly important domain in the overall health services package for a community. The know-do gap is well recognized as a major impediment to high-quality health care in much of the world. Knowledge translation principles for application in this highly varied young domain will require investigation of numerous aspects of the knowledge synthesis, exchange, and application domains in order to bring the greatest benefit of both explicit and tacit knowledge to increasing numbers of the world's population. This article reviews some of the issues particular to knowledge development and transfer in the international domain. The authors present a set of research proposals developed from a several-month online discussion among practitioners and teachers of emergency medical care in 16 countries from around the globe and from all economic strata, aimed at improving the flow of knowledge from developers and repositories of knowledge to the front lines of clinical care. [source] Commentary: The Muslim Ethical Tradition and Emergent Medical Care: An Uneasy Fit Amer Z. Aldeen MD Avoidable mortality trends in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations in the Northern Territory, 1985-2004 AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Issue 6 2009 Shu Qin Li Abstract Objectives: To analyse rates of avoidable mortality in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal residents of the Northern Territory (NT) from 1985 to 2004, in order to assess the contribution of health care to life expectancy improvements. Methods: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) death registration data for NT residents were used to identify ,avoidable' deaths, with further separation into three categories of conditions amenable to either medical care or health policy, and a category for ischaemic heart disease (IHD). A Poisson regression model was used to calculate the average annual change in avoidable mortality by sex and Aboriginality in the NT compared with Australia as a whole. Results: In the 20 years between 1985 and 2004, avoidable mortality rates fell 18.9% in NT Aboriginal people, 61.1% in NT non-Aboriginal people and 59.5% in Australians overall. NT Aboriginal people continued to experience higher avoidable mortality than other Australians and the disparity increased over time. Most of the decline in avoidable mortality for Aboriginal Territorians occurred for conditions amenable to medical care. Conclusion: Medical care has made a significant contribution to improvements in Aboriginal life expectancy in the NT, however, reductions in avoidable mortality from IHD and conditions amenable to health policy have been variable. Implications: The results highlight the need for ongoing investment in comprehensive programs incorporating appropriate health policy interventions and management of chronic diseases. [source] Is Consent "Informed" When Patients Receive Care from Medical Trainees? Daniel J. Pallin MD Abstract Objectives:, Medical care requires consent and consent requires information. Prior studies have shown that patients are poorly informed about the medical training hierarchy. The authors assessed the impact of "informed" on "consent," by assessing willingness to be seen by trainees before and after information about trainee's credentials. Methods:, A convenience sample of patients in an urban emergency department (ED) waiting room was surveyed, ascertaining willingness to be seen before and after information about trainees credentials, using Likert scales. McNemar's test, linear regression, and mixed models were used to assess statistical significance of information in changing preferences and patient characteristics predicting knowledge, willingness, and change in willingness to be seen with more information. Results:, The authors approached 397 patients, and 199 (50%) English speakers participated. Initially, 45% of subjects knew the meaning of "medical student," and 35%"intern" and "resident." In a controlled multivariate linear regression, educational attainment (p < 0.0001) predicted more knowledge, Hispanic ethnicity predicted less (p = 0.03). Subjects were less willing to be seen by lower-ranking trainees (p < 0.001). Information about trainees caused a significant increase in unwillingness to be seen by medical students (17% to 28%, p = 0.004) and interns (8% to 13%, p = 0.029). Conclusions:, Substantial numbers of ED patients would prefer not to be seen by trainees. When patients are informed about trainees' credentials, they become less willing to be seen by more junior trainees. Further research should clarify informed consent for care among non,English speakers and should address these issues in other medical settings. [source] Evaluating the accuracy of Malformations Surveillance Program in detecting virilization due to congenital adrenal hyperplasia CONGENITAL ANOMALIES, Issue 1 2005 Julie Travitz ABSTRACT Malformations surveillance programs of newborn infants have been developed as a method for identifying serious and relatively common birth defects. The virilization of newborn infants with the classic 21-hydroxylase form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia must be identified early if the associated metabolic crisis in the perinatal period is to be prevented. We compared the detection of virilization associated with 21-hydroxylase congenital adrenal hyperplasia in infants by three methods: an ,active' malformations surveillance of medical records at a large urban hospital; routine medical care by examining physicians; and newborn biochemical screening of blood samples. The experience at a large maternity center in Boston, since 1972, showed that pediatricians often recognized affected females (6/6), but not males (0/2); the state newborn screening program, begun in 1990, identified correctly all affected males and females. The Active Malformations Surveillance Program was the least effective screening method, identifying four of six affected females and neither of the affected males. The low rate of detecting affected females by the Surveillance Program was attributed to a failure to sensitize the research assistants to the importance of physicians' notations regarding the signs and symptoms of virilization. The failure of examining physicians, and thereby, the malformations surveillance program, to detect virilized newborn males was due to the lack of consistent associated physical features. These comparisons between these three methods of detection can be used to design and improve malformations surveillance programs. [source] The Role of Clinical and Process Quality in Achieving Patient Satisfaction in Hospitals DECISION SCIENCES, Issue 3 2004 Kathryn A. Marley ABSTRACT Managers constantly struggle with where to allocate their resources and efforts in managing the complex service delivery system called a hospital. In the broadest sense, their decisions and actions focus on two important aspects of health care,clinical or technical medical care that emphasizes "what" the patient receives and process performance that emphasizes "how" health care services are delivered to patients. Here, we investigate the role of leadership, clinical quality, and process quality on patient satisfaction. A causal model is hypothesized and evaluated using structural equation modeling for a sample of 202 U.S. hospitals. Statistical results support the idea that leadership is a good exogenous construct and that clinical and process quality are good intermediate outcomes in determining patient satisfaction. Statistical results also suggest that hospital leadership has more influence on process quality than on clinical quality, which is predominantly the doctors' domain. Other results are discussed, such as that hospital managers must be mindful of the fact that process quality is at least as important as clinical quality in predicting patient satisfaction. The article concludes by proposing areas for future research. [source] Dental trauma in children presenting for treatment at the Department of Dentistry for Children and Orthodontics, Budapest, 1985,1999 DENTAL TRAUMATOLOGY, Issue 3 2001 Katalin Gábris Abstract , Data on children with dental trauma who presented for treatment at the Department of Dentistry for Children and Orthodontics in Budapest over a period of 15 years were analysed. The WHO guidelines were used to classify the traumatic injuries. A total of 590 children were involved, 810 teeth being affected. Children aged 7,14 years made up 88% of the cohort. The male:female ratio was 58:42. The permanent:primary ratio for the affected teeth was 90:10. The teeth most commonly affected were the maxillary central incisors. In 70% of the cases, only one tooth was traumatised. The incidence of dental trauma peaked at 10 years of age. The most common injury type observed was enamel-dentin crown fracture. The decreasing sequence of frequency of etiological factors was playing, sports, falls, cycling, road accidents and fighting. Of the accidents, 65% occurred at school or at home. Seventy seven per cent of the patients presented for medical care in the first 3 days after the accident. [source] Characteristics of Medical Surge Capacity Demand for Sudden-impact Disasters Samuel J. Stratton MD Objectives To describe the characteristics of the demand for medical care during sudden-impact disasters, focusing on local U.S. communities and the initial phases of sudden-impact disasters. Methods Established databases and published reports were used as data sources. Data were obtained to describe the baseline capacity of the U.S. medical system. Information for the initial phases of a sudden-impact disaster was sought to allow for characterization of the length of time before a U.S. community can expect arrival of outside assistance, the expected types of medical surge demands, the expected time for the peak in medical-care demand, and the expected health system access points. Results The earliest that outside assistance arrived for a community subject to a sudden-impact disaster was 24 hours, with a range from 24 to 96 hours. After sudden-impact disasters, 84% to 90% of health care demand was for conditions that were managed on an ambulatory basis. Emergency departments (EDs) were the access point for care, with peak demand time occurring within 24 hours. The U.S. emergency care system was functioning at relatively full capacity on the basis of data collected for the study that showed that annually, 90% of EDs were boarding admitted inpatients, and 75% were diverting ambulances. Conclusions As part of planning for sudden-impact disasters, communities should be expected to sustain medical services for 24 hours, and up to 96, before arrival of external resources. For effective medical surge-capacity response during sudden-impact disasters, there should be a priority for emergency medical care with a focus on ambulatory injuries and illnesses. [source] Equipment, Supplies, and Pharmaceuticals: How Much Might It Cost to Achieve Basic Surge Capacity? Dan Hanfling MD The ability to deliver optimal medical care in the setting of a disaster event, regardless of its cause, will in large part be contingent on an immediately available supply of key medical equipment, supplies, and pharmaceuticals. Although the Department of Health and Human Services Strategic National Stockpile program makes these available through its 12-hour "push packs" and vendor-managed inventory, every local community should be funded to create a local cache for these items. This report explores the funding requirements for this suggested approach. Furthermore, the response to a surge in demand for care will be contingent on keeping available staff close to the hospitals for a sustained period. A proposal for accomplishing this, with associated costs, is discussed as well. [source] DEFINING STANDARD OF CARE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD: THE INTERSECTION OF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH ETHICS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS ANALYSIS DEVELOPING WORLD BIOETHICS, Issue 2 2005 ADNAN A. HYDER ABSTRACT In recent years there has been intense debate regarding the level of medical care provided to ,standard care' control groups in clinical trials in developing countries, particularly when the research sponsors come from wealthier countries. The debate revolves around the issue of how to define a standard of medical care in a country in which many people are not receiving the best methods of medical care available in other settings. In this paper, we argue that additional dimensions of the standard of care have been hitherto neglected, namely, the structure and efficiency of the national health system. The health system affects locally available medical care in two important ways: first, the system may be structured to provide different levels of care at different sites with referral mechanisms to direct patients to the appropriate level of care. Second, inefficiencies in this system may influence what care is available in a particular locale. As a result of these two factors locally available care cannot be equated with a national ,standard'. A reasonable approach is to define the national standard of care as the level of care that ought to be delivered under conditions of appropriate and efficient referral in a national system. This standard is the minimum level of care that ought to be provided to a control group. There may be additional moral arguments for higher levels of care in some circumstances. This health system analysis may be helpful to researchers and ethics committees in designing and reviewing research involving standard care control groups in developing country research. [source] Rethinking Medical Ethics: A View From Below Paul Farmer ABSTRACT In this paper, we argue that lack of access to the fruits of modern medicine and the science that informs it is an important and neglected topic within bioethics and medical ethics. This is especially clear to those working in what are now termed ,resource-poor settings', to those working, in plain language, among populations living in dire poverty. We draw on our experience with infectious diseases in some of the poorest communities in the world to interrogate the central imperatives of bioethics and medical ethics. AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria are the three leading infectious killers of adults in the world today. Because each disease is treatable with already available therapies, the lack of access to medical care is widely perceived in heavily disease-burdened areas as constituting an ethical and moral dilemma. In settings in which research on these diseases are conducted but there is little in the way of therapy, there is much talk of first world diagnostics and third world therapeutics. Here we call for the ,resocialising' of ethics. To resocialise medical ethics will involve using the socialising disciplines to contextualise fully ethical dilemmas in settings of poverty and, a related gambit, the systematic participation of the destitute sick. Clinical research across steep gradients also needs to be linked with the interventions that are demanded by the poor and otherwise marginalised. We conclude that medical ethics must grapple more persistently with the growing problem posed by the yawning ,outcome gap' between rich and poor. [source] Neuropsychiatric movement disorders following streptococcal infection DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE & CHILD NEUROLOGY, Issue 11 2005 K G Walker MB BS The aim of this study was to describe post-streptococcal movement disorders that form part of the acute rheumatic fever complex. The clinical records of patients diagnosed with Sydenham's chorea were analyzed retrospectively to investigate epidemiology, the significance of socioeconomic deprivation, clinical manifestations, treatments, outcomes, long-term morbidity, and disease evolution. Forty-two patients (21 males, 21 females) were diagnosed with Sydenham's chorea. The median presentation age was 9 years 8 months (range 3y 5mo to 13y 2mo). Nineteen patients were of indigenous African ancestry; 23 were of mixed ancestry. All patients lived in poverty and had poor access to medical care. Twelve of the total group had disabling symptoms for longer than 2 years; six of these patients developed paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with Streptococcus (Paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with Streptococcus [PANDAS]), five Tourette syndrome (TS), and one learning difficulties. Poor outcome was significantly more prevalent in patients of mixed ancestry, in those with a positive family history, previous behavioural problems, or a failure to complete 10 days of penicillin and ,bed-rest'/hospitalization. Sydenham's chorea is one manifestation of post-streptococcal neuropsychiatric movement disorders. This study demonstrates that patients can present with one diagnosis and evolve other neuropsychiatric conditions such as TS and PANDAS. In the South African context, it is important to delineate neuropsychiatric movement disorders associated with streptococcal infections. The potential genetic susceptibility should be explored. [source] International scope of medical care DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE & CHILD NEUROLOGY, Issue 4 2002 Jack Banta Life expectancy among people with cerebral palsy in Western Australia E Blair PhD This report describes trends, predictors, and causes of mortality in persons with cerebral palsy (CP)using individuals identified by the Western Australian Cerebral Palsy Register and born between 1958 and 1994. Two thousand and fourteen people were identified (1154 males, 860 females), of whom 225 had died by 1 June 1997. Using date-of-death data, crude and standardized mortality rates were estimated and predictors of mortality sought using survival analysis stratified by decade of birth, description of impairments, and demographic and perinatal variables. For those born after 1967, the cause of death profile was examined over time. Mortality exceeded 1% per annum in the first 5 years and declined to age 15 years after which it remained steady at about 0.35% for the next 20 years. The strongest single predictor was intellectual disability, but all forms of disability contributed to decreased life expectancy. Half of those with IQ/DQ score <20 survived to adulthood, increasing to 76% with IQ/DQ score 20,34, and exceeding 92% for higher scores. Severe motor impairment primarily increased the risk of early mortality. Despite there being 72 persons aged from 25 to 41 years with severe motor impairment in our data set, none had died after the age of 25 years. Infants born after more than 32 weeks'gestation were at significantly higher risk of mortality than very preterm infants, accounted for by their higher rates of intellectual disability. No improvements in survival of persons with CP were seen over the study period despite advances in medical care, improved community awareness, and the increasing proportion of very preterm births among people with CP. This may be the result of improved neonatal care enabling the survival of infants with increasingly severe disabilities. [source] The Use of Cluster Sampling to Determine Aid Needs in Grozny, Chechnya in 1995 DISASTERS, Issue 3 2000 Sean Drysdale War broke out in Chechnya in November 1994 following a three-year economic blockade. It caused widespread destruction in the capital Grozny. In April 1995 Medical Relief International - or Merlin, a British medical non-governmental organisation (NGO) - began a programme to provide medical supplies, support health centres, control communicable disease and promote preventive health-care in Grozny. In July 1995 the agency undertook a city-wide needs assessment using a modification of the cluster sampling technique developed by the Expanded Programme on Immunisation. This showed that most people had enough drinking-water, food and fuel but that provision of medical care was inadequate. The survey allowed Merlin to redirect resources earmarked for a clean water programme towards health education and improving primary health-care services. It also showed that rapid assessment by a statistically satisfactory method is both possible and useful in such a situation. [source] Process evaluation of an out-patient detoxification service DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, Issue 6 2005 Dr CLAUDIA SANNIBALE Abstract This paper describes the process evaluation of an out-patient detoxification service (ODS) established by Drug Health Services (DHS) to increase the supervised withdrawal options for substance users in a Sydney metropolitan Area Health Service. The ODS aimed to provide a safe and effective supervised withdrawal to substance users who were at low risk of severe withdrawal, engage those with severe dependence in further treatment and increase the involvement of general practitioners (GPs) in the medical care of ODS clients. During its first 10 months of operation, the ODS received 199 inquiries, assessed 82 individuals and admitted 76 clients for detoxification. Withdrawal treatment proceeded without complications and within the expected time frames. Fifty-four clients completed withdrawal, 10 ceased treatment, 10 remained in treatment without completing withdrawal and two were transferred elsewhere. Clients who injected substances (mainly heroin) daily at admission, compared to others, were less likely to complete withdrawal and more likely to use a range of non-prescribed substances during withdrawal. One-fifth of clients went on to further treatment with DHS, attending at least once. Overall, the ODS met its goals, providing a safe and effective supervised withdrawal to local residents, especially women, young people and those withdrawing from benzodiazepines who had significant substance dependence, impairment and previous alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment. Non-injecting substance users benefited most from the ODS in terms of withdrawal completion and ongoing treatment. The level of GP involvement in the conjoint care of ODS clients remained constant over time. The development and expansion of the ODS are discussed. [source] Risk perception and smoking behavior in medically ill smokers: a prospective study ADDICTION, Issue 6 2010 Belinda Borrelli ABSTRACT Aims To examine the influence of risk perception on intentions to quit smoking and post-treatment abstinence. Design Prospective and longitudinal. Setting United States. Participants A total of 237 adult smokers (mean age 56 years) receiving medical care from home health-care nurses. Participants did not have to want to quit smoking to participate, but received cessation counseling within the context of their medical care. Measurements Three measures of risk perception were given pre- and post-treatment: perceived vulnerability, optimistic bias and precaution effectiveness. Smoking status was verified biochemically at end of treatment and at 2, 6 and 12 months later. Findings Principal components analysis supported the theoretical discriminability of the risk perception measures, and intercorrelations provided evidence for concurrent and predictive validity. Elevated risk perception was associated with a variety of socio-demographic and psychosocial characteristics. Optimistic bias was associated significantly with older age and ethnic minority status. Smokers in pre-contemplation had lower perceived vulnerability and precaution effectiveness and greater optimistic bias than those in contemplation and preparation. Smokers in preparation had higher perceived vulnerability and lower optimistic bias than those in earlier stages. Change in perceived vulnerability predicted smoking cessation at follow-up. Optimistic bias predicted a lower likelihood of cessation and precaution effectiveness predicted a greater likelihood of smoking cessation, but only among those with a smoking-related illness. Conclusions In patients receiving medical care from home health-care nurses, change in perceived vulnerability to smoking-related disease is predictive of smoking cessation. In those with smoking-related illnesses, optimistic bias predicts continued smoking while precaution effectiveness predicts cessation. [source] Three-year mortality and predictors after release: a longitudinal study of the first-time drug offenders in Taiwan Chuan-Yu Chen ABSTRACT Aims To assess the possible increase in mortality rate and associated socio-demographic and judiciary determinants among first-time drug offenders during the first 3 years after release from correctional facilities. Setting and participants A total of 22 224 male and 4444 female adults who had served a sentence of at least 1 day in correctional facilities for illegal drug-related offences were identified from the judiciary records of the Ministry of Justice, Taiwan. Design and measurements The underlying causes of death were defined by the International Classification of Diseases, ninth revision. Findings All-cause standardized mortality ratios (SMR) were 7 for schedule I (e.g. heroin) and 3 for schedule II (e.g. methamphetamine) drug offenders, respectively; accidents, suicide and circulatory diseases were three leading causes of death. After release, the risk of death among those drug offenders without subsequent incarceration increased gradually until the 9th month. Those who were aged 30 years or older, had an engagement with a higher-ranked schedule substance or who received severe sentences were two to three times more likely to die. Substantial reduction in the risk of death was linked with re-imprisonment. Conclusions The SMR estimates for external causes were greater than those for disease-related causes in drug offenders, and schedule I drugs-related mortality rate was twice as high as that with schedule II drugs. In transitioning from the correctional setting to the community, the health needs of drug offenders should be addressed by the provision of continuous, adequate medical care tailored to individual background, medical history and drug experience. [source] REALITIES OF HEALTH POLICY IN NORTH AMERICA: GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, Issue 4 2008 Brett J. Skinner Healthcare systems in North America are sometimes criticised as being expensive or socially irresponsible relative to comparable systems in OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries or regions. These perceived health system failures are often mistakenly attributed to greater private sector involvement in the delivery of medical care or the provision of medical insurance in Canada and the USA. However, the exact nature and scope of state involvement in the healthcare sector in Canada and the USA is also often misunderstood and underestimated. This paper presents a fact-based context for evaluating health policy in North America. [source]	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2869
__label__cc	0.580817	0.419183	YOLA NIGERIA - Reserve your special air fare tickets Yola is the capital city and administrative center of Adamawa State, Nigeria. Located on the Benue River, it has a population of 336,648. Yola is split into two parts. The old town of Yola where the Lamido resides is the traditional city but the new city of Jimeta (about 5 km NW) is the administrative and commercial centre. Generally the term Yola is now used to mean both. To the north are the Mandara Mountains and the south are the Shebshi Mountains with Dimlang (Vogel) Peak the second highest point (2,042 m) in Nigeria after Chappal Waddi (mountain of death). Yola is an access point to the Gashaka Gumpti Nature Reserve, which is the largest national park in Nigeria, the Ngel Nyaki montane forest reserve, the Mambilla Plateau, The Sukur UNESCO World heritage site, which is Africa's first cultural landscape to receive World Heritage List inscription,The Yadin Waterfalls, The Kiri Dam on the Gongola River, The Benue national park in nearby Cameroon, The Waza National Park, and Cameroonian town of Garoua, which lies across the Border, on the Benue river.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2870
__label__wiki	0.579219	0.579219	Scandals and power struggles in the Russian Church, the Patriarch suspends two bishops by Vladimir Rozanskij Kirill has also decided to intervene to resolve a sexual harassment scandal involving two young bishops. However, many accuse the patriarch of "abuse of power", and of having waited for the pandemic crisis to operate a "settlement of accounts" within the hierarchy. Moscow (AsiaNews) - The pandemic in Russia seems to have entered "phase-2" in decreasing infections, even if the number of positives in the last 24 hours remains quite high (8849, for a total of over 300 thousand infected and about 3 thousand deaths). There are no reports of other Orthodox priests who died of Covid-19 infection in the past two days, although the number of clerics and monks infected and under intensive care remains quite high. The Patriarch of Moscow (in the photo) Kirill (Gundjaev) in relation to the pandemic crisis has tightened the canonical assessments and sanctions, especially against clergymen who preach "Covid-denial" and do not respect the indications on the closure of churches. In this climate, Kirill also decided to take rather abrupt action to resolve a sexual harassment scandal involving two young bishops. Without even waiting for the verdict of the ecclesiastical tribunal, the patriarch suspended the bishop of Armavir and Labinsk, 47-year-old Ignatij (Buzin), (photo 2), and the bishop of Kostomuksha and Kem 46-year-old Ignatij (Tarasov). The patriarchal decree mentions "communications received, containing documented and reasoned charges" against the two young prelates, who have been "confined" in cities far from their dioceses, under the responsibility of the local metropolitans. In fact, at the beginning of May scandalous images of the conduct of the two bishops began to circulate on social media, with rather embarrassing and particular photographs on the homosexual activity of various priests and lay people together with them. The scandal divided the faithful, especially those in favor of the accused, who in turn reproach other ecclesiastics for organizing the intrigue for personal reasons and conflicts of power within the Orthodox Church. The accusers speak of alcoholic fueled parties and the manipulation of various characters related to the accused, with all financed by money belonging to the Church. The Patriarch reportedly lost all patience when confronted by the photograph of Bishop Ignatij (Buzin) naked, drunk and in embarrassing poses. However, many also accuse the patriarch of "abuse of power", and of having waited for the pandemic crisis to operate a "settlement of accounts" within the hierarchy. Already on 23 March the bishop of Cherepovetsk and Beloozersk, Flavian (Mitrofanov), 44, resigned following a scandal. A police search on his apartment revealed that he had been living with a young Italian. Before that, on 11 March, Metropolitan Ioann (Roscin), 45 years old, was retired after a year in which he went from the Russian diocese of Italy to the European metropolis of Paris, to be downgraded to the metropolis of Vienna, and then finally liquidated without any explanation. The scandals and sudden changes or suspensions in the career of the "rampant bishops" make us reflect on the policy of the last decade implemented by Patriarch Kirill, who tried to multiply dioceses and other patriarchal structures in a short time, putting various young people close to him in charge, as he used to do even before becoming patriarch, in obviously more restricted areas. The climate of confrontation with the most intransigent monks, who during the pandemic manifested much hostility towards the patriarch, is leading to a drastic redefinition of the internal balance of the Russian Orthodox Church.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2874
__label__wiki	0.893037	0.893037	Wallace Stegner Papers University of Iowa Special Collections The Wallace Stegner Papers at the University of Iowa Libraries consist of three boxes containing various stages of manuscript drafts and proofs for a number of Stegner's works. Included are The Big Rock Candy Mountain, Remembering Laughter, Mormon Country, Beyond the Hundredth Meridian and more. Stegner, Wallace (Person) Wallace Stegner (1909 -- 1993) was born in Lake Mills, Iowa. He was the second son of Hilda Emelia (Paulson) and George Henry Stegner. They lived a nomadic life moving from North Dakota, Washington, Saskatchewan, Montana and Wyoming before settling down in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1921. He and his brother, Cecil, grew up hunting, fishing, and exploring the West that he learned to admire and respect. Stegner graduated from the University of Utah in 1930. His professors arranged a teaching assistantship for him at the University of Iowa, so he could pursue his writing. He received his M.A. in 1932 and Ph.D. in 1935. While at Iowa he met his wife, Mary Page. After graduation they moved back to the West where he found a teaching position at the University of Utah. While there Stegner wrote Remembering Laughter, which won a novelette contest advertised by Little, Brown and Company. This marked the real beginning of his writing career. In 1937, he began teaching at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Two years later, he moved farther East and accepted a faculty post at Harvard. It was during his time there that he completed his first big novel, The Big Rock Candy Mountain. This autobiographical work was published in 1943. He remained at Harvard until 1945 when he moved back to the West and Stanford University. He served as the director of Stanford's Creative Writing Center from 1946 -- 1971. His students included some of the most notable contemporary writers of the American West. Larry McMurtry, Edward Abbey, Thomas McGuane, and Ken Kesey are only a few who were part of Stanford's writing program during Stegner's years there. Retiring in 1971 to devote himself full-time to writing, Stegner went on to publish eleven more major works including the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Angle of Repose and the National Book Award winner of 1977, The Spectator Bird. These are only two of the many awards and honors he received for his writing; there were also three O. Henry prizes, a Commonwealth Gold Medal, and the Western History Association Prize. Wallace Stegner died on April 12, 1993, after being seriously injured in an automobile accident in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Award-winning novelist, story writer, essayist, historian, English professor at Stanford, and frontline conservationist. Preliminary drafts and proofs for seven novels. These papers were donated to the Libraries by Wallace Stegner over a period of years. Heggen, Thomas, 1919-1949 Leggett, John, 1917- Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993 Authors, American Engle, Paul, 1908-1991 Fiction -- Authorship Novelists West (U.S.) -- In literature Writers Archive at Iowa Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc Special Collections Department lib-spec@uiowa.edu Wallace Stegner Papers, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa. Wallace Stegner Papers, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa. http://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/2/resources/627 Accessed January 17, 2021.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2875
__label__wiki	0.991749	0.991749	Afghan investigators inspect a damaged car at the site of a suicide bomb attack on the convoy of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul on Frida. Wakil Kohsar / AFP / Getty Images Wakil Kohsar / AFP / Getty Images Afghan presidential candidate escapes assassination attempt Abdullah Abdullah, the man most likely to succeed Hamid Karzai, was not injured in the car bomb attack Two blasts struck a convoy carrying Afghan presidential hopeful Abdullah Abdullah after a campaign event Friday in Kabul, killing six civilians but leaving the candidate himself unharmed and underscoring the danger the Taliban still poses to the central government. The attack came just over a week before a runoff vote is to be held as Afghans choose a new leader to replace President Hamid Karzai. The Taliban have vowed to disrupt the balloting, although the first round on April 5 was relatively peaceful. Friday's attack was the first to directly target one of the candidates in Kabul. Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said the violence started with a suicide bombing followed by a roadside bomb. He said no one in Abdullah's entourage was killed. The ministry later issued a statement saying six civilians were killed and 22 were wounded. But Kabul Police Chief Mohammed Zahir said both explosions were carried out by suicide bombers — the first was a driver who blew up a vehicle and the second was a suicide bomber on foot. Conflicting accounts are common in the chaotic immediate aftermath of attacks in Afghanistan. In a televised statement shortly after the attack, Abdullah, who was Karzai's main rival in disputed elections in 2009, said he had not been harmed but some of his security guards had been wounded. Former presidential candidate Zalmay Rassoul, who quit and threw his support behind Abdullah, also was in the convoy and was not injured. Karzai condemned the attack, saying it was staged by "enemies of Afghanistan who don't want free elections." The blasts destroyed several cars and nearby storefronts, leaving the street littered with twisted metal and other rubble. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but it bore the hallmarks of insurgents who are fighting against the Western-backed government. The Taliban have unleashed a wave of deadly attacks since the campaign for a leader to replace Karzai, who is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term. Abdullah is running against former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani in the second round, scheduled for June 14. In the initial balloting, Abdullah garnered 45 percent of votes while Ahmadzai came in second with 31.6 percent. During the Soviet occupation in the 1980s, Abdullah served as adviser to and spokesman for Tajik warlord Ahmad Shah Massoud, who was assassinated by Al-Qaeda two days before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. In the early days after the U.S.-led alliance toppled the Taliban, Abdullah became the face of Afghanistan's anti-Taliban movement, giving frequent press conferences to international media. He served as foreign minister and then was the runner-up in President Hamid Karzai's disputed re-election in 2009. The vote comes at a pivotal time as the international community prepares to withdraw combat forces by the end of the year. Both Abdullah and Ghani have pledged to sign a security pact with the United States that will allow thousands of foreign forces to remain in the country after that in a training and advisory capacity. The new president also will face the daunting task of navigating the country out of 12 years of war while the Taliban insurgency still rages in much of Afghanistan’s south and east. Al Jazeera and The Associated Press	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2876
__label__wiki	0.530162	0.530162	Zelda Babcock Wolfe memoir The Zelda Babcock Wolfe memoirs are undated and consist of one volume containing Wolfe's memoirs along with photocopied reproductions of photographs of Wolfe and her family. In her memoirs, she talks about growing upon the farm, bouts with diphtheria, and other family events. Wolfe, Zelda Babcock, 1901-1995 (Person) Copyright has not been transferred to The University of Iowa. Zelda Babcock was born just south of Farnhamville, Iowa, in 1901. After graduating from high school, Babcock received a four-year scholarship to the college of her choice. She attended the State University of Iowa, (now the University of Iowa), in Iowa City, Iowa. She left the university when her parents could no longer help her with expenses and began her teaching career at a school six miles from town. Soon after she started teaching, Babcock married Ralph Wolfe. In 1929, they moved to Riceville, Iowa, where Wolfe found a job at Pleasant Hill School and continued to teach. She stopped teaching for seventeen years to raise her children, but returned to work for a time to help earn money for the family. 1.00 item Riceville, Iowa, mother, homemaker, and teacher. One folder, shelved in SCVF. The papers (donor no. 331) were donated by Charles Wolfe in 1995. Farnhamville (Iowa) Riceville (Iowa) Rural girls Wolfe, Ralph Wolfe, Zelda Babcock, 1901-1995 wa00011. Teachers wa00015. Rural Women wa00004/wa00004.2. Memoirs Kristen Rassbach, 1997. Folder: 1 (Text) Zelda Babcock Wolfe memoir, Iowa Women's Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City. Zelda Babcock Wolfe memoir, Iowa Women's Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City. http://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/4/resources/2427 Accessed January 17, 2021.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2877
__label__wiki	0.762034	0.762034	From Dead Media Archive Revision as of 10:17, 26 April 2010 by Erin (Talk \| contribs) (→‎The Sea as Sublime and Erasure) “When we storm forward and climb out of the trenches, we see the empty, unknown land in front of us where death goes about its business […] it appears as if a new dimension has opened up to us. Then we suddenly see up close, […] what awaits us in the land of the dead: the enemy. That is an unforgettable moment.” – Ernst Jünger (Kittler, 132) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination The term terra cognita meaning “unknown land” in Latin, became a concept during the Age of Exploration in the mid 15th century lasting through the 19th century. Francaviglia writes, “The use of Latin as a universal language for knowledge was endorsed at the end of the Middle Ages, and so the term terra incognita perfectly captured both the spirit of the times and the character of unknown places” (Francaviglia 25). Latin becomes a signifier for knowledge and legitimation, revealing exploration as above all else the search for knowledge. The exploration for terra incognita is a three part process beginning with the map which reveals points of terra incognita, then embarking on the sea, and culminating in the moment of seeing it. Each part of the process is also a moment of inscription, the map is rational inscription, the sea is irrational, and the gaze is legal. This process also reveals a move in proximity, beginning at a distance, and then getting closer to the land. 1 Mapping the Unknown (Hic Sunt Dracones) 2 The Sea as Sublime and Erasure 3 Terra Incognita's Regime of Vision 3.1 The Sovereign Gaze and the Spyglass 3.2 Afterimage as Possession and Interface Mapping the Unknown (Hic Sunt Dracones) 1482 reconstruction of Ptolemy's 2nd century world map The acquisition of knowledge and the need to know has been the main fuel for exploration. World maps during the Age of Exploration were in flux, mirroring the age itself, since there were still bodies of land to be discovered and rendered onto the map. The map as evidence of rationality and legibility also exhibited gaps of unknown spaces pointing to its own limitations and lack. Expeditions sought to fill in all of the missing spaces to complete and solidify the scientific reason proposed by the map and reassert its legitimacy. The gaps undermine the authority of maps and name it as something unstable. These spaces of terra incognita were often marked with the phrase terra incognita, although there is also account of some displaying the phrase hic sunt dracones or “here be dragons,” emphasizing the fear and intrigue induced by the unknown as well as its presence as a threat to knowledge, rationality, and authority (Buisseret 295). The unknown, then, destabilizes the logic of the map as archive. During the Age of Exploration, there was a rediscovery of ancient Greek maps, and Ptolymey’s world map completed in 391 A.D. served as a model for maps made in the 15th century. Although Ptolymey’s map was lost, writing and description of the map allowed scholars to make reconstructions, “The fact that the original was lost also enhanced its intrigue to an age searching for an elusive past” (Francaviglia, 26). States sponsored expeditions in pursuit of terra incognita where the discovery of the unknown emphasizes state power and knowledge. The ships on these explorations were therefore extensions of the state and also a metonymic reference to the state. map used to be a palimpsest, written over, rewritten, making additions The space that intelligence sxplores is, by definition, opaque and inaccessible. The task of intelligence is thus to penetrate into the forbidden and protected space, cross borders, and investigate the enemy’s territory. This space is by definition an uncharted, secret-filled, necessarily dangerous zone (Horn 73) The Sea as Sublime and Erasure Terra incognita is reached by first traversing the sea. The sea acts as a medium of transport and delivery as well as a space of inscription by the ship as a writing instrument. The sea is experienced as sublime in the Kantian sense, where one is overhwlmed by the infinity and power of nature. Kant writes, “But in what we are wont to call sublime in nature there is such an absence of anything leading to particular objective principles and corresponding forms of nature that it is rther in its chaos, or in its wildest and most irregular disorder and desolation, provided it gives signs of magnitude and power, that nature chiefly excites the ideas of the sublime” (Kant 70). Kant goes on to say "If we are to estimate nature as dynamically sublime, it must be represented as a source of fear" (Kant, 119). The sea was at once delivery and obstacle, it was unpredictable and threatening, and became another level of the unknown to be mastered by explorers. The sea as sublime magnifies the distance between the explorer and the terra incognita. The sea insofar as it is the sublime is blackboxed, allowing one to experience it only through its projected surface interface, therefore one can only stand at the threshold or edge of the sublime. One can not enter into the sublime because it would result in death or complete madness. The sublime is blackboxed through and through, entering it wouldn’t unlock it as blackbox, it would continue to be lux, the impenetrable and opaque body of light. The threshold of the sublime then is like an event horizon, the position of the self at the interface of one’s own potential obliteration by the immense engulfing threat of nature. The sea also denies writing and any attempt at inscription is irrational and fleeting. It is an unstable writing surface acting as liquid erase, as each trace the ship leaves in the water vanishes in the moment it appears. Writing is swallowed and buried in the sea. The ship is not permitted to leave a trail or to mark on the water. In this sense it functions like a mystic-writing pad that strikes back where the writer cannot control the erasure of writing, but rather it is immediately subsumed into the unconscious and the act of writing becomes synonymous with the act of erasing. The voyage across the sea is the erasure of that voyage. This experience of erasure precedes the unknown Terra Incognita's Regime of Vision The Sovereign Gaze and the Spyglass “Cartesian thought, for Ricoeur, ‘is contemporaneous with a vision of the world in which the whole of objectivity is spread out like a spectacle on which the cogito casts its sovereign gaze’” (Jonathan Crary, 48). The moment of coming upon terra incognita and witnessing it is also a moment of engaging with the unknown as it becomes known. The male gaze of the explorer acts as a stylus writing onto the land, making vision synonymous with writing, and authoring the land as a blank page in that moment of recognition. The gaze as stylus not only writes onto the land, but also pierces and penetrates it. This moment of recognition is also an impass. In the seeing of terra incognita, it is no longer unknown, and becomes transformed by being placed within the field of vision. Just as the ship symbolically acts as state power, so to the male gaze acts metonymically/indexically as the sovereign gaze of the state which renders legible the previously illegible. The spyglass, like the telescope is dioptric allowing the explorer to look at the land. It also frames the image of the land, placing a border around the targeted area that is being looked at, and excluding periphery. This visual targeting of land reflects the goal of the pursuit of knowledge to target any disruption or unknown. The target here is also the promise of it to become known. The spyglass is also a prosthetic and extension of the senses in order to enhance vision. As a prosthetic it extends and penetrates into the terra incognita. Like Walter Benjamin’s cameraman as surgeon, the spyglass similarly dissects and reforms the land in its capturing of it. The explorer’s gaze alone writes on the land, but the presence of the spyglass physically signifies the gaze operating as stylus. This tool of extension also connects and shortens the distance between the viewer and the land. The spyglass in this way, is a materialized attempt to being knowledge closer, to bring the unknown into the realm of the known. The spyglass therefore represents and manifests the goal of exploration, to go to the unknown, place the self in the space of the unknown, that threatening space, but the spyglass serves as protection and armor against the threat. The spyglass also represents science extending into and rationalizing the unknown. Is this the land writing back on the gaze? Afterimage as Possession and Interface A metaphoric afterimage is created in the moment of seeing terra incognita. The impression of this unforgettable moment creates an image that the explorer can take with him when he leaves. In the afterimage, the land as Other is remediated and re-presented. This idea is most clearly expressed in Lacan’s statement “No doubt, in the depths of my eye, the picture is painted” (Lacan, 96). This afterimage bceomes an objectified image of the land which remains under visual possession by the explorer. This also reveals that the land has the power to write back onto the explorer. The image becomes detached from the actual land, or the signified detached from its signifier, echoing Crary’s discussion of the afterimage as an “…optical experience that was produced by and within the subject (Crary 98).” The explorer is able to evoke this image and carry it as a possession. The eye becomes the archive which holds the image as a file. This is a similar effect to the mystic-writing pad. The image is written onto the eye and then subsumed into memory. The explorer himself becomes a medium for carrying and transporting the afterimage of terra incognita, acting as Iris as opposed to Hermes, internalizing the message into his body. This internalization of the afterimage as message is also an internalization of the Other. The unknown is taken in by the explorer where it is consumed and transformed, then released and rewritten as something known. Upon returning to the home state, the afterimage is described as the photographic documentation of the land. This reveals the afterimage as parallax, as it is the slippage between the parallel lines of sight of the image and the recollection of the image, and results as the displaced product of the two. TAKING TERRA INCOGNITA HOME unknown land remains under visual possession in the home state The afterimage becomes the basis for additions to maps, writing, drawing, becomes the legible proof and mediates the experience/relationship that people on the outside have to the land. Experience/understanding of terra incognita is mediated through the explorers afterimage. Rationality of map is also based on afterimage. Benjamin, Walter. Illuminations: Essays and Reflections. New York: Schocken Books, 1968. Buisseret, David. The Oxford companion to World Exploration, Volume 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Crary, Jonathan. Techniques of the Observer: On Vision and Modernity in the Nineteenth Century. Boston: MIT Press, 1992. Horn, Eva. "Knowing the Enemy: The Epistemology of Secret Intelligence." Boston: MIT Press Journal Grey Room, 2003 Kant, Immanuel. The Critique of Judgment. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1987. Kittler, Friedrich. Gramophone, Film, Typewriter. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999. Lacan, Jacques. The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1978. Francaviglia, Richard V. Mapping and Imagination in the Great Basin: a Cartographic History. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2005. Retrieved from "http://cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php?title=Terra_Incognita&oldid=9569" Visuality About Dead Media Archive	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2880
__label__wiki	0.552235	0.552235	Fan of Bronze: "Wait 'Til They Get a Load of Me!"---The Corruption of the JOKER! Posted by Philip Portelli on June 6, 2020 at 6:15pm in General Comics Discussions The Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime, the Grinning Ghoul, the Harlequin of Hate has been the Batman's inescapable nemesis since 1940. Despite his infamy, he is one of DC's most recognizable and profitable characters starring or co-starring in four major motion pictures and earning two of his portrayers Academy Awards! While other villains would cool off or not be seen for a few years, the Joker never went away. He would bedevil the Dynamic Duo in numerous tales each decade, including the 1960s with its combo sci-fi/New Look/TV show Camp periods. Even though Cesar Romero gave a memorable and manic performance as the TV Joker, he was more a nuisance than a menace, more trickster than threat and more spoiled child than public enemy. Appearances on Batman's Saturday morning cartoon, meeting Scooby-Doo and being used to teach traffic safety on Sesame Street greatly diminished his evil persona. In fact, he would be in disguise for the entire issue of Justice League Of America #77 (D'69), unrevealed until the end in what was perhaps his most consequential crime as he tainted the JLA's honorary member, Snapper Carr, and forced the team to abandon their longtime Secret Sanctuary! The 1970s would be a time of reconstructing the Joker and would push him to greater heights and greater lows as the decade would pass. But first, it began with a radio broadcast or a nineteenth century book... Next: Yesterday's Clown or Glad I'm Done with Him! Permalink Reply by Philip Portelli on June 6, 2020 at 8:16pm I'm not going to cover the Joker's Golden and Silver Age appearances unless you guys want to. But quickly, the Joker first appeared in Batman #1 (Spring 1940) and his true genesis is lost in time as Bob Kane, Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson all claim to have created the Jeering Jester, inspired either by a playing card or the visual of actor CONRAD VEIDT from the 1928 film The Man Who Laughs based on Victor Hugo's 1869 novel L' Homme qui rit. In his debut, the Joker has apparently been around for awhile and was even arrested once. He announces his crimes in advance via the radio and dares the police to stop him. They can't as the Joker stacks the deck in his favor and cheats. He seems to obsessed with precious, rare and famous gems and vows to kill their owners. Contrary to popular opinion, the Joker's face was NOT frozen with a grin in those early days and he usually looked quite dour until thinking about a grisly murder! Observe Panel 6: if printed without color, the Joker could be mistaken for Sherlock Holmes! Then there's the Joker's first encounter with Batman, "You! Prepare to die!" There's no gamesmanship, no cat-and-mouse, no battle of wits. The Joker wants Batman and Robin dead. Period. The Joker lacks any zaniness, charm or charisma. He is simply a murdering villain that must be stopped. Indeed, the Joker appeared in the first and last story of Batman #1 and was supposed to die at the end of it, like all early Golden Age villains usually did, much like Dick Tracy's foes did. However editor Whitney Ellsworth thought that the Joker had potential and gave him a reprieve. This protection is still in effect today! Next: Five in the Hand or That's No Boating Accident! Prior to the seminal Batman #251 (S'73), aside from reprints and cartoons, the Joker had last appeared in Justice League of America #77 (D'69) and his final Silver Age solo battle against the Dark Knight was in Detective Comics #388 (Ju'69). It took four years for a rematch, an eternity as far as Joker clashes go! In the fallout after the TV show ended, there was a concentrated effort to rid Batman of all his campy entrapments like Robin, Batgirl and his colorful enemies. The early 70s brought new foes like Man-Bat, R'as Al Ghul, the Ten-Eyed Man (they can't ALL be winners!) and the return of Two-Face, a classic villain untainted by the Camp Era. Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams were in the midst of their epic collaboration and reinvention of "The" Batman and they turned their attention to the Clown Prince of Crime in "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge!" Instead of the usual prison break, the Grinning Ghoul had escaped from "the state hospital for the criminally insane", a nascent incarnation of Arkham Asylum and would forever portray the Joker as a murderous madman, not an eccentric criminal mastermind. Determined to punish the one of his five former henchmen who had betrayed him, the Joker is out to kill all of them to be sure! And he is very successful, terminating four in a row with Batman seemingly unable to stop him! Once more leaving his "Joker" playing card and leaving his victims with gruesome death-smiles with his Joker-toxin, he is "born again" to his Golden Age viciousness. There was no reason given for it; the Joker kills and has always killed. His Silver Age frivolity has vanished in the cold light of "relevance", a maturation of an industry. His first two victims die from his Joker-toxin, the third from an exploding cigar but the fourth is stalked and brutally hanged, a more obvious departure from the past. The fifth, now elderly, is thrown along with Batman into a shark death trap that's pre-Jaws. Adams tried to modernize the Joker's outfit, no longer wearing a garish zoot suit but a solid purple "current" suit but it didn't take. The Joker speaks of his war with Batman as logic versus madness and wants his demise yet only on his terms. They are destined to be linked forever and the Joker likes it! This issue would be the template for all future Joker appearances but the next one wouldn't be by O'Neil or Adams! Next: What's This? or B & B Working Together! Permalink Reply by Richard Willis on June 9, 2020 at 3:57pm Somehow, when I read Batman 251 in 1973, I don't remember picking up on this "new" emphasis on Joker's murderous activities or his residence in what would become Arkham instead of regular prison. I think by then I was pleased with their efforts to get away from the "camp" era, to the extent it bled over from the TV show. Maybe, pre-Jaws, O'Neil was inspired by the second James Bond novel, Live and Let Die, in which Felix Leiter was fed to a shark and maimed for life. A Joker-ish note was left that said "He disagreed with something that ate him."	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2881
__label__cc	0.747689	0.252311	Post author:Charles Ferguson Post category:Politics Originally published by The Guardian In one of the most jaw-dropping press conferences of all time, this month President Trump declared war on the entire news media, except Fox News and Alex Jones of InfoWars. Last week he doubled down with his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, on the same day that the Guardian, New York Times, BBC and CNN were among news organizations barred from a press briefing. All of this is occurring at a time of unprecedented financial pressure on the news media. For newspapers and magazines, both advertising and readership are shifting rapidly from print to the internet. Print advertising and circulation revenues are declining sharply. Furthermore, as readership shifts to the internet, digital advertising revenues are shifting even more sharply away from the news publications themselves to the small number of technology companies that send them traffic. Facebook and Google now capture the overwhelming majority of digital advertising revenues. Richard Nixon’s resignation speech in 1974. ‘When the Washington Post and New York Times faced off against the Nixon administration, they were enormously profitable, secure companies.’ Photograph: PLP When the Washington Post and New York Times, among others, faced off against the Nixon administration over the secret bombing of Cambodia, the Pentagon papers and then Watergate, they were enormously profitable, secure companies. So were Time, Newsweek, and other news magazines; and so, despite their dependence on regulation by the Federal Communications Commission, were the three television networks. That world is gone. Newsrooms are being downsized, starting with investigative journalism, the most expensive kind of reporting. The Washington Post has sold itself to Amazon. The Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune are basically bankrupt. None of the major television networks or cable channels are independent any more, and most of them are under increasing financial pressure. Against this backdrop, however alarming Trump’s attacks on the media are, they are less significant than other actions that, paradoxically, have received far less media coverage – but that present a very real threat to journalism and freedom of speech in America. Donald Trump lost no time installing Ajit Pai as the new chairman of the FCC, which regulates broadcast and internet media. Pai has stated that he opposes net neutrality, the principle whereby service providers and regulators treat all data the same. Since his appointment Pai declined to say whether he will enforce existing neutrality rules, but if these rules are overturned then the small number of companies that dominate US internet access will be permitted to promote content of their choosing, placing other content and its providers at a disadvantage. Pai has reversed a recent FCC decision that would have opened the provision of cable set-top boxes to competition. The move allows cable companies to retain control of not only set-top boxes, but also the software and programming content passing through them. This of course runs counter to Trump’s avowed principle of helping the little guy, etc – but that is no longer a surprise. Pai also blocked a programme designed to provide internet access to rural and low-income households. There is potentially far more. The FCC holds sway over all telecommunications. As the newspaper and magazine industries convert to digital formats, they become dependent on services subject to FCC regulation. Given Trump’s personality, track record and various statements, it does not seem insane to worry that he might try to use the FCC to exert political pressure on the news media. It has been tried before, notably by Richard Nixon, when he was trying to persecute enemies and suppress the scandals of Watergate. Given Trump’s personality, track record and various statements, it does not seem insane to worry that he might try to use the FCC to exert political pressure on the news media. But the relaxation of oversight with regard to concentration of the media industry – mirroring other sectors, including banking, though receiving far less attention – is even more worrying. The FCC and the justice department both oversee competition, or antitrust, policy for telecommunications. And both have been asleep at the switch for years. The internet-access industry has become a tight oligopoly, which keeps the price and speed of US internet access far behind those of other industrial nations. Even this isn’t the worst of it. The large internet providers are now acquiring the media properties for which, increasingly, their services are essential. Amazon has bought the Washington Post. Verizon is buying Yahoo and has already purchased AOL, the owner of the Huffington Post. AT&T is buying Time Warner, which owns CNN and HBO among other channels. A large portion of the news media will soon be owned by enormous companies with very strong special interests of their own. Antitrust policy was already in bad shape under Barack Obama; now it’s going to get much worse. Trump singles out Fox News for praise at the same time that the sale of its largest rival, Time Warner, is under antitrust review at the justice department. That would be the same justice department where Trump recently fired the acting attorney general for refusing to enforce his orders, on the grounds that those orders were illegal – a position subsequently upheld by the courts. It’s not hard to imagine what might happen to anyone who gets it into their head to stick up for market competition or media independence. All is not lost, of course. Much of the news media is feisty in covering the Trump administration, and independent voices remain plentiful. But kleptocracies and dictatorships don’t usually appear overnight; they creep up on you gradually. And this would definitely be one of those times to start looking over your shoulder, early and often. Tags: Donald Trump, FCC, Federal Communications Commission Previous PostIt is Indeed Time to Choose Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Wall Street, and America 2.0 The Financial Crisis and America’s Political Duopoly The Tragedy of Hillary Clinton (And Her Generation)	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2882
__label__cc	0.553317	0.446683	White House Announces Puerto Rico Disaster Relief on Hurricane Anniversary Zach Conti A high-level United Nations panel report says global policies are needed to prevent trillions of dollars escaping developing countries through tax abuse and corruption. The UN group includes former heads of state, past central bank governors, business leaders and prominent academics. "As countries combat the health and economic impacts of the coronavirus, they could use the lost revenues from tax avoidance, crime and corruption," stated Eric LeCompte, United Nations finance expert and Executive Director of the religious development group Jubilee USA Network. "Countries can emerge from the pandemic with resilience and fund public services if we can curb these staggering revenue losses." The United Nations High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda (FACTI Panel), reported that around $1.6 trillion is laundered per year. Due to corporate tax avoidance in the form of profit-shifting, $500 billion is lost to governments each year globally. The UN panel report comes only days after the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released the “FinCEN files," revealing that global banks moved more than $2 trillion over an 18-year period in suspicious transactions due to a lack of enforcement. "Hopefully the report is a wake-up call," said LeCompte. "We must move forward global agreements and policies that increase transparency in the financial system." The FACTI panel will release a final report in February 2021. Jubilee USA Network is an alliance of more than 75 US organizations and 750 faith communities working with 50 Jubilee global partners. Jubilee USA builds an economy that serves, protects and promotes the participation of the most vulnerable. Jubilee USA wins critical global financial reforms and won more than $130 billion in debt relief to benefit the world's poorest people. www.jubileeusa.org	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2883
__label__wiki	0.605118	0.605118	China Focus: White paper published to enhance understanding of China's development China on Friday published a white paper, titled "China and the World in the New Era," to help the international community better understand China's development, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC). by Xinhua China on Friday published a white paper, titled "China and the World in the New Era," to help the international community better understand China's development, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC). by Jin Liangkuai BEIJING, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- China on Friday published a white paper, titled "China and the World in the New Era," to help the international community better understand China's development, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Issued by the State Council Information Office, the white paper systematically introduced China's achievement and path of development, as well as where China is going, according to Xu Lin, director of the State Council Information Office. Noting that over the last 70 years the PRC has witnessed profound changes and achieved a miracle of development unprecedented in human history under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Xu said that China now has an impact on the world that is ever more comprehensive, profound and long-lasting, and the world is paying ever greater attention to China. The white paper said that China has completed a course that took developed countries several hundred years in just a few decades. China has now become the world's second largest economy, taken care of the material needs of its nearly 1.4 billion people and achieved moderate all-round prosperity, according to the white paper. The white paper also highlighted that China's development lies in self-reliance and hard work, the country is developing through interactions with other parts of the world and has injected positive energy into world peace and development. In the past seven decades, the ultimate reason for China's success is that China has found and will continue on the right path -- socialism with Chinese characteristics, under the leadership of the CPC, it said. The path is based on China's actual conditions, which prioritizes the people's interests, said the white paper, adding that it is a path of reform and innovation, of seeking common development through opening up and of law-based governance. "China is the main stabilizing force and power source of the world economy," read the white paper. China's all-round opening up has created more opportunities for all countries to share the benefits of China's development, the country is providing more public goods to the international community as well as experience and reference for other developing countries, and China will never seek hegemony, it said. As the world is undergoing the greatest changes in a century, the white paper called for building a community with a shared future for humanity, which offers a new option to the international community. All countries should join forces to build a new model of international relations, promote a new model of economic globalization, uphold the international system with the United Nations at its core, and promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations. "China cannot develop in isolation from the rest of the world, nor can the world as a whole maintain peace, development, prosperity and stability without China," the white paper said. China continues to place its own development in the coordinated system of human development, while pursuing mutually beneficial cooperation and common development, upholding and advancing economic globalization, developing global partnerships, supporting multilateralism and upholding international equity and justice, as well as taking a lead in reforming and developing the global governance system, according to the white paper. "In this new era, China will not waver in its commitment to forging ahead on the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, pursuing mutual learning and mutually beneficial cooperation, and working together with the rest of the world," said the white paper. In the future, China will embrace the world in a more open and inclusive manner, engage in more interactions with other countries, and bring more progress and prosperity, it said. The white paper, which includes preface, main body and conclusion, is published in eight languages: Chinese, English, French, Russian, German, Spanish, Arabic and Japanese, by the People's Publishing House and the Foreign Languages Press. It is available at Xinhua Bookstore outlets across the country.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0015.json.gz/line2884

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